For this special concert, as part of Bloomsbury Festival, Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea explore themes of ‘human’ qualities and ‘kindness’ in their programme.
Musical art is a force that inspires and connects humankind, evoking our desire to create artistic expression. Plato said music gives soul to the universe.
Reflecting on ‘human’ qualities and ‘kindness’, Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) have created a programme that teases out the fantastical and the familial. The title of Arvo Pärt’s Fratres translates as ‘brothers’. César Franck’s Violin and Piano Sonata is one of the giants of the repertoire and was composed as a wedding gift for the ‘King of the Violin’, Eugène Ysäye. It is a work with an inventive structure and cyclic form, themes reappearing in later movements, and a central Recitativo-Fantasia movement. ‘Human Kind’ in terms of our relation to the universe and coming into being is explored in Deirdre McKay’s a quarter million miles from the moon and Evis Sammoutis’s Monogenesis. Hannah Kendall’s A Winged Spirit and a set of Chick Corea’s inimitable Children’s Songs complete this journey.
In BBC Music Magazine this duo is hailed as: ‘The two soloists are agile, incisive and impassioned’. Violinist Darragh Morgan and pianist Mary Dullea are members of ‘the virtuosic Fidelio Trio’ (Sunday Times). They have performed across the globe from Wigmore Hall to Seoul Arts Centre, Phillips Collection Washington DC to Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre. They have recorded over 100 albums for labels including NMC, Naxos, Resonus Classics and Mode Records which have received critical acclaim and multiple awards including Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice and Diapason d’Or.
“hugely impressive, Darragh Morgan plays with seemingly effortless control” — The Strad
Arvo Pärt | Fratres
Deirdre McKay | a quarter million miles from the moon
Hannah Kendall | A Winged Spirit
Evis Sammoutis | Monogenesis
Chick Corea | Children’s Songs (nos. 7, 16, 19 & 18)
César Franck | Violin Sonata in A
Darragh Morgan • violin
Mary Dullea • piano
Age Recommendation:
All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Price: *All ticket prices below include a £1 booking fee applied at checkout*
IN ADVANCE • Standard £14 • Living Support/NHS Discount £7 • Members £12 • Under 26 FREE
ON THE DOOR • Standard £15 • Living Support/NHS Discount £7 • Members £13 • Under 26 FREE
Access Information
Due to the age and Grade II listing of the building, there is no lift access to rooms above the ground floor.
All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.
This event is part of Bloomsbury Festival.
Further Info
Our pop-up bar will be open before and during the interval of the performance, in our foyer. It serves a selection of ethically and sustainably produced drinks.
If you have any accessibility enquiries, please contact us at info@conwayhall.org.uk / 020 7405 1818.