NSQF Autumn Series: Banbha Quartet
The Banbha Quartet was founded in 2020 and is made up of four of our most celebrated musicians. They return for their fifth tour for the National String Quartet Foundation in autumn 2025.
Walter Beckett was born in Dublin in 1914. He wrote many arrangements for the Radio Éireann Light Orchestra and Singers during the 1940s. His original works include the 1945 Suite for Orchestra, the song cycle Goldenhair written in 1980 with text by James Joyce, this string quartet also from 1980, the Irish Rhapsody and the Falaingin Dances, both for orchestra. The quartet was played many times by the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet and included on their 1994 album Ceathrar.
Featured Artists
Banbha Quartet: Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke, violin; Maria Ryan, violin; Robin Panter, viola; Peggy Nolan, cello.
Programme
Haydn - String Quartet in G major Op.77 No.1 [1802]
Walter Beckett - String Quartet [1980]
Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No.1 in D major [1871]
Dates & Venues
CLIFDEN - Wednesday 24th September at 1pm - Christ Church - presented by Clifden Arts Festival
CORK - Thursday 25th September at 7.30pm - MTU Cork School of Music - presented by Cork Orchestral Society
UNION HALL - Friday 26th September at 8pm - Myross Church of Ireland - presented by Barrahane Music
KILKENNY - Saturday 27th September at 7.30pm - tbc - presented by Music in Kilkenny
DUBLIN - Sunday 28th September at 3pm - National Concert Hall