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2021/2022



2 September 2021, 6:30pm - Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
3 September 2021, 8:15pm 
- Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
Recital with Anthony Kearns, tenor | Lynda O'Connor, violin.

3 September 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2021/2022 Season
Pauline Viardot and her Circle: A 200th Anniversary Celebration
Maria McGrann, soprano | Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano | Niall Kinsella, piano

4 December 2021, 3pm - Druid Theatre, Galway
3 Kinds of Music - Galway Music Residency
Kurt Weill songs with Ruth McGill, soprano

6 December 2021, 8pm - United Arts Club, Dublin 2
Recital for Wagner Society of Ireland

Susie Gibbons, soprano | Niall Kinsella, piano

16 December 2021 - Vienna      [CANCELLED]
Schubert's Women: Recital & CD Launch
Klaudia Tandl, mezzo-soprano | Gabriele Jacoby, recitation | Niall Kinsella, piano

​6 March 2022, 3pm - Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Irish Songmakers 2021/2022 Season
Schubert: Winterreise
Andrew Gavin, tenor | Niall Kinsella, piano
Tickets here.


27 March 2022, 8pm- Accidental Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Imagine Belfast Festival / Spark Opera
Verboten und verbannt - Degenerate Music
Maria McGrann, soprano | Dawn Burns, mezzo-soprano | Owen Lucas, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano
Info here. 

​22 April 2022, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
Irish Songmakers 2021/2022 Season
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Raphaela Mangan, contralto | Niall Kinsella, piano
Info here. 

23 April 2022 - Castletown House, Kildare, Ireland
Handel: Messiah, HWV56
Cambiata Chamber Choir
Irish Choral Sinfonia
Susie Gibbons, soprano | Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Gavin, tenor | Owen Gilhooly-Miles, baritone
Niall Kinsella, conductor
Info here. 


3 June 2022, 4pm - Salterbridge House, Co. Waterford
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival / Irish Songmakers Recital
The French Connection: Franco-Irish Songs
Kelli-Ann Masterson, soprano | Andrew Gavin, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano
Info here.

26 June 2022, 11:00am - Headfort House, Kells, Co. Meath
Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts, Kells
A Morning with Percy French
Owen Gilhooly-Miles, baritone | Niall Kinsella, piano
Info here. 

5 August 2022, 8pm - Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival
Four Hands | Four Voices
Maria McGrann, soprano | Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano
Peter O'Reilly, tenor | Kevin Neville, bass-baritone
Rebecca Cohen & Niall Kinsella, piano-duo

2020/2021


28 August 2020 
International CD Release
​John F. Larchet: Complete Songs & Airs (Champs Hill Records)

November 2020 - Castleconnell Autumn Concert Series 2020 (Online Performance)
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D.795
Eamonn Mulhall, tenor | Niall Kinsella, piano
Introduced by Liz Nolan (RTÉ lyric FM)
View this concert online here.

December 2020 - Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (Online Performance)
John F. Larchet Remebered 
Raphaela Mangan, mezzo-soprano | Gavan Ring, tenor
Mia Cooper, violin | Niall Kinsella, piano
View here.

22 January 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2020/2021 Season
Le Petit Parisien: French Mélodies
Sandra Oman, soprano | Niall Kinsella, piano

26 February 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2020/2021 Season
Haydn in London
Pauline Graham, soprano | Julie Maisel, flute | Róisín Ní Bhriain, flute
Ailbhe McDonagh, cello | Niall Kinsella, piano
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5 March 2021
International CD Release
Schubert's Women (Gramola Vienna)


14 March 2021, 12 Noon - The Hugh Lane Gallery (Online Performance)
Recital with Amy Ní Fhearraigh, soprano
Grieg, Sibelius & R. Strauss lieder.
Watch this concert here.

26 March 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2020/2021 Season
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Pauline Viardot and her Circle: A 200th Anniversary Celebration
Maria McGrann, soprano | Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano | Niall Kinsella, piano

23 April 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2020/2021 Season
Ballads
Susie Gibbons, soprano | Andrew Gavin, tenor | Niall Kinsella, piano


8 May 2021 - St. Iberius Church, Wexford    [CANCELLED]
Recital with Eamonn Mulhall, tenor.
Full details TBA.

23 July 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2020/2021 Season
Le Petit Parisien: French Mélodies
Sandra Oman, soprano | Niall Kinsella, piano
Tickets here. 

19 August 2021, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
    [CANCELLED]
Irish Songmakers 2020/2021 Season
Haydn in London
Pauline Graham, soprano | Julie Maisel, flute | Róisín Ní Bhriain, flute
Ailbhe McDonagh, cello | Niall Kinsella, piano
Tickets here. 

2019/2020


14 September 2019, 8pm - Castletown House, Co. Kildare
"Haydn in London" - Songs and Chamber Music
Pauline Graham, soprano | Julie Maisel, flute | Niall Kinsella, piano
Ailbhe McDonagh, cello | Roisin NiBhriain, flute

29 September 2019, 7:30pm - All Saints Church, Drimoleague, Co. Cork
Recital in Drimoleague Singing Festival

Anthony Kearns, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano

18 October 2019, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Beloved Clara..."  - ​Irish Songmakers 2019/20 Season
Victoria Massey, mezzo-soprano
Amy Ní Fhearraigh, soprano
Andrew Gavin, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano


22 November 2019, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
Lehár: The Merry Widow (highlights)
Sandra Oman | Maria Mc Grann, sopranos
Richard Shaffrey, tenor | Simon Morgan, baritone
Mary MacEvoy, narration | Niall Kinsella, piano

3 January 2020, 1:00pm - St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Lunchtime Recital: "Haydn in London"

Pauline Graham, soprano | Julie Maisel, flute | Niall Kinsella, piano
Ailbhe McDonagh, cello | Roisin NiBhriain, flute
More info here. 
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16 January 2020, 7pm - Bank Austria Salon im Alten Rathaus, Vienna
"Schubert's Women" Lieder Recital
Klaudia Tandl, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Gabriele Jacoby, reciter
Info and tickets here.

18 January 2020, 11:00am - Zeneakadémia, Liszt Múzeum, Budapest
"Schubert's Women" Lieder Recital
Klaudia Tandl, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
M
ore info & tickets here.

24 January 2020, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
Majella Cullagh in Recital  - ​Irish Songmakers 2019/20 Season
Majella Cullagh, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano

More info & tickets here.

31 January 2020, 7:00pm - Haidmayer-Saal, Gratkorn, Styria, Austria
"Schubert's Women" Lieder Recital
Klaudia Tandl, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano

14 February 2020, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
Lehár: The Merry Widow (highlights)
Sandra Oman | Maria Mc Grann, sopranos
Richard Shaffrey, tenor | Simon Morgan, baritone
Mary MacEvoy, narration | Niall Kinsella, piano

17-19 February 2020 - Mitterretzbach, Lower Austria
CD Recording

21 February 2020, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin  - ​Irish Songmakers 2019/20 Season
Eamonn Mulhall, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano

3 April 2020, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
    [CANCELLED]
Le Petit Parisien: French Mélodies  - ​Irish Songmakers 2019/20 Season
Sandra Oman, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano

4 April 2020, 7:30pm - Castletown House, Co. Kildare, Ireland    [CANCELLED]
Handel: Messiah

Cambiata Chamber Choir | Irish Choral Sinfonia | Soloists
Niall Kinsella, conductor

1 May 2020, 1:00pm - St Martin-in-the-Fields, London    [CANCELLED]
Lunchtime Recital

Raphaela Mangan, mezzo-soprano 
​Niall Kinsella, piano

31 May 2020, 8:15pm - Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Ireland    [CANCELLED]
Evening Recital
Anthony Kearns, tenor 

​Niall Kinsella, piano

7 August 2020 - Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare​    [CANCELLED]
"Tragic Heroines"

Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano 
​Niall Kinsella, piano
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2018/19


1 September 2018, 11:00am - Zeneakadémia, Liszt Múzeum, Budapest
Schubert: Winterreise, D.911
Camilo Delgado Diaz, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano
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5 October 2018, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Songs of Travel" - Irish Songmakers 2018/19 Season
Christopher Cull, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano
Tickets here.
15 November 2018, 7:30pm - Bank Austria Salon im Alten Rathaus, Vienna
Schubert: Winterreise, D.911
Camilo Delgado Diaz, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano
Tickets here.

5-7 December 2018 - Vienna, Austria
Lieder recording 
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18 January 2019, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Schubert: Rivers, Lakes, Seas" - Irish Songmakers 2018/19 Season
Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano
Musici Ireland
Niall Kinsella, piano
Tickets here.

14 February 2019, 1:10pm - Maynooth University, Ireland
Lieder by Johannes Brahms & Clara Schumann
Victoria Massey, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano

8 March 2019, 6pm - The Pillar Room, Dublin
"And Still, I Rise" - Concert for International Women's Day
Performing works by Clara Schumann, Maria-Theresia von Paradis, Elizabeth Maconchy,
Rhona Clarke, Ailbhe McDonagh & Bernadette Marmion.
Sylvia O'Brien, soprano | Owen Gilhooly, tenor | Anna Marcossi, cello | Niall Kinsella, piano

​29 March 2019, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Four Hands - Four Voices" - Irish Songmakers 2018/19 Season
Rebecca Cohen & Niall Kinsella, piano duo
with Maria McGrann, soprano  | Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano | Andrew Gavin, tenor  | Kevin Neville, baritone

Tickets here.

13 April 2019, 8pm - Castletown House, Co. Kildare
Handel: Messiah
Cambiata Chamber Choir | Irish Choral Sinfonia
Sylvia O'Brien, soprano | Beth Taylor, alto | Camilo Delgado Diaz, tenor | John Molloy, bass
Niall Kinsella, conductor

3 May 2019, 1pm - St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Song Recital - Northern Light Symphony Orchestra 2018/19 Season
Rebecca Cohen & Niall Kinsella, piano-duo
​with Harriet Burns, soprano | Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano | Robert Lewis, tenor | James Newby, baritone
Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52  |  Schumann: Spanisches-Liebeslieder, Op. 139

4 May 2019, 1pm - Birr Festival of Music, Co. Offaly, Ireland 
Recital with Kevin Neville (baritone) & Ben Gannon (oboe)

10 May 2019, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Golden Voices of Hollywood"
Sandra Oman, soprano | Simon Morgan, baritone | Niall Kinsella, piano

12 May 2019, 8pm - Rathgar Methodist Church, Dublin
Baroque Recital with Meave Coughlan (soprano), Marie Comiskey (flute),
​Andrew Robinson (viola da gamba) & Niall Kinsella (harpsichord)

29 May 2019 - Sussex, UK
CD Recording - Champs Hill Records

31 May 2019, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Shakespeare in Song...in Sonnet" - Irish Songmakers 2018/19 Season
Andrew Ashwin, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano
with readings by actor Ingrid Craigie

Tickets here.

15 June 2019, 8pm - Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
John McCormack Society Bursary Prizewinners' Concert
Accompanying prizewinning singers from the Feis Ceoil.

26 July 2019, 8pm - Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
Recital with Emer Barry (soprano), Eoin Hynes (tenor) & Lynda O'Connor (violin)
​More info here.

 1 September 2019, 3pm - Castletown House, Co. Kildare
"Golden Voices of Hollywood"
Sandra Oman, soprano | Simon Morgan, baritone | Niall Kinsella, piano

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2017/18

6 September 2017 - Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom
The First International Conference on Women's Work in Music
Performing Libby Larsen's song-cycle "ME" with mezzo-soprano Tammy Hensrud.
Info: www.bangor.ac.uk 


​8 September 2017, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill"
Tammy Hensrud, mezzo-soprano (USA)
Niall Kinsella, piano
Book here.

22 September 2017, 5:30pm, 6:45pm & 8:15pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
Culture Night at NCH: Pop-Up Choir Workshops with Niall Kinsella

24 October 2017, 6pm - National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Launch of Frederic William Burton (1816-1900) Exhibition at NGI.
Sandra Oman, soprano
Owen Gilhooly, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano

27 October 2017, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Postcards from France" French Song Recital
Sylvia O'Brien, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Book here. 

29 November 2017, 7pm - Antonio-Vivaldi-Saal, Vienna, Austria
"Schubert 1817"
Klaudia Tandl, mezzo-soprano
Camilo Delgado Diaz, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano
Info here.


19 January 2018, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"John F. Larchet Remembered : The Complete Songs"
Raphaela Mangan, mezzo-soprano
Gavin Ring, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano
Book here. 

20 January 2018, 2:30pm - University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Fanny Hensel-Saal, Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, Wien 1030
Klaviermatinee - Students of Prof. Barbara Moser
(Haydn: 
“Gypsy” Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV/25)
Info here.
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9 February 2018, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Golden Voices of Hollywood"
Sandra Oman, soprano, Simon Morgan, baritone, 
Ruth McGill, actor
Niall Kinsella, piano

13 March 2018, 7:30pm - Turnhalle im brick-5, Vienna
Mosaïque Concert Series - "Emerald Isle"
with Mairéad Buicke, Rita Manning, Deirdre Brenner et al.

23 March 2018, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Songs of a Gypsy Life" - Haydn, Brahms, Dvorak, et al
Owen Gilhooly, tenor
Niall Kinsella, piano
with Lynda O'Connor, violin & Gerald Peregrine, cello
​Book here.

7 April 2018, 7:30pm - Castletown House, Co. Kildare
Handel: "Messiah", HWV 56
Cambiata Chamber Choir, Irish Choral Sinfonia
Sandra Oman, soprano, Raphaela Mangan, alto, Eoin Hynes, tenor, Peter Manning, bass
Niall Kinsella, conductor

21 April 2018, 8pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Prima Donna"
Sandra Oman, soprano & Monica Loughman, ballerina
Prima Donna Ensemble; Niall Kinsella, musical director
Book here.


4 May 2018, 1pm - St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Song Recital - Northern Light Symphony Orchestra 2017/18 Season
Christopher Cull, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano
Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte & Vaughan-Williams' Songs of Travel.
More info here. 

5 May 2018 - University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Klaviermatinee - Students of Prof. Barbara Moser
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16 June 2018 - Áras an Úachtaráin, Dublin
Bloomsday Garden Party
Performing with soprano Celine Byrne for the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins and guests.
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18-21 June 2018 - Sussex, UK
​CD Recording
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5 July 2018, 8pm - Abtenaukirche, Salzburg, Austria
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls Choir (Dublin, Ireland)
Niall Kinsella, piano
Blánaid Murphy, conductor

11-21 July 2018 - Norfolk, UK
Guest Vocal Coach/Chorus Master/Continuo player 
Yorke Trust Summer Opera - Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
www.yorketrust.org

28 July 2018, 5pm - Kaisersaal, Stift Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria
FSI Liederabend
accompanying Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano)
www.schubert-institut.at

30 July 2018, 8pm - Stadpfarrkirche, St. Stephan, Baden-bei-Wien, Lower Austria
Franz-Schubert-Institut 40th Anniversary Concert in memoriam Dr. Deen Larsen (1943-2018)
accompanying Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano)
www.schubert-institut.at

31 July-11 August 2018 - Salzburg, Austria
Internationale Sommerakademie der Mozarteum Universität, Salzburg

24 August 2018, 1:05pm - National Concert Hall, Dublin
"Golden Voices of Hollywood"
Sandra Oman, soprano, Simon Morgan, baritone, 
Ruth McGill, actor
Niall Kinsella, piano


2017


4 January, 8:30pm - Kaleidoscope Night, Dublin
Sylvia O'Brien, soprano, Larissa O'Grady, violin 
Ailbhe McDonagh, cello, Niall Kinsella, piano
(Whitacre, Joubert, Bernstein)
Details: www.kaleidoscopenight.com 
 
13 January, 6:30pm - University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Franz Liszt-Saal, Lothringstraße, Vienna
Klavierabend - Students of Prof. Barbara Moser
Details

20 January, 7pm - Kirche Don Bosco, Neuerdberg, Vienna
Concert with choirs of the Wiener Chorschule
Details: www.mdw.ac.at/abi

21 January, 11am - Frauenkirche, Baden
Concert with choirs of the Wiener Chorschule
Details: www.mdw.ac.at/abi

8 February, 10am-1pm - Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
International Masterclass Series: Vocal Materclass with Ann Murray DBE, mezzo-soprano
Accompanist: Niall Kinsella
www.riam.ie

11 February, 6:30pm - Haydn-Saal, MDW Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, Vienna
"Farewell Concert - Somewhere"
​Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano

12-19 February - Concert Tour to Spain 
with Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano

13 February, 8pm - Teatre Conservatori, Manesra, Spain
Concert with Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano
www.kursaal.cat

15 February, 8pm - ESMUC, Aula d'Orquestra, Barcelona, Spain
Concert with Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano
www.esmuc.cat

17 February, 9pm - Auditori d'Ateneu, Banyoles, Spain
"Somewhere" 
Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano
Details

18 February, 7pm - Auditori Municipal, Terrassa, Spain
"Somewhere" 
Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano

24 February, 8:30pm - Basilica Sant'Eustachio, Rome, Italy
Concert with Habemus Chamber Choir
Niall Kinsella, guest conductor/accompanist

10 March 2017, 8pm - Musikverein, Vienna 
"Somewhere" 
Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano 

24 March 2017 - National House of Vinohrady, Prague
Young Bohemia Prague Music Festival
accompanying St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir (Ireland)
Blánaid Murphy, conductor

6 May 2017, 11.30am - Bösendorfer-Saal, Mozarthaus, Vienna
Concert for Friends of Opera Vlaanderen
Igor Onishchenko, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano 

1 June 2017, 6pm - University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Franz Liszt-Saal, Lothringstraße, Vienna
Klavierabend - Students of Prof. Barbara Moser
(Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965)

11 June 2017, 12 Noon - Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
"John F. Larchet Remembered"
Raphaela Mangan, mezzo-soprano
Gavin Ring, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano
with Lynda O'Connor, violin

15 June 2017, - Mozart-Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna 
"Aufspiel - mdw 200" 
Webern Kammerchor der MDW
Alois Glaßner, conductor
Niall Kinsella, piano

20 June 2017 - ​International Georges Sand Festival, Nohant-Vic, France
“George Sand et le monde des objets”
Recital of Viardot, Malibran, Chopin
with Korliss Uecker, soprano, Tammy Hensrud, mezzo-soprano, Niall Kinsella, piano.

4 July 2017, 3pm - Radio Broadcast "John F. Larchet Remembered"
Near FM 90.3FM (Dublin Area) / www.nearfm.ie/livestream
Concert recorded live 11 July, Dublin (See above)
More info here.

10 July 2017, 7:30pm - Haus der Kunst, Baden-bei-Wien, Austria

Franz-Schubert-Institut Liederabend
Niall Kinsella with Klaudia Tandl, mezzo-soprano
(Brahms Lieder)


24 July 2017, 7:00pm - Stift Heiligenkreuz, Baden-bei-Wien, Austria
Franz-Schubert-Institut Liederabend 
Niall Kinsella with Rosina Fabius, mezzo-soprano
(Schubert & Mendelssohn Lieder)  

7 August 2017, 7:00pm - Zentrum für Interkulturelle Begegnung, Baden-bei-Wien, Austria
Franz-Schubert-Institut Galakonzert 
Niall Kinsella with Rosina Fabius, mezzo-soprano
(Wolf & Mahler Lieder)

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