Galway International Arts Festival: Strings Attached - JazzTempo

Venue: An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street, Galway City

Date: 18 July 2023 at 6:00pm

Price: Tickets €16 each or €40 for all three concerts [limited availability]

Delve into the captivating fusion of jazz standards and classical strings led by wunderkind Matthew Berrill. This intimate concert features an all-star octet, including Róisín Mulliez, Aengus Hackett and Barry Donohue that will ignite your senses intertwining genres to captivate all musical tastes.


Programme

TUESDAY 18 July 2023

Tunesday (2021)

By Matthew Berrill

Matthew Berrill, clarinet; Róisín Mulliez, voice; Barry Donohue, double bass; Aengus Hackett, guitar; ConTempo Quartet, string quartet

JT Blues (2021)

By Matthew Berrill

Matthew Berrill; Róisín Mulliez; Barry Donohue; Aengus Hackett; ConTempo Quartet

Bluesette (1961, arranged 2021)

By Toots Thielemanns, arranged Matthew Berrill

Matthew Berrill; Róisín Mulliez; Barry Donohue; Aengus Hackett; ConTempo Quartet

It Could Happen To You (1943)

By Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Róisín Mulliez, voice; Aengus Hackett, guitar; Barry Donohue, double bass

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings: Movements 3 & 4 (1963)

By Elizabeth Maconchy

Matthew Berrill; ConTempo Quartet

Escalay (Water Wheel) (1971 revised 1998)

By Hamza El Din

Matthew Berrill; Róisín Mulliez; Barry Donohue; Aengus Hackett; ConTempo Quartet

Two Note Trick (2021)

By Matthew Berrill

Matthew Berrill; Róisín Mulliez; Barry Donohue; Aengus Hackett; ConTempo Quartet

Melancholia (1953, arranged 2021)

By Duke Ellington, arranged Matthew Berrill

Matthew Berrill; Róisín Mulliez; Barry Donohue; Aengus Hackett; ConTempo Quartet




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