BERNARD IRWIN - PAINTING AND MUSIC IN CONVERSATION
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FREE, all welcome!
19 Jul 2025
14.00 - 16.00
Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn
Live performances from Clare Lynch and Fintan O’Hare 🎷🎻,
plus 👨🏻🎨 🗣️ In Conversation with Bernard Irwin and Clare Lynch, with Jesse Leroy Smith
𝄞 Join us for a unique fusion of painting and music, as two powerful collaborations bring together the work of painter Bernard Irwin and composers Clare Lynch and Fintan O’Hare.
These one-off performances will take place in The Studio, where Bernard’s paintings will be hanging, creating a dialogue between sound and image.
🎶THE TREES ARE SINGING / TREELINES
Composer Fintan O’Hare presents Treelines, a saxophone quartet written in response to Bernard Irwin’s painting The Trees are Singing, which will be displayed in the space during the performance. Originally initiated by composer Clare Lynch for the Rosewood Festival of Art and Music in 2021, this collaboration continues to evolve and deepen.
🎶A SLOW BREATH
A Slow Breath is a meditative piece for saxophone quartet and violin by Clare Lynch, marking her return to composition. The work is an ongoing response to Bernard’s painting of the same name, which will also be exhibited during the performance.
👩🏻🎨 MEET THE ARTISTS👩🏻🎨
Following the performances, Bernard Irwin and Clare Lynch will be in conversation with artist Jesse Leroy Smith, offering insights into their creative processes and the dialogue between visual art and sound. A chance to hear directly from the artists about the power of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
FREE, all welcome!
19 Jul 2025
14.00 - 16.00
Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn
Live performances from Clare Lynch and Fintan O’Hare 🎷🎻,
plus 👨🏻🎨 🗣️ In Conversation with Bernard Irwin and Clare Lynch, with Jesse Leroy Smith
𝄞 Join us for a unique fusion of painting and music, as two powerful collaborations bring together the work of painter Bernard Irwin and composers Clare Lynch and Fintan O’Hare.
These one-off performances will take place in The Studio, where Bernard’s paintings will be hanging, creating a dialogue between sound and image.
🎶THE TREES ARE SINGING / TREELINES
Composer Fintan O’Hare presents Treelines, a saxophone quartet written in response to Bernard Irwin’s painting The Trees are Singing, which will be displayed in the space during the performance. Originally initiated by composer Clare Lynch for the Rosewood Festival of Art and Music in 2021, this collaboration continues to evolve and deepen.
🎶A SLOW BREATH
A Slow Breath is a meditative piece for saxophone quartet and violin by Clare Lynch, marking her return to composition. The work is an ongoing response to Bernard’s painting of the same name, which will also be exhibited during the performance.
👩🏻🎨 MEET THE ARTISTS👩🏻🎨
Following the performances, Bernard Irwin and Clare Lynch will be in conversation with artist Jesse Leroy Smith, offering insights into their creative processes and the dialogue between visual art and sound. A chance to hear directly from the artists about the power of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
FREE, all welcome!
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