Ortus Festival Closing Concert

Join us for the exhilarating finale of the 2025 Ortús Chamber Music Festival in the Curtis Auditorium of the MTU Cork School of Music featuring the fabulous Marmen Quartet and Slovenian clarinettist Aljaz Begus to perform a programme including Beethoven's compelling 'Serioso' Quartet and the brilliant clarinet quintet by Bliss to bring the 10th festival to a resounding conclusion.

Programme:

Beethoven String Quartet Op. 95 in F minor, “Serioso”

Marmen Quartet

Hannah Kendall “How ruin nested inside each thimbled throat / & made it sing”

Marmen Quartet

Seth Grosshandler “Dances for String Quartet”

Marmen Quartet

Bliss Clarinet Quintet

Johannes Marmén, Laia Valentin Braun, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Sinéad O’Halloran & Aliaž Beguš