Beethoven Sonatas – NOTE CHANGE OF START TIME FROM 7.30pm to 8.30pm
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Christopher Ellis cello | Marc Coppey cello | Christopher Marwood cello | William Butt cello | Adrian Mantu cello | Finghin Collins piano | Richard Wigmore musicologist Live-streamed from Claregalway Castle BEETHOVEN The Five Sonatas for Cello and Piano Sonata No. 1 in F major Op. 5…
Masterclass – Jakob Koranyi
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Jakob Koranyi One of our legacy ambitions is to give a new generation of cellists the opportunity to learn and develop their skills. As we gather some of the top cellists in the world for CELLISSIMO, we decided to invite a small group of eight budding cellists…
Bach Plus 3 – Adrian Brendel
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Adrian Brendel cello HOLST Fall of the Leaf HARVEY Curve with Plateaux BACH Suite No. 3 in C minor BWV 1009 Get your Bach Cello Suite fix every day from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 March, as each day performers play one suite and choose companion…
Masterclass – Hannah Roberts
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Hannah Roberts One of our legacy ambitions is to give a new generation of cellists the opportunity to learn and develop their skills. As we gather some of the top cellists in the world for CELLISSIMO, we decided to invite a small group of eight budding cellists…
From Prussia with Love
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present ConTempo Quartet | Christopher Marwood cello MOZART String Quartet K. 575 SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C major, D. 956 A chamber music concert with particular emphasis on the cello will be streamed from Portumna Castle. One of Mozart’s Prussian Quartets, written for the King of Prussia,…
Masterclass – Mischa Maisky
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Mischa Maisky One of our legacy ambitions is to give a new generation of cellists the opportunity to learn and develop their skills. As we gather some of the top cellists in the world for CELLISSIMO, we decided to invite a small group of eight budding cellists…
Bach Plus 4 – Hannah Roberts
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Hannah Roberts cello BACH Suite No. 4 in E flat major BWV 1010 BEAMISH “Gala Water” Blow the Wind Southerly (trad. Arr Kanneh-Mason) Get your Bach Cello Suite fix every day from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 March, as each day performers play one suite…
Masterclass – Natalie Haas
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Natalie Haas One of our legacy ambitions is to give a new generation of cellists the opportunity to learn and develop their skills. As we gather some of the top cellists in the world for CELLISSIMO, we decided to invite a small group of eight budding cellists…
Student Showcase Concert
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Student Showcase Concert Here we showcase our eight students, who have been taking masterclasses with our international cello soloists throughout the festival. This will be a true celebration of the talent that is here in Ireland, growing, learning, developing and inspiring us all. The students, aged from…
Cellists in Conversation
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Cellists in Conversation Moderators: Finghin Collins | Anna Lardi Cellists: Naomi Berrill | Adrian Brendel | William Butt | Marc Coppey | Christopher Ellis | Natalie Haas | Jakob Koranyi | Mischa Maisky | Adrian Mantu | Christopher Marwood | Hannah Roberts | Tatjana Vassiljeva Since we…
Bach Plus 5 – Marc Coppey
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Marc Coppey cello BACH Suite No. 5 in C minor DUPORT Etude No. 8 POPPE Zwölf (2014) DUTILLEUX Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (1976) Get your Bach Cello Suite fix every day from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 March, as each day performers play one…
“Hup the Cello!” – The Cello in Irish Trad Music with Natalie Haas and Guests
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Natalie Haas cello | Caitlín Nic Gabhann concertina | Ciarán Ó Maonaigh fiddle Join us online for a live-streamed event with some of today’s most prominent figures in the Irish cello world as we discuss the history of the Irish cello, the challenges of being accepted into the…
Bach Plus 6 – Christopher Ellis
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Christopher Ellis cello BACH Suite no 6 in D major BWV 1012 CASSADÓ Suite for Solo Cello Get your Bach Cello Suite fix every day from Friday 26 to Wednesday 31 March, as each day performers play one suite and choose companion pieces to go along…
Rostropovich Talk
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present Rostropovich Talk Moscow born, Galway resident Ludmila Snigireva will give a talk on the legendary Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. She will be joined by Mischa Maisky, who studied with Rostropovich. Lecturer of Russian Literature and Tutor of Russian at Short Courses Series, NUI Galway, she is…
‘The Cellist’ – Film
Music for Galway & Galway 2020 present The Cellist - a film by Murray Grigor Supporting his family at 8, playing for silent movies, surviving pogroms, Piatigorsky became principal cellist of the Bolshoi at 15 & met Lenin. Virtuoso cellist and raconteur, escaping the Soviet Union made him an action hero. Fleeing Europe in…
Mischa & Lily Maisky
BEETHOVEN Seven Variations in E flat major on Mozart’s Magic Flute in E flat major, WoO 46 BRITTEN Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 65 TCHAIKOVSKY – Autumn Song (“October” from “The Seasons”, Op.37a/10) – Valse Sentimentale, Op.51/6 RACHMANINOV – Melodie, op.3/3, – Twilight, op.21/3 – Vocalise, op.34/14 – Elegie, op.3/1 PIAZZOLLA Le…
Abendmusik: The Way of Sorrow
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church St. Nicholas Collegiate Church,, Galway, Ireland{thumbnail} {title:linked} Time: {start_date} @ {start_time} - {end_date} @ {end_time} €{cost} {excerpt} Music for Galway presents CONTEMPO AND COLLINS SHOSTAKOVICH Five Pieces for two violins and piano MINNA KEAL Ballade in F minor for viola and piano BRAHMS Piano…
Simon Mawhinney
Presented in partnership with Arts in Action, NUI Galway Simon Mawhinney piano Simon Mawhinney is a composer and teaches music at Queen’s University Belfast. As a pianist he has performed internationally a repertoire from Bach to Boulez. He has a particular interest in large-scale works of the 20th and 21st centuries (works by Messiaen,…
