Sligo Events

Con Brio present Russian Romantics and Haydn

Con Brio present Russuian Romantics and Haydn with the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet on tour on Saturday 10th October.

The Sligo Perfomance will include Ian Wilson’s ‘Across A Clear Blue Sky’ (commissioned by RTE for Heaney at 70)

Haydn String Quartet ‘The Bird’
Les Vendredis*
Rimsky-Korsakov Allegro in B flat
Borodin Scherzo
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3

Opening the concert is Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 from a collection now recognised as the first true string quartet masterpieces. This quartet was probably nicknamed ‘The Bird’ on account of the trills and ‘chirping’ sounds on the first violin.

On hearing his third quartet premièred during a soirée at Nikolai Rubinstein’s apartment, Tchaikovsky remarked ‘At first I didn’t much like the Finale, but now I see that it is quite good.’

• Saturday 10 October at Sligo Methodist Church at 8pm
• Tickets: €20 Incl of refreshments//Students €10 at the door
• Book via The Hawk’s Well Theatre  0719161518

The Sligo concert is sponsored by St Angela’s College and Forás Éireann. Full details on the event here> and on RTE’s site here