Program

Performing from St. Brendan’s Church, Bantry

Schwantner: Velocities

Ella Macens: Falling Embers

Koshinski: Swerve

Xenakis: Rebonds A

Elaine Agnew: Seagull

Muramatsu: Land

Kate Moore: Spel 1 from Coral Speak

Zivkovic: Generally Spoken It's Nothing But Rhythm

About the Artist

Alex Petcu [percussion]

An Irish musician of Romanian origin, Alex is quickly establishing himself both nationally and internationally as a percussionist of the finest calibre. His recent appearances as a soloist with both RTE orchestras the Irish Chamber Orchestra are some of his main highlights so far. His debut album, "Alex Petcu: In Time", released on the RTE lyric fm label, showcases both seminal works and new contributions to the percussion repertoire. An active freelance musician, Alex performs with a wide variety of ensembles and in a range of settings. He regularly performs with the Crash and Hard Rain ensembles, two of Ireland's main contemporary groups, and the various professional orchestras in Ireland. He is also heavily involved in the creation of new music and regularly works with composers. Recent projects include "Beats, Bells and Bridges" a collaboration with composer, Tom Lane and "Invitation to a Journey", a dance/theatre/music collaboration with music by Deirdre Gribbin.

About West Cork Chamber Music Festival

The West Cork Chamber Music Festival takes place annually in Bantry, County Cork. For ten days, from the last Friday in June, a world-class line-up of international ensembles and soloists perform an extensive programme of concerts which run from morning to late night. The two main venues are the intimate library of the historic Bantry House, which overlooks Bantry Bay; and St Brendan’s Church in the centre of Bantry. The Festival also includes a full schedule of performance workshops and masterclasses with resident student ensembles, composition workshops, public talks with artists as well as exhibitions and demonstrations from instrument makers.

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