Having regard to the issues presented by the current Covid-19 emergency, Sligo County Council has taken the difficult decision to cancel Sligo International Chamber Music Festival due to take place from 1st to 4th May 2020. This decision is necessary in light of travel restrictions around the world and venue closures in Ireland with no confirmed dates as to when they will be lifted.
Programme
Individual ticket prices range from €5 - €30
Festival Saver €190 (€210 if purchased individually)
Friday 1st May / 8.00pm / Drumcliffe Church / €30
Vogler Quartet with Guests
Vogler Quartet: Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin)
Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello)
Guest Artists:
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin)
Noam Greenberg (piano)
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Vashti Hunter (cello)
Sibylle Mahni (French horn)
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in F major, KV 377
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Noam Greenberg (piano)
Sebastian Fagerlund: Woodlands for solo bassoon
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Reinhold Glière: From 4 works for horn and piano, Op 35
No 6 Romance and No 7 Valse triste
Sibylle Mahni (French horn), Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Iannis Xenakis: Dhipli Zyia for violin and cello
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello)
Luciano Berio: Lied for clarinet solo
Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op 59 No 1
Vogler Quartet
Saturday 2nd May / 12noon / The Model Sligo / €5
'Beethoven as hero, Beethoven as sell-out, Beethoven as prophet'
Three different images of the great composer
Adrian Smith (Lecturer, TU Dublin Conservatoire of Music and Drama)
Few other figures fulfil the image of the Romantic artist better than Beethoven, a composer whose name is synonymous with notions of uncompromising artistic integrity. His 'middle period' contains some of the most inspiring passages of music ever written while his 'late' work is lauded for its almost transcendent quality. In between the 'middle' and 'late' periods however, there are some works that Beethoven clearly dashed off in order to make a quick buck, proving that even he was not immune to occasionally selling-out. This talk will present three different snapshots of Beethoven's music which fit the following images: Beethoven as hero, Beethoven as sell-out, and Beethoven as prophet.
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 9 "Kreutzer Sonata", 1st movement
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Noam Greenberg (piano)
Reading from Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata“
Phelim Drew (actor)
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Vogler Quartet
Saturday 2nd May / 2pm / The Model Sligo / €20
Vogler Quartet with Guests
Vogler Quartet: Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin)
Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello)
with Guest Artists
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin)
Noem Greenberg (piano)
Phelim Drew (actor)
Saturday 2nd May / 4pm / The Model Sligo / €20
Concert
Vogler Quartet: Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin)
Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95
Vogler Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13
Vogler Quartet
Saturday 2nd May / 8.00 pm / Drumcliffe Church / €30
Concert
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Frank Reinecke (violin)
Sibylle Mahni (French horn)
Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Noam Greenberg (piano)
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin)
Vashti Hunter (cello)
Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in G Minor Op 34 No 2
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Rhona Clarke: Tread Softly
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Franz Schreker: Der Wind for violin, clarinet, horn, cello and piano
Frank Reinecke (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello), Sibylle Mahni (French horn),
Reto Bieri (clarinet), Noam Greenberg (piano)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat Major, Op 70 No 2
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello), Noam Greenberg (piano)
Sunday 3rd May / 12noon / The Model Sligo / €20
Concert
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Vashti Hunter (cello)
Sibylle Mahni (French horn)
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin)
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI:34
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Nikos Skalkottas: Duet for violin and cello A/K 44
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F Major, Op 17
Sibylle Mahni (French horn), Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Originally composed for solo piano, the suite has been orchestrated and arranged for many diverse ensembles over the years and now for an unlikely combination of violin, clarinet, double bass and accordion! Accordionist Dermot Dunne (who has played the piece in his own version for solo accordion) has arranged this much-loved concert piece for the Sligo International Chamber Music Festival in such a way as to fully exploit the expressive quality and potential of each instrument of the quartet to evoke the nuances of each of the charming pictures in the suite.
Sunday 3rd May / 2pm / The Model Sligo / €20
Modest Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition for accordion, clarinet, violin and double bass (arr Dermot Dunne)
Dermot Dunne (accordion)
Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Mia Cooper (violin)
Malachy Robinson (double bass)
Sunday 3rd May / 4pm / The Model / €5
Tuned In! Music Generation Sligo Masterclass & Performance Programme with curator & conductor James Cavanagh
Following an intensive weekend working with the Vogler Quartet and other internationally acclaimed tutors, these talented young string players from across Ireland, perform a selection of classics.
Sunday 3rd May / 8pm / Drumcliffe Church / €30
Concert
Vogler Quartet: Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin)
Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello)
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin)
Noam Greenberg (piano)
Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Sibylle Mahni (French horn)
Malachy Robinson (double bass)
Édouard Du Puy: Quintet in A minor for bassoon and string quartet
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Vogler Quartet
George Enescu: Sonata No 3 in A minor
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin,) Noam Greenberg (piano)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, Op 20
Tim Vogler (violin), Stefan Fehlandt (viola), Stephan Forck (cello), Reto Bieri (clarinet),
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Sibylle Mahni (French horn), Malachy Robinson (double bass)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen'
Vashti Hunter (cello), Noam Greenberg (piano)
Reinhold Glière: From 4 works for horn and piano, No 10 " Intermezzo" and No 11 "Nocturne"
Sibylle Mahni (French horn), Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Cliff Burton (Metallica): (Anesthesia) "Pulling Teeth"
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat major, Hob XV:29
Jonian Illias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello), Noam Greenberg (piano)
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34
Reto Bieri (clarinet), Vogler Quartet
Monday 4th May / 12noon / Drumcliffe Church / €30
Concert
Vogler Quartet: Tim Vogler (violin) Frank Reinecke (violin)
Stefan Fehlandt (viola) Stephan Forck (cello)
Noam Greenberg (piano)
Sibylle Mahni (French horn)
Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Jonian Illias Kadesha (violin)
Vashti Hunter (cello)
Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Tickets
Individual ticket prices range from €5 - €30
Festival Saver €190 (€210 if purchased individually)
Tickets can be purchased online:
by phone: 071 916 1518
or directly at Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
The Hawk’s Well Box Office is acting on behalf of Sligo International Chamber Music Festival, you will be asked at the time of booking if the festival can contact you with regard to future events.
* Tickets for Under 18’s are half price with Music Generation Sligo Go See initiative.
* Tickets available online for all concerts until midnight the night before the concert, except for Monday’s concert which is only available online until 5pm on Sunday. All tickets are subject to a €1 convenience fee.
* Tickets purchased online are available for collection at the event venue from 30 mins prior to the event commencing.
* Tickets can be purchased at the door of each event subject to availability.