CAMERATA IRELAND WITH BARRY DOUGLAS - PROGRAMME 5TH JUNE 2022

CAMERATA IRELAND
WITH BARRY
DOUGLAS
PROGRAMME
5TH JUNE 2022
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AWAKENING CONCERT SERIES

WELCOME
On behalf of University Concert Hall (UCH) I am
delighted to welcome you to the final concert in our
2022 Awakening Limerick Concert Series featuring
international pianist, Barry Douglas and Camerata
Ireland.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome Barry and
Camerata Ireland back after a very difficult two years for
the industry. Camerata Ireland have been pushing the
boundaries of musical collaborations across the island of
Ireland since 1999 and perform regularly to audiences across the globe. Tonight’s
programme includes some of Mozart and Beethoven’s most well-known piano
concertos and Symphonies which I’m sure you will enjoy.

On behalf of the UCH Board and management team I would like to thank the
Friends of University Concert Hall, and you our audience members for your
ongoing support, without which concerts like this would not be possible.

As our Awakening Limerick Concert Series comes to a close for this year plans are
underway for expanding the next concert series and we look forward to sharing
the details with you very soon.

For now please, sit back, relax and immerse yourself in the delights of Mozart and
Beethoven beautifully performed by Barry Douglas and Camerata Ireland.

Director
University Concert Hall

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programme
Awakening Limerick Concert Series presents



           Camerata Ireland
          with Barry Douglas
     Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ Lyric FM

              PROGRAMME

 Mozart        Piano Concerto No 23 in A K 488

 Beethoven     Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat

 Mozart        Symphony No 40 in G minor

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Barry Douglas (Pianist)
Barry Douglas has established a major international career since
winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano
Competition, Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland, the
only all-Ireland orchestra and the Clandeboye Festival, he continues to
celebrate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaining a busy international
touring schedule.

In recent seasons Barry performed with a list of orchestras that includes
the London Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Russian National,
Vancouver and Colorado Symphonies, and the Halle Orchestra. In 16/17
he marked the 30th anniversary of his Tchaikovsky International Piano
Competition win with full Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto cycles with the
RTE Orchestra in Dublin and the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. Also noted
for his promotion of contemporary repertoire, he performed the premiere of Kevin Volans’ fourth
piano concerto with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the European premiere of
the Penderecki Piano Concerto.

Other recent highlights include a major UK tour with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra,
and appearances with the RTE, Barcelona and Sydney Symphonies as well as a continuation of
his collaboration with the Borodin String Quartet. A highly sought after recitalist and chamber
musician, he has given performances across the globe from Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and
Wigmore Hall and the Verbier Festival to the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Grand Theatre
in Shanghai and other cities in China.

He has previously given concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony,
Singapore Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Staatskapelle Halle, Orchestre National de France,
Seattle Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Hong Kong
Philharmonic orchestras, among others.

Barry is an exclusive Chandos recording artist. He recently completed a six-album recording of the
full works for solo piano of Brahms. International Record Review wrote that “this is indeed Brahms
playing of the utmost integrity and authority... this cycle looks set to become a benchmark version.”
His current recording projects focus on the solo piano works of Schubert and a new project of
Tchaikovsky solo piano music. Also with Chandos Barry is exploring Irish folk music through his
own arrangements, working with ancient melodies through to pieces by contemporary song
writers.

In 1999 Barry Douglas founded the chamber orchestra Camerata Ireland to celebrate and nurture
the very best of young musicians from both Northern and the Republic of Ireland. In addition
to striving for musical excellence, one of the orchestra’s aims is to further the peace process in
Ireland by promoting dialogue and collaboration through its musical education programmes.
Barry regularly tours with Camerata Ireland throughout the world. Highlights of past seasons were
Camerata Ireland’s debut at the BBC Proms in London and a world premiere of a new cantata
commissioned by The Honourable The Irish Society, “At Sixes and Sevens”, alongside the London
Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Derry-Londonderry becoming City of Culture 2013.

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Camerata Ireland
Camerata Ireland brings together fine musicians
who live and work in Ireland and Irish musicians
who work and live abroad.

Since its formation Camerata Ireland has travelled
the world to wide critical acclaim. Tours to North and
South America in earlier years have been followed
by trips to Italy, Germany (Munich), Poland (Warsaw)
and China (Shanghai and Beijing). Notable
successes have included the Irish Festival of Arts
and Culture in China in 2004, the 2006 International
Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, the Smithsonian
Festival in the US Library of Congress, the Naantali
International Festival in Finland in 2007, the Festival de la Chaise-Dieu in France in 2008 and 2009,
their Carnegie Hall debut in 2011, the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall in summer 2013, and the 40th
Anniversary Kilkenny Arts Festival. In May 2011 the orchestra was honoured to be invited to perform
for the (former) President of Ireland, Mary McAleese and Her Majesty the Queen, as part of the latter’s
historic State visit to Ireland. Highlights of 2015 included a tour to South America taking in Buenos
Aires, Rosario, Cordoba, Santiago de Chile and Sao Paulo.and a tour of China, with appearances in
Guangzhou, Yichun, Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai.

Every summer Camerata Ireland returns to its homeland to take part in the annual Clandeboye
Festival held in August in the historic Clandeboye Estate. The festival has just celebrated
its twelfth anniversary.
Camerata Ireland has recorded the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos and the Triple Concerto.
All of Camerata Ireland’s recordings have met with great critical acclaim.
‘There is an extra special quality to Irish string playing which comes from the roots of Irish tradition’
says Barry. ‘I knew that if I could bring the best Irish players together something special would result
– and I have not been disappointed’.
Nor should he be. In recognition of the exceptional nature and quality of its work Camerata Ireland
was awarded the Joint Patronage of Mary McAleese, President of Ireland and Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II in 2004.

Liz Nolan (Presenter)
Liz Nolan hails from Dublin and trained in voice, oboe and piano at the DIT
Conservatory of Music and Drama and the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Following a degree in English Literature (TCD Hons) and M.Phil in Music
(DIT/TCD), Liz was appointed academic lecturer and singing teacher at
the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. A H.Dip in Arts Administration
(UCD) led to Liz’s appointment as Education and Outreach Officer at the
Association of Irish Choirs. In 2001, RTÉ lyric fm beckoned. There, Liz has
presented a wealth of key shows including Classic Drive, A World of Song,
Lyric Notes and Lunchtime Classics. In 2015 she was awarded bronze for
Best Overall Music Presenter at the prestigious PPI (now IMRO) Awards.
She now presents The Full Score, 1-4pm weekdays on lyric. Alongside
her strand work on radio, Liz has researched and presented numerous
acclaimed arts radio features, which have received international broadcast. Liz is also well-known
as presenter/ MC at concerts and arts events around Ireland, in addition to roles as Music Club host
and lecturer.

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