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  • Featuring special guest Matthew Berrill on clarinet and ‘Legacy’ a new work by Ronan Guilfoyle.

  • Bogdan Sofei and Ingrid Nicola of ConTempo Quartet treat audiences to a violin duo.

  • Be among the first to hear the World Premiere of Judith Ring’s string quartet ‘Raise a Tragic Chorus in a Gale’.

  • Join us for our first Lunchtime with ConTempo of the year on Tuesday 3 February at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. The repertoire will follow the Thread of Love, exploring music shaped by personal relationships, both romantic and platonic. Enjoy a programme that is tender, passionate, and lyrical. Entry is free (donations gratefully accepted), all are […]

  • Nature must slumber now to prepare for the spring ahead, and perhaps we should follow its lead. Prepare for hibernation with winter music at our last Lunchtime with ConTempo of the year on Tuesday 2 December at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. Entry is free (donations gratefully accepted), all are welcome. No booking is […]

  • The West of Ireland is no stranger to wild weather, but storms are becoming an ever more present part of our lives due to climate change. Explore this pressing issue through music at Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday 4 November at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. Entry is free (donations gratefully accepted), all are […]

  • As part of our Nature & Ecology theme for 2025, MusicConnects is celebrating Birds in October. Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday October at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church will see ConTempo Quartet perform pieces with the theme of birds. Entry is free (donations gratefully accepted), all are welcome. No booking is required.   This […]

  • As part of our Nature & Ecology theme for 2025, MusicConnects is celebrating World Rivers Day in September. Go with the Flow and join us at Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday 2 September at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church where ConTempo Quartet will perform pieces related to water.

  • MusicConnects’ Lunchtime with ConTempo series concludes for the summer in June with a stunning programme of light and darkness. The performance takes place on Tuesday 7 June at 1.10pm at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. ConTempo Quartet will perform two contrasting pieces. Representing light and joy will be Mozart’s String Quartet No. 2 in D Major […]

  • MusicConnects’ Lunchtimes with ConTempo series continues this October with an exquisite programme of Contemporary and Romantic music. The performance takes place on Tuesday 4 October at 1:10pm at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. ConTempo Quartet will perform two contrasting pieces in these stunning surroundings. Irish composer Deirdre McKay’s ‘mr shah stares to the heavens’ was inspired […]