West Cork Music is committed to presenting performances of the finest of music all year round. Outside of our festival-filled summer season, the Concert Series runs in the spring and autumn each year, featuring Irish and international soloists and ensembles in West Cork venues. Recent years have included performances from classical and traditional artists such as the Danish, Engegård and Callino Quartets, Resurgam and Brendan Begley and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
Concert Series 2013 - Upcoming Events
Saturday 19 October
Catherine Leonard [violin] and Hugh Tinney [piano]
Bantry audience favourites, the duo returns with works by Beethoven, Fauré and Franck
'The music just flowed from their fingers like a force of nature, as it if couldn't have been shaped or projected in any superior way' - Michael Dervan, Irish Times
Booking will open in the autumn.
Concert Series 2013 - Past Events
Sunday 24 March 3pm
Cairde Quartet
Ireland's very own rising stars of chamber music perform works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Shostakovich & Piazzolla
Saturday 4 May 7pm
The Songmen
This multi-award-winning a cappella ensemble is presented in association with the Cork International Choral Festival
Programme includes much-loved sacred and popular works, from composers as diverse as WIlliam Byrd and Percy Grainger to John Rutter and Irving Berlin
Friday 10 May 8pm
Cremona Quartet
A evening of Beethoven's three Razumovsky quartets
'Dynamic contouring was as sleek and elegant as an Armani suit, and it tailored the music to perfection' - The Strad
Concert Series 2012 - Past Events
17 February 2012 - Bantry House
Danish Quartet
Works by Nielsen, Haydn and Mendelssohn
Sunday 14 October 20.00 - Bantry House
Callino Quartet
Works by Ravel, Janáček, Dvořák and Mozart
Sunday 21 October 20.00 - Bantry House
Aileen Itani [soprano], Finghin Collins [piano]
Works by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Brahms and Korngold
Sunday 25 November 15.00 - Bantry House
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Nobuko Imai [viola]
Works by Beethoven, Brahms, and John Kinsella
