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Masters of Tradition Festival

2021 Masters of Tradition Festival
Opening Night

September 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Martin Hayes and Bruce Molsky will open to 2021 Masters of Tradition Festival on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST. The 2021 Masters of Tradition Festival opens tonight with an eagerly-awaited conversation between the festival’s Artistic Director, County Clare fiddle player Martin Hayes and Bruce Molsky, the highly-acclaimed fiddler, guitarist and … [Read more...] about 2021 Masters of Tradition Festival
Opening Night

2021 Masters of Tradition Festival
Featuring Martin Hayes, Steve Cooney, and David Power

October 2, 2021 Newsletter

September 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment

The second concert of the 2021 Masters of Tradition Festival will be broadcast from the magnificent stately home Bantry House on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST. “This concert features two old friends of mine who I have played a lot with over the years. Steve Cooney is an Australian-born guitarist who moved to Ireland many years ago. He has explored Irish music in … [Read more...] about 2021 Masters of Tradition Festival
Featuring Martin Hayes, Steve Cooney, and David Power

Christine Tobin, Phil Robson, and Francesco Turrisi Perform at the Stately Bantry House

October 2, 2021 Newsletter

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The third concert of the 2021 Masters of Tradition on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST will be broadcast from the Bantry House overlooking Bantry Bay. Masters of Tradition continues this week with a special performance of poetry by William Butler Yeats, set to music by Irish singer Christine Tobin. She will be joined by UK-born guitarist Phil Robson and Italian … [Read more...] about Christine Tobin, Phil Robson, and Francesco Turrisi Perform at the Stately Bantry House

John Walsh, David Power & Marja Gaynor at Future Forests

October 2, 2021 Newsletter

September 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Masters of Tradition moves to Future Forests in deepest West Cork for its next concert on Wednesday October 20, 2021. John Walsh, Ireland’s leading Flamenco guitarist, joins uilleann piper David Power and Marja Gaynor on baroque violin for a very special collaboration in the spectacular setting of this unique garden centre. They perform a programme featuring their own … [Read more...] about John Walsh, David Power & Marja Gaynor at Future Forests

Masters of Tradition Festival Mixes Music and Poetry

IA Staff
October 23, 2021 Newsletter

September 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment

One of Ireland’s most respected poets Doireann Ní Ghríofa makes her first appearance at Masters of Tradition alongside guitarist Steve Cooney and accordion player Derek Hickey. This  unmissable performance takes place in the elegant library of Bantry House, overlooking Bantry Bay. Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 8:00 PM. “Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a well-known poet in … [Read more...] about Masters of Tradition Festival Mixes Music and Poetry

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The composer Arthur Sullivan was born in London to an Irish Italian mother, Mary Coughan and Irish-born father, Thomas Sullivan. Sullivan composed his first anthem at age 8. At age 14, he was awarded a scholarship to the London Academy of Music. Sullivan began a collaboration with W.S. Gilbert to create the comic opera “Thespis.” He would work with Giblert on fourteen light operas in all, including The Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado. Sullivan’s “Irish Symphony” was first performed in March 1866. He wrote it on holiday in Ireland: “As I was jolting home through wind and rain… in an open jaunting-car, the whole first movement of a symphony came into my head with a real Irish flavor about it – besides scraps of the other movements.”

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