The Cork Proms returns for Cork Midsummer Festival 2024

Cork Opera House and Cork Midsummer Festival are delighted to announce the return of The Cork Proms at Cork Opera House in association with Cork Midsummer Festival this June! The popular orchestra series brings together some of Cork and Ireland’s finest musicians and performers to celebrate a mix of contemporary and classical music has been designed by a team of curators, led by Cork Opera House CEO and Artistic Director, Eibhlín Gleeson, and directed by Davey Kelleher.

Celebrating all things brilliant about Irish Rock music, Heyday will present new arrangements of beloved songs by artists and bands such as Sinéad O’Connor, The Cranberries, The Pogues, Thin Lizzy and many more. Joining the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra conducted by John O’Brien will be soloists Jack O’Rourke, May Kay and Lucia Evans with more to be announced.

New World Symphony and Rhapsody in Blue will also feature the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra, performing Dvořák’s New World Symphony. The programme was curated by the renowned and award-winning Cork pianist, Gary Beecher, who will join the orchestra onstage to perform Rhapsody in Blue, following his debut performance of this piece with the National Symphony Orchestra in 2023. The programme will also feature music by composers Copland, Korngold and Barber. This concert will be conducted by Elaine Kelly.

Following the success of previous Musical Theatre Proms, Cork Opera House will once again present two nights celebrating the best this genre has to offer. From Wicked to The Sound of Music, Dear Evan Hansen to The Phantom of the Opera - this concert will feature all the hits from Broadway and the West End, with some surprises along the way. Joining the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra, conducted by Colm O’Regan, will be soloists Majella Cullagh and Claire O’Leary, with more to be announced.

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