St. Barrahane's Church Festival of Music and Concerts

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St. Barrahane's Church of Ireland

Castletownshend

(8km from Skibbereen)

Co. Cork, P81 AH51

Ireland

concerts@barrahanemusic.ie

+353 86 226 4797 (Jacqueline Weij)

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START OF THE FESTIVAL. Sarah Groser – Viola da Gamba, Patrick Goyvaerst – Lute

July 17, 2025

8:00 pm

 

Venue: St. Barrahane's Church, Castletowshend, P81 AH51

Tickets €20
Online (booking fee applies), at the door, at Thornhill Electrical Skibbereen or text/call 086 226 4797

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Programme details to be decided.

Sarah Groser, Patrick Goyvaerts and friends with an eclectic programme of Early Music.

Sarah Groser

first played the viol as a nine year old when her father lent her one to keep her happy while she was waiting to start on the cello. She didn’t play a viol again until her late teens when she heard a viol consort and fell in love with the sound of viols playing together.

At Manchester University she was able to study both baroque cello and viol with Charles Medlam, then went on to Rotterdam Conservatorium to study baroque cello with Jaap ter Linden.

Since her studies Sarah has concentrated on the viol and more recently the violone. She has been a member of the Rose Consort of Viols for fifteen years, Sonnerie for three years and has worked with many other ensembles including Fretwork, Charivari Agreable, London Baroque and the Dowland Consort.

In 2001 Sarah moved from England to West Cork with her daughter Gracie. Since then she has performed in Ireland with The Little Concert, Castalia, the Orchestra of St. Cecilia, and with Sarah Cunningham and Tara Brandel at the East Cork Early Music Festival.

Patrick Goyvaerts

started playing guitar as a young teenager, playing both folk and classical styles. He studied at Cork School of Music whilst taking guitar lessons from James O'Brien. He then went to London to study classical guitar with Anthea Gifford. From a young age he was mostly interested in very early music and the lute. He made his first lute from a kit and taught himself to play using 16th century lute technique.

Patrick and Sarah  live in Glengarriff with Sarah's daughter, Gracie.

They enjoy making music together for fun, usually in the privacy of their own home.