Resurgam – Fountain of Israel
Friday 13th October 2023 | 7.30pm
Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music
Irish Choir Resurgam, guided by the skilful direction of Mark Duley, offers a captivating programme centred around Johann Hermann Schein’s 1623 masterpiece, “Israelis Brünnlein” (Fontana d’Israël).
With their exquisite vocal harmonies and musical prowess, the choir delves into the rich tapestry of Schein’s composition, transporting audiences to a bygone era. Through their performance, Resurgam breathes new life into this historical choral work, revealing the enduring beauty and significance of Schein’s musical legacy. This presentation promises to be a mesmerizing journey through the depths of early music, showcasing the choir’s dedication to preserving and sharing these timeless musical treasures. Presented by the East Cork Early Music Festival.
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Marmen Quartet
Thursday 19th October 2023 | 7.30pm
Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music
Cork cellist Sinead O’Halloran’s remarkable Marmen Quartet returns for a second tour for the Foundation. Their performances of Haydn’s quartets are becoming legendary and they start with his D major quartet Op.33 No.6. At the heart of the concerts lie the first performances of a new quartet by acclaimed Dublin-born composer Garth Knox -who will introduce his new work – and they conclude with Janáček’s famously vivid and impassioned story of spiritual love.
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Gealán Quartet
Thursday 9th November 2023 | 7.30pm
Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music
The Gealán Quartet returns with a fascinating programme featuring a new quartet by Derry composer Michael Doherty. Michael has a busy career as composer and orchestrator for films and TV series, as well as for the concert hall. Schumann wrote his gorgeous A minor quartet just seventeen years after Beethoven’s last quartets and the spirit of the master is clearly still present, but there is also some of the lightness of touch of the quartet’s dedicatee Mendelssohn as well as glimpses of the future richness and density of Brahms’ great chamber works. Shostakovich wrote his heart-rending eighth quartet in Dresden in 1960. Its official dedication to ‘the victims of fascism and war’ was imposed by the Soviet authorities and disguised a wider dedication to victims of all totalitarianism, Shostakovich himself among them.
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