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Following the clamorous Midwinter Festival featuring the works of Maurice Ravel, Music for Galway’s offensive against the darkness and the cold continues with a concert featuring the virtuosic Fidelio Trio in the welcoming setting the Hardiman Hotel’s ballroom, on Monday, February 17, at 7.30pm.

The Irish work in the programme comes from Deirdre Gribbin. Deirdre has been described as "a charismatic and intriguing new voice in contemporary music." (The Independent). She is Artistic Director of Venus Blazing Music Theatre Trust working with young people with cognitive delays. She has written for film including My Kingdom for Sky Pictures starring Richard Harris. The evening features the magical and mysterious “Merrow Sang” from 2007, which vividly recounts a tale of merrow-maidens emerging from the sea during the burial of one the Cantillon family of Ballyheigue.