amplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin on her new quartet for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and a conversation with the festival's artistic director Francis Humphrys

Episode 46 features composer Deirdre Gribbin on her latest commission ‘Dark Matter Hunting’ from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and her long association with the Bantry-based festival, and artistic director Francis Humphrys on this year’s programme and the challenges of putting on an online festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show notes

• West Cork Chamber Music Festival
  • Festival progamme
  • Pacifica Quartet concert featuring Deirdre Gribbin world online premiere
  • Citizens of Everywhere concert featuring Finola Merivale ‘The silent sweep as you stand still’
• Deirdre Gribbin
  

  Music

  Visit West Cork Chamber Music’s archive for a comprehensive collection of past performances from the festival

  • Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Sound (Fidelio Trio)
  • Deirdre Gribbin - Amazing Face (Vanbrugh Quartet)
  • Deirdre Gribbin - Devil’s Dwealing Place (Nurit Stark)
  • Deirdre Gribbin - Kindersang (Caroline Melzer, Nurit Stark)
  • Deirdre Gribbin - Dark Matter Hunting (Pacifica Quartet)
  • Finola Merivale - The silent sweep as you stand still (Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke)
  • John Kinsella - Prelude and Toccata (Vanbrugh Quartet)
  • Emma O’Halloran - Dying is a Wild Night (Quatuor Zaïde)
  • Seán Doherty - String Quartet No.3 ‘The Devil’s Dream’ (Vanbrugh Quartet)