Growing up I was more on the shy side, but music enabled me to find a great way of self-expression.

Declan Townsend finds the programme for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival has him feeling like a child in a sweet shop, hoping he can sample everything

THIS was the question asked of Francis Humphrys, the artistic director of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, by the French horn virtuoso, Herve Joulain.

The West Cork Chamber Music Festival has a truly international appeal. Declan Townsend reports