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Goldberg Variations in Galway City

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway

Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Sergey Malov viola Natalie Clein cello  Bach Goldberg Variations, trans. Dmitry Sitkovetsky We are delighted to welcome these very special artists to Galway - in person this time  - to open our 41st Season dedicated to JS Bach, following their memorable online performance of this incredible work during the 2021 Midwinter Festival.…

€6.00 – €20.00

Goldberg Variations in Portumna

Christ Church, Portumna

Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Sergey Malov viola Natalie Clein cello  Bach Goldberg Variations, trans. Dmitry Sitkovetsky We are delighted to welcome back these very special artists to Galway - in person this time  - to perform for a second time in our 41st Season dedicated to JS Bach, following their memorable online performance of this incredible…

€6.00 – €20.00

Lunchtime concert:
Brendan Garde & Gary Beecher

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

In association with Arts in Action, University of Galway Brendan Garde violin Gary Beecher piano   BRAHMS Sonata in G Major BRAHMS Scherzo (from F-A-E Sonata) KREISLER Praeludium & Allegro KREISLER Liebesleid     These two talented Cork musicians will perform a programme which includes a selection of works for piano and violin by Brahms…

National Symphony Orchestra

Leisureland Salthill, Galway, Galway, Ireland

National Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery conductor Finghin Collins piano   TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings JANE O'LEARY unfolding soundscapes for piano and orchestra (world premiere) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' The National Symphony Orchestra makes a long-awaited and welcome return to Galway as part of its 2022-2023 Season. The occasion sees the ‘exceptionally fluent, exceptionally intelligent,…

€10.00 – €30.00

Emily Anderson Concert in Galway City

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Rosanne Philippens violin Zoltán Fejérvari piano   ELLISON HASSELL-CRAMER For Me BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No .2 LAURA HENEGHAN Rêvasser BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3 KATIE FEENEY Ballade BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 This outstanding Dutch/Hungarian duo…

€6.00 – €20.00

Emily Anderson Concert in Inverin

Comharchumann Shailearna, Indreabhán

(Please note change of venue from previously advertised)   Rosanne Philippens violin Zoltán Fejérvari piano ELLISON HASSELL-CRAMER For Me BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No .2 LAURA HENEGHAN Rêvasser BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3 KATIE FEENEY Ballade This outstanding Dutch/Hungarian duo will do…

€6.00 – €15.00

Lunchtime concert:
Cliona Doris,
Sinéad Walsh &
Fiachra de hOra

O'Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway

In association with Arts in Action, University of Galway Cliona Doris harp Sinéad Walsh flute Fiachra de hOra viola   DEBUSSY  Sonata BAX Elegiac Trio   Two outstanding Irish students are mentored by harpist Cliona Doris to perform a programme of music by Bax and Debussy. THE LUNCHTIME SERIES IS SUPPORTED BY SAP TICKETS Although…

Liverpool Quartet

An Taibhdhearc 19 An tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, Ireland

Music for Galway present in association with the National String Quartet Foundation Róisín Walters violin Sarah Hill violin Dani Sanxis viola Nick Byrne cello ZEMLINSKY String Quartet No.1 DEIRDRE GRIBBIN Merrow Sang SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No 3 Róisín Walters’ Liverpool Quartet brings an exciting and varied programme to Galway. Zemlinsky's beautiful early masterpiece is very much…

€6.00 – €20.00

Maya Homburger and Malcolm Proud

St. Joseph's Church, Presentation Rd

Maya Homburger baroque violin Malcolm Proud harpsichord   J S. BACH Sonata no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014 JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo J.S. BACH Sonata no. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848 J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue…

€6.00 – €20.00

Tedi Papavrami

St. Joseph's Church, Presentation Rd

Tedi Papavrami violin BACH Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 YSAŸE Sonata No. 2 Op. 27 "Jacques Thibaud" BACH Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 The Albanian violinist Tedi Papavrami brings a virtuosic Bach-inspired solo violin programme to Galway. Two substantial works by Bach, the second Sonata and the second Partita…

€6.00 – €20.00

Lunchtime concert:
Tennyson’s Enoch Arden

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

In association with Arts in Action, University of Galway Enoch Arden by Richard Strauss A melodrama for cello, piano and narrator on the poem by Tennyson Annette Cleary cello Réamonn Keary piano Barry McGovern narrator Enoch Arden, a poem by Tennyson, was the inspiration for a melodrama for piano and narrator by Richard Strauss. It…

Sean Shibe in Oughterard

Kilcummin Church, Oughterard.

  Sean Shibe guitar NARVAEZ Guardame Las Vacas, Mille Regretz plus one Sarabande ADES Habanera DE FALLA Homenaje POULENC Sarabande BACH Prelude Fuga Allegro BWV 998 BARRIOS La Catedral VILLA-LOBOS Selection from Douze Etudes GINASTERA Sonata The finest guitarist of his generation anywhere, the consummate Scottish artist Sean Shibe makes his Galway debut performing a…

€6.00 – €20.00

Sean Shibe in Galway City

The Mick Lally Theatre Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Ln, Galway, Ireland

  Sean Shibe guitar NARVAEZ Guardame Las Vacas, Mille Regretz plus one Sarabande ADES Habanera DE FALLA Homenaje POULENC Sarabande BACH Prelude Fuga Allegro BWV 998 BARRIOS La Catedral VILLA-LOBOS Selection from Douze Etudes GINASTERA Sonata The finest guitarist of his generation anywhere, the consummate Scottish artist Sean Shibe makes his Galway debut performing a…

€6.00 – €20.00

Irish Baroque Orchestra:
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

Galway Cathedral Galway Cathedral, Galway, Ireland

James Way Evangelist Sestina Music vocal ensemble Irish Baroque Orchestra Peter Whelan director   BACH St. Matthew Passion BVW 244 One of Bach's most magnificent creations, the St. Matthew Passion will be brought to life by the dynamic Irish conductor Peter Whelan directing the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the vocal ensemble Sestina Music, with solo…

€12.00 – €30.00

Lunchtime concert:
For the Atoll

The Cube, University of Galway

In association with Arts in Action, University of Galway Jane Robinson with the Far Flung Trio Katherine Hunka violin Dermot Dunne accordion Malachy Robinson double bass ‘For the Atoll’ is a beautiful and thought-provoking cycle of poetry, music and song – with texts written by Jane Robinson set to music by Malachy Robinson. The piece…

Music for Good Friday

St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church St. Nicholas Collegiate Church,, Galway, Ireland

Collegium Mark Duley director VICTORIA Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) 1605 ALONSO LOBO Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae Collegium Choir, directed by Mark Duley, brings us two magnificent Spanish Renaissance works appropriate to Good Friday: Victoria's sublime Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) of 1605 and Alonso Lobo's Lamentations of Jeremiah, recently rescued from obscurity and possibly receiving a first performance…

€6.00 – €18.00

Cédric Pescia-POSTPONED

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Due to injury, the concert featuring Swiss pianist Cédric Pescia has to be postponed to May 23rd. With his recital the MfG Bach element of the 41st International Concert Season comes to an end. The programme includes Bach’s French Suites No. 4 and No. 2 as well as Schumann’s Forest Scenes and Beethoven’s second last…

€6.00 – €20.00

National Symphony Orchestra

Leisureland Salthill, Galway, Galway, Ireland

Jaime Martín, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano   Ian Wilson Man-o’-War Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade   The National Symphony Orchestra makes a welcome return to Leisureland, on this occasion with its acclaimed and charismatic Chief Conductor Jaime Martín and pianist, Kirill Gerstein, hailed for ‘the kind of serious, intelligent and virtuosic music-making that…

€10.00 – €30.00

Cédric Pescia

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway

Cédric Pescia piano BACH French Suite No. 4 in E flat major BWV 815 SCHUMANN Waldszenen Op. 82 BACH French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV 813 BEETHOVEN Sonata Op. 110 The renowned Swiss pianist Cédric Pescia presents a programme of German classics with Bach at its centre. Cédric, master of soft tones, amazes…

€6.00 – €20.00