Thomas Charles Marshall organ
Francesco Giusti counter tenor
Nora O'Leary baroque cello
Please note: change to performers
Francesco Giusti and Nora O'Leary will now be replacing Bogdan Sofei for this performance
Friday 8 August, 1.05pm
Presented by Birr Festival of Music
Thomas Charles Marshall is a graduate of Cambridge University, he studied organ with Shane Brennan in Mullingar, with Peter Hurford at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and with David Adams at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He is the Director of Music and Organist at St Ann’s Church, Dawson St. Dublin as well as director of the Dublin Male Voice Choir and Kildare Cathedral Singers.
Francesco Giusti
Born in Bologna, Italy, after studies of pianoforte, organ, composition and musicology Francesco started singing as a countertenor and has performed in many concerts in Europe, Japan and the USA. After a London Guildhall School singing BMus he studied at HMT Leipzig and Amsterdam Conservatorium, where he obtained a MMus. He moved to Ireland in 2017. He was a member of NIO studio in Belfast for the 2018/19 season and of the Irish National Opera ABL Studio for the 2021/22 season, during which he covered Tamerlano’s role in Vivaldi’s Bajazet, with IBO conducted by Peter Whelan, which saw his London ROH debut. Oratorio and opera roles include Ottone in Handel's Agrippina and The Cheshire Cat in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as well as title roles in Scarlatti/Martini’s “La Dirindina”, Greg Caffrey’s “Pamplemousse”, Handel’s Messiah and “Fernando, Re di Castiglia”, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and B minor Mass.
Norah O'Leary is an Irish cellist and viola player specialising in period instrument performance. She holds a first-class Master’s degree in Performance of Early Music from the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki.
Norah has since performed and recorded with several distinguished ensembles, including London Early Opera and Signum Records, featuring in their 2019 release Handel’s Queens. She has also regularly performed with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Camerata Kilkenny, Sestina Music, Cork Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble Scania Barock, and Ensemble OrQuestra.
As a founding member of Ensemble Dagda, Norah has performed at prestigious festivals, including the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, East Cork Early Music Festival, Sligo Festival of Baroque Music, and the Encanto Festival in Helsinki.
Tickets €10 (Children Free)
Tickets can be purchased at the door
Please note: cash only
This event is kindly supported by The JVM Trench Will Trust
https://www.birrfestivalofmusic.com/birr-vintage-week
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