Tuesday, 11 October 2011: RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
STRINGS ALIVE!
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet UK /Ireland
Andreea Banciu, viola Romania/Ireland
Adrian Mantu, cello Romania/ Ireland
Mozart: String Quartet in C major, ‘dissonance’ K. 465
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (1960)
Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18
[Monday 10 October 5 pm Meet the Musicians in open rehearsal at Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe]
“The way the Vanbrugh players immersed themselves [...] was the kind of experience one encounters on only a few occasions in a lifetime.” The Strad
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6
Wednesday, 26 October 2011: Romantic Trios Nicola Benedetti & Friends
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
ROMANTIC TRIOS
Nicola Benedetti, violin UK
Leonard Elschenbroich, cello Germany
Alexei Grynyuk, piano Ukraine
Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94
Tchaikovsky: Scherzo and Melody from Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher, Op. 42
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
19:00 – 19:30: Meet the Musicians. An informal discussion with tonight’s musicians (entry free with concert ticket).
‘it was thrilling to hear and watch Nicola Benedetti in a truly risk-taking performance that lived so much in the body and fused the sinews of the violin and the nerve-system of the player’ The Times
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6
Friday, 18 November 2011: Bach Weekend Festival
Friday, 18 November 2011, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
In association with Galway Early Music Festival and supported by the Arts Council’s Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme.
The Six Partitas for Harpsichord
Malcolm Proud, harpsichord Ireland and Dr. David Ledbetter, lecturer Ireland/UK.
Both concerts will be introduced by David Ledbetter.
Friday 8pm
Partita No. 1 in B-flat major (BWV 825)
Partita No. 2 in C minor (BWV 826)
Partita No. 4 in D major (BWV 828)
Saturday 8 pm
Partita No. 3 in A minor (BWV 827)
Partita No. 5 in G major (BWV 829)
Partita No. 6 in E minor (BWV 830)
"Deep, respectful bows here to harpsichordist Malcolm Proud's dramatic and flawlessly controlled execution of the vast first-movement cadenza." The Los Angeles Times
Saturday 2 pm
Huston School for Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968) Jean-Marie Staub, director (94 minutes). Featuring Gustav Leonhardt as J.S. Bach.
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6 WEEKEND tickets: €36 / €30. Free Admission to film
Saturday, 19 November 2011: Bach Weekend Festival
Saturday, 19 November 2011, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
(details as above)Thursday, 24 November 2011: Vox Merus, brass quintet
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Simon Menin & Andrea Vonk, trumpet
Cormac O hAodain, horn
Steve Mathieson, trombone
Alex Kidston, tuba
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon
Anton Bruckner (arr Kidston): Christus Factus
Joseph Groocock: Quintet for Brass (1984)
Daniel Barkley: Five Run Away Together (2011)
Brian Boydell: Five Blows for Brass Quintet (1984)
Malcolm Arnold: Quintet for Brass (1961)
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6. Supported by the Music Network Performance and Touring Award.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011: Alexej Gorlatch, piano
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
In association with Music Network Music
PRIZEWINNER’S PERFORMANCE Dublin International Piano Competition Winner 2009 Alexej Gorlatch, piano Ukraine
Beethoven: Chopin: Bill Whelan: Chopin:
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 no. 1
Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, Op. 61
The Currach (2007)
4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Meet the Musician at a Post-Concert Reception sponsored by Tigh Neachtain.
‘Awe-inspiringly confident and assured […] Alexej Gorlatch is one of those players who can take you into areas that others just can’t reach.’ The Irish Times.
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6
Saturday, 10 December 2011: The Messiah
Saturday, 10 December 2011, 20:00, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
‘For unto us a Child is Born’
Handel: Messiah
Resurgam Irish Baroque Orchestra Jeffrey Skidmore, director UK
‘continuing quality performances from the Irish Baroque Orchestra - including the vivaciously musical Messiah with an inspired Resurgam in splendid voice’ Irish Times
Tickets €25 / Members/Concessions €20. Booking: in person Charlie Byrne’s, Middle Street, online www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com or by phone 091 705962
Friday, 20 January 2012: Mid-Winter Festival
Friday, 20 January 2012, 20:00, Town Hall Theatre
Sponsor: DERI.
The Galway Ensemble in Residence Con Tempo Quartet Romania/Ireland
Amstel Quartet The Netherlands
Gavan Ring, baritone
Judith Sibley, choreographer
Mihai Cucu, video artist
Rod Goodall, reader
Friday 8 pm
Mozart: Adagio & Fugue
Michael Torke: May, June and July
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Lamentatio
Sibelius: String Quartet Op. 56
Saturday 2 pm
Meet the Musicians: Amstel Quartet in the company of
Chatham Saxophone Quartet and young Galway musicians
Saturday 8 pm
Mozart: Adagio & Fugue
Samuel Barber: Dover Beach
Sweelinck: Psalm 111, arr. Willem van Merwijk
Samuel Barber: Adagio
Leos Janacek: ‘Intimate letters’
Sunday 3 pm
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Bach: Fugues
Segall/Sweelinck: Psalm 23
Philip Glass: String Quartet no. 2 ‘Company’ (1983)
Wagner: ‘The Ring’ (arr Gijs Kramers)
‘Polished and professional [ConTempo Quartet] … full of exuberance and with a fine sense of ensemble … real sensitivity … exceptional performance’ The Strad
‘The men of the Amstel Quartet have no fear…We can now say that the saxophone quartet is ‘the string quartet of the second half of the twentieth century.’’ Luister, The Netherlands
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6 Festival Tickets: €55 / Members & Concessions: €45 Free admission to Meet the Musicians Booking Town Hall Theatre 091 569777 or www.tht.ie
Saturday, 21 January 2012: Mid-Winter Festival
Saturday, 21 January 2012, 20:00, Town Hall Theatre
(details as above)Sunday, 22 January 2012: Mid-Winter Festival
Sunday, 22 January 2012, 20:00, Town Hall Theatre
(details as above)Thursday, 02 February 2012: Black Pencil
Thursday, 02 February 2012, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
PULSO LLANERO
Black Pencil The Netherlands
Jorge Isaac, artistic director/recorders
Matthijs Koene, panpipes
Esra Pehlivanli, viola
Enric Monfort, percussion
Marko Kassl, accordion
A unique combination of contemporary works specially written for the ensemble together with sparkling arrangements of folk tunes from the northern coast of South America.
Thursday 1 pm The Cube, Áras na MacLéinn, NUI Galway Meet the Musicians: Informal discussion with members of the ensemble Black Pencil, featuring performances by Duo MARES: Esra Pehlivanli, viola and Marko Kassl, accordion.
‘Black Pencil evokes a unique sound world of melody, polyphony, and abstraction. The ensemble is a great representative of new ways of combining folk cultures and contemporary art.’ Andante Music Magazine
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6 Free admission to Meet the Musicians
Tuesday, 07 February 2012: Rolf Hind, piano
Tuesday, 07 February 2012, 20:00, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Thursday, 23 February 2012: Mozart Festival
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 20:00,
Emily Anderson Annual Memorial Concerts sponsored by NUI Galway.
Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
Marianne Thorsen, violin Norway/UK
Viv McLean, piano UK
Alice Neary, cello UK
Thursday 23 February 8 pm
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 378
Piano Trio in G major, K. 564
Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 ‘alla Turca’
Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
Friday 24 February 8 pm
Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
Piano Sonata in E flat major, K 282
Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454
Piano Trio in C major, K. 548
Saturday 25 February 11am
Maoin Cheoil na Gallimhe, St. Mary’s College
Meet the Musicians together with Galway music students
Saturday 25 February 2pm Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway
In Search of Mozart (2006). Phil Grabsky, director (128 minutes). ‘a myth-busting stride through a prodigiously talented life’ The New York Times
‘This was masterly playing, impeccably phrased and articulated. Rarely has Mozart come dancing off the page so enticingly.’ International Record Review
‘Dazzlingly violinistic and brilliantly played.’ The Sunday Times
Tickets €20 / Members/Concessions €16 / Students €6. Festival ticket: €36 / €30. Free admission to film and Meet the Musicians session.
Friday, 24 February 2012: Mozart Festival
Friday, 24 February 2012, 20:00,
(details as above)Saturday, 25 February 2012: Mozart Festival
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 11:00,
(details as above)Tuesday, 13 March 2012: ConTempo Quartet, Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Thom Jannssen (piano)
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 20:00, The Meyrick Hotel
Lenneke Ruiten soprano (The Netherlands)
Thom Janssen piano (The Netherlands)
ConTempo Quartet (Romania / Ireland)
Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano
Chausson Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37
Debussy Cello Sonata
Debussy Songs for Voice and Piano
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
‘The naturalness of her [Lenneke Ruiten] singing belies an excellent technique, which is seemingly effortless and without ostentation. Not a single moment was about her; it was always about the text.’ – Irish Times
Tickets €20, members / concessions: €16, students €6.
Thursday, 12 April 2012: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Barry Douglas, piano
Thursday, 12 April 2012, 20:00, Leisureland
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
in D minor, Op. 15
Brahms Symphony No. 4
in E minor, Op. 98
Meet the Music 7.00 – 7.30pm Leisureland. Illustrated guided tour of the concert programme. (Free with concert ticket).
"Douglas, who can do glittering and powerfully sonorous as well as any other pianist, was engagingly self-effacing without losing character, the most demanding technical challenges manfully negotiated." – ClassicalSource.com
Tickets €22, members / concessions: €18, students €10.
Friday, 20 April 2012: An Irish Colloquy
Friday, 20 April 2012, 20:00, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
The National Chamber Choir of Ireland. Paul Hillier director, Stewart French guitar.
Tarik O’Regan – Acallam na Senórach
Tales of the Elders (excerpts)
Arvo Pärt – The Deer’s Cry
Selection of Irish Songs.
Join us for a mystical journey across 12th/13th century Ireland in the company of Oisín and Caílte and St. Patrick!
‘Collective virtuosity...choral technique at its very best.’ – Gramophone Magazine
Tickets €20, members / concessions: €16, students €6.
