PROGRAMME
Jamie Thompson 101 False Starts
Ed Bennett Belonging
Amy Rooney Lining Out
Frank Lyons Spin 3
DAVID BROPHY CONDUCTOR
MICHAELA REINER SOPRANO
DARRAGH MORGAN VIOLIN
Jamie Thompson's 101 False Starts is shot through with "shards and fragments of contrary tonalities, textures, and shifting rhythmic cadences." The piece is scored for a chamber ensemble and was commissioned as part of the Belfast 2024 project which the Ulster Orchestra recently performed at their home on Townsend Street.
Following this, soprano Michaela Reiner joins the orchestra on stage in Ed Bennett’s Belonging, “Belonging uses a fragment of text from the poem ‘Dafna’ by the Northern Irish poet Cherry Smyth. Cherry’s original poem is a reaction to the work of the visual artist Dafna Talmor…The idea of ‘Belonging’ seems particularly pertinent at the moment with so many people around the world being driven from their land, their homes, their families. ‘Belonging’ is thought for those with nowhere to call home.”
Next, a 2023 work from Co. Down composer Amy Rooney titled Lining Out which, “…refers to an ancient choral technique in which one person sings a line and the rest of the congregation follows, each embellishing and altering the melody as they choose.”
And finally, to close our concert, a world premiere from composer Frank Lyons called Spin 3 a piece written for solo violin, live electronics and orchestra, featuring the acclaimed Irish violinist, Darragh Morgan.