CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Solas Quartet
Solas Quartet
Katherine Hunka violin
Marja Gaynor violin
Cian Ó Dúill viola
Aoife Nic Athlaoich cello
with Ed Creedon viola
Programme
Boccherini Quartet in G minor Op.33 No.5 [1783]
John Kinsella ‘A Reeling Rhapsody’ for two violins [1989]
Amy Beach Quartet Op.89 [1921]
Dowland ‘Lachrimae Antiquae’ and ‘Earl of Essex his Galliard’ [1605]
Mendelssohn String quintet in B flat Op.87 [1845]
The Solas Quartet first performed as the 2020 Quartet in online concerts during that autumn’s lockdown. Now we welcome them in real life splendour, led by Irish Chamber Orchestra leader Katherine Hunka, in a fascinatingly varied programme spanning four centuries and reflecting the wide-ranging musical talents and specialities of the quartet’s members. For the second half of the concert, they are joined by Cork violist Ed Creedon for Mendelssohn’s brilliant B flat string quintet.
Presented by NCH in association with the National String Quartet Foundation