CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Ficino Quartet
Ficino Quartet
Elaine Clark violin
Ioana Petcu-Colan violin
Nathan Sherman viola
Ailbhe McDonagh cello
Programme
Schubert Quartetsatz in C minor D.703 [1820]
Philip Glass ‘Mishima’ [1985]
Linda Buckley ‘Circuit Bend’ [2022] Dublin première*
Ravel Quartet in F major [1903]
*Commissioned by the National String Quartet Foundation with funds from The Arts Council
The Ficino Quartet features four of our leading musicians and has toured annually for the Foundation since 2018. Here they present another fascinating programme including Philip Glass’s hugely popular ‘Mishima’, drawn from his 1985 soundtrack to Paul Schrader’s film on the life of author, playwright and latter-day Samurai, Yukio Mishima. The concert also features a new commission by Cork composer Linda Buckley, and Ravel’s evergreen string quartet from 1903.
Presented by NCH in association with the National String Quartet Foundation