Evening concert series

Insieme

Performers: Insieme

About Insieme

Concert Summary

Ensemble Insieme (Italian for together) present The Spark in the Quiet, a programme curated by recorder player Caoimhe de Paor and built from the moments when music calls her back to the recorder. Those times when a melancholic line from Dowland, a phrase by Bach, a flourish from Vivaldi, the warmth of an Irish Air, or the clarity of a modern piece lifts the instrument into her hands almost by instinct. These works, though from different centuries and traditions, share a quiet charge: a spark that lights up stillness and reminds her why she plays. 

Alongside voice, strings and piano, this recital follows that thread of gently rekindled inspiration, tracing how the recorders voice can move gently through time while always returning to the simple joy of breath, sound, and renewal.

Caoimhe de Paor - recorder
Mona Kodama - violin
Juan Drown - viola
Johanna Byrne - mezzo-soprano
Clare Clements - piano
 

Programme

Walter de la Mare

When music sounds

JS Bach

Sarabande and Bouree Anglaise from Partita BWV 1013

for solo recorder

JS Bach

Prelude from Partita in E BWV 1086

for solo violin

CPE Bach

Trio Sonata in F

for bass recorder, viola and keyboard

JS Bach

'Saget Saget' from the Easter Oratorio BWV 249

for alto, recorder obbligato, strings and piano

Jacob Van Eyck

Comagain

for solo recorder

John Playford

Faronell's Ground from The Division Flute

for recorder, strings and piano

Antonio Vivaldi, Tito Manilo

'Non ti lusinghi la crudeltade'

for mezzo, recorder obbligato, strings and piano

Arvo Pärt

Spiegel im Spiegel

for recorder and piano

Anette Zirgenmeyer

The Guru Guy from The Delayed Flute

for solo recorder and delay pedal

Various/Trad

Irish Jigs

for voice and recorder, strings and piano

Performers