What a privilege to arrive at the start another decade. My 7th! A nudge to get on and do the things that one most enjoys. To mark my 60th birthday, I gave a recital of my favourite music from the cinema. A week after the day, I presented the programme at the Upstairs Gallery at the Coastguard Cultural Centre in Tramore. I was joined by pianist and composer Marian Ingoldsby. The evening sun was still bright and the white horses of the sea were visible through the windows of the scenic Coastguard Station on the Doneraile in the seaside town.
In December 2021, I commissioned a new violin from luthier Mark Keenan. I made the trip down to Mark's workshop in Belmont, Co Offaly to collect the instrument in August. It is a copy of a Golden period Stradivarius and I look forward to playing it in the years ahead. To go with a new instrument I commissioned a new piece for violin and piano by Marian Ingoldsby and gave the premiere performance at the event. A world premiere no less! Notions!
I am happy to report that the venue was full and a retiring collection raised €500 for Meals on Wheels. Thank you all!
Set List below
Melodies of the Silver Screen
Coastguard, Tramore 4th September 2022
Cathy Desmond -Violin & Marian Ingoldsby -Piano
Guest Tenor John Drohan
Programme
·
Humoresque;
Dvorak
1947 Humoresque
·
Romanze;
Shostakovich 1955
The GADFLY
·
Salut
d’Amour; Elgar
1962 Elgar (dir Ken Russell)
·
Windmills
of Your Mind; Legrand 1968 The Thomas Crown Affair -
·
Loss
of Love ; Henry Mancini 1970 Sunflower
·
Speak
Softly Love; Nino Rota 1972 The Godfather
·
Lara’s
Theme; Maurice Jarre 1965 Dr Zhivago
·
Theme
Schindler’s List; John Williams
1993 Schindler’s List
·
Por
Una Cabeza; Carlos Gardel 2002 Scent of a Woman
·
Theme;
Nigel Hess
2004 Ladies in Lavender
·
New
Commission; Ingoldsby: 2022 Doneraile Saunter (working title)
·
The
Marino Waltz; J Sheahan 1987 The Peat
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T Poem The Fiddlemaker's Workshop by J Sheahan read by Daniel Foley for Mark Keenan
·
Czardas;
Monti
1984 Unfaithfully Yours
·
Ashokan
Farewell; Jay Ungar 1991 Ken Burns PBS The Civil War
Silver Screen Selection
ViolinCat: Youtube Playlist: www.shorturl.at/ejL19
Clips from the films that inspired tonight’s programme.
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