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Insieme
Overview
Performers
Programme
COVID-19 Precautions

Missing home, but relishing the adventure in a new land; confused by unfamiliar language and customs while broadening your horizons; a citizen of the World and yet a foreigner in every land; the lived experience of an immigrant is nothing if not complex. Insieme should know – our performers hail from 5 countries and 3 continents!

From Stravinsky to Chevalier S. George, Grainger to Weil, Insieme present a varied programme of music and poetry written by great artists who, each for their own reasons, left their homelands and made new lives for themselves elsewhere. We hope that through their art and our performances we can capture a little of the exhilaration and introspection in the heart of every immigrant!

Continuing their creative residence at Lauderdale House, Insieme present a seasonal concert series featuring their signature combination of strings, woodwind, piano, voice and spoken word. Committed to increasing access to high quality classical music and reaching new audiences, Insieme are known for their engaging and imaginative concert and opera programming.

They have been creating and producing concert/opera performances and music/performing arts workshops since 2009. Insieme (Italian for ‘Together’) are a mixed group of singers and instrumentalists who share their love of music and words in performances, which combine chamber and vocal works in solos and small ensemble repertoire for the recital room and theatre. 

Performers

Violins: Guillem Calvo & Mona Kodama

Viola: Juan Drown

Cello: Cliona Ni Choileain

Voice: Johanna Byrne

Piano: Clare Clements

Programme

T. K. Murray: Starry Night – Lullaby (violin, viola)

Poem - R. Padel: extract from The Mara Crossing 

Stravinsky: Danse Russe, Chanson Russe (violin, piano)

Poem - R. Padel: extract from The Mara Crossing

R. Clarke: Passacaglia (viola, Piano)

M. de Falla: Popular Spanish Songs (violin, piano)

S. Gubaidulina: Preludes for Solo Cello (Cello)

Poem – M. Oliver: Wild Geese

P. Grainger: Colonial Song (violin, cello, piano)

J. Bologne: String Quartet Op 1 No 3 (violins,viola, cello)

Extract of interview with Kurt Weill, NBC Blue, 1941

K. Weill: September Song & Mack the Knife (all)

COVID-19 Precautions

Our advice and measures will change in accordance with the most recent government guidance. We are currently:

• Keeping a record of contact details for lead bookers.
• Conducting extra regular cleaning.
• Welcoming audience members with hand sanitiser.
• Designating toilets for your event.
• Keeping windows open for good ventilation.
• Encouraging audience members and staff to wear masks, unless exempt or when eating/drinking.
• Recommending taking a lateral flow test for everyone attending.