Soprano Clara Barbier Serrano, saxophonist Robert Finegan and pianist Tianqi Ling explore the possibilities of contemporary music with commissions based on works by Irish writers, who lived in Paris (James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, W.B Yeats).
The programme includes solo and chamber music pieces reflecting the life of these authors in Paris, the songs they would have heard, been inspired by, or that they wished to hear.
The Salley Gardens, arr. B. Britten (Yeats)
Stream and Sun at Glendalough, Denise Ondishko (Yeats) *
Voyage à Paris, F. Poulenc (Apollinaire)
Hôtel, F. Poulenc (Apollinaire)
L’Invitation au voyage, H. Duparc (Baudelaire)
I, of whom I know nothing, Ken Edge (Beckett)*
Quand j’étais chez mon père, arr. B. Britten (anon)
Le Jardin des Tuileries, Lise Borel (Wilde) *
Pièce pour violoncelle n.1, N. Boulanger (arr. Denise Ondishko)
Love’s old sweet song (Molloy/Bingham)
Siren Song, Rhona Clarke (Joyce)*
J’ai deux amours (Scotto/Baker)
*original works commissioned for this project