Classical: Irish Baroque/Irish Chamber Orchestras 4/5- CIT Cork School Of Music

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Two very different concerts formed the pillars of the newly established FORTE Festival, a series of disparate classical music events which took place in 18 venues around Cork city last weekend.

Cork Orchestral Society organised the festival with the specific intention of bringing so-called classical music to the widest possible audience, just to demonstrate that such music is for everybody. Consequently, 15 free ‘pop-up’ concerts took place in pubs, cafés, hospitals, the GPO, bus station, and even in the offices of this newspaper.