This year our Lunchtime with ConTempo and ConTempo Countywide series celebrates the Celtic Calendar through music. Marking the passing of the year, each concert will feature string quartet repertoire to reflect special dates and festivals in the calendar including Ostar, Michaelmas and the Winter Solstice. The series begins on Bank Holiday Monday 5 February at 7pm in Oughterard Courthouse, when […]
Our Concerts for the Celtic Calendar continues in March with a celebration of Ostara, otherwise known as the spring equinox. It is a time of perfect balance, when the direct rays of the sun hit the equator, making day and night equal in length. While Imbolc represents the first stirrings of spring, Ostara celebrates its full arrival. […]
Important Event Update – Due to changing circumstances beyond our control, our ConTempo Countywide concert in Brampton Care Home Oranmore this Sunday 21 April, can no longer be open to to public. Our Concerts for the Celtic Calendar continues in April with a look at the Irish weather through the eyes of the Brindled Cow. In this old Irish […]
Is í Bealtaine a bheidh faoi chaibidil ag Cónaitheacht Ceoil na Gaillimhe (MusicConnects) an mhí seo agus iad i mbun an Féilire Ceilteach a cheiliúradh tríd an gceol. Déanfaidh Ceatharáid Contempo clár speisialta ceoil a sheinnt in ómós Bhealtaine mar chuid den tsraith ConTempo ar fud an Chontae ag 3pm, Dé Luain, an 6 Bealtaine – an Lá […]
We are returning to our exploration of the Celtic Calendar through music this September! ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire celebrating Mabon, or the Autumnal Equinox, on Sunday 8 September at 5:00pm in the Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna for the opening of Shorelines Arts Festival’s Exhibition. This year, the Autumnal Equinox takes place on 22 September […]
Our exploration of the Celtic Calendar through music continues in Thoor Ballylee, Gort on Sunday 22 September at 1pm, where ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire celebrating Mabon, or the Autumnal Equinox, in a performance with Coole Music and Arts. This year, the Autumnal Equinox takes place on 22 September at 1:43pm. The word ‘equinox’ comes […]
ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire in St Fursa’s Parish Hall in Headford on Sunday 6 October at 8pm in collaboration with the Something in the Water Festival. Our programme features classical and contemporary works and the concert will be introduced with a reading of Riddle Cannon by Eva Bourke. Entry is free, all are welcome. Donations are welcome. No booking is required.
Our penultimate programme in our musical journey through the Celtic Calendar this November celebrates Samhain. ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire as part of MusicConnects’ ConTempo Countywide initiative in the Claregalway Castle on Saturday 16 November at 7pm. Samhain marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. It is thought of […]
Join us for our final programme in our musical journey through the Celtic Calendar this December. ConTempo Quartet and Sander Saarmets, MusicConnects’ International Guest Artist in Residence for 2024, will perform a varied repertoire celebrating Winter Solstice as part of MusicConnects’ ConTempo Countywide initiative in Ballinasloe Library on 15 December at 1pm. The Winter Solstice occurs when either of the Earth’s […]
As part of our Nature & Ecology theme for 2025, we’re celebrating trees and forests this March. ConTempo Quartet will perform works inspired by, and evoking, woodlands and some of the sounds found there. The repertoire will include String Quartet Op. 33 no. 3, nicknamed – ‘The Bird’ and Jane O’Leary’s ‘Mystic Play of Shadows’. […]