Top international artists set to perform at the Killaloe Music Festival
The Killaloe Music Festival will include artists Rhiannon Giddens and Denise Chaila
THIS year's Killaloe Music Festival is bringing big names to the riverside village over the June bank holiday weekend.
Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens, Denise Chaila, sean-nós singer Sibéal Ní Chasaide and some of Europe’s finest chamber musicians will gather in Killaloe and Ballina for the festival.
Running from May 27 to June 1, the festival transforms St Flannan’s Cathedral and venues across the twin towns into intimate performance spaces.
A major highlight of the weekend will be an intimate candlelit performance by Rhiannon Giddens and long-time collaborator Francesco Turrisi in St Flannan’s Cathedral on Saturday night, May 30.
Sunday’s late-night concert will bring together Denise Chaila and Sibéal Ní Chasaide in a unique collaboration with festival musicians, blending spoken word, Irish traditional song and contemporary performance.
Friday’s Sounds from the American Century moves from Copland and Dvořák to Bernstein’s vibrant music from West Side Story. Saturday’s Revolutions spans nearly a thousand years of music. Sunday evening’s La Belle Époque captures the atmosphere of Paris through Debussy, Satie, Stravinsky and the songs of Piaf.
The festival’s candlelit late-night concerts in the nave of St Flannan’s Cathedral have become a signature part of the weekend, and this year includes an immersive presentation of Barber’s Adagio for Strings alongside electronics, projections and surround-sound elements.
For more information, see the website killaloemusicfestival.com for tickets and event listings.