National String Quartet Foundation: Marmen Quartet featuring a work by Garth Knox (TOUR)
Marmen Quartet: Johannes Marmen, violin; Laia Braun, violin; Bryony Gibson-Cornish, viola; Sinead O'Halloran, cello.
Cork cellist Sinead O’Halloran’s Marmen Quartet returns for a second tour for the Foundation. At the heart of the concerts lie the first performances of a new quartet by CMC composer Garth Knox who will introduce his new work at all venues.
Tour runs from 18 - 22 October.
Programme
Haydn - Quartet Op.33 No.6 [1781]
Schubert - Quartetsatz [1820]
Garth Knox - Secret letters † [2023]
Janáček - Quartet No.2 Intimate Letters [1928]
† Commissioned by the Marmen Quartet with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland
Dates, Venues & Ticket Links
CASTLEBAR | Wednesday 18th October at 8pm | Linenhall Arts Centre
CORK | Thursday 19th October at 7.30pm | MTU Cork School of Music - presented by Cork Orchestral Society
KILKENNY | Friday 20th October at 6pm | Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle - presented by Music in Kilkenny
CASTLEPOLLARD | Saturday 21st October at 7pm | Tullynally Castle - presented by Derravaragh Music Association
DUBLIN | Sunday 22nd October at 3pm | National Concert Hall