Pitched to highest standard

West Cork Chamber Music Festival broke attendance records for its 37 concerts over nine days in Bantry, says Declan Townsend

OF the 37 concerts performed in Bantry between Jun 29 and Jul 7, I heard 12, all of them in the evenings.

I heard 41 of the 109 works performed at the festival. I marvelled at the stamina of the regular festival-goers who attended more than 30 events, and who discussed with enthusiasm and knowledge what they had heard.