Irlandiani by Carina Drury

Irlandiani is the debut album from the Irish baroque cellist Carina Drury. Picturing the musical life of early 18th Century Ireland, the album explores the influence of Irish traditional music on Italian baroque composers living in Ireland at the time, and how a fashion for the Italian baroque style also influenced the Irish composers of the day.

In collaboration with the renowned Irish Flute player Eimear McGeown and using a combination of historical and traditional instruments, this album explores Irish tunes from The Neal Collection – the first ever printed collection of Irish music from 1724 – side by side with cello sonatas by Francesco Geminiani and Lorenzo Bocchi, both of whom lived in Ireland in the 18th century.

Carina has held a lifelong love for music and she enjoys a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player. and recent performances have taken her to some of her favourite concert halls in the world; from the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, to the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest and LG Arts Centre in Seoul, South Korea.

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