Saturday 31 October & Sunday 1 November
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Lie Down & Listen: Elysium
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A blissful sound healing and lying down classical piano concert experience with pianist and founder Christina McMaster.
Location:
Aula Maxima
University College Cork
Cork,
T12 K5W7
Dates:
Saturday 31st October
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11.00am - 12.30pm
2.00pm - 3.30pm
4.30pm - 6.00pm
7.30pm - 9.00pm
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Sunday 1st November
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11.00am - 12.30pm
2.00pm - 3.30pm
4.30pm - 6.00pm
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Lie Down and Listen returns to Aula Maxima, University College in Cork. You’ll be welcomed into the special and atmospheric space to lie down on luxurious soft mattresses as you receive the blissful vibrations of Tibetan Bowl sound healing.
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You won’t just hear the music, you’ll feel it.
When you attend a Lie Down and Listen session, you open yourself up to receiving inner peace, freedom and light.
What to expect:
Lie Down & Listen Elysium is a heavenly and powerful sound healing and lying down classical piano concert experience led by pianist and founder Christina McMaster.
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Pianist and founder Christina will guide you through a full body deep relaxation, followed by a deep Tibetan bowl sound healing.
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The music both heavenly and powerful, deeply meditative and expansive. The music will guide you into a hypnotic state, then, moving into the expansive and heavenly as you lie down and listen to the magnificent, tender and joyful Bach d minor Chaconne on piano, you may even find yourself entering a state of Elysium.
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This is truly beautiful and powerful music by J.S Bach alongside Christina’s own compositions and music by Max Richter. You'll leave feeling inspired, uplifted and reconnected to your inner power.
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Meet Pianist/Founder Christina McMaster
Christina McMaster is a pianist, composer and founder of Lie Down & Listen – a truly creative spirit fascinated by deep listening and sound. She has performed at numerous festivals U.K and worldwide, featured on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3, Classic FM.
She attended the Purcell School and was selected as a young artist in residence at St John’s Smith square. She studied with Joanna MacGregor at The Royal Academy of Music and was later appointed an Associate. She has been a mentor for Geneva International Music Competition, UNESCO Day of the Girl, and given talks at Universities in the U.K and U.S, including at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Christina has collaborated with numerous visual artists, leading composers and artists - including composers Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Freya Waley-Cohen, Folk music legend Peggy Seeger and electronic artist Tom Middleton.
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“An incredibly sensitive intuitive player who brings out the mystery and beauty of these pieces”
- Sarah Walker BBC Radio 3
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"One of the most talked about concerts of our festival."
Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
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She was a Visiting Associate at Kings College in London, developing the ‘Sound Mind’ project with Dr Sally Marlow which evolved into Lie down & Listen. In April 2023, Christina premiered her composition ‘Inner Temple’ inspired by 12th Century Priestess Hildegard Von Bingen. In December 2024, she premiered another of her compositions - ‘Sound Journey to Mars’ - created for Artist Luke Jerram’s ‘Mars’ installation at the Painted Hall in London. Christina has a particular interest in 20th Century French Music – and spent many summers studying in Aix-en-Provence with Bernard Flavigny.
