Con Brio presents This Year's Line-Up
We are proud and delighted to welcome you to Con Brio’s 26th season of live music-making in Sligo by some of the greatest classical musicians from Ireland and abroad. Half-price tickets for under-18s (GoSee) and students with a valid student card are available at the door for €10.
Romantic Fire – Irish Chamber Orchestra
Fri. 17 Oct. 2025
7.30pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s GoSee
Henning Kraggerud Director/Violin
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Bacewicz | String Quartet No.4, Mov.2&3 |
Atterberg | Suite No.3, Op.19, No.1 for Solo Volin & Viola |
Grieg | String Quartet G minor, Op.27 |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Sponsored by Sligo County Council
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Marmen Quartet
Fri. 7 Nov. 2024
7.30pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) | €10 U-18s GoSee
Johannes Marmen violin
Laia Valentin Braun violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish viola
Sinéad O’Halloran cello
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Haydn | String Quartet Op.76 Sunrise |
Sam Perkin | My Young Love Was Gone |
Bartók | String Quartet No.3 |
Beethoven | String Quartet in F major Op.135 |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Sponsored by ANON
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Barry Douglas piano
Fri. 28 Nov. 2024
7.30pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s GoSee
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Schubert | Four Impromptus |
Prokofiev | Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 |
Liszt | Piano Sonata in B minor |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Sponsored by Eileen and Ray Monahan
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String Quintet Masterpieces – Vanbrugh and Friends
Sun. 25 Jan. 2026
3pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s GoSee
Keith Pascoe, Marja Gaynor violins
Simon Aspell, Ed Creedon violas
Christopher Marwood cello
Programme: |
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Mozart | Quintet K.614 |
Brahms | Quintet Op.88 |
Mendelssohn | Quintet No. 2 in B flat |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Supported by Felim and Cora McNeela
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Alhambra Inspirations – A Spanish Programme for Two Guitars
Sun. 15 Feb. 2026
3pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s GoSee
KATONA TWINS
Peter Katona guitar
Zoltán Katona guitar
Programme: |
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Luigi Boccherini | Introduction and Fandango |
Isaac Albeniz | Mallorca and Asturias |
Peter Katona | Tarrega for Two |
Peter Katona | Scarlatti’s Transformation |
Enrique Granados | Oriental (Spanish Dance No.2) |
Manuel de Falla | El Amor Brujo |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Supported by Sligo Weekender and AIB
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Piatti Quartet
Sat. 14 Mar. 2026
7.30pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s GoSee
Michael Trainor violin
Emily Holland violin
Miguel Sobrinho viola
Jessie Ann Richardson cello
Programme: |
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Brahms | Quartet No.1 in C minor |
Phibbs | Quartet No.4 |
Dvořák | Quartet No.13 in G major, Op.106 |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Supported by Erika and Gerard Collins, John Sharkey
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Trio Bohémo
Fri. 10 Apr. 2026
7.30pm
€20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s GoSee
Matouš Pěruška violin
Kristina Vocetková cello
Jan Vojtek piano
Programme: |
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Judith Weir | O Viridissima |
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 3 |
Schubert | Notturno in E-flat major |
Ravel | Piano Trio in A minor |
Followed by Meet the Artists reception. All welcome.
Supported by Seamus Concannon
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Sponsors & Partners
Half price tickets for U18 are supported by Go See which is an initiative of Music Generation Sligo.