VANBRUGH & FRIENDS 

Keith Pascoe, violin 
Marja Gaynor, violin 
Simon Aspell, viola 
Christopher Marwood, cello 
Maria O’Connor, cello

Ostravská banda

International chamber orchestra
Petr Kotik, conductor

With special guests
Irena Troupová, soprano (Prague)
Susan Stenger, flute (London)
Alex Petcu, percussion (Cork)
Yseult Cooper, violoncello (Cork)

Program:
Martin Smolka - Oh, My Admired C-Minor
Donnchadh MacAodha - Music for Flute and a Two Handed Pianist
Petr Kotik - Many Many Women Plus I
Phill Niblock - Petr’s Charm 

Composers Smolka, MacAodha and Kotik will be present

Department of Music doctoral researcher and Senior Technical Officer Phil Maguire will launch his new CD, faint red / pencil lines on Farpoint Recordings at Anima Mundi #5, a series by Errant Sound that is part of Cultúr Éireann's Zeitgeist Irland 24 festival in Berlin. Phil will perform at Morphine Raum on 12th October.

Body & Soul: new music for historic instruments 

Yonit Kosovske, harpsichord
Sarah Groser, viol
Caitríona O'Mahony, baroque violin. 

In association with East Cork Early Music Festival

This lecture is online and can be viewed here.

From Branchu to Baker: Tracing Innovative Diasporic Performance Practices Through Time and Space in Nineteenth-Century Paris  

Historically, the emergence of Black women performers in European circles tends to be located in the twentieth century, with the arrival in Paris of Joséphine Baker (1906–1975). This paper seeks to recover the established Parisian racialized and sexualized diasporic performance practices into which Baker inserted herself.

De Ziah & Date: Cello/Guitar Duo

 
Enjoy a captivating concert featuring Ilse de Ziah on cello and Ian Date on guitar. Experience their mesmerising duet, weaving intricate melodies and evocative harmonies that redefine cello and guitar performance. Their fusion of Celtic, Jazz, and World music, infused with a Classical sensibility gives a fresh perspective on global musical styles. 

Claudia Schwab - Went to Walk album launch tour

 
Sligo-based Austrian violinist/singer/yodeller and composer Claudia Schwab has performed on numerous recordings and collaborated with a range of cross-genre artists both established and emerging.

Rearranged: pop and soul music for voice and piano

Clíodhna Octigan - voice
Paul O'Donnell - piano

This week's Friday lunchtime concert promises to be a real treat and features the wonderful duo of vocalist Clíodhna Octigan and none other than UCC's (and FUAIM's!) very own Paul O'Donnell on piano. Please join us in St. Fin Barre's Cathedral for this much-anticipated performance of brilliantly (re)arranged pop and soul tunes.

THE GEALACH QUARTET

Kseniia Yershova, violin
Ellen O’Connell, violin
Ilona Adams, viola
Alina Obreja, cello

Shostakovich – String Quartet No.1 [1938]

The Gealach Quartet from MTU Cork School of Music performs Shostakovich’s short, charming and brilliant first quartet.

VANBRUGH & FRIENDS

Keith Pascoe, violin
Marja Gaynor, violin
Simon Aspell, viola
Ed Creedon, viola
Christopher Marwood, cello
Maria O’Connor, cello

Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of Ireland's foremost traditional fiddle players and a classical violinist of international stature who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into uncharted musical territory, most notably through her award-winning international collaborations.