New Pathways

The Boyne Music Festival welcomes guests back to the home of the festival, Townley Hall, for its 2026 closing concert with a programme reflecting on the themes of the weekend. Each year Townley Hall offers the festival a warm and welcoming atmosphere with great thanks to the caretaking of its custodians. We have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the details of the space as well as its fine acoustics because of the thought, respect and maintenance given to the building over time. The music presented tonight is both welcoming and forward-thinking. It includes new sounds with familiar harmonies, and strong foundations, suggesting new pathways and a bright future.

Programme

Jessie Montgomery - Strum, for string quartet

Reena Esmail - Summitless Mountains; Nadiya, for bassoon & violin 

Sam Kane - New Work for bassoon, violin, cello & piano (world premiere)

Amy Beach - Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 67

Performers

Deirdre Brenner, piano

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano

Paul Cassidy, viola

Zuzanna Edmonds, violin

Sam Kane, YA viola & composer

Sholto Kynoch, piano

Aisling Manning, violin

Julie-Anne Manning, cello

Éanna Monaghan, bassoon

Ioana Petcu-Colan, violin

Jacqueline Thomas, cello