Cork violinist Mairéad Hickey leads a star-studded line-up of international musicians.

Beethoven’s Op.18 No.3 was by some accounts his first string quartet and from its lyrical opening to its fleet-footed finale it carries the hallmarks of the master’s genius. We lost many of Brahms’ quartets through his obsessive self censorship, but this magnificent A minor quartet is one of the three masterpieces that escaped his fireplace. Sean Doherty’s fine ‘Night Piece’ was written for Mairéad Hickey’s Ortús Festival in Cork in February 2020.

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Tickets:

€20 (General Admission) | €15 (Concessions & COS standard members)
€10 (COS concessionary members) | €5 (Students)

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Programme:

Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, Op.18 No.3
Sean Doherty: ‘Night Piece’
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op.51 No.2

Pirosmani Quartet
William Hagen (violin)
Mairéad Hickey (violin)
Georgy Kovalev (viola)
Ella van Poucke (cello)

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