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Irish Chamber Orchestra 2025 Spring/Summer season brings mastery of music to Limerick
Irish Chamber Orchestra 2025 Spring/Summer season brings mastery of music to Limerick. Jess Gillam, a BBC Young Musician finalist, is one of many acts coming to Limerick in 2025. Photo: Robin Clewley
Irish Chamber Orchestra 2025 Spring/Summer season presents an eclectic array of concerts that will seduce and set hearts racing
Join the Irish Chamber Orchestra in Limerick this Spring/Summer 2025 and experience an unparalleled mastery of music as we continue our theme of Shared Spaces throughout the season.
Enjoy the saxophone in a new light and be amazed by the extraordinary Jess Gillam, a BBC Young Musician finalist, and the youngest-ever soloist to perform at the BBC Proms. CPE Bach and Nadia Boulanger will charm and dazzle as you’ve never heard alongside the push and groove of music by David Bowie, David Heath and John Harle. Jess’s unique perspective will fill you with joy as she comes to the University Concert Hall stage on Saturday, February 8.
On Saturday, March 15, Thomas Zehetmair showcases Beethoven 4, his much-loved symphony, full of invention and unexpected turns. From water nymphs to mythology, hear how Mendelssohn was inspired by the mermaid Melusine in his magical overture The Fair Melusine. Piper Mick O’Brien brings The Mórrigan, the great warrior-queen goddess of Celtic mythology, to life in Áine Mallon’s extraordinary new work The Morrígan.
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On Friday, April 11, revel in Henning Kraggerud’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons as he intersperses three of his own imaginative and charming works between the Seasons. Immerse yourself in the experience as Kraggerud shares his love for this great music, contrasting Vivaldi’s moods between the seasons, merging the magic of old and new.
On Thursday, June 19, ICO Associate Artist Kristian Bezuidenhout returns with another pairing of Beethoven’s popular piano concerti. Be amazed by the remarkable Second concerto, written in profound deafness. Feel its energy as it brims with zest and surging exuberance. Beethoven’s much-loved masterwork, his Fourth concerto will sweep you away with its beauty.
Revel in colourful collaborations in University Concert Hall this Spring/Summer season 2025 with the Irish Chamber Orchestra with tickets on sale for many of the shows now and some to be released soon find more information on the ICO website.
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