September–October Music Guide

PERFORMANCES & FESTIVALS* performances start at 8pm unless specified otherwiseTRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC5.9.06–10.9.06 Cork Folk Festival (www.corkfolkfestival.com)7.9.06–9.9.06 Tionol Leo Rowsome, Monkstown, Dublin (www.comhaltas.com)9.9.06 ...

PERFORMANCES & FESTIVALS

* performances start at 8pm unless specified otherwise

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC
5.9.06–10.9.06 Cork Folk Festival (www.corkfolkfestival.com)
7.9.06–9.9.06 Tionol Leo Rowsome, Monkstown, Dublin (www.comhaltas.com)
9.9.06 Téada, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
14.9.06–17.9.06 Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival, Longford (www.johnnykeenan.com)
15.9.06 Patrick Street, Whelan’s
15.9.06–17.9.06 Festival of the Peninsula, Newtownards, Co. Down
16.9.06 Paddy Keenan (uilleann pipes) and Tommy O’Sullivan (guitar/vocals), Glór, Ennis
21.9.06 Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill (voice), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (voice and keyboard), Tony McManus (guitar), Glór Irish Music Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare
22.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
23.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
24.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, An Grianán, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
26.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin
27.9.06– 1.10.06 Open House Festival, The Cathedral Quarter, Belfast (www.openhousefestival.com)
27.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, 8:30pm
28.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, Ratoath Community Centre, Ratoath, Co. Meath
29.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
29.9.06–1.10.06 Seisiun na hÉireann, Quin, Co. Clare (www.besttradsession.com)
29.9.06 Chris Newman (guitar) & Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
30.9.06 Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Tony McManus, Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
4.10.06 Dick Gaughan, Whelan’s
5.10.06–8.10.06 Féile Frank McGann, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
6.10.06 Dick Gaughan, Glór, Ennis
13.10.06 Colm Gannon (accordion) & Jesse Smith (fiddle), Glór, Ennis, 8:30pm
19.10.06–22.10.06 Frankie Gavin International Fiddle & Strings Festival, Galway
20.10.06–22.10.06 Dunboyne Trad Fest, Dunboyne, Co. Meath
26.10.06 Mick Kinsella (harmonica), Rick Epping & Seamie O’Dowd, Glór, Ennis
27.10.06–30.10.06 Willie Keane Memorial Weekend, Doonbeg, Co. Clare (www.williekeanememorialweekend.com)
27.10.06–30.10.06 Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival, Castleisland, Co. Kerry (www.patrickokeeffe.com)
JAZZ / IMPROVISED / WORLD MUSIC
3.9.06 Ariel Hernandez Quintet, Pendulum @ JJ Smyths Aungier Street Dublin 2, 9pm
8.9.06 – 10.9.06 Blackstairs Blues Festival, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford (www.blackstairsblues.com)
10.9.06 Phil Ware Hard Bop, Pendulum @ JJ Smyths Aungier Street Dublin 2, 9pm
17.9.06 Yurodni Septet, Pendulum @ JJ Smyths, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, 9pm
26.9.06 Jan Garbarek & the Hilliard Ensemble, NCH
1.10.06 MSG, Pendulum @ JJ Smyths, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, 9pm
8.10.06 Oldsquarelines, Pendulum @ JJ Smyths, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, 9pm
11.10.06 Nils Wogram (trombone) and Root 70 (Hayden Chisholm (saxophones), Matt Penman (double bass), Jochen Rückert (drums)), Dolan’s Upstairs, Limerick, 9.15 pm;
12.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin
13.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
13.10.06 – 15.10.06 Galway Jazz Festival (www.galwayjazzfestival.com)
14.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
15.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, Tuar Ard Arts Centre, Moate, Co. Westmeath, 8.30
17.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, Newman Institute, Ballina, Co. Mayo
18.10.06 Louis Stewart (guitar), with Jim Hart (vibraphone), Michael Coady (bass) and Stephen Keogh (drummer), Glór, Ennis
18.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, 8:30pm
19.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, The Red Room in Caffrey’s, Oldcastle, Co. Meath, 9pm
20.10.06 Nils Wogram and Root 70, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth
22.10.06 Susannah de Wrixon, Pendulum @ JJ Smyths, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, 9pm
26.10.06– 30.10.06 Cork Jazz Festival
(www.corkjazzfestival.com)
1.11.06– 5.11.06 Spirit of Voice Festival, Galway (www.spiritofvoice.com)

CLASSICAL/CONTEMPORARY
6.9.06–10.9.06 East Cork Early Music Festival (www.eastcorkearlymusic.ie)
8.9.06 RTÉ NSO, Sergej Krylov (violin), Gerhard Markson (cond.), Weber,
Paganini, Mahler, NCH, Dublin
10.9.06 RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ NSO, Gerhard Markson (cond.), John Buckley (Fanfare – premiere), Mozart, Beethoven, NCH, Dublin
11.9.06–16.9.06 Kerry International Chamber Music Festival, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee (www.cmrl.ie)
15.9.06 RTÉ NSO, Artur Pizarro (piano), Josep Caballé-Domenech (cond.), Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, NCH, Dublin
19.9.06 Carol McGonnell & Hugh Tinney, piano duos by Mozart, Brahms and Weber, Glór, Ennis
22.9.06 RTÉ NSO, John O’Conor (piano), Andreas Delfs (cond.), Beethoven, Bartók, Beethoven, NCH, Dublin
29.9.06– 1.10.06 New Ross Piano Festival, St Mary’s Church, New Ross, Co. Wexford (www.newrosspianofestival.com)
29.9.06 RTÉ NSO, Carol McGonnell (clarinet), Daniel Raiskin (cond.), Magnus Lindberg (Chorale), Mozart, DvoÅ�ák, NCH, Dublin
30.9.06 RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Schubert, Corigliano, Ballinasloe
1.10.06 RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Schubert, Corigliano, Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 3.15pm
2.10.06 RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Schubert, Corigliano, Clubhouse Ratoath GAA, Sean Eiffe Park, Co. Meath
3.10.06 Una Hunt (piano), Glór Irish Music Centre, Ennis
4.10.06 RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Schubert, Corigliano, Backstage Theatre, Longford, 8.30pm
5.10.06 RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Schubert, Corigliano, Aula Maxima UCC, Cork
6.10.06 RTÉ NSO, Nikita Storojev (bass), Cathal Breslin (piano), Gentlemen of the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (Mark Duley, chorus master), Vladimir Altschuler (cond.), Prokofiev, Mozart, Shostakovich, NCH, Dublin
7.10.06 Redmond O’Toole, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, 1pm
7.10.06 Una Hunt (piano), Village Arts Centre, Kilworth, Co. Cork, 8.15 pm
8.10.06 Una Hunt (piano), Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
12.10.06 Una Hunt (piano), Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
13.10.06 Una Hunt (piano), St Michael’s Church, Ballina, Co. Mayo
13.10.l06 RTÉ NSO, Tasmin Little (violin), David Brophy (cond.), Mozart, Walton, Wilson (Licht/ung, Irish premiere), Elgar, NCH, Dublin
20.10.06 RTÉ NSO, Franzita Whelan (soprano), Edel O’Brien (mezzo-soprano), RTÉ Philharmonic Choir (Mark Duley chorus master), Gerhard Markson (cond.), Strauss, Mahler, NCH, Dublin
25.10.06–5.11.06 Wexford Festival Opera (www.wexfordopera.com)
2.11.06– 5.11.06 Sligo International Choral Festival (www.sligochoralfest.org)

CLARE
Glór Irish Music Centre, Ennis
First Saturday of the month: 3pm – 5pm, Trad 4 Teens, a traditional music session open to all teenagers
CORK
The Gables, Douglas Street
Wed: Richard Lucey (accordion) and John Neville (guitar)
Thurs: Donncha Lynch (box) and friends
Sun: John Neville (guitar) and Christy Leahy (accordion)

An Spailpín Fánach, South Main Street
Mon: UCC Tradsoc (Students and non-students welcome).
Wed: Karl Nesbitt (flute/bouzouki) & Donncha Moynihan (guitar)
Thurs: Edel Sullivan (fiddle) & Donncha Moynihan (guitar)
Fri: Stella Rodriguez (fiddle) & Barry O’Donovan (guitar)
Sat: Eileen Healy (fiddle) & Barry O’Donovan (guitar)
Sun: Cork Singer’s Club (guest singer each week)

Corner House, Coburg Street
Tues: Mick Daly (guitar) & Aidan Coffey (accordion)
Wed: Dennis Brooks (uilleann pipes), Bríd Cranitch (fiddle) amd Mick Daly (guitar)
First Friday of each month: 6pm – Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Brid Cranitch (fiddle), and friends

Sin É, Coburg Street
Tues, Thurs & Sun (6:30pm) – Eileen Healy (fiddle) and friends
DONEGAL
Mc Grory’s Bar, Culdaff
Tues and Fri: Roisin Mc Grory (fiddle), John Mc Grory (guitar) and Mick Duniffe (accordion)

O’Flatherty’s Bar, Buncrana
Wed: Dinny Mc Laughlin (fiddle), Tom Byrne (box) and Michael Gallanagh (guitar)
DUBLIN
Bowe’s Pub, Fleet Street, Dublin 2
Sun: Eoin Dillon (uilleann pipes), Frank Tate (bouzouki) & Des Charleson (Guitar/Vocals)

Cobblestones, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
Mon: Mary Begley (concertina/accordion) & Marian McEvoy (bouzouki/vocals)
Tues: Eoghan Garvey (uilleann pipes) & Dermot O’Hanlon (fiddle)
Wed: Edel McWeeney (fiddle) & Catherine McEvoy (flute)
Thurs: 7pm – Jackie Martin (fiddle) & Danny Diamond (fiddle) / 9:30pm – Nollaig MacCarthaigh (uilleann pipes) & Ger Galvin (fiddle)
Fri: 7pm – Dan O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes) & Danny Diamond (fiddle) / 9:30pm – Steve Larkin (fiddle), Damien Gallagher (guitar) & Michelle O’Brien (fiddle)
Sat: 4pm – Bill Whelan (5-string banjo), Liam Kennedy (mandolin/fiddle) and friends / 7pm: Guest Artist (different each week) / 9:30pm – Michelle O’Brien (fiddle) & Leonard Barry (uilleann pipes)
Sun: 1pm – Kevin Rowsome (uilleann pipes) & Lorraine Hickey (fiddle) / 4pm – Michelle O’Brien (fiddle) & friends / 7pm – Harry Bradley (flute) & Paul O’Shaughnessy (fiddle) / 9:30pm – Donnacha Dwyer (uilleann pipes) & friends

Devitt’s, Camden Street, Dublin 2
Sat: Donnacha Dwyer (uilleann pipes), Tommy Hanlon (banjo) and John Byrne (guitar/vocals)

An Góilín: Traditional Singers’ Club
Fri: Upstairs in Tom Maye’s Pub (at the Junction of North Frederick Street and Upper Dorset Street, Dublin 1), 3 euro entrance fee, all visitors/singers welcome

The Ha’penny Bridge Inn, Wellington Quay
Mon: The Sick & Indigent Song Club – American Traditional/Old Time & Country

Hughes’s Pub, Mary Street
Tues: Pearl O’Shaughnessy (fiddle) and friends
Thurs: Danny Diamond and Aoife McLaughlin (fiddles)

The Palace Bar, Fleet Street, Dublin 2
Tues: Steve Larkin (fiddle), Leonard Barry (uilleann pipes), and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (flute/vocals)
Wed: Eoin Dillon (uilleann pipes), Frank Tate (bouzouki) & Mark French (guitar)

Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre
Sunday: 3pm / Slow session on the second Sunday of every month – children 6-8pm/Adults 8-10pm

Smyth’s, Ranelagh
Wed: Kieran Hanrahan (banjo), Jimmy McGreevey (box) and Tom Smyth (vocals/guitar)
GALWAY
The Crane Bar, 2 Sea Road, Galway
Mon: 7pm – open session for beginners / 9:30pm – Gerry Whelan (banjo) & Mick Corr (uilleann pipes)
Tues: Upstairs – John O’Halloran (accordion) & Mick Crehan (whistle)
Downstairs – UCG Trad Soc Session
Wed: Upstairs – Listeners’ Club (concert with special guest)
Downstairs – Ailbhe Ó Monacháin (fiddle) & Colmcille Ó Monacháin (fiddle)
Thurs: Upstairs – Breda Keville (fiddle) & Cathal Kearns (accordion)
Downstairs – Greg Cotter (guitar/banjo), Mary Cotter (accordion) & Henry Donaldson (guitar) (traditional/country)
Fri: Upstairs (7pm) – Open session for beginners / 10pm – Paul Bradley (fiddle) & Brian McGrath (banjo)
Downstairs (7pm) – John O’Halloran (accordion) & Liz O’Halloran (fiddle)
Sat: Upstairs – Verena Commins (accordion) & Bill Wright (bouzouki)
Downstairs (7pm) – Dusty Banjo Session / 10pm Bernie O’Malley, Ruth Dillon & Evette McCann (country)
Sun: Upstairs – John O’Halloran (accordion) & Ailbhe Ó Monacháin (fiddle)
Downstairs (1pm) – Sean Ryan (whistle) & Pat Connolly (guitar) / 10pm – Greg Cotter, Mary Cotter & Henry Donaldson (traditional/country)

Tigh Coilí, Mainguard Street, Galway
Mon: 6pm – Brian McGrath (banjo) & Aidan Flanagan / 9pm –Mick Crehan (whistle) & friends
Tue: 6pm – Johnny O’Halloran (accordion) & Liz Hanrahan (fiddle) / 9pm – Liz Hanrahan (fiddle) & Gerry Whelan (banjo)
Wed: 6pm – Mirella Murray (piano box) and Mary Shannon (banjo) / 9pm –Padraig Rynne (concertina) and friends
Thurs: 6pm – Paul Bradley (fiddle) and friends / 9pm – Johnny O’Hallaran (accordion) and Liz Hanrahan (fiddle)
Fri: 6pm – Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle), Conor McCague, Enda and Fergal Scahill / 9pm – Alan Kelly (piano box) and friends.
Sat: 6pm – Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle) and friends / 9pm: Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle) and friends
Sun: 2pm – Johnny O’Halloran (accordion), Mick Power and Gerry Whelan (banjo) / 9pm – Paul Bradley (fiddle) and friends
LOUTH
Spirit Store, George’s Quay, Dundalk
Sun: 6-9pm – Philip Hickey (accordion), Aine McGeeney (fiddle) and Henry McDonald (guitar/vocals)

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Published on 1 September 2006

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