The Solas Quartet is a Cork-based group led by Irish Chamber Orchestra leader Katherine Hunka. For their fourth NSQF tour they bring another programme full of variety and originality. Haydn’s celebrated G major quartet Op.76 No.1 is one the greats, its playful opening movement followed by a gorgeous chorale, a witty scherzo and a virtuosic...
A concert by two outstanding young string quartets who will be heading to Bantry at the end of June to take part in the West Cork Chamber Music Festival THE OLYMPIA QUARTET Yevlaliia Yershova, violin Ellen Crowley, violin Charlie Duff, viola Adam Joyce, cello Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major Shostakovich: String Quartet...
THE LIR QUARTET Siobhán Doyle, violin Sophie Williams, violin Ed Creedon, viola Killian White, cello The Lir Quartet has established itself as one of Ireland’s most exciting and dynamc chamber music ensembles. Formed at Barry Douglas’s Clandeboye Festival in 2016, the quartet has built up a busy schedule, embarking on several Irish tours each year....
