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In our second visit this week to the 2019 Great Music in Irish Houses Festival we have an all-French programme. Opening the recital, soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Finghin Collins perform Faur茅鈥檚 Cinq m茅lodies de Venise, Op. 58, setting the poems of Paul Verlaine. Next, Debussy鈥檚 Cello Sonata, performed by cellist Mark Coppey. This colourful work was written in 1915 in a summer house on the French coast, originally as part of a series of sonatas Debussy wanted to write towards the end of his life. Next, Chausson鈥檚 Chanson perp茅tuelle, which through the years has had a series of different orchestrations, presented here in an arrangement for soprano, string quartet and piano. Finghin Collins is joined by soprano Ailish Tynan and the Van Kuijk Quartet.

We continue with music by one of the most important French composers of the 20th century. Nadia Boulanger鈥檚 Three Pieces was originally written for organ but is arranged here for cello and piano, performed by cellist Mark Coppey. And completing today鈥檚 concert, an arrangement Poulenc鈥檚 Trois M茅lodies with the Van Kuijk Quartet.