Finnegans Wake – Suite of Affections

Sunday, 15 June 2025

Event times:

14:00 - 16:00

Event location:

LexIcon Library and Cultural Centre

Event price:

€20.00

About this event

Electro-acoustic composer Roger Doyle performs original music inspired by Finnegans Wake with many voices reading.

Composer/pianist Roger Doyle presents a concert of his music that will include specially chosen readings from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, all set to music, from his album ‘Finnegans Wake – Suite Of Affections’.

There will be performances by Rosaleen Linehan, Isobel Mahon, Rory Connolly and Mary Costelloe. There will also be a dance piece performed by Tara Nixon O’Neill called ‘Lucia’s Dance’, in memory of Joyce’s daughter Lucia who was a dancer.

Roger Doyle is an Irish composer best known for his electro-acoustic work and for his piano music for theatre. Roger was made a Saoi of Aosdána in 2019 by President Michael D Higgins who presented him with a ceremonial torc.