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 Following a programme of refurbishments at Castletown, a magnificent Georgian house in the Palladian style, the Office of Public Works and the Irish Government have invited Barry Douglas, one of Ireland’s leading cultural ambassadors, and his chamber orchestra Camerata Ireland, to take up residence at Castletown and to perform there on a regular basis during the year. This supports the policy of the Office of Public Works to develop Castletown’s role as a collaborator with other cultural and heritage bodies.
Barry Douglas and the orchestra are delighted to respond to this invitation to establish their home at Castletown and unveil the programme for their inaugural year in 2008. |
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Camerata Ireland: Not so much Irish music |
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By Laura Stewart, Daytona Beach News Journal, March 20, 2008 DAYTONA BEACH -- Anyone who went to Wednesday's Camerata Ireland concert expecting Irish music was in for a surprise. The program, performed by Irish musicians and conducted by Belfast-born pianist Barry Douglas, was solidly serious, in the classical sense, and deeply satisfying. |
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Camerata Ireland poised to take on the world |
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By EVAN GILLESPIE, South Bend Tribune March 12, 2008 SOUTH BEND — Wednesday night’s performance by Camerata Ireland at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center was brimming with contrasts—between nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, between somber and lively moods, between familiar pieces and not-so-familiar pieces, between a small orchestra and the big sound it made.
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