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In association with the National Gallery of Ireland Supported by Culture Ireland -Tickets go on sale from Monday 12th November- On Friday, 23 November 2007, the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin will host the opening concert celebrating Music for Museums - an impressive new initiative organised in association with celebrated art institutions in the United States. Music for Museums will feature a series of seven performances by professional Irish and American musicians. The programme, which will take place from November 2007 to May 2008, will comprise a series of four concerts in the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin, and three concerts in the United States; at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York; The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in Boston and The Getty Center, in Los Angeles. Dublin-born clarinettist, Carol McGonnell, is artistic director of the Music for Museums project. She says: "This programme will provide a very special opportunity for audiences on both sides of the Atlantic to experience the pinnacle of Irish and American musical talent." Thanking Culture Ireland for their support for Music for Museums, Raymond Keaveney, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, says: "Music has long been a traditional feature of the Gallery's public programme. We are delighted to host this intercontinental cultural exchange and look forward to introducing audiences to the wonderful talents of these participating groups who will also be appearing in our sister institutions in the United States." The four Dublin concerts will be performed in the Shaw Room of the National Gallery of Ireland. Among the prestigious groups taking part are: The Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert - the ensemble-in-residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art - who will present the opening concert in Music for Museums on Friday 23 November at 8pm. The Knights Chamber Orchestra, with guest soloist, Carol McGonnell, will perform in the Shaw Room on Friday 14 December at 8pm. Leading New York based contemporary group, Argento Chamber Ensemble, led by conductor, Michel Galante, will present Irish premières by international prominent composers; Gerard Grisey and Valerio Sannicandro, at their concert on Saturday 22 December at 8pm. The first of three concerts in the United States will begin on Sunday 20 January at 1.30pm with a performance by The Irish Baroque Orchestra, Ireland's only professional period instrument orchestra, at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in Boston. Soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Hugh Tinney - two of Ireland's most celebrated musical ambassadors - will perform in The Getty Center, Los Angeles on Friday 8 February at 8pm with a recital of songs by Brahms, Fauré and arrangements of Irish folksongs by Herbert Hughes. On Friday, 16 May at 8pm, Carol McGonnell will perform as guest soloist with the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. See below, programme of concert dates. An official programme will be published to accompany the Gallery concerts in the Music for Museums series which will include full programme notes. Concert
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Museums Artistic Director: Carol McGonnell CONCERT DATES 2007/2008: Friday 23
November at 8pm, National Gallery of Ireland Friday 14
December at 8pm, National Gallery of Ireland Saturday
22 December at 8pm, National Gallery of Ireland Sunday 20
January at 1.30pm, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Tuesday
29 January at 8pm, National Gallery of Ireland Friday 8
February at 7.30pm, The Getty Center, Los Angeles Friday 16
May, 8pm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Official
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