NCH Chamber Music Series 2017/2018

NCH CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES 2017/2018 Kevin Barry Recital Room

RTÉ Contempo Quartet Gwendolyn Masin & Finghin Collins Irish Baroque Orchestra Fidelio Trio Philip Martin Xuefei Yang Vanbrugh & Michael McHale Mozart Quintets: Emily Anderson Celebration Debussy 2018

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NCH CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES 2017/2018 At a Glance

RTÉ Contempo Quartet Beethoven Cycle 17/18 Sundays at 3pm 24 September | 22 October 19 November | 10 December 28 January | 11 February 25 March | 22 April | 20 May

Gwendolyn Masin and Finghin Collins Series Tues. 26 September | Thurs. 19 October Thurs. 30 November | Wed. 7 February Thurs. 8 March | Thurs. 19 April at 7.30pm

Irish Baroque Orchestra: Prodigies and Premieres Wednesdays at 7.30pm 11 | 18 | 25 October

Fidelio Trio Weekends Sat. 28 October at 11am Sun. 29 October at 3pm Sat. 3 February at 11am Sun. 4 February at 3pm

Philip Martin at 70 A weekend with the renowned pianist, composer and teacher Sat. 4 November at 11am Masterclass Sun. 5 November at 3pm Recital

Xuefei Yang Guitar Series Thursdays at 7.30pm 9 November 2017 25 January 2017 26 April 2018

Mozart Quintets Emily Anderson Celebration Wed. 14 February at 7.30pm

Vanbrugh and Michael McHale Piano Quartets Sundays at 3pm 25 February 2018 11 March 2018

Debussy 2018: Ireland’s Tombeau to Debussy Three concerts in homage to the great French composer.

Thursdays at 7pm 31 May | 7 June | 14 June 2018

RTÉ CONTEMPO QUARTET: BEETHOVEN CYCLE A series of Sunday afternoon concerts by the RTÉ Contempo Quartet featuring the complete Beethoven String Quartets alongside ten quartets by Irish composers.

RTÉ Contempo Quartet

Sunday 24 September 2017, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18/1 in F Brian Boydell String Quartet No. 1 Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59/1 in F

Sunday 11 February 2018, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18/6 in B flat Ian Wilson ‘Her Charms Invited’ Beethoven String Quartet Op. 130 in B flat

Sunday 22 October 2017, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18/2 in G Raymond Deane String Quartet No. 6 (New RTÉ Commission) Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59/2 in E minor

Sunday 25 March 2018, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Op. 127 in E flat Deirdre Gribbin Calum’s light Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135 in F

Sunday 19 November 2017, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18/3 in D Kevin Volans White Man Sleeps Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59/3 in C Sunday 10 December 2017, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18/4 in C minor Deirdre McKay new work (RTÉ Commission) Beethoven String Quartet Op. 74 in E flat

Sunday 22 April 2018, 3pm John Kinsella String Quartet No. 3 Beethoven String Quartet Op. 132 in A minor Sunday 20 May 2018, 3pm Andrew Hamilton new work (RTÉ Commission) Beethoven String Quartet Op. 133 ‘Grosse Fugue’ Beethoven String Quartet Op. 131 in C sharp minor

Sunday 28 January 2018, 3pm Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18/5 in A Ina Boyle String Quartet Jane O’Leary The Passing Sound of Forever Beethoven String Quartet Op. 95 in F Tickets: €15 or Package Price €120 for all nine concerts. €5 student offer Presented in association with RTÉ Contempo Quartet

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IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA; PRODIGIES AND PREMIERES Driven by the belief that the best things in life stand the test of time, the Irish Baroque Orchestra allow Irish audiences to experience the beauty of baroque music as it was intended to be heard. This series features 17th and 18th century works some of which have never been performed in Ireland before.

Irish Baroque Orchestra

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 7.30pm

Claire Duff director/violin Sharon Carty mezzo-soprano Irish Baroque Orchestra

Claire Duff director/violin Sarah McMahon cello Malcolm Proud harpsichord Irish Baroque Orchestra

17th and 18th century Italian Arie di Baule, including works by Vivaldi and Castrucci which have never previously performed in Ireland Wednesday 18 October 2017, 7.30pm Claire Duff director/violin André Henrich theorbo Malcom Proud organ Irish Baroque Orchestra 17th century Italian repertoire including newly discovered and newly attributed work by Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli, the Italian composer and violinist.

Sean Doherty Sonata for baroque violin (premiere) Corelli Sonata with embellishments by Dubourg* Francesco Geminiani Cello Sonata *Dubourg was an English violinist, conductor and composer who spent most of his life in Ireland. Among other achievements, Dubourg led the orchestra at the premiere of Handel’s great oratorio Messiah and was also the Chief Composer and Master of the Music attending His Majesty’s State in Ireland.

Tickets: €20 Package Price: €55 for all three concerts Presented in association with the Irish Baroque Orchestra

Gwendolyn Masin

Finghin Collins

GWENDOLYN MASIN & FINGHIN COLLINS SERIES

Wednesday 7 February 2018, 7.30pm

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 7.30pm

Mozart Sonata in G major K.379 for piano and violin Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and piano in B flat Shostakovich Duos for two violins and piano Jörg Widmann Fantasie for clarinet Dvorˇák Terzetto for violin, viola and piano Khachaturian Trio for clarinet, violin and piano *Ana Chumachenco will also give a violin masterclass on Thursday 8 February.

Gwendolyn Masin violin István Várdai cello Finghin Collins piano Ravel Sonata for violin and piano Handel (arr. Halvorsen) Passacaglia for violin and cello Falla (arr. Maréchal) Spanish Songs for cello and piano Schubert Trio in B flat D 898 Thursday 19 October 2017, 7.30pm Gwendolyn Masin violin Mairéad Hickey violin Siobhán Doyle violin Martin Moriarty viola Christopher Ellis cello Gary Beecher piano Kodály Intermezzo for String Trio Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47 Rachmaninoff Trio Elegiaque Bloch Piano Quintet No. 1 Thursday 30 November 2017, 7.30pm Katherine Hunka violin Finghin Collins piano Beethoven Sonata in A minor Op. 23 Janác ˇ ek Sonata for violin and piano Ian Wilson from the Book of Longing Brahms Sonata in G major for violin and piano

Ana Chumachenco violin Gwendolyn Masin violin Cian Ó Dúill viola Macdara Ó Seireadáin clarinet Finghin Collins piano

Thursday 8 March 2018, 7.30pm Gwendolyn Masin violin Ha°vard Gimse piano Debussy Beau Soir Nadia Boulanger Nocturne Fauré Piano Sonata in A, No. 1, Op. 13 Fauré Après un rêve Ravel Tzigane Grieg Four Pieces for Piano Prokofiev Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 80 Thursday 19 April 2018, 7.30pm Roderick Williams baritone Gwendolyn Masin violin Gina Maria McGuinness violin Blythe Teh Engstroem viola Thomas Kaufmann cello Finghin Collins piano Schubert Schwanengesang (extracts) Mendelssohn Six songs arranged Roderick Williams for baritone and string quartet Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

Tickets: €25 Package Price €120 for all six concerts

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Fidelio Trio

FIDELIO TRIO WEEKENDS Shortlisted for the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, the “virtuosic Fidelio Trio” (Sunday Times) are enthusiastic champions of the piano trio genre. For this series they present two weekends of classical, romantic and 20th century music from Beethoven to Smetana and Schubert to Schönberg.

Mary Dullea piano Adi Tal cello Darragh Morgan violin

Saturday 28 October 2017, 11am

Saturday 3 February 2018, 11am

Beethoven Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost” Ravel Piano Trio in A minor

Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 1 No. 1 Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15

Sunday 29 October 2017, 3pm

Sunday 4 February 2018, 3pm

Saint-Saëns Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92 Schönberg ‘Verklärte Nacht’ Op. 4 (arr. Steuermann)

Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898 Chausson Piano Trio in G minor Op. 3

Tickets: €15 or Package Price €54 for all four concerts

Philip Martin

PHILIP MARTIN: 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION A weekend with renowned pianist, composer and teacher Philip Martin.

Saturday 4 November 10am Masterclass Sunday 5 November 3pm Recital Fauré Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63 Debussy Suite Bergamasque Samuel Barber Excursions Op. 20 Philip Martin Night Music for Julia (2004) In a Thousand Valleys Far and Wide (2001) Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24

Masterclass Observer Tickets: €5 | Recital Tickets: €15

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XUEFEI YANG GUITAR SERIES Three concerts featuring the celebrated Chinese classical guitarist and international visiting artist at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Thursday 9 November 2017, 7.30pm ‘Bach to Brazil’ Xuefei Yang guitar Solo recital Thursday 25 January 2018, 7.30pm Robin Tritschler tenor Xuefei Yang guitar Songs by Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Argento and Goss.

MOZART QUINTETS EMILY ANDERSON CELEBRATION Galway born Emily Anderson (1891-1962) was NUI Galway’s first Professor of German.

She earned an international reputation as an authority on Mozart and Beethoven, whose correspondence she edited and translated. The critically acclaimed three-volume edition, The Letters of Mozart & His Family, first published in 1938, has remained a classic reference.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 7.30pm Chamber Music Xuefei Yang guitar, with colleagues from the Royal Irish Academy of Music

Wednesday 14 February 2017, 7.30pm

Tickets: €17.50 Package Price €47.50 for all three concerts

Mozart Piano Sonata in D major K. 311 Mozart String Quintet in C major K. 515 Mozart String Quintet in G minor K. 516

Clara Siegle piano Musici Ireland

Tickets: €17.50 Presented in association with Music for Galway and NUI Galway.

Xuefei Yang

Michael Mchale

THE VANBRUGH & MICHAEL MCHALE PIANO QUARTETS One of Ireland’s leading piano recitalists, concert soloist and chamber musicians Michael McHale joins the Vanbrugh for two Sunday afternoon concerts of chamber music classics by Stanford, Mozart, Brahms and Schumann.

Keith Pascoe violin Simon Aspell viola Christopher Marwood cello Michael McHale piano Sunday 25 February 2018, 3pm Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478 Stanford Piano Quartet in F Op. 15 Sunday 11 March 2018, 3pm Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47 Dvorˇák Piano Quartet in D major Op. 23

Tickets: €15

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Benjamin Dwyer

Thérèse Fahy

DEBUSSY 2018: IRELAND’S TOMBEAU TO DEBUSSY One hundred years after the death of the great French composer, Claude Debussy, pianist Thérèse Fahy, with the support of an Arts Council Music Project Award, brings an exciting Debussy Festival to the NCH. Premiere performances of new works by Jane O’Leary, Raymond Deane, Sebastian Adams, Siobhán Cleary, Roger Doyle, Gráinne Mulvey and Benjamin Dwyer.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 7.30pm Thérèse Fahy piano Elaine Clark violin Martin Johnson cello Ravel Duo for violin and cello Debussy violin and cello sonatas Tombeau de Debussy 1920 works Debussy piano works

Thursday 7 June 2018, 7.30pm Thérèse Fahy piano Madeleine Staunton flute Kathleen Tynan soprano Debussy Syrinx Satie Song from original Trombeau Dukas La plainte au loin du faun Tombeau 1920 piece Debussy songs and piano pieces Thursday 14 June 2018, 7.30pm Thérèse Fahy piano Benjamin Dwyer guitar Dermot Dunne accordion De Falla Homenaje for guitar Stravinsky Serenade for winds, arranged for accordion Tombeau 1920 piece Debussy piano works

Tickets: €20 Package Price: €55 for all three concerts Supported by The Arts Council

Cover image: detail from “The Movement of Sound� by Margaret Egan.

Commissioned by OPW for NCH Kevin Barry Recital Room 2017.

By kind permission of the artist.

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