Ceiliúradh Cruitireachta | Celebrating Harps

Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland celebrates Irish harping at a very special gala concert in the Royal Irish Academy of Music’s Whyte Recital Hall at 5pm on Sunday 20th October.  This grand finale in a feast of harping worldwide marking Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2024 brings together some of our finest harpers and singers from both Ireland and abroad.

The concert features 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 present a song-cycle for voice and harp which reimagines the deep-rooted connection between harper and poet in a contemporary context. 

Composer, harper and producer Maeve Gilchrist, who has released five albums to date, including her most recent 2020 recording, The Harpweaver, has composed a new suite of music for The Harp Ireland Ensemble, which features harpers from almost every county in Ireland and will be premiered at this special occasion. Finally, dynamic brother and sister duo, Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta join the line-up to conclude a wonderfully active year of harping in Ireland with a celebration of our almost 1000-year old tradition.

Tickets available here.