Sligo Music Series 2007/2008 |
WELCOME
The repertoire this season ranges from Vivaldi and Beethoven through masterworks by Chopin and Brahms, to more recent ‘classics’ such as Prokofiev’s 6th Piano Sonata and Steve Reich’s ‘Different Trains’. With the temporary closure of the Model’s Black Box from January 2008, we are locating a number of our events in the Clarion’s Canis Major venue, which we expect to be a very attractive place for excellent music making. Ultimately, our credo is to present the best music performed by the best musicians, and we
trust that we will have your continued support in our attempt to continue to make Sligo one
of the premier cities in Ireland for exciting music programming. Ian Wilson was born in Belfast in 1964 and obtained the first D.Phil in composition to be awarded by the University of Ulster which, in 1993, commissioned his orchestral work ‘Rise’ in celebration of the tenth anniversary of its foundation. His music has been performed and broadcast on six continents. He has written over eighty pieces including two chamber operas. In 1992 Ian Wilson was awarded the Macaulay Fellowship administered by the Arts Council of Ireland, and in 1998 he was elected to Aosdana, Ireland’s State-sponsored body of creative artists. From 2000 to 2003 Ian Wilson was AHRB Research Fellow in Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Ulster. His music is published by Ricordi London and Universal Edition.
DEAR FRIENDS
Over the coming season we will continue to bring you:
Con Brio is a voluntary non-funded organisation but we gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Sligo Arts Department, The Model Arts and Niland Gallery, St Angela’s College, Lyric FM and Eileen and Ray Monahan. And of course we thank ALL OF YOU for your ongoing support! Luisa McConville |
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I am delighted to welcome you to the ninth Con Brio season. We are presenting, as ever,
the best Irish and international artists, and are particularly pleased to have performing for
us this year French master musician Pascal Rogé and the wonderful Serbian pianist Anika
Vavic. We also welcome back perennial favourites the Vogler Quartet – practically our
artists in residence by now – as well as Irish wunderkind Finghin Collins, performing with outstanding French cellist Marc Coppey. Irish soprano Mairead Buicke will
perform with Korean Baritone Seung-Wook Seong to close the season on a lyrical note
and to open we are thrilled to have the Irish Chamber Orchestra, one of Europe’s leading
ensembles of its kind, with their first concert for Con Brio. Another leading European
ensemble is the Vanbrugh Quartet, appearing in Sligo for the first time in many years with
a typically adventurous programme.
This year we will present our ninth annual series to delight
lovers of great music, young and old. Sligo is very small as
European cities go and it is situated a great distance from
Europe’s centres of culture. However, Con Brio has over the
years brought to Sligo musicians and music from many centres
of musical excellence, including Vienna, Prague, Berlin,
Moscow, Paris, London, New York and Oslo just to mention a
few. These world class performers – which include many Irish
musicians and composers of equally high standing – have all
been delighted to come and perform here, despite the
challenges of time, cost and distance. They come gladly
because they appreciate the welcome they receive from you,
our audience, who have consistently expressed your
understanding and appreciation of great performances by
great musicians.