Deirdre Moynihan

Sunday's at Noon at The Hugh Lane Gallery - Feb 26th at 12pm
Cantata RV 649 (Vivaldi), sonatas by Vivaldi & Scarlatti as well as a selection of arias from Handel's "Neun Deutsche Arien"

Deirdre Moynihan    Soprano
Laoise O’Brien          Recorder
Kate Hearne            Cello
David Adams           Harpsichord

Concerts at the University of Warsaw and in Poznan, Poland - March 6th & 7th. Additional details t.b.a.
Programs to include solo works, duets, trios and sextet for piano, two flutes, soprano, uileann pipes and guitar. Program to include works by Handel, Doppler, Previn, John Field, Poulenc, Ravel and Diarmaid Moynihan. This concert is in association with the Irish Embassy in Warsaw and Culture Ireland. The concert will feature Diarmaid, Patricia, Donncha, Deirdre, Kieran and Fionnuala Moynihan.

O' Riada Re-Imagined - St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland, Dundalk. 10 March at 8pm
Louth Contemporary Music Society presents a new arrangement of Seán Ó Riada’s Mass by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky.
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"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - March 13th. Performance at 6pm in RIAM, Dublin.
For soprano and String Quartet (from the Irish Chamber Orchestra).

Kaleidoscope Night at The Odessa Club,Dublin. April 4th at 9pm.
Deirdre Moynihan (Soprano) & Alec O' Leary (Guitar) present a selection of traditional Spanish songs from the intriguing collection "Canciones Españolas Antiguas". The collection was compiled by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.

Dublin Guitar Festival - April 27th. Venue details t.b.a.
Deirdre Moynihan (soprano) & Alec O' Leary (guitar)

Recent Concerts

"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - February 1st. Kaleidoscope Night at The Odessa Club,Dublin. Deirdre Moynihan & String Quartet (from the Irish Chamber Orchestra)

"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - February 1st. Performance at 2pm in the University of Limerick
For soprano and String Quartet (from the Irish Chamber Orchestra).

"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - January 25th. Performance at 11am in Galway University Hospital
For soprano and String Quartet (from the Irish Chamber Orchestra).

"Yeoman of The Guard" (Gilbert & Sullivan) conducted by John Wilson. RTE Concert Orchestra - January 6th, 2012. Deirdre will play "Kate" in this concert production.

Handel's Messiah with Irish Baroque Orchestra and Resurgam. Directed by Jeffrey Skidmore
Soloists Deirdre Moynihan (Soprano), Stephen Wallace (Counter Tenor), Eamonn Mulhall (Tenor) and Greg Skidmore (Baritone)

Thursday, December 8th: Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
Friday December 9th: Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
Saturday December 10: St Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway

"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - December 6th, Performance at 12.30pm in Rua Red Arts Centre, Tallaght for Arts and Health Exchange Day
For soprano and String Quartet.

Sunday November 27th,8pm. Star of the Sea Church, Sandymount, Dublin. Fundraising concert for Tshwaranang OVC, a group of children orphaned by HIV AIDS in Tembisa township in South Africa. Deirdre will sing with vocal ensemble "Moving Voices" as part of this concert. Click here here to view additional information.

"Opera A Tavola" - Italian Opera Night at Carluccio's, Dawson Street, Dublin. November 10th, 7.30pm. Deirdre Moynihan (Soprano) & Catherine Redding (Soprano)

"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - October 28th, Performance for World Stroke Day at 6pm in Tallaght Hospital. For soprano and String Quartet. Deirdre Moynihan (Soprano), Mia Cooper (Violin, Joanne Quigley (Violin), John Lynch (Viola), Dominic Dudley (Bass).

"Anda Jaleo" - Songs of the People

October 4th, Captain’s Room, Hunt Museum, Limerick
October 5th, St. John’s Art Centre, Listowel
October 6th, Music in Calary, Calary Church, Wicklow
October 7th, Fota House, Cork
October 8th, Borris House, Borris, Carlow
October 10th, Avila Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin

The concert tour features Deirdre Moynihan (soprano) and Alec O' Leary (Guitar). This program will centre around a wonderful collection of Spanish Folk Songs by Federico Garcia Lorca as well as highlights from the South American repertoire for voice and guitar. In addition, the programme will also include songs from the Early Music repertoire.

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award. Click for additional tour details.

October 3rd: Westport Arts Festival, Matt Molloy's, Westport. Diarmaid Moynihan (Uilleann Pipes/Whistles, Deirdre Moynihanb (Fiddle/Vocals), Brian Kissane (Accordian) Donncha Moynihan (Guitar)

Sep 7th 2011: "Stravinsky 4 Russian peasant songs" - Kaleidoscope Night at The Odessa Club,Dublin. Deirdre Moynihan, Michelle O' Rourke, Linda Buckley & Irene Buckley

August 6th: Resurgam & the Irish Baroque Orchestra, directed by Christophe Rousset at The Kilkenny Arts Festival. Deirdre performs as a soloist in works by Handel and Mondonville. Full program includes Dixit Dominus (Handel), Grand Motets: Jubilate Deo & In Exitu Israel(Mondonville). St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny.

July 28th 2011: "Stravinsky 4 Russian peasant songs" - Kaleidoscope Night at The Steve Reich Festival - The Half moon Club, Cork Opera House. Deirdre Moynihan, Michelle O' Rourke, Linda Buckley & Irene Buckley

July 16th 2011: "Music amongst the Mosaics", 8pm Church of the Ascension, Timoleague. "Anda Jaleo" - Songs of the People. The program will centre around a wonderful collection of Spanish Folk Songs by Federico Garcia Lorca as well as highlights from the South American and english repertoire for voice and guitar. Deirdre Moynihan (soprano) and Alec O' Leary (Guitar).

June 27th 2011: Recital with pianist Fionnuala Moynihan - The Avila Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin. Programme to include works by Bach, Purcell, Field, Haydn.

"Bewitched" (Ian Wilson) - June 15th, Trinity College Dublin. For soprano and String Quartet (from the Irish Chamber Orchestra)

"The Lights of Ranzanico Live " - Saturday, May 21 at 8:30pm. The Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin. This superb concert will feature a fusion of original material written by Diarmaid Moynihan (uilleann pipes/whistles) and Donncha Moynihan (guitar) and melodies from around Europe. They will be joined by Brian Kissane (accordion) and Deirdre Moynihan (fiddle/vocals). Musical fusion and cross-cultural interaction will be at the centre of the evening as they collaborate with some of Ireland’s finest classical musicians – Larissa O’ Grady (viola) and Kate Ellis (cello). The music is influenced by jazz, classical and both Irish and European traditional cultures – will appeal to a large section of the music-loving public.

"Vespers of 1610" (Monteverdi) - April 19th, St. Fisherwick Church, Belfast with Saint George's Singers, Quintessentail and Saint George's Sinfonia

"Mass of The Children" (Rutter) - April 17th, St. Michael's Church, Fermanagh with Fermanagh Choral Society

Vivaldi Cantatas & Stabat Mater (Pergolesi) - March 20th 2010 Pro-Cathedral, Dublin 1

Deirdre sings with The National Chamber Choir of Ireland at The White House for President Barack Obama on March 17th.

Friday March 4th 2011 @ 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, Cork School of Music, CIT
Program to include solo works, duets, trios and sextet for piano, two flutes, soprano, uileann pipes and guitar. Program to include works by Handel, Doppler, Previn, John Field, Poulenc, Ravel and Diarmaid Moynihan. This concert is in association with the CIT Alumni Association and will feature Diarmaid, Patricia, Donncha, Deirdre, Kieran and Fionnuala Moynihan.

December 13th 2010: Recital with pianist Fionnuala Moynihan - The Avila Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin. Programme to include works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Field

December 7th: Performance of a selection of Scottish folksongs from Francesco Geminiani’s “A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick” - Kaleidascope, Odessya Club, Dublin 2. Deirdre Moynihan(soprano), Anita Vedres(Baroque Violin), Aoife O' Donovan(Baroque Flute), Marja Gaynor(Viola), Andrew Robinson(Viol)

Vivaldi - The Cantatas

Deirdre Moynihan - Soprano
Marja Gaynor - Baroque Violin
Rachel Factor - Harpsichord
Malachy Robinson - Viola da Gamba

"Vivaldi - The Cantatas" sees a number of Ireland's well established Early Music artists coming together to perform an exciting body of work on period instruments. Vivaldi’s Cantatas are full of drama and illustrate the most thrilling and engaging elements of Baroque repertoire. It is a unique experience for an audience to hear a concert of this repertoire with all the musical ingredients of the original setting. In addition to the Vivaldi Cantatas, the programme will also include instrumental works by Geminiani and Veracini.

OCT 31st : Avila Retreat Centre, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, 8pm. Tel: 01 - 643 0200 Door Donation
NOV 3rd : St. John's Theatre & Arts Centre, Listowel, Kerry, 8pm. Tel: 068 - 22566 Tickets €15 / €12
NOV 4th : The Hunt Museum, Limerick City, Reception 5.30pm, Concert 6.30pm. Tel: 061 - 312 833 Tickets €15 / €12
NOV 5th : The Aula Maxima, University College Cork, 1pm. Tel: 021 - 4904530 Free
NOV 7th : Sundays @ Noon Concert Series, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 12pm. Tel: 087 - 2456971 Free
NOV 13th: Ardee Baroque Festival, C of I Church, Collon, County Louth, 8pm Tel: 087 - 6115679 Tickets €15 / €10

Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award

November 24th 2010: Premier of new Ian Wilson work "Bewitched" in Tallaght, Dublin - Deirdre Moynihan(soprano), string quartet from the Irish Chamber Orchestra