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Chamber Music Festival

1. Opening Concert

Date28 June 2019

Time8:00 pm
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Chamber Music Festival

10. Main Evening Concert

Date29 June 2019

Time8:00 pm
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Chamber Music Festival

17. Crespo Series

Date30 June 2019

Time4:00 pm
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Chamber Music Festival

56. Main Evening Concert

Date4 July 2019

Time8:00 pm
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Chamber Music Festival

57. Late Great Show

Date4 July 2019

Time10:30 pm
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Chamber Music Festival

78. Finale

Date7 July 2019

Time8:00 pm
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ProgrammeMasterclassesFringe EventsBy Artist
Friday 28 June 2019

1. Opening Concert

Date 28 June 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €50/€40/€30/€16
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Beethoven  Quartet in F major Op.18/1 / Chiaroscuro Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat / Quatuor Zaïde
Andrea Tarrodi Quartet No.3 ‘Light Scattering’ / Dahlkvist Quartet
Vasks Quartet No.4 / Borusan Quartet
Saturday 29 June 2019

2. Morning Talk

Date 29 June 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Dahlkvist Quartet
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3. Masterclass

Date 29 June 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Docklands Quartet, Kerstin Dill
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4. Coffee Concert

Date 29 June 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artist Quatuor Zaïde
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Mozart  Quartet in C major K.465 ‘Dissonance’
Beethoven  Quartet No.3 in D major Op.18/3

5. Masterclass

Date 29 June 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Echéa Quartet, Chiaroscuro Quartet
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6. Town Concert

Date 29 June 2019
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artist Dahlkvist Quartet
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Mozart  Quartet in B flat major K.458
Beethoven  Quartet No.2 in G major Op.18/2

7. Masterclass

Date 29 June 2019
Time 3:00 pm
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Kerstin Dill, Doolan Quartet
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8. Crespo Series

Date 29 June 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €18/€13/€9
Artist Borusan Quartet
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Mozart  Quartet in A major K:464
Beethoven  Quartet No:4 in C minor Op:18/4

9. Masterclass

Date 29 June 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location Bantry Courthouse
Admission Free
Artists Vanir Quartet, Chiaroscuro Quartet
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10. Main Evening Concert

Date 29 June 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €47/€37/€27/€13
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Haydn  Quartet in G minor Op.74/3 ‘Rider’ / Quatuor Zaïde
Beethoven  Violin Sonata No:6 in A major Op.30/1 / Mairéad Hickey / Izabella Simon
Andrea Tarrodi  Sorrow and Joy / Jon Dahlkvist / Hanna Dahlkvist
Shostakovich  Piano Trio No:2 in E minor Op:67 / Delta Piano Trio

11. Late Great Show

Date 29 June 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €14
Artist Dénes Várjon
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Beethoven  Piano Sonata No:29 in B flat Op:106 ‘Hammerklavier’
Sunday 30 June 2019

12. Morning Talk

Date 30 June 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Borusan Quartet
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13. Masterclass

Date 30 June 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Dahlkvist Quartet, Doolan Quartet
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14. Coffee Concert

Date 30 June 2019
Music by women composers from 17th and 18th centuries
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artist Ensemble Dagda
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Isabella Leonarda  Ave Suavis Dilectio
Lucrezia Vizzana  Amo Christum
Francesca Caccini  Maria dolce Maria
Settimia Caccini  Due luci ridenti
Barbara Strozzi  Hor che Apollo
Antonia Bembo  Beata sirena
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre  Trio Sonata in D major
Bianca Meda  Cari Musici
Chiara Cozzolani  Laudate dominum

15. Masterclass

Date 30 June 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Ophelia Quartet, Quatuor Zaïde
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16. Young Composers Forum

Date 30 June 2019
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission Free
Artist Andrea Tarrodi
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17. Crespo Series

Date 30 June 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €18/€13/€9
Artist Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Mozart  Quartet in D minor K.421
Beethoven  Quartet No.5 in A major Op.18/5

18. Main Evening Concert

Date 30 June 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €47/€37/€27/€13
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Lera Auerbach  Piano Trio No.2 ‘This Mirror has Three Faces’ / Delta Piano Trio
Martinů  Quartet No.5 / Quatuor Zaïde
Beethoven  Piano Trio in D major Op.70/1 ‘Ghost Trio’ / Viviane Hagner / Johannes Moser / Barry Douglas

19. Late Great Show

Date 30 June 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €14
Artist Finghin Collins
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Schubert  Sonata in B flat, D.960
Monday 1 July 2019

20. Morning Talk

Date 1 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Delta Piano Trio
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21. Masterclass

Date 1 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Echéa Quartet, Kerstin Dill
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22. Coffee Concert

Date 1 July 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artist Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Mozart  Quartet in E flat K.428
Beethoven  Quartet No.6 in B flat Op.18/6

23. Masterclass

Date 1 July 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Ophelia Quartet, Borusan Quartet
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24. Town Concert

Date 1 July 2019
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artist Doolan Quartet
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Haydn  Quartet in B flat major Op.76/4 ‘Sunrise’
Composition Competition New Work 
Janáček  No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’

26. Violin Talk

Date 1 July 2019
Violin making in Seventeenth Century Europe
Time 3:15 pm
Location Old Cinema
Admission Free
Artist Jan Strick
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25. Masterclass

Date 1 July 2019
Time 3:00 pm
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Danu Quartet, Kerstin Dill
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27. Masterclass

Date 1 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Docklands Quartet, Quatuor Zaïde
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28. Crespo Series

Date 1 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €18/€13/€9
Artists Johannes Moser, Dénes Várjon
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Chopin  Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65
Britten  Cello Sonata Op.65
Beethoven  7 Variations on Mozart’s ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ WoO 46

29. Main Evening Concert

Date 1 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €47/€37/€27/€13
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Szervánsky  Wind Quintet No.1 / Azahar Ensemble
Beethoven  Piano Trio in E flat major Op.70/2 / Viviane Hagner / Johannes Moser / Barry Douglas
Alkan  Sonate de Concert Op.47 / Emmanuelle Bertrand / Pascal Amoyel

30. Late Great Show

Date 1 July 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €14
Artist Borusan Quartet
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Beethoven  Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
Tuesday 2 July 2019

31. Morning Talk

Date 2 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Laura van der Heijden
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32. Instrument Showcase

Date 2 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artist Johannes Moser
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33. Coffee Concert

Date 2 July 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artist Fieri Consort
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de Rore  Da le belle contrade d’oriente
Ingegneri  Io non hebbi giamai, Dolorosi martir
de Wert  Io mi vivea del mio languir contento
Marenzio  O Fortuna volubil e leggiera
Pellavicino  Cruda Amarilli
Monteverdi  Lamento d’Arianna
Rowarth  The Turn

34. Masterclass

Date 2 July 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Doolan Quartet, Borusan Quartet
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35. Town Concert

Date 2 July 2019
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artist Docklands Quartet
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Mendelssohn  Quartet in F minor Op.80 ‘Requiem for Fanny’
Composition Competition New Work 
Shostakovich  Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110

36. Crespo Series

Date 2 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €25/€20/€14/€10
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Louise Farrenc  Piano Quintet No.2 in E major Op.31 / Mairéad Hickey / Ellen Nisbeth / Christopher Marwood / Malachy Robinson / Gloria Campaner
Rita Strohl Sonate dramatique ‘Titus et Bérénice’ / Emmanuelle Bertrand / Pascal Amoyel

37. Main Evening Concert

Date 2 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €34/€25/€11
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Dobrinka Tabakova  Cello Concerto Laura van der Heijden / Festival Strings / Laura van der Heijden / David Brophy
Weinberg  Chamber Symphony N.4 Op.153 / Mate Bekavac / Festival Strings / David Brophy
Shostakovich  7 Romances on poems by Alexander Blok / Caroline Melzer / Delta Piano Trio
Wednesday 3 July 2019

38. Morning Talk

Date 3 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Fieri Consort
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39. Masterclass

Date 3 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Echéa Quartet, Henning Kraggerud
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40. Coffee Concert

Date 3 July 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artist Emmanuelle Bertrand
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J.S.Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G major BWV 1007
J.S.Bach Cello Suite No.4 in E flat BWV 1010
J.S.Bach Cello Suite No.5 in C minor BWV 1011

41. Masterclass

Date 3 July 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Doolan Quartet, Quatuor Zaïde
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42. Town Concert

Date 3 July 2019
The Unknown Traveller
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artist Fieri Consort
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William Byrd  The fair young virgin
Ferrabosco  I saw my lady weeping
Anon  Lo, here my heart in keeping
Palestrina  In every place I find my grief
Victoria  O Magnum Mysterium
Lobo  Versa est in luctum
Victoria  Ave Maria
de Monte  Super Flumina Babylonia
Byrd  Quomodo Cantabimus

43. Masterclass

Date 3 July 2019
Ophelia Quartet with Dahlkvist Quartet
Time 3:00 pm
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Ophelia Quartet, Dahlkvist Quartet
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44. Masterclass

Date 3 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location Bantry Courthouse
Admission Free
Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Peter Spissky
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45. Crespo Series

Date 3 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €18/€13/€9
Artists Laura van der Heijden, Finghin Collins
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J.S. Bach  Gamba Sonata No.1 in G major BWV 1027
Beethoven  Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.5/2
Schnittke  Cello Sonata No.1

46. Main Evening Concert

Date 3 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €47/€37/€27/€13
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Vasks  Plainscapes / Delta Piano Trio
Erkin  Piano Quintet / Borusan Quartet / Finghin Collins
Beethoven  Piano Trio No.6 in B flat Op.97 ‘Archduke’ / Viviane Hagner / Johannes Moser / Barry Douglas

47. Late Great Show

Date 3 July 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €14
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Duparc  Mélodies / Anna Devin / Joseph Middleton
Thursday 4 July 2019

48. Morning Talk

Date 4 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Ellen Nisbeth
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49. Masterclass

Date 4 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Docklands Quartet, Dahlkvist Quartet
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50. Coffee Concert

Date 4 July 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artist Emmanuelle Bertrand
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J.S.Bach  Cello Suite No.2 in D minor BWV 1008
J.S.Bach  Cello Suite No.3 in C major BWV 1009
J.S.Bach  Cello Suite No.6 in D major BWV 1012

51. Masterclass

Date 4 July 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Doolan Quartet, Marc Danel
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52. Town Concert

Date 4 July 2019
Time 1:30 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artist Echéa Quartet
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Kraggerud  Preghiera
Bartók  Quartet No.3
Composition Competition New Work 
Ligeti  Quartet No.1 ‘Métamorphoses Nocturnes’

53. Masterclass

Date 4 July 2019
Time 3:00 pm
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Ophelia Quartet, Kerstin Dill
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54. Crespo Series

Date 4 July 2019
1886 A Love Story
Time 3:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €37/€27/€21/€11
Artists Henning Kraggerud, Dénes Várjon
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Brahms  Violin Sonata No.2 in A major Op.100
Grieg  Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor Op.45
Franck  Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano

55. Baroque Masterclass

Date 4 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location Bantry Courthouse
Admission Free
Artist Westland Baroque Ensemble
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56. Main Evening Concert

Date 4 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €34/€25/€11
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Farrenc Nonet in E flat Major Op.38 / Azahar Ensemble / Kerstin Dill / Ellen Nisbeth / Christopher Marwood / Malachy Robinson
Thilloy  Khojaly 613 / Mate Bekavac / Mairéad Hickey / Dahlkvist Quartet
Richard Strauss  Four Last Songs / Caroline Melzer / Joseph Middleton

57. Late Great Show

Date 4 July 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €14
Artists Viviane Hagner, Johannes Moser, Barry Douglas
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Tchaikovsky  Piano Trio in A minor Op.50
Friday 5 July 2019

58. Morning Talk

Date 5 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location Brick Oven
Admission €6
Artists Evelyn Grant, Dénes Várjon, Izabella Simon
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59. Masterclass

Date 5 July 2019
Time 10:00 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Ophelia Quartet, Marc Danel
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60. Coffee Concert

Date 5 July 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artists Fieri Consort, Camerata Øresund, Peter Spissky
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Marini  Sonata sopra la Monica
Monteverdi  from Seventh Book of Madrigals Tempro la cetra; A quest’olmo; Interotte Speranza; O come sei gentile
Marini  Passacaglia in G minor
Monteverdi  Quel augelin, che canta; Chiome d’oro; Al lume delle stelle
Castello  Sonata concertate in stil modern, Book 2, Sonata 10
Monteverdi  Tirsi e Clori

61. Masterclass

Date 5 July 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Docklands Quartet, Christopher Marwood
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62. Town Concert

Date 5 July 2019
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artist Ophelia Quartet
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Mendelssohn  Quartet in A minor Op.13
Composition Competition New Work 
Shostakovich  Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor Op.108

63. Masterclass

Date 5 July 2019
Time 3:00 pm
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Echéa Quartet, Marc Danel
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64. Baroque Masterclass

Date 5 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location Bantry Courthouse
Admission Free
Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Peter Spissky, Anna Devin
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65. Crespo Series

Date 5 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €18/€13/€9
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Ibert  Trois pièces brèves / Azahar Ensemble
Poulenc Sextet / Azahar Ensemble / Gloria Campaner
Fauré  Piano Quintet No.1 in D minor Op.89 / Quatuor Zaïde / Finghin Collins

66. Main Evening Concert

Date 5 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €47/€37/€27/€13
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Emma O’Halloran  ‘Dying is a Wild Night’ / Quatuor Zaïde
Schumann  Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 / Gloria Campaner / Borusan Quartet
Golijov  Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind / Mate Bekavac / Dahlkvist Quartet

67. Late Great Show

Date 5 July 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €14
Artists Henning Kraggerud, Ellen Nisbeth, Emmanuelle Bertrand
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Saturday 6 July 2019

68. Masterclass

Date 6 July 2019
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Docklands Quartet, Marc Danel
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69. Coffee Concert

Date 6 July 2019
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artists Camerata Øresund, Magdalena Karolak, Peter Spissky
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Telemann  Don Quixote Suite
Joan Pla  Oboe Concerto in G major
Lully  Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
Rameau  Tambourine 1-2 from Dardanus
Roman  Golovinmusiken
Corelli  Trio Sonata in D major Op.4/4
Rebel  Les caractères de la danse

70. Masterclass

Date 6 July 2019
Time 11:30 am
Location The Maritime Hotel
Admission Free
Artists Echéa Quartet, Christopher Marwood
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71. Town Concert

Date 6 July 2019
Time 2:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Hall
Admission €7
Artists Westland Baroque Ensemble, Anna Devin
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Uccellini  Aria sopra ‘La Bergamasca’
Tarquinio Merula  Ciaccona Op.12
Turini  Sonata a tre Secondo tuono ‘Madrigali’
Corelli  Trio Sonata in D major Op.3/2
Geminiani  Cello Sonata No.2 in D minor Op.5/2
Handel  Trio Sonata in G minor HWV 391
Handel  V’adore Pupille, Da Tempesta from Giulio Cesare
Legrenzi  "La Fugazza" Trio Sonata Book 3 Op.8/5

72. Violin Talk

Date 6 July 2019
Sound Trial
Time 3:15 pm
Location Old Cinema
Admission Free
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73. Crespo Series

Date 6 July 2019
Time 4:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €18/€13/€9
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Satie  Trois Mélodies / Caroline Melzer / Joseph Middleton
Weinberg  Violin Sonata No.4 Op.39 / Marc Danel / Alexei Grynyuk
Berlioz  Les nuits d’été Op.7 / Caroline Melzer / Joseph Middleton

74. Main Evening Concert

Date 6 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €47/€37/€27/€13
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Andrea Tarrodi  String Quartet No.2 ‘Madárdal’ / Dahlkvist Quartet
Dvořák  Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 ‘Dumky’ / Mairéad Hickey / Emmanuelle Bertrand / Izabella Simon
Brahms  Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op.60 / Viviane Hagner / Ellen Nisbeth / Laura van der Heijden / Dénes Várjon

75. Late Great Show

Date 6 July 2019
Time 10:30 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €14
Artist Quatuor Zaïde
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Franck  String Quartet in D major
Sunday 7 July 2019

76. Coffee Concert

Date 7 July 2019
The Italian Cantatas
Time 11:00 am
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €20/€14/€10
Artists Camerata Øresund, Anna Devin, Peter Spissky
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Handel  Delirio amoroso ‘Da quell giorno fatale’ HWV99
Handel  Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6/6
Handel  La Lucrezia ‘O Numi eterni!’ HWV 145

77. Young Musicians Platform

Date 7 July 2019
Time 3:00 pm
Location St. Brendan’s Church
Admission €15
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Merula  Ciaccona Op.12 / Westland Baroque Ensemble
Handel  Trio Sonata in G minor Op.2/6 HWV 391 / Westland Baroque Ensemble
Haydn  Quartet in D major Op.20/4 / Echéa Quartet
Mendelssohn  Quartet in A minor Op.13 / Ophelia Quartet
Mendelssohn  Quartet in F minor Op.80 ‘Requiem for Fanny’ / Docklands Quartet
Schubert  Quartet in D minor D.810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ / Doolan Quartet

78. Finale

Date 7 July 2019
Time 8:00 pm
Location Bantry House
Admission €50/€40/€30/€16
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Hindemith  Kleine Kammermusik / Azahar Ensemble
Liszt  Carnival in Pest / Alexei Grynyuk
Kraggerud  Equinox Suite / Henning Kraggerud / Dénes Várjon
Fazil Say  Sonata for Violin and Piano Op.7 / Mairéad Hickey / Alexei Grynyuk
Britten  Lachrymae for Viola and Piano Op.48 / Ellen Nisbeth / Izabella Simon
Messiaen  Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps / Mate Bekavac / Henning Kraggerud / Laura van der Heijden / Alexei Grynyuk

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