MWF RAVEL:
Exotic Influences

SUNDAY 19 JANUARY AT 3.00PM
TOWN HALL THEATRE

François-Xavier Poizat, piano | Gwendolyn Masin, violin | Benedict Kloeckner, cello | Finghin Collins, piano | Gemma Ni Bhriain, mezzo-soprano | Ríona Ó Duinnín, flute | Diarmuid Armstrong Mayock, dance artist

Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Violin Sonata
Chansons Madécasses
Tzigane for violin and piano
Boléro

For the final concert, we turn to more exotic flavours in Ravel’s output. Following some early settings of traditional Greek melodies, we focus on Ravel’s later works – his violin sonata with its American jazz and blues influences, the three Madagascan songs with flute and cello and Tziagne, a virtuosic violin work inspired by gypsy tunes.

The weekend festival finishes with Ravel’s most famous work: the Spanish-influenced Boléro, one of the final works he completed before illness prevented him from working. The work is presented in the composer’s piano duet version, with new choreography by Diarmuid Armstrong Mayock in partnership with Galway Dance.

PRESENTED IN PARTNRESHIP WITH GALWAY DANCE

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

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