COS Programme Sept – Dec 2017DATE PERFORMERS TIME/VENUE

28/09/17 IRISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, with GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY CIT Cork School of Music

13/10/17 THE IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA 8pm & 10pm, SHARON CARTY (mezzo-soprano) Curtis Auditorium, THOMAS DUNFORD (lute) CIT Cork School of Music

22/10/17 CSM FLEISCHMANN CHOIR 7pm, St Michael’s Church, JAMES TAYLOR (organ) Blackrock CONOR PALLISER (conductor)

11/11/17 CORK FLEISCHMANN 8pm, City Hall, Cork SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KEVIN JANSSON (piano) KEITH PASCOE (conductor)

18/11/17 CSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1.10pm, Curtis Auditorium, DAVID McELROY (violin) CIT Cork School of Music CONOR PALLISER (conductor)

23/11/17 JOHN O’CONOR and 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, VERONICA McSWINEY - CIT Cork School of Music MUSIC FOR 2 PIANOS

07/12/17 ORTÚS SEASON 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, LAUNCH CONCERT CIT Cork School of Music SIOBHÁN DOYLE (violin) SINÉAD O’HALLORAN (cello) GARY BEECHER (piano)

17/12/17 HELMI CONSORT (Baroque Trio) 3pm, Curtis Auditorium, with KELLEY LONERGAN CIT Cork School of Music (soprano)

MADRIGAL ’75 8pm, Curtis Auditorium, 20/12/17 CHRISTMAS CONCERT NO. 1 CIT Cork School of Music 21/12/17 CHRISTMAS CONCERT NO. 2

Membership and Ticket InformationSign up for membership to receive information about our upcoming events as well as discounts on tickets. Available for purchase online, at our concerts, or through Pro Musica, Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.

Standard Member ¤30Concessionary Member (retired, unwaged) ¤20Student Member (valid student ID required) ¤0

Box office opens 45 minutes prior to concert start time.

Full programme details and artist info, plus advance online booking, are available on our website

www.corkorchestralsociety.ieFind us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter (@corkorchsoc)

Tel: 021-4215108

ao

sdesig

n

All Concert tickets: ¤20 (Non-members). ¤15 (Members) ¤10 (Concessionary members). ¤5 (Students)

Except:

Irish Chamber Orchestra with Gábor Takács-Nagy (28th Sept)¤25/¤22 (Full/Concession). ¤15/¤10 (COS members). ¤5 (Students)

The Irish Baroque Orchestra (13th Oct)8pm Concert: ¤20 (General admission). ¤15 (Concessions/COS members)¤10 (COS concessionary members). ¤5 (Students)10pm Concert: ¤15Both Concerts: ¤30/¤25 (General admission). ¤25/¤20 (COS members)

CSM Fleischmann Choir (22nd Oct)¤15/¤12/¤10/¤5/under 18s free

Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra (11th Nov)¤30 (Balcony). ¤25/¤20 (Front parterre). ¤20/¤15 (Back parterre)

CSM Symphony Orchestra (18th Nov): Admission Free

Madrigal ’75 tickets will be available through Eventbrite

Front cover photo of Kevin Jansson courtesy of Conor McCabe Photography

CO

NC

ER

TS

& E

VE

NT

S

Sep

t–Dec 2

017

80SEASON

th

Sun 22 October 20177pm, St Michael’s Church, Blackrock

CSM Fleischmann ChoirJames Taylor (organ)Conor Palliser (conductor)The CIT Fleischmann Choir, with organist James Taylor and conductor Conor Palliser, perform one of the most serenely beautiful works in the western musical canon, Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. The exquisite 5 Hymns, Op.140, by Fauré’s contemporary Joseph Rheinberger, complete a heavenly programme of ravishing sacred music.Rheinberger: Hymnen, Op.140 Fauré: Requiem, Op.48

Sat 18 November 20171.10pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

CSM Symphony OrchestraDavid McElroy (violin)Conor Palliser (conductor)

Thurs 23 November 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

John O’Conor and Veronica McSwiney - Music for 2 PianosTwo of Ireland’s finest pianists, Veronica McSwiney and John O’Conor, perform works for two pianos by Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Milhaud, plus an arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite that garnered enthusiastic acclaim from audience and critics alike when performed by the duo in their first performance together in the National Concert Hall last year.

Mozart: Sonata in D K448. Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op.17 Milhaud: Scaramouche Suite. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

Wed 20 & Thurs 21 December 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

Madrigal ’75 Christmas ConcertsJames Taylor (conductor)

Thurs 28 September 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

Irish Chamber Orchestra with Gábor Takács-Nagy(conductor)Cork Orchestral Society’s 80th season opens with a performance of the Irish Chamber Orchestra under the baton of the charismatic Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. The programme features popular works by Elgar and Brahms, plus a world premiere of a new composition by Sam Perkin (featuring guest soloist Alex Petcu). Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20. Sam Perkin: 365 Variations on a Gesture (for Percussionist and String Orchestra). Brahms: String Sextet No.1 in B flat major, Op.18

Fri 13 October 20178pm & 10pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

The Irish Baroque OrchestraSharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Dunford (lute)The Irish Baroque Orchestra, with mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty and lutenist Thomas Dunford, performs 17th and 18th century Italian arie di baule by Antonio Vivaldi and Pietro Castrucci, including works never previously performed or recorded in Ireland. The main concert is followed by a late night recital as Thomas Dunford plays solo lute music by J.S. Bach.8pm: Italian arie di baule by Vivaldi and Castrucci10pm: Solo works for Lute by J.S. Bach

Sat 11 November 20178pm, City Hall, Cork

Cork Fleischmann SOKevin Jansson (piano)Keith Pascoe (conductor)Keith Pascoe conducts the Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra in performances of a perennial favourite by Rim-sky-Korsakov; a new work by the Cork born composer Sam Perkin; and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3, featuring the prodigiously talented Kevin Jansson as guest soloist. Sam Perkin: Timpano Rimsky-Korsakov: ScheherazadeBeethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor

Join the CSM Symphony Orchestra in this free lunchtime concert for the opportunity to hear Glazunov’s attractive Violin Concerto in the capable hands of David McElroy, winner of the CSM Senior Concerto Competition, 2017. David is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting talents to emerge from CSM in recent years. The concert also features Sibelius’ evocative and patriotic Kareila Suite.Sibelius: Kareila Suite, Op.11Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82

Thurs 7 December 20178pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

Ortús Season Launch ConcertSiobhán Doyle (violin)Sinéad O’Halloran (cello)Gary Beecher (piano)A trio of Ireland’s brightest young musical talents – Siobhán Doyle (violin), Sinéad O’Halloran (cello) and Gary Beecher (piano) – open the new Ortús season with a scintillating programme featuring famous piano trios by Josef Hadyn and Johannes Brahms, plus a duo for violin and cello by Maurice Ravel dedicated to his recently deceased compatriot, Claude Debussy.

Sun 17 December 20173pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music

Helmi Consort (Baroque Trio)with Kelley Lonergan (soprano)

The Helmi Consort, with special guest Kelley Lonergan (soprano), presents an afternoon baroque concert to help relieve your Christmas shopping fatigue! The programme includes Telemann’s Violin Sonata in F major.

2Concerts

at 8pm and

10pm

2 DatesWednesday

and Thursday

Haydn: Piano Trio No.39 in G major, “Gypsy”Ravel: Duo for Violin and CelloBrahms: Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8

In association with the East Cork Early Music Festival

In response to huge audience demand, this Christmas Madrigal ’75 will present their annual concert of seasonal choral music not once, but twice! This magical event has fast become the essential Christmas concert for music lovers in Cork.