Mary & The Pigeons
October 19 @ 8.00pm - 10.00pm
€20
Mary & The Pigeons
featuring:
Mary Barnecutt – vocals, piano and cello
Lucia McPartlin – violin
Niamh Roche – viola
Aisling Ennis – Irish harp
Ciarán Crilly – piano
Brian Walsh – percussion
Photograph by Olga Kuzmenko
Cellist Mary Barnecutt has created a concert of ‘chamber folk’ featuring strings, Irish harp, percussion and piano. Drawing from her experience as a musician and creative writer, Mary has imagined vast and varied soundscapes from piano and orchestral strings to adaptations of folk melodies. For this concert with her ensemble, they will perform chamber music arrangements of works from her two albums, interspersed with traditional English and Irish folk tunes.
Mary Barnecutt is Dublin-based composer and musician who works with a wide variety of artistic and educational projects. She writes and arranges music for film, theatre and dance productions, and has collaborated with artists such as Liz Roche, Justine Doswell, Amanda Coogan, Adrian Crowley, Ruth O’Mahony Brady and Ray Harman. She frequently works as a string arranger and soundtrack collaborator, most recently with Stephen Shannon for his highly acclaimed ‘Fathoms’ LP. She is music programmer of the Sundays at Noon concert series in Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery, and is co-director of ‘Spike’, Dublin’s annual alternative cello festival (www.spikecellofest.com). She produces, records and releases music on her label, Sharkwoman Records, including the albums ‘Into Air’ (2016) and ‘Like Water’ (2024)
Reviews
“…a lush collection that sounds organic and occasionally magical.” Lauren Murphy, Irish Times ****
“Very fine album alert – ‘Into Air’ is a surprise and absolute pleasure. Go seek, buy, listen!” Tony Clayton-Lea
“…Mary Barnecutt’s superb score, its cello-driven sequence evoking David Darling at his best during his ECM years.” Chris O’Rourke, The Arts Review
“…unique and enchanting.” Adhamh O’Caoimh. The Goo, 2024
“’Like Water’ is a rich sonic experience, with compositions ranging from contemplative piano arrangements to orchestral string ensembles” Saoirse Murphy, PureMzine
Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
Tickets €20, from Eventbrite.
This concert is presented as part of the OPW’s 2024 Cultural Programme at Farmleigh House.