Brahms in the Afternoon: Finghin Collins, Katherine Hunka, Cian Ó Dúill & Christian Elliot @ Kilkenny Arts Festival
Saturday, 11 August 2018, 1.00pm
Finghin Collins joins forces with leading players from resident orchestra, the ICO, for a brace of lunchtime concerts exploring Brahms’ piano trios and quartets.
Though less famous than his orchestral pieces, the trios and quartets are among the composer’s greatest works, equal to any piano concerto in richness, drama and scale.
Programme I (11 August)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Programme II (12 August)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26