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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - galway-ireland (festival) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MIDWINTER FESTIVAL: BEETHOVEN QUARTETS DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270125 DTSTAMP:20260902T182615Z UID:9003241321018163-1800576000-1800835199@musicforgalway.ie CATEGORIES:festival,music DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY 22 to SUNDAY 24 JANUARY 2027 \nMusic for Galway present s a unique opportunity to hear the complete Beethoven Quartets this season . Following the Emily Anderson Concert in November\, the cycle is complete d across five concerts this January weekend\, with two long-established qu artets sharing the challenge: the Vogler Quartet from Germany\, for many y ears associated with Sligo and the west of Ireland\, and our own ConTempo Quartet. Both groups have lived with this music for decades. There can be no better way to start the Beethoven bicentenary year! \nThe festival also includes a dance element as Galway Dance collaborates with Music for Galw ay to present a new choreography to partner the momentous Grosse Fuge at t he final concert on Sunday afternoon.  \nTHE MIDWINTER FESTIVAL IS PRESEN TED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GALWAYCONTEMPO QUARTET IS PRESEN TED BY MUSICCONNECTS \n\nPERFORMERS: \nConTempo Quartet(opens in new tab) | Vogler Quartet(opens in new tab) | Dance Artists in partnership with Gal way Dance \n\nTICKETS \nAll MWF tickets can be booked through the Town Ha ll Theatre. Book online by clicking the BUY TICKETS button after the speci fic concert or by phoning the Town Hall Theatre on 091 569777. \nStandard €25.00 | Concession €22.50 | MfG Friends* €21.00 | Solidarity** €1 2.50 \n*To avail of the special MfG Friend rate\, add a standard ticket to the cart with your booking code and it will discount the price to €21.0 0 \n**Available to children\, full time students\, asylum seekers\, people in receipt of job seeker allowance and disability or carers allowance. So lidarity refers to ticket price only and does not denote a relaxed perform ance.  \nFestival Ticket (includes all 5 concerts): Standard €115 | Con cession €105Please note that the festival ticket price is automatically applied once the 5 tickets are in the customers basket. The 5 tickets must be all standard tickets or all concession tickets\, to avail of the indiv idual discounts. This does not include solidarity or MfG Friends tickets. \n\nAccessibility Information(opens in new tab) \n\n \nFriday 22 January – 7.30pm   \n\n\n\nQuartet Op. 18 No. 1\nConTempo Quartet\n\n\nQuartet Op. 18 No. 2\nVogler Quartet\n\n\nQuartet Op. 18 No. 4\nConTempo Quartet\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\nThe opening concert of the weekend festival presents thr ee of the early Op. 18 set of quartets.  With these quartets the young Be ethoven solidified his reputation as a quartet composer par excellence\, b uilding on the immensely important legacy of Haydn and Mozart. \nBUY TICKE TS – Friday 7.30pm(opens in new tab) \n\nSaturday 23 January – 3.00pm \n\n\n\nQuartet Op. 18 No. 5\nVogler Quartet\n\n\nQuartet Op. 18 No. 6\nCo nTempo Quartet\n\n\nQuartet Op. 59 No. 1\nVogler Quartet\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \nThe second concert of the festival completes the Op. 18 cycle (composed 1797 – 1800) followed by the first of the so-called Razumovsky Quartets from 1808. \nBUY TICKETS – Saturday 3.00pm(opens in new tab) \n\nSaturda y 23 January – 7.30pm \n\n\n\nQuartet Op. 59 No. 2\nConTempo Quartet\n\n \nQuartet Op. 59 No. 3\nConTempo Quartet\n\n\nQuartet Op. 74\nVogler Quart et\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nThe evening concert completes the Razumovsky cycle\, followed by the stand-alone “Harp” Quartet in the second half. \nBUY TICKETS – Saturday 7.30pm(opens in new tab) \n\nSunday 24 January – 12 .00 noon \n\n\n\nQuartet Op. 130\nConTempo Quartet\n\n\nwith the replaceme nt finale\n \n\n\nQuartet Op. 131\nVogler Quartet\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nOn S unday morning we enter Beethoven’s final period with two momentous quart ets.  The Op. 130 Quartet will be performed with Beethoven’s replacemen t finale. The original Finale\, the Great Fugue\, or Grosse Fuge\, will be performed separately in the closing concert. The Op. 131 Quartet which fo llows was Beethoven’s favourite of the late quartets.  \nBUY TICKETS- S unday 12.00 noon(opens in new tab) \n\nSunday 24 January – 4.00pm \n\n\n \nQuartet Op. 132\nConTempo Quartet\n\n\nGreat Fugue Op. 133\nVogler Quart et and dance artists from Galway Dance\n\n\nQuartet Op. 135\nVogler Quarte t\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nOur final concert presents an exciting new element: a brand new choreography for the Grosse Fuge\, presented in collaboration w ith Galway Dance.  We also hear the final two quartets of the cycle inclu ding the relatively brief final Op. 135 Quartet with the famous enigmatic inscription: “Must it be? It must be!” \nBUY TICKETS – Sunday 4.00pm (opens in new tab) LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T182615Z LOCATION:Town Hall Theatre\, Town Hall Theatre\, 1 Courthouse Square\, Gal way\, Ireland URL:https://musicforgalway.ie/event/midwinter-festival-beethoven-quartets/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Music for Galway X-SOURCE-URL:https://musicforgalway.ie/calendar-view END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Jaguar Weekend 2027 - - 30 Apr 27 00:00 DTSTART:20270429T230000Z DTEND:20270502T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T201522Z UID:362@irishjagclub.ie CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:The 2027 Irish National Jaguar Weekend will be hosted by our f riends in the JDC NI and we will be joined by the JEC Ireland and JDC Area 55 from Scotland.  The event will be based in Co. Down and we will have ample time to enjoy the scenic coastline and majestic mountains of Mourne. \n\nCosts are £265pps for two nights or £315pps for three nights and thi s includes an evening meal on Saturday and a gala dinner on Sunday with si ngle supplements and child discounts applying. A deposit of £50 is requir ed by July 31st 2026.\n\nPlaces are limited so please Contact Us asap if y ou wish to attend. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T201522Z URL:https://www.irishjagclub.ie/events/national-jaguar-weekend-2027/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CLASSIC CAR EVENTS X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.irishjagclub.ie/other-events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR