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March 2002

Music for Galway - Japanese weekend
1st - 3rd March

Noriko Ogawa

Friday March 1st: Aula Maxima, NUI, Galway (8.00pm) Noriko Ogawa piano.

Noriko Ogawa won the heart of Galway audiences on her first visit in 1999 and again last year with the Clarion Horn Trio. As well as Japanese works she will play Debussy Preludes and a Prokofiev Sonata.

Saturday March 2nd: Aula Maxima, NUI, Galway (8.00pm) Lotus String Quartet.

Sunday March 3rd: Aula Maxima, NUI, Galway (3.00pm) Noriko Ogawa and the Lotus String Quartet.

A documentary on Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu and a film with score by Takemitsu will be screened on Saturday March 2 by the Galway Film Society.

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Contact: Madeleine Flanagan. Tel / Fax: +353 91 705962 Email: mfg@iol.ie Web: http://www.musicforgalway.ie/

Castlerea Musical Society
4th - 8th March

Castlerea Co Roscommon. Annual musical, this year's performance is "Best little Whorehouse in Texas".

Contact: Connie Gannon / Tommy Bruen. Tel: +353 0907 20629 / Tel: +353 0907 20073

Music for Galway: Jorge Isaac (The Netherlands) Recorders and electronic sounds.
11th March

8.00pm Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street.

Contact: Madeleine Flanagan. Tel/fax: +353 91 705962 Email: mfg@iol.ie Web: http://www.musicforgalway.ie/

Lady Gregory Day
15th March

Coole Park, Gort, Co Galway. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lady Gregory.

Contact: Sheila O'Donnellan. Tel: +353 91 521836.

Tribesmen Head of the River
16th March

Head of the River

The Head of the River is a timed rowing event, with approx 2000 participants. Race concludes under the Quincentennial Bridge. The event covers all types of boats from single sculls to Eights. The first race starts at 10.30am, the midday event at 1.30pm, with the main race at 4.30pm.

Contact: Breda Leader. Tel: +353 91 756552.

Lady Gregory - a Celebration
16th March - 13th April

Lady Augusta Gregory

Lady Augusta Gregory was born on 15 March, 150 years ago. This celebration of the great Patroness of the Arts and key Galway figure evokes her pioneering spirit, with young artists who interpret her heritage, as well as showcase and celebrate artifacts from her life that have become part of the vernacular in Irish life. Portraits of those who featured in Lady Gregory's life such as Yeats, Synge, AE and others will also be included in this birthday exhibition. Opening Friday 15 March, 6pm.

Contact: Tel: +353 91 565886. Fax: + 353 91 568642. Email: gac@indigo.ie. Web: http://www.galwayartscentre.ie

Western Veteran & Vintage Motor Club
17th March (St. Patrick's Day)

St Patrick's Day Parade Tuam.

Contact: John Downes. Tel: +353 91 796722. Mobile: +353 87 2339557.

Saint Patrick's Day Parade Galway
17th March (St. Patrick's Day)

The 2002 Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Galway kicks off at 12:30, starting at the University and ending in Eyre Square. The Galway Parade, as always, features a strong community arts component, the results of month long residencies by professional artists in the various Galway communities. The parade will also emphasise Galway's Celtic and Gaelic heritage with marching bands from Brittany and Scotland.

On the Eve of St Patrick (16th March), there will be a major concert featuring the best of Irish music and appearances by our musical Celtic brethren and a ceremony on the landing of St. Patrick's Flame at the old quayside of the Claddagh.

Contact: Michael Diskin Tel: +353 91 569755. Fax: +353 91 569664.

St. Patrick's Day Parade (Gort)
17th March (St. Patrick's Day)

Contact: Padraic Giblin. Tel: +353 91 631306.

Music for Galway: The Schumann Legacy
19th March

Wolfgang Holzmair

Following his sell-out Schubert concert last Season, the outstanding Viennese baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, accompanied by renowned English pianist Imogen Cooper, will devote an entire recital to songs by Robert and Clara Schumann.

8.00pm Aula Maxima, NUI, Galway

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Contact: Madeleine Flanagan. Tel / Fax: +353 91 705962 Email: mfg@iol.ie Web: http://www.musicforgalway.ie/

Music for Galway: Martino Tirimo (Cyprus) piano
21st March

Martino Tirimo

Martino Tirimo devoted four recitals to the works of Robert and Clara Schumann in summer 2001 at Saint John's Smith Square, London. This recital aims to show how closely related the musical language of these extraordinary musicians was, stylistically, thematically and emotionally.

8.00pm Aula Maxima, NUI, Galway.

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Contact: Madeleine Flanagan. Tel / Fax: +353 91 705962. Email: mfg@iol.ie Web: http://www.musicforgalway.ie/

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