Contempo Countrywide

Name: Contempo Countrywide
Start: 2024-11-16T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Claregalway Castle

Schedule

Sat Nov 16 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Claregalway Castle | Galway, GY

Galway Music Residency presents its penultimate programme in its musical journey through the Celtic Calendar this November. ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire celebrating Samhain as part of GMRs Contempo Countrywide initiative in the Claregalway Castle on Saturday the 16th of November at 7pm.
TIt marks the first performance of Galway Music Residency’s International Guest Artist Residence – Estonian Electronic Musician and Composer Sander Saarmets. In partnership with the Arvo Pärt Centre and the Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music, Saarmets' two-month residency during November and December 2024 will see him working closely with Galway’s ConTempo Quartet, creating unique performances that blend classical and contemporary sounds. This partnership will offer audiences the chance to experience something special – the marriage of traditional string quartet repertoire with Saarmets’ experimental electronic compositions. For this Samhain programme, Saarments will join ConTempo Quartet for a programme of Estonian and Irish works. Featured composers will include Arvo Pärt, Estonia’s most celebrated and beloved composers, Tõnu Kõrvits, Sander Saarmets and Galway’s own Jane O’Leary.
Entry is free, all are welcome. Donations are welcome. No booking is required.