Vanbrugh & Friends
Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm
St. Joseph’s Church, Presentation Rd
Keith Pascoe, violin | Marja Gaynor, violin | Simon Aspell, viola | Ed Creedon, viola | Christopher Marwood, cello
| MOZART | Quintet in C major K515 |
| BRAHMS | Clarinet Quintet (version for string quintet) in B minor Op.115 |
The word Vanbrugh has been synonymous with music-making of the highest quality in Ireland for many decades now. The Vanbrugh Trio will be joined by two guest string players from Cork to perform two beautiful works for string quintet.
The Vanbrugh and their guests present two highly contrasted works from their extended chamber music repertoire. Mozart’s miraculously joyful and relaxed C major string quintet dates from the spring of 1787, the same months which produced the drama of Don Giovanni and the tragedy of the G minor string quintet K.516.
Brahms wrote two magnificent quintets for string quartet plus an extra viola – the F major quintet Op.88, composed in 1862-63, and the G major quintet Op.111 which followed in 1890 and which Brahms for a time thought of as his last work. But, inspired by the playing of clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, he went on to write four last chamber music masterpieces, the clarinet trio Op.114, the clarinet quintet Op.115 and the two clarinet sonatas. For each of these works he provided the option for the clarinet part to be played on the viola and so created four treasured additions to the viola as well the clarinet repertoire. In the quintet the qualities of the viola bring a different perspective to one of Brahms’ most loved works – the all-string sonority creates a closer feeling of integration among the voices and at times the darker sound of the viola even enhances the mood of melancholy and autumnal resignation so central to the piece.
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION
Social Inclusion Tickets €10.00:
Includes full time students, asylum seekers, people in receipt of job seeker allowance and disability allowance. Social Inclusion refers to ticket price only and does not denote a relaxed performance.
These tickets can be purchased at the door or over the phone (091 705962) and collected at the door with proof of relevant status.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable.
