Garth Knox’s Saltarello Trio will pack a thousand years into one night on their upcoming Irish tour by tracing a path from from Hildegard Von Bingen to David Fennessy, with special appreciation paid to the work of Dowland, Vivaldi and Purcell along the way.
The Trio of Garth Knox (medieval fiddle/viola d’amore/viola), Sylvain Lemêtre (percussion), and Agnès Vesterman (cello) are all familiar to Irish audiences, thanks to their vast experience in the fields of classical and contemporary music, but for this tour they seek out the colours and textures of folk music to inform their witty arrangements highlighting the connections and similarities that exist between the soundworlds of today and of hundreds of years ago.
The tour will also feature a new composition by Garth Knox (specially commissioned by Music Network), that sits across the centuries, mediating between past and present with the trio’s gorgeous swirling string lines and percussion opening a new window on old music, proving that a good tune can speak easily to all of us, no matter what the language, no matter when the time.
Programme:
Hildegard von Bingen Ave Generosa | Guillaume de Machault Tels rit au matin | Medieval Dances arr. Saltarello | John Dowland Flow my tears | Henry Purcell Music for a while | Antonio Vivaldi Largo and Presto from Concerto for viola d’amore in D minor, RDV 393 | Marin Marais Folies D’Espagne for viola d’amore and cello | David Fennessy 3 Hofer Photographs for solo cello | Gérard Pesson Tafelmusik for solo percussion | Black Brittany (traditional tunes) arr. Saltarello | Garth Knox Song from the sea | Garth Knox Galway Green (Music Network Commission)
TOUR DATES:
Tues 25 Feb – Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris +33 1 58 52 10 30 / centreculturelirlandais.com
Thurs 27 Feb – First Presbyterian Church, Belfast +4428 -9024 8818 / movingonmusic.com
Fri 28 Feb – Great Hall, Ulster University Magee, Derry
Sat 29 Feb – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
Sun 1 Mar – 8pm – Station House Theatre, Clifden €15 / €12 095-21699 / clifdenstationhouse.com
Mon 2 Mar – 8pm – Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar €17 / €14 094-9023733 / linenhall.com
Tues 3 Mar – 8pm – National Opera House, Wexford €17 / €15 (+ bkg fee) 053-9122144 / nationaloperahouse.ie
Wed 4 Mar – 7pm – Lutherhaus, 24 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 €20 / €15 / €10 01-4750224 / musicnetwork.ie
Thurs 5 Mar – 7.30pm – CIT Cork School of Music €20 / €15 / €10 / €5 (students) corkorchestralsociety.ie
Fri 6 Mar – 7.30pm – The Large Room, City Hall, Waterford €17 / €15 / €5 (students) Waterford-music.org
Sat 7 Mar – 8pm – Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard €25 / €12.50 087 6839061 / derravaraghmusic.ie