Media Release 2 October 2015

A Series of Sunday Concerts from the Celebrated Vanbrugh Quartet

Autumn Chamber Series 2015: Vanbrugh Quartet
11th, 18th & 25th October, 3pm
University Church, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin

‘Awe-inspiring and infinitely moving’ Strad Magazine

As part of a three year residency at the National Concert Hall, the renowned Vanbrugh Quartet will perform a series of Sunday concerts on the 11th, 18th and 25th of October at 3pm.

Featuring a wonderful programme of Mozart and Brahms, these concerts will take place in the atmospheric setting of the University Church, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

The Vanbrugh Quartet - Gregory Ellis, Keith Pascoe, Simon Aspell and Christopher Marwood - has dedicated itself to bringing string quartet music to audiences throughout Ireland. In 1996 the Quartet founded the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and it has consistently championed the work of Irish composers in concerts and broadcasts in Ireland and abroad.

“Mozart and Brahms are two composers who complement each other as fine wine complements fine food” says Keith Pascoe of the Quartet. “Our guest artists have been our musical friends for a long time and share a love for performing. Enjoying such fine fare with friends; it doesn't get better.”

The Quartet’s residency with the National Concert Hall is supported by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. They will be joined in this series by guest musicians Cian Ó Dúill, Paul Roe, Joachim Roewer and William Butt.

Tickets are €15 and are on sale from the National Concert Hall Box Office, telephone: 01-417 00 00 or visit www.nch.ie

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For further information please contact Jenny Costello, Marketing Department. Email: jenny.costello@nch.ie
Tel: 01-417 00 84

Vanbrugh Quartet

•    Artists in Residence at University College, Cork
•    Lecturers in Chamber Music at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama
•    Winners of the prestigious London International String Quartet Competition, 1988
•    Supported by the National String Quartet Foundation

Programme

Sunday 11 October 2015
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor K.421
Brahms: Viola Quintet in G major Op.111 with Cian Ó Dúill

Sunday 18 October 2015
Mozart: String Quartet in G major K.387
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115 with Paul Roe

Sunday 25 October 2015
Mozart: String Quartet in C major K.465 Dissonance
Brahms: String Sextet No.1 in B flat major Op.18 with Joachim Roewer and William Butt