Since its establishment in 2000, Music in Drumcliffe, formerly The Vogler Spring Festival, has become one of Ireland’s leading international chamber music festivals and is now a major highlight in the national annual calendar of music events.

Music in Drumcliffe offers its loyal audience and new visitors alike the opportunity to experience high standards of programming through a fresh choice of artists performing alongside the internationally acclaimed Vogler Quartet, in one of the most beautiful locations in Ireland, at the foot of Benbulben mountain and in the heart of Yeats country.

Saturday 4th May – 7:30pm
Giacomo Puccini: Crisantemi, for string quartet
Vogler Quartet
Franz Schubert: Songs for soprano and piano (including Die Forelle, Sei mir gegrüßt, Gretchen am Spinnrade)
Ailish Tynan, Finghin Collins
Dino Saluzzi: Fulano di Tal
Marcelo Nisinman: Kill yourself step by step and be free
Piazzolla/Nisinman: Oblivion
Marcelo Nisinman, Winfried Holzenkamp
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Giovanni Bellucci, Vogler Quartet

Saturday 4th May – 10:00pm
Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, for piano
Giovanni Bellucci

Sunday 5th May – 3:00pm
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E flat Hob XVI:49
Finghin Collins
Muriel Herbert: Lake Isle of Innisfree
Rebecca Clarke: Shy One
Thomas Dunhill: The Cloths of Heaven
Benjamin Britten: Sally Gardens
Ailish Tynan, Finghin Collins
Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Vogler Quartet

Sunday 5th May – 5:00pm
Strings Attached Launch - Performance at Music in Drumcliffe
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Chiral Quartet
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 (Fifths)
RIAM Iuventes Quartet

Sunday 5th May – 7:30pm
Verdi/Liszt: Aida, danza sacra e duetto finale, for piano
Miserere du Trovatore, for piano
Giovanni Bellucci
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10
Ailish Tynan, Vogler Quartet
Carte Blanche Marcelo Nisinman The World of Tango Marcelo Nisinman, Winfried Holzenkamp, Vogler Quartet

Sunday 5th May – 10:00pm
Late Night Festival Club with Festival Guest Artists at The Elsinore, Yeats Country Hotel
The programme will include works by Puccini, Barber, Britten, Haydn, Piazzolla, Chopin, Beethoven and others

Monday 6th May – 12 noon
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44 (1st movement)
Chiral Quartet, Finghin Collins
Chiral Quartet mentored by Finghin Collins as part of Strings Attached Masterclasses
Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata in G
Tim Vogler, Giovanni Bellucci
Camille Saint-Saëns: Violons dans le soir
Ailish Tynan, Frank Reinecke, Finghin Collins
Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase, for piano
Giovanni Bellucci
Antonin Dvořák: String Quintet in G, Op. 77
Vogler Quartet, Winfried Holzenkamp

Further information and bookings from: Artscope T: +353 (0)1 505 9582 E: info [at] musicindrumcliffe.ie
Tickets can also be purchased from: Drumcliffe Tea House & Crafts Shop T: +353 (0)71 914 4956
Music in Drumcliffe is produced by Sligo Arts Service, Sligo County Council
Managed by Caroline Wynne, Artscope Artistic Direction by Frank Reinecke
Festival Ensemble-in-Residence, Vogler Quartet
Funded by Sligo County Council, Sligo Borough Council & The Arts Council