Mark Anthony McGrath
Sun, May 18
|The Parade Tower
Mark Anthony McGrath - guitar Carolan’s Weiss - Baroque Music from Ireland and Germany performed on 6, 7 and 13 string guitars
TIME & LOCATION
May 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
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.
Research for this project was aided by a Bursary award from the Arts
Council of Ireland and support from the Music Network Capital
instrument purchase scheme.
