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The Haar

  • Classical Music

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  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 70 minutes Subject to change

Where Celtic landscapes and folk tradition meet the energy and spontaneity of contemporary sound

Enter the rich atmospheric world of Celtic folk as The Haar make their Australian debut. Named after the rolling sea fog of the North Atlantic, their music moves with the same elemental force – poetic, untamed and deeply felt. 

In the Utzon Room, you’re close enough to feel the music swell and gather around you. One moment, a voice rises like mist. The next, rhythm and melody take hold with a pulse that feels both ancient and alive. At their heart is Molly Donnery’s spellbinding voice, woven through ever-changing soundscapes from world-class improvisers Cormàc Byrne (bodhrán), Adam Summerhayes (fiddle) and Murray Grainger (accordion).  

Their latest album, The Lost Day, has earned loyal grassroots following for its honest and tender take on traditional Irish and Scottish songs. For those craving something hauntingly beautiful, immersive and a little wild, this promises a mesmerising afternoon from one of the most in-demand Irish trad music acts today.  

Sydney Opera House thanks Event Partner Champagne Pommery, The Greats donors and Ezekiel Solomon AM for their support of Utzon Music.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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Spontaneous, alive and affecting

Folk Radio UK

This is watching the fog roll in around The Skellig Islands Ireland…devastatingly beautiful

Bristol 24/7

A sweeping panorama of Irish traditional music and song

Songlines

Repertoire

The Creggan White Hare 
Willie Taylor 
Carrickfergus 
The Emigrant’s Farewell 
She Moved Through the Fai
The Galway Shawl 
Wild Rover 
The Lakes of Pontchartrain 
Wild Mountain Thyme 
Whiskey in the Jar 

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Attending this event

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Ticket information

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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