Thanks to a very generous touring award from The Arts Council, Cassiopeia Winds are looking forward to sharing some wonderful wind music with audiences in seven venues around Ireland:
Monday 11 September at 7.30pm – The Civic Theatre Tallaght
Tickets €18, €16 concessions, Early Bird €14
Box Office 01 4627477, and on line
Thursday 14 September at 8pm – Music in Calary Calary Church, A98 H766
Tickets €18, €15 concessions
Booking 01 2818118 or email derekneilson11@gmail.com
Saturday 16 September at 3pm – The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
Tickets €15, €12 Early Bird
Box Office 0504 90204, and on line
Wednesday 27 September at 8.30pm – Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Tickets €18, €15 concessions
Box Office 045 448327, and on line
Saturday afternoon 30 September at 3.30pm – Wexford Arts Centre
Tickets €16, €14 concessions
Box Office 053 912 3764, and on line
Saturday 7 October at 8pm – Birr Theatre and Arts Centre
Tickets €18, €16 (plus booking fee €2)
Box Office 057 9122911, and online
Saturday 14 October at 8pm – The Dock, Carrick on Shannon
Tickets €16, €12 early bird and concession
Box Office: 071 965 0828, and on line
Programme:
Quintette en ut Claude Arrieu
Pavane pour une infante défunte Maurice Ravel
Quintette N°.1 Jean Françaix
INTERVAL
Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel
Novelette Francis Poulenc
Dix-sept Variations Jean-Michel Damase
About the programme
Cassiopeia’s programme is unashamedly melodic, and pays homage to the French origins of wind chamber music with the foundation of La Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent in 1879. While the choice of music may have France as a common theme, they are not shying away from the more modern day sound world: showcasing the work of composers who lived between the years of 1875 and 2013. This is represented in the broadly diverse styles of music performed.
Cassiopeia Winds is a group of five of Ireland’s top wind players committed to sharing their passion for the superb wind quintet repertoire with audiences throughout Ireland.
The players inspire and refresh their audiences by their infectious enthusiasm for the music they are playing. Member of the group introduce each piece in the programme, engaging with and developing a rapport with their audience, drawing them in so that
they feel almost like a sixth member of the group.
Cassiopeia Winds are:
Catriona Ryan – Flute
Matthew Manning – Oboe
Deirdre O’Leary – Clarinet
John Hearne – Bassoon
Cormac Ó hAodáin – French Horn