A major seventeen-concert recital of Ireland, supported by the Arts Council.
Details of individual concerts below in the calendar. Watch the tour promo video here.
With thanks to Optique Opticians, Galway.
WANDERER TOUR NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2021
Programme 1 – seven concerts
Tullynally – Portaferry – Navan - Carlow - Wexford – Ballyvourney – Listowel
After months of inactivity, pianist Finghin Collins takes to the road again this winter, embarking on an extensive national recital tour which he has named after one of the major pieces in the programme - Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy. This is Schubert’s most demanding work for piano solo, which Schubert named after one of his own songs “Der Wanderer” - music from the song appears in each of the linked movements of the piece. The second half of the programme takes us on the day’s journey into night with a diverse range of pieces inspired by midday and evening, including Amy Beach’s magical conjuring of the song of the hermit thrush.
Bach English Suite No 3 in G minor
Schubert Wanderer Fantasie Op. 15
Gerald Barry Midday (Ros Tapestry Suite)
John Field “Midi”
Liszt Harmonies du Soir
Amy Beach Hermit Thrush at Eve
Bartók The Night’s Music from “Out of Doors”
Chopin Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31
Programme 2 – five concerts
Limerick – Ballina – Sligo – Letterkenny – Roscommon
The second half of this programme takes us on the day’s journey into night with a diverse range of pieces inspired by morning, evening and night, including the late Eric Sweeney’s homage to the ancient lighthouse at Hook Head in County Wexford, part of the Ros Tapestry Suite.
Bach English Suite No 3 in G minor
Schubert Wanderer Fantasie Op.15
Amy Beach Hermit Thursh at Morn
Schubert / Godowsky Morning Greeting
Sweeney Evening: The Lighthouse at Hook Head (Ros Tapestry Suite)
Liszt Harmonies du Soir
Clara Schumann Notturno
Chopin Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31
Programme 3 – five concerts
Dún Laoghaire – Ennis – Thurles – Cork – Bantry
The second half of this programme presents a diverse range of works inspired by the evening and night as well as Elaine Agnew’s contribution to the Ros Tapestry Suite, commissioned by the New Ross Piano Festival in 2014.
Bach English Suite No 3 in G minor
Schubert Wanderer Fantasie Op. 15
Elaine Agnew The Abduction of Dervorgilla (Ros Tapestry Suite)
Debussy Soirées dans Grenade
Liszt Harmonies du Soir
Schumann In der Nacht
Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2
Chopin Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31