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John Toal presents highlights from the 20th West Cork Chamber Music Festival.

The programme begins with Ligeti's Six Bagatelles. He had originally written these for solo piano in Hungary in his thirties. However, the Russian censorship being what it was, Ligeti kept them to himself. It was only when he got to Germany that he set about arranging the pieces for wind quintet. The 6-movement work received its premiere in 1969: music full of full of character and each one distinct from the last.

From the quirky energetic Ligeti Bagatelles to Mozart's last string quintet. The 4-movement work is performed by the Signum Quartet - graduates of the 大象传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme.

Each year the Festival holds a number of premieres by international composers and one of those honoured this year comes originally just outside Belfast. Ian Wilson's Son谩id b茅aloidis, which means 'folk sonata' in Irish, is made up of three short movements - fast-slow-fast, called Reele, Aire and Jigg - and is written for solo violin. It's premiered here by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, the Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova.

Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
Philippe Bernold (flute), Gareth Hulse (oboe), Romain Guyot (clarinet), Herv茅 Joulain (horn), Peter Whelan (bassoon)

Mozart: String Quintet in E flat K.614
Signum Quartet, - Kerstin Dill and Annette Walther (violins); Xandi van Dijk (viola) and Thomas Schmitz (cello)
With Lilli Maijala (viola)

Ian Wilson: Son脿id b茅aloidis (Folk Sonata) WORLD PREMIERE
Alina Ibragimova (solo violin).