Spotlight Chamber Music Series at Triskel Arts Centre

Following the success of its inaugural season last year, the Spotlight Chamber Music Series returns to Triskel Arts Centre this Autumn/Winter with four Saturday lunchtime concerts in September, October, January and February.

Funded by the Arts Council and supported by Triskel, the series is based on the principle of bringing together some of Ireland’s most distinguished musicians to play with one another in small ensembles. These concerts showcase a wide range of repertoire and a variety of instrumental formations. The featured composer of the Spotlight Chamber Music Series 2018 is Cork native Sam Perkin, whose works will be performed in all four concerts, the first of which will see the world première of his String Trio “Flow”.

Saturday 8 September 2018

Mairéad Hickey, Siobhán Doyle (Violin)
Joachim Roewer, David Kenny (Viola)
Aoife Burke (Cello)

Sam Perkin – Composer

Programme:
Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Quartet (Elegy and Polka)
Sam Perkin – String Trio (World Première) “Flow”
Mozart – String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K.593

Saturday 6 October 2018

Katherine Hunka, Keith Pascoe (Violin)
Cian Ó Dúill (Viola)
Aoife Nic Athlaoich (Cello)
John Forde (Clarinet)

Programme:
Dvorák – Terzetto, Op. 74
Sam Perkin – Moto Perpetuo for String Quartet
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet, K.581

Saturday 12 January 2019

Nicolas van Kuijk, Lynda O’Connor (Violin)
Christopher Marwood (Cello)
Alexander Bernstein (Piano)
Cormac Ó hAodáin (Horn)

Programme:
Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major “Ghost”, Op. 70, No. 1
Sam Perkin – “Comet” for Solo Piano
Brahms – Horn Trio in E flat Major, Op. 40

Saturday 2 February 2019

Mia Cooper, Nicola Sweeney (Violin)
Simon Aspell, David Kenny (Viola)
Brian O’Kane, Aoife Burke (Cello)

Programme:
Strauss – String Sextet from Capriccio
Sam Perkin – Duet for Two Violas
Brahms – Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18