St. Barrahane's Church Festival of Music and Concerts

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St. Barrahane's Church of Ireland

Castletownshend

(8km from Skibbereen)

Co. Cork, P81 AH51

Ireland

concerts@barrahanemusic.ie

+353 86 226 4797 (Jacqueline Weij)

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Karin Leitner – flute, Rosanna Moore – harp

July 24, 2025

8:00 pm

 

Venue: St. Barrahane's Church, Castletowshend, P81 AH51

Tickets €20
Online (booking fee applies), at the door, at Thornhill Electrical Skibbereen or text/call 086 226 4797

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Programme

Flute & Harp Recital "The French Works"

Debussy, Ravel, Faure, Saint-Saens, Hasselmans, Cras

Details to be follow.

Karin Leitner is a renowned Concert Flautist, travelling worldwide as a soloist and with chamber music partners. Born in Vienna, but Irish in her soul, she lived in Birr, Co. Offaly, London and Vienna. She played in the Stage Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, BBC Symphony, London Mozart Players, London Westend (Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables) as well as in the Irish Chamber Orchestra. She composed her own music for flute, harp and orchestra and has 4 self composed CDs favourably reviewed in the Irish Music Magazines, and 3 deep relaxation CDs in 432 Hertz for wellbeing, as well as 3 classical/Irish CDs  and an Irish/Jazzy CD. She has more than 35 Million clicks on her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/karinleitner and played live for Kevin Spacey and Christoph Waltz. She was composer in residence in Tehran, Iran and got an award from United Nations for playing in Nepal during the civil war. www.karinleitner.com

Known for her quirky and engaging performances, Rosanna Moore is fast gaining recognition internationally as a harpist and actress appearing as a soloist, chamber musician or orchestral player. Moore has won accolades for her performances with the World Harp Festival, Marcel Tournier and Tierra47 competitions. Her writings have recently been published by both Harp Column and Contemporary Music Review. She was awarded the O1B visa which recognises her as an ‘individual of extraordinary ability’. In the 22/23 season, she performed the US premiere of Kelly Marie-Murphy’s cello and harp concerto, performed the Ginastera and Debussy concerti, and toured Michael Betteridge’s new work ‘Voices of the Sands’. In the 23/24 season she will premiere ‘Extraordinary Motion: Concerto for Electric harp and Orchestra’ by Grammy winner, DJ Sparr with New Hampshire Symphony, conducted by Roger Kalia. As an educator, Rosanna is Assistant Lecturer of Harp at Dublin Conservatoire. She completed her doctorate at the Eastman School of Music with a minor in theatre, Performers’ Certificate and Arts Leadership certificate. Prior to this, she studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Chetham’s School of Music. www.rosannaharp.com