Presenting Vanbrugh and Friends
Closing the 2023/24 series of concerts, the Vanbrugh Quartet are joined by Marja Gaynor and Ed Creedon in a glorious programme of rich and sonorous chamber works by Boccherini, Beethoven and Dvořák. This celebrated collection of musicians has always been a hit with Drogheda audiences.
With thanks to the National String Quartet Foundation, and principal funders of this concert, the Arts Council and RTÉ Lyric FM
Programme
Boccherini String Quintet in E major G.402 [1802]
Beethoven String Quintet in C minor Op.104 [1795/1817]
Dvořák String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 ‘American’ [1893]
Our artists
VANBRUGH AND FRIENDS
The Vanbrugh has evolved from the work of the Vanbrugh Quartet which was based in Cork as RTE’s Resident Quartet from 1986 to 2013 and as Artists-in-Residence at University College, Cork from 1990 until the retirement of violinist Gregory Ellis in 2017. Over three decades the quartet gave close to three thousand concerts, presenting the chamber music repertoire to audiences throughout Ireland, Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. Commercial recordings include more than thirty CDs of repertoire ranging from the complete Beethoven quartets to many contemporary Irish works. In 2016 the group was presented with the National Concert Hall’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their contribution to music in Ireland.
Keith Pascoe, Simon Aspell, and Christopher Marwood continue to perform together as the nucleus of the Vanbrugh and are joined by guest artists for performances of a wide range of chamber music repertoire.
Book tickets
Individual Concert Tickets are €20 (€18 conc.). Season Ticket €130 (applies to full price tickets only).