Chamber Music Festival

Fringe Festival - Halcyon Quartet

Date 29 June 2018

Time 3:30 pm

Location Cork Airport

Admission FREE

Artist Halcyon Quartet

1. Opening Concert

Date 29 June 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €50/€40/€30/€16

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Kodaly Duo Sonata / Mairéad Hickey / Ella van Poucke

Grazyna Bacewicz Quartet 4 / Dudok Quartet

Beethoven Quartet in F major Op.59/1 ‘Razumovsky 1’ / Quatuor Danel

2. Masterclass

Date 30 June 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Halcyon Quartet, Christopher Marwood

3. Coffee Concert

Date 30 June 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Artist London Chamber Brass

Tallis Four Voluntaries (arr Maxwell Davies)

Jan Koetsier Kleiner Zirkusmarsch from Kinderzirkus Op.79

Jan Koetsier Brass Quintet Op.65

Anthony Plog Four Sketches

Enrique Crespo Suite Americana

4. Masterclass

Date 30 June 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Red Abbey Quartet, Liana Gourdjia

Fringe Festival - Alex Petcu & Caitriona Frost

Date 30 June 2018

Time 12:30 pm

Location The Old Supervalu

Admission FREE

Artist Alex Petcu & Caitriona Frost

5. Town Concert

Date 30 June 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Ensemble Dagda

Works by Hildegard von Bingen, Jacquet de la Guerre, Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini and other women composers

6. Masterclass

Date 30 June 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Doolan Quartet, Liana Gourdjia

7. Baroque Masterclass

Date 30 June 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location Bantry Courthouse

Admission Free

Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Peter Spissky

8. Crespo Series

Date 30 June 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €18/€13/€9

Artist Apollon Musagète Quartet

Arensky Quartet Op.35a

Dvorák Quartet no.14 in A flat Op.105

9. Main Evening Concert

Date 30 June 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €47/€37/€27/€13

Mozart Quartet in G major K.387 / Dudok Quartet

Andrzej Panufnik Quartet No.1 / Apollon Musagète Quartet

Beethoven Quartet No.8 in E minor Op.59/2 ‘Razumovsky’ / Quatuor Danel

10. Late Great Show

Date 30 June 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €14

Artist Cédric Pescia

J.S.Bach Goldberg Variations

11. Morning Talk

Date 1 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location Brick Oven

Admission €6

Artists Evelyn Grant, Nathalia Milstein, Dana Zemtsov

12. Masterclass

Date 1 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Beckett Quartet, Liana Gourdjia

13. Coffee Concert

Date 1 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Artists Lyudmila Shkirtil, Peter Spissky, Camerata Øresund, Jonas Nordberg, Berit Norbakken Solset

Vivaldi Concerto for strings in C major RV 114

Vivaldi Cessate, omai cessate RV 684

Vivaldi L’estro armonico - Concerto for 4 violins in E minor RV 550

Vivaldi Motet - In furore iustissimae Irae RV 626

Vivaldi L’estro armonico – Concerto for violin D minor RV 565

Vivaldi Concerto in G minor RV 315 'Summer' & Aria - Sonno, se pur sei Sonno

14. Masterclass

Date 1 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Halcyon Quartet, Dudok Quartet

15. Young Composers Forum

Date 1 July 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission Free

Artists Doolan Quartet, Halcyon Quartet, Beckett Quartet, Red Abbey Quartet

Omar Zatriqi Key Chain

Lisa Robertson Machair

Daragh Black Hynes Procession for String Quartet

Darragh Kelly Blue

16. Baroque Masterclass

Date 1 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location Bantry Courthouse

Admission Free

Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Marcus Mohlin

17. Crespo Series

Date 1 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €18/€13/€9

Artist Quatuor Danel

Elizabeth Maconchy Quartet No.2

Beethoven Quartet No.9 in C major Op.59/3 ‘Razumovsky’

18. Main Evening Concert

Date 1 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €47/€37/€27/€13

Bloch Violin Sonata No.1 / Nurit Stark / Cédric Pescia

Andrzej Panufnik Quartet No.2 ‘Messages’ / Apollon Musagète Quartet

Franck Piano Quintet / Quatuor Danel / Julius Drake

19. Late Great Show

Date 1 July 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €14

Artist Barry Douglas

Brahms Fantasias Op.116, Intermezzos Op.117, Piano Pieces Op.118/1, Op.118/6

20. Morning Talk

Date 2 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location Brick Oven

Admission €6

Artists Evelyn Grant, Peter Spissky, Berit Norbakken Solset, Camerata Øresund

21. Masterclass

Date 2 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Red Abbey Quartet, Andreas Reiner

22. Coffee Concert

Heroines of Love and Loss

Date 2 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Admission €20/€14/€10

Artists Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg

Barbara Strozzi L’Eraclito Amoroso; Lamento, Lagrime mie

Francesa Caccini Lasciatemi qui solo

Giovanni Kapsberger Works for Theorbo/Archlute

Henry Purcell Dido’s Lament

23. Masterclass

Date 2 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Doolan Quartet, Quatuor Danel

Fringe Festival - Ensemble Dagda

Date 2 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location Organico

Admission FREE

Artist Ensemble Dagda

24. Town Concert

Date 2 July 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Halcyon Quartet

Beethoven Quartet No.6 in B flat Op.18/6

Omar Zatriqi Key Chain WORLD PREMIERE

Bartok Quartet No.3

25. Masterclass

Date 2 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Beckett Quartet, Apollon Musagète Quartet

26. Violin Talk

A Question of Sonority

Date 2 July 2018

Time 3:15 pm

Location Old Cinema

Admission FREE

Artist Robert Pierce

27. Crespo Series

Date 2 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €18/€13/€9

Artist Dudok Quartet

Weinberg Quartet No.3 Op.14

Machault, Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez and Gesualdo Madrigals

Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor Op.80 ‘Requiem for Fanny’

28. Baroque Masterclass

Date 2 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location Bantry Courthouse

Admission Free

Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Peter Spissky

29. Main Evening Concert

Paule Cotter Memorial Concert

Date 2 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €47/€37/€27/€13

Artist Mairéad Hickey

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Ravel Duo Sonata

IRISH PREMIERE Lera Auerbach Arcanum, Sonata for viola and piano

Schubert Piano Trio in B flat D.898

30. Late Great Show

Date 2 July 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €14

Artist Philippe Cassard

Debussy Les Préludes, Premier Livre

31. Morning Talk

Date 3 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location Brick Oven

Admission €6

Artists Evelyn Grant, Quatuor Danel

32. Coffee Concert

Date 3 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Artists Camerata Øresund, Mark Padmore, Ruby Hughes, Peter Spissky, Anna Besson

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J.S.Bach Cantata Ich habe genug BWV 82

J.S.Bach Ouverture No.2 in B minor BWV 1067

J.S.Bach Cantata Non sa che sia dolore BWV 209

Fringe Festival - Elias Folk

Date 3 July 2018

Time 12:20 pm

Location Bantry Library

Admission Free

Artist Elias String Quartet

33. Town Concert

Date 3 July 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Voice Trio

Hildegard of Bingen (C12th, Germany)

Guillaume de Machaut (C14th, France)

Francesco Landini (C14th, Italy)

34. Masterclass

Date 3 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location The Maritime Hotel

Artists Andreas Reiner, Red Abbey Quartet

35. Baroque Masterclass

Date 3 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location Bantry Courthouse

Admission Free

Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Peter Spissky

36. Crespo Series

Date 3 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €25/€20/€14/€10

Artists Andreas Brantelid, Nathalia Milstein

Beethoven Cello Sonata No.5 in D major Op.102/2

Debussy Cello Sonata

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op.40

Fringe Festival - VOICE WORKSHOPS

Date 3 July 2018

Time 5:30 pm

Location The Old Supervalu

Admission Free

Artist Voice Trio

37. Main Evening Concert

Date 3 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €34/€25/€11

Haydn Quartet in F minor Op.20/5 / Dudok Quartet

WORLD PREMIERE Deirdre Gribbin Kindersang / Caroline Melzer / Nurit Stark

Schubert Schwanengesang D.957 / Mark Padmore / Julius Drake

38. Morning Talk

Date 4 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location Brick Oven

Admission €6

Artists Evelyn Grant, Niek de Groot

39. Masterclass

Date 4 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Beckett Quartet, Andreas Reiner

40. Coffee Concert

Date 4 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Mozart Flute Quartet in D major K.285 / Fiona Kelly / Liana Gourdjia / Andreas Brantelid / Piotr Szumiet

Beethoven Quartet No.1 in F major Op.18/1 / Quatuor Danel

Mieczyslaw Weinberg Improvisation and Romance for String Quartet IRISH PREMIERE / Quatuor Danel

41. Masterclass

Date 4 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Red Abbey Quartet, Apollon Musagète Quartet

Fringe Festival - Voice

Date 4 July 2018

Time 12:00 pm

Location Glebe Gardens, Baltimore

Admission Free

Artist Voice Trio

42. Town Concert

Date 4 July 2018

Time 1:30 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Westland Baroque Ensemble

Purcell Sonata in 4 Parts, no.6 in G minor Z807

Vivaldi Sonata in D minor ‘La follia’ RV63

and works by Corelli, Couperin and Handel

43. Masterclass

Date 4 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Halcyon Quartet, Apollon Musagète Quartet

44. Crespo Series

Date 4 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €37/€27/€21/€11

Artists Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien

Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 'Regensonate'

Brahms Violin Sonata No.2 in A major Op.100

Vierne Violin Sonata Op.23

45. Baroque Masterclass

Date 4 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location Bantry Courthouse

Admission Free

Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Peter Spissky

Fringe Festival - VOICE Workshops

Date 4 July 2018

Time 5:30 pm

Location The Old Supervalu

Admission Free

Artist Voice Trio

46. Main Evening Concert

Date 4 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €34/€25/€11

Shostakovich Symphony for Strings Op.118a / Festival Strings / Yuri Serov / Niek de Groot / Liana Gourdjia

Shostakovich Spanish Songs / Festival Strings / Yuri Serov / Liana Gourdjia / Lyudmila Shkirtil / Niek de Groot

Jonathan Dove In Damascus / Mark Padmore / Elias String Quartet

47. Late Great Show

Date 4 July 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €14

Artists Caroline Melzer, Cédric Pescia

Messiaen Harawi, chant d’amour et de mort

48. Morning Talk

Date 5 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location Brick Oven

Admission €6

Artists Evelyn Grant, Nurit Stark, Caroline Melzer, Cédric Pescia

49. Masterclass

Date 5 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Doolan Quartet, Alina Ibragimova

50. Coffee Concert

Date 5 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Artists Berit Norbakken Solset, Sebastian Philpott, Camerata Øresund, Peter Spissky, Lyudmila Shkirtil, Jonas Nordberg

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G.F.Handel Concerto grosso Op.6/5 Largo – Allegro

G.F.Handel Eternal Source of Light Divine (HWV 74 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

G.F.Handel Concerto grosso Op.6/5 Presto – Largo

G.F.Handel Recitativo, Aria: Ah! Ruggiero crudel, tu non mi amasti! (Alcina)

G.F.Handel Concerto grosso Op.6/5 Allegro – Menuet & TBC Where shall I fly (Hercules HWV 60)

G.F.Handel Sonata HWV 399, Op.5/4 (Orchestral version from Alcina) & Let the bright seraphim (Samson HWV 57)

51. Masterclass

Date 5 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Halcyon Quartet, Andreas Reiner

Fringe Festival - Voice with West Cork Choirs

Date 5 July 2018

Time 12:30 pm

Location The Old Supervalu

Admission Free

Artist Voice Trio

52. Town Concert

Date 5 July 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Beckett Quartet

Shostakovich Quartet No.9 in E flat Op.117

Lisa Robertson Machair WORLD PREMIERE

Ravel Quartet in F major

53. Masterclass

Date 5 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Red Abbey Quartet, Quatuor Danel

54. Violin Talk

Wood and tools, hands and sound

Date 5 July 2018

Time 3:15 pm

Location Old Cinema

Admission FREE

Artist Patrick Robin

55. Crespo Series

Date 5 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €18/€13/€9

Artists Mark Padmore, Ruby Hughes, Philippe Cassard, Niek de Groot, Elias String Quartet

Sally Beamish Reed Stanzas

Watkins In my craft or sullen art

Fauré La Bonne Chanson

56. Main Evening Concert

Date 5 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €47/€37/€27/€13

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Mozart Clarinet Trio K.498 ‘Kegelstatt’ / Annelien Van Wauwe / Barry Douglas / Rosalind Ventris

Weinberg Violin Sonata No.2 Op.15 / Elina Vähälä / Yuri Serov

Dvorák Piano Quintet in A major / Philippe Cassard / Apollon Musagète Quartet

57. Late Great Show

Date 5 July 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €14

Artists Lyudmila Shkirtil, Yuri Serov

Sviridov Petersburg, song cycle to text by Alexander Blok

58. Morning Talk

Date 6 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location Brick Oven

Admission €6

Artists Evelyn Grant, Dudok Quartet

59. Masterclass

Date 6 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Beckett Quartet, Quatuor Danel

60. Coffee Concert

Date 6 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Artists Ramon Ortega Quero, Elias String Quartet

Haydn Quartet in E flat Op.64/6

Mozart Oboe Quartet K.370

Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor Op.13

61. Masterclass

Date 6 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Halcyon Quartet, Andreas Reiner

Fringe Festival - Doolan Quartet

Date 6 July 2018

Time 12:30 pm

Location Mannings Emporium, Ballylickey

Admission Free

Artist Doolan Quartet

62. Town Concert

Date 6 July 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Red Abbey Quartet

Shostakovich Quartet No.3 in F major Op.73

Darragh Kelly Blue WORLD PREMIERE

Dvorák Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘American’

63. Masterclass

Date 6 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Doolan Quartet, Dudok Quartet

64. Crespo Series

Date 6 July 2018

Time 4:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €18/€13/€9

IRISH PREMIERE Gubaidulina So sei es / Nurit Stark / Cédric Pescia / Niek de Groot / Luigi Gaggero

Schubert Fantasie D.934 / Nurit Stark / Cédric Pescia

65. Main Evening Concert

Date 6 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €47/€37/€27/€13

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Mozart Duo for violin and viola in G major K.423 / Alina Ibragimova / Marie-Louise de Jong

IRISH PREMIERE Rautavaara String Quintet ‘Unknown Heavens’ / Elina Vähälä / Mairéad Hickey / Dana Zemtsov / Christopher Marwood / Ella van Poucke / Cédric Pescia

Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34 / Quatuor Danel / Barry Douglas

66. Late Great Show

Date 6 July 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €14

Artist Cédric Tiberghien

Cage Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano

70. Town Concert

Date 7 July 2018

Location St. Brendan’s Hall

Admission €7

Artist Doolan Quartet

Beethoven Quartet No.11 in F minor Op.95

Daragh Black Hynes Procession WORLD PREMIERE

Brahms Quartet in C minor Op.51/1

67. Masterclass

Date 7 July 2018

Time 10:00 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Dudok Quartet, Doolan Quartet

68. Coffee Concert

Date 7 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Connesson Techno Parade

Louise Farrenc Sextet for piano and winds

Beethoven Quintet for piano and winds Op.16

69. Masterclass

Date 7 July 2018

Time 11:30 am

Location The Maritime Hotel

Admission Free

Artists Beckett Quartet, Christopher Marwood

Fringe Festival - Halcyon Quartet - Durrus

Date 7 July 2018

Time 12:30 pm

Location Durrus Festival, Philips Green, Durrus

Admission Free

Artist Halcyon Quartet

71. Crespo Series

Date 7 July 2018

Time 3:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €37/€27/€21/€11

Prokofiev Visions Fugitives Op.22 / Nathalia Milstein

Rebecca Clarke Piano Trio / Andreas Reiner / Ella van Poucke / Nathalia Milstein

Prokofiev Cello Sonata / Ella van Poucke / Nathalia Milstein

72. Main Evening Concert

Date 7 July 2018

Time 8:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €34/€25/€11

Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108 / Alina Ibragimova / Cédric Tiberghien

Kurtág Scenes from a Novel Op.19 / Caroline Melzer / Nurit Stark / Luigi Gaggero / Niek de Groot

Mozart String Quintet in D major K.593 / Dudok Quartet / Simone van der Giessen

73. Late Great Show

Date 7 July 2018

Time 10:30 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €14

Artists Alina Ibragimova, Elina Vähälä, Dana Zemtsov, Andreas Brantelid, Christopher Marwood, Marie-Louise de Jong

Andrzej Panufnik Song to the Virgin Mary for String Sextet

Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op.4

74. Coffee Concert

Date 8 July 2018

Time 11:00 am

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €20/€14/€10

Mozart Duo for cello and bassoon K.292 / Bram van Sambeek / Christopher Marwood

Beethoven Septet in E flat Op.20 / Andreas Reiner / Christopher Marwood / Dana Zemtsov / Annelien Van Wauwe / Ron Schaaper / Bram van Sambeek / Niek de Groot

75. Young Musicians Platform

Date 8 July 2018

Time 2:00 pm

Location St. Brendan’s Church

Admission €15

Vivaldi Sonata in D minor ‘La follia’ / Westland Baroque Ensemble

Haydn Quartet in D major Op.20/4 / Halcyon Quartet

Janacek Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ / Doolan Quartet

Dvořák Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘American’ / Red Abbey Quartet

Ravel Quartet in F major / Beckett Quartet

76. Finale

Date 8 July 2018

Time 7:00 pm

Location Bantry House

Admission €50/€40/€30/€16

Isang Yun Together for Violin and Double Bass / Elina Vähälä / Niek de Groot

Franck Violin Sonata in A major / Alina Ibragimova / Cédric Tiberghien

Fauré Piano Quartet in G minor Op.45 / Elina Vähälä / Dana Zemtsov / Andreas Brantelid / Cédric Pescia

Brahms String Sextet No.2 in G major / Andreas Reiner / Mairéad Hickey / Dana Zemtsov / Andreas Brantelid / Ella van Poucke / Simone van der Giessen