"SERENADE & DANCES" with the DONEGAL CAMERATA
Sunday 13th May at 3pm. Conwal Parish
Church, Letterkenny
Donegal Chamber Music Society presents
the 2nd concert of the new afternoon “Sundays in Conwal” series with a
programme of “Serenade & Dances” played by the Donegal Camerata String
Quintet on Sunday 13th May at 3pm in Conwal Parish Church, Letterkenny. Admission
€10/5. Tickets can be booked in advance or
purchased at the door. For booking contact: An Grianán Theatre Box Office: 074
9120777
“Serenade & Dances” with the
Donegal Camerata String Quintet is the second concert of “Sundays in Conwal”,
the Donegal Chamber Music Society´s new Sunday afternoon concert series. The
aim of this series, which started in March, is to bring to life well-known
music as well as pieces that are rarely heard, but also to acquaint
music-lovers with new, contemporary compositions.
Popular Classical Music will be played,
such as Mozart´s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,
Boccherini´s Musica notturna delle strade
di Madrid (famous tune used in the Hollywood movie Master and Commander)
and Brahms’s well-known Hungarian Dances Nos. 6 and 5. The
ensemble will also perform Derek Ball´s Suite
“O´Carolan in Love” specially composed for them, based on dances and tunes
by Turlough O´Carolan. Derek Ball is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre. The
Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) is Ireland's national archive and resource
centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic
and Northern Ireland.
The DONEGAL CAMERATA (founded in 2007)
is an international string ensemble of professional players based in the North
West: Hungarian violinist Orsolya Szabó-Yélamo (first violin); Northern
Ireland violinist Claire Cunningham (second violin); Slovakian string player
Lucia Spacirova (viola); Spanish musician Víctor Yélamo (cello) and Donegal
bass player Michael McGinty (double bass). The Donegal Camerata is the only
fully professional ensemble offering a regular concert series in the North
West.
A forty-five minutes recital by 5
international professional players at a popular price for a Sunday afternoon
chamber music treat in Conwal Church, Letterkenny.
