Wednesday 26 July at 7.30pm
University Concert Hall

NORTHERN LIGHTS
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Marwood director

Sibelius String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, Voces intimae
Balys Dvarionas Elegy
Grieg Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63
Peteris Vasks Distant Light

Festival Director Anthony Marwood journeys to the Baltics, first to Finland for the romantic quartet by Sibelius, then to Lithuania and Latvia for Vasks’ delicious concerto Distant Light.

Tickets: Euro 25, 20, 15 Students 10

Thursday 27 July at 1pm
Daghdha Dance Studio, John’s Square

CALLINO QUARTET
Ioana Petcu-Colan and Sarah Sexton violins Rebecca Jones viola, Sarah McMahon cello

György Kurtág Officium breve - in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Op. 28
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13

“The unalloyed musicality of the Callino Quartet’s playing was as good as you are likely to hear anywhere." The Irish Times.

Tickets: Euro 15, 12

Thursday 27 July at 7.30pm

CARNIVAL OF THE SEASONS
Red Priest
Howard Beach harpsichord, Angela East cello,
Piers Adams recorders, Julia Bishop violin

Stunning Vivaldi: The Four Seasons…plus Bach, Corelli, Purcell and Biber!

"I haven’t yet recovered from the first time I heard this group, which was an overwhelming experience: highly imaginative, provocative, brilliantly virtuosic.” Anthony Marwood

Tickets: Euro 25, 20, 15 Students 10

Thursday 27 July at 10.15pm
St Mary’s Cathedral

LATE NIGHT MARWOOD
Anthony Marwood violin
Finghin Collins piano
Killaloe Quartet:
Katherine Hunka and Diane Daly violins,
Joachim Roewer viola, Juliet Welchman cello

Chausson Concert in D for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21

A highly charged emotional journey, uniquely scored for solo violin and piano with string quartet. A piano part, notoriously difficult, is championed here by one of Ireland’s leading pianists, Finghin Collins.

Tickets: Euro 15, 12

Friday 28 July at 12 noon
St Mary’s Cathedral

MUSIC FACTORY FREE CONCERT
Children participate in creative music workshops with members of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, bringing them on a musical journey that culminates in a performance of their newly composed work.

Friday 28 July at 1pm
St Mary’s Cathedral

SHOSTAKOVICH CENTENARY
Anthony Marwood violin
Alison Roddy soprano, Bartholomew LaFollette cello Caroline Palmer piano

Tchaikovsky None But the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, No. 6 Whether By Day Op. 47, No. 6
Stravinsky Valse pour les enfants, Piano Rag, Tango, Les Cinq Doigts (selection)
Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
Shostakovich Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127

Celebrate Shostakovich’s centenary with a performance of his soul-searching settings of poems by the great symbolist poet Alexander Blok.

Tickets: Euro 15, 12

Friday 28 July at 7.30pm
University Concert Hall

YOUNG PERSON’S ORCHESTRA
National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Atso Almila conductor
Finghin Collins piano

Agnew Straight to the Point
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 100

The talented young players of the NYSOI are joined by Finghin Collins for Prokofiev’s exhilarating roller-coaster concerto ride.

Tickets: Euro 15, 10

Friday 28 July at 10.15pm
St Mary’s Cathedral

RACHMANINOV BY CANDLELIGHT
Lege Artis Chamber Choir
Boris Abalyan conductor

Rachmaninov Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31

Rachmaninov’s great choral Vespers and the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom are acknowledged as the crowning achievements of the golden age of Russian Orthodox sacred music.

A full-blooded Russian interpretation by our guest choir from St Petersburg in the atmospheric surroundings of a candlelit St Mary’s Cathedral.

Tickets: Euro 15, 12 concessions

Saturday 29 July 3pm
St Mary’s Cathedral

YOUNG ARTIST PLATFORM
Bartholomew LaFollette cello,
Caroline Palmer piano

Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1
Glazunov Chant du Ménestrel (Minstrel’s Song), Op. 71
Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

American cellist Bartholomew LaFollette has won several prizes including the Guilhermina Suggia Award and is hailed as a worthy successor to Jacqueline du Pré.

Tickets: Euro 20, 15, 10

7.30pm St Mary’s Cathedral

FROM ST PETERSBURG WITH LOVE
Lege Artis Chamber Choir
Boris Abalyan conductor

Our special guests from St Petersburg present a fascinating portrait of Orthodox Church music from the ancient psalms (Byzantine chant) and the rich sound-world of Rachmaninov’s Vespers to modern gems by Stravinsky and Penderecki.

The programme concludes with a selection of secular works by St Petersburg composers including Dargomyzhsky, Alexander Knaifel and Dmitri V. Smirnov and featuring settings of poems by Pushkin, Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky.

Tickets: Euro 25, 20, 15 Students 10

Sunday 30 July 3pm
University Concert Hall

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No. 5
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Paul Watkins conductor
Anthony Marwood violin

Stravinsky Apollon Musagète / 'Concentric Paths',
Thomas Adès Violin Concerto Irish première
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

One of the great new works of the 21st century alongside Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony. Thomas Adès wrote his violin concerto for Anthony Marwood and has created for him a dazzling and highly challenging solo part that extends the technique of the instrument. Its musical language is linked to the romantic violin concerto tradition yet is bold enough
to call itself visionary.

Tickets: Euro 25, 20, 15 Students 10

Sunday 30 July
Millstream Courtyard, UL

After the concert Friends Reception
Friends of ICO champagne reception followed by a supper in Millstream Restaurant at 5.30pm. Anthony Marwood is the guest of honour. For details contact Margaret Kelly on +353 (0) 61 202 620 or via email at Margaret.Kelly@ul.ie

Sunday 30 July 9pm

CABARET AT DOLAN’S WAREHOUSE
Liza Sadovy actor/singer
Walter Van Dyk actor/singer
Michael Haslam piano
Lawrence Evans director
Original production directed by Liam Halligan

O Moon of Alabama: A Kurt Weill Cabaret

We move to one of Limerick’s great venues – Dolan’s on the Dock Road – to close the Festival in style with a compilation show of Kurt Weill songs ranging from 1920s Berlin to Broadway including favourites from The Threepenny Opera and Street Scene. Join the party and welcome to the cabaret!

Tickets: Euro 15, 12 concessions