Friday 27th October, 20.00 – 21.00, Goldie Chapel
Cork Baroque Players share favourite pieces of music from the finest composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Leave the present day and all your cares at the door and enter a world where music could keep the world spinning, maintain the harmony of the spheres. Composers in this period believed in the power of music for the mind and emotions, bringing release and soothing. Join Cork Baroque Players as they share favourite pieces from the past which hold their power today.
Made up of some of Cork’s finest specialists in historically-informed music, the Cork Baroque Players bring the music of centuries past to vibrant life in the present day.
Tickets €10 can be purchased here: https://checkout.tito.io/east-cork-early-music-festival/music-for-a-while
History & Harmony is a concert series at Nano Nagle Place, created in partnership with historical music specialists East Cork Early Music, which will bring the 18th Century to life in music over 4 nights.
Nano Nagle Place will host late night guided tours of their award winning museum before each concert, connecting the history of this 250 year old site to the musical performance: Tickets for our guided tours available here: https://maximcloud.co.uk/nanonagle/tickets/#tickets
The project will illustrate the possibilities for the public of active participation in history through culture, speaking to the of Nano Nagle Place’s work in bringing 18th Century Cork to life. Showcasing Ireland finest emerging and established historical performance specialists, the concerts will be an immersive and engaging alcohol-free experience for the public, recreating the music of the 18th Century surrounded by historic building and artefacts.
Kindly funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media.
