Limerick Early Music

12/05/2026

Harpsichordists Rachel Factor and Yonit Kosovske will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge (Art of the Fugue) at the 2026 Galway Early Music Festival. Composed in Bach’s final decade of life, this monumental masterpiece represents the summit of his contrapuntal exploration in monothematic and imitative composition.

Rachel and Yonit have been collaborating together as a harpsichord duo for over eight years in concerts throughout Ireland and the UK. Their creative programming has spanned 500 years of repertoire, from Baroque to Contemporary works by living composers from Ireland and around the globe.

TICKETS: https://www.resurgam.ie/gemf2026-programme
€15 general
€13.50 concession

Scroll to “Tenebrae II in Candlelight”
Art of the Fugue
Sunday 24th May 9pm
St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church

This performance is presented in partnership with Galway Early Music Festival and H.I.P.S.T.E.R. (Historically Informed Performance Series, Teaching, Education and Research) with support from The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Galway City Council, and RTÉ lyric fm .

19/04/2026

Delighted to share the news that Yonit Kosovske has been awarded funding through the Music Network Music Capital Scheme, funded by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Music Network is funded by The Arts Council. This support will go towards a new harpsichord, specifically: a tabletop ottavino Lautenwerk built by Steven Sørli.

15/04/2026

BAILE/home: Where is home? For millions of displaced people, this question is becoming increasingly difficult to answer. Home can be a place of nurture, safety, and ancestral roots, or a place of oppression, lack of opportunity, and loss. Homes can be lost but also found, regained, rediscovered, and made anew.

In this performance, renowned historical keyboard specialist Yonit Kosovske, viola da gamba virtuoso Sarah Groser and boundary-exploring pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett join forces to give a home to new music that combines contemporary and historical instruments. The set-up creates a striking visual arrangement and draws listeners into sounds both old and new, humorous and serious, reflective and progressive. Come hear BAILE/home as the centrepiece performed as part of:

NEW WORKS FOR EARLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS by Xenia Pestova Bennett, Matías Padellaro, Elaine McCabe, Anna-Kaise Meklin, Luis Fernando Sánchez García, Karlheinz Essl, and Janet Oates.

FREE TICKETS! Reserve at link below.

Thur 16th April 2026 1pm-2:10pm HARTY ROOM
QUB Music Building, University Square, Belfast BT7 1NN

Where is home? For millions of displaced people, this question is becoming increasingly difficult to answer. Home can be a place of nurture, safety, and ancestral roots, or a place of oppression, lack of opportunity, and loss. Homes can be lost but also found, regained, rediscovered, and made anew.

01/04/2026

30/03/2026

WE'RE BACK! H.I.P.S.T.E.R. and are thrilled to partner again for the spring season of the Zona da Zanfona online hurdy-gurdy masterclasses. Learn from:

• Eléonore Fourniau : 5 April. Anatolian folk music

• Sebastian Falk: 26 April. Polska on the hurdy-gurdy

• Martín Blanes : 17 May. Jazz & Beyond. Creative hurdy-gurdy and improvisation.

• Sébastien Tron : 31 May. Extended Techniques & Cross-Cultural Approaches

22/03/2026

As LEMF 2026 winds to a close for another year, here are some photos from our workshops which took place earlier today!

22/03/2026

LAST CHANCE! DON'T MISS OUT!
SPECIAL PRICE TICKETS WITH DISCOUNT CODE: LEMF2026.
TICKETS €10 AT THE DOOR!

BOOK NOW: https://limetreebelltable.ie/.../festival-concert-finale.../

Belltable Wolodymyr Smishkewych

22/03/2026

DON'T DELAY! SPECIAL PRICE tickets for tonight’s LEMF finale concert: WAYFARING PIPERS: traditional and medieval music meet on bagpipes, pipe and tabor, shawms and more!

Get a taste of what will be in store with this video of Ian Harrison, described as “the Miles Davis of Early Music” and Poul Høxbro, acclaimed as “an endlessly fascinating and inspiring musician”, in action!

Tonight 8pm at Belltable. Use code LEMF2026 at checkout for a special €10 general admission price per ticket (no limit)!

BOOK NOW: https://limetreebelltable.ie/.../festival-concert-finale.../

22/03/2026

SPECIAL PRICE tickets for tonight’s LEMF finale concert: WAYFARING PIPERS: traditional and medieval music meet on bagpipes, pipe and tabor, shawms and more!

Tonight 8pm at Belltable. Use code LEMF2026 at checkout for a special €10 general admission price per ticket (no limit)!

BOOK NOW: https://limetreebelltable.ie/.../festival-concert-finale.../

22/03/2026

SPECIAL PRICE tickets for tonight’s LEMF finale concert: WAYFARING PIPERS: traditional and medieval music meet on bagpipes, pipe and tabor, shawms and more!
Tonight 8pm at Belltable use code LEMF2026 at checkout for a special €10 general admission price per ticket (no limit)!

BOOK NOW: https://limetreebelltable.ie/events/festival-concert-finale-wayfaring-pipers/

Considering the many natural and human disasters that have struck Europe, it is remarkable how much medieval music has survived. Numerous liturgical