Kerry island's music festival to feature eight concerts across four days
As well as many other events, the celebration will feature eight concerts over four days.
The opening concert, at the Church of St John the Baptist on Thursday, August 14, will focus on 'The Kerry Polka and More'. The event will see string quartets from Bohemia and Scandinavia collaborate with acclaimed Irish musicians, concertina player Jack Talty and fiddler Ultan O'Brien.
That concert will be followed by 'Silk & Strings', which will see renowned pipa and guqin player Chia-Yin Hung perform music from southeast Asia.
The following day, at the Church of Immaculate Conception in Knightstown, will see 'Music By The Sea' take place. This concert will see tenor Gavan Ring perform, accompanied with strings and piano.
A family concert will be held at Valentia Island Lighthouse on the morning of August 16, before the much-loved Musical Map experience, featuring short pop-up free events around the island, takes place.
The 'Folk Effects' concert will take place at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on the evening of August 16. It is billed as an evening of folk-inspired melodies with music by Arnold Bax, Brahms, featured Irish composer Siobhán Cleary and operatic areas by Gavan Ring and the festival's string artists.
This event will be followed by another late night session, with songs from Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass, billed as two giants of modern music.
A lunchtime concert will take place on August 17, at the Church of St Dorarca and St Teresa, in Chapeltown. It promises a unique fusion of eastern and western musical traditions.
The festival finale concert will be held that evening at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, where Vivaldi's concerti for strings, alongside gems from the chamber music repertoire, will be performed.
The Chamber Music on Valentia Festival will take place at venues across Valentia Island from August 14 to 17.
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