25th June 2025
A celebration of the shared history of the piano nocturne between Poland and Ireland. Commissioned by the Embassy of Poland in Dublin in partnership with Lyrebird Productions. Recorded for broadcast in partnership with RTÉ Lyric FM and hosted by the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
The project brings nocturnes by Field and Chopin together with newly commissioned responses from prominent Irish and Polish composers: Benjamin O’Dwyer, François Hildebrandt, Aoife Kavanagh and Paweł Łukaszewski. Premiere on 25th June 2025 at Vernon Studios RIAM in Dublin by pianists Finghin Collins and Tamara Niekludow, recorded for broadcast in partnership with RTÉ Lyric FM.