Music for Galway’s 2024–25 concert season, themed ‘Irish Connections’, begins on 27 September and runs until May 2025.

Matthew Manning, oboe
Catriona Ryan, flute
Deirdre O’Leary, clarinet
Cormac O hAod, French horn
John Hearne, bassoon

Giulio Briccialdi, Quintet in D Major, Op.124
Paul Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser
Adele O’Dwyer, Three Chromatic Miniatures
Carl Nielsen, Quintet, Op.43
Valerie Coleman, Umoja

Cassiopeia Winds is a quintet of Ireland’s finest wind players, named after a constellation in the northern sky which is formed by five bright stars. The group will perform in an intimate space on the top floor of the Bonham Quay development in Galway’s docks with spectacular views over the city and the bay.