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DATE PERFORMERS,TIME&VENUE
28/09/17 IRISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA with GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
13/10/17 THE IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA SHARON CARTY (mezzo-soprano), THOMAS DUNFORD (lute) 8pm & 10pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
22/10/17 CSM FLEISCHMANN CHOIR JAMES TAYLOR (organ), CONOR PALLISER (conductor) 7pm, St Michael’s Church, Blackrock
28/10/17 CASSANDRA WILSON (Cork Jazz Festival) 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
11/11/17 CORK FLEISCHMANN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KEVIN JANSSON (piano), KEITH PASCOE (conductor) 8pm, City Hall, Cork
18/11/17 CSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DAVID McELROY (violin), CONOR PALLISER (conductor) 1.10pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
23/11/17 JOHN O’CONOR and VERONICA McSWINEY - MUSIC FOR 2 PIANOS 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
07/12/17 ORTÚS SEASON LAUNCH CONCERT, SIOBHÁN DOYLE (violin) SINÉAD O’HALLORAN (cello), GARY BEECHER (piano) 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
17/12/17 HELMI CONSORT (Baroque Trio) with KELLEY LONERGAN (soprano) 3pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
MADRIGAL ’75 20/12/17 CHRISTMAS CONCERT NO. 1 21/12/17 CHRISTMAS CONCERT NO. 2 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
COSProgramme Sept–Dec 2017
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Cork Orchestral Society’s 80th season opens with a performance of the Irish Chamber Orchestra under the baton of the charismatic Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. The programme features popular works by Elgar and Brahms, plus a world premiere of a new composition by Sam Perkin (featuring guest soloist Alex Petcu).
Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20. Sam Perkin: 365 Variations on a Gesture (for Percussionist and String Orchestra). Brahms: String Sextet No.1 in B flat major, Op.18
Thursday 28 September 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Irish Chamber Orchestra with Gábor Takács-Nagy(conductor)
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The Irish Baroque Orchestra, with mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty and director Claire Duff, performs 17th and 18th Century Italian arie di baule (‘suitcase arias’), including works never previously performed or recorded in Ireland. The main concert is followed by a late night recital as Thomas Dunford plays solo lute music by John Dowland and J.S. Bach.
8pm: The Irish Baroque Orchestra with Sharon Carty10pm: Lute recital by Thomas Dunford
In association with the East Cork Early Music Festival
Friday 13 October 20178pm & 10pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Irish Baroque Orchestra Lute Recital by Thomas Dunford
2Concerts
at 8pm and
10pm
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The CIT Fleischmann Choir, with organist James Taylor and conductor Conor Palliser, perform one of the most serenely beautiful works in the western musical canon, Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. The exquisite 5 Hymns, Op.140, by Fauré’s contemporary Joseph Rheinberger, complete a heavenly programme of ravishing sacred music.
Rheinberger: Hymnen, Op.140 Fauré: Requiem, Op.48
Sunday 22 October 20177pm, St Michael’s Church, Blackrock
CSM Fleischmann ChoirJames Taylor (organ)Conor Palliser (conductor)
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Iconic American jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson comes to CIT Cork School Of Music as part of a short Irish tour featuring a stellar ensemble of top Irish, folk, classical and jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of two Grammy awards, Wilson has sold millions of albums on the Blue Note label but is known for her ability to attract audiences from across a broad spectrum of musical genres.
Tickets: €27.50 (General admission) | €22.50 (COS members)
Saturday 28 October 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Cassandra Wilson (CorkJazzFestival)
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Keith Pascoe conducts the Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra in performances of a perennial favourite by Rimsky-Korsakov; a new work by the Cork born composer Sam Perkin; and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3, featuring the prodigiously talented Kevin Jansson as guest soloist.
Sam Perkin: Timpano Rimsky-Korsakov: ScheherazadeBeethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor
Saturday 11 November 20178pm, City Hall, Cork
Cork Fleischmann Symphony OrchestraKevin Jansson (piano)Keith Pascoe (conductor)
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Join the CSM Symphony Orchestra in this free lunchtime concert for the opportunity to hear Glazunov’s attractive Violin Concerto in the capable hands of David McElroy, winner of the CSM Senior Concerto Competition, 2017. David is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting talents to emerge from CSM in recent years. The concert also features Sibelius’ evocative and patriotic Karelia Suite.
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op.11Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82
Saturday 18 November 20171.10pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
CSM Symphony OrchestraDavid McElroy (violin)Conor Palliser (conductor)
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Two of Ireland’s finest pianists, Veronica McSwiney and John O’Conor, perform works for two pianos by Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Milhaud, plus an arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite that garnered enthusiastic acclaim from audience and critics alike when performed by the duo in their first performance together in the National Concert Hall last year.
Mozart: Sonata in D K448. Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op.17 Milhaud: Scaramouche Suite. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Thursday 23 November 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
John O’Conor and Veronica McSwiney - Music for 2 Pianos
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A trio of Ireland’s brightest young musical talents – Siobhán Doyle (violin), Sinéad O’Halloran (cello) and Gary Beecher (piano) – open the new Ortús season with a scintillating programme featuring famous piano trios by Josef Hadyn and Johannes Brahms, plus a duo for violin and cello by Maurice Ravel dedicated to his recently deceased compatriot, Claude Debussy.
Haydn: Piano Trio No.39 in G major, “Gypsy”Ravel: Duo for Violin and CelloBrahms: Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8
Thursday 7 December 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Ortús Season Launch ConcertSiobhán Doyle (violin)Sinéad O’Halloran (cello)Gary Beecher (piano)
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The Helmi Consort – Katri Susitaival (viola da gamba), Anna Savelainen (cembalo) and Marja Gaynor (violin) – are joined by special guest Kelley Lonergan (soprano) for an afternoon baroque concert to help relieve your Christmas shopping fatigue!
The programme includes Telemann’s Violin Sonata in F major.
Sunday 17 December 20173pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Helmi Consort (Baroque Trio)with Kelley Lonergan (soprano)
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In response to huge audience demand, this Christmas Madrigal ’75 will present their annual concert of seasonal choral music not once, but twice! As usual, the repertoire will include both rarely performed works alongside Christmas classics, with music spanning the ages from early to contemporary. Tickets for this magical event have sold out quickly in recent years so please try not to miss out on what has fast become the essential Christmas concert for music lovers in Cork.
Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 December 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Madrigal ’75 Christmas ConcertsJames Taylor(conductor)
2 DatesWednesday
and Thursday
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Irish Chamber Orchestra with Gábor Takács-Nagy (28thSept)
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The Irish Baroque Orchestra (13thOct)
8pmConcert:¤20(Generaladmission).¤15(Concessions/COSmembers)
¤10(COSconcessionarymembers).¤5(Students)
10pmConcert:¤15
BothConcerts:¤30/¤25(Generaladmission).¤25/¤20(COSmembers)
CSM Fleischmann Choir (22ndOct)
¤15/¤12/¤10/¤5/under18sfree
Cassandra Wilson (28thOct)
Tickets:¤27.50(Generaladmission)/¤22.50(COSmembers)
Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra (11thNov)
¤30(Balcony).¤25/¤20(Frontparterre).¤20/¤15(Backparterre)
CSM Symphony Orchestra (18thNov):AdmissionFree
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