All Softly Playing

Stuart Kinsella Tenor Malcolm Proud Harpsichord Susan Proud Narrator

Inspired by his reading of Ulysses, Malcolm Proud has meticulously curated this recital featuring music either alluded to or known to have been cherished by Joyce.

In 1904 Joyce contacted Arnold Dolmetsch, a pioneer of early music, with the intention of acquiring a lute so that he could tour the South of England singing old English songs to his own lute accompaniment. Later Joyce would take singing lessons in Conservatorio di Musica di Trieste with the Triestine maestro Romeo Bartoli who was a specialist in early music.

Join them for an unforgettable journey through the musical landscape of the 16th and 17th centuries that once fuelled Joyce’s imagination.