RESONATE: Larissa O'Grady

RESONATE: Larissa O'Grady

  • 26 March, 7pm
  • €18/€16
  • The Dock, Carrick-On-Shannon
RESONATE: Larissa O'Grady

Larissa O'Grady (violinist)

Collaborators: Néstor Romero Clemente (filmmaker) & Sam Perkin (composer)

Having become increasingly aware of the natural habitat and local landscape during the period of lockdown, Larissa O’Grady began developing the idea of an installation centered around a solo violin performance but incorporating mixed media and energised by nature.

Inspired by American composer Michael Gordon’s music for three violins ‘Tree-Oh’, Larissa looked west to the beautiful setting of Lough Key Forest Park as the place in which to situate the development of the work and to The Dock Arts Centre as the location for the concert performance as part of Music Networks’ RESONATE Residency Programme. The result is a nature-based art film to accompany the pre-recorded string trio, with all parts played by Larissa.

Sam Perkin’s special commission for this Residency will be premiered in The Dock as part of a broader programme of works for solo violin that will include pieces by David Lang, Linda Buckley, Michael Gordon, Kaija Saariaho, Missy Mazzoli and Andrew Norman.

Programme

David Lang: low resolution
Linda Buckley: Exploding Stars
Michael Gordon: Tree-Oh

Kaija Saariaho: Nocturne
Missy Mazzoli: Vespers
Andrew Norman: Sabina
Sam Perkin: Premiere of the new piece ‘Larissa’

"As lockdown continued, I became more aware of my own natural habitat and landscape and began taking field recordings of bird sounds in my local area and in popular forest parks around Dublin and county Wicklow - in an effort to archive those sounds that I had been enjoying and become more intensely aware of. Exploring my relationship with the natural world and biodiversity is something that I had committed to allow myself time for, and engaging with nature through my art practice was how I wanted to spend time exploring that. While researching, developing and presenting a nature-inspired mixed media sound and visual installation with violin as the central voice, I worked to create a unique concert offering for the audience – a solo violin programme with mixed-media which also inspires a new cohort of nature lovers to engage with nature on a local level at Lough Key Forest Park." Larissa O 'Grady (2021)

Larissa O’Grady is an Irish violinist dedicated to performing contemporary music and exploring adventurous interpretations of the standard repertoire.  As a member of Ireland’s leading contemporary music group, Crash Ensemble, Larissa has premiered the works of composers such as Donnacha Dennehy, Ann Cleare, Nico Muhly and David Lang. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across three continents and frequently performs with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

A video recording of Larissa O'Grady's new material will be shared on Music Network’s and each venue’s social media channels 4th – 9th April.

RESONATE: Music Network Artist Residencies
Presented in partnership with glór, Ionad Cultúrtha, National Opera House, Triskel Arts Centre, The Dock and Regional Cultural Centre.

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