Vanbrugh & Friends - A Summer Gala Concert

The Vanbrugh - Keith Pascoe, Simon Aspell and Christopher Marwood - and a plethora of special guests present the annual Summer Gala Concert in support of the National String Quartet Foundation. Introduced by Evelyn Grant.

Tickets will be available from 10 am, April 1st, including the possibility of booking a limited number of reserved seats in the front section of the Aula. Sign up to our mailing list here, we’ll be in touch to confirm opening of booking.

Tickets:

Premium seating*
€45 | COS members only: €40

General admission
€35 | Concessions: €30 | COS members only: €25 | Students: €10

* Limited Premium Seating. Book now to secure your seats in the front section of the Aula Maxima.

Programme:

Schubert: Quartet in D Minor "Death and the Maiden" - i. Allegro
Shostakovich: Two Pieces for string quartet - i. Elegy & ii. Polka
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THE BANBHA QUARTET
Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke and Maria Ryan (violin),
Ed Creedon (viola), Aoife Burke (cello)

Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons (arr. Kseniia Yershova)
Myroslav Skoryk: Carpathian Rhapsody (arr. Kseniia Yershova)
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THE YERSHOVY SISTERS
Yevlalia Yershova, Olena Yershova, Nataliia Yershova and Kseniia Yershova (violins) and Sofiia Yershov (cello)

Rhiannon Giddens: At the purchaser's option
Brahms: Quartet in B flat major Op.67 - 1. Vivace
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THE ESPOSITO QUARTET
Mia Cooper and Anna Cashell (violin),
Joachim Roewer (viola), William Butt (cello)

Dvořák: String Quintet Op.97 "American" - i. Allegro non tanto
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Mia Cooper and Megan Chan (violin),
Joachim Roewer and Ali Comerford (viola),
Aoife Burke (cello)

Brahms: String Sextet in G major Op.36 - 1. Allegro non troppo
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Maria Ryan and Marja Gaynor (violin), Ed Creedon and Cian O Duill (viola),
William Butt and Maria O’Connor (cello)

Mendelssohn: String Octet in E flat major, Op.20 - 1. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
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Mia Cooper, Anna Jansson, Ellen O’Connell and Cillian Ó Cathasaigh (violin),
Simon Aspell and Kseniia Yershova (viola),
Christopher Marwood and Alina Obreja (cello)