Programme 2024
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Opening Night
June 7th, 20:00 - King House Boyle
Join the complete collection of RCM 2024 artists for a rich and varied programme of song, trios and quartets guaranteed to sate even the hungriest musical appetite including Mendelssohn’s haunting F minor Quartet, Brahms’s sublime clarinet trio, sumptuous songs by Strauss and the startling Court Studies by Adès.
Brahms, Clarinet Trio in A minor
Adès, Court Studies from The Tempest
Strauss, Four Songs:
Allerseelen,
Cäcilie,
Ruhe Meine Seele,
Morgen
INTERMISSION
Novák, Piano Trio. No. 2
Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 6 in F minor
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Bohemian Beauty
June 8th, 13:00 - Roscommon Arts Centre
Join pianist Peter Regan, violinist Phoebe White, ‘cellist Killian White, soprano Lauren Scully and clarinetist Anna Webster for an uplifting lunchtime programme of Romantic Czech classics by Suk and Dvořák, as well as Milhaud’s sparkling suite for violin, clarinet and piano.
Milhaud, Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Dvořák, Ciganske Melodie
Suk, Elegie for Piano Trio
Dvořák, “Dumky” Trio
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Saturday Smorgasbord
June 8th, 20:00 - Roscommon Arts Centre
Treske Quartet, Lauren Scully and Peter Regan take you through a feast of styles - spiky Stravinsky, Gabriella Smith’s rock-inspired Carrot Revolution, the lyricism of Brahms and finishing of with Dvořák’s triumphant Piano Quintet No. 2. Don’t miss out on a tremendous evening!
Stravinsky - Three Pieces for String Quartet
Brahms, Five Songs Op. 105:
Wie Melodien zieht es mir leise durch den Sinn,
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Klage
Auf dem Kirchhofe
Verrat
Smith, Carrot Revolution
INTERMISSION
Dvořák, Piano Quintet No. 2
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Sunday Coffee Concert
June 9th, 14:00 - King House Boyle
For our final concert of the festival we are rounding off our Czech theme with Janáček’s poetic Violin Sonata, Dvořák’s serene Silent Woods and Smetana’s monumental quartet “From My Life”. Stay and chat at the Úna Bhán café afterwards!
Janáček, Violin Sonata
Dvořák, Silent Woods
Smetana, String Quartet "From My Life"