Episode 3 – French Impressionism influence - Music – Irish Composers.

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