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12th Jun 2012 (Tue) from 13:05 - 14:00
National Concert Hall
Violinist Helena Wood leads a concert of dazzling musical scene painting with Haydn's Symphony No. 6 in D 'Le matin' - a magical portrait of a morning sunrise and the comical music lesson that follows it, together with Vivaldi's vividly picturesque depictions of Summer and Winter from his endlessly enjoyable Four Seasons. Music composed with a painter's eye for glorious colour. More
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13th Jun 2012 (Wed) - 16th Jun 2012 (Sat) from 12:30 - 14:00
Cork Arts Theatre
Wednesday 13th - Saturday 16th June
Lunchtime @ 1pm
(Ticket price includes light lunch)
Bookings 021 4505624
'Amanda Neri - The Italian Job'
"A Voice to Enchant" - one of Cork's best Mezzo Sopranos Amanda will sing beautiful renditions of some of Italy most famous songs. Amanda is a Degree student and a soloist of the Opera Studio (Director Mary MacSweeney) at the Cork School of
Music. Amanda has performed at the "Aras" and on hearing her our President said "It was a little bit of heaven".
Tickets: €10 including light lunch
(lunch can only be guaranteed if ticket is booked before 12 noon) More
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13th Jun 2012 (Wed) at 20:00
The Coach House, Dublin Castle
Noel Eccles, Alex Petcu, and Chris Stynes
Playing a range of over thirty percussion instruments including marimbas, vibraphones, crotales, lion drums, taiko, tom toms, bass drums and more. More
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13th Jun 2012 (Wed) from 20:00 - 22:00
National Concert Hall
The Hibernian Orchestra will perform the epic Mahler Symphony No 1 in its annual Summer Concert under the baton of John Finucane. Also featured is soloist Martin Johnson performing Elgar's Cello Concerto. More
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13th Jun 2012 (Wed) at 20:30
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre
If you are into Bluegrass and Country Music then please, please, don't miss the rather special, Niall Toner and his band, on Saturday, 9th June. More
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14th Jun 2012 (Thu) from 20:00 - 22:00
Riverbank Arts Centre
Exotic timbres, pulsing rhythms and interlocking melody lines of a percussion ensemble at full tilt is a sound unlike any other. Add to this the positively viral energy of the CAN percussion trio and you are in for a real treat. It's the brainchild of Noel Eccles, musical director of the first Riverdance tour, member of folk-rock titans Moving Hearts, former principal percussionist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and go-to guy for a host of luminaries including U2, Elvis Costello, The Chieftains, Brian Eno and Elmer Bernstein. read more More
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14th Jun 2012 (Thu) from 20:00 - 21:00
CIT Cork School of Music
Singing Recital with Kelley Lonergan-Soprano & Gabriela Mayer-Piano. Featuring Fauré's song cycle La Bonne Chanson for String Quintet, Piano and Soprano. More
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14th Jun 2012 (Thu) at 20:00
Riverbank Arts Centre
Noel Eccles, Alex Petcu, and Chris Stynes
Playing a range of over thirty percussion instruments including marimbas, vibraphones, crotales, lion drums, taiko, tom toms, bass drums and more. More
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14th Jun 2012 (Thu) from 20:00 - 22:00
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre
Following on from their sell-out success with The Magic Flute this winter, Opera Theatre Company return with Claudio Monteverdi's Baroque masterpiece Orfeo. Although over 400 years old, the exquisite music and dramatic power of this earliest operatic gem remains undiminished. With a powerful cast including Oliver Mercer, Daire Halpin and Sadhbh Dennedy, Orfeo is directed by Ben Barnes and will be sung in English, with Joe Vanek on set design and John Comiskey on lighting.
This performance is sponsored by Mr and Mrs Frank Lanigan. More
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14th Jun 2012 (Thu) - 14th Jul 2012 (Sat) from 20:30 - 10:30
Ionad Naomh Pádraig
Dé Sathairn, 14 Iúil / Saturday 14th July
8.30pm
€10
Gaoth Dobhair / Gweedore, Ionad Naomh Padraig More
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14th Jun 2012 (Thu) at 22:45
The Tower, Dinn Ri
"the comedy rap duo who have lit a fire under Irish music, brought the zeitgeist to Limerick and proved that it is possible to be funny, groovy and a little bit scary at the same time" Hot Press More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) - 16th Jun 2012 (Sat) from 10:30 - 17:00
Conary Community Hall
Conary Community Arts presents
A Weekend Songwriting Workshop
with
Meteor Award Winner Luan Parle
About the workshop
The workshop will focus on songwriting, production, performance, touring and the latest developments in the music industry. By the end of the workshop, the budding songwriters will have written, performed and recorded an original song collectively. This is a unique opportunity for young people to get hands on experience of the day to day work in the music industry, whether they aspire to be performers, songwriters, producers or work in music administration. More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) from 13:00 - 13:00
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre
A lunchtime recital
The Carlow Youth Orchestra was founded in 1996 by Carlow native, Majella Swan, primarily to give young instrumentalists the opportunity to play together. Since its formation the orchestra has strived to allow these young artists to experience some of the standard orchestral repertoire and has been rewarded with a distinction from the Royal Academy of Music. Come and witness the extraordinary talent and passion of the youth within the county. More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) from 19:30 - 21:00
Smock Alley Theatre
Joyce's final masterpiece provides the jumping off point for this adventurous mix of improvised music and film.
Performed by vocalist Dorothy Murphy, Barcelonian film maker Héctor Castells, and clarinettist Seán Mac Erlaine, this piece is an abstract homage to one of the English language's great works of abstraction.
Using improvisation, repetition, collage and a personalised, devised language, Is now all seenheard then forgotten? reflects Finnegans Wake without any overt attempt to translate the text. These three innovative artists work with the poetic elements of the book, creating a sound-and-image atmosphere, which is both beautiful and otherworldly. More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) at 20:00
Friars' Gate Theatre
Frankie Gavin & De Dannan - Up Close & Personal Tour More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) from 20:00 - 21:45
Christ Church Cathedral
NDV has come up with a programme designed to reward the seasoned listener but also, and more especially, to appeal to people who wouldn't normally choose to go to choral concerts.
This time the choir will sample composers (Monteverdi, Morley, Victoria) from the Renaissance "golden age" of fabulous choral music, present exciting pieces by Irish composers working right now (Rhona Clarke, Eibhlis Farrell, Kevin O'Connell), and reprise a selection of the breathtaking contrasts experienced last November by alternating movements from masses by Palestrina (b. 1525) and Giles Swayne (b. 1946!).
All that plus three world premières and a few little surprises, some of them in honour of the season: "Summertime, and the living…." More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) from 20:00 - 23:00
The Tower, Dinn Ri
Paul Brady needs no introduction - what may not be apparent is the esteem within which the likes of Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt hold him. He performed as a member of Planxty before a very successful solo career which encompasses writing songs for Phil Collins and Tina Turner. More
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15th Jun 2012 (Fri) at 20:30
The Glens Centre
Two of the hottest names in Irish traditional music hits the Glens. More
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16th Jun 2012 (Sat) from 11:00 - 13:30
Seven Oaks Hotel
Ka bobo BOOM! Following last year's success, Brian Fleming joins us again with a special drumming workshop for children from age 8 to 13. There are only 20 places per workshop, so book early to avoid disappointment. In this hands on workshop children will get to play drums from around the world. Aside from making plenty of noise, they just might learn the difference between a conga and theCongoand bougarabou and a dundunba. Badabing badaboom!
book now at Carlow Arts Festival office on 059-9140491 More
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16th Jun 2012 (Sat) at 20:00
Glór
With his rolling band of troubadours, Jerry Fish weaves a strange, heady brew of barrio blues, juke-joint jazz, psychedelia, Tropicalia and whatever you're having yourself. More