NSQF present The Liverpool Quartet featuring a work by Deirdre Gribbin (TOUR)

2 November 2022 20:00 - 6 November 2022 15:00

The Liverpool Quartet: Róisín Walters, violin; Sarah Hill, violin; Dani Sanxis, viola; Nick Byrne, cello.

Róisín Walters’ Liverpool Quartet brings an exciting and varied programme to Galway. Zemlinsky’s beautiful early masterpiece is very much in the genre of Brahmsian late romanticism. Shostakovich’s third quartet is a heart-breaking musical commentary on the futility and pain of war. Deirdre Gribbin’s magical and mysterious “Merrow Sang” from 2007 vividly recounts a tale of merrow-maidens emerging from the sea during the burial of one the Cantillon family of Ballyheigue.

Programme

Zemlinksy - String Quartet No.1
Deirdre Gribbin - Merrow Sang
Shostakovich- String Quartet No 3

Venues, Dates & Tickets

LISTOWEL - Wednesday 2nd November at 8pm - St John’s Theatre and Arts Centre (Piazzolla, Gribbin, Shostakovich)
GALWAY - Thursday 3rd November at 8pm - An Taibhdhearc Theatre - presented by Music for Galway (Zemlinsky, Gribbin, Shostakovich)
DROGHEDA - Friday 4th November at 7.30pm - St Peter’s Church of Ireland - presented by Drogheda Classical Music (Piazzolla, Gribbin, Zemlinsky)
NEWBRIDGE - Saturday 5th November at 8pm - Riverbank Arts Centre (Piazzolla, Gribbin, Shostakovich)
DUBLIN - Sunday 6th November at 3pm - National Concert Hall (Piazzolla, Gribbin, Zemlinsky)