NSQF Present Lumiere Quartet - November Tour

Photo by: Hugh Murray.

Lumiere Quartet: Claire Duff, violin; Elaine Clark, violin; Nathan Sherman, viola; Carina Drury, cello.

The Lumiere Quartet is an exciting new group led by acclaimed Irish Baroque Orchestra leader Claire Duff, playing with classical bows on gut strings and offering fresh interpretations of Mozart’s Dissonance Quartet and Mendelssohn’s A minor quartet. The transition between Classicism and Romanticism as represented by these iconic works is the inspiration behind Caterina Schembri’s new quartet Grüner Strahl. This is the name of a rare meteorological phenomenon that sometimes occurs at sunset or sunrise - a green flash above the sun that lasts for a few seconds before disappearing, a fleeting moment of transformation.

Programme

Mozart - String Quartet in C major K.465 Dissonance [1785]
Caterina Schembri - Grüner Strahl [2024] †
Mendelssohn - String Quartet in A minor Op.13 [1827]

† First performances. Commissioned by the Lumiere Quartet with funds from the Arts Council.

Caterina Schembri is undertaking the CMC Emerging Composer Scheme 2024-26.

Venues & Dates

BALLINA - Wednesday 6th November at 8pm - Ballina Arts Centre
CORK - Thursday 7th November at 7.30pm- MTU Cork School of Music - presented by Cork Orchestral Society
TULLAMORE - Friday 8th November at 8pm - Esker Arts Centre
KILKENNY - Saturday 9th November at 7.30pm - Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle - presented by Music in Kilkenny
DUBLIN - Sunday 10th November at 3pm - National Concert Hall

Tickets

For booking links, visit https://nsqf.ie/autumn-2024