Rhona Clarke’s output includes choral, chamber, orchestral and electronic works. Find out more about Rhona’s album releases.
SEMPITERNAM: CHORAL MUSIC
FEBRUARY 2022
A portrait album of the composer’s a capella choral music, the repertoire spans a period of almost thirty years from A Song for St Cecilia’s Day (1993) to the four-movement Requiem (2020). The texts range from Catullus (c.55 BC) and anonymous medieval lyrics to the late Irish writer, Ulick O’Connor.
GHOST SONGS: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND WORDS FROM IRELAND
OCTOBER 2022
A unique collection of words and music by mainly contemporary poets, authors and composers from Ireland revealing the rich and deeply meaningful musical and literary traditions of Ireland inspired by folk tales, fantasy and the reality of centuries of ‘trouble’.
A DIFFERENT GAME
APRIL 2017
”A Different Game features the considerable dynamic, expressive capabilities of The Fidelio Trio performing six chamber compositions that stand out for the articulate flow of modern classical ideas and the structural strengths… Clarke comes through as an original stylist and a brilliant musical conversationalist…”
Greg Edwards, Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music
I AM WIND ON SEA
NOVEMBER 2016
This CD gives an overview of classical Irish song over almost 100 years. dSix composers represented here show the amazing variety and diversity of recent compositions all sung by mezzo-soprano Aylish Kerrigan with her longstanding partner Dearbhla Collins.
“… Rhona Clarke’s wonderful evocation ‘smiling like that…’ … The textures, the vocal manipulations and the combination of sung and spoken parts are pure magic. It is my favourite piece on this disc.”
John France (Music Web)
DANCING IN DAYLIGHT: CONTEMPORARY PIANO TRIOS FROM IRELAND
MARCH 2016
Piano trios by four leading Irish composers: Seoirse Bodley, John Buckley, Rhona Clarke and Fergus Johnston, are modern enough in style to provide ever-interesting sounds, representing the best contemporary approach with often tuneful and lyrical compositions, in places touches of jazz, and exotic rhythms. Superbly played by the astounding Fidelio Trio.