2022 programme

October 21st - 13:00

Kicking off the festival, Noboy’s Jig trio will give us an eclectic mix of folk, baroque and early music ballads and dances.

Ballads of fair maidens, toe-tapping jigs and original music by harpist Tara Viscardi - plenty to whet your appetite for the weekend to come!

Anon, Wawking of the Faulds,

Turlough O’Carolan, Princess Royal,

Anon, For ever Fortune

Antoine Boësset, Je voudrais bien, ô Cloris

Trad. King of the Blind

Trad. Colonel Irwin,

Trad. Clonmell Lassies

Trad. The Scolding Wife

William Webb, Powerful Morpheus

Trad. Da Mihi Manum

Nicholas Lanier, No more shall meads

Anon. Twas’ but a dream

Etienne Moulinié, Le sort me fait souffrir

Tara Viscardi, Beara Prelude, Two Great Oaks

Trad. Sir Uillioc de Burca

John Dowland, Time Stands Still

Henry Purcell, She Loves and She Confesses Too

Anon. Nobody’s Jig

Trad. Saw na ye my Peggie

October 21st - 20:00

This vibrant concert features music of the woods, music of the stars and music from the jazz café to make you sing and dance. Violinists Emily Sun, Carolina Blaskovic, 97 Ensemble and pianist Peter Regan will take you on a journey of music inspired by nature as we begin to wake up to our changing climate, followed up with a rock and roll finale.

Dobrinka Tabakova, Dawn

Edvard Grieg, Violin Sonata No. 3

-Intermission-

Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending

Paul Schonfield, Café Music

October 22nd - 12:00

Join flautist Miriam Kaczor, pianist Peter Regan and 97 Ensemble in an eclectic lunchtime programme with George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae as the centerpiece!

Ian Clarke, Orange Dawn, Deep Blue ,The Great Train Race

George Crumb, Vox Balaenae

Errollyn Wallen, Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals?

October 22nd - 20:00

Our final concert this year probes the varying aspects of what we consider “the environment”, from the romantic pastoral to the urban industrial. Join soprano Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada, pianist Peter Regan, ‘cellist Shizuku Tatsuno, violinist Emily Sun and members of 97 Ensemble for an eclectic programme including a brand new commission by composer, pianist, arranger, improviser, researcher and YouTube sensation Nahre Sol!

Brahms, Unbewegte laue Luft, Die Mainacht, Von ewige Liebe & Die Nachtigall

Video Message from Nahre Sol

Nahre Sol, Mountain Goats

Nahre Sol, Placid Airs - New Commission for String Quartet

-Intermission-

Brahms, Unbewegte laue Luft, Die Mainacht, Von ewige Liebe & Die Nachtigall

Alexander von Zemlinksy, Maiblumen blühten überall

Astor Piazzolla, The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

October 22nd - 21:45

Stick around after the Saturday evening concert for a glass of wine and a chat. Catch the light installation while Terry Riley’s “A Rainbow in Curved Air” plays too - it’s very relaxed.

No ticket required.

October 22nd - 14:00

Come and hear local young musicians presenting their own performances and fine tuning them with festival artists. Free admission for an uplifting afternoon!