Festival programme
2025
Pre-Festival Heritage Organ Series
Exploring an historic organ in a historic church. With Dún Laoghaire Heritage.
September 14th, 3.30pm with Ronan Murray
September 21st, 3.30pm with Fergal Caulfield
September 28th, 3.30pm with Paul Mullen
THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER
7.30pm: Evening Concert
ConTempo String Quartet, with John Finucane (clarinet)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 6
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Joseph Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
String Quartet: ii. Assez vif - très rythmé
-INTERVAL-
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Opus 115
FRIDAY 3RD OCTOber
7.30pm: Evening Concert
Finghín Collins (piano) & Gwendolyn Masin (violin)
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
Rondo in E flat major
Sonata in B fla
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Three Nocturnes Op. 9
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Hommage à Haydn
L’Isle Joyeuse
-INTERVAL-
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Sonata for violin and piano
Friedrich Burgmüller (1810-1836)
Duo for clarinet and piano Op. 15
SATURDAY 4TH OCTOber
3.30pm: Afternoon Concert
4 in a Bar - vocal group
The quartet will sing a collection of songs from the Renaissance to the modern day, with classical and popular composers alike extolling the wonders of love.
7.30pm: Evening Concert
Finghín Collins (piano), Gwendolyn Masin (violin) & John Finucane (clarinet)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Rondo in A minor K. 511
Elaine Agnew (1967 - )
“Seagull” (2005)
Rhona Clarke (1958 - )
“Tread Softly” (2005)
Joseph O’Kelly (1828–1885)
Au bord de la mer Op. 19
1ère Mazurka Op. 48
Georges Pfeiffer 4ème (1835 – 1908)
Mazurka de Salon Op. 26
Nocturne Op. 36
-INTERVAL-
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, "Blues"
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances
Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
Trio for violin, clarinet and piano
9.30pm: Jazz Club
@ Café du Journal, Monkstown
SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER
11.00am: Classical Kids
Bring the little one’s along! More info: www.classicalkids.ie
3.30pm: Afternoon Concert
Sulamita Pyvovar (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude from English Suite No.2 in A minor, BWV 807
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Transcendental Etudes S.139
Transcendental Étude No. 2 in A minor
Transcendental Étude No. 3 (“Paysage”, F major)
Aloys Fleischmann (1910 - 1992)
Sreath do Phiano
Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
Sonata No.1 Op.22
7.30pm: Evening Concert
Mia Cooper (violin), Martin Johnson (cello), John Finucane (clarinet) & Fergal Caulfield (piano)
Linda Buckley (1979 - )
Voix Enchantée for Clarinet and piano
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Quartet for the End of Time