Music Network is delighted to present a concert by the exceptionally talented Carducci Quartet.
"...technical rigour, penetrative musical insight and lively yet unified individualism...winning in every sense of the word."
The Irish Times
The concert will include works by Haydn, Boydell, Glass and Beethoven. Tickets are €15 / €12 and are available at Tel. no: 045 448327. This concert is promoted by Music Network and Riverbank Arts Centre.
The Carducci Quartet are Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola) and Emma Denton (cello). The Carducci Quartet is recognised as one of today’s most exciting young string quartets. Based in the UK, the quartet holds residencies at Trinity College of Music in London, Cardiff University and at the Cork School of Music in Ireland. The 2009-2010 season will see the quartet perform over 90 concerts worldwide, including performances at London’s Wigmore Hall and Washington’s Library of Congress. European tours include multiple stops in Spain, Portugal, Denmark, France and throughout the UK, including their own festival in Highnam. This year, the quartet will also embark on debut tours of South America and Australia as well as engagements in North America including New York, Philadelphia, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles and Eureka.
Winners of the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York, the Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition and major prizes at the Bordeaux, London and Osaka competitions, the Anglo-Irish Carducci quartet has established an enthusiastic international following. The Quartet was short-listed for the 2008 Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber Music Award and has recently collaborated with such internationally renowned musicians as Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake, Graham Oppenheimer, Charles Owen, Kazuki Sawa, Julian Bliss, Mark Padmore and Patricia Rosario. Other highlights include appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Verbier, West Cork and Wratislavia Cantans Festivals, an Aldeburgh residency, broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, RTE Lyric FM and BBC television, a cycle of the complete Bartok quartets and a Naxos recording of the Philip Glass quartets.
They have received wide critical acclaim for recordings on their own record label 'Carducci Classics', launched with a CD of Haydn String Quartets. Two world premiere recordings featuring C20th works by G. Whettam ('recording of the month' MusicWeb International) and J. Horovitz (‘beautifully crafted workss??excellent performances’, BBC Music Magazine) were released in 2008. The complete quartets by Irish composer Brian Boydell was released this year, presented with funding from the Music Network/ Arts Council of Ireland Recording Scheme. The Carduccis have also recorded (Vivaldi and Piazzolla) with the Katona Twins Guitar Duo for Channel Classics.
The quartet are passionate about taking classical music to the next generation and run chamber music courses for young musicians in the UK, France and Ireland. Their educational work continues with performances for school children supported by their own trust, The Carducci Music Trust, the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust and West Cork Music. They also regularly coach on the National Youth String Quartet Weekend, run by the London String Quartet Foundation at Chetham’s School of Music. The Carducci Quartet gratefully acknowledges the support of the Coln Trust.
Programme:
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.33 No.2, Hob III:38 "The Joke"
Brian Boydell Adagio & Scherzo Op.89
Philip Glass String Quartet No.2 'Company'
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Op.131
