Carducci Quartet in Birr
Carducci Quartet
Matthew Denton, violin
Michelle Fleming, violin
Eoin Schmidt-Martin, viola
Emma Denton, cello
Shostakovich - Quartet No.1 [1938]
Donnacha Dennehy - Pushpulling [2007]
Peter Gregson - Three Parallels [2022] (Irish premiere)
Beethoven - Quartet in Op.59 No.2 Rasoumovsky [1806]
The acclaimed Carducci Quartet opens our autumn season with Shostakovich’s short, charming and brilliant first quartet. Donnacha Dennehy’s finely crafted tale of nostalgia, Pushpulling, is followed by the Irish premiere performances of Peter Gregson’s beautiful and evocative Three Parallels, recently recorded by the Carducci for Deutsche Gramophon. Beethoven’s great second Rasoumovsky quartet rounds off a stunning programme.
Part of a National String Quartet Foundation tour supported by the Arts Council and RTE Lyric FM