SEASON 26/27

Ahead of his 90th year, we’ll perform some stunning solo / duo pieces by the legendary composer Philip Glass. Influences behind these works include Chaotic Harmony, a shamanic film that blends classical Taiji movements, poetry, and modern dance to trace the origins of taiji quan and qigong. There will be two chances to catch this performance - one at 5pm and one at 6pm.

An evening of Carnatic and Irish contemporary music, featuring Sikkil C. Gurucharan, Sruthi Ravali and Somasundaram Desigar alongside Hard Rain flautist Aisling Agnew, cellist David McCann and Richard Allen on Harp. All ages

Malfunctioning Wor(l)ds: (im)Material Dimensions is a live performance where improvised drawing, live image, instrumental sound, and spatial audio unfold together in the SARC Lab. An overhead camera captures the drawing as it is made, feeding the live image into multiple displays placed throughout the space. At the same time, the sound of drawing is amplified, processed, and spatialised through a bespoke live system. Performing with Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, Hamilton and the musicians improvise in relation to one another. Small marks, instrumental gestures, hesitations, silences, nd shifts in pressure become part of one shared spatial composition. No single performer, image, instrument, or system leads throughout. Direction passes between drawing, instrumental sound, gesture, silence, and spatial movement. The work asks what communication becomes when it moves beyond words and is carried through listening, looking, adjustment, and response. Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Hard Rain perform a lunchtime concert as part of Hugh Lane Gallery's Sundays at Noon series. More details to be announced soon.

Hard Rain cellist David McCann crosses centuries, featuring Bach’s Suite No. 1 for solo cello in G major alongside a selection of his original compositions, composed over the last decade.

Aisling Agnew (flute) and Alex Petcu (percussion) present a free concert of contemporary music featuring music by Frederic Devreese, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Alice Gomez, Jane O'Leary and Gareth Farr.

Silence and Sound Waves marks the 80th Birthday of one of the most significant composers on this island, Jane O’Leary. Going beyond borders to explore heritage and language, this concert reflects on multi-culturalism and cross-artform connections. Featuring some of Jane’s most atmospheric compositions for Hard Rain, this includes her most recent commission by Access Contemporary Music for their PBS programme Songs about Buildings and Moods. Joining us from ACM in Chicago is Seth Boustead, presented alongside highly talented local composers Elaine Agnew, Anselm McDonnell, Anderinna Gooch and Omar Zatriqi.