Music
Lunchtime Recital - ConTempo Quartet
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ConTempo Quartet, the Galway Ensemble in Residence, will play a lunchtime recital as part of the Space & Sound series of concerts on campus, bringing music to some of the University's most interesting architectural spaces. Free entry and all welcome.
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Monday, March 6, 1-2pm,
Rehearsal Room 1, O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance
Participate in the Big Sing!
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Gather around the grand piano in the Aula Maxima, where choirmaster Peter Mannion will teach participants a choral piece (the Sanctus from Fauré's Requiem) and perform and record it, all within forty minutes. All welcome!
Thursday, March 9, 1pm, Aula Maxima, Quadrangle
The Gramophone Returns | Donnacha Cahill
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Watch out for the giant gramophone, special guest of last year's festival, making an appearance.
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Tuesday, March 7, from 3pm, outside the Bank of Ireland Theatre
A Portrait of the Nation | Performance / Lecture
with music by Darina Gallagher & Sinéad Murphy
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A Portrait of the Nation celebrates 100 years since the publication of James Joyce’ s most autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Beautifully presented through song and story, Portrait guides you through the cultural life that surrounds the young James Joyce, his college days and his final flight from Ireland.
Tuesday, March 7, 5pm, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Music for Galway presents: Trio Dali - Nathan Braude
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Trio Dali:
Jack Liebeck, violin
Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello
Amandine Savary, piano
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Nathan Braude, viola
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Beethoven: Trio Op.1 no. 1
Haydn: Trio in C major Hob XV:27
Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op.25
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"Trio Dali are very serious about having fun with music." - Limelight Magazine
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Tuesday, March 7, 8pm, Aula Maxima, Quadrangle
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Tickets: €20 / €16 MFG Friends and Concessions / €6 Students (full-time)
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