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 […]
As part of our Nature & Ecology theme for 2025, MusicConnects is exploring the beauty and mystery of birds in May. Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday 6 May at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church will see ConTempo Quartet perform pieces celebrating various birds, from their song to their mesmerising flight. Works will include Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet Op. […]
World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about wetlands. Nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests. Yet, wetlands are critically important ecosystems that contribute to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability, world economies […]