Organization

Admin

New Music Dublin

National Concert Hall

Conductor

Mary Amond O’Brien

Stage director

Bryan Burroughs

Others

Cór Linn

RTE Cór na nÓg

Singer

Alan Smale

Violin

Adele Johnson

Viola

Niall O’Loughlin

Cello

Carlos Gomes

Double Bass

Seamus Wylie

Clarinet

Jimmy Smyth

Guitar

Lila Iontcheva

Percussion

Instrumentalist

Carole O’Connor

Piano

Considering Matthew Shepard

Dublin

Ireland

National Concert Hall (NCH)

Main Auditorium

Considering Matthew Shepard: Considering Matthew Shepard Hella Johnson (+1 More)

Public

We Are What Gives us Strength

Approved

Festival favourites Cór Linn and Cór na nÓg – the youth choirs of the National Concert Hall – return to the main stage for this poignant yet uplifting concert of works by Craig Hella Johnson and Elaine Agnew.

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Performed here in its Irish premiere, Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard was composed to celebrate the life of a young man cut short by hate and violence. Drawing on a wide range of styles and poetic texts, including passages from Matt’s personal journal, it is a soulful work of hope and forgiveness.

 

Paired with renowned Irish composer Elaine Agnew’s heartfelt short pieces We Are What Gives Us Strength, this promises to be a thoughtful and optimistic performance showcasing the very best of youth music-making.

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English

Considering Matthew Shepard by Hella Johnson, Agnew, E., From (2023/2023), Directed by Bryan Burroughs,, Conductor Mary Amond O’Brien, National Concert Hall (NCH), Dublin, Ireland

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