Concerts
Coming up
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Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble - Parallel Play
Free lunchtime concert with Aisling Agnew (flute), playing music by Frederic Devreese, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Alice Gomez, Jane O'Leary and Gareth Farr.
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Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble - Silence and Sound Waves
Part of Belfast International Arts Festival, marking Jane O'Leary's 80th birthday. Music by Jane O'Leary, Seth Boustead, Elaine Agnew, Anselm McDonnell, Anderinna Gooch and Omar Zatriqi, including a world premiere.
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Ae Mak x Crash Ensemble
Ae Mak (Aoife McCann) joins Crash Ensemble for songs from her debut album Folk Songs for Mama & Papa, newly arranged for Crash by Barry O'Halpin.
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Christmas at the Movies
Dublin Concert Orchestra and New Dublin Voices, conducted by Toby Purser, with music from The Polar Express, Elf, Narnia, Harry Potter, Love Actually, Home Alone and White Christmas.
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This Way to Christmas! Featuring The Snowman
Theatre Lovett's festive show with host Louis Lovett, followed by The Snowman with Howard Blake's score played live by the NCH Christmas Orchestra, conducted by Fergus Sheil.
Ten performances: Friday 3.30pm and 6pm; Saturday and Sunday 10.30am, 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm (Saturday 10.30am is a relaxed performance). -
National Symphony Orchestra: Sophia Liu plays Shostakovich
Conductor Diego Matheuz and pianist Sophia Liu, with Mel Bonis's Trois femmes de légende (Irish premiere), Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
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Sherman | Petcu duo - UCD Lunchtime Recital
Music for viola and percussion with Nathan Sherman, in UCD's recital series. Free admission.
New dates will be listed here soon. Follow along on Instagram or Facebook in the meantime.
Past concerts
2027
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Sherman | Petcu duo - UCD Lunchtime Recital
Music for viola and percussion with Nathan Sherman, in UCD's recital series. Free admission.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Sophia Liu plays Shostakovich
Conductor Diego Matheuz and pianist Sophia Liu, with Mel Bonis's Trois femmes de légende (Irish premiere), Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
2026
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This Way to Christmas! Featuring The Snowman
Theatre Lovett's festive show with host Louis Lovett, followed by The Snowman with Howard Blake's score played live by the NCH Christmas Orchestra, conducted by Fergus Sheil.
Ten performances: Friday 3.30pm and 6pm; Saturday and Sunday 10.30am, 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm (Saturday 10.30am is a relaxed performance). -
Christmas at the Movies
Dublin Concert Orchestra and New Dublin Voices, conducted by Toby Purser, with music from The Polar Express, Elf, Narnia, Harry Potter, Love Actually, Home Alone and White Christmas.
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Ae Mak x Crash Ensemble
Ae Mak (Aoife McCann) joins Crash Ensemble for songs from her debut album Folk Songs for Mama & Papa, newly arranged for Crash by Barry O'Halpin.
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Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble - Silence and Sound Waves
Part of Belfast International Arts Festival, marking Jane O'Leary's 80th birthday. Music by Jane O'Leary, Seth Boustead, Elaine Agnew, Anselm McDonnell, Anderinna Gooch and Omar Zatriqi, including a world premiere.
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Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble - Parallel Play
Free lunchtime concert with Aisling Agnew (flute), playing music by Frederic Devreese, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Alice Gomez, Jane O'Leary and Gareth Farr.
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Howard Shore’s original score performed live to the epic motion picture with a 100-piece orchestra, including a full adult chorus and children’s choir.
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Slí na Samhlaíochta | The Way of Imagination
A live performance that brings together spoken word, music, and visual art in an exploration of the concept of Tír na nÓg. With Crash Ensemble alongside Lisa O’Neill, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Méabh McKenna, Myles O’Reilly, Branwen and Simon O’Reilly.
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Crash Ensemble - Festival Musica
25 September: Irish Rising. A 3 hour programme of music led by Crash Ensemble and featuring a variety of Irish artists
27 September: Land of Winter by Donnacha Dennehy -
Zimmer/Williams
Music by John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
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The Last Tape
Production by Gare St Lazare Ireland, with text by Samuel Beckett and music by Marcel Mihalovici. Reduced orchestration for two pianos and two percussionists by Andrew Synnott.
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Crash Ensemble - Land of Winter
Performance of Land of Winter by Donnacha Dennehy as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival.
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Lament for Art O'Leary
This performance combines contemporary opera, keening and live performance through a haunting score by composer Irene Buckley and text by award-winning poet Vona Groarke.
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Fingerprints
Improvised performance with Steve Meifrodt, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Ross Lyness and Lina Andonovska.
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Dance for the City (In Time of Angst)
New work by John O'Brien, to be performed at this location and others around Cork City.
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Bray Choral Society
Creation by Dan Forrest
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Cork Choral Festival
Saint Nicolas by Benjamin Britten
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New Music Dublin
18 April: Crash Ensemble: Land of Winter by Donnacha Dennehy
19 April: Crashworks
19 April: Krapp's Last Tape
19 April: Crash Ensemble: Music by Tansy Davies and Hannah Kendall -
Solo concert at Queen's
Featuring music by Kevin Volans, Iannis Xenakis and more.
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National Symphony Orchestra
Orchestral Escapades
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Fingerprints
Development project with Steve Meifrodt, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Ross Lyness and Lina Andonovska.
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National Symphony Orchestra
Music in the Classroom
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Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons
Music from this game.
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Crash Ensemble
Workshops with Crashworks composers and other new works.
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Hard Rain Ensemble - Parallel Lines
Performance of Double Sextet by Steve Reich along with other works by American composers.
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National Symphony Orchestra
Programme featuring Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra by Shostakovich and D’un soir triste by Lili Boulanger.
2025
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Christmas at the Movies
Music from Christmas movies
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Cine concert: Stupid August
Live music to this film as part of Cork International Film Festival
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Necromancer by Ian Wilson
World premiere of this new substantial work by Ian Wilson. With Lina Andonovska, Cathal Roche, Dario Calderone and choreography by Justine Cooper.
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Stone Drawn Circles - Beyond Borders
23 October: Sound Festival, Aberdeen
25 October: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
Short tour with this ensemble featuring music by Brian Irvine, Úna Monaghan, Cat Hope and Nicole Lizée. -
Necromancer by Ian Wilson
World premiere of this new substantial work by Ian Wilson. With Lina Andonovska, Cathal Roche, Dario Calderone and choreography by Justine Cooper.
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Sherman|Petcu duo
World premiere of a new substantial work by Kevin Volans alongside other works that have been composed for this duo.
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Zimmer/Williams
Music by John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
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Crash Ensemble at Sounds from a Safe Harbour
13 September: Rachael Lavelle and RÓIS double bill
14 September: Land of Winter by Donnacha Dennehy -
Hansel and Gretel
As part of its 170th Anniversary, Cork Opera House presents Hänsel und Gretel - Magical Opera Adventure for All Ages.
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Krapp's Last Tape - development project
Development project with Gare St Lazare Ireland, exploring Beckett's play with Marcel Mihalovici's opera.
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National Symphony Orchestra - Summer Gala
Summer Gala concert
Earlier concerts, from 2012 to 2025, are in the concert archive.