Con Brio – 2025/2026

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

Programme:

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

Programme:

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 

Programme:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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.

 

                     

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