Quasars Ensemble featuring a work by Greg Caffrey

Quasars Ensemble: Ivan Buffa – conductor; Eric Lamb – flute; Jozef Eliáš – clarinet; Diana Buffa – piano; Irena Manolova – percussion; Peter Mosorjak – violin; Ján Bogdan – cello.

A truly international ensemble, Quasars perform the works of present-day composers such as Bent Sørensen, Michael Jarrell, Kaija Saariaho, Toshio Hosokawa and Tristan Murail.

This programme will include works by Greg Caffrey (Ireland), Michael Jarrell (Switzerland), Bohdana Frolyak (Ukraine) and Ivan Buffa (Quasars director) along with other Slovak composers.

The group are welcomed to Belfast for the very first time, a special event which has been made possible with support from the Slovak Arts Council and Music Fund Slovakia.

For this performance, Quasars will be a 7-piece ensemble featuring flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello, and conductor.

Presented by Music at Queen’s and Moving On Music, in partnership with Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble. 

Programme

These are the clouds about the fallen Sun (2013) - Greg Caffrey (b.1963)
ensemble

Lamento (2008) - Bohdana Frolyak (b.1968)
piano trio

Le point est la source de tout…(Épitomme II) (2020) - Michael Jarrell (b.1958)
flute solo

Tesserae…Interstices (2007) - Michael Norris (b.1973)
ensemble

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Fresco (2021) - Ivan Buffa (b.1973)
ensemble

Osm (2015) - Dai Fujikura (b.1976)
cello solo

Relay Race (2021-2022) - Mário Polónyi (b.1975)
piano trio

Kamea (2000-2001) - Jana Kmiťová (b.1976)
ensemble

Tickets

Tickets are available via Moving on Music, booking here.