The Carducci Quartet at Anaverna on Friday 6 August at 8pm.
Mozart – String Quartet No. 19 in C Major (His most famous string quartet, nicknamed ‘Dissonance’ after its unusual slow introduction)
Philip Glass – String Quartet No.2 (Commissioned for the dramatisation of Samuel Becket’s prose poem ‘Company’.)
Ernest John Moeran – String Quartet No. 2 in E flat.(Moeran lived in Kenmare at the end of his life and incorporated Irish folk music in his work.)
Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (His last major composition, written after the death of his sister, it is powerful and emotive.)
If you come early (6.30 or 7 pm) barbecue food and home grown salads will be available. You can eat in the garden or, if it is wet, under cover.
For tickets (e18, food e10) email verelc@gmail.com or 042 9371490 and leave a message. You pay at the door but please reserve your tickets in advance. Directions to Anaverna are on www.anaverna.com/concerts/ and you can find out more about the quartet at www.carducciquartet.co.uk/
