The National Concert Hall Announces an Expansive New Chamber Music Series for Autumn/Winter Featuring Leading Irish and International Quartets 

Sept 14th - Gealán Quartet (14th September 3pm) | Banbha Quartet (28th September 3pm) | Ora Quartet (12th October 3pm) | Esposito Quartet (26th October 3pm) | Marmen Quartet (9th November 3pm) | Solas Quartet (23rd November 3pm) | Ficino Quartet (7th December 3pm) 

• Kevin Barry Recital Room, National Concert Hall  

• Tickets €17.50 (10% Discount for Friends of NCH)     

• Tickets On Sale 10am Friday 9th May · Box Office Tel: 01 4170000 www.nch.ie      

The National Concert Hall is delighted to announce an engaging new series of Chamber Music concerts featuring prominent Irish and International string quartets. The series will see an exciting mix of Irish and international works, from classical to contemporary, performed in the intimate surrounds of the NCH’s Kevin Barry Recital Room.  
  
On the 14th of September, the renowned Gealán Quartet commence the series with an enchanting  programme featuring Mozart’s, Quartet K589, one of his final three quartets; a new quartet by Michael Doherty; Schubert’s Quartettsatz, the first example of his mature style for string quartet, and Grieg’s Quartet in G minor. 

The Banbha Quartet perform a sublime trio of works on 28th of September; Haydn’s dazzling Quartet Op. 77/1; Dubliner Walter Beckett’s distinguished String Quartet, and Tchaikovsky’s masterful Quartet No. 1. 

October 5th and November 2nd see the 34th and 35th instalments of Schubertreise take place in the kevin Barry Recital Room when Conor Biggs and Michel Stas treat us to a veritable feast of music including Schubert’s Orpheus, als er in die Hölle ging, D 474  and Das Geheimnis (first setting), D 250.   

On the 12th October, the exceptional Ora Quartet’s recital includes Mozart’s Quartet Op. 590, the third of his Prussian Quartets; Florence Price’s dynamic Five Folksongs; award-winning Belfast composer Deirdre Gribbin’s Before the Moon Shattered and Shone again, and Schumann’s Quartet Op. 41 No. 3 

The acclaimed Esposito Quartet take to the KBRR stage on the 26th October with a programme that includes Reynaldo Hahn’s nostalgic Quartet No.1 in A minor; Seóirse Bodley’s expressive Quartet No. 4; Glazunov’s colourfully evocative Three Novelettes Nos 2, 3 and 5, and Shostakovich’s invigorating Quartet No. 1 

The 9th November concert sees the revered Marmen Quartet present a wonderful selection of works including Haydn’s magical Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 Sunrise; Cork native Sam Perkin’s, My Young Love Was Gone (2016 rev 2024); Bartók’s passionate Quartet No. 3, and Beethoven’s last major completed work, his Quartet Op. 135 

Solas Quartet’s programme on 23rd November includes Grazyna Bacewicz’s glittering Quartet No. 3; Solas Quartet leader Katherine Hunka’s Into the clear air; Cork-based Marja Gaynor’s Siúil a Rúin & Paul’s Steeple, and Schubert’s mesmerising Quartet in A Minor Rosamunde. 

The series concludes on the 7th December with a recital by the esteemed Ficino Quartet which includes Shostakovich’s dynamic Quartet No. 10; Caroline Shaw’s multitextured Valencia; Dubliner Siobhan Cleary’s Now Linnet and Beethoven’s imposing Quartet Op. 59 No.1 Rasoumovsky. 

Tickets €17.50  

On Sale 10am Friday 9th May 

10% Discount for Friends of NCH     

Box Office Tel: 01 4170000 www.nch.ie

ENDS   
  
Media Queries: Sinead Doyle, Marketing & PR Manager, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-4170077/ 087-1775334 or sinead.doyle@nch.ie or Roisin Dwyer, PR & Publications Executive, National Concert Hall 01-4170077 / 086-7129628 roisin.dwyer@nch.ie   

 

About the National Concert Hall            

The National Concert Hall (NCH) is Ireland’s national cultural institution for music, proudly serving the Irish public since it opened in 1981 through live music performances and significant educational and cultural programmes. Based in the heart of Dublin’s city centre, next door to the picturesque Iveagh Gardens, the NCH is proud home to our  National Symphony Orchestra, as well as providing residence for a range of other music organisations including Chamber Choir Ireland, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Music Network, Crash Ensemble and Music Generation. It is currently planning for a major redevelopment of all facilities as part of the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040.  

 

Fógraíonn an Ceoláras Náisiúnta sraith fhairsing nua ceoil aireagail don fhómhar/geimhreadh ina mbeidh ceathairéad mór le rá Éireannach agus idirnáisiúnta.

14ú Meán Fómhair - Ceathairéad Gealán (14ú Meán Fómhair 3 i.n.) | Ceathairéad Banbha (28ú Meán Fómhair 3 i.n.) | Ceathairéad Ora ( 12ú Deireadh Fómhair 3 i.n.) | Ceathairéad Esposito (26ú Deireadh Fómhair 3 i.n.) | Ceathairéad Marmen (9ú Samhain 3 i.n.) | Ceathairéad Solas (23ú Samhain 3 i.n.) | Ceathairéad Ficino (7ú Nollaig 3 i.n.) 

 

• Seomra Aithris Kevin Barry, An Ceoláras Náisiúnta  

• Ticéid €17.50 (Lascaine 10% do Chairde NCH)  

• Ticéid ar Díol 10 r.n. Dé hAoine 9ú Bealtaine · Oifig Bhosca Guthán: 01 4170000 www.nch.ie  

  

Tá ríméad ar an gCeoláras Náisiúnta sraith nua tarraingteach de cheolchoirmeacha Ceoil Aireagail a fhógairt ina mbeidh ceathairéad téadach mór le rá Éireannach agus idirnáisiúnta. Beidh meascán spreagúil de shaothair Ghaeilge agus idirnáisiúnta, idir chlasaiceach agus saothair chomhaimseartha, á léiriú i dtimpeallacht dlúth Seomra Aithris Kevin Barry an NCH.  
  
 Ar an 14ú Meán Fómhair, cuireann an Ceathairéad cáiliúil Gealán tús leis an tsraith le clár draíochtúil ina mbeidh Mozart, Quartet K589, ceann de na trí cheathairéad deireanacha aige; ceathairéad nua le Michael Doherty; Schubert's Quartettsatz, an chéad sampla dá stíl aibí do cheathairéad téadach, agus Ceathairéad Grieg i mionghléas G. 

Léiríonn an Ceathairéad Banbha triúr saothar aoibhinn ar an 28ú Meán Fómhair; Ceathairéad iontach Haydn's Op. 77/1; Ceathairéad téadach céimiúil Baile Átha Cliathach Walter Beckett, agus Ceathairéad máistriúil Tchaikovsky Uimh. 1. 

Ar an 12ú Deireadh Fómhair, beidh aithris eisceachtúil Ceathairéad Ora Ceolchoirm Ceathairéad Mozart. 590, an tríú cuid dá Cheathairéid Prúiseach; Five Folksongs dinimiciúil Florence Price; Roimh an Ghealach Shattered and Shone again, an cumadóir as Béal Feirste, Deirdre Gribbin, agusCheathairéid Op Schumann. 41 Uimh. 3

Téann an Ceathairéad Esposito iomráiteach ar stáitse KBRR ar an 26ú Deireadh Fómhair le clár a chuimsíonn Ceathairéad Reynaldo Hahn's Uimh.1 i mionghléas A; Ceathairéad léiritheach Seóirse Bodley Uimh. 4; Trí Úrscéalta Uimh. 2, 3 agus 5 le Glazunov, agus Ceathairéad Uimh. 1 bríomhar Shostakovich. 

Ag an gceolchoirm 9ú Samhain cuireann an Ceathairéad Marmen urramach rogha iontach saothar i láthair lena n-áirítear Ceathairéad Haydn's draíochta Op. 76 Uimh. 4 Sunrise; Sam Perkin's ó dhúchas Chorcaí, My Young Love Was Gone (2016 rev 2024); Ceathairéad paiseanta Uimh. 3 Bartók, agus an mórshaothar críochnaithe deireanach de chuid Beethoven, a Ceathairéad Op. 135. 

I measc chlár Ceathairéad Solas ar an 23ú Samhain tá Ceathairéad Uimh. 3 le Grazyna Bacewicz; Into the clear air  le ceannaire Solas Quartet Katherine Hunka;  Siúil a Rúin & Paul's Steeple le Marja Gaynor atá lonnaithe i gCorcaigh, agus Ceathairéad mealltach Schubert i mionghléas A Rosamunde. 

Críochnaíonn an tsraith ar an 7ú Nollaig le aithris ón Ficino Quartet a chuimsíonn Ceathairéad dinimiciúil Uimh. 10 Shostakovich; Valencia iluigeach Caroline Shaw; Now Linnet le Siobhan Cleary ó Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Ceathairéad mórthaibhseach Beethoven, Op. 59 Uimh. 1, Rasoumovsky. 

  

Ticéid €17.50   

Ar Díol 10am Dé hAoine 9ú Bealtaine 

Lascaine 10% do Chairde NCH     

Guthán Oifig na dticéad: 01 4170000 www.nch.ie      

 

CRÍOCH 
   
Fiosrúcháin ó na Meáin: Sinéad Doyle, Bainisteoir Margaíochta agus Caidrimh Phoiblí, An Ceoláras Náisiúnta, Ardán Phort an Iarla, Baile Átha Cliath 2. Guthán: 01-4170077/ 087-1775334 nó sinead.doyle@nch.ie nó Roisin Dwyer, Feidhmeannacht Caidrimh Phoiblí agus Foilseachán, Ceoláras Náisiúnta 01-4170077 / 086-7129628 roisin.dwyer@nch.ie    

 

Faoin gCeoláras Náisiúnta      

Tá an Ceoláras Náisiúnta (CN) institiúid chultúrtha náisiúnta na hÉireann don cheol, a fhreastalaíonn go bródúil ar phobal na hÉireann ó osclaíodh é i 1981 trí thaibhithe ceoil beo agus cláir shuntasacha oideachais agus chultúrtha. Lonnaithe i gcroílár Bhaile Átha Cliath, agus béal dorais le Gairdíní Uíbh Eachach, tá an CN bródúil as ár gCeolfhoireann Shiansach Náisiúnta, chomh maith le háit chónaithe a chur ar fáil do réimse eagraíochtaí ceoil eile lena n-áirítear Cór Aireagail Éireann, Ceolfhoireann Bharócach na hÉireann, Music Network, Crash Ensemble agus Music Generation. Tá sé i gceist faoi láthair athfhorbairt mór á dhéanamh ar na háiseanna go léir mar chuid den Phlean Forbartha Náisiúnta agus de Thionscadal Éireann 2040.