Carducci performs String Quartets by Britten, Ravel and Sheller

From Event details at DiscoverIreland.com!: 14 Dec 2008

Location: Galway City

Type: Music and Theatre

Carducci performs String Quartets by Britten, Ravel and Sheller at the Hotel Meyrick. More

From Emerald Concerts (organisers):Emerald Concerts presents a series of modern string quartets composed by Benjamin Britten, Maurice Ravel and William Sheller. They will be performed in the Connemara Suite of The Meyrick by Carducci (http://www.carducciquartet.co.uk), a young Anglo-Irish quartet based in London who won last year the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York (out of 350 applicants!)


Programme:

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Divertimenti (1936):
I March | II Waltz | III Burlesque "to Francis Barton"

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
- Quartet in F Major (1903) "to my dear Master, Gabriel Fauré":
I Allegro Moderato - Very Gentle | II Fairly Sharp. Highly Rhythmical | III Very Slow | IV Sharp and Restless

* Intermission *

William Sheller (b. 1946)
- Quartet No. 3 "Viennese" (1997):
I Ondis | II Script | III Foehn
- 5 String Pieces (ca. 1984):
I Baba Yaga | II Hungaria | III Ambre Ballade | IV Luna | V Hawaii 50's