Name: Rté Nso: Cleary, O'leary, Guðmundsson
Start: 2020-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: National Concert Hall (NCH)

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New Music Dublin

National Concert Hall

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Ryan McAdams

Singer

Ciaran McCauley

Actor 1

John Carty

Actor 2

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Ligeti Quartet

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra

Daníel Bjarnsson

Instrumentalist

Andreas Borregaard

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Rté Nso: Cleary, O'leary, Guðmundsson

Dublin

Ireland

National Concert Hall (NCH)

Main Auditorium

Rté Nso: Cleary, O'leary, Guðmundsson: Hum! Cleary (+2 More)

Public

Private

Hum!

Triptych

Approved

Bass

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

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Sound designer

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Hairstylist

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Choir

Poet

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Teacher

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Illustrator

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Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

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Extra

Tenor

Baritone

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Siobhán Cleary Hum! (15’)

Hum! is a musical theatre piece for two actors and string orchestra, a collaboration with the writer Gerard Beirne, commissioned by the Irish Chamber Orchestra in 1997.

The dialogue is limited to only two syllables; the first of these is spoken by the first voice who sits alone and is echoed by a hidden figure. This brings comfort and companionship at first until the “echo” begins to test his partner, initially in a playful manner. As the echo gradually becomes an independent voice, the confrontation veers from humour to rage. At the highest point of tension, the relationship between the two men breaks down as the drama shifts to hopelessness and then inevitably it seems, to tragedy. 

The string orchestra, acts like a Greek chorus, commenting on the dialogue, but not accompanying it. The music alternates between stormy polyrhythmic scalic passages and a sharp edged pointillistic section finally ending with a contrapuntal elegy, reflecting the two men’s lonely anguish.

Hum! was premiered in Limerick in 1998 with the actors Aiden Condron and Michael Billington and produced by Jeff Gormley. It was subsequently taken on a national tour, and was described by Douglas Sealy of “The Irish Times” as “a coup de théâtre”. 

Jane O’Leary Triptych (World Premiere) for string quartet and orchestra (16’)

I. CLOUDS...

II. ...A TRUE STORY... 

III. ...DIFFICULT TO READ 

 

Clouds always tell a true story, but one which is difficult to read.' 

'In three movements, the separate pieces relate to each other as in a triptych - defined as a work of art divided into three sections. The outer sections of a triptych are often a reflection on the central panel; my musical images should be 'viewed' as separate but related spaces.  A sense of fragility, transparency, light and shade, and the fascination clouds hold for us as we look up to the sky - all of these things seemed a part of what I was writing.' – Jane O’Leary

A sense of fragility, transparency, light and shade, and the fascination clouds hold for us as we look up to the sky - all of these things seemed a part of what I was writing. Clouds open up our imaginations in the same way that music does. 

The piece is written for string quartet - four solo instruments which act as a unit - layered with the sounds of a symphony orchestra. Instrumental colours are layered to suggest gentle movement, while maintaining stillness. At times the music is incredibly soft, despite the fact that many musicians are playing, and requires careful listening...with the same attention one might use to gaze at clouds in the sky. 

Hugi Guðmundsson Box (17’)

Box

\ ˈbäks \

: a rigid typically rectangular container with or without a cover

: to fight with the fists : engage in boxing

merriam-webster.com

1. Unboxing

2. Machina

3. Peripeteia

English

Rté Nso: Cleary, O'leary, Guðmundsson by Cleary, S., O'Leary, Gudmundsson, Alkaen (2020/2020), Musiikinjohto Ryan McAdams, Daníel Bjarnsson, National Concert Hall (NCH), Dublin, Ireland

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