July 2nd 2007 8.00pm
Main Evening Concert

July 3rd 2007 4.30pm
"Stars in the Afternoon"

July 3rd 2007 8.00pm
Main Evening Concert

July 5th 2007 12 noon
Coffee Concert

July 6th 12 noon
Coffee Concert

Enescu Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor
with Liza Ferschtman violin

Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75
Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45
with Liza Ferschtman violin

Spohr Six German Songs Op. 103
with Lenneke Ruiten soprano
Sharon Kam clarinet

Brahms Volkslieder
Britten Folk Song Arrangements
Jonathan Dove Five Am'rous Sighs
Schubert Die Forelle, Abendstern, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen*
with Lenneke Ruiten soprano
Sharon Kam clarinet*

Beethoven Trio in B flat Op. 11
Hindemith Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
with Sharon Kam clarinet
Catherine Leonard violin
Peter Bruns cello

This summer Finghin makes his most significant contribution to date to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry in Ireland's scenic southwest. It is always an immense joy to return to this magnificent setting to make music with such inspiring colleagues; though with all this music to learn, rehearse and perform, there won't be much time to soak up the spectacular sunsets over Bantry Bay... Find out more about the Festival at West Cork Music's website.

St. Petersburg -
July 18th 2007 8.00pm

Dresden - 
July 25th 2007 8.00pm

Shostakovich Cello Sonata Op. 40
Shostakovich Piano Quintet Op. 57
Stravinsky Suite from "The Soldier's Tale"
with St. Petersburg String Quartet
Marc Coppey cello
Elizabeth Cooney violin
John Finucane clarinet

Schumann Selected Lieder from Op. 79
Wagner Wesendonck Lieder
Schumann 5 Stücke Im Volkston Op. 102
with Alison Browner mezzo-soprano
Thomas Carroll cello

Finghin was delighted when Judith Woodworth invited him to programme a series of three chamber music concerts in the main auditorium of the National Concert Hall in July. The series will present chamber music associated with three wonderfully rich Eastern European cities - Warsaw, St. Petersburg and Dresden - all of them inextricably connected with the Second World War. As well as those artists mentioned above, the series will feature the outstanding Polish pianist Peter Jablonski and the Szymanowski and Carducci String Quartets. Details and booking at www.nch.ie.

July 20th 2007 7.30pm

Mozart Piano Concerto in C major K. 467
with Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd conductor

Finghin makes his début at the Barbican Hall in London performing one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos with the vibrant and dynamic Manchester Camerata, with whom he performed at the Manchester Piano Festival last year.

July 28th 2007 9.00pm

Handel Suite No. 5 in E major
Schumann Abegg Variations Op. 1
Roberto Gerhard Dances from Don Quixote
Schubert Sonata in B flat D. 960

This festival of young pianistic talent in northern France celebrates its 10th birthday this year by inviting back several of the pianists who have performed there over the past decade. Finghin is honoured to perform the closing recital of the festival, which takes place in the intimate setting of the village church in Villers. The festival is sponsored by Doublet, a large flag-producing factory in Lille. More information at the festival's website.

August 4th 2007 7.30pm

Handel Suite No. 5 in E major
Mozart Sonata in C minor K. 457
Philip Martin The Rainbow comes and goes
Roberto Gerhard Dances from "Don Quixote"
Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26

August 5th 2007 11.00am

Handel "The Harmonious Blacksmith" Air and Variations
Schumann Abegg Variations Op. 1
Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin
Roberto Gerhard Dance of the Muleteers
Liszt Rigoletto Paraphrase

A main evening recital on Saturday night followed by a lighter event for children and aspiring pianists on Sunday morning - these two events form part of the 34th annual Burnham Market Concerts in this historic village on the north coast of Norfolk. This year the series makes a feature of the piano as a solo instrument, in a chamber group and in a jazz trio. Find out more here.

August 17th 2007 11.00pm

Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15
Schubert Sonata in B flat major D. 960

One of the world's legendary piano festivals, La Roque d'Antharon gathers the great and the good of the pianistic world for a series of recitals in unforgettable surroundings in the south of France over four weeks each summer. Last year 73,000 people attended the various concerts, soaking in the "atmosphere of enchantment which descends upon the park as night falls and the music takes on a magical quality". Finghin takes part in a special event - La Nuit des Révélations (Night of Revelations) - performing a sublime late-night programme as the stars come out. More information about the Festival's substantial programme and unique venues here.

August 21st 2007 7.30pm

Beethoven Horn Sonata Op. 17
with Richard Watkins horn
Beethoven Clarinet Trio Op. 11
with Michel Lethiec clarinet
Andres Diaz cello
Schubert Trout Quintet in A major K. 667
with Chee-Yun violin
Rebecca Jones viola
Andres Diaz cello
Ronan Dunne double bass

Barry Douglas and his chamber orchestra, Camerata Ireland, are the musical hosts of this festival on the Clandeboye estate outside Belfast. Concerts and masterclasses take place in the Courtyard; the Festival also includes a competition to become the Clandeboye Young Musician of the Year. Finghin's chamber music programme brings together some very fine musicians for a charming programme of Beethoven and Schubert. The website is here.

August 30th 2007 8.00pm

September 7th 2007 8.00pm

September 8th 2007 8.00pm

Shostakovich Piano Quintet Op. 57
with the Quatuor Benaim 

Handel Suite No. 5 in E major
Schumann Abegg Variations Op. 1
Roberto Gerhard Dances from "Don Quixote"
Philip Martin The Rainbow comes and goes
Schumann Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13

Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81
with the Quatuor Ebène

This year Finghin performs in the opening concert of the Wissembourg Festival in Alsace and a week later he returns for two further concerts. He will collaborate for the first time with two of France's most successful young string quartets - the Benaim and Ebène - on two of the mainstays of the piano quintet repertoire, while his solo recital journeys from the Baroque to the 20th century via Schumann's glorious Symphonic Etudes, which he performs for the first time.

September 12th to 18th 2007

September 12th 2007 8.00pm
St. George's Church, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim

September 13th 2007 8.00pm
St. Mary's Cathedral, Tuam, Co. Galway

September 14th 2007 8.00pm
St. James' Church, Mallow, Co. Cork

September 16th 2007 3.00pm
St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore,
Co. Waterford

September 17th 2007 8.00pm
Old St. Mary's Church, Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary

September 18th 2007 8.00pm
St. Multose Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork

Beethoven Sonata in D major Op. 12 no. 1
Franck Sonata in A major
Grieg Sonata no. 3 in C minor
with Elizabeth Cooney violin 

Sponsored by the Arts Council's Touring Experiment, these six recitals are part of a monthly series of six recitals in churches around Ireland between August and December 2007. The series, entitled "Church Classics", has been devised by Madeleine Flanagan of Classical Links, a music agency based in Galway. Finghin will collaborate with dynamic Irish violinist Elizabeth Cooney in a programme which features well-known sonatas by Beethoven and Franck alongside Grieg's fiery C minor sonata, a fitting tribute to his anniversary year.

Link:  Classical Links

September 21st 2007 7.00pm

Handel Suite No. 5 in E major
Schumann Abegg Variations Op. 1
Roberto Gerhard Dances from "Don Quixote"
Philip Martin The Rainbow comes and goes
Schumann Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13

Employing more than 95,000 people, BASF is the largest chemical company in the world. In 1990, following the reunification of Germany, it acquired a large site in Schwarzheide in the former East. A comprehensive artistic and cultural programme is offered in various locations on the site, including this solo recital.

September 22nd 2007 8.00pm

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
with Dearbhla Collins piano
RTE Concert Orchestra
Laurent Wagner conductor

A gala evening of popular classics at the National Concert Hall in aid of Irish charities. As well as the ever-popular Carnival of the Animals, which will be narrated by David Davin-Power, the programme includes operatic arias sung by the two top prizewinners of the recent Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Mari Moriya from Japan and Ireland's Tara Erraught.

September 28th - 30th 2007

Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478
with the Ovid Trio
Schubert Fantasie in F minor D. 940
with Dearbhla Collins piano 
Brahms Liebesliederwaltzer Op. 52
with Dearbhla Collins piano
Norah King soprano
Martha Bredin mezzo-soprano
Niall Morris tenor
Jamie Rock baritone 
Roberto Gerhard Dances from "Don Quixote"

Following the tremendous success of last year's inaugural New Ross Piano Festival, Finghin is delighted to act as Artistic Director again this year, the 800th anniversary of the founding of New Ross. A true celebration of the diversity and versatility of the piano, this year's event features six pianists: John O'Conor, Freddy Kempf, Cédric Pescia, Ruth McGinley and Dearbhla and Finghin Collins. The Ovid String Trio from Berlin will join in performances of piano quartets and quintets by Mozart, Brahms and Schubert. A dynamic vocal quartet will serenade the audience with Brahms' charming Liebesliederwaltzer, accompanied by piano duet....

October 4th 2007 6.30pm

Ian Wilson "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" (world première)
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
with Catherine Leonard violin
Guy Johnston cello
Carol McGonnell clarinet
Gavin Friday narrator

This concert in the Shaw Room of Dublin's splendid National Gallery is presented by the IIB Bank Festival of Music in Great Irish Houses and features the world premicre of a work for quartet and narrator by acclaimed contemporary Irish composer Ian Wilson. This work has been commissioned specially by the Festival with funds from the Arts Council and is based on a short story by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, the Nobel prizewinning Colombian author who celebrates his 80th birthday this year. The narration will be performed by well-known Irish singer / song-writer Gavin Friday. The concert concludes with Messiaen's epic Quartet for the End of Time, written and premicred in a war camp in Silesia in 1941. Meet the composer at 5.45pm. (Ian Wilson, not Messiaen, who would be 100 next year if he lived!)

October 6th 2007 8.00pm
Martinikerk, Sneek 

October 7th 3.00pm
Ruinekerk, Bergen (NH) 

Lieder Recital
with Lenneke Ruiten soprano

Following Finghin's very successful collaborations in Ireland with wonderful Dutch soprano Lenneke Ruiten (described recently as 'the discovery of the Festival' in Diapason Magazine's review of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2007), he now travels to the Netherlands to join Lenneke for two song recitals. Their eclectic and mouth-watering programme includes songs by Mozart, Schubert, Berg, Duparc, Poulenc as well as the contemporary Dutch composer Micha Hamel. Find out all about Lenneke here.

October 27th 2007 3.00pm

Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26
Schumann Piano Quintet Op. 44
with the ConTempo Quartet

This is the second in a series of four concerts which Finghin has devised in his capacity as Musician in Residence at South Dublin County Council. The acoustic and setting of Whitechurch Church of Ireland on the outskirts of Dublin are second to none, and it is always a pleasure to perform with the ConTempo Quartet, ensemble-in-residence in Galway. The Schumann quintet will also feature in a concert by Finghin and the ConTempos on Sunday October 28th at St. Cleran's Manor House in Craughwell, Co. Galway.

November 4th 2007 8.00pm

Haydn Piano Trio in E minor
Gubaidulina Piano Quintet
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor
with the Chilingirian Quartet

Last year Finghin collaborated very successfully with the virtuosic and charismatic Chilingirian Quartet on Dvorak's Quintet at the RDS. Now they team up for a very substantial chamber music programme in the same venue, culminating in Brahms' masterful Piano Quintet. The programme also includes Sofia Gubaidulina's fascinating early Piano Quintet (1957) and a charming trio by Haydn. The concert is part of the annual Chamber Music Weekend presented by the RDS, which features the Chilingirian Quartet in a separate programme on the previous evening and Triocca, an Irish flute/harp/viola trio, on the Sunday afternoon.

November 14th 2007 8.00pm

Mozart Piano Concerto in E flat major K. 271 "Jeunehomme"
with Prague Sinfonia
Christian Benda conductor

This concert forms part of the prestigious international concert series organised and promoted by the "Società dei Concerti" in Milan. Their concerts take place in the historic surroundings of the Verdi Hall of the Milan Conservatory. It will be Finghin's first time to work with the Prague Sinfonia, a larger version of the renowned Prague Chamber Orchestra, under their conductor Christian Benda. Finghin's participation in this concert is funded by Culture Ireland and arranged by Music Network. Mr. Benda will come to Ireland in Spring 2008 in his capacity as cellist for some recitals with Finghin, organised by Music Network.

November 29th 2007 8.00pm
Large Room, City Hall, Waterford

November 30th 2007 8.00pm
Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo

Debussy Sonata for cello and piano
Brahms Sonata in E minor for cello and piano Op. 38
Beethoven 7 Variations on a theme by Mozart
Rachmaninov Prelude and Danse orientale Op. 2
Shostakovich Sonata for cello and piano Op. 40
with Marc Coppey cello

These two cello and piano recitals were originally scheduled with Guy Johnston, but when he had to pull out due to an unforeseen clash, Finghin was delighted that his friend and colleague Marc Coppey was able to replace him, without changing the advertised programme. Marc and Finghin have performed on several occasions in France, and they also performed at the National Concert Hall in July 2007. While in Ireland, Marc will give a masterclass at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin and both Marc and Finghin will give masterclasses in Sligo, supported by the National Concert Hall. The Waterford concert is presented by Waterford Music, while the recital in Sligo is promoted by Con Brio.

December 5th 2007 8.00pm
Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford

December 6th 2007 8.00pm
St. Mary's Church, Kilkenny

December 7th 2007 8.00pm
Rowe Street Church, Wexford

December 9th 2007 3.00pm
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Mozart Piano Concerto in C major K. 415
with London Irish Camerata
Nicky Sweeney director

This four-concert tour is organised by a new orchestra, the 20-member London Irish Camerata, made up of young musicians from all parts of Ireland who are resident in London. The orchestra is led by renowned Irish violinist Nicky Sweeney, who is also a prominent member of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. This tour is sponsored by the Arts Council's Touring Experiment.

December 16th 2007 2.00pm
East Meadow Library, Long Island,
New York

December 18th 2007 7.30pm
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113
Brahms Sonata for viola and piano Op. 120 no. 1
Britten Lachrymae
Rebecca Clarke Sonata for viola and piano (1919)
with Jennifer Stumm viola

In 2006 Jennifer Stumm, from Atlanta, Georgia, became the first solo violist to win the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York in its 55-year history. Finghin and Jennifer first met and played together at the Steans Institute for Young Artists at Ravinia Festival in 1999. Now they will collaborate on two recitals in the USA, including a début performance at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington DC, presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society. They will also perform at a private event at the Irish Embassy while in the USA.