Gala Concert 2024

Grand Finale Concert at RIAM Whyte Recital Hall, Sunday 20 October

This grand finale concert brought together some of our finest harpers and singers from both Ireland and abroad.
The concert featured two new Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland commissions supported by The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Sean nós singer and twice Grammy nominated artist, Iarla Ó Lionaird, along with US harper Parker Ramsay and composer-arranger Connor Way presented a song-cycle for voice and harp which reimagined the deep-rooted connection between harper and poet.
Composer, harper and producer Maeve Gilchrist composed a new suite of music for The Harp Ireland Ensemble, which featured harpers from almost every county in Ireland and was premiered at this special occasion.
Finally, dynamic brother and sister duo, Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta joined the line-up to conclude a wonderfully active year of harping in Ireland with a celebration of our almost 1000-year old tradition.