Irish composers – resituating Ireland during the time period, main composers and their influence Arnold Bax, Edward Swan Hennessy, Ina Boyle

Ingrid Nicola – Violinist/founding member of ConTempo quartet. She has premiered more than 50 works of world composers and Irish composers.

Therese Fahy – Pianist. She is the only professional Irish pianist to specialise in the performance of French music, has performed the complete works for solo piano by Debussy

Dr Aidan Thomson – NUI Musicologist Head of Music Department. He works on early twentieth-century British and Irish art music, particularly Elgar, Bax and Vaughan Williams.

Daphnis and Chloe (Debussy)

Catherine Gagneux (Host) – French Honorary Consul in Galway (for Connacht and Donegal)

Music played: 

• First Movement from Quartet in E Minor by Ina Boyle played by ConTempo String quartet
• First Quartet Complete String Quartet by Edward Swan Hennessy played by ConTempo
• String Quartet Tombeau to Debussy (Therese Fahy)
• Tombeau to Debussy Concerts — Thérèse Fahy (theresefahy.com)

Recording, editing and intro music composition by Alan Preims from Soundtrack & Podcast in Galway Ireland

Music and composers – How Impressionism influenced music, who are the main composers, what are the main musical characteristics, how it is expressed in music and correlates to art pieces.

Ingrid Nicola – Violinist/founding member of ConTempo quartet. She has premiered more than 50 works of world composers and Irish composers.

Therese Fahy – Pianist. She is the only professional Irish pianist to specialise in the performance of French music, has performed the complete works for solo piano by Debussy

Dr. Aidan Thomson – NUI Musicologist Head of Music Department. He works on early twentieth-century British and Irish art music, particularly Elgar, Bax and Vaughan Williams.

Catherine Gagneux (Host) – French Honorary Consul in Galway (for Connacht and Donegal)

Music played: La cathédrale engloutie by Debussy and played by Debussy himself

Reflets dans l’eau by Debussy and played by Therese Fahy

Recording, editing and intro music composition by Alan Preims from Soundtrack & Podcast in Galway Ireland.

Paintings – What is impressionism, how it started, who were the main artists, influence on society and in Ireland

New way of painting modern life

Roderic O'Conor, « Garçon breton de profil » | Musée d'Orsay (musee-orsay.fr)

Femmes au jardin - Claude Monet | Musée d'Orsay (musee-orsay.fr)

Anne Robbins – Curator of paintings at the Musée d’Orsay

Exhibitions mentioned in Musée d’Orsay

Le décor impressionniste - 2022-03-02 | Musée de l'Orangerie (musee-orangerie.fr)

Cinema at last! Arts, images and entertainment in France (1833-1907) - 2021-09-28 | Musée d'Orsay (musee-orsay.fr)

Signac, the Collector - 2021-10-12 | Musée d'Orsay (musee-orsay.fr)

Catherine Gagneux (Host) – French Honorary Consul in Galway (for Connacht and Donegal)

Art Ó Súilleabháin– Poet (performs the reading of The Afternoon of a faun (Mallarmé)

Prélude l’après-midi d’un faune by Debussy performed by Orchestre national de Lyon

Recording, editing and intro music composition by Alan Preims from Soundtrack & Podcast in Galway Ireland

Alan Preims Soundtrack & Podcast Galway for recording, editing , music composed