15/05/2026
TU Dublin Harp Ensemble ushers in the summer with a lunchtime concert of historical, traditional Irish, classical, and contemporary music for solo harp and harp ensemble.
📅 Monday, 18 May
🕢 13:00 – 14:00
📍 Concert Hall, East Quad, Grangegorman D07 XFF2
🎟️ Free Admission – No Booking Required
Featuring compositions by and arrangements by Zabel, Tournier, Esther Swift, Gráinne Hambly, William Jackson, Gráinne Meyer and Luke Webb. The programme also includes arrangements by the ensemble’s co-director Rachel Duffy and a newly composed work for solo harp by harp ensemble member, Aoibheann Galvin.
Programme
Esther Swift: ‘Time Spinner’
Marcel Tournier: ‘Offrande’
Albert Zabel: ‘Marguerite au Rouet’
Aoibheann Galvin: ‘Dallan’s Delight
Calum Stewart arr. Rachel Duffy ‘Looking at a Rainbow through a Dirty Window’ | Michael McGoldrick arr. Rachel Duffy ‘Farewell to Whalley Range’
Damien McKee arr. Gráinne Meyer: ‘Jump the Broom’ | David Stone arr. Gráinne Meyer: ‘Luke Skywalker Walks On Sunshine’
arr. Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson: ‘Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Uí Chearrbhaill’ (trad. Irish air) | ‘Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight’ (trad. Irish slip jig)
arr. Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson: ‘Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn’ | Jerry Holland arr. Rachel Duffy: ‘Malcolm’s New Fiddle’ (trad. Cape Breton)
Luke Webb: ‘Freedom's Call’
Damien O’Kane arr. Gráinne Meyer: ‘Seasick Dee’
Performers
Rachel Duffy, Fiona Gryson, Julieta De Cicco, Emma Ovakimyan, Róise Ní Laoire, Aoibheann Galvin