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Concert in St Columba's Chapel - 7th - 8th March - For more details and to book go to the concerts sections of St Columbas Chapel Trust website

The Drimnin String Quartet Academy is delighted to announce the programmes of the two concerts taking place at St. Columba's Chapel later this week, performed by the Elmore Quartet (UK) and Cuarteto Iberia (Spain). On Friday evening we begin in a pastoral style with Imogen Holst's 'Phantasy', an intimate and beautiful piece with echoes of The Lark Ascending, followed by Mozart's D minor Quartet K.421, his only quartet in a minor key and full of the emotional upheavals of the contrasts between darkness and light. The second half pairs Webern's astonishingly brief and emotionally distilled '5 Movements' with Britten's 2nd Quartet and its homage to Purcell, one of the great 20th century quartets.

Saturday's concert opens with excerpts from Bach's universal work 'The Goldberg Variations', arranged for String Quartet, before we enter the deeply characterful and poignant world of Shostakovich's 3rd Quartet. The concert concludes with Beethoven's epic quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky', a triumphant end to the week's activities.

Friday 7th March, 7pm

Imogen Holst - Phantasy for String Quartet (1928)

Mozart - String Quartet in D minor, K. 421

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Webern - 5 Movements for String Quartet

Britten - String Quartet No. 2

Saturday 8th March, 2pm

Bach - Excerpts from 'The Goldberg Variations'

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 3

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Beethoven - String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky'