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Dates of 2012 series anounced
Posted: 18/10/2011

We are delighted to announce the dates of the 2012 series of summer concerts.

The first concert will take...

Final concert of the 2011 series
Posted: 09/08/2011

The closing concert in the 2011 series of summer concerts in Galway Cathedral takes place on Thursday next, 11...

ConTempo opens the 2011 series
Posted: 08/07/2011

The 2011 series of concerts in Galway Cathedral opened last night with a concert by ConTempo Quartet with David...

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Programmes complete!
Posted: 18/05/2011

We have now received programmes from all performers in the upcoming series, and they have been uploaded to the...

Summer Concerts 2011
Posted: 15/04/2011

The 2011 series of summer concerts in Galway Cathedral has been announced!

Galway Cathedral Recitals is...

Michael Harrison, trumpet; Emma Gibbins, organ

Thursday 05 August 2010 - 20:00
Admission €12.00 (concessions €8.00)

Michael HarrisonMichael Harrison is one of Ireland's leading trumpet players, appearing regularly with many of the country's major orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra and RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in over forty countries worldwide and has played in all of the world's major concert halls. He has worked with artists ranging from Pavarotti to Diana Ross, played on nearly two hundred recordings and appeared regularly on television, including the first and last nights of the BBC proms. Michael has played for many heads of state and has also performed for the royal family at concerts in Buckingham Palace and for state occasions in Westminster Abbey.

Emma GibbinsEmma Gibbins is the resident organist and director of music at St George's church, Belfast. She began her musical career as organ scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, subsequently holding posts at St Michael's, West Croydon and St. Martin's in the Fields in London. Following a year as organ scholar at Southwell Minster, during which time she was awarded the Associate of the Royal College of Organists diploma, she completed the Master of Music course at the Royal College of Music. Previous to her current position in Belfast, Emma was director of music at All Saints Church in High Wycombe, director of a newly formed girls' choir at Brentwood Cathedral in Essex and associate organist of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, the national musicians' church in the City of London.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Sonata in D major

Pomposo

Adagio

Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Piece d'orgue, BWV 572

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Prayer of Saint Gregory

Einar Traerup Sark (1921-2005)

Toccata primi toni

Petr Eben (1929-2007)

Okna (Windows – after Marc Chagall)

Modré okno (blue window)

Zelené okno (green window)

Červené okno (red window)

Zlaté okno (golden window)