Classical

Highlights

Argento Ensemble Sarc

Belfast Sat 8pm £8 048-90975337 Erin Lesser (Flute), Carol McGonnell (Clarinet) NCH, Dublin Tues 8.30pm €10 01-4170000

Offaly-born composer Ann Cleare is not a well-known name on the new music scene in Ireland. She’s followed a well-worn pattern by making more impact abroad than at home. The big players in new music (RTÉ, the Crash Ensemble and Concorde) haven’t exactly been falling over themselves to present Cleare’s work, though she has featured in a young composer focus at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and has won the composition competition at the Feis Ceoil in Dublin. She’s already worked at IRCAM in Paris, and is currently studying for a PhD at Harvard under Chaya Czernowin and Hans Tutschku.

Cleare’s new Eyam for bass clarinet and electronics gets two performances this week, from Carol McGonnell of New York’s Argento Ensemble (above) at the mini-festival Sonorities in Belfast, and in the New Sound Worlds series at the National Concert Hall. Also on offer over the two concerts (featuring flute, clarinet and percussion in Belfast, flute and clarinet only in Dublin) are works by Allain Gaussin, Vinko Globokar, Beat Furrer, Luigi Nono, Alexandre Lunsqui, Giacinto Scelsi, and Harold Meltzer.

Friday 20

  • Belfast

    Waterfront Hall

    Jennifer Pike (violin), UO/Branwell Tovey. Schubert: Rosamunde Overture; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Dvorak: New World Symphony. 7.45pm £8-£23.50 048-90239955
  • Dublin

    Gaiety Theatre Bar

    Opera Ireland Lunchtime Arias. 1pm €15 (incl soup and sandwich) 01-4786041
  • Gaiety Theatre

    Dieter Kaegi (director), Ferdia Murphy (designer), Opera Ireland Chorus, RTÉCO/Marco Zambelli. Verdi: Macbeth. 8pm €10-€120 1890-673727 Also Sun
  • NCH

    Garry Mountaine (director), Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society/ Gearóid Grant. Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore. 8pm €30-€35 01-4170000 Also Sat
  • Kerry

    Intermediate School, Killorglin

    Míceál O'Rourke (piano). Schubert: Klavierstücke D946; Seóirse Bodley: The Tightrope Walker Presents a Rose; Debussy: 4 Preludes; Chopin: Ballade No 1; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. 8pm €15 066-9761246

Saturday 21

  • Belfast

    SARC

    Argento Ensemble. Allain Gaussin: Satori; Vinko Globokar: Corporel; Beat Furrer: Fama (exc); Nono: A Pierre (Dell'azzurro silenzio, inquietum); Ann Cleare: Eyam (first performance); Alexandre Lunsqui: Topografia Index 2; Topografia Index 3. See panel. 8pm £8 048-90975337
  • Dublin

    Christ Church Cathedral

    Valerian Ruminski (bass). A Handel Recital. 1.15pm
  • NCH

    Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore. See Friday. 2.30pm, 8pm €28-€35 01-4170000
  • Gaiety Theatre

    Opera Ireland Chorus, RTÉCO/Roman Brogli- Sacher. Wagner: Das Rheingold (concert performance). 8pm €10-€65 1890-673727
  • King's Inns, Constitution Hill

    ConTempo String Quartet, Dublin Baroque Players/Fergus Sheil. Mozart: Magic Flute Overture; Spohr: Concertante Quartet Op 131; Elgar: Introduction and Allegro; Brahms: Serenade No 2. 8pm €18 085-7519798
  • St Ann's Church, Dawson Street

    New Dublin Voices/ Bernie Sherlock. Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia; Brahms: Drei Gesänge Op 42; Buchenberg: Klangfelder; Bates: Sea Swell; Bernstein: Warm-up; Biebl: Ave Maria. 8pm €16 01-8721122 Also Sun, Louth

Sunday 22

  • Belfast

    SARC

    Ivan Goff (uilleann pipes), Franziska Schroeder (saxophones), Brian Cullen (3D animations), Pedro Rebelo (electronics). Pedro Rebelo: New work. 8pm £8 048-90975337
  • Dublin

    Hugh Lane Gallery

    Concorde. Judith Ring: . . . within an egg of space . . . ; Massimo Davi: Fluidi; Hugh Boyle: Into the Night (first performance); Erkki Jokinen: Alone; Sungji Hong: Shades of Raindrops. Noon Adm free 01-2225550
  • IMMA

    Håkan Vramsmo (baritone), Andrew West (piano). Schubert: Winterreise. 3pm €20 01-2804676
  • St Nicholas of Myra Church, Francis Street

    Cantando/Orla Barry. Malcolm Archer: Requiem; plus Psalms of Comfort by various composers. 3.30pm €10
  • Gaiety Theatre

    Verdi: Macbeth. See Friday. 8pm €10-€120 1890-673727
  • St Patrick's Cathedral

    Gaudete Singers/David Leigh. Vespers for St Cecilia: works by Palestrina, Victoria, Rachmaninov, Stanford et al. 8pm €15
  • Kerry

    Malton Hotel, Killarney

    Danny Sheehy (narrator), Kerry Orchestra/Aidan O'Carroll. Includes Siobhán Cleary: Mis (first performance); Aidan O'Carroll: Rambles in Kerry. 6.30pm 066-7125690
  • Kilkenny

    Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Callan

    Peter Tuite (piano). Prokofiev: 7 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet; Ives: The Alcotts; Debussy: Preludes Book 1. 4pm €15 056-7761€7
  • Louth

    Heritage Centre, Carlingford

    New Dublin Voices/Bernie Sherlock. See Saturday, Dublin. 7pm €16 01-8721122

Monday 23

  • Dublin

    NCH

    Guy Johnston (cello), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), OSC/Proinnsías Ó Duinn. Haydn: Symphony No 22 (Philosopher); Cello Concerto in C; Trumpet Concerto; Symphony No 45 (Farewell). 8pm €20-€30 01-4170000

Tuesday 24

  • Dublin

    NCH Kevin Barry Room

    Erin Lesser (flute), Carol McGonnell (clarinet). Allain Gaussin: Satori; Scelsi: Suite; Harold Meltzer: Trapset and focus group; Nono: A Pierre (Dell'azzurro silenzio, inquietum); Ann Cleare: Eyam; Beat Furrer: Fama (exc); Alexandre Lunsqui: Topografia. See panel. 8.30pm €10 01-4170000

Wednesday 25

  • Belfast

    McMordie Hall, QUB

    Seminar on Harty's Manuscript Sources by Declan Plummer. 1pm Adm free 048-90975337
  • Harty Room

    Queen's Composers Concert. 7.30pm Adm free 048-90975337
  • Dublin

    NCH Kevin Barry Room

    Violin master class with Yossi Zivoni. 2pm €5 01-4170000
  • Limerick

    36 Cecil Street, Limerick

    Tasmin Little (violin). Paul Patterson: Luslawice Variations; Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV1001; Partita in E BWV1006; Bartók: Melodie; Ysaÿe; Sonata No 3. 8pm €17 061-319866 Also Thurs, Cork

Thursday 26

  • Belfast

    Harty Room

    Rose Consort of Viols. Jenkins, Locke, Simpson, Purcell. 1.10pm Adm free 048-90975337
  • Cork

    CIT Cork School of Music, Cork

    Tasmin Little (violin). See Wednesday, Limerick. 8pm €20
  • Wexford

    Wexford Opera House

    Dermot O'Neill (mc), RTÉCO. Wexford Carols. 8pm Adm free (ticket required) 1850-467372
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