PHOTO BY KEITH DIXON THE FIVE IRISH TENORS Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 7:30pm Foellinger Great Hall PROGRAM THE FIVE IRISH TENORS, direct from Dublin, Ireland, present “Salute to Ireland,” a sensational program of the most famously beloved Irish songs, fusing Irish wit and charm with lyricism, dramatic flair, and operatic style. This project is the first tour ever in North America of this popular Irish ensemble. David Martin, Morgan Crowley, Ciarán Kelly, Alan Leech, and George Hutton Danny Forde, pianist, musical director, and arranger Feargul Murray, pianist Down by the Sally Garden The Rose of Tralee The Wearing of the Green She Moved Through the Fair Star of the County Down Town I Loved So Well Toora—Loora—Looral My Wild Irish Rose The Foggy Dew The Green Fields of France Dublin in the Rare Old Times Will You Go Lassie Go La Paloma Ireland, Mother Ireland Oft in the Stilly Night When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Angels Guard Thee Isle of Hope Boolabogue I Hear You Calling Me Spanish Lady Danny Boy You Raise Me Up Mamma 20-minute intermission The Five Irish Tenors appear by arrangement with: Columbia Artists Management LLC 5 Columbus Circle @ 1790 Broadway New York, NY 10019 2 THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS PERFORMANCE GIVING OF ACT THE Krannert Center honors the spirited generosity of these committed sponsors whose support of this performance continues to strengthen the impact of the arts in our community. * HELEN & JAMES FARMER Through their previous sponsorships, Endowed Sponsors Helen & James Farmer continue to ensure that the performing arts play a vital role in the cultural life of central Illinois. 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Martin has performed the lead tenor roles in Following his debut at Covent Garden’s Royal productions of The Lilly of Killarney, The Gypsy Opera House when he was only 20 years old, he Baron, and Pink Champagne. played roles in operas including Die Zauberflote, Other performances include tenor roles in Orpheus, Street Scene, Dido & Aeneas, Tosca, La operas, such as La Fille du Regiment, La Boheme, Belle Helene, Amahl & The Night Visitors, Albert Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Lucia Di Herring, and Candide in addition to creating Lammermoor, La Traviata, Tosca, and more. roles in Simon Callow’s acclaimed world premiere Oliver Trilogy at Covent Garden, Julie Feeney’s He has performed in the United Kingdom, in mini-opera Bird, and Roger Doyle’s eagerly Europe, and in major theatres in Ireland, including anticipated 2016 Death by Fire of Giordano the Cork Opera House and the National Concert Bruno. He is currently Associate Director of Hall, performing in such shows as The Mario Opera in the Open and Guest Lecturer at DIT and Lanza Story and The John McCormack Story. RADA. Martin was a member of the Three Tenors Ireland His concert repertoire spans hundreds of for seven years, performing in many venues in composers, medieval to modern—notable Ireland and the United Kingdom until 2013. engagements including Mozart's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, BBC’s Friday Night is Music Night, Vivaldi's Gloria, Handel's Messiah, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Luigi Nono’s Prometeo, The Academy Awards, The Grammy Awards and National Entertainment Awards. 5 West End / Broadway / international theatre Kelly performed the lead role in a specially credits include Chicago, Ragtime, Riverdance, commissioned short opera in Derry for the arrival Sweeney Todd, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, of the Olympic Torch, Number Seven, composed Spelling Bee, Carousel, West Side Story, Cirque by Seán Doherty. Most recently, Kelly undertook du Soleil, Scrooge, and the title role in Phantom the narrator role in Monteverdi’s Il Combattimenti of the Opera. Di Tancredi e Clorinda and in 2013 completed a National Tour with Opera Theatre Company’s Television and film credits includeEastenders, production of Carmen, performing the role of The Tudors, Far & Away, Bound, Letterman, Yule Remendado. Future roles include Endymione in a Be Wiggling, Quest For Camelot, and Lovejoy. joint performance of Rossi’s Orfeo with Resurgam His albums of original compositions—as large and Atalante directed by award-winning early as alone and time—are available on iTunes and music specialist Erin Headley. www.morgancrowley.com ALAN LEECH (tenor) is CIARÁN KELLY (tenor) is a graduate of University a graduate of the Royal College Cork and was Irish Academy of Music appointed as tenor to the (RIAM), Dublin. He made his Irish National Chamber opera debut at the RIAM in Choir in 2002. With January 2007, singing ‘Don them Leech has toured Curzio’ in a production of extensively both nationally Le Nozze Di Figaro, and and internationally and subsequently sang with worked with some of the world’s leading choral the Downpatrick Opera Fringe Festival, Opera conductors such as Paul Hillier, Celso Antunes, Theatre Company, and Lyric Opera. Stephen Layton, and Stephen Cleobury. Touring activities have included the Celtic Woman Career highlights to date in this role include 2012 United States tour and various international performing for United States' President Barack tours with Anúna. In 2014 Kelly founded the Obama at the White House, David Lang’s Little a capella Irish group Ardú, who specialize in Match Girl Passion, and Gerald Barry’s Long Time traditional Irish and popular song. and Schott & Sons, Mainz. International touring has included Russia, Brazil, and China, Lebanon, Kelly is a member of the renowned chamber choir as well as several European tours. Resurgam. As well as chamber music choirs, Leech has In 2010, Kelly sang as a soloist in the historic also performed with most of Ireland’s leading performance of Handel’s Messiah, a joint orchestras and choruses in oratorio and concert performance between St. Patrick’s and Christ performances. Monteverdi’s Vespers, Mozart’s Church Cathedrals in Dublin. In 2012 he Mass in C, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Heiligemess, performed the lead role in Nicolini’s Le Due Barber’s Songs of Kierkegaard, and Tippet’s A Gemelle in Piacenza, Italy with singers from Italy, Child of our Time. He has also performed with Japan, Korea, and Armenia. Opera Cork, Opera South, Anna Livia Opera, and Opera Ireland, including many roles such 6 as Acis in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Tamino Luke Kelly, The Dubliners, and The Irish Tenors in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Goro in Puccini’s from which he finds inspiration. Madame Butterfly, and El Remondado in Bizet’s Carmen. He has worked as a vocal consultant The raw emotion and passion he has for Irish for the Association of Irish Choirs on their annual traditional music can be found in pieces such as Conductors Summer School. Since 2007 the “Raglan Road” and “The Auld Triangle.” Association of Irish Choirs have invited him to DANNY FORDE (pianist, work as tenor coach with the Irish Youth Choir, and musical director, and recently as a vocal coach with the exciting new Irish arranger) is from Dublin, Youth Chamber Choir. In 2012 Leech was invited to Ireland. He studied piano join the teaching staff of the Ulster Youth Choir. and composition at Berklee Combining singing, pedagogy, and conducting College of Music on a skills has led to many invitations to work with a Fulbright scholarship and varying range of choirs and ensembles nationwide: holds a masters’ degree the Mornington Singers (Dublin), Culwick Choral from Trinity College Dublin. Society, Limerick Choral Union (Limerick), Anima He trained in piano at DIT Conservatory of Music, Chamber Choir (Dublin), Tribal Chamber Choir Dublin. (Galway), Cois Cladaigh (Galway), Aspiro (Carlow), Forde is a passionate performer, and regularly Cork Chamber Choir, Pfizerphonics (Cork), and performs his songs with his Irish-Scandinavian Tredagh Singers (in his native Drogheda). Trio, Karmacloud, and as a solo artist. Karmacloud GEORGE HUTTON has toured in Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, (tenor), well known for his Ireland, and the United Kingdom. He has also performances of rousing performed extensively across Ireland and abroad Irish traditional melodies, with various music groups including I Have has toured Canada, A Tribe, Slow Skies, Ebo, Jazzberries, Loah, Belgium, and Holland Discovery Gospel Choir, Kila, Judith Mok, and with the renowned Choral Giraffes. His music has been aired and performed ensemble Anúna, and is live on Irish television and radio. scheduled to tour with them Forde composes songs and music for the visual on an upcoming tour of Japan.