Crash returns to the music of its Artistic Partner Donnacha Dennehy with Land of Winter, a 2026 Grammy Award-winning work inspired by cycles of time, light and renewal. Drawing on Ireland’s Roman name, Hibernia, the piece unfolds across twelve movements corresponding to the months of the year, exploring repetition, transformation and seasonal return.

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Program

Land of Winter (2022)
french premiere

composition Donnacha Dennehy

Cast

Crash Ensemble

violin Larissa O'Grady, Maria Ryan
viola Lisa Dowdall
cello Kate Ellis
double bass Caimin Gilmore
percussion Alex Petcu, Caitriona Frost
flutes, piccolo Susan Doyle
oboe, english horn Rebecca Halliday
clarinet, bass clarinet Leonie Bluett
clarinet Macdara Ó Seireadáin
bassoon, contrabassoon Cliona Warren
piano, celeste Andrew Zolinsky
trumpet, piccolo trumpet Erick Castillo Mora
french horn Dewi Jones
trombone Roddy O'Keeffe

conducting Ryan McAdams