earrach   festival   2027

30 April, 1 & 2 May 2027
​Thomastown  Concert  Hall

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FRIDAY 30 APRIL

6.00 pm Clifford Hall, Thomastown Community Hall

Festival and Exhibition Opening by Simon O’Connor

Mary Ann Gelly, Paul Mosse, George Vaughan, Stephen Vaughan - paintings, prints & sculpture
Jane Jermyn ceramics
Music - Ben Dwyer guitar

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7.30 pm Thomastown Concert Hall

Recital - Finghin Collins piano
Mozart & Beethoven

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​SATURDAY 1 MAY
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3.00 pm Thomastown Concert Hall 
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Thomas Demenga cello

Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suites

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5.00 pm Thomastown Concert Hall 

Gare St. Lazare Ireland present Molloy by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett and performed by Conor Lovett

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7.30 pm Thomastown Concert Hall 

Angelica Sanchez piano
Barry Guy double bass
Ramon Lopez percussion

Composition by Angelica Sanchez, Barry Guy and improvisations

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​SUNDAY 2 MAY

11.30 am Thomastown Concert Hall

Lenneke Ruiten soprano
Norah O’Leary viola da gamba
Malcolm Proud harpsichord

Henry Purcell Songs

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3.00 pm Thomastown Concert Hall

​Acanthis Trio

Maya Homburger violin and viola
Barry Guy double bass
Lucas Niggli percussion

Music by H.I.F. Biber, J.S Bach, G. Kurtag and Barry Guy

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4.30 pm or 5.00 pm Thomastown Concert Hall

Nathan Braude viola
Polina Leschenko piano

Frédéric Chopin Introduction and Polonaise Brillante op. 3 (transcribed for viola by N. Braude)
Robert Schumann Drei Fantasiestücke op. 73
​Sergei Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 19 (arranged for viola)