Vogler Quartet & Guests 2019 and
Tuned In! Masterclass & Performance Programme
MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND Friday May 3 - Monday May 6, 2019
Drumcliffe Church • The Model, Sligo Book Online
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Image: Early Morning Trá Bhuí, Seán McSweeney, 1986
Vogler Quartet Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin) Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello)
with Guest Artists Grieg Trio Eugène Mursky piano David Orlowsky clarinet Michael McHale piano Dermot Dunne accordion Sharon Carty mezzo-soprano
Vashti Hunter cello Malachy Robinson double bass Bruno Schneider French horn Henrik Rabien bassoon Nick Roth composer, saxophone, producer
Grieg Trio
Vogler Quartet
Eugène Mursky
David Orlowsky
Michael McHale
Dermot Dunne
Sharon Carty
Vashti Hunter
Malachy Robinson
Bruno Schneider
Henrik Rabien
Nick Roth
Advance Ticket Savers: 10% Discount if booked before midnight 11th April Saturday Saver: â‚Ź58.00 if purchased as a day ticket (â‚Ź65 if tickets purchased individually) Sunday Saver: â‚Ź54.00 if purchased as a day ticket (â‚Ź60 if tickets purchased individually) Festival Saver: â‚Ź166.00 if purchased as a festival ticket (â‚Ź185 if tickets purchased individually)
Friday 3rd May
@ Drumcliffe Church
8.00pm @ Drumcliffe Church
€30
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66 Grieg Trio Francis Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano David Orlowsky (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No12 Eugène Mursky (piano) Johannes Brahms: String Quartet Op 51 No 2 in A minor Vogler Quartet
Saturday 4th May
@ The Model, Sligo
12 noon @ The Model, Sligo
€15
His Deep Gaze Music, poetry and art to honour Seán McSweeney Join the 20th SICMF as we pay tribute to Sligo artist and festival friend Seán McSweeney. This event will coincide with the inclusion of a number of Seán’s pieces in The Keeper exhibition, the Model’s biggest showcase of The Niland Collection to date. On view throughout 2019 and beyond. The programme will also include: Ernest Bloch: Suite for solo cello No 1 Vashti Hunter (cello) Alexander Glazunov: 3 Novelettes for String Quartet Vogler Quartet Dermot Healy Poetry Bob Kelly (actor) The Yellow River (A collaboration with Seán McSweeney) Gerard Smyth (poet)
3.00pm @ The Model, Sligo
€20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for bassoon and cello in B flat, KV 292 196c Henrik Rabien (bassoon) Vashti Hunter (cello) Johannes Brahms: Zwei Gesänge Op 91 Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) Michael McHale (piano) Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Trio in G, Op 1 No 2 Grieg Trio Ludwig Van Beethoven: 25 Irish Songs WoO 152 Avenging and bright How dear to me the hour Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) Grieg Trio
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Saturday 4th May
@ Drumcliffe Church
8.00pm @ Drumcliffe Church
â‚Ź30
Anton Dvořåk: 5 Bagatelles Op 46 Dermot Dunne (accordion) Vashti Hunter (cello) Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin) Arvo Pärt: Es sang vor langen Jahren Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) Tim Vogler (violin) Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Hector Berlioz: Le Jeune Pâtre Breton for voice, horn and piano, H65 Sharon Carthy (mezzo-soprano) Bruno Schneider (French horn) Michael McHale (piano) Frederic Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat, Op 22 Eugène Mursky (piano) Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40 Bruno Schneider (French horn) Grieg Trio (violin and piano)
Sunday 5th May
@ The Model, Sligo
2.00pm @ The Model, Sligo
â‚Ź5
Festival Commission Workshop with Nick Roth on his Second Quintet for Accordion and String Quartet This workshop explores the inspiration, the voyages and the imagining that go into the creation of new music. Nick Roth’s Second Quintet for Accordion and String Quartet, commissioned by the Festival for Dermot Dunne and the Vogler Quartet, explores the ezan, or call to prayer, in Islam and the Sufi tradition in Persian architecture. The composer will tell the story of how the work came to be, with live performance and illustration of examples from the piece by the musicians to whom it is dedicated.
3.30pm @ The Model, Sligo
â‚Ź5
Tuned In! Following an intensive weekend of masterclasses as part of the Festival, these talented young string players aged 13 – 18 from across Ireland, perform a selection of classics. Curator and Conductor: Professor James Cavanagh
Sunday 5th May
@ The Model, Sligo
5.00pm @ The Model, Sligo
€20
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 20 No 2 Vogler Quartet Anton Arensky: String Quartet No 2, Op 35, for violin, viola and 2 cellos Frank Reinecke (violin) Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello) Vashti Hunter (cello)
Sunday 5th May
@ Drumcliffe Church
8.00pm @ Drumcliffe Church
This concert is dedicated to the late John Ruddock
€30
Edvard Grieg: Andante con moto for Piano Trio Grieg Trio Franz Schubert: A Year of Schubert – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Viola D786 Die Sommernacht D289 Litanei auf das Fest Allerseeln D343 Der Winterabend D938 Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) Michael McHale (piano) Richard Strauss: Alphorn TrV 64 Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) Michael McHale (piano) Bruno Schneider (French horn) Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803 Vogler Quartet, Bruno Schneider (French horn) David Orlowsky (clarinet) Henrik Rabien (bassoon) Malachy Robinson (double bass)
Monday 6th May
@ Drumcliffe Church
12 noon @ Drumcliffe Church
€30
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, string quartet and piano Vogler Quartet, Eugène Mursky (piano) David Orlowsky (clarinet) Festival Commission World Première of Nick Roth’s Second Quintet for Accordion and String Quartet Dermot Dunne (accordion) Vogler Quartet Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 1 Op 8 Grieg Trio Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 Eugène Mursky (piano) Vogler Quartet
Tuned In! Music Generation Sligo Masterclass & Performance Programme @ The Model, Sligo Tuned In Sligo International Chamber Music Festival Youth Programme is a short intensive chamber music experience, curated by Professor James Cavanagh for young musicians and their tutors, combining masterclasses, performances and attendance at Festival concerts. This is an opportunity for young string players to develop ensemble playing within the classical genre, engaging with high level artists in the nurturing environment of the Festival. The weekend also brings young musicians into the audience to experience live performances of an international standard at one of Ireland’s leading chamber music events. Masterclasses will be led by the Vogler Quartet and the Grieg Trio. Ensemble activities will be directed by Professor James Cavanagh, curator. We invite string players, age 13+, grade 5 or above. See www.sligochambermusic.ie for further information and application form or email MusicGenerationSligo@msletb.ie Tuned In is co-funded by the Music Generation/Arts Council Partnership, in association with Music Generation Sligo.
James Cavanagh and participants at Tuned In 2018
Advance Ticket Savers: 10% Discount if booked before midnight 11th April
Saturday Saver: â‚Ź58.00 if purchased as a day ticket (â‚Ź65 if tickets purchased individually) Sunday Saver: â‚Ź54.00 if purchased as a day ticket (â‚Ź60 if tickets purchased individually) Festival Saver: â‚Ź166.00 if purchased as a festival ticket (â‚Ź185 if tickets purchased individually) Individual ticket prices range from â‚Ź5 to â‚Ź30 TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED
Online: www.sligochambermusic.ie By Phone: 071 916 1518 Or directly at: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo The Hawk’s Well Box Office is acting on behalf of Sligo International Chamber Music Festival, you will be asked at the time of booking if Sligo International Chamber Music Festival can contact you with regard to future events. n Tickets for under 18s are half price with Music Generation Sligo Go See initiative. n Tickets available online for all concerts until midnight the night before the concert, except for Monday’s concert which is only available online until 5pm on Sunday. Subject to a ₏1 convenience fee/ticket. n Tickets purchased online are available for collection at the event venue from half an hour before the event begins. n Tickets can be purchased on the door of each event subject to availability.
General Festival Enquiries can be made by E: info@sligochambermusic.ie M: +353 (0)87 236 8160 Sligo International Chamber Music Festival is produced by Sligo County Council Arts Office. Funded by Sligo County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland. Festival Manager: Caroline Wynne, Artscope Ltd Artistic Director: Tim Vogler Youth Curator: Prof James Cavanagh (RIAM) Ensemble-in-Residence: Vogler Quartet Music Generation Sligo: Emma Smith Sligo County Council Assistant Arts Officer: Rhona McGrath
Visit Sligo this May Bank Holiday Weekend to celebrate the 20th Sligo International Chamber Music Festival. Artistic Director Tim Vogler presents another ambitious high-quality programme which sees the return of many festival favourites from the past 20 years – both musicians and music – performed by and with the internationally acclaimed ensemble-in-residence, the Vogler Quartet. The 20th year also sees two very special new events funded by Sligo County Council’s Creative Ireland Programme 2018-2022: The premiere of Nick Roth’s Second Quintet for Accordion and String Quartet commissioned by the Festival. Join us on Saturday for music, poetry and art curated by poet Gerard Smyth to honour the late Seán McSweeney, a great friend since the festival first emerged in 2000. The festival features the successful Tuned In! Youth programme co-funded by the Music Generation/Arts Council Partnership, in association with Music Generation Sligo. This unique and innovative programme is curated by Professor James Cavanagh from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Taking place in St Columba’s Church Drumcliffe and The Model, Sligo International Chamber Music Festival is one of Ireland’s leading chamber music events. Festival Season tickets and Day Saver tickets will be on offer to save and savour the full weekend – the ambience of Drumcliffe, the contemporary environment of The Model and the restaurants, shops, beaches and walks of Sligo. As the producer of the festival, Sligo County Council Arts Office acknowledges our association with key partners throughout the full 20 year festival history: Vogler Quartet, Arts Council of Ireland, Artscope Ltd, Drumcliffe Vestry and Drumcliffe Tea House.
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