Venue: Thoor Ballylee, Gort, Galway
Date: 11 June 2023 at 15:00
Price: Entry to this concert is free, all are welcome. Donations gratefully accepted. Booking recommended.
For our final Countywide performance before the summer, join us in the beautiful Thoor Ballylee, near Gort for a collaborative concert with Coole Music. ConTempo will perform a selection of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Katharina Baker. They will be joined onstage by a number of ensembles from Coole Music with a selection of their chamber music repertoire. This performance takes place at 3:00pm on Sunday 11 June at Thoor Ballylee, Gort.
ConTempo Quartet is the resident ensemble of Galway Music Residency and was RTE’s Resident Quartet from 2014 until 2019. Praised as a “fabulous foursome” (Irish Independent) and noted for performances which are “exceptional” (The Strad) and “full of imaginative daring” (The Irish Times), ConTempo Quartet has forged a unique place in Irish musical life.
Galway Music Residency is proudly supported by University of Galway, the Arts Council, Galway County Council, and Galway City Council.