Friday 29th May, 8pm - Orchestral Opening Concert

Donegal Chamber Orchestra with guest soloist flautist Amy Gillen Auditorioum of Visitor Centre, Glenveagh National Park 

The DONEGAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA features classical string players from across county Donegal and is dedicated to helping students and amateur musicians achieve the highest level of excellence in performance. The Donegal Chamber Orchestra gives regular performances throughout the county during the year and previous seasons have included trips to Spain and Italy. Since its establishment the orchestra worked with guest artists, soloists and conductors. The Orchestra was founded in 2006 by Hungarian violinist Orsolya Szabó-Yélamo (Violin resource tutor with Donegal Music Education Partnership) and Spanish cellist Víctor Yélamo (Artistic Director of the ensemble).

AMY GILLEN is 18 years of age and from Bridgetown, Laghy, in Donegal. She started playing flute at the age of 8 with Sarah Murphy in Derry, and currently studies under Professor William Dowdall at the Royal Irish Music Academy of Music, Dublin (RIAM), where she has been a scholarship student for the last 3 years. She was also a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland from 2009-2013, playing first flute in many venues throughout Ireland as well as in the United Arabs Emirates. A multiple prize-winner and bursary recipient over the years, Amy won the Senior Flute Competition at the ESB Feis Ceoil in Dublin in 2014, and in September performed in the ESB Feis Ceoil Young Platform Series in the John Field Room of the National Concert Hall.

Programme 

Boyce Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 2 No. 1 

Delius Two Aquarelles for String Orchestra (To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water) 

Derek Ball (b. 1949) Monsters from the Forest (1996)

Mascagni Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”

Johann and Josef Strauss Pizzicato Polka, Opus 234

Glazunov (150th Anniversary) Theme and Variations in G minor, op. 97

Vivaldi Flute Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 10, RV 428 “Il Gardellino” 

Soloist: Amy Gillen

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