Venue & Date: St. Barrahane's Church, Castletownshend, Co. Cork. Thursday 30 July, 2026
Tickets €20
Online (booking fee), at the door, at Thornhill Electrical Skibbereen or text/call 086 226 4797
At the door only: children under 13 free, students under 19 half price
When such forces come together all is possible.
Programme to follow.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Irish soprano Anna Devin is widely admired for her “impeccable Baroque style” (Bachtrack), “vocal control…artistry and musico-dramatic intelligence,” (Opera News). An alumna of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artist programme, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the National Opera Studio, Ms Devin is ‘an ideal interpreter of Handel’s ‘sex-kitten’ roles’ (Opera Magazine) and has gained recognition across the world for her work in the Baroque and Classical repertoire.
A frequent concert performer throughout Europe and the USA, Ms Devin’s repertoire encompasses a vast range of sacred and secular works. In addition to her work on stage, Ms Devin is proud to be an Ambassador for the British Dyslexia Association. She has also been open with the public through the media and events about growing up with dyslexia, saying: “Being different is not a bad thing. Not fitting in with the crowd is a blessing as we all have our own journey and being forced to find your own path brings originality.” She is passionate about nurturing new talent and gives masterclasses at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, as well as coaching at the Royal Academy Opera Course, London.
Iain Burnside is a Scottish classical pianist and accompanist, and an occasional presenter on BBC Radio 3.
Following study at Merton College, Oxford, the Royal Academy of Music and the Chopin Academy, in Warsaw he became a freelance pianist, specialising particularly in song repertoire. He has collaborated with many singers, and was particularly close friends with the late soprano Susan Chilcott. Burnside is the godfather of Chilcott's son, Hugh, and following her death in 2003 became his legal guardian.
Other singers he has worked and recorded with include Dame Margaret Price, Galina Gorchakova,Lawrence Brownlee, Rosa Feola and Roderick Williams, with whom he has recorded the complete Finzi baritone songs.
After presenting the Cardiff Singer of the World competition, he became a presenter on Radio 3, for many years fronting the weekly song-orientated show Voices for which he won a Sony Radio Award. Later he began presenting the Sunday morning programme. He has also written various musical plays: A Soldier and a Maker on the life of Ivor Gurney, premiered in 2012 and later broadcast on. BBC Radio 3; Shining Armour on Clara Schumann; Why does the Queen Die? and Swansong on Franz Schubert; Journeying Boys on Verlaine and Rimbaud.