We are delighted to present a very special Audience Choice Lunchtime with ConTempo this January ahead of the series’ true start next month. The concert takes place on Tuesday 23 January at 1.10pm in the beautiful surrounds of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. Galway’s Ensemble in Residence, ConTempo Quartet, will perform a varied programme that was chosen by audiences in December through an […]
Join us on Tuesday 6 February at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church where ConTempo Quartet will perform a programme in celebration of Imbolc, now commonly known as St Brigid’s day. Imbolc, originally a pagan festival, welcomes the beginning of spring. ConTempo Quartet will perform a repertoire on the theme of light, marking our movement from the darkness of […]
“Though we live in a world that dreams of ending that always seems about to give in something that will not acknowledge conclusion insists that we forever begin.” – From Begin by Brendan Kennelly ConTempo Quartet will perform a specially curated Ostara programme as part of Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday 5 March at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. The programme […]
MusicConnects’ 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 folk tale, during the month of March an old brindle cow, an bó riabhach, complains about the bad winter weather but boasts that despite her age she will […]
ConTempo Quartet will perform a specially curated programme in honour of Bealtaine as part of Lunchtime with ConTempo. Bealtaine is one of four main seasonal festivals in the Celtic Calendar (Imbolc, Lughnasadh and Samhain are the others). It marks the movement from spring into summer and traditionally putting cattle out to pasture. It is a time […]
ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire celebrating Michaelmas on Tuesday 1 October at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church as part of Lunchtimes with ConTempo. Michaelmas marks the movement into winter with shorter days and colder weather. Michaelmas was also known as the “Goose Harvest” – perhaps because geese were plump and ready to be eaten at this time – it was thought […]
Our penultimate Lunchtime with ConTempo in our musical journey through the Celtic Calendar this November sees ConTempo Quartet perform a varied repertoire celebrating Samhain on Tuesday 5 November at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. Samhain marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. It is thought of as a time when the veil between […]
Our final programme in our musical journey through the Celtic Calendar this December will see ConTempo Quartet and Sander Saarmets, our International Guest Artist in Residence for 2024, perform a varied repertoire celebrating the Winter Solstice. The programme will feature a reflective selection of repertoire exploring the quiet of winter and the possibility of rebirth and […]
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’. Both […]
Join us for Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday 1 April at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway. As part of our Nature & Ecology theme for 2025, we are exploring the very important biodiversity issue of Light. From morning to night the light that surrounds us – both natural and artificial – has a […]