Midwinter Festival RAVEL:
Homages and Literary Inspiration
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Town Hall Theatre
FRIDAY 17 JANUARY AT 7.30PM
TOWN HALL THEATRE
François-Xavier Poizat, piano | Finghin Collins, piano | Gemma Ni Bhriain, mezzo-soprano
| Selected piano pieces: | A la manière de Chabrier |
| A la manière de Borodin | |
| Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn | |
| La Valse | |
| Selected songs: | Chanson du route |
| Ballade de la Reine morte d’aimer | |
| Sainte Noël des jouets | |
| Ma mère l’Oye | |
| Gaspard de la Nuit |
This first concert presents early works of Ravel, starting with some simple piano works written as homages to other composers and finishing with one of his most punishing works. The famed Gaspard de la Nuit inspired by poetry by Aloysius Bertrand. In between we hear some early songs and one of Ravel’s most popular works, the Mother Goose Suite, for piano duet.
TICKETS
All MWF tickets can be booked through the Town Hall Theatre – tht.ie | 091 569777
Standard €25 | Concession €22.50 | Social Inclusion €12.50 | MfG Friends €21
FESTIVAL TICKET (INCLUDES ALL 3 CONCERTS): Standard €70 | Concession €63
