Seán Morgan-Rooney - A few reflect the heart
A journey through Ravel’s Miroirs for solo piano with electronics and filmAlbum release event
To celebrate the release of his new classical-electronic album A Few Reflect the Heart with Delphian Records, the Irish pianist Seán Morgan-Rooney presents a special performance that combines music from the album with original films created together with cinematographer Boris Peters. The films seek to illustrate the album’s themes of nature and self-perception, conveying the inner emotional world of the performer through reflections, memories and scenes of the Irish nature in which he grew up. The performer’s mother plays a pivotal role in conveying his pastoral heritage through spoken memories and poetry.
The musical programme centres on Maurice Ravel’s Miroirs suite for solo piano, five pieces inspired by various images of nature. The suite is interspersed with Morgan-Rooney’s original compositions for piano and electronics, each of which is inspired by one of the four natural elements, air, fire, earth and water.
Repertoire:
Overture - Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: I. Noctuelles - Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes - Maurice Ravel
Pneumaplume - Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l’océan - Maurice Ravel
Wavephile - Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: IV. Alborada del gracioso - Maurice Ravel
Ignis beat - Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches - Maurice Ravel
Earth - tether - ether - Seán Morgan-Rooney
Seán Morgan-Rooney - piano