Tickets are now available from our box office for the 4th Donegal Chamber Music Festival.
Presented by Donegal Chamber Music Society in association with Donegal Music Education Partnership.
Thur 12 Oct at 8pm: Szabó-Yélamo String Duo, Glebe Gallery
Fri 13 Oct at 8pm: Donegal Chamber Orchestra, Glenveagh Castle
Sat 14 Oct at 12:30pm: Donegal Junior Strings Orchestra, Glebe Gallery
Sun 15 Oct at 6.30pm: Donegal Chamber Orchestra, Glenveagh Castle
Donegal Chamber Orchestra in concert
Venue: Glenveagh Castle
Dates:
Friday 13th October, 8pm (Bus leaving car park at 7.30pm)
Sunday 15th October, 6.30pm (Bus leaving car park at 6.00pm)
Tickets: €15 Book online
Tea, Coffee and tray bakes afterwards at Glenveagh Tea Rooms.
Programme
Vivaldi – Concerto for strings in D Major, RV 121
Telemann – Overture-Suite “Burlesque de Quixotte,” TWV 55:G10
Handel – Concerto Grosso in a minor, Op 6 No 4
Delius – Two Aquarelles for string orchestra
Elaine Agnew (b.1967) – Take Off! (2010)
Toselli – Serenata ‘Rimpianto’ Op.6 No.1
Glazunov – Theme and Variations for Strings, Op.97
Bizet/Osborne – Suite from Carmen
The DONEGAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, one of the Donegal Music Education Partnership’s performing groups, features classical string players from across county Donegal and is dedicated to helping students and amateur musicians achieve the highest level of excellence in performance. The Donegal Chamber Orchestra gives regular performances throughout the county during the year and previous seasons have included trips to Spain and Italy. Since its establishment the orchestra worked with guest artists, soloists and conductors.
The Orchestra was founded in 2006 by Hungarian violinist Orsolya Szabó-Yélamo (Violin resource tutor with Donegal Music Education Partnership) and Spanish cellist Víctor Yélamo (Artistic Director of the ensemble).
Szabó-Yélamo String Duo
Venue: The Glebe Gallery, Churchill
Date: Thursday 12th October, 8pm .
Tickets: €16 Book online
Booking essential. An Grianán Theatre Box Office: 074 9120777
Orsolya Szabó-Yélamo, violin / Víctor Yélamo, cello
A chamber music recital in the Glebe House to celebrate the Spanish National Day.
The programme will include works from the classical repertory, a piece by this year Festival’s featured composer Elaine Agnew and a selection of Spanish Classics, Latin American songs and well known popular tangos to commemorative the Hispanic Day Fiesta.
Wine and Tapas to follow!
The Szabó-Yélamo String Duo was founded in 2006 when its members were completing a Master in Classical String Performance at the University of Limerick. The wife and husband duo is comprised of the Hungarian violinist Orsolya Szabó-Yélamo (Violin Resource Tutor with Donegal Music Education Partnership) and the Spanish cellist Víctor Yélamo (Artistic Director of the Donegal Chamber Orchestra).
Both are professional musicians and regularly perform with the Spanish String Orchestra Concerto Málaga and the Donegal Camerata String Quintet. Orsolya and Víctor are are extensively involved in music education across the Northwest of Ireland, they are members of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA). The Duo presented a Series of Concerts at the Regional Cultural Centre in 2010 and offers a variety of performances and workshops for students in Donegal.
They play instruments by Hungarian maker Pétéri Károly and bows by Paolo Pamiro.
FAMILY CONCERT at Glebe Gallery Courtyard featuring the Donegal Junior Strings Orchestra – WAINFEST 2017
Venue: The Glebe Gallery, Churchill
Date: Saturday 14th October, 12:30pm – FREE ADMISSION
Treat yourself and your little ones to a free family concert led by the Donegal Junior Strings Orchestra as part of the 4th Donegal Chamber Music Festival. Classical works, new music by the Festival’s composer Elaine Agnew and music from Disney movies performed by the talented youth of Donegal Music Education Partnership, will delight and stimulate the senses. No booking is necessary.
www.facebook.com/DonegalChamberOrchestra/
How to book
Book online here, by phone on 0749120777 or call in and buy tickets in person at our box office. Opening hours are 9.30am to 5.30pm Mon to Fri, 10am to 5.30pm Sat, closed Sundays & bank holidays. If you book online or by phone you do not need to collect your tickets in advance as we will send them out to the venues on the day.
