BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190914T121000Z DTEND:20190914T131000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Ophelia Quartet - Quartets at Triskel Autumn 2019 DESCRIPTION:Ophelia Quartet\, presented by Triskel Arts Centre in association with the National String Quartet Foundation\, on Saturday 14 September at 1.10pm\n\n\n\nMade up of four of our outstanding young artists\, the Ophelia Quartet made their concert debut earlier this summer at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Mendelssohn wrote his Op.13 quartet as a teenager\, just a few months after Beethoven's death\, and in deep fascination with the master's late quartets. Ravel's 1903 quartet exudes a heady blend of classicism and exoticism which has seen it become a firm favourite amongst both musicians and audiences.\n\n\n\nPhoebe White\n\nColma N Bhriain\n\nSeamus Hickey\n\nKillian White\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\nMendelssohn String Quartet No.2\, Op.13\n\nRavel String Quartet in F major\n\n\n\nThe National String Quartet Foundation is a legacy of the work of the Vanbrugh Quartet. Resident Quartet to RT from 1986 to 2013 and Artists in Residence at University College\, Cork from 1990 until the retirement of violinist Gregory Ellis in 2017\, the Vanbrugh Quartet gave nearly 2\,000 concerts throughout Ireland as well as enjoying a successful international career.\n\n\n\nThe Foundation creates and sponsors projects which bring live chamber music to audiences throughout Ireland. It is committed to supporting musicians who wish to explore and perform the string quartet repertoire and to helping concert promoters present this rich and rewarding music. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Ophelia Quartet\, presented by Triskel Arts Centre in association with the National String Quartet Foundation\, on Saturday 14 September at 1.10pm
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\nMade up of four of our outstanding young artists\, the Ophelia Quartet made their concert debut earlier this summer at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Mendelssohn wrote his Op.13 quartet as a teenager\, just a few months after Beethoven&rsquo\;s death\, and in deep fascination with the master&rsquo\;s late quartets. Ravel&rsquo\;s 1903 quartet exudes a heady blend of classicism and exoticism which has seen it become a firm favourite amongst both musicians and audiences.
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\nPhoebe White
\nColma Ní\; Bhriain
\nSeamus Hickey
\nKillian White
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\nProgramme
\nMendelssohn String Quartet No.2\, Op.13
\nRavel String Quartet in F major
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\nThe National String Quartet Foundation is a legacy of the work of the Vanbrugh Quartet. Resident Quartet to RTÉ\; from 1986 to 2013 and Artists in Residence at University College\, Cork from 1990 until the retirement of violinist Gregory Ellis in 2017\, the Vanbrugh Quartet gave nearly 2\,000 concerts throughout Ireland as well as enjoying a successful international career.
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\nThe Foundation creates and sponsors projects which bring live chamber music to audiences throughout Ireland. It is committed to supporting musicians who wish to explore and perform the string quartet repertoire and to helping concert promoters present this rich and rewarding music.