DUBLIN CITY GALLERY THE HUGH LANE
SUNDAYS @ NOON CONCERT SERIES
ADMISSION FREE
Sunday January 13th 2008
Callino Quartet
Frank Corcoran String Quartet No. 3 (2007) première
Gyorgy Kurtag Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky Op. 28
L. van Beethoven Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, “The Harp:”
Pre-concert talk 11.30am:
Frank Corcoran will speak about his new string quartet.
The Callino Quartet is an internationally successful string quartet formed in 1999. They regularly broadcast on Lyric FM and BBC Radio 3 and have also appeared several times on RTE television. They have toured in Norway and Holland several times and also appeared at festivals in Lithuania, Italy, Czech Republic, and have also performed several times in Canada.The Callino Quartet was awarded a Special Prize at the 2002 Paulo Borciani String Quartet Competition for their performance of Haydn and since then has enjoyed collaborations with such diverse artists as the Vanbrugh, Vogler and Belcea String Quartets, double-bassist Edgar Meyer, pianist Barry Douglas, the Paris-Bastille Wind Octet and jazz guitarist John Abercrombie.The Quartet has commissioned and premiered new works by Ian Wilson, Raymond Deane and Finnish composer Kimmo Hakola and worked closely with Edgar Meyer, Peteris Vasks and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh on their works for string quartet. Recent and forthcoming performances include appearances at the Cheltenham, Sligo New Music and Clandeboye Festivals, concert tours of Scotland as winners of the Tunnell Trust Award, concerts in Ireland and the U.K. and a Wigmore Hall debut performance. Earlier this year they released their first commercial CD of works by Irish composer Ian Wilson to great critical acclaim. The Callino Quartet’s own annual festival takes place over the Easter Weekend in Co. Cork, Ireland. http://www.callinoquartet.com/
For further information contact
Gavin O’Sullivan
ph: +353-87-2456971
email: gmusic@indigo.ie
address: DUBLIN CITY GALLERY HUGH LANE, PARNELL SQ., DUBLIN 1, IRELAND. Website: www.hughlane.ie
The Sundays @ Noon Concert Series is funded by Dublin City Council and grant aided by The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle EalaÃon.