Musical Promenade
Friday 24th July
3pm
The festival opens with a unique and immersive ‘Musical Promenade’ through the gardens of Mount Congreve. Audiences will be guided through scenic locations, encountering solo performances interspersed with nature-inspired spoken word. A highlight of this event will be the world premiere of a newly commissioned work for solo French horn, composed by Seán Ó Dálaigh.
The programme will include solo works for violin, viola, cello, and flute by Claude Debussy, Kaija Saariaho, Eugène Ysaÿe, J.S. Bach.
Opening Concert
Friday 24th July
7.30pm
Ambrose Room, Mount Congreve
J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations transcribed for string trio
Siobhán Doyle, violin; Lucy Nolan, viola; Peggy Nolan, cello
W.A. Mozart Sonata in E minor K.304
Mairéad Hickey, violin; Billy O’Brien, piano
Rachmninov Trio Elegiaque no.1
Mairéad Hickey, violin; Peggy Nolan, cello; Maxime Alberti, piano
Interval
Amy Beach Romance for violin and piano
Lucy Nolan, violin; Billy O’Brien, piano
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44
Siobhán Doyle & Mairéad Hickey, violins; Lucy Nolan, viola; Peggy Nolan, cello; Billy O’Brien, piano
Young Artists Recital
Saturday 25th July
12 noon
Ambrose Room, Mount Congreve
A chance to encounter emerging artists at a formative stage of their musical development, our Young Artists Concert features talented degree students from the MTU Cork School of Music and TU Dublin Conservatoire.
Pre-Concert Talk
Saturday 25th July, 6.30pm
Dr Sophie Lee will explore the evening’s programme of Martinů, Bach, Moszkowski and Brahms in an engaging pre-concert talk, providing interesting context and insight to enhance the listening experience.
This talk is included in the Saturday Evening Concert ticket and will be approx. 30 min in length
Evening Concert
Saturday 25th July, 7.30 pm
Bohuslav Martinů Sonata no.1 for flute and piano
Silvija Scerbaviciute, flute; Billy O’Brien, piano
J.S. Bach Toccata
Maxime Alberti, piano
Moritz Moszkowski Suite for 2 Violins and Piano
Mairead Hickey & Siobhán Doyle, violins; Billy O’Brien, piano
Interval
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor
Mairéad Hickey, violin; Lucy Nolan, viola; Peggy Nolan, cello; Maxime Alberti, piano
Sean Morgan Rooney & Lotte Betts-Dean
Sean-nós in a new style
Sunday 26th July, 12 noon
Irish composer and pianist Seán Morgan-Rooney has reimagined the sean-nós songs of his childhood. Drawing both from his summers competing at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann as a boy and his training as a classical pianist, Seán has arranged 10 sean-nós songs for voice and piano in the classical art song style. Seán’s hope is to bring the Irish language and song tradition to a wider international stage, and to encourage classical singers both at home in Ireland and abroad to explore this vast and precious song canon. Together with renowned mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, Seán will release an album of the complete songs in 2025 under the Delphian label.
Máire Mhór
Cailleach An Airgid
Dónal Óg
Eochaill
Báidín Fheilimí
Úirchill an Chreagáin
Thugamar Féin An Samhradh Linn
T aimse Im' Chodladh
An Mhaighdean Mhara
An Cailín Aerach
Closing Concert
Sunday 26th July
3.30pm
Ambrose Room, Mount Congreve
Florence Price ‘Adoration’ arr. for horn and piano
Hannah Miller, horn; Billy O’Brien, piano
W.A. Mozart Quintet for piano and winds
Ben Marshall, oboe; Macdara Ó Seireadáin, clarinet; Hannah Miller, horn; Greg Crowley, bassoon; Maxime Alberti, piano
Hindemith Wind Quintet
Silvija Scerbaviciute, flute; Ben Marshall, oboe; Macdara Ó Seireadáin, clarinet; Hannah Miller, horn; Greg Crowley
Interval
Jean Francaix Wind Quintet no.1
Silvija Scerbaviciute, flute; Ben Marshall, oboe; Macdara Ó Seireadáin, clarinet; Hannah Miller, horn; Greg Crowley, bassoon
Jean Francaix L’Heure du Berger for piano and wind quintet
Silvija Scerbaviciute, flute; Ben Marshall, oboe; Macdara Ó Seireadáin, clarinet; Hannah Miller, horn; Greg Crowley, bassoon; Billy O’Brien, piano