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Welcome to the Cork Midsummer Festival 2007
Tuesday 19th - Saturday 30th June 2007.
Once in Europa
TRISKEL & NOTE PRODUCTIONS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL, PRESENTS: Once in Europa
A season of contemporary music
Date: Various Dates see below
Tickets: Bookings: Through the Festival Box Office
or through Triskel on 021 4272022 or www.triskelart.com
Venue: Triskel
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MERRIWINKLE: SIDSEL ENDRESEN & CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD
Merriwinkle is a fascinating collaboration between Norway’s most
innovative vocalist Sidsel Endresen and the acclaimed young pianist
Christian Wallumrod. Merriwinkle takes us on a journey through
unexpected landscapes, where accoustics and electronics merge into
magical jewels of sound.
Sidsel Endresen is one of the jewels of Norway’s thriving and
innovative jazz scene. She is best know for her two releases on ECM
‘So I Write’ (1990) and ‘Exile’ (1994) which won her much
critical acclaim internationally. Both releases are collaborations
with Django Bates, Jon Christensen and Nils Petter Molvær as well as
David Darling and Bugge Wesseltoft. She has gone on to write film,
dance and experimental music and released a series of acclaimed
albums on Bugge Wesseltofts Jazzland label.
Pianist Christian Wallumrod came to prominence with a series of
critically acclaimed releases on ECM including ‘A Year From
Easter’ and his soon to be released ‘Zoo’. He has recently
completed a sold out tour of Ireland with his full emsemble.
“Pure musical magic… Radical and brave, lyrical and exciting.
Intensely intimate...she brings tears to the listener’s eyes”
Rolling Stone
Supported by the embassy of Norway
Date: Tuesday 19th June @ 8pm
Tickets: €25 / €22
Venue: Triskel
Bookings: Through the Festival Box Office
or through Triskel on 021 4272022 or www.triskelart.com
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NEIL COWLEY TRIO
Neil Cowley (piano)
Richard Sadley (double bass)
Evan Jenkins (drums)
In June 2006 The Neil Cowley Trio released their debut album,
‘Displaced’, prompting the Guardian to claim the trio as “one of
the big jazz stories of the year”, and The Independent to suggest
“Stardom beckons…”. Cowley is a thoroughly modern player with an
impeccable touch. With inspirations as diverse as Shostakovich, Ahmad
Jamal, Frank Zappa, Errol Garner, Taraf de Haidouks, Cowley creates
music of energy and emotional infectiousness underpin his tremendous
flair for creating beautiful, sometimes forceful melodies.
A child protégé, Cowley was performing Shostakovich at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall at the age of 10. Disenchanted by the competitiveness
and rigour of the classical world by 17 he had turned his back on
classical music and entered the world of soul performing and
recording with The Brand New Heavies and Zero 7 until he formed his
own band, Fragile State. Cowley met the members of his current trio
through soul and funk connections, but they evolved as an acoustic
jazz group, making a debut album, and delivering live shows that move
freely between whispering fragility and spaciousness and full-power
grooving. The Neil Cowley Trio has emerged as a highly creative and
adventurous UK reflection of the approaches of such innovative
contemporary keyboard trios as Esbjorn Svensson’s and the Bad Plus.
Yet this trio eclectic mix is all its own and could only be from
London. When the energy of Neil Cowley’s piano comes booming out of
the speakers it’s impossible not to think of early Clash.
“Thrilling... dynamic... one of the most distinctive debuts you're
likely to hear this year”
Jazzwise
Date: Friday 22nd June @ 8pm
Tickets: €18 / €15
Venue: Triskel
Bookings: Through the Festival Box Office
or through Triskel on 021 4272022 or www.triskelart.com
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GREG FELTON QUARTET
Greg Felton (piano)
Michael Buckley (saxophone)
Cormac O’Brien (double bass)
Shane O’Donovan (drums)
Greg Felton is a piano player, a composer and a teacher who is making
a real reputation as Ireland’s foremost jazz pianist. The premiere
of his commissioned piece ‘Dark Horse’ was performed by White
Rocket to critical acclaim at the RTE Living Music Festival in
February. He recently returned from India where he was receiving
expertise in the intricacies of the rhythmic and melodic elements of
Carnatic music from two South Indians masters, Dr. K.S. Subramanian
and Trichur Narendran in the Brhaddhvani Institute in Chennai. He is
an active performer in the Irish Jazz Scene and plays with many of
the prominent members including: Tommy Halferty, Mike Nielsen,
Michael Buckley, Conor Guilfoyle and Richie Buckley.
Greg Felton leads his own group that perform his original
compositions drawing influence from jazz, contemporary classical
music, folk music and free improvisation.
‘The most promising young keyboard performer here.’ The Irish Times
Date: Wednesday 27th June @ 8pm
Tickets: €18 / €15
Venue: Triskel
Bookings: Through the Festival Box Office
or through Triskel on 021 4272022 or www.triskelart.com
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TRISKEL & CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL PRESENTS
Sarah McQuaid
Sarah McQuaid’s music is sublime, sometimes ethereal, and always
compelling. She brings a unique voice to traditional music, that has
drawn on sources as diverse as the Traditional Music Archive, to
singers and collaborators like Iarla O’Lionard, to the streets to
Chicago. Her album ‘When Lovers Meet’ has drawn international
acclaim, and to hear her live is an unforgettable experience.
Born in Madrid, Spain and raised in Chicago, singer/guitarist and
songwriter Sarah McQuaid discovered Irish music while studying in
France. Holding dual Irish and American citizenship, she has made her
home in Ireland since 1994.
Date: Wednesday 20th June @ 8pm
Tickets: €15 / €12
Venue: Triskel
Bookings: Through the Festival Box Office
or through Triskel on 021 4272022 or www.triskelart.com
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TRISKEL & CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL PRESENTS IOANA PETCU-COLAN & EIMEAR FORRISTAL O’GRADY
Triskel have commissioned this concert of unique work for the 2007
Midsummer Festival, in part to
celebrate the rising prominence of Irish composers and musicians
internationally, but also to provide live performances of works that
are not normally made available to the public. We are particularly
pleased to give Ronan’s Guilfoyle’s seminal work its world
premiere. Ioana Petcu-Colan commissioned Ronan to write the work for
her in 2006.
Ioana is an accomplished soloist and chamber musician performing
music from the baroque era to the present day. She has appeared as a
soloist with many orchestras in Ireland and the UK and she has
featured at many international festivals. She has broadcast on BBC
Radio 3, Lyric FM and RTÉ national television. She has premiered
contemporary works in Canada, Spain, the UK and Ireland.
Eimear Foristal O’Grady brings a unique dimension to collaborative
performance. Her own work ‘monologue’ which opens the
concert, combines improvisation with a deep understanding of how
voice and words interweave with music. Eimear has performed
nationwide, both within theatrical and musical circles. Also a
professional cellist, she has recorded and performed with such
distinguished acts as U2, Jack L, Sharon Shannon and the Frames.
Ioana Petcu – Colan (violin)
Eimear Forristal O’Grady (voice)
Eimear Foristal O’Grady - monologue
Ronan Guilfoyle - ‘sonata for solo violin’
Alan Ridout (music), Munro Leaf (text) - ‘ferdinand the bull’
Date: Thursday 21st June @ 8pm
Tickets: €15 / €12
Venue: Triskel
Bookings: Through the Festival Box Office
or through Triskel on 021 4272022 or www.triskelart.com
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