SPECIAL OFFER FOR MUSIC FANS
Galway Arts Festival is offering a special deal this year on a selection of music shows.
Buy tickets for any three from the following list of concerts:
The Kronos Quartet,
The Neil Crowley Trio,
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra,
The Penguin Café Orchestra
Femi Kuti.
And you will receive concession prices on your tickets for those shows
Fantastic value for three or more shows, if bought together.
To avail of this special offer, phone (091) 566577 or call into the Festival Box Office at Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway and mention ‘The Music Special’.
KRONOS QUARTET PLAY GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL
In a special night for the Festival, Kronos will play the world premiere of a new work from Blur’s Damon Albarn written especially for the quartet. In addition the programme will feature the Irish premiere of Sigur Rós’s Flugufrelsarinn
Continuing in the group’s tradition of collaborating with many of the world’s most famous composers and performers they have worked with David Bowie, Terry Riley, Tom Waits, Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg, to name but a few.
For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet has garnered numerous awards including Grammies. The group’s music has featured prominently in film including Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, 21 Grams, Heat, True Stories. Their Galway Arts Festival programme will feature music from the iconic film soundtrack of Requiem for a Dream.
The Kronos Quartet will perform one concert only on Tuesday, 14 July at 8:30pm at the Radisson Blu Hotel.
“Entrancing” - The Times
“A fresh, real and unusual musical experience” – Rolling Stone Magazine
Watch Travelling Birds by Sigur Ros as played by Kronos Quartet
TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com
NEIL COWLEY TRIO
It’s impossible to think of jazz and punk together but according to the Observer Music Monthly, it’s “impossible not to think of early Clash” when listening to the Neil Cowley Trio. A classically trained pianist and outstanding composer, Neil Cowley was the recipient of last year’s BBC Jazz Award for Best Album with Displaced, placing his trio at the forefront of the so-called British ‘post–jazz’ movement. With his finger-bleeding energy, hook-laden, powerfully dynamic and ridiculously catchy tunes (he also played keyboards on Duffy’s album Rock Ferry), Cowley’s vigorous approach is sure to go down a storm on Thursday July 16 at 8pm.
“The pulsating power and beauty of a trio at full tilt” – The Independent
Check them out on Jools Holland:
TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra is the standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Directed by the pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar Hernández, the ensemble has reintroduced New York City salsa to music lovers worldwide. United We Swing, SHO’s third album, is a stunning follow up to their 2004 Grammy award-winning album Across 110th St and their 2002 Grammy nominated debut, Un Gran Día En El Barrio. See them for one performance only on Sunday July 19 at 7pm.
“Thrilling” – The LA Times
Watch them here performing live at the Montreal Festival
TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com MUSIC FROM THE PENGUIN CAFÉ
The Penguin Café Orchestra was the brainchild of English composer Simon Jeffes. The Penguin’s quintessentially English sound - influenced by folk, bluegrass, avant-garde, classical, and pop, has enjoyed a continuing cult status. Their position among Irish music lovers cemented with different covers of their classic Music for a Found Harmonium.
Now, Simon’s son, the composer Arthur Jeffes has brought together a group of musicians to create Music from the Penguin Café. Following on from a very successful Glastonbury 2009 performance they perform at Galway Arts Festival on Friday July 17 at 8pm in the Radisson Hotel.
“Musical Knockout” - The Evening Standard
“After Music From the Penguin Cafe glided their way effortlessly through two 45-minute-long sets and an encore, the only thing left for the audience to do was jump straight to their feet and cheer in utter appreciation.” – Manchester City Life, June 2009
Watch them here:
TICKETS: The Festival Box Office is located in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway. Order tickets by phone on 091-566577 and online at www.galwayartsfestival.com FEMI KUTI
Femi Kuti is the oldest son of the late Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti who pioneered the fusion of funk, soul, and traditional African music that became known as Afrobeat. Femi quit school to play alto sax in his father’s band in 1978 and went solo in 1986. Femi and his band Positive Force have completed six European tours and recorded three albums to date.
Fela sadly died in 1997 and his son inherited his mantel. Like his father, Femi speaks his mind in plain terms. ‘Sorry Sorry’ decries the civil wars and political corruption that have plagued so much of Nigeria and Africa’s history.
Writing about Femi Kuti’s renowned live performances, Rolling Stone Magazine describing one show as “A frenzy of head-bouncin’ and rump-shakin. By the end of this high-energy, groove driven show, Kuti had the crowd believing that music could transport the world’.
Femi Kuti plays the Big Top on Wednesday July 22 at 8.30pm. Support is from Emmet Scanlan & What The Good Thought.
Check him out here