NSQF Autumn Season: Esposito Quartet featuring a work by Donnacha Dennehy (TOUR)

Esposito Quartet: Mia Cooper, Anna Cashell, Joachim Roewer & William Butt.

The Esposito Quartet are playing music by Shostakovich, Donnacha Dennehy and Franck in Mullingar, Castlebar, Tralee, Cork and Dublin.

Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘Wig’ was commissioned by the Foundation as a companion piece to Beethoven’s quartet Op.135. It is here surrounded by two lesser known masterpieces. Shostakovich’s fourth quartet belongs to the group of works of Jewish inspiration that were in part a reaction to the murder of Jews in German-occupied Europe and in part a protest against the resurgent spirit of anti-Semitism apparent in Russia. Although the quartet was written in 1949, it was not felt safe to premiere it until 1953, after the death of Stalin. César Franck wrote his dramatic and powerful string quartet in 1890, the last year of his life.

Programme

Dmitri Shostakovich [1906-1975]  - Quartet No 4 in D major Op.83 [1949]

1. Allegretto

2. Andantino

3. Allegretto - attacca

4. Allegretto

Donnacha Dennehy [1970] - Wig [2019]

Cesar Franck [1822-1890] - Quartet in D major [1889]

1. Poco lento – Allegro

2. Scherzo: Vivace

3. Larghetto

4. Allegro molto 

Dates, Venues & Tickets

Wednesday 5th October at 8pm | Mullingar Arts Centre | Booking here
Thursday 6th October at 8pm | Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar | Booking here
Friday 7th October at 8pm | Siamsa Tire, Tralee | Booking here
Saturday 8th October at 1pm | Triskel Arts Centre, Cork - introduced by Evelyn Grant (concert ends 2.30pm) | Booking here
Sunday 9th October at 3pm | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Booking here