Castleconnell Autumn Concert Series

PLEASE NOTE THIS CONCERT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CASTLECONNELL

Performing Artists: Aoife Ní Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy

The album title, Cosán Casta, derives from the Irish words for “twisted path”, reflecting a journey both intricate and organic, rooted and exploratory. 

Cosán Castais a deeply considered and intimate work that reimagines Irish traditional music through original compositions, reinterpretations of archival tunes, and a fusion of classical and jazz idioms. 

The record pays homage to the music Aoife and Cormac grew up with, the musical language they heard and spoke in their family homes. For both Aoife & Cormac, music is deeply tied to confidence, a sense of place, and a feeling of authority. To play their own music, to have trust not only in the notes but the nuances, the quirks of stylistic ornamentation, and the interpretation of the manuscripts collected before their time, has brought them on a path of discovery, helping them find their voice and bring to life their own interpretation of tradition to life.

Having both left Ireland to further study music, to discover, develop and explore their practice within the worlds of jazz and classical genres, “it became apparent very quickly that the musical accent of our own traditional music was one that cannot be disguised or gotten rid of easily,” says the pair. 

“This accent define show we approach music of all genres but also how we express the truest version of ourselves.” A mix of the old and new, the album tells “the stories of who we are and where we come from but also the story of the journey our music has taken us on through out our careers. The paths we have taken have been no means straight forward and the twists and turns on our musical journeys have always directed us back home-to where the music started.

 ‘Isfadaanbótharnachbhfuilcasadhann.’It'salongroadthathasnobends.

Programme

Cailleach/ Crowley’s

A Short Time Later 

Cosán Casta/ Butterfly 

Gallagher’s 

Ducko 

Gigue & Reels

A Mháire 

Salamanca

*Booking fee included in price of the ticket.