West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2022

24 June – 3 July

Venues across Bantry, Co. Cork.  

The 2022 Programme includes the complete Weinberg quartet cycle played by Quatuor Danel, the Biber Mystery Sonatas played by Ensemble Vintage Koln, new works from Brett Dean and Deirdre Gribbin, as well as programmes from Festival Favourites, like Mairéad Hickey, Johannes Moser, Dana Zemtsov and the Doric Quartet. There will also be a series of masterclasses and talks throughout the festival. 

Thursday 30 June (Day 7)

62. Morning Talk – Christian Fellowship Church 10.00
Evelyn Grant in conversation with Roxanna Panufnik and Matthew Hunt
Talk ends 10.45 Admission €7

63. Masterclass – Maritime Hotel 10.00
Kym Corridan with Anna Fedorova
Class ends 11.30 Admission Free

64. Coffee Concert – St Brendan’s Church 11.00
Ella van Poucke, Zoltán Fejérvári
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19
Concert ends 12.00 Admission €20/€15/€10

65. Masterclass – Maritime Hotel 11.30
Aradia Quartet with Richard Ireland
Class ends 13.00 Admission Free

66. Young Musicians Series – St Brendan’s Hall 12.00
Roxanna Panufnik Cantator and Amanda – Hill Quartet, Bram van Sambeek
Turina Matador’s Prayer– Hill Quartet
Ultan O’Brien Na Coillte Istoiche – Hill Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor Op.80 – Hill Quartet
Concert ends 13.00 Admission €7

67. Crespo Series – Christian Fellowship Church 14.00
Rainer Zipperling, Michael Borgstede
J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata No.1 in G major BWV 1027
J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata No.2 in D major BWV 1028
J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata No.3 in G minor BWV 1029
Concert ends 14.50 Admission €15

68. Masterclass – Maritime Hotel 14.00
Allora Quartet with Doric Quartet
Class ends 15.30 Admission Free

69. Crespo Series – St Brendan’s Church 15.00
Quatuor Danel
Weinberg Quartet No.9 in F sharp minor Op.80
Weinberg Quartet No.10 in A minor Op.85
Concert ends 16.00 Admission €15

70. Masterclass – Maritime Hotel 16.30
Leggiadro Quartet with Richard Ireland
Class ends 18.00 Admission Free

71. Crespo Series – St Brendan’s Hall 17.00
Crash Ensemble
Ann Cleare Fiain
Linda Buckley Chrysalism
Barry O Halpin Lipids
Deirdre Gribbin Provoked City
Raymond Deane Quadripartita
Concert ends 18.00 Admission €10

72. Main Evening Concert – Bantry House 19.30
Sebastian Fagerlund Woodland Variations – Signum Quartet, Bram van Sambeek IRISH PREMIERE
Roxanna Panufnik Clarinet Quintet – Signum Quartet, Matthew Hunt WORLD PREMIERE
Schubert Quartet No.13 in A minor ‘Rosamunde’ – Signum Quartet
Concert ends 21.00 Admission €45/€35/€25

73. Main Evening Concert – St Brendan’s Church 19.30
Caroline Shaw Can’ voi l’aube – Lotte Betts-Dean, Hill Quartet
Katie Noonan Song of Hope – Lotte Betts-Dean, Hill Quartet
Kate Bush (arr Brett Dean) The Man with the Child in his Eyes – Lotte Betts-Dean, Hill Quartet
Joseph Marx Durch Einsamkeiten – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat
Arthur Bliss Two Nursery Rhymes – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat
Edmund Rubbra Two Sonnets by William Alabaster – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat
Deirdre Gribbin Maps of Awakening – Malachy Robinson
Ivor Gurney In the Black Winter Morning – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat
Brett Dean Poems and Prayers – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat
Brahms 2 Geistliche Lieder – Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean, Joseph Havlat
Concert ends 21.00 Admission €30/€20/€10

74. Late Great Show – Bantry House 22.00
Dana Zemtsov, Anna Fedorova
Brahms Viola Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.120/1
Brahms Viola Sonata No.2 in E flat Op.120/2
Concert ends 22.50 Admission €15

75. Late Great Show – St Brendan’s Church 22.00
Martin Hayes
Solo repertoire
Concert ends 22.45 Admission €15

See the full programme below. For further information and tickets, visit: www.westcorkmusic.ie/chamber-music-festival/programme/