Iconic American jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson comes to CIT Cork School Of Music as part of a short Irish tour featuring a stellar ensemble of top Irish, folk, classical and jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of two Grammy awards, Wilson has sold millions of albums on the Blue Note label but is known for her ability to attract audiences from across a broad spectrum of musical genres.

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THE CIT Fleischmann Choir, with organist James Taylor and conductor Conor Palliser, perform one of the most serenely beautiful works in the western musical canon, Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. The exquisite 5 Hymns, Op.140, by Fauré’s contemporary Joseph Rheinberger, complete a heavenly programme of ravishing sacred music.

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The Irish Baroque Orchestra, with mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty and director Claire Duff, performs 17th and 18th Century Italian Arie di Baule (‘suitcase arias’), including works never previously performed or recorded in Ireland. The main concert is followed by a late night recital as Thomas Dunford plays solo lute music by John Dowland and J.S. Bach.

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Cork Orchestral Society’s 80th season opens with a performance of the Irish Chamber Orchestra under the baton of the charismatic Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. The programme features popular works by Elgar and Brahms, plus a world premiere of a new composition by Sam Perkin (featuring guest soloist Alex Petcu).

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The Vanbrugh Quartet annual Scholarship Gala Fundraiser is always a spectacular finish to our season. This year’s event will have a special significance as it will be the quartet’s final performance with the existing line up of musicians, as founding member Greg Ellis is set to retire. Pianist Kevin Jansson is the guest soloist. Not to be missed!

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Irish flautist Fiona Kelly, hailed by the New York Times as a player with “impressive technique and elegant musicianship”, is principal flute of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. In this recital, Fiona will be accompanied by pianist Sabine Ducrot for a programme featuring famous works by Debussy and Franck, plus a selection of delightful pieces for flute by three lesser known French composers.

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Violinist Elizabeth Cooney and an eminent group of musical friends – Mairéad Hickey (violin); Simon Aspell and Ruth Gibson (violas); Guy Johnston and Brian O’Kane (cellos) – perform popular works for string sextet by Brahms and Tchaikovsky.

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Cork Orchestral Society are very pleased to present a recital by the exciting and multi-prizewinning Moldovan duo Ilian Gârnet (violin) and Stanislav Jar (piano). The delightful programme features works by Bach, Beethoven and César Franck.

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Conor Palliser conducts the Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra in a FREE Open Day concert . The programme for this hugely popular event features the exquisite penultimate symphony of Antonin Dvořák, Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88.

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New Addition: Cork Orchestral Society is delighted to add a new concert to our Spring programme, a recital by the virtuoso Cork born trombone player Michael Marshall and the acclaimed pianist Brian Connor. 

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Catherine Leonard (violin) and Hugh Tinney (piano), two of Ireland’s foremost musicians with highly successful solo careers in Ireland and internationally, have performed as a duo since 2000. For this concert, the acclaimed duo perform works by Bach, Schubert, Brahms and Messiaen, plus a modern piece by Irish composer Raymond Deane.

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Internationally renowned conductor Dumitru Goia and highy esteemed guest soloist, violinist Diana Jipa, join Cork Concert Orchestra for a very special concert. The all Russian programme featuring masterpieces by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov and Shostakovich.

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