Previous Concerts, Plays, Exhibitions & Events
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Sunday 28th May 2017
Brontë
A solo portrait of Charlotte Brontë Written by William Luce Performed by Sharon McArdle Directed by Declan Gorman Costumes by Sinead Roberts (By permission of Samuel French) Commissioned by Banbridge Borough Council. 2016 was the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte's birth |
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Willian Luce is an American playwright specialising in one person plays. In this portrait, Charlotte Bronte reviews the life she and her sisters lived with their curmudgeonly father. It is cleverly staged as she writes a letter while waiting for Mr Nicholls whom she expects to call and ask for her hand in marriage
Sharon McArdle trained as an actor at Rose Burford College in London and has worked with the Unicorn and Belgrade Theatres. Previous roles include Irina in Chekov's Three sisters and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. Currently she lectures at the School of Arts and Movement, Dublin City University.
Declan Gorman founded Upstate Theatre, a professional company based in Drogheda and now directs freelance. Plays directed include The Green Fool; Macbeth; & The Big Fellow.
Sharon McArdle trained as an actor at Rose Burford College in London and has worked with the Unicorn and Belgrade Theatres. Previous roles include Irina in Chekov's Three sisters and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. Currently she lectures at the School of Arts and Movement, Dublin City University.
Declan Gorman founded Upstate Theatre, a professional company based in Drogheda and now directs freelance. Plays directed include The Green Fool; Macbeth; & The Big Fellow.
Sunday 20th November 2016
Violin & Piano Recital Jennifer Murphy & Peter Regan Schubert - ‘Duo’ Sonata in A major for violin & piano D.574 Poulenc - Sonata for Violin & Piano FP119 Elgar - Sonata for Violin & Piano in E minor Op.82 Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen 
Saturday 19 November 2016
Booker-nominated novelist Donal Ryan and the Patrick Kavanagh Award winning poet Martin Dyar will present a special evening of collaborative and interactive explorations of their work. Reading in a special call and response format, the two writers will also offer reflections on their creative processes and the centrality of rural Ireland to their writing. |
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Saturday 20th August 2016
House Plays
Written & directed by Mina Tenison
Performed by Ken Fletcher & Amy Kinlon
House Plays
Written & directed by Mina Tenison
Performed by Ken Fletcher & Amy Kinlon
27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st of July 2016
Grimm Tales for Young and Old
Performed in the woods and garden at Anaverna by Quintessence Theatre
Wednesday 23rd December 2015
Deirdre Brenner, Julie-Anne Manning and her sister Aisling, who run the excellent Boyne Music Festival, have arranged a concert at Anaverna on Wednesday 23rd December at 7 pm.
Most of the musicians have family connections with Ravensdale or close-by, but I don't think that applies to John Chest, who has recently sung the title role of Billy Budd to great acclaim at Deutsche Oper Berlin, or to Layla Claire who will be singing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival in 2016.
The performers include Deirdre Brenner, John Chest, Layla Claire, Dennedy Sisters, Donnelly Family, Annemarie McGahon, Atesh Kirkan, Manning Sisters, Vourneen Ryan, Robin Panter.
Deirdre Brenner, Julie-Anne Manning and her sister Aisling, who run the excellent Boyne Music Festival, have arranged a concert at Anaverna on Wednesday 23rd December at 7 pm.
Most of the musicians have family connections with Ravensdale or close-by, but I don't think that applies to John Chest, who has recently sung the title role of Billy Budd to great acclaim at Deutsche Oper Berlin, or to Layla Claire who will be singing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival in 2016.
The performers include Deirdre Brenner, John Chest, Layla Claire, Dennedy Sisters, Donnelly Family, Annemarie McGahon, Atesh Kirkan, Manning Sisters, Vourneen Ryan, Robin Panter.
Friday December 11, 2015
A Christmas Carol
Performed by Michael James Ford, Helene Montague and Ruairi Heading.
A Christmas Carol
Performed by Michael James Ford, Helene Montague and Ruairi Heading.
Sunday 18th October 2015 - Daniel Kearney (piano)
Beethoven - 32 Variations in C Minor
Beethoven - Sonata No 30 in E Major, Op 109
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Chopin - Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Beethoven - 32 Variations in C Minor
Beethoven - Sonata No 30 in E Major, Op 109
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Chopin - Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
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Sunday 6th September
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20th - 23rd August 2015
Alice in Wonderland |
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Sunday 28 th June 2015
Deirdre Moynihan (soprano) Fionnuala Moynihan (piano) Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff & Field. |
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Sunday April 19th, 2015
Sharon Carty Jonathan Ware Songs by Franz Schubert |
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Sunday March 29 2015
Joanne Quigley (violin) & Geraldine O’Doherty (harp)
Beethoven - Romance in F
Shostakovich - Romance from the Gadfly
John Williams - Schindler’s list
Kreisler - Liebesleid, Schon Rosmarin, Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Faure - Apres une Reve
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
Joanne Quigley (violin) & Geraldine O’Doherty (harp)
Beethoven - Romance in F
Shostakovich - Romance from the Gadfly
John Williams - Schindler’s list
Kreisler - Liebesleid, Schon Rosmarin, Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Faure - Apres une Reve
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
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Sunday 4th & Sunday 11th January 2015
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Sunday 21st September 2014
Michael McHale (piano) and Karl Sweeney (violin) Schubert: Impromptus op. 90 Beethoven: "Spring" Sonata op.24 Debussy: Estampes Grieg: Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor op.45 |
Satuday 19 and Sunday 20 July 2014
Lugh and the Children of Tuireann
A play for children (in the age range 3 to 90!) in the gardens and woods at Anaverna House in Ravensdale
Lugh and the Children of Tuireann
A play for children (in the age range 3 to 90!) in the gardens and woods at Anaverna House in Ravensdale
Sunday Ist June 2014
Nicolas Pujane (piano)
Beethoven: - Piano Sonata No.15 in D Major, op.28 "Pastoral"
Liszt: - Nuages Gris
- Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Nicolas Pujane (piano)
Beethoven: - Piano Sonata No.15 in D Major, op.28 "Pastoral"
Liszt: - Nuages Gris
- Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Sunday 11 May 2014
Finghin Collins (piano)
Haydn - Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49
Schumann - Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26
Chopin - Twelve Etudes Op. 25
Finghin Collins (piano)
Haydn - Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49
Schumann - Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26
Chopin - Twelve Etudes Op. 25
Sunday 23rd March 2014
Sunday 23rd March 2014 Gina Maria McGuinness (violin) Dimitri Papadimitriou (piano) Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano No.2 in A major De Falla: Suite on Spanish Folk Songs Strauss: Sonata for violin and piano in E-flat major op.18 |
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Sunday 16th February 2014
Alessandro Taverna
Felix Mendelssohn: Venetianische Gondellied from Songs without Words
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean, from Miroirs
Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli & La Lugubre Gondola
Claude Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse & Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque
Igor Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de”Petrouchka”
Alessandro Taverna
Felix Mendelssohn: Venetianische Gondellied from Songs without Words
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean, from Miroirs
Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli & La Lugubre Gondola
Claude Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse & Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque
Igor Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de”Petrouchka”
Sunday 1st December 2013 at 3pm
Music Network Presents
Benjamin Britten as I knew him: A Musical Portrait
by John Elwes with Finghin Collins and Brian O'Kane
Sunday 13th October 2013 - Fiachra Garvey (Piano)
Brahms - Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1
Clara Schumann - Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op. 20
Lachenmann - 5 Variations on a Theme of Schubert
Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 8 in Bb Op. 84
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July 2013 - The Adventures of the Three Bold Babes.
A play for children (age range 3 to 90) based on the illustrated book by Rosamond Praeger performed in the gardens and woods at Anaverna.
Directed by Sharon McArdle with costumes designed by Leanne Mullen.
Doc Lavery as the Wicked King
Alvaro Lucchesi as the Lazy Vagabond
John Noonan as the Giant
Lord Bellew as the Bad Old Knight
Directed by Sharon McArdle with costumes designed by Leanne Mullen.
Doc Lavery as the Wicked King
Alvaro Lucchesi as the Lazy Vagabond
John Noonan as the Giant
Lord Bellew as the Bad Old Knight
Saturday 2nd March 2013 . Pat Coldrick
Pat played his own compositions and arrangements as well as works by Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Isaac Albeniz, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Mozart.
Friday 7th December 2012
Art Exhibition. French Artists, Thierry Faure & his son Antoine Faure - oil and watercolor paintings, inspired by their passions for horses, jazz & cabaret.
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MICHAEL McHALE – Piano
Music by Schubert, Liszt, John Field and William V Wallace. Also works by contemporary Irish composers Philip Hammond, Donnacha Dennehy and Garrett Sholdice - and Michael’s own arrangement of traditional Irish airs.
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Sunday 2nd September at 3pm
Jane Rooney, accompanied by Sean Rooney. Songs by Henry Purcell, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Michael Head and William Walton.
Thursday 30th August at 8pm – Mary Quinn
Music by Elgar, Tartini, Haydn and Ravel
Sunday 30th September at 3pm
Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw
Starring Peter Gaynor and Rebecca Grimes. Directed by Michael James Ford.
Starring Peter Gaynor and Rebecca Grimes. Directed by Michael James Ford.
Sunday 14 October, 3pm –
Evan Christopher
Evan Christopher - clarinet, David Blenkhorn - solo guitar, Dave Kelbie - rhythm guitar, Sébastien Girardot – bass.
A mêlée of gypsy swing, New Orleans collective improvisation, and what Jelly Roll Morton called the ‘Spanish tinge’, with the rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean.
Evan Christopher is reputed to be the greatest Jazz Clarinetist alive.
A mêlée of gypsy swing, New Orleans collective improvisation, and what Jelly Roll Morton called the ‘Spanish tinge’, with the rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean.
Evan Christopher is reputed to be the greatest Jazz Clarinetist alive.
We have concerts (mostly classical but sometimes jazz or traditional music) and plays at Anaverna.
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