10th Anniversary Concert:
Tickets are now on sale for the 10th anniversary concert at MTU Cork School of Music on Sunday, 10 November 2024 at 3pm. Tickets are available online here.
MTU Curtis Auditorium – 3pm November 10th 2024 (10th Anniversary Concert)
Beethoven Variations on “Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen” for Cello & Piano, WoO 46
Gary Beecher & Sinéad O’Halloran
Dohnanyi Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op. 10
Mairéad Hickey, Ed Creedon & Sinéad O’Halloran
Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor, KV 478
Mairéad Hickey, Ed Creedon, Gary Beecher & Sinéad O’Halloran
The 2025 Festival Programme:
Musicians: Sinéad O’Halloran (cello), Johannes Marmén (violin), Laia Valentin Braun (violin) & Bryony Gibson-Cornish (viola) (all members of the renowned Marmen Quartet).
Slovenian clarinettist Aliaž Beguš.
Contemporary Irish music ensembles Lucia and Maria and Strung who specialise in a fusion of traditional Irish and classical music, comprising Lucia MacPartlin and Maria Ryan (violins), Maria O’ Connor (cello) and Luke Howard (piano).
Blackrock Castle – 7pm Thursday, February 27th 2025
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5
Marmen Quartet
Dvorak Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
Laia Valentin Braun, Johannes Marmén & Bryony Gibson-Cornish
Ante Grgin Capriccio No. 1 for Solo Clarinet
Aliaž Beguš
Bartok Quartet no. 3
Marmen Quartet
Dripsey Castle Estate – 7.30pm Friday, February 28th 2025
Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C major, KV 465 “Dissonance Quartet”
Marmen Quartet
Sam Perkin “PAUSE”
Marmen Quartet
STRUNG set – composers include Liz Carroll, Phil Cunningham, Johnny McCarthy and old Irish tunes
Lucia MacPartlin and Maria Ryan, violins, Maria O’ Connor, cello & Luke Howard, piano
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh – 1pm Saturday, March 1st 2025
Violin duo – traditional, classical and folk concert
Lucia MacPartlin & Maria Ryan
UCC Aula Maxima – 7.30pm Saturday, March 1st 2025
George Friedrich Fuchs – Clarinet & Violin Duo Op. 14 No. 1
Laia Valentin Braun & Aljaz Begus
Bartok Duos for 2 Violins (selection from 44 Duos, Sz. 98)
Johannes Marmén & Laia Valentin Braun
Bryony Gibson-Cornish– ‘Waiporoporo Moana’ (‘Purple Moon’)
Bryony Gibson-Cornish (solo viola) and Ortús Festival Strings (featuring festival musicians and students of MTU CSM)
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Johannes Marmén, Laia Valentin Braun, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Sinéad O’Halloran & Aliaž Beguš
St. Peter’s Cork – 11am Sunday, March 2nd 2025
Mozart Duo for Violin & Viola No. 1 in G major, K. 423
Johannes Marmén & Bryony Gibson-Cornish
Salina Fisher “Reflect” for Solo Viola
Bryony Gibson-Cornish
Ben Dwyer – Solo Cello Suite (world premiere)
Sinéad O’Halloran
Anders Hillborg – Duet for Clarinet & Violin
Johannes Marmén & Aliaž Beguš
Curtis Auditorium MTU CSM – 3pm Sunday, March 2nd 2025
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 95 in F minor, “Serioso”
Marmen Quartet
Rebecca Clarke Two Pieces for Viola & Cello
Bryony Gibson-Cornish & Sinéad O’Halloran
Seth Grosshandler “Dances for String Quartet”
Johannes Marmén, Laia Valentin Braun, Bryony Gibson-Cornish & Sinéad O’Halloran
Bliss Clarinet Quintet
Johannes Marmén, Laia Valentin Braun, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Sinéad O’Halloran & Aliaž Beguš