MUSIC FOR Galway’s midwinter festival, Stanford, takes place this weekend, and all shows in the Town Hall Theatre will be live streamed as well as in person.
The festival explores the work, influences, and legacy of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, one of Ireland’s greatest composers. The concerts take place tomorrow (6pm ), Saturday (6pm ), and Sunday (11am and 3pm, with film screenings at 6.15pm ).
As well as performances of music composed by Stanford, there will also be works by those who influenced him, such as Brahms and Schumann, and by those who studied under him, like Frank Bridge, Rebecca Clarke, Muriel Herbert, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. A further concert, in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church (Saturday, 2pm ) will feature choral music by Stanford and others, and is open to live audiences.
The performers
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Performers included John Finucan, Sharon Carty, Finghin Collins, the ConTempo Quartet, Ríona Ó Duinnín, John Leonard, Hannah Miller, Dominic Dudley, Christopher Bowen, Collegium, Mark Duley, and the RIAM Student Quartet.
Stanford Biographer Jeremy Dibble was to travel to Galway to deliver two talks on the composer and his legacy. These talks have been recorded and will be available for free on the Music for Galway YouTube channel.
Between online and in attendance, tickets range from €6 to €20 and are available on www.musicforgalway.ie or via the Town Hall (www.tht.ie or 091 569777 ).
