BANTRY CO. CORK 24 JUNE - 3 JULY WEST CORK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022
WEST CORK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022
This is the third time we have created a 25th Festival programme. In these uncertain times a festival immersion in live music is something greatly to be desired. Bearing in mind the challenges we have all faced during the pandemic, we have set out to improve the Festival experience by reducing the number of seats in all venues. To balance this we have greatly increased the number of concerts so the choice of repertoire and performers has grown dramatically.
The core of the Festival programme is built around four top international String Quartets – Pavel Haas from Prague, Danel from Belgium, Signum from Germany and Doric from London – and a series of major cycles from Biber and Bach to Weinberg via Haydn, late Schubert and Bartók.
The Doric Quartet will play the six quartet cycle by Bartók, one undisputed landmark in the history of chamber music. As Europe slowly disintegrated he forged a unique style from the remains of Romanticism and the traditional music of the Balkans, creating a voice that talks directly to us as once again bombs fall in Europe.
To celebrate their 30th Anniversary the Danel Quartet will play the complete quartet series by the Polish composer Weinberg, a series that began in Warsaw in the late Thirties and concluded fifty turbulent years later.
Two hundred years earlier Joseph Haydn was another longlived composer rightly known as the founder of the string quartet. Signum Quartet will perform the six quartets from his Op.20, often described as the moment the string quartet came of age.
And then there is always Schubert, so the last three Quartets, the intriguing standalone Quartet movement, the great C major Quintet and clever arrangements of his best-known songs for string quartet with a bonus of Die Schöne Müllerin.
Doric Quartet Photograph: George Garnier Quator Danel Photograph: Marco BorggreveThere are many themes threading their way through this year’s Festival, two of them find their way into our opening concerts. The magical quartets of Joseph Haydn are the foundation of the inspiring string quartet repertoire. The Festival has always supported Young Musicians at the many stages of their development into Stars of the Future, young players like Mairéad Hickey and Nathalia Milstein.
1. HOUSE OPENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.00
Pavel Haas Quartet
Haydn Quartet in G major 76/1
Janáček String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
Dvořák Quartet in G Op.106
CONCERT ENDS 20.15 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
2. CHURCH OPENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 21.00
Mairéad Hickey, Nathalia Milstein
Mozart Variations in G minor K.360
Richard Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat Op.18
Enescu Violin Sonata No.3 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’
CONCERT ENDS 22.30 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
Day Two features Young Musicians throughout this first full day of concerts. Two dedicated multi-national young Quartets take to the stage. Ella van Poucke and Nathalia Milstein renew their duo partnership and the Dutch violinist Diamanda Dramm plays an exotic late-night programme. Signum Quartet commence their journey through an early set of Haydn quartets, Pavel Haas Quartet remind us of their Czech origins and Johannes Moser and Alasdair Beatson explore the Mendelssohn family’s cello works.
3. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Signum Quartet
Haydn Quartet in E flat Op.20/1
Haydn Quartet in C major Op. 20/2
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
4. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Allora Quartet with Richard Ireland
CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
5. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES
– Christian Fellowship Church 12.00
Sonoro Quartet
Lekeu Molto Adagio Sempre Cantante e Doloroso. string quartet
Franck String Quartet in D major
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
6.
CRESPO
SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 14.00
Pavel Haas Quartet
Suk Saint Wencelas Chorale
Martinů Quartet No.7
Janáček Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’
CONCERT ENDS 15.00 ADMISSION €15
3 SATURDAY 25 JUNE FRIDAY 24 JUNE
Nathalia Milstein
Chopin Cello Sonata Op.65 – Ella van Poucke, Nathalia Milstein
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
11. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.1, Variations concertantes Op.17
Fanny Mendelssohn Capriccio in A flat, Fantasia in G minor
Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.2
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
12. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
Diamanda Dramm
J.S. Bach Partita in D minor BWV 1004
Garth Knox Violin Spaces
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €12
SUNDAY 26 JUNE
SATURDAY 25 JUNE 5 Day Three introduces us to the all-star Orsino
a quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Signum Quartet continue with their Haydn series and Doric Quartet commence their Bartók series. Winning compositions from our Composition Competition will be workshopped under the direction of Deirdre Gribbin and Crash Ensemble play the
of three concerts. The three Stars of the
come together as a trio and the Pavel Haas explore
in America and, with extra soloists, give us
13. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00 Hill Quartet with Pavel Haas Quartet CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE 14. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00 Signum Quartet Haydn Quartet in G minor Op.20/3, Quartet in D major Op.20/4 CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10 15. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30 Leggiadro Quartet with Doric Quartet CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE 16. YOUNG COMPOSERS’ FORUM – Christian Fellowship Church 14.00 Deirdre Gribbin Ultan O’Brien Na Coillte Istoiche – Hill Quartet Niall Tormey Kreatura – Aradia Quartet Liam Dougherty Sisyphe – Sonoro Quartet FORUM ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION FREE 17. CRESPO SERIES – Bantry House 16.00 Orsino Ensemble Barber Summer Music, Francaix Wind Quartet Nielsen Wind Quintet Op.43 CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €20 7. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 14.00 Aradia Quartet with Richard Ireland CLASS ENDS 15.30 ADMISSION FREE 8. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – Christian Fellowship Church 15.00 Hill Quartet Schubert String Quartet No.14 D.810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ Mozart Quartet in D major K.575 CONCERT ENDS 16.00 ADMISSION €7 9. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30 Sonoro Quartet with Signum Quartet CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE 10. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30 Kinsella Una giga para Carlos – Malachy Robinson Rachmaninov Two Pieces Op.2 – Ella van Poucke, Nathalia Milstein Janáček Pohádka – Ella van Poucke,
Ensemble,
first
Future
Korngold
Dvorak’s inspiring Sextet.
18. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 17.00
Crash Ensemble
Sam Perkin Twin Talk, Ena Brennan Runaway
Kevin Terry Standing Water, Seán Ó Dálaigh Proximity Studies
Dramm Arena IRISH PREMIERE
Garth Knox from Spaces, Jonathan Nangle This is our home
CONCERT ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION €10
19. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30
Finola Merivale The silent sweep as you stand still
– Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke WORLD PREMIERE
Brahms Piano Trio in C major Op.101, Dvořák Piano Trio in F Op.65 –Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke, Nathalia Milstein
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
20. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Amy Rooney Pendulums and Sundials – Susan Doyle, Leonie Bluett
IRISH PREMIERE
Korngold Quartet No.3 Op.34 – Pavel Haas Quartet
Dvořák String Sextet Op.48 – Pavel Haas Quartet, Dana Zemtsov, Johannes Moser
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
21. LATE GREAT SHOW – Bantry House 22.00 Doric Quartet
Bartók Quartet No.1
CONCERT ENDS 22.40 ADMISSION €15
22. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
David Bergmüller
Theorbo repertoire
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €12
MONDAY 27 JUNE
Day Four is very busy but full of wonders – a world premiere dedicated to an astrophysicist; solo works for bassoon and viola; a premiere from Irene Buckley; vocal chamber music by Britten, Schubert and Vaughan Williams; solo piano recital including Schubert’s Wanderer; the first three of Weinberg’s string quartet cycle, more Bartók from the Doric; the last two in Signum’s Haydn series; more Crash Ensemble commissions and, late-night Schubert’s greatest quartet or the first five of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas.
23. MORNING TALK
– Christian Fellowship Church 10.00
Evelyn Grant in conversation with Deirdre Gribbin and Priyamvada Natarjan
TALK ENDS 10.45 ADMISSION €7
24. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00
Allora Quartet with Richard Ireland
CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE
25. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Signum Quartet
Haydn Quartet in F minor Op.20/5, Quartet in A major Op.20/6
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
26. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Sonoro Quartet with Pavel Haas
CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
27. CRESPO SERIES
– Christian Fellowship Church 12.00
Anna Murray Crosstalk – Diamanda Dramm, Susan Doyle
Weinberg Solo Sonata – Bram van Sambeek
Ligeti Viola Sonata – Dana Zemtsov
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €15
SUNDAY 26 JUNE 7
28. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 14.00
Britten Canticle I ‘My beloved is mine’
Nicholas Mulroy, Julius Drake
Schubert Auf dem Strom D.943
Nicholas Mulroy, Alec Frank-Gemmill, Julius Drake
Britten Canticle III ‘Still falls the rain’
Nicholas Mulroy, Alec Frank-Gemmill, Julius Drake
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge – Nicholas Mulroy, Hill Quartet, Julius Drake
CONCERT ENDS 15.00 ADMISSION €15
29.
YOUNG COMPOSERS’ FORUM
– Christian Fellowship Church 14.00
Deirdre Gribbin
Kevin Terry Ground Loop – Articulations – Leggiadro Quartet
Lindsey Vincent Apex – Allora Quartet
CONCERT ENDS 16.00 ADMISSION FREE
30. CRESPO SERIES – Bantry House 16.00
Nathalia Milstein
Scriabin Piano Sonata No.10 Op.70
Bartók Piano Sonata Sz.80
Debussy Suite Bergamesque
Schubert Wanderer-Fantasie D.760
CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €20
31. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30
Hill Quartet with Signum Quartet
CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE
32. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 17.00
Crash Ensemble
Ondřej Adámek Chamber Noise
Bekah Simms Piece for cello and double bass
Kevin Terry Standing Water II
Timo Andres Crashing Through Fences
Irene Buckley Piece for flute and clarinet WORLD PREMIERE
Deirdre Gribbin Invitation to a Journey
CONCERT ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION €10
33. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30
Schubert Quartettsatz D.703 – Signum Quartet
Bartók Quartet No.2 – Doric Quartet
Deirdre Gribbin Dark Matter Hunting – Doric Quartet
WORLD PREMIERE
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
34. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.1 in C major Op.2/141
Weinberg Quartet No.2 in G major Op.3/145
Weinberg Quartet No.3 in D minor Op.14
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
35. LATE GREAT SHOW – Bantry House 22.00
Pavel Haas Quartet
Schubert Quartet in G major D.887
CONCERT ENDS 22.50 ADMISSION €15
36. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
Ariadne Daskalakis, Ensemble Vintage Köln, Ruth Padel
Biber Mystery Sonatas ‘Joyful’
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €12
MONDAY 27 JUNE 9
Day Five brings another day of difficult choices amidst a wealth of great music beginning with French wind music. Weinberg’s War Quartets remind us that he was a Polish Jew who barely escaped the Holocaust. Two big Schubert works follow; the late C major Quintet and the first of the great song cycles, Schöne Müllerin. Competing with Schubert are the first of two Brett Dean commissions, Elgar’s Piano Quintet and Part Two of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas.
37. MORNING TALK – Christian Fellowship Church 10.00
Evelyn Grant in conversation with Quatuor Danel
TALK ENDS 10.45 ADMISSION €7
38. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00
Leggiadro Quartet with Pavel Haas Quartet
CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE
39. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Poulenc Oboe Sonata – Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake
Francaix Quintet No.2 – Orsino Ensemble Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds – Orsino Ensemble, Alasdair Beatson CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
40. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Aradia Quartet with Signum Quartet CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
41. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00
Sonoro Quartet
Haydn Quartet in G major Op.77/1, Liam Dougherty Sisyphe
Shostakovich Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
42. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 14.00
Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.4 in E flat major Op.20, Quartet No.5 in B flat
major Op.27 CONCERT ENDS 15.00 ADMISSION €15
43. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 14.00
Hill Quartet
TUESDAY 28 JUNE 11
Silvestrov
Elgar
Quintet – Doric Quartet, Alasdair Beatson CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25 47. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30 Ligeti Six Bagatelles – Orsino Ensemble Schubert String Quintet D.956 – Pavel Haas Quartet, Johannes Moser CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10 48. LATE GREAT SHOW – Bantry House 22.00 Nicholas Mulroy, Julius Drake Schubert Die Schone Mullerin D.795 CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €15 49. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00 Ariadne Daskalakis, Ensemble Vintage Köln, Ruth Padel Biber Mystery Sonatas ‘Sorrowful’ CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €12
with Richard Ireland CLASS ENDS 15.30 ADMISSION FREE 44. CRESPO SERIES – Bantry House 16.00 Anna Fedorova Chopin Four Ballades
Messenger CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €20 45. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30 Sonoro Quartet with Brett Dean CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE 46. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30 Bartók Quartet No.3 – Doric Quartet Brett Dean Hidden Agendas – Doric Quartet IRISH PREMIERE
Piano
Day Six opens with Biber’s vision of the Resurrection played by Ariadne Daskalakis. A busy afternoon sees Orsino Ensemble’s final performance including a superb Sextet. We meet the BBC-sponsored Ensemble Molière from London and the Hungarian soloist Zoltán Fejérvári. The evening offers a stark choice between Bartók’s last three mesmerising quartets including his farewell to Europe and three of Weinberg’s most powerful and riveting quartets.
50. MORNING TALK – Christian Fellowship Church 10.00
Evelyn Grant in conversation with Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean TALK ENDS 10.45 ADMISSION €7
51. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00
Aradia Quartet with Quatuor Danel CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE
52. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Ariadne Daskalakis, Ensemble Vintage Köln, Ruth Padel Biber Mystery Sonatas ‘Glorious’
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
53. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Allora Quartet with Christopher Marwood CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
54. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00
Leggiadro Quartet
Janáček String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Kevin Terry Ground Loop – Articulations
Borodin String Quartet No.2 in D major
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
55. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 14.00
Kalevi Aho Wind Quintet 1 – Orsino Ensemble Thuille Sextet for Piano and Winds – Orsino Ensemble, Alasdair Beatson CONCERT ENDS 15.00 ADMISSION €15
56. HOW TO CHOOSE AN INSTRUMENT – Maritime Hotel 14.00
Johannes Moser DEMONSTRATION ENDS 15.15 ADMISSION FREE
57. CRESPO SERIES – Christian Fellowship Church 15.00
The Dancing Star Ensemble Molière Campra Ouverture from Tancrède Handel Entrée des songes from Alcina Rameau Les Fleurs Suites from Les Indes Galantes Handel Suites from Terpsicore Rebel Les Caractères de la danses
CONCERT ENDS 16.00 ADMISSION €15
58. CRESPO SERIES – Bantry House 16.00
Zoltán Fejérvári
Bach Partita in C major BWV 826
Schubert 12 Valses Nobles D.969
Ravel Valses nobles etsentimentals
Bartók Dance Suite
CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €20
59. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30
Sonoro Quartet with Christopher Marwood
CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE
60. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30
Doric Quartet
Bartók Quartet No.4, Quartet No.5, Quartet No.6
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
61. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.6 in E minor Op.35, Quartet No.7 in C major
Op.59, Quartet No.8 Op.66
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 13
Day Seven sets familiar repertoire by Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov alongside premieres by Roxanna Panufnik, Sebastian Fagerlund and Brett Dean. Panufnik puts folk tales from England and Afghanistan to music with bassoon and clarinet soloists. The Dean family conjure a programme for voice and viola and Danel Quartet have reached Weinberg’s Ninth and Tenth Quartets from the Sixties. Late-night Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova joins Dana Zemtsov for two viola classics, while trad fiddle player Martin Hayes shows us his extravagant skills.
62. MORNING TALK – Christian Fellowship Church 10.00
Evelyn Grant in conversation with Roxanna Panufnik and Matthew Hunt TALK ENDS 10.45 ADMISSION €7
63. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00 Kym Corridan with Anna Fedorova
CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE
64. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Ella van Poucke, Zoltán Fejérvári Stravinsky Suite Italienne Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
65. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30 Aradia Quartet with Richard Ireland
CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
66. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00
Roxanna Panufnik Cantator and Amanda – Hill Quartet, Bram van Sambeek
Turina Matador’s Prayer– Hill Quartet
Ultan O’Brien Na Coillte Istoiche – Hill Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor Op.80 – Hill Quartet
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
67. CRESPO SERIES – Christian Fellowship Church 14.00
Rainer Zipperling, Michael Borgstede
J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata No.1 in G major BWV 1027
J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata No.2 in D major BWV 1028
J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata No.3 in G minor BWV 1029
CONCERT ENDS 14.50 ADMISSION €15
68. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 14.00
Allora Quartet with Doric Quartet
CLASS ENDS 15.30 ADMISSION FREE
69. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 15.00
Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.9 in F sharp minor Op.80
Weinberg Quartet No.10 in A minor Op.85
CONCERT ENDS 16.00 ADMISSION €15
70. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30
Leggiadro Quartet with Richard Ireland
CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE
71. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 17.00
Crash Ensemble
Ann Cleare Fiain
Linda Buckley Chrysalism
Barry O Halpin Lipids
Deirdre Gribbin Provoked City Raymond Deane Quadripartita
CONCERT ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION €10
THURSDAY 30 JUNE 15
FRIDAY 1 JULY
72. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30
Sebastian Fagerlund Woodland Variations
– Signum Quartet, Bram van Sambeek IRISH PREMIERE
Roxanna Panufnik Clarinet Quintet
– Signum Quartet, Matthew Hunt WORLD PREMIERE Schubert Quartet No.13 in A minor ‘Rosamunde’ – Signum Quartet
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
73.
MAIN
EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Deirdre Gribbin Maps of Awakening – Malachy Robinson
Brahms 2 Geistliche Lieder – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat Rubbra 2 Sonnets
Works by Bliss, Marx, Bach
Works for voice and viola by Beamish, Saariaho, Vaughan Williams New work by Brett Dean
Caroline Shaw Can’ voi l’aube – Lotte Betts-Dean, Hill Quartet
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
74. LATE GREAT SHOW – Bantry House 22.00
Dana Zemtsov, Anna Fedorova
Brahms Viola Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.120/1
Brahms Viola Sonata No.2 in E flat Op.120/2
CONCERT ENDS 22.50 ADMISSION €15
75. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
Martin Hayes
Solo repertoire
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €15
Day Eight has a strong tilt towards the French and Italian Baroque before concluding with Part I of Book 1 of the WellTempered Klavier. Rachel Kelly, Ariadne Daskalakis and Malcolm Proud are the soloists. Doric Quartet bid farewell with late Mozart, Brett Dean’s Imaginary Ballet gets its Irish premiere, Quatuor Danel reach Weinberg’s light-hearted Eleventh and Signum demonstrate their South African connections followed by their arrangements of Schubert Lieder. The day’s vocal bias concludes with Messiaen’s great masterpiece Harawi sung by Lotte Betts-Dean.
76. MORNING TALK – Christian Fellowship Church 10.00
Evelyn Grant in conversation with Signum Quartet
TALK ENDS 10.45 ADMISSION €7
77. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00
Allora Quartet with Quatuor Danel
CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE
78. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Réunion des goûts
Ensemble Molière, Rachel Kelly
Lully Ouverture from Psyché Couperin Sonade from L’Impériale, Les Nations Vivaldi/Giacomelli Sposa, son disprezzata Couperin La Paix du Parnasse (Sonade en Trio) from L’Apothéose de Lully
Lully Excerpts from Armide LWV 71
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
79. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Hill Quartet with Doric Quartet
CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
THURSDAY 30 JUNE
17
80. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00
Aradia Quartet
Haydn Quartet in D major Op.64 No.5 ‘The Lark’
Niall Tormey Kreatura
Smetana String Quartet No.1 in E minor ‘From my life’
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
81. CRESPO SERIES – Christian Fellowship Church 14.00
Ariadne Daskalakis, Michael Borgstede
Buonaporte Inventione in A major Op.10/1
Geminiani Sonata in C minor Op.4/9
Boccherini Sonata in D major Op.5/4
Handel Sonata in A major HWV361
Vivaldi Sonata in D minor RV14
CONCERT ENDS 15.00 ADMISSION €15
82. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 14.00
Leggiadro Quartet with Christopher Marwood
CLASS ENDS 15.30 ADMISSION FREE
83. PHYSICS OF THE VIOLIN – Old Cinema 15.15
John Cockburn
TALK ENDS 15.45 ADMISSION FREE
84. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 16.00
Malcolm Proud
J.S. Bach The Well-Tempered Klavier Book 1 Part 1 BWV 846-857
CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €15
85. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30
Sonoro Quartet with Richard Ireland
CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE
86. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30
Mozart Quartet in B flat major K.589 ‘Prussian’ – Doric Quartet
Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op.40 – Johannes Moser, Anna Fedorova
Brett Dean Imaginary Ballet – Mairéad Hickey, Brett Dean, Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson IRISH PREMIERE
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
87. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Koapeng Komeng – Signum Quartet
Van Dijk (rage) rage against – Signum Quartet
Weinberg Quartet No.11 in F major Op.89 – Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.12 Op.103 Quatuor Danel
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
88. LATE GREAT SHOW – Bantry House 22.00
Signum Quartet
Schubert Lieder arrangements Rock Classics
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €15
89. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
Lotte Betts-Dean, Joseph Havlat Messiaen Harawi
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €12
FRIDAY 1 JULY 19
Day Nine begins with the story of Perseus and Andromeda. Malcolm Proud completes his performance of the WellTempered Klavier. Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata is famous as his dark-hued but luminous final work, preceded here by two hidden gems discovered by our intrepid performers. Another rarity for voice and lower strings precedes Weinberg Thirteen, the first quartet he wrote after Shostakovich, his mentor, colleague and great friend passed away. The American composer, David Lang, has created a successor to Biber’s Mystery Sonatas with his own 21st century version for solo violin.
90. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 10.00
Leggiadro Quartet with Quatuor Danel
CLASS ENDS 11.30 ADMISSION FREE
91. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Persée et Andromède
Ensemble Molière, Rachel Kelly
Lully Suite from Persée
Charpentier Musique de theatre pour ‘Andromede’ Lefebvre Andromede
Dandrieu Sonate en Sol Mineur Op.1 No.3
Vivaldi Sovvente il sole from Andromeda Liberata, Anh 117
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
92. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Hill Quartet with Christopher Marwood
CLASS ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION FREE
93. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00
Allora Quartet
Haydn Quartet in C major Op.33 No.3 ‘The Bird’
Lindsey Vincent Apex
Dvořák Quartet No.14 in A flat major Op.105
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
94. THE LIFE OF A MODERN VIOLIN MAKER
– Old Cinema 14.00
David Munro
TALK ENDS 14.30 ADMISSION FREE
95. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 14.00
David King with Alasdair Beatson
CLASS ENDS 15.30 ADMISSION FREE
96. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 15.00 Kym Corridan Medtner Fairytale in B-flat minor, Op.20 No.1 Tchaikovsky Romance in F minor Op.5 Tchaikovsky Nocturne in F major, Op.10 No.1 Silvestrov Naive Music No.4 ‘Idyll’ Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42 CONCERT ENDS 15.45 ADMISSION €7
97. CRESPO SERIES – St Brendan’s Church 16.00 Malcolm Proud J.S. Bach The Well-Tempered Klavier Book 1 Part 2 BWV 858-869 CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €15
98. MASTERCLASS – Maritime Hotel 16.30 Aradia Quartet with Christopher Marwood CLASS ENDS 18.00 ADMISSION FREE
SATURDAY 2 JULY 21
99. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.30 Dana Zemtsov, Anna Fedorova Grigori Frid Viola sonata No.1 Op.62 –Henk Badings Viola Sonata Shostakovich Viola Sonata Op.147 CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
100. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Hindemith Des Todes Tod – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Hélène Clement, Johannes Moser, Ella van Poucke
Weinberg Quartet No.13 Op.118 – Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.14 Op.122 – Quatuor Danel
CONCERT ENDS 21.00 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
101. LATE GREAT SHOW – Bantry House 22.00
Sonoro Quartet, Joseph Havlat
Franck Piano Quintet
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €15
102. LATE GREAT SHOW – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
Mairéad Hickey
David Lang Mystery Sonatas
CONCERT ENDS 22.45 ADMISSION €12
Day Ten brings our Festival to a close with a celebration of young talent. The day opens with the tragic tale of Dido and Aeneas, a story of love and betrayal that has inspired great music and great singing. The five Young Musician quartets each play one work in their showcase concert. Mairéad Hickey leads the final Bantry House concert before Danel Quartet bring the Weinberg cycle to a close.
103. COFFEE CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Dido
Ensemble Molière, Rachel Kelly Charpentier Ouverture from Les Arts Florissants H.487 Purcell Ah! Belinda. I am prest with torment from Dido and Aeneas Z.626 Gautier de Marseilles Suite in C major Locke Suites from The Tempest Montéclair La mort de Didon from Cantates à vois seule et avec simonie, Livre I Lully Chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
CONCERT ENDS 12.00 ADMISSION €20/€15/€10
104. YOUNG MUSICIANS SERIES – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00 David King
CONCERT ENDS 13.00 ADMISSION €7
SATURDAY 2 JULY 23
Mozart
Mozart
Liszt
Scriabin
Scriabin
Fantasie in C minor K.396
Piano Sonata No.6 in D major K.284
Petrarch Sonnet 104
Etudes Op.2 No.1
Etudes Op.8 No.12
SUNDAY 3 JULY
105. YOUNG MUSICIANS’ PLATFORM
– St Brendan’s Church 14.00
Haydn Quartet in B minor Op.33/1 – Hill Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 Op.110 – Sonoro Quartet
Dvořák Quartet No.14 in A flat major Op.105 – Allora Quartet
Smetana String Quartet No.1 in E minor ‘From my life’ – Aradia Quartet
Borodin String Quartet No.2 in D major – Leggiadro Quartet
CONCERT ENDS 17.00 ADMISSION €15
106. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – Bantry House 19.00
Kodály Duo for violin and cello – Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke
Brahms Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op.60 – Mairéad Hickey, Dana Zemtsov, Ella van Poucke, Zoltán Fejérvári
CONCERT ENDS 20.30 ADMISSION €45/€35/€25
107. MAIN EVENING CONCERT – St Brendan’s Church 21.00
Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.15 Op.124
Weinberg Quartet No.16 Op.130
Weinberg Quartet No.17 Op.146
CONCERT ENDS 22.30 ADMISSION €30/€20/€10
FESTIVAL MASTERCLASSES
FREE ADMISSION Masterclasses take place daily and are free to attend. Student concerts take place from Saturday 25 June in the Young Musicians Series
STUDENT QUARTETS
Allora Quartet
Megan Chan, Michelle McCarthy, Stephen Kelleher, Michael Murphy
Aradia Quartet Helen Rutledge, Kate O’Shea, Eve Quigley, Aoibhin Keogh Daly Hill Quartet Bridget O’Donnell, David López Ibáñez Julia Doukakis, Ben Michaels
Leggiadro Quartet Julianne Forrest, Shane Quinn, Kevin O’Loughlin, Catherine Cotter
Sonoro Quartet Mona Verhas, Jeroen de Beer, Seamus Hickey, Paul Heyman
PIANO STUDENTS Kym Corridan, David King
QUARTET TUTORS: Richard Ireland, Christopher Marwood, Brett Dean, Quatuor Danel, Doric Quartet, Pavel Haas Quartet, Signum Quartet
PIANO TUTORS: Alasdair Beatson, Anna Fedorova
SUNDAY 3 JULY 25
VIOLIN & BOW MAKING EXHIBITION
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BOW MAKERS: Victor Bernard (Belgium), Noel Burke, Niall Fleming (Ireland), Emmanuel Carlier, Christophe Schaeffer, Stéphane Thomachot (France), Klaus Grünke, Rüdiger Pfau, Gregor Walbrodt (Germany)
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