From Europe with Love is back! Following 6 months of uncertainty and many concert cancellations, MusicConnects is delighted to return to Live events, albeit under very different circumstances. From Europe with Love, the organisation’s ambitious monthly lunchtime series exploring string quartet repertoire from all 27 EU member countries, resumes on Tuesday 1st September at 1:10pm in its temporary home, The […]
From 22-25 September in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, ConTempo Quartet will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with an exploration of some of his most celebrated works for string quartet. Beethoven’s middle period was one of great productivity and optimism for the composer and many of his most popular works were created during this feverish time of […]
From Europe with Love is back! Following 6 months of uncertainty and many concert cancellations, MusicConnects is delighted to return to Live events, albeit under very different circumstances. From Europe with Love, the organisation’s ambitious monthly lunchtime series exploring string quartet repertoire from all 27 EU member countries, resumes in its temporary home, The Mick Lally Theatre. ConTempo Quartet, […]
From Europe with Love is back with another instalment slightly later than planned on Friday 6 November at 1pm. This month ConTempo Quartet visit Croatia, the home of our sister European Capital of Culture Rijeka, to explore the music of female composer Dora Pejačević. Though a live audience is not possible, the lunchtime concert will be broadcast from the beautiful Oughterard Courthouse […]
MuiscConnects’ From Europe with Love is back with its final instalment of 2020 on Tuesday 1 December at 1pm. This special edition of the series sees ConTempo Quartet celebrate their native Romania on Great Union Day. This national holiday in Romania marks the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918. […]
MusicConnects presents a digital version of its renowned multi-genre series this Saturday 12th December. 3 Kinds of Music was one of the many Covid casualties, depriving Galway audiences of a tasting menu of classical, jazz, folk and traditional music earlier this year. This digital edition will treat audiences to musical pop-ups throughout a single day, […]
MusicConnects in partnership with the Estonian Embassy in Dublin presents a virtual performance of Arvo Pärt’s Da pacem Domine in celebration of Estonian Independence Day, on Wednesday 24th February at 1pm. The performance, directed by Peter Mannion, will feature MusicConnects’ permanent ensemble, ConTempo Quartet, and University of Galway’s Alumni Ensemble, who will be brought together […]
MusicConnects’ From Europe with Love is back with its first installment of 2021 on Friday 5 March at 1pm. From Europe with Love is an ambitious 3-year project presenting monthly lunchtime concerts exploring string quartet repertoire from all 27 EU member countries. The series draws to a close in December 2021. Friday’s edition celebrates all things Estonia and will […]
On Friday 9 April at 1pm, enjoy a visit to Cyprus as part of MusicConnects’ From Europe with Love. This ambitious 3-year project presents monthly lunchtime concerts exploring string quartet repertoire from all 27 EU member countries. The series, performed by ConTempo Quartet, draws to a close in December 2021. Friday’s celebration of Cypriot music will be available […]
The Mighty Ocean commissioned by Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture , produced by MusicConnects for TG4 as part of Galway 2020’s Capital of Culture Programme will have its World Premiere on Sunday 25 April at 9:30pm. Composed by Máirtín O’Connor, the premiere of this musical suite reflecting on climate change and the environment will coincide […]