Featured Irish Artists

West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2021: Bantry and Beyond

Performers

Mairéad Hickey, violin • Coda: Friday, July 16 - Citizens of Everywhere (2) o Performing with Ell van Poucke, José Gallardo o Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K.502, o Arensky Piano Trio in D minor

• Encore: Sunday, July 25 - Citizens of Everywhere (3) o Performing with Ell van Poucke, José Gallardo o Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello o Finola Merivale The silent sweep as you stand still FESTIVAL COMMISSION o Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello

Siobhán Doyle, violin and Seán Morgan-Rooney, piano • Festival Echoes: Monday, June 28 - Citizens of Everywhere (1) o Brahms Violin Sonata in G major Op.78 o Britten Suite for violin and piano Op.6 o Grażyna Bacewicz Violin Sonata No.5 o Lili Boulanger Deux Morceaux

Alex Petcu, percussion • Festival Echoes: Saturday, July 3 - Generally Speaking It’s Nothing But Rhythm o Schwantner Velocities o Ella Macens Falling Embers o Koshinski Swerve o Xenakis Rebonds A o Elaine Agnew Seagull o Muramatsu Land o Kate Moore Spel 1 from Coral Speak o Zivkovic Generally Spoken It's Nothing But Rhythm

Esposito Quartet • Coda: Saturday, July 17 - Last Works at Bantry House - Bantry o Mozart Quartet in F major K.590 o Vrebalov Pannonia Boundless o Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor Op.80

Rachel Kelly, mezzo-soprano and Fiachra Garvey, piano • Festival Echoes: Sunday, June 27 - L'Amour o Debussy Chansons de Bilitis o Ravel Shéhérazade o Berlioz Nuits d’été Composers

Deirdre Gribbin • Dark Matter Hunting (string quartet), FESTIVAL COMMISSION, World Premiere • In Performance o Festival Echoes – Friday, June 25 - World Premiere o Performed by: Pacifica Quartet

Finola Merivale • The silent sweep as you stand still (duo for violin and cello), FESTIVAL COMMISSION • In Performance o Encore: Sunday, July 25 - Citizens Of Everywhere (3) o Performed by: Mairéad Hickey, Ella Van Poucke

Garth Knox • Four Into Twenty (string quartet), Festival Premiere • In Performance: o Festival Echoes – Friday, July 2 - Roaring Twenties o Performed by: Ragazze Quartet

Elaine Agnew • Seagull (percussion) • In Performance: o Festival Echoes – Saturday July 3 - Generally Speaking It’s Nothing But Rhythm o Performed by: Alex Petcu