Friday 2 September 2022, 8 pm, St. Barrahane’s Church, Castletownshend
Arthur Greene – organ & Kevin Meehan – violin
Tickets €15, online, at the door, at Thornhill Electrical, Skibbereen or text/call 086 226 4797
Programme
Toccata in F major BuxWV157 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Organ
Sonata in D major J. H. Schmeltzer (?-1680)
Violin and organ
Chaccone in F minor Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Organ
Passacaglia in G minor Heinrich Biber (1644-1704)
Violin
Chaccone in C minor Buxtehude
Organ
Short break
Chaccone in E minor Dietrich Buxtehude
Organ
Improvisation
Violin and organ
Chaccone in D minor Johann Pachelbel
Organ
Sonata no. 2 in D major from the ‘Frankfurter Sonatas’
G.P Telemann (1681-1767)
Violin and organ
Kevin Meehan is currently taking the Bachelors in Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, where he studies baroque and modern violin with Claire Duff and Mia Cooper respectively.
Kevin has a special interest in baroque music, and is a member of the Irish Youth Baroque Orchestra. He is the former leader of Waterford Symphony Orchestra, and amongst other groups, he has also performed with Wexford Sinfonia and the Royal Irish Academy of Music Philharmonia. He has participated in masterclasses with Bróna Cahill and David Edmonds.
Kevin has performed many public concerts with chamber ensembles and quartets around Ireland, and has lead multiple baroque chamber groups at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
This month, Kevin will fly to Croatia with the other members of the Irish Youth Barroque Orchestra to play in a baroque festival in Varaždin.
Arthur Greene began playing the organ at the age of sixteen having already played the piano for many years. In 2015 he moved to Dublin from his native Kildare to read music at Trinity College Dublin. He held the title of organ scholar to the college for three consecutive years from 2017 – 2020, working under the director of chapel music, Dr. Kerry Heuston.
In 2019 he went to study full time in the Royal Irish Academy of Music completing a Masters in performance under Dr. David Adams. He continued to study composition and also took up the harpsichord during this time. He completed his studies in 2021 and was awarded an overall distinction. Although his main focus during his masters was in the baroque music of the 17th and early 18th century he enjoys performing across many genres including jazz and free improvisation.
He is the current organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. Alongside this he works as a teacher, performer and composer.
