Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre, H53 EK74
Date: 08 September 2024 at 5:00pm
Price: Entry is free, donations are welcome.
We are returning to our exploration of the Celtic Calendar through music this September! ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied repertoire celebrating Mabon, or the Autumnal Equinox, on Sunday 8 September at 5:00pm in the Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna for the opening of Shorelines Arts Festival’s Exhibition.
This year, the Autumnal Equinox takes place on 22 September at 1:43pm. The word ‘equinox’ comes from the Latin for ‘equal to night’, meaning that night and day are equal in length on this date. It is a time of balance and a time for us recalibrate and celebrate equilibrium. It was also traditionally a time for harvesting and preparing for the winter months ahead. Our Mabon programme features classical and contemporary works that contemplate these themes of balance, celebration and harvest. ConTempo Quartet will perform movements from Mozart’s Hoffmeister K. 499 and his arrangements of Bach Fugues K. 405, Beethoven’s Razumovsky String Quartet Op. 59 no. 3, as well as Philip Glass’ String Quartet no. 2, ‘Company’.
Entry is free, all are welcome. Donations are welcome. No booking is required.