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Irlandiani

‘A beautiful debut album’ -Hannah French, BBC Radio 3 Record Review Extra

Irlandiani is the debut album from the Irish baroque cellist Carina Drury. Picturing the musical life of early 18th Century Ireland, the album explores the influence of Irish traditional music on Italian baroque composers living in Ireland at the time, and how a fashion for the Italian baroque style also influenced the Irish composers of the day. In collaboration with the renowned Irish Flute player Eimear McGeown and using a combination of historical and traditional instruments, this album explores Irish tunes from The Neal Collection – the first ever printed collection of Irish music from 1724 – side by side with cello sonatas by Francesco Geminiani and Lorenzo Bocchi, both of whom lived in Ireland in the 18th century.

Supported by Arts Council of England funding.

Carina Drury – Baroque Cello
Eimear McGeown – Irish Flute
Aileen Henry – Baroque Harp
Nathaniel Mander – Harpsichord
Poppy Walshaw – Baroque Cello Continuo