GALWAY EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: SI DOLCE TORMENTO, SONGS OF LOVE AND LOSS
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Siobhán Armstrong, Baroque triple harp
26 May, 20.00, St Joseph’s Church Galway
VIVALDI GLORIA, PERGOLESI STABAT MATER
Cantairí Avondale | John Doyle
28 May, 1730, Pepper Canister Church, Dublin
DIDO AND AENEAS, Soloist (Spirit and Second Witch)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Ricercar Consort | Philippe Pierlot
2 June Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, FR
Singet dem Herrn, BACH CANTATA BWV 73, Soloist
Collegium Vocale Gent | Philippe Herreweghe
8 June, Eglise Saint-Roch | Paris | FR
9 June, Karmelietenkerk, Gent, BE
10 June Thomaskirche, Leipzig, DE
GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL: MONTEVERDI VESPERS
Resurgam, Eenglish Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Mark Duley
21 July, 20.00, St Nicholas’ Church, Galway
PAST PERFORMANCES
BACH JOHANNESPASSION TOUR
Collegium Vocale Gent | Philippe Herreweghe
30 March -8 April 2023 | Bruges, Barcelona, EIsenach, Innsbruck, Milan, Brussels, Luzern, Antwerp
BACH CANTATA BWV 78 & MASS in G MAJOR BWV 236, soloist
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society, John Doyle director
12 March | Church of the Assumption, Dalkey
17th-CENTURY SPLENDOUR WITH LAETARE, soloist
Siobhan Armstrong, harp | Laetare | Roisin Blunnie
5 March 2023 | St Ann’s Dawson Street
BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION, soloist
Goethe Choir | John Dexter
26 February 2023, 7pm | Mount Merrion Church Dublin
2022
HANDEL MESSIAH – soloist
Carlow Choral Society | Irish Choral Sinfonia | Blanaid Murphy
3 December 2022 | Carlow Cathedral
BACH CANTATA BWV 100 – soloist
Lutheran Choir | Werner Blau
6 November 2022 | Lutheran Church Dublin
MONTEVERDI VESPERS TOUR
Collegium Vocale Gent | Philippe Herreweghe
14-24 September 2022 | Berlin, Zürich, Köln, Brussels, Paris, Antwerp
40 STIMMEN: SPEM IN ALIUM
Vox Luminis | Lionel Meunier
27 & 28 August 2022 | Bonn & Bremen
HANDEL’S ITALIAN SKETCHBOOK FOR MESSIAH – soloist
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Laura Lamph, alto | Irish Baroque Orchestra | Peter Whelan
17 July | 2pm | Dublin Castle Chapel
‘CHAMBER MESSIAH’ – soloist
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Laura Lamph, alto | Rory Lynch, tenor | William Gaunt, bass | Irish Baroque Orchestra | Peter Whelan
THE HIBERNIAN MUSE: MUSIC FOR IRELAND BY PURCELL & COUSSER
Irish Baroque Orchestra | Sestina | Peter Whelan
15 July 2022 | 7.30pm | St Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle
BACH B MINOR MASS – soloist
Phoenix Choir and Linden Baroque | Michael Fields
11 June 2022 | All Saints Church | Eastbourne
MOZART’S CORONATION MASS – soloist
Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble | Duncan Ward
2 June 2022 | Laieszhalle | Hamburg DE
ROSENMUELLER VESPERS – soloist
Resurgam | English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble | dir. Mark Duley
28 & 29 May 2022 | Dublin and Galway
BACH B MINOR MASS
Collegium Vocale Gent | Philippe Herreweghe
24 April 2022 | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
BUXTEHUDE’S MEMBRA JESU NOSTRA
Resurgam | Mark Duley
14 & 15 April 2022 | St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny and St Nicholas Church Galway
BACH MASS IN B MINOR – soloist
Sestina | Irish Baroque Orchestra | Peter Whelan
8 & 9 April 2022 | Dublin and Galway
GERMAN BAROQUE LENTEN MASTERPIECES – soloist
Dublin Bach Singers | Marlborough Baroque | Blanaid Murphy
2 April 2022: Pro Cathedral Dublin
A SONGBOOK FOR THE SPIRIT: MONTEVERDI’S SELVA MORALE E SPIRITUALE – soloist
Soloist, A Songbook for the Spirit, Resurgam, dir. Mark Duley, , Limerick & Galway
26 & 27 February 2022 Limerick and Galway
COME AWAY, COME SWEET LOVE… MUSIC AD PASSION IN 17th-CENTURY EUROPE
23 January 2022 | Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
RHONA CLARKE’S ROUGH BEAST – WORLD PREMIERE – soloist
27 November 2021 | 8pm, O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance
21 November 2021: Closing concert | Ardee Baroque Festival
Director / harpsichord: Peter Whelan
Soprano: Aisling Kenny
Violin: Kinga Ujszaszi
4pm, St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Ardee
20 November 2021: The Bright Seraphim | Ardee Baroque Festival
Director Peter Whelan
Soprano Aisling Kenny
Trumpet Darren Cornish Moore
7.30pm, St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Ardee
11 & 12 November 2021: Dvorak Requiem | Collegium Vocale Gent | dir. Philippe Herreweghe
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Gent, BE
Koningin Elizabethzaal, Antwerpen, BE
27 October 2021: In Guilty Night: Dialogues of a Distracted Mind
Sestina, dir. Mark Chambers
Belfast International Arts Festival
25 October 2021: BBC Radio 3, In tune
Sestina, dir. Mark Chambers
22 October 2021: Monteverdi: Love’s Fire, Love’s Ashes
Sestina, Irish Baroque Orchesra, dir. Nicholas Mulroy
St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin
17 October 2021: Bach and Before, Kilkenny Cathedral
Resurgam, dir. Mark Duley
7 October 2021: Musica di e per donne, with Siobhán Armstrong, East Cork Early Music Festival
Nano Nagle Place, Cork City
28 September 2021: Recital with David Grealy, Tullamore International Organ Series
Tullamore Church
24 September 2021: The Bach Family Legacy: Masses and Motets, Sligo Baroque Festival
Sestina, dir. Mark Chambers
Sligo Cathedral
17 September 2021: Culture Night
Vox Lumina, Concert with Eileen Coyle, Niamh Mc Cormack (sopranos), David O’Shea (organ).
Urney Church, Cavan
31 August, 1, 3, 6 September 2021: Symphony of Psalms, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Chopin Festival, Polish National Opera, Warsaw, PL
Beethoven Festival, World Conference center, Bonn, DE
Ravel Festival, Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Saint Jean-de-Luz, FR
Berlin Festival, Philharmonie, Berlin, DE
27 August 2021: Celebrating The Collection: The Robinson Library 250
Charles Wood Festival, Armagh: Performance of songs by Charles Wood and Friends, with Gail Evans (piano), David O’Shea (speaker)
St Mark’s Church, Armagh
21 & 24 July 2021: Symphony of Psalms, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Festival de Saintes, Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes, FR
Salzburg Festival, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, AT
25 June 2021: When David Heard: Sestina and Irish Baroque Orchestra
Charlotte Trepess, Aisling Kenny (soprano); Francesco Giusti, Sarah Thursfield (alto); Rory Lynch, Ciarán Fennelly (tenor); Eoghan Desmond, William Gaunt (bass)
Claire Duff, Anita Vedres (violin); Malachy Robinson (violone); Siobhán Armstrong (harp); Malcolm Proud (keyboard)
Mark Chambers, director
https://www.sestinamusic.com/whendavidheard
10 June 2021: NCH Spring Summer Variations: Rejoice! Music to lift the spirit with Irish Baroque Orchestra
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Aisling Kenny, soprano
Peter Whelan, director
Bach Cantata BWV 82a, ‘Ich habe genug’
Handel Sonata, HWV 399
Bach Cantata BWV 51, ‘Jauchzet Gott’
23 May 2021: Galway Early Music – Resurgam, Bach and Before
Aisling Kenny, Charlotte Trepess, Sarah Thursfield, Christopher Bowen, Paul McGough
Siobhan Armstrong, Harp
Mark Duley, direction/organ
http://galwayearlymusic.com/production/bach-and-before/
21 May 2021: Galway Early Music: La Fresca Rosa
Aisling Kenny (soprano), Yonit Kosovske (Harpsichord), Eamon Sweeney (theorbo/bandora/baroque guitar)
http://galwayearlymusic.com/production/la-fresca-rosa/
7 May 2021: Virtual Honorary Conferrings DCU
The Lark in the Clear Air, with Anne-Marie O’Farrell, harp
21 March 2021: Limerick Early Music Festival
Francesca Caccini, Maria Dolce Maria, with Yonit Kosovske
17 December 2020: Drive the Cold Winter Away with Siobhan Armstrong, Historical Harpist
Online Concert
Galway Early Music Winter Festival
1pm, St Nicholas’ Church
22 November 2020: Abendmusik: Resounding Soundscape
Online Concert
Purcell Welcome to all the Pleasures
Rhona Clarke O Vis Aeternitatis
Handel Dixit Dominus
Director Peter Whelan | Resurgam
Presented in partnership with Music for Galway
11 November 2020: Lunchtime concert from Galway Cathedral with Raymond O’Donnell, DCU lunchtime concert series
Online concert
1pm, Galway Cathedral
6 November 2020: Voces Luminis with Luminosa Orchestra and Mark Chambers, Countertenor
Online concert
Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, and Vivaldi, Nulla in mundo pax sincera
7.30pm, Galway Cathedral.
25 October 2020 Abendmusik: Journey of the Spirit, Resurgam, dir. Mark Duley
Online concert
Online Concert
5pm, St Nicholas’ Church
19 & 26 October 2020 Sestina presents Madrigals at the Museum, I & II, Belfast International Arts Festival
Online concert
https://www.sestinamusic.com/madrigals-at-the-museum
8pm, Ulster Museum, Belfast
17 July 2020 NCH Livestream: Elegy
Chamber Choir Ireland, Fauré Requiem, soprano soloist in ‘Pie Jesu’
8pm, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Online concert: https://bit.ly/2OnG5L7
12 July 2020 Friends in Music Livestream Concert, led by Therese Timoney, dir. Blanaid Murphy
Watch the concert here: https://tinyurl.com/y9l8ry59
Performances and audience were socially distanced.
7 & 8 March 2020 | La Donna Barocca, Irish Baroque Orchestra, dir. Claire Duff
Music to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Isabella Leonarda, to co-incide with International Women’s Day
Saturday 7 March | 7.30pm | €17.50 | Kevin Barry Recital Room, National Concert Hall
Sunday 8 March | 7pm | Finding a Voice | Main Guard, Clonmel
22 February 2020 | Aisling Kenny & Dublin Viols
St Philip’s Church, Dartry, 12pm
14 & 15 February | Venetian Splendour – Monteverdi | Resurgam and the English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble dir. Mark Duley
14 February, Sligo Cathedral, with Sligo Cathedral Choir, 7.30pm
15 February, Newport Church, with Cor Mhaigh Eo
19 January 2020 | Glories of the Baroque, Tallaght Choral Society
Church of St Jude the Apostle, 8pm
16 December 2019 | Handel Messiah
Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, dir. Blanaid Murphy
15 December 2019 | Diva Voces Christmas Concert
5pm St Andrew’s Church Westland Row
13 December 2019 | Concert with Galway Baroque Singers, Luminosa Orchestra, Mozart Regina Caeli
8pm St Joseph’s Church, Galway
1 December 2019 | A Christmas Journey
Kensington Olympia Festival of Music and the Arts, London
16 November 2019 | Handel in Italy | NCH Chamber Music Series
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Aisling Kenny soprano
Francesco Giusti counter-tenor
Peter Whelan director
7.30pm | Kevin Barry Recital Room, NCH, Dublin
27 October 2019 | Lute Song Recital with Thomas Dunford
13 October 2019 | Ensemble Revelare
3pm | Castletown House
27 & 28 September 2019 | Beyond the Veil with Sestina
Charlotte Trepess, Fiona Flynn and Aisling Kenny, sopranos
Steven Devine, harpsichord
Paula Chateauneuf, theorbo
Aileen Henry, harp
Mark Chambers, director
7.30pm Ulster Museum & St Anne’s Church in Dublin
23 September 2019 | Ensemble Revelare | Clifden Arts Festival
1pm, Church of Ireland, Church Hill, Clifden
22 September 2019 | Ensemble Revelare | Shorelines Arts Festival
6pm Christ Church, Portumna
20 September 2019 | Culture Night Galway with Anne-Marie O’Farrell, harp
8pm, Hall the the Red Earl, Druid’s Lane, Galway
5 September 2019 | East Cork Early Music Festival Fundraiser Concert
7.30pm, Nano Nagle Place, Cork
4 July | Song Recital with Judith Gannon
Kodály Society of Ireland Summer Course, DCU St Patrick’s Campus
1.30pm
22 June | Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Dublin Choral Festival Gala Concert, dir. Joshua and Julia Oppenheim
8pm | St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
15 June 2019 | Recital of Clara Schumann’s Lieder with pianist, Cecily Locke
Clara Schumann and her World: International Bicentenary Conference
University of Oxford.
18 May | Haydn Nelson Mass | Carlow Choral Society
12 May 2019 | Ensemble Revelare | The Drawing Room Series
Ensemble Revelare | Aisling Kenny, soprano | Theresa Burton, recorder | Rachel Factor, harpsichord | Margaret Doris, baroque cello
4.30pm | 12 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
26-28 April 2019 | Music for the Sun King | Sestina
Belfast, Dublin, Cork
Resurgam | The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble | Collegium chamber choir | dir. Mark Duley
5pm | St Nicholas’ Church, Galway
14 April 2019 | Bach, St John Passion
Tribal Chamber Choir, dir. Mark Keane
8pm, St Nicholas’ Church, Galway.
28 March | Lute Song Recital with Thomas Dunford
7.30pm | The Chapel, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
https://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/en/agenda/aisling-kenny-thomas-dunford
6 February 2019 | Ensemble Revelare | Kaleidoscope Night: In Spring Twilight
Ensemble Revelare | Aisling Kenny, soprano | Theresa Burton, recorder | Rachel Factor, harpsichord | Margaret Doris, baroque cello
8.30pm | Bello Bar, Dublin
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-spring-twilight-tickets-53103107825
26 January 2019 | Irish Baroque Orchestra | Come ye sons of Art
Irish
Baroque Orchestra | Peter Whelan, Artistic Director
feat. Rachel Redmond, Aisling Kenny, Benjamin Williamson, Jorge Navarro
Colorado and Edward Grint
7.30pm | Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
http://www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com/event/come-ye-sons-of-art/
8 December 2018 | Handel, Messiah
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Stephen Wallace, countertenor | Peter O’Reilly, tenor | David Howes, bass
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society | dir. John Doyle
7.30pm | Monkstown Church.
21 November 2018 | Couperin 350 – Lamentations
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Sharon Carty, mezzo soprano | Nicholas Milne, viola da gamba | Sofie Vanden Eynde, theorbo | Malcolm Proud, organ
7.30pm | Kevin Barry Recital Room, National Concert Hall.
18 November 2018 | Handel, Messiah
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Sharon Carty, mezzosoprano | Peter O’Reilly, tenor | Robert McAllister, bass
Galway Baroque Singers Anniversary Concert | cond. Proinnsias O Duinn
3pm |Galway Cathedral.
17 November 2018 | Two’s Company: Italian Baroque Duets at Ardee Baroque Festival
Irish Baroque Orchestra | dir. Peter Whelan | Aisling Kenny, soprano | Francesco Giusti, countertenor
7.30pm | St Mary’s Abbey, Ardee
https://www.ardeebaroque.com/event/twos-company/
21 October 2018 Bach to School: Bach cantatas BWV78 & BWV140
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Stephen Wallace, countertenor | Andrew Gavin, tenor | David Howes, bass
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society, dir. John Doyle
3.30pm | Church of the Assumption, Dalkey
4 October 2018 | Recital with Oscar Montague (guitar), Britten, Songs of the Chinese & Folk Songs
1pm | Maynooth University
30 September 2018 | Concert with Camerata Kilkenny at Sligo Baroque Festival
8pm | The Model Theatre, Sligo.
http://www.sligobaroquefestival.com/events-1/
23 September 2018 | Macmillan, Stabat Mater
Chamber Choir Ireland | Irish Chamber Orchestra | dir. James MacMillan
7.30pm | National Concert Hall, Dublin.
24 August 2018 | Heritage Week Recital with Judith Gannon, piano
1pm |The Lady Chapel, St Patrick’s Cathedral.
4 August 2018 | Baroque recital at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Theresa Burton, recorder | Philip Sawyer, harpsichord | Ursula Schlapp, cello
3.30pm | St Michael’s and All Saints’ Church, Edinburgh
7 July 2018 | Concert in association with the Irish Georgian Society
Aisling Kenny, soprano | Theresa Burton, recorder | Rachel Factor, harpsichord | Margaret Doris, baroque cello
6pm | City Assembly House, Dublin
10 June 2018 | Bach: Cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten BWV202, Handel Dixit Dominus
Dublin Bach Singers | dir. Blanaid Murphy | Marlborough Players | Therese Timoney, leader
3pm | Pro Cathedral, Dublin
27 May 2018 | Lute Song Concert with Ziv Braha, Galway Early Music Festival
9pm | St Joseph’s Church, Galway
http://galwayearlymusic.com/production/in-darkness-let-me-dwell-songs-of-night-and-desire/
26 May 2018 | Coffee Concert with Ziv Braha and Collegium, directed by Mark Duley, Galway Early Music Festival
11.00 | St Nicholas Church
http://galwayearlymusic.com/production/st-nicholas-schola-cantorum-coffee-concert/
22 May 2018 Guest soloist with AIB Choral Society, Summer Concert, dir. Ernest Dines
20.00 The Law Society, Dublin
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/summer-serenade-in-concert-with-aib-choral-society-tickets-44834088967
16 April 2018
Guest Soloist at DCU School of Theology, Philosophy and Music Concert
12 April 2018
Guest Artist, Tairseach: Threshold, Anam Festival, DCU
24 March 2018
Handel, Messiah, Kirtanam Choir, dir. David Ward, Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, Dublin.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/messiah-an-easter-performance-tickets-41921353898?aff=es2
23 March 2018
Lenten Concert, Bach, Actus Tragicus, Hasse, Miserere, Dublin Bach Singers, dir. Blanaid Murphy, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lenten-concert-tickets-43411167972
19 March 2018
Handel, Messiah, Kirtanam Choir, dir. David Ward, Christ Church, Derry
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/messiah-an-easter-performance-tickets-41921353898?aff=es2
11 March 2018
Handel, Messiah, Kirtanam Choir, dir. David Ward, Augustinian Church, Galway,
10 March 2018
Handel, Messiah, Kirtanam Choir, dir. David Ward, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
24 February 2018
Handel, Messiah, dir. Proinnsías Ó Duinn, Halle, Germany
17 February 2018
Bach, St Matthew Passion, Phoenix Choir, dir. Michael Fields, Eastbourne (UK)
Aisling Kenny, soprano
Johanna Krödel, alto
Julian Podger, tenor
Daniel Ochoa, bass
28 January 2018
Fauré, Requiem, Galway Choral Association, dir. Norman Duffy, Galway
17 December 2017
Guest soloist with Athlone Choral Society, Christmas Concert, Church of Ireland, Athlone 6pm
15 December 2017
Britten, A Ceremony of Carols, Crux Vocal Ensemble, dir. Paul McGough, St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, 7.30pm.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/st-marys-christmas-concert-2017-tickets-40982781603
2 December 2017
Soloist with the Galway Baroque Singers, dir. Audrey Corbett, Augustinian Church, Galway.
29 November 2017
Recitals with Oscar Montague (guitar), Music for Galway, Arts in Action, NUI Galway and Portershed Sessions
22 & 23 November 2017
Mozart, Exultate Jubilate & Requiem, University of Dublin Choral Society, Trinity College, dir. David Leigh
19 November 2017
Bach, Mass in B minor, Dublin Bach Singers, Marlborough Baroque Orchestra, dir. Blanaid Murphy, Pro-Cathedral Dublin
Aisling Kenny, soprano
Alison Browner, alto
Jacek Wislocki, tenor
Jeffrey Ledwidge, bass
1, 3, 4 October 2017
Lute song recitals with Ziv Braha, Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, Wicklow Parish Church, DCU
27 August 2017
Recital with Conor Hastings (cornetto) and Ray O’Donnell (organ), Dun Laoghaire
10 August 2017
Recital with Conor Hastings (cornetto) and Ray O’Donnell (organ), Dun Laoghaire
18 May 2017
Recital with Mark Duley (organ), Unitarian Church, Dublin
8 March 2017
Lieder by Women Recital with Yonit Kosovske, Irish World Academy, University of Limerick
23 & 24 November 2016
Bach, B minor Mass, University of Dublin Choral Society, Trinity College, dir. David Leigh
10 October 2016
Art song recital with Judith Gannon (piano), St Nicholas Church, Galway
2 September 2016
Recital of Lieder by Women with Cecily Locke (piano), Oxford University.
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