Thursday, 24 September 2009: PURELY PIANO - RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 4th
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Andreas Haefliger, piano (Switzerland).
Mozart Sonata in C major K330
Liszt arr Wagner "Liebestod" from Tristan
Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor op.27 no.2
Brahms Sonata in F sharp minor, op.2 no.2
'Unlike many virtuosos, Haefliger is a musician first and pianist second... Andreas Haefliger is a pianist to watch. More importantly, he is a pianist to listen to.' -- Chicago Tribune.
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Monday, 12 October 2009: DEDICATED TO HAYDN
Monday, 12 October 2009, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Haydn Trio Eisenstadt (Austria).
Haydn: Trio in C major Hob XV/27;
William Bolcom (USA): ‘Haydn Go Seek’ (2009);
Haydn: Trio in E flat major Hob XV/29;
Beethoven: Trio in B flat Op. 97 ‘Archduke’.
'Pianist Harald Kosik, violinist Verena Stourzh and cellist Hannes Gradwohl played with devout concentration and superb cohesion' – Los Angeles Times
This concert is in cooperation with Haydn Festival Eisenstadt / Haydn 2009 with the kind support of the Austrian Embassy, Dublin.
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Tuesday, 27 October 2009: BUDAPEST - VIENNA
Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Auer Quartet (Hungary)
Kodaly: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Bartok: String Quartet No. 4
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 59 no. 3 ‘Razumovsky’
'The players gave a real sense of connection both to the music and between each other' – The Strad
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Tuesday, 03 November 2009: HANDEL 250 YEARS
Tuesday, 03 November 2009, 20:00, Town Hall Theatre
Opera Theatre Company Handel: Alcina [LOGO: OTC]
Annilese Miskimmon, Director Christian Curnyn, Music Director
Tickets: €25 Concessions: €22.50 MfG members: €21 Booking through Town Hall Theatre only 091 569777 or www.tht.ie
Thursday, 12 November 2009: A NORWEGIAN VISION
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Mari & Håkon Samuelsen, violin & cello duo (Norway)
Ole Bull: A Mountain Vision
Bach: Chaconne
Martinu: Duo for violin and cello No. 2
Hindemith: Sonata for Cello (1923)
Kodaly: Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7
Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia
"Mari and Håkon are among the greatest string music talents in Norway." Arve Tellefsen, violinist
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Thursday, 19 November 2009: ‘HATS OFF GENTLEMEN, A GENIUS!’ (Schumann on Chopin)
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Cédric Tiberghien, piano (France)
Chopin: Sonata No. 2 (Funèbre) Op. 35
Deodat de Severac: Les Mulletiers devant le Christ de Llivua
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2
Chopin: Four Ballades
‘As he played all four Chopin Ballades one after another his hands seem to glance off the keyboard. The sounds that emerged were often bewitchingly soft and caressing, the passionate moments fiery rather than weighty.’ – The Telegraph
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Wednesday, 02 December 2009: HANDEL 250 YEARS/ JOYFUL MYSTERY [check time]
Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 20:00, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
Gandolpho (UK) Eleanor Harrison, baroque violin David Wright, harpsichord
Featuring Sonatas by George Frederic Handel and Heinrich von Biber’s ‘Annunciation’ Sonata
‘Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.’ - Beethoven on Handel
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Friday, 22 January 2010: FANTASIES AND FAIRYTALES - The music of Robert Schumann (22 - 24 Jan 2010)
Friday, 22 January 2010, 20:00, Town Hall Theatre
Galway Ensemble-in-Residence, ConTempo Quartet, (Romania/Ireland);
Eduard Stan, piano (Romania/Germany);
Rodion Pogossov, baritone (Russia);
Johannes Peitz, clarinet (Germany).
Friday 8pm
Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 for clarinet and piano
Songs: Die Löwenbraut, Der Nussbaum
Fairy Tales, Op. 132 for clarinet, viola and piano
Piano Quartet, Op. 47
Saturday 2pm
Morning Songs, Op. 133
Dichterliebe , Op. 48 Songs cycle
Fantasy Pieces, Op. 111
Saturday 8pm
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 for cello and piano
Fairy Tale Pictures, Op. 113 for viola and piano
Four Fantasy Pieces, Op. 88 for violin, cello and piano
String Quartet no. 3 in A major, Op. 41 no. 3
Sunday 3pm
Forest Scenes, Op. 82
Songs: Widmung, An den Mond, Du bist wie eine Blume, Eine Liederreihe ‘Stille Liebe’, Aus den östlichen Rosen, Der Hidalgo
Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Evening Tickets: €20, members/Concessions: €16, student: €6. Saturday 2pm recital: €10, members/Concessions: €6. Festival Ticket: €55, members/Concessions: €45. Booking through Town Hall Theatre 091 569777 or www.tht.ie
Saturday, 23 January 2010: FANTASIES AND FAIRYTALES - The music of Robert Schumann (22 - 24 Jan 2010)
Saturday, 23 January 2010, 14:00, Town Hall Theatre
(details as above)Saturday, 23 January 2010: FANTASIES AND FAIRYTALES - The music of Robert Schumann (22 - 24 Jan 2010)
Saturday, 23 January 2010, 20:00, Town Hall Theatre
(details as above)Sunday, 24 January 2010: FANTASIES AND FAIRYTALES - The music of Robert Schumann (22 - 24 Jan 2010)
Sunday, 24 January 2010, 15:00, Town Hall Theatre
(details as above)Tuesday, 09 February 2010: 200 YEARS OF CHOPIN AND SCHUMANN
Tuesday, 09 February 2010, 13:10, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
In association with Múscailt and NUIG Arts Office.
JAMES LISNEY (UK) piano - MINI RESIDENCY
Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1;
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 ;
Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op. 55 ;
Chopin: Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 ;
'This is someone who can really give the mechanical box of wires and wood a singing soul.' - The Telegraph
Tickets: €10 Members/Concessions: €6
Wednesday, 10 February 2010: 200 YEARS OF CHOPIN AND SCHUMANN
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 19:30, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
In association with Múscailt and NUIG Arts Office.
JAMES LISNEY (UK) piano - MINI RESIDENCY
Lecture Recital: Learning from Chopin.
Thursday, 11 February 2010: 200 YEARS OF CHOPIN AND SCHUMANN
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
In association with Múscailt and NUIG Arts Office.
JAMES LISNEY (UK) piano - MINI RESIDENCY
Chopin: Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 3, Op. 58
Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18
Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op. 17
One could describe James Lisney by repeating Goethe`s words about Beethoven:`A more self-contained energetic, sincere artist I never saw` - Newbury Spring Festival
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Friday, 19 February 2010: EMILY ANDERSON MEMORIAL CONCERT
Friday, 19 February 2010, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Mathieu van Bellen, violin (NL) 2008 Royal Philharmonic Society Emily Anderson Prize Winner Tadashi Imai, piano (Japan)
Mozart: Sonata no. 18 in G Major, for Piano and Violin, K. 301
Mozart: Adagio in E Major for Violin and Piano, K. 261 (1776)
Mozart: Sonata no. 32 in B Flat Major, for Piano and Violin, K. 454
Mozart: Sonata no. 35 in A Major, for Piano and Violin, K. 526
Mozart: Adagio in B Minor, for Piano, K. 540
Mozart/Sarasate: Fantasy on "Die Zauberflöte", for Violin and Piano, Op. 54
‘Does it not seem as if Mozart’s works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them? - Robert Schumann .
This concert will be repeated at Dublin City Gallery: The Hugh Lane on Sun 21 February at 12 noon
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Tuesday, 23 February 2010: KNEE-DEEP IN THE NORTH SEA
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 20:00, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)
In association with NUIG Arts in Action and Music Network.
Portico Quartet (UK) Jack Wyllie, soprano saxophone Milo Fitzpatrick, double bass Nick Mulvey, hang and percussion
Duncan Bellamy, drums and hang
Featuring music from their album, Knee-Deep in the North Sea--Time Out’s jazz, folk and world music album of the year
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‘Distinctive, contemporary jazz’ – The Guardian Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Tuesday, 09 March 2010: MEMBERS’ SURPRISE CONCERT
Tuesday, 09 March 2010, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Concert and reception. Music for Galway Members only.
Tuesday, 23 March 2010: WAR AND PEACE
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 20:00,
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, violin
Mairead Buicke, soprano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
‘once again, it [RTÉ NSO] delivered a hugely satisfying performance’ – The Sunday Business Post
Lunchtime guided tour through the concert programme with Dr. Jane O’Leary in Galway city Library, St. Augustine Street, 1.10pm
Tickets: €22 Members/Concessions.: €18 Student (full time): €10
Tuesday, 13 April 2010: A WOMAN’S LOVE AND LIFE
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Ailish Tynan, soprano (Ireland) Christopher Glynn, piano (UK)
An evening of songs to include Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben
'With a lyric voice of delicious purity, she [Ailish Tynan] sang an aptly chosen programme. it is a voice that can sparkle without becoming hard.' - Opera now
‘Christopher Glynn’s piano accompaniments were of the highest calibre’- Le Monde
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Tuesday, 04 May 2010: PURELY PIANO
Tuesday, 04 May 2010, 20:00, The Meyrick Hotel
Opening concert of season rescheduled
Andreas Haefliger, piano
MOZART: Sonata in C major, K.330
WAGNER/LISZT: Isolde's Liebestod
MOZART: Sonata in A KV 331
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B flat major D960
Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6 from Music for Galway 091 705962, Opus II The Cornstore, or www.tht.ie
Thursday, 13 May 2010: KLEZMER AND BEYOND – THE SOUL OF THE CLARINET
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 20:00, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
Paul Roe, clarinet/bass clarinet ConTempo Quartet, Galway Ensemble-in-Residence
Featuring The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for clarinet/bass clarinet and string quartet by Osvaldo Golijov And including the premiere of a new work by Nick Roth and Jane O’Leary’s Soundshapes II
‘Roe capped the ensemble with suave and wistful melody-making.’ The Irish Times 'The Romanian ConTempo Quartet ... was versatile and persuasive in a programme containing a wide stylistic range.'- The Irish Times
This concert will be repeated in the Dublin City Gallery: The Hugh Lane on Sun 16 May at 12 noon Tickets: €20 Members/Concessions: €16 Student (full time): €6
Friday, 21 May 2010: BOOK OF ANGELS
Friday, 21 May 2010, 20:00, Nun's Island Theatre
In Association with Note Productions Friday 21 May Nuns Island Studios, 8pm
Mark Feldman, violin (USA) Sylvie Courvoisier, piano (Switzerland)
Featuring music from John Zorn’s Book of Angels performed by one of the greatest violin/piano pairings ever
‘The Heifetz of our generation…”
Tickets: €18 Members/Concessions: €14 Student (full time): €6
