RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet Recital Series

Project Partner:
Cork Orchestral Society

Venue: Aula Maxima, UCC

Project Description:
In addition to ‘Our mEUsical Partners’ and ‘A Welcome Home for 2005’, the Cork Orchestral Society presented the following series of concerts by the RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet.

Date: 3 February 2005
Venue: St. Fin Barre's Cathedral
Artists: RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet
Richard Lester, cello
Ann Murray, soprano
Programme:
Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956
Boccherini: ‘Stabat mater’

Date: 6 October 2005
Programme:
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat, Op. 18 No. 6
Piers Hellawell: ‘Driftwoods on Sand’
Debussy: String Quartet

Date: 3 November
Programme:
Boccherini: String Quartet G243
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’

Date: 1 December 2005
Programme:
Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33 No. 3
Stephen Gardner: Quartet No. 3 ‘Don’t push your granny when she’s shaving’
Franck: Piano Quintet