Sunday 18th May 2025
Location: The Parade Tower, The Parade, Kilkenny, Ireland
PROGRAMME & PERFORMERS
Sonata No. 34 in D minor – Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)

Divertimento à Solo in Bb major – S.L. Weiss

Ciaconna in G minor – S.L Weiss

Carolan’s Dozen – Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738)

In this recital Mark Anthony McGrath performs music by the legendary

Irish harper/composer Turlough O’Carolan and the greatest German

baroque lutenist/composer Silvius Leopold Weiss.

Mark has released 5 solo albums to date to critical acclaim and has

performed extensively throughout Europe. He has had numerous

commissions for his compositions and arrangements including a

commission for a 10 minute solo guitar piece by RTE Lyric FM. Mark will

release ‘Carolan’, his arrangements of the harper’s compositions in 2025

and a further Weiss album The Weiss Machine Vol. 2 later in the year.
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