News

Keep up to date with our latest West Cork Music news and announcements here, including news from all our festivals, concert series and educational projects.

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COVID-19 Plans in the Making
Tuesday 26 May 2020

COVID-19 Plans in the Making

We are glad to be able to announce that streamed and online versions of this summer’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival and the West Cork Literary Festival will replace the live versions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Irish Government’s COVID-19 Roadmap is enabling us to come up with plans for Masters of Tradition in Bantry in August.

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READ On Interview - Deirdre Sullivan
Monday 25 May 2020

READ On Interview - Deirdre Sullivan

The first of these interviews took place on May 4 where a group interviewed Deirdre Sullivan about her book Perfectly Preventable Deaths. Feedback from both the writer and participants was extremely positive.

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Festival Memories 6
Monday 25 May 2020

Festival Memories 6

The early days of last year’s Festival saw an exploration of the natural but rare pairing of Beethoven’s early Opus 18 Quartets with Mozart’s mature set that he dedicated so fulsomely to his mentor Haydn.

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Festival Memories 5
Friday 15 May 2020

Festival Memories 5

The final Coffee Concert in last year’s Festival opened with an irresistibly cheerful oboe melody carolling above the Camerata Øresund strings.

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Remembering Ron Victor
Thursday 14 May 2020

Remembering Ron Victor

We are sad to hear that one of our earliest supporters and volunteers, Ron Victor, has passed away after a long illness. He was an integral and much-valued part of our team for many years. % %

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