Sunday Concert Series: Classical Piano with Daniel Kearney
Sunday 17 September, 6pm
Tickets: $35 / $25 (concession)

In its ongoing commitment to support and provide opportunities for live performance, The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead is proud to present the Sunday Concert Series 2023 - an eclectic array of musicians and musical genres showcasing local performers.

Daniel Kearney presents a musical exploration of composers describing the sights and sounds of nature. Utilizing the perspectives of many different genres including baroque, romanticism, impressionism and folk music, his performance will take the audience on a journey through time and place. A swan on a French river, a Russian Lark, A volcano overlooking the sea in Indonesia, chattering monkeys beside a lake, the soft glow of twilight. These pieces and many more will invite the listener to let their imagination run wild and to enjoy the genius effects, harmonies and rhythms that the composers have used to bring nature to life through music.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Hailing from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford in Ireland, Daniel Kearney has studied with some of Ireland’s most important pianists including John O’Conor and Finghin Collins. He went on to win numerous national competitions including the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland’s Soloist competition and performed in an arena tour of Ireland with the orchestra, playing to a total of almost 38,000 people.

In 2017 Daniel was awarded the Ted and Mary O’Regan Arts Bursary from Waterford Youth Arts which funded a recital tour of Europe which included performances in Helsinki, London, Paris, and Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

In 2018 Daniel was selected to participate in a number of International Masterclass programmes including the Schiermonnikoog Island Young Talent Festival in the Netherlands and the Old Ox Festival in Sweden. He has also participated in masterclasses in the Juilliard School in New York and the Sibelius Academy in Finland.

Most recently Daniel was awarded a scholarship from the Royal College of Music in Sweden for six masterclasses with Professor Peter Jablonski. In the Autumn of 2022 Daniel was awarded the Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland which is a bursary designed to help professional freelance artists further their careers.

THE PROGRAMME: CREATURES AND LANDSCAPES

Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208 by Bach
transcribed for solo piano by Petri

The Swan by Saint-Saëns
transcribed for solo piano by Godowsky

The Lark by Glinka
transcribed for solo piano by Balakirev

Chattering Monkeys at the sacred lake of Wendit from the Java Suite by Godowsky

At Twilight Op. 111 by Bonis

We’ll No Longer Go To the Woods from Images Oubliées by Debussy

Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake by Peixun

Ritual Fire Dance by De Falla

Zephyr, Bringer of Spring Op. 57 no. 4 by Moszkowski

The Bromo Volcano and the Sand Sea at Daybreak by Godowsky

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