Irish New Year's Concert with Avalon

Do not miss out on this beautiful New Year’s concert as the wonderful Avalon visit Norway for the first time!

Avalon  consists of Andrea Rea, Brendan Monaghan, Jan Hutchinson, Paula  Rafferty and Nuala Curran – a multi-instrumental ensemble with a love  for classical, folk and traditional music. 

With two  violins, cello, uilleann pipes, whistles, guitar, and percussion, the  Avalon Quintet enjoy fusing styles from classical Bach to traditional  Carolan, as well as performing stand-alone traditional sets, folk songs,  and jazz and popular repertoire with a twist.

Forstanderskapssalen, Sentralen

Doors open at 17.30

About the artist: Avalon  began life as a string quartet, formed when four musical friends  decided to meet and play on a regular basis. A common interest in the  folk and traditional music of Ireland and beyond led them to team up  with traditional musician Brendan Monaghan for a performance at the  Fiddler’s Green International Festival in Rostrevor, County Down. Their  aim is to explore links between the music of different traditions and  cultures, both classical and traditional. 

The name  Avalon was arrived at with the help of the late Tony McAuley, musician  and BBC producer, who was a firm friend and colleague.  Avalon is a  legendary Island somewhere in the British Isles, said to be where King  Arthur is buried – or possibly only sleeps, to awaken at some future  time.  The word ‘Avalon’ may be an Anglicisation of the Celtic word  ‘Annwyn’, which is the realm of the fairies or the netherworld.