NSQF present the Banbha Quartet Spring Tour featuring music by Jane O'Leary

The National Strign Quartet Foundation present the Banbha Quartet Spring Tour.

The Banbha Quartet are: Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke, violin; Maria Ryan, violin; Robin Panter, viola; Aoife Burke, cello. For their fourth tour they bring a fascinating mix of music, opening with one of Haydn’s quartets from 1772. Grażyna Bacewicz was a leading figure in Polish musical life during and after the Second World War. A successful violinist, her compositions include seven violin concertos and seven string quartets, of which No.4 is among the best known. Jane O’Leary’s 'forever begin' was written in 2020 as ‘a sort of fanfare for strings - conveying a sense of excitement, anticipation, hope and optimism - a sense of new beginnings’. Dvořák’s popular and irrepressible ‘American’ quartet celebrates the composer’s new-found enjoyment of American folk music.

Programme

Haydn - Quartet in D major Op.20 No.4 [1772]
Bacewicz - Quartet No.4 [1951]
Jane O’Leary - forever begin [2020]
Dvořák - Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘The American’ [1893]

Venues, Dates & Tickets

LISTOWEL - Wednesday 18th January at 8pm - St John’s Theatre and Arts Centre
NAVAN - Thursday 19th January at 8pm - Solstice Arts Centre
LIMERICK - Friday 20th January at 8pm - Belltable
CORK - Saturday 21st January at 1pm - Triskel Christchurch (Bacewicz, O’Leary, Dvorak)
DUBLIN - Sunday 22nd January at 12pm - Hugh Lane Gallery (Bacewicz, O’Leary, Dvorak)