DRAGONFLY | Westside, Ballinfoile and Ballybane Community Singing Groups and Harmony JOHN DOWLAND Come Away, Come Sweet Love HENRY PURCELL 'Chaconne' from King Arthur TRADITIONAL IRISH My Lagan Love BENJAMIN BRITTEN The Sally Gardens BÉLA BARTÓK 'Runaway Horse' and 'Country Dance' HUGO WOLF Auch Kleine Dinge  JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' BÉLA BARTÓK  'Roses…

IN ASSOCIATION WITH RESURGAM Resurgam | Collegium | Vespera | St Nicholas Singers | Children's Chorus Mark Duley, director Handel's Messiah Galway Messiah is a new approach to presenting Handel’s seasonal oratorio, born right here in Galway. A performance by the people of Galway for the people of Galway, this is a truly cross-community production…

In association with Arts in Action, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe-University of Galway Margarita Guerrero, cello Cellissimo Ambassador, Spanish cellist Margarita Guerrero returns to Galway for the first time following Cellissimo 2024 for a series of performances and workshops.  For her lunchtime recital, she will perform solo suites by Bach and Kodály. THE LUNCHTIME SERIES IS SUPPORTED BY SAP…

Gavan Ring, tenor | Fiachra Garvey, piano STEPHEN MCNEFF Ballads of a Bogman   – selected songs BEETHOVEN Sonata in E major Op. 109 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel FOUR IRISH SONGS My lagan love   She is far from the land Macushla The Kerry Dance     Continuing the season's vocal theme, two of Ireland's…

Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble  IAN WILSON Eat Sleep Empire ÁINE MALLON Cállan GREG CAFFREY Tout RYAN MOLLOY Gortnagarn ll ÚNA MONOGHAN Hunted ELAINE AGNEW I want to tell you EDUARD ZATRIQI War Games     Peaceline Perspectives: Voices from a Divided City features highly evocative pieces by Irish composers from around the last decade. The…

Wigmore Soloists: Michael Collins, clarinet | Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin | So-Ock Kim, violin | Rachel Roberts, viola | Steffan Morris, cello WEBER Introduction, Thema and Variations    for Clarinet Quintet Op. 32 MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A major K. 581 BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115     The Wigmore Soloists are Wigmore Hall’s…

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT. National Symphony Orchestra Ireland | David Brophy, conductor | Mark Redmond, uilleann pipes SHAUN DAVEY The Brendan Voyage DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 “From The New World”     National Symphony Orchestra Ireland returns to Leisureland with two classic works celebrating the spirit of adventure and discovery: Shaun Davey’s epic The…

COLLEGIUM | Mark Duley, director HEINRICH SCHÜTZ Matthäus-Passion SWV 479 Heinrich Schütz' Matthäus-Passion is one of composer's three passions written towards the end of his life. These passions, and in particular the Matthäus-Passion, represent the crowning achievement of the greatest German composer of the seventeenth century, and paved the way for the later settings of J.S.…

In association with Arts in Action, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe-University of Galway Robert Finegan, saxophone Robert Finegan presents a programme for saxophone and electronics that explores landscapes shaped by place and poetry. Beginning on Ireland’s west coast and travelling swiftly to the ancient sites of the North-East, the music opens out into a terrain where lyricism and birdsong…

Finghin Collins, piano IGNAZ PLEYEL Rondo in E flat major   Sonata in B flat major Op. 91  FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Two Nocturnes from Op. 9   Waltz in A minor   Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 JOSEPH HAYDN Sonata in E minor Hob. XVI:34 JOSEPH O'KELLY Au bord de la mer Op.…

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!   Finghin Collins, piano IGNAZ PLEYEL Rondo in E flat major   Sonata in B flat major Op. 91 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B major   Waltz in A minor   Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 JOSEPH HAYDN  Sonata in E minor Hob.…

NOTE: the start time from the Playathon has changed to 4pm   This Playathon will feature all of our supporters who rose to the challenge of fundraising to make Cellissimo 2027 a festival worthy of Galway!   Join us for an afternoon of music, fun and refreshments! Generously hosted by The Ardilaun Hotel.   Participants…

THE LARAGH TRIO Sinead Farrell, (opens in new tab)flute Katie Tertell(opens in new tab), cello Fiachra Garvey(opens in new tab), piano J.S. BACH Sonata in E major BWV 1035 MARTINU Trio for flute, cello and piano GAUBERT Three Watercolours for flute, cello and piano LOUISE FARRENC  Trio for flute, cello and piano     Three…

Musici Ireland(opens in new tab) A Journey Through Hope, Humanity and Healing Róisín O’Grady, soprano | Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano | Eamonn Mulhall, tenor | Kerenza Peacock, violin | Beth McNinch, viola | Katie Tertell, cello ARVO PÄRT “Es sang vor langen Jahren” for Mezzo-Soprano, violin and viola DEBORAH PRITCHARD Stabat Mater ARVO PÄRT Stabat Mater…

Paul Lecocq(opens in new tab) (France) Winner of the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition 2025 BACH Partita No. 4 in D major SCHOENBERG Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op. 16     Carter Johnson(opens in new tab) (Canada) Winner of the Dublin International Piano Competition 2025 SCHUMANN Arabeske Op. 18 BEETHOVEN Sonata…

CRASH ENSEMBLE Everything is Connected by Ed Bennett Featuring Westside, Ballinfoile and Ballybane Singing Groups, Harmony, and Voices in Unity 'OTOV' Crash Ensemble(opens in new tab): Cello - Kate Ellis Violin - Larissa O’Grady Clarinet - Leonie Bluett Trombone - Roddy O’Keeffe Electric Guitar - Barry O’Halpin Composer/Director/Electronics - Ed Bennett(opens in new tab) Crash…

CRASH ENSEMBLE Everything is Connected by Ed Bennett Featuring Coole Music Youth Orchestra, Voices in Unity ‘OTOV’, Harmony and Westside, Ballinfoile and Ballybane Community Singing Groups Crash Ensemble(opens in new tab): Cello - Kate Ellis Violin - Larissa O’Grady Clarinet - Leonie Bluett Trombone - Roddy O’Keeffe Electric Guitar - Barry O’Halpin Composer/Director/Electronics - Ed…