Imagining Ireland: 21st Century Song

String arrangements to be performed by Crash Ensemble.


Imagining Ireland is an initiative of the National Concert Hall which aims to ‘Present living portraits of a modern, creative, conflicted and diverse Ireland.’
Various artist will present their own interpretations of Ireland in song word and visuals.

Artists include: Paul Noonan, Lisa Hannigan, Saint Sister, Seamus Fogarty, Brian Deady, Loah, Mango Dassle, Stephen James Smith, Maria Kelly and J Colleran (formerly MMOTHS).

Performances:

3rd February 2018 National Concert Hall, Dublin
5th March 2018 The Barbican, London


Full List of Arrangements:

Dancing In The Moonlight by Thin Lizzy
Betty by Brian Deady
Get On Your Knees by Brian Deady
Prayer For The Dying by Lisa Hannigan
We, The Drowned by Lisa Hannigan
Cortege by Loah
Unveiled by Loah
Deep Blue by Mango X Mathman
Lord Hear Us by Mango X Mathman
Stitches by Maria Kelly
Torn Into Two by Maria Kelly
Bad Skin Day by Paul Noonan
Castles by Saint Sister
Tin Man by Saint Sister
Short Ballad For A Long Man by Seamus Fogarty

 
A versatile house band, the Crash Ensemble String Quartet, provided consistently unexpected counterpoints along the way.
— ★★★★ The Guardian, Colin Irwin