MUSIC Celtic Tenors to play in Mulranny

THREE’S COMPANY?The Celtic Tenors will sing in the New Year in the Mulranny Park Hotel.

Celtic Tenors to hit high note in Mulranny


Henry McGlade

What better way to ring in 2014 than with the soaring sound of The Celtic Tenors. The trio will be performing in The Mulranny Park Hotel on Saturday, January 4, at 8pm.
Whether playing a neighbourhood cathedral, an intimate hotel venue or major concert halls in international cities like New York, Amsterdam or Shanghai, audiences are assured of a professional, sparkling and most of all, good-humoured performance. Matthew Gilsenan, James Nelson and Daryl Simpson genuinely love what they do, and you’ll see that shine through in each rendition of beautiful Celtic songs like the haunting ‘Danny Boy’ and exhilarating classics like ‘Nessun Dorma’.
Matthew Gilsenan was born into a hard-working farming family in North Meath. Steeped in the local musical traditions and raised by parents who shared a great love for music, from the great composers to obscure Irish folk, Matthew along with all his siblings, was born to sing. His classical training started in the Sisters of Mercy convent in Kells, Co Meath, at the tender age of ten, and he progressed to study with some of the great Irish and Scottish teachers. Although he ventured into opera and classical singing, Matthew never lost his love for the music of his youth, in particular the vibrant contemporary Irish music which is his great source of inspiration.
Sligo man James Nelson is a BA BMus (Hons) graduate from UCD, and a student of David Harper (UK), Britta Sundberg (Sweden) and Edith Forrest and Dr Veronica Dunne (Ireland). Highlights from an oratorio repertoire of over 60 works include Frank Martin’s ‘Golgotha’ in Bern and Zürich Cathedrals, ‘L’Enfance du Christ’ (Berlioz) alongside Katia Ricciarelli in Rome and Florence, as well as ‘Gerontius’, Verdi’s ‘Requiem’, Britten’s ‘St Nicolas’, Haydn’s ‘Creation’, the Bach Passions and others.
Daryl Simpson, who hails from Omagh, Northern Ireland, developed his love of music during schooling at Omagh Academy, which then led him to study at Queen’s University (BMus), Royal Irish Academy of Music (DipMus) and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (PgDipMus, MMus and MOpera). After leaving Scotland, Daryl became an inaugural ‘Young Associate Artist’ at Opera Theatre Company, performing in various operas, recitals and broadcasts. He was then accepted to the prestigious Oper Zurich Studio, where he went on to perform several roles, including Tamino (Die Zauberflöte).
His concert/oratorio performances include appearing with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, as well as the Zürich Kammer Orchestra.

For tickets to The Celtic Tenors’ concert in the Mulranny Park Hotel, contact the hotel’s reception on 098 36000.