This documentary follows rural cattle farmer Francis Humphrys as he masterminds the annual two-week, international West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Two years before, Humphrys had a vision; having successfully mounted a series of small concerts in local churches around south-west Ireland, he set about a more ambitious masterplan: to bring a festival of international standard to West Cork, held at the beautiful Bantry House. And that's exactly what he has done. The 1998 programme is rich in classical and Irish music and features celebrity artists such as Joanna MacGregor, the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet and a John Tavener premiere.

BANTRY HOUSE MUSIC
Two concerts in which Marc-Andre Hamelin accompanies the Leopold String Trio in Faure's Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15, and the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet in Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A major, Op 81

Featuring: Leopold String Trio, RTE Vanbrugh Quartet, Borodin String Quartet, Joanna MacGregor, Junita Lascarro, Hugh Tinney, Marc-Andre Hamelin

MAGIC IN THE AIR
Chapter 1Jody Applebaum
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

Chapter 2Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op 81
RTE Vanbrugh Quartet
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

Chapter 3Leopold String Trio rehearse Beethoven Trio in G major, Op 9/1

Chapter 4 Akhmatova Songs by John Tavener
Junita Lascarro (soprano)
Anne Gastinel (cello)

Chapter 5Liszt: Bach Variations, S180
Hugh Tinney (piano)

Chapter 6 Schnittke Piano Quintet
RTE Vanbrugh Quartet
Joanna MacGregor
JS Bach: Art of Fugue
Joanna MacGregor

Chapter 7 Faure Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 15
Leopold String Trio
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

Chapter 8 Final concert
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet
Souvenirs de Florence
Borodin Quartet and members of RTE Vanbrugh Quartet

BANTRY HOUSE MUSIC

Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15

Chapter 9 1st Movement
Allegro molto moderato

Chapter 10 2nd Movement
Scherzo. Allegro vivo

Chapter 11 3rd Movement
Adagio

Chapter 12 4th Movement
Allegro molto
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet in A major, Op 81

Chapter 131st Movement
Allegro ma non tanto

Chapter 142nd Movement
Dumka: Andante con moto

Chapter 153rd Movement
Scherzo molto vivace

Chapter 164th Movement
Finale: Allegro