The Pipeworks Festival in partnership with the Church of the Immaculate Conception – Adam and Eve’s presents a special Bloomsday lunchtime recital with organist Rónán Murray on Bloomsday, Tuesday, 16th June at 1.10pm.
Dublin organist Rónán Murray, known for his flair for improvisation, presents a lunchtime recital at Adam and Eve’s Church on Merchant’s Quay, a church referenced in the writings of James Joyce, including A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. The programme combines works by Bach, Boëllmann and John Ireland with improvisations on well-known melodies including Funiculi, Funicula, The Last Rose of Summer and Love’s Old Sweet Song.
PROGRAMME:
Improvisation on Funiculi, Funicula by Luigi Denza (Rónán Murray)
Erbarme dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 (Bach, 1685–1750)
Improvisation on The Last Rose of Summer, poem by Thomas Moore set to a traditional Irish air (Rónán Murray)
Suite Gothique, Op. 25 (Boëllmann, 1862–1897)
The Holy Boy (Ireland, 1879–1962)
Improvisation on Love’s Old Sweet Song by Molloy/Bingham (Rónán Murray)
The concert is part of the Pipeworks International Organ and Choral Festival 2026 on June 10–21.
The event is free. Donations are welcome.