Esker Festival 2026 - Orchestral Masterworks - Brahms | Copland | Smyth

The Esker Festival Orchestra presents a concert of rustic orchestral Masterworks including Johannes' Brahms serene 2nd Symphony, Aaron Copland's groundbreaking ballet suite to Appalachian Spring and Ethel Smyth's rousing Overture to her opera The Boatswain's Mate. The 60 piece orchestra will present these works in the beautiful surrounds and acousitc of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church Galway under the baton of Artistic Director Peter Joyce and Esker Festival Assistant Conductor Véronique Bernar. The performance will last 70 minutes with a short interval.