West Cork Chamber Music

Monday 28 June - Sunday 4 July 2010

This unique festival takes place in Bantry, a small lively town, overlooking Bantry Bay, on the south west corner of Ireland. Evening concerts are held in the elegant 18th century Bantry House surrounded by beautiful gardens with a stunning view of the sea.  



The 2010 festival is featuring six international string quartets performing Mozart Quartets in the morning coffee concerts and Beethoven and Schubert in the (optional) late night concerts. The ensembles include the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet from Cork, Callino Quartet from London,  Artis Quartet from Vienna, Pacifica Quartet from California, Danish Quartet from Copenhagen and Alina Ibragimova's period instrument Chiaroscuro Quartet. Other musicians taking part are Philippe Cassard, Kirill Gerstein, Alexei Grynyuk, Angela Yoffe piano, Patrizia Rosario, Charlotte Riedijk soprano, Vadim Gluzman, Pekka Kuusisto, Nicola Benedetti violin, Harthut Rohde, Amihai Grosz viola, Leonard Elschenbroich, Johannes Moser cello, Nicholas Daniel oboe, Kate Hearne recorder, Jörg Widmann clarinet/composer and many more, to be confirmed.


We are offering the following evening and coffee concerts - 
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 Grieg: Quartet in G minor op27  Mozart: Don Giovanni Act 1 (arranged for string quartet)
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Vivaldi: Recorder concerto in A min, Violin concertos in A and G   Mozart: Quartet in Eb K428
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Malkin: Black Flowers   Schulhoff: Sextet   Haas: Suite for oboe & piano Haas: Quartet no3
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Telemann: Recorder concerto in F   Vivaldi: Violin concerto in D   Mozart: Quartet in Bb K458
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Haydn: Quartet op65 "The Lark"  Hindemith: Clarinet Quintet   Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor
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Bach: Oboe concerto in F    Mozart: Quartet in A major K464
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Widmann: Quartet no5 with soprano   Enescu: Piano Quartet no2
Chausson: Concerto in D for violin, piano and string quartet
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Beethoven: Piano Quartet in Eb   Mozart: Quartet in C major K465
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Irish National Youth Orchestra and Irish Youth Choir
Ives: Unanswered Question   Brahms: German Requiem
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Svendsen: String Octet in A op3  (other work T.B.C.)
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Widmann: Etudes for solo violin  Vierne: Piano Quintet 
Boris Tchaikovsky: Piano Quintet
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Optional afternoon and late night concerts take place each day


Flights
28 June AerLingus EI713 LondonHeathrow/Cork 12.05/13.25  bmibaby WW3551 Manchester/Cork 12.50/14.05  
  4 July AerLingus EI722 Cork/LondonHeathrow 15.55/17.15  bmibaby WW3552 Cork/Manchester 15.10/16.20
(alternative flights may be possible)


Cost per person: £1275 (based on 2 people sharing a room)   Double room single occupancy £195


 

The cost of this holiday will cover the following:

  • >Return flight Manchester or London to Cork
  • >6 nights Bed & Breakfast in 4* Maritime Hotel
  • >Admission to 11 concerts (afternoon and late night concerts can be offered as options)
  • >3 organised meals with wine
  • >Sightseeing trip
  • >All coach transfers
Travel insurance is not included

Details are correct at time of publishing (January 2010) but may be subject to change.

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