Upcoming Events
Evlana - Enchantment with Michael Harding (Cavan Townhall)
ENCHANTMENT - EVLANA & MICHAEL HARDING
Michael Harding - Readings
Sylvia O'Brien (soprano)
William Dowdall (flute)
Keith Pascoe (violin)
Isabelle O'Connell (piano)
Join Evlana and Michael Harding for an evening of music and magic. The event will feature composers with a local connection such as Turlough O’Carolan and Percy French as well as performances of works with an enchanted theme, such as Ravel's "Enchanted Flute", Richard Strauss's "At Sunset' and "Elfentanz" by Florence Price. Evlana are delighted to welcome Michael Harding to share stories of local folklore and enchantment.
"Enchantment" promises to be a magical musical evening for all.
PROGRAMME
Siobhán Cleary Air - violin
Turlough O’Carolan - Carolan Suite arranged by Siobhán Cleary (Carolan’s Dream, Planxty Kelly, Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady) - violin, flute and piano
Siobhán Cleary - Chaconne
Maurice Ravel - La Flûte Enchantée from Scherezade - voice, flute and piano
Florence Price - Elfentanz - violin and piano
John Corigliano - Three Irish Folksongs - soprano and flute
Richard Strauss - Im Abendrot from 4 Last Songs Soprano - flute, violin, piano
Percy French / Philip Green - Gortnamona - soprano, flute, violin, piano
Evlana - Enchantment with Michael Harding (Con Brio, Sligo)
ENCHANTMENT - EVLANA & MICHAEL HARDING
Michael Harding - Readings
Sylvia O'Brien (soprano)
William Dowdall (flute)
Keith Pascoe (violin)
Isabelle O'Connell (piano)
Join Evlana and Michael Harding for an evening of music and magic. The event will feature composers with a local connection such as Turlough O’Carolan and Percy French as well as performances of works with an enchanted theme, such as Ravel's "Enchanted Flute", Richard Strauss's "At Sunset' and "Elfentanz" by Florence Price. Evlana are delighted to welcome Michael Harding to share stories of local folklore and enchantment.
"Enchantment" promises to be a magical musical evening for all.
PROGRAMME
Siobhán Cleary Air - violin
Turlough O’Carolan - Carolan Suite arranged by Siobhán Cleary (Carolan’s Dream, Planxty Kelly, Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady) - violin, flute and piano
Siobhán Cleary - Chaconne
Maurice Ravel - La Flûte Enchantée from Scherezade - voice, flute and piano
Florence Price - Elfentanz - violin and piano
John Corigliano - Three Irish Folksongs - soprano and flute
Richard Strauss - Im Abendrot from 4 Last Songs Soprano - flute, violin, piano
Percy French / Philip Green - Gortnamona - soprano, flute, violin, piano
Evlana Ensemble - Headland
Evlana Ensemble: Headland
Donegal Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
Thursday 3rd September 2026, 8pm
Sea, song and solo voice. Evlana’s first concert in Donegal opens out from Rebecca Clarke’s The Seal Man, her 1922 setting of Masefield’s tale of a woman lured into the waves, and John Corigliano’s Three Irish Folksong Settings, which pair soprano and flute in reimaginings of traditional airs. Jessie Montgomery’s compelling Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin stands in the line of Bach and Ysaÿe. Permit Me, a haunting solo cello piece by Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, is heard alongside Rosy Wertheim’s Trois chansons, which set Chinese poetry in the French of her Paris years, and Zaid Jabri’s Beati Pacifici, written in memory of the peace activist Rachel Corrie and taking its title from the Beatitude: blessed are the peacemakers.
The concert takes its title from John McLachlan’s Headland, scored for septet and fixed media, commissioned by Evlana in 2020 and inspired by the Donegal-based composer’s sea canoeing along the Inishowen coast.
Programme
Jessie Montgomery – Rhapsody No.1 for solo violin
Rosy Wertheim - Trois chansons for soprano, flute and piano
John Corigliano – Three Irish Folksong Settings
Deborah Cheetham Permit me for solo cello
Rebecca Clarke - Seal Man for soprano and piano
John McLachlan – Headland (for flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola, cello and mixed media)
Zaid Jabri – Beati Pacifici for soprano and piano
Joan Tower – Petroushskates for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Evlana at HLG Sunday Series
Abbey Presbyterian Church, Dublin 1
Sylvia O’Brien, soprano
Isabelle O’Connell, piano