May Bank Holiday Weekend
30th April - 2nd May 2011
St. Columba’s Church,
Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo
- Tim Vogler (violin)
- Frank Reinecke (violin)
- Stefan Fehlandt (viola)
- Stephan Forck (cello)
Guest artists
- Finghin Collins (piano) — Ireland
- Henning Wiegräbe (trombone) — Germany
- Daniel Schnyder (saxophone) — Switzerland
- Bruno Schneider (horn) — Switzerland
- Salome Kammer (singer) — Germany
- Elisaveta Blumina (piano) — Russia
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Sligo Arts Service is delighted to announce their artists and concert programme for Music in Drumcliffe 2011 which will take place from 30th April to 2nd May 2011. As festival ensemble-in-residence, The Vogler Quartet, will perform alongside Finghin Collins, piano (Ireland), Bruno Schneider, French horn (Germany), Salome Kammer, singer (Germany), Henning Wiegräbe, trombone (Germany), Daniel Schynder, saxophone (Switzerland) and Elisaveta Blumina, piano (Russia). Repertoire will include works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Frescobaldi, Schnyder, Mozart, Silvestrov, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schulhoff, Tchaikosvky and Haydn.
This year the festival brings two new events to its programme. Open Rehearsals with The Vogler Quartet and Guests on Saturday between 10.30am and 1.30pm in St. Columba’s Church, Drumcliffe and an early evening Coffee Concert in Teach Ban Nua Art Gallery, Drumcliffe on Saturday from 5.30pm. Festival Highlights include the Late Night Concert on Sunday May 1st, showcasing the music of the internationally acclaimed composer Daniel Schnyder including his horn trio, Walden, and the Monday noon concert featuring a piano duet by Elisaveta Blumina and her son Vladimir Sint, age 12.
“Music in Drumcliffe is part of Sligo County Council’s strategic investment and focus on music development which will continue to be prioritised in this new decade”, says Mary McAuliffe, Arts Officer “Sligo Arts Service is working closely with key stakeholders to ensure that it retains its place as one of Ireland’s most distinguished chamber music festivals”
Music lovers can look forward to this annual bank holiday weekend of inspiring music in the friendly, intimate and evocative setting of Drumcliffe, Co Sligo.
Booking information:-
Tickets for the Music in Drumcliffe range from €10 to €25. Season tickets are €100 with concessions €80 (OAPs, students and the unwaged).
For information/credit card bookings, please contact Artscope + 353 (0)1 505 9582 or email info@artscope.ie Bookings can be made by post, telephone or email.
Tickets can also be purchased from Drumcliffe Tea House and Crafts Shop + 353 (0)71-914 4956.
Saturday 30th April 7:30pm
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata for horn and piano, Op 17
Bruno Schneider, Finghin Collins
Mieczysław Weinberg:
Children’s Notebook for piano No. 1, Op 16 (exc)
Elisaveta Blumina
Hugo Ball:
Laut -und Klanggedichte for solo voice
Salome Kammer
Antonín Dvořák:
String Quartet in A flat, Op 105
Vogler Quartet
Saturday 30th April 10:00pm
Girolamo Frescobaldi:2 Canzoni for trombone and piano Henning Wiegräbe, Finghin Collins
Hildegard von Bingen: O quam pretiosa
Luciano Berio: Sequenza III, for female voice Salome Kammer
Daniel Schnyder: Concertino for trombone and string quartet Henning Wiegräbe, Vogler Quartet
Erik Satie: Tendrement; Je te veux Salome Kammer, Finghin Collins
Sammy Nestico: Reflective Mood for trombone and piano Henning Wiegräbe, Finghin Collins
Sunday 1st May 2:00pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat, K407 Bruno Schneider, Vogler Quartet
Valentin Silvestrov: Kitsch-Music for piano From Naïve Music (exc) 2 Waltzes Elisaveta Blumina
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op 13 Vogler Quartet
Sunday 1st May 7:30pm
Robert Schumann: Adagio and allegro, Op 70, for horn and piano
Bruno Schneider, Finghin Collins
Daniel Schnyder: Pieces for solo horn Bruno Schneider
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for string quartet Vogler Quartet
Kurt Weill (arr Steffen Schleiermacher): Songs for voice and string quartet. Alabama Song. Youkali. Moritat vom Mackie Messer. Seeräuberjenny. Bilbao-Song. Surabaya-Johnny. Salome Kammer, Vogler Quartet
Sunday 1st May 10:00pm
A Late Night Concert of the Music of Daniel Schnyder, including his horn trio, Walden
Daniel Schnyder, Bruno Schneider, Henning Wiegräbe, Elisaveta Blumina, Vogler Quartet
Monday 2nd May 12 noon
Peter Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (exc)
Valery Gavrilin:Sketches (exc) for piano duet Elisaveta Blumina, Vladimir Sint*
Frank Martin: Piano Trio on Irish folk tunes. Frank Reinecke, Stephan Forck, Finghin Collins
Daniel Schnyder: New Work for saxophone, horn and trombone. Daniel Schnyder, Bruno Schneider, Henning Wiegräbe
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op 77 No 2 Vogler Quartet
Folke Rabe: Basta for solo trombone Henning Wiegräbe
Booking information:-
Tickets for the Music in Drumcliffe range from €10 to €25. Season tickets are €100 with concessions €80 (OAPs, students and the unwaged).
For information/credit card bookings, please contact Artscope + 353 (0)1 505 9582 or email info@artscope.ie Bookings can be made by post, telephone or email.
Tickets can also be purchased from Drumcliffe Tea House and Crafts Shop + 353 (0)71-914 4956.
Music in Drumcliffe Festival 2011 is produced by Sligo Arts Service, Sligo County Council; Managed by Caroline Wynne, Artscope; Artistic Direction by Frank Reinecke; Festival Ensemble-in-Residence, Vogler Quartet; Funded by Sligo County Council and The Arts Council. The festival is supported by RTE Lyric FM.
