Large Room, City Hall,The Mall, Waterford

www.waterford-music.org

Tickets at the door: (includes interval soft drink): €17, Concession €15, Students €5 (except Concerts 3 and 4 this season: €20)

Annual Membership (All eight concerts):Family €150 | Individual €90 | Student €25

Membership forms are available at concerts, or can be printed from the website (Waterford-music.org).

Bank transfer: see details on the website or on the membership form. Electronic payments link: http://bit.ly/2vyXqZS

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Cheques (payable to Waterford-Music) should be posted to The Treasurer, 7 Clodagh Rd, Avondale, Waterford

Funders:Arts Council of Ireland, Waterford City & County Council, Foras Eireann

Benefactors:The Downey Family, H.D. Keane & Co; M.M. Halley & Sons; Anonymous.

Waterford-Music Committee:Elizabeth Twohig (Chair)Vincent Byrne (Hon. Secretary: info@waterford-music.org)Eamonn Phelan (Hon. Treasurer: 051 859 886)Marian Ingoldsby (Artistic Advisor), Jurgen Bauer, Patrick Grogan, Ben Hanlon, Richard McCarthy, Miriam McDermott, Patrick O’Neill, James Walsh, Evelyne O’Riordain (emerata)

Email: info@waterford-music.org

Concerts at 7.30pm

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WATERFORDMUSIC

CONCERTS

17 OCTOBER

21 FEBRUARY

1 NOVEMBER

17 NOVEMBER

17 DECEMBER

31 JANUARY

28 MARCH

10 APRIL

77th Season

2018 - 2019

With grateful acknowledgement to our Principal Funders,The Arts Council and to all our Benefactors.

www.waterford-music.org

Busoini: Serenata for cello and piano G minor, Op. 34Martucci: Sonata for cello and piano in F-sharp minor, Op. 52 Volans: Cello:Piano 2 c-major (New Music Network Commission)Rossini: Une Larme for cello and piano Rossini: Three songs of soirées musicales: L’invito, La gita in gondola, la danza Offenbach: Hommage à Rossini Martinu: Variations on a theme of Rossini

East Waterford singers will delight us with duets and solo vocal repertoire from the art song and operatic genres by Purcell, Handel, Pergolesi, Mozart and Delibes.

Programme details tbc

Raphaela Gromes is one of the current generation of outstanding young classical musicians, and has been a SONY Classical exclusive artist since 2016. Julian Riem is a much sought-after chamber musician and Lied accompanist.

Thursday 28 March 2019

Waterford Voices

Heinz Pollmeier Memorial Concert

Wednesday 10 April 2019, 617th Concert

Raphaela Gromes (Germany) cello

Julian Riem (Germany) piano

Presented by Music Network

Roisin O’Grady soprano

Bridget Knowles mezzo-soprano

with

Deirdre Long piano

Corelli: Sonata No. 5 in G minor, Sonate a violino e violone o cimbaloNew Music Network CommissionJ.S Bach: Adagio in G major, BWV 968 Fugue in B minor (on a theme by A. Corelli),, BWV 579 Sonata for violin and basso continuo in G major, BWV 1021 Sonata No.4 in C minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1017 Italian Concerto, BWV 971 Sonata No.6 in G major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1019

Wednesday 17 October 2018 - 610th Concert

Presented by Music Network. William F. Watt Memorial Concert: In Association with Imagine Arts Festival.

Thursday 1 November 2018

Brahms: Fantasien, Op. 116Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, mvt 1Dvořák: Duet movementChopin: Nocturne, Op.48, No. 1 Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61 Mazurkas, Op. 52 Ballade No. 4, Op. 52

This exhilarating young piano trio has taken the chamber music scene by storm, winning a slew of international prizes and this season were selected as ‘Rising Stars’ by the European Concert Hall Organisation, which will see them perform in 23 prestigious concert venues across Europe.

Cork siblings Ellen and Kevin Jansson bring us a range of piano pieces from chamber music concerts, competitions and orchestral concertos they are playing this autumn in Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland, Dublin (NCO) and Belfast (Ulster Orchestra). Kevin’s debut CD was issued by Swiss Claves Records in 2017.

Ireland’s leading Chamber Orchestra returns to Waterford under the baton of their Principal Conductor/Artistic Partner Jörg Widmann, whose irrepressible energy and musical insight promises an unforgettable evening. The programme comprises music by well-known composers Puccini and Tchaikovsky together with Stamitz’s Clarinet Concerto and a new commission from Sebastian Adams.Puccini: Chrysanthemums, for String OrchestraSebastian Adams: 2018:2 Stamitz: Concerto for Clarinet in B-flat majorTchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

Programme details tbc

Dundalk-born Tara Erraught has been resident principal soloist with the Bayerische Staatsoper since 2010, and has been highly acclaimed in opera and recital in the US, Asia, and Europe. Accompanied here by the accomplished pianist Dearbhla Collins, Tara will sing operatic and midwinter favourites, including arias by Mozart and Rossini.

Get 2019 off to a lively start with this virtuosic and charming Trio. The seductive melodies of Bizet’s Carmen and Rossini’s mischievous Barber of Seville overture ... jazzy tunes by Gershwin and an original work by Irish jazz giant Ronan Guilfoyle...and lots more, all delivered with panache and delight.

Rossini: Overture to the Barber of SevilleSarasate: Carmen FantasyGershwin: Medley of SongsRonan Guilfoyle: Binary NumberDvořák: 2 Slavonic Dances

Repnikov: Capriccio for solo accordionMalachy Robinson: Sartorial MattersStravinsky: 3 Pieces from Petrushka

Alard is one of the leading interpreters of Bach’s music for harpsichord and organ; he is currently recording all of Bach’s solo works on these instruments for Harmonia Mundi. This delightful concert with Claire Duff on violin combines Bach, Corelli and a new commission for Music Network.

Amatis Piano Trio

Haydn: Trio in C major, Hob.15.27R. Schumann: Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110Amanda Feery: New commission by Music NetworkMendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

Rising Stars

Saturday 17 November 2018

Jörg Widmannconductor

with Katherine Spencer clarinet

In association with the Symphony Club of Waterford and Winterval. Tickets: €20 on the door.

Monday 17 December 2018

Solstice Week Stars

Elizabeth Downey Memorial Concert in Association with Winterval – Tickets €20 on the door.

Thursday 31 January 2019

Katherine Hunka violin Dermot Dunne accordion Malachy Robinson double bass

Presented by Classicallinks, supported by an Arts Council Touring Grant.

Thursday 21 February 2019

Claire Duff baroque violin

Benjamin Alard (France) harpsichord

Presented by Music Network

Lea Hausmann(Germany) violin Samuel Shepherd (England) cello Mengjie Han (Holland) piano

Irish Chamber Orchestra

Ellen Jansson piano

Kevin Jansson piano

Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano

Dearbhla Collinspiano

Inspiring Bach

Far Flung Trio