Kate Hearne performs at The West Cork Chamber Music Festival, which takes place in and around Bantry from 27 June to 6 July. We asked her the BIG questions . . .
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Tell us three things about yourself . . .
Although born and raised in Dublin, I now live with my family 200km north of the Arctic circle in Swedish Lappland.
When I'm not on tour or playing music, I can be found in the forest foraging for wild blueberries or getting stuck into an art project at home.
I’m slowly learning about pop music through my ten-year-old son, who is currently obsessed with AC/DC.
How would you describe your music?
Relaxing, grounding, exuberant, profound.
Who are your musical inspirations?
A mixture of long-dead composers such as Bach and Rameau and living performers including recorder virtuoso Dan Laurin, The Danish String Quartet and the array of wonderful Baroque ensembles throughout Europe and further afield.
What was the first gig you ever went to?
I’ve been going to concerts for as long as I can remember, but one of the first concerts that sticks out and shaped my view of the recorder is from when I was about nine years old and I went to see Clas Pehrsson play with lutenist Jacob Lindberg in St Ann’s Church in Dublin. Years later, l came across Clas again as he happened to be Head of the Department of Early Music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm where I ended up doing my master’s degree. He sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago.
What was the first record you ever bought?
Shostakovich Symphony No.5 with the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Lorin Maazel, in around 1995.
What’s your favourite song right now?
Sur les Lagunes from the song cycle Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz, sung by soprano Veronique Gens together with the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon.
Favourite lyric of all time?
The Silver Swan, set to music by Orlando Gibbons in 1610.
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
J.S. Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 with Cantus Cölln
Where can people find your music/more information?
My website.
Alan Corr
