Ina Boyle’s music was recently performed in her home county of Wicklow at the ‘Music in Calary Summer Series’ concert.
Sponsored by Wicklow County Arts, and staged in Calary Church, ‘Ina Boyle and her World’ was a stunning program with accomplished performances from Aileen Cahill, piano, Dr Orla Shannon, soprano and David Scott, baritone.
Music in Calary: ‘Ina Boyle and her World’
“I was particularly delighted to speak to some audience members who knew Ina from their childhood in Enniskerry.”
David Scott commented, "After many years of research and work on Ina Boyle's songs, it was a joy to perform them in her home county of Wicklow to such an enthusiastic audience at Calary Church. I was particularly delighted to speak to some audience members who knew Ina from their childhood in Enniskerry."
Aileen Cahill, David Scott and Dr. Orla Shannon
“Performing Boyle’s songs just ten minutes away from her home estate in Enniskerry was an extraordinarily intimate experience”
Soprano, Dr Orla Shannon on the concert; “Performing Boyle's songs just ten minutes away from her home estate in Enniskerry was an extraordinarily intimate experience. It felt deeply authentic and heartwarming to share a selection of her vocal works from our recently published songbook in a setting so closely connected to the composer's life and with an audience so genuinely invested in her legacy.
Personally, the highlight for me was meeting attendees who had memories of Boyle as children; their stories allowed me to embody her songs with renewed sincerity and emotional understanding of both the elusive nuances and expressive depths that underpin her music. A true privilege.”
‘Ina Boyle and her World’
The evening included Ina Boyle’s music, Sleep Song, Joy of Earth and The Mill-Water, and the concert also featured works by Hamilton Harty, Charles Villiers Stanford, Rhoda Coghill and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
‘Ina Boyle and her World’ program