National String Quartet Foundation

 

Dear Cultural Companions, SPECIAL EVENT IN KINSALE THIS SATURDAY For those of you near Cork, two fine young quartets from Cork School of Music play music by Beethoven and Mendelssohn at St. Catherine's Cultural Centre in Kinsale this Saturday 30th November at 7.30pm. You can be sure of a warm welcome at this lovely venue so do come along if you can.  Tickets are available on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-meliora-and-olympia-quartets-at-st-catherines-cultural-centre-kinsale-tickets-1073252048769?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1 BANBHA QUARTET IN CASTLECONNELL TONIGHT (TUESDAY) For those of you near Limerick, the Banbha Quartet end their tour tonight with a concert in the lovely All Saints' Church, Castleconnell. Detail and tickets are here: https://www.limerick.ie/discover/whats-on/castleconnell-autumn-concert-series-banbha-string-quartet FICINO QUARTET ON TOUR DECEMBER 4th to 8th The Ficino Quartet play Beethoven's great A minor quartet next week in Castlebar, Rosscarbery, Kenmare, Cork and Dublin.  Details, introductory videos, concert programmes and booking links are on our website here: https://nsqf.ie/autumn-2024#ficino VANBRUGH & FRIENDS IN ABBEYFEALE FRIDAY DECEMBER 6th - FREE CONCERT Limerick Arts Office invites you to a concert by the Vanbrugh & Friends at Glórach Theatre, Abbeyfeale, on Friday December 6th Tickets are free but please book your seats here: https://nsqf.ie/autumn-2024#abbeyfeale NEW ADDITIONS TO NSQF'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL NSQF is all about live performance but it can also be lovely to look back at performances, or to see something missed, so here are two of the many highlights of the autumn season so far: The Pirosmani Quartet's performance of Dvorak's G major quartet in Cork in September The Esposito Quartet's performance of Janacek's In the Mists in Cork in October (first performance in Ireland) Here also are three additions to our Irish Quartet Archive: Paul Frost's An Old Song, Half Forgotten Marja's Gaynor's arrangement of Lord Mayo The Piatti Quartet playing Moeran's second quartet More to follow, watch this space! EMAIL CATEGORIES IN GMAIL If you are using Gmail, you may find that our emails are being filtered into your Promotions section and potentially getting missed. If you would prefer to see our emails in your Primary section, moving them across manually should teach Gmail your preference. On a PC you can drag a message in Promotions onto the Primary tab. On your phone tap the three dots top right and choose Move.  SPRING 2025 Lots to look forward to in the new year, with tours by Carducci Quartet, Sonoro Quartet, Ora Quartet, ConTempo Quartet and Vanbrugh & Friends. Details will be available soon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks and appreciation to our funders, sponsors and co-presenters, the Arts Council, RTÉ Lyric FM, the National Concert Hall, University College, Cork, Cork City Council, Cork County Council, the Contemporary Music Centre, many private donors, and all the venues and promoters we work with around the country.  DONATIONS There is constant financial pressure on the Foundation as we work to bring great concerts to audiences nationwide, so all donations, no matter how small, are very gratefully received. As we are a registered charity, donations over €250 also attract tax relief, greatly adding to their value to the Foundation. If you would like to join our supporters, there is a donations page on our website here: https://nsqf.ie/donate with best wishes Chris