Simffoni Mara – An evening of Music inspired by the links between Ireland & Wales

Name: Simffoni Mara – An evening of Music inspired by the links between Ireland & Wales
Start: 2025-10-18T17:00:00+01:00
Location: St Iberius Church

Schedule

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Iberius Church | Wexford, WX

Simffoni Mara – An evening of Music inspired by the links between Ireland & Wales
The Simffoni Mara Trio will be performing a programme inspired by the links of language, land and identity, having recently toured in South-East Ireland they bring a programme inspired by the continued links between our shores, featuring new works from Composer & Pianist David Pepper, John Metcalf, Dan Jones, Paul Mealor and Beethoven.
Simffoni Mara Trio
David Pepper - Piano
Daniel Davies - Cello
Georgina Stalbow – Soprano
Beethoven Songs:
26 Welsh Songs:
The Golden Robe (No.5)
12 Irish Songs:
Oh Harp of Erin (No.2)
Oh who my dear Dermot (No.5)
20 Irish Songs:
Since Greybeards inform us that youth will decay (No.4)
Dan Jones
Between the Sea and the Stars - Movement 2 Air - commissioned for the Simffoni Mara Project, by
Cwmni Mara CIC and premiered in St David's Cathedral 2024
David Pepper, Piano; Daniel Davies, Cello
Paul Mealor, Composer - A Welsh Prayer
Daniel Davies, Cello;
David Pepper, Piano.
Ailbhe McDonagh
Skellig : Daniel Davies, Cello; David Pepper, Piano.
John Metcalf
Mi gerddaf gyda thi
Georgina Stalbow, Soprano; David Pepper, Piano.
Welsh Folk Song – Lisa Lan
David Pepper, Composer : Words Menna Elfyn 2025
No.257863 H.M.P
Marwnad for languages I
David Pepper, Piano – Georgina Stalbow, Soprano – Daniel Davies, Cello
New Premier 2025
Paul Mealor, Composer - Words by Grahame Davies
Y Ddwy Chwaer (The Two Sisters) Pilgrim Songs inspired by the Wexford-Pembrokeshire Pilgrim Way
Georgina Stalbow , Soprano; Daniel Davies, Cello; David Pepper, Piano.
David Pepper, Piano
David brings with him a wealth of experience and creativity with an added interest in site specific works from his time studying at Dartington College of Arts and an emphasis on contemporary collaboration across the art forms. David is based in Fishguard but has a wide experience of working across Europe and draws on this to curate exciting festival programs that aim to find a balance between community, connection, and creativity. David has been a long-term collaborator and supporter for the Arts across Pembrokeshire and has been actively involved in all the current Music Festivals of Fishguard with a view to increase partnership across the arts to increase accessibility, innovation, collaboration for a vibrant and diverse arts scene in rural Wales that is both rooted in its sense of place and connected to the urban centres and International Communities.
Performing across the genres and collaborating with a wide mix of art forms David draws his inspiration from the landscape by actively moving through it via trail running, fast packing and pilgrimage. He is a leader for the Wexford-Pembrokeshire Pilgrim Way, a path that connects Ireland with Wales through the friendship of St Aidan & St David. And in the last few years has gone on a journey of discovering the sounds and stories that connect these two ancient lands. Often collaborating with the visual arts and filmmakers to create live cinematic experiences in the festival scene David is on a creative journey to express the old ways of these lands in contemporary performances.
Daniel Davies, Cello
Daniel studied cello with Leonid Gorokhov at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was also a scholar to the Yale University’s prestigious Summer School of Chamber Music and was a Britten Pears Young Artist. He also had guidance and lessons from Cellist Janos Starker and studied extensively with Nicola Thomas.
Daniel is an accomplished cellist and currently divides his time between being Artistic Director of Music at Nantwen, his family, performance and teaching.
Georgina Stalbow, Soprano
Originally from Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Georgina graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire with a First-Class Honours degree in Vocal and Operatic Studies in 2011. She studied with Margaret Field, Julian Pike and Louise Crane. She continued her studies and was awarded a Masters with Distinction from Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff where she studied with world renowned Welsh tenor Dennis O’Neill. Georgina recently finished touring with Opera Della Luna’s production of HMS Pinafore in which she performed the lead role, Josephine. She sang the role in venues all over the UK including Wilton’s Music Hall (London), Buxton Opera House, Theatre Royal, Bath and the Oxford Playhouse. Recently she also sang Bacchis in Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène with Opera Della Luna, and Ilia (cover) in Mozart’s Idomeneo for Buxton International Festival. She is delighted to be performing in Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford and joining forces again with David Pepper after their highly successful recital as part of the Simffoni Mara Festival in St. Davids Cathedral last year.