THE MUSIC of such great Russian composers as Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, and Mussorgsky will be celebrated and performed in the Town Hall Theatre from January 23 to 25 at 8pm during Music For Galway’s Russian Romantics chamber music festival.
All three main concerts feature chamber music alongside vocal works. The ConTempo Quartet will perform quartets by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Borodin. One of Tchaikovsky’s most popular works for strings, Souvenir de Florence, in its original version for string sextet will be performed by ConTempo together with the violist and cellist of the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Simon Aspell and Christopher Marwood.
Piano and strings come together for a rare performance of the piano quintet by Taneyev. No Russian festival would be complete without including some of the great song repertoire and baritone Conor Biggs accompanied by Pádhraic Ó Cuinneagáin will perform a selection by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Borodin.
The piano will also feature as a solo instrument with the outstanding British pianist Ian Fountain, who will perform Mussorgsky’s well-known Pictures At An Exhibition and less well known piano works by Medtner and Tchaikovsky.
Festival tickets are €55. Individual tickets are €20/16/7. The Saturday afternoon piano recital is €10/6. Booking is through the Town Hall Theatre on 091 - 569777.
The Saturday package including one night’s B&B plus dinner and tickets to the Saturday concerts at 2pm and 8pm is €150. The weekend package including two nights B&B plus one dinner and full festival ticket is €235. Prices are per person sharing. For more information contact Park House Hotel on 091 - 564924 for booking.
