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| Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Bantry HouseOpening Concert of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2013 West Cork Chamber Music Festival |
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| Bantry House, Bantry, Ireland Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm Opening Concert of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2013 Programme not known | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 02:00pm |
St Brendan's Church, BantryYoung Composers Forum - Directed by Iam Wilson West Cork Chamber Music Festival |
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| St Brendan's Church, Bantry, Bantry, Ireland Saturday 29-Jun-13 02:00pm Young Composers Forum - Directed by Iam Wilson Programme not known Price type: Free | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Triskel Christchurch, CorkHilliard Ensemble |
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| Triskel Christchurch, Cork, Cork, Ireland Saturday 29-Jun-13 08:00pm Hilliard Ensemble Music by Arvo Pärt, Guillaume de Machaut, Gavin Bryars and more. | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 11:00am |
St Brendan's Church, BantryCoffee Concert West Cork Chamber Music Festival |
Works by Mozart Works by Schubert |
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| St Brendan's Church, Bantry, Bantry, Ireland Sunday 30-Jun-13 11:00am Coffee Concert Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Works by Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 04:00pm |
Bantry HouseSstars in the Afternoon |
Franck, Violin Sonata in A major (transcr. for cello) |
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| Bantry House, Bantry, Ireland Sunday 30-Jun-13 04:00pm Sstars in the Afternoon Franck, César (1822-1890), Violin Sonata in A major (transcr. for cello) | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 08:15pm |
St Multose Church, KinsaleFeet First |
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| St Multose Church, Kinsale, Church Street,, Kinsale,, Co. Cork, Kinsale, Ireland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 08:15pm Feet First | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Friars Gate Theatre, KilmallockFeet First |
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| Friars Gate Theatre, Kilmallock, Sarsfield St , Kilmallock , Co. Limerick , Ireland, Kilmallock, Ireland Thursday 11-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Church of the Immaculate Conception, BallingaryFeet First |
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| Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballingary, Rylands, Ballingarry, Co. Limerick, Ireland, Ballingary, Ireland Friday 12-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Tipperary ExcelFeet First |
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| Tipperary Excel, Mitchell Street, Tipperary, Ireland Saturday 13-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 08:00pm |
The Blasket Centre, TraleeFeet First |
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| The Blasket Centre, Tralee, Dún Chaoin, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland, Tralee, Ireland Wednesday 17-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Cultúrlann Sweeney, KilkeeFeet First |
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| Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, O'Connell Street, Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland, Kilkee, Ireland Thursday 18-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Friday 19-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Birr Theatre and Arts Centre Feet First |
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| Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Oxmantown Hall, Birr County Offaly, Ireland Friday 19-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Church of Ireland, ClifdenFeet First |
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| Church of Ireland, Clifden, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland, Clifden, Ireland Saturday 20-Jul-13 08:00pm Feet First | ||
| Sunday 11-Aug-13 02:00pm |
The Black Abbey, KilkennyEnsemble Marsyas: Handel and the Dresden Court Kilkenny Arts Festival |
Dowland, Pavane Lute solo |
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| The Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Sunday 11-Aug-13 02:00pm Ensemble Marsyas: Handel and the Dresden Court Admission
€18/€16
Ensemble Marsyas only formed in 2011, but its members have been playing together for years. They first met in the European Union Baroque Orchestra (which delighted St Canice’s in 2011) and since joining forces the ensemble has established itself at the forefront of baroque music. They’ve played all over Europe, and this afternoon they gather in Kilkenny for an intriguing programme ranging from the Frog Galliard – one of the most popular pieces of Renaissance composer and lutenist John Dowland – to the baroque stylings of Handel and his lesser-known but talented compatriot, Johann Friedrich Fasch. Featuring Irish “ace bassoonist” (The Irish Times) Peter whelan, this is a wonderful chance to catch one of the freshest and most exciting new baroque ensembles in Europe Dowland, John (1563-1626), Pavane Lute solo | ||
| Sunday 11-Aug-13 08:00pm |
St Canice's Cathedral, KilkennyCamerata Ireland with Barry Douglas Kilkenny Arts Festival |
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| St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Sunday 11-Aug-13 08:00pm Camerata Ireland with Barry Douglas ![]() Tickets: Full €30, Concession €26 Camerata Ireland brings together the finest musicians from across the island of Ireland – both young and established – to create a unique and world-class chamber orchestra.Since pianist and conductor Barry Douglas founded the ensemble in 1999, it has toured all over the world, performing with superstars like trumpeter Alison Balsom and gaining an international reputation for excellence. Fresh from a European tour celebrating Ireland’s presidency of the EU and appearance at the BBC Proms the day before, Barry Douglas and Camerata Ireland will travel to Kilkenny to perform a special programme to mark the Benjamin Britten centenary. Douglas himself is no stranger to Kilkenny’s festival audience having performed at the festival many times as a soloist and with chamber ensembles. The festival is delighted to be welcoming Barry back to the festival with his orchestra to perform a programme of works by Benjamin Britten, Lennox Berkley, Dmitri Shostakovich and Edward Elgar and to be marking the anniversary of one of the twentieth century's most influential classical music composers | ||
| Monday 12-Aug-13 10:00pm |
Left Bank, KilkennyKaleidoscope Ireland Kilkenny Arts Festival |
Various, A selection of music from the 17th century Ligeti, A selection of Bagatelles |
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| Left Bank, Kilkenny, The Parade, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Monday 12-Aug-13 10:00pm Kaleidoscope Ireland Admission
€18/€16
Kaleidoscope brings you on a journey through centuries of beautiful music in a relaxed and intimate setting. Curated by the violinist Clíodhna Ryan and the cellist Kate Ellis, these celebrated nights feature innovative and imaginative programming and performances from Ireland’s finest musicians. Kaleidoscope’s first appearance at the festival in 2011 was a sell-out success; this year, Kaleidoscope returns for one night only with a typically tantalising and eclectic line-up of musicians at the Left Bank for an evening spanning five hundred years of music from Ireland, Europe and beyond. If you haven’t tried Kaleidoscope before, come along and find out why it’s still “one of the coolest things going” (The Irish Times). Programme A SELECTION OF MUSIC FROM THE 17TH CENTURY the Gregory walkers: Laoise o’Brien malachy robinson eamonn sweeney Francesco turrisi WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Duo no.1 in G major for Violin and Viola, K423 clíodhna ryan & cian Ó Dúill JUDITH RING Up to my f-holes kate ellis GYÖRGY LIGETI Selection of Bagatelles Dublin Guitar Quartet TAN DUN Concerto for Six Deirdre o’Leary, kate ellis, malachy robinson, niwel tsumbu, steve kelly & izumi kimura Various, A selection of music from the 17th century Ligeti, György (1923-2006), A selection of Bagatelles | ||
| Wednesday 14-Aug-13 08:00pm |
St Canice's Cathedral, KilkennyDawn Upshaw and Gilbert Kalish Kilkenny Arts Festival |
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| St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Wednesday 14-Aug-13 08:00pm Dawn Upshaw and Gilbert Kalish ![]() Tickets: Full €40, Concession €35 Few singers can boast, alongside four Grammy awards, a “genius” Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation for “enriching the landscape of contemporary music”, but Dawn Upshaw is no ordinary soprano. Even before she appeared on Henryk Górecki’s million-selling Symphony No. 3 in the early 1990s, Upshaw was feted both for the quality of her voice and for her rare ability to cut to the heart of the music. She might have been forgiven for resting on her laurels and yet, over a career spanning more than two decades, she has developed a reputation as a tireless innovator, embracing everything from Bach to Broadway show tunes while working with cutting-edge contemporary composers like Kaija Saariaho and Donnacha Dennehy. For her first ever solo recital in Ireland Upshaw will perform an intriguing programme of songs by Charles Ives, Bela Bartok, Maurice Ravel, Franz Schubert and Bolcom and will be accompanied by her long-time collaborator Gilbert Kalish. | ||
| Thursday 15-Aug-13 01:00pm |
St John's Priory, KilkennyMalcolm Proud Kilkenny Arts Festival |
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| St John's Priory, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Thursday 15-Aug-13 01:00pm Malcolm Proud Tickets: Full €30, Concession €26
Since he appeared at the very first Kilkenny Arts Festival back in 1974, pianist, harpsichordist and organist malcolm Proud has won the Edinburgh International Harpischord Competition, performed all over the world and made more than thirty recordings with leading orchestras and ensembles, including the English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. These days he combines an international career as a harpsichordist and pianist with a senior lectureship at Waterford Institute of Technology. He’s returned to the festival many times, as a solo performer and with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Camerata Kilkenny (which he founded with Maya Homburger), often performing in St Canice’s, where he is organist and choirmaster, but this afternoon he comes to St John’s Priory for a solo harpsichord recital featuring Bach’s Partita No. 6, one of his final harpsichord suites Image credit: Kilkenny Arts Festival | ||
| Friday 16-Aug-13 08:00pm |
St Canice's Cathedral, KilkennyCrash Ensemble and Dawn Upshaw Kilkenny Arts Festival |
Gordon, New work for the Kilkenny Arts Festival and Crash Ensemble |
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| St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Friday 16-Aug-13 08:00pm Crash Ensemble and Dawn Upshaw ![]() Tickets: Full €28, Concession €25 Featuring World premiere of new work by American composer Michael Gordon commissioned by Kilkenny Arts Festival to mark the 40th edition of the festival Founded in 1997, the Crash Ensemble has established itself as a “a powerhouse of new music” (The Irish Times) celebrated for commissioning, producing and performing the most adventurous and exciting works both from established international composers like Steve Reich and Kevin Volans and up-and-coming fresh talent. The recording of Grá agus Bás, featuring works by Donnacha Dennehy and performed by Iarla Ó Lionáird and Dawn Upshaw, was released in 2011 to international acclaim. As part of this special performance Dawn Upshaw will perform That The Night Come the highly acclaimed song cycle written for Upshaw by Donnacha Dennehy featuring poems by WB Yeats. The concert will also feature another work ‘Drones, Variations, Ornaments’ especially written for Crash by the young American composer of the moment, Nico Muhly. Gordon, Michael (b. 1956), New work for the Kilkenny Arts Festival and Crash Ensemble | ||
| Saturday 17-Aug-13 08:00pm |
St Canice's Cathedral, KilkennyKilkenny Festival Chorus, Fergus Sheil - Conductor Kilkenny Arts Festival |
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| St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland Saturday 17-Aug-13 08:00pm Kilkenny Festival Chorus, Fergus Sheil - Conductor Tickets: Full €30, Concession €26
In just three years, the Kilkenny Arts Festival Choir and Orchestra has established itself as one of the must-see events in our annual programme, drawing packed crowds to St Canice’s for its spectacular end-of-festival performances. But this year we’ve gone further – much further! To mark our 40th birthday, and to celebrate The Gathering, Kilkenny Arts Festival has flung open its doors and invited singers from all over the globe to take part in our most ambitious choral event yet. Gathering Voices brings 150 international singers from more than 20 countries to Kilkenny for a very special performance. After an intensive week of workshops and rehearsals under the watchful eye of conductor Fergus Sheil, a truly international Kilkenny Arts Festival Choir will perform one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century music: Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Based on the eponymous collection of mediaeval poems celebrating the transience of life, the fickleness of fortune, and the joys and sorrows of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust, Orff’s cantata finds its perfect setting in the 13th century cathedral of St Canice’s, and this unique performance will bring the festival to an unforgettable climax. Image credit: Kilkenny Arts Festival | ||
| Thursday 27-Mar-14 08:00pm |
National Concert Hall, DublinBournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Nicola's Korngold |
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| National Concert Hall, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Thursday 27-Mar-14 08:00pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Nicola's Korngold ![]() | ||