Classical quartets from RTE Vanbrugh

The RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet performs Mozart's alluring string quartet No 16, Shostakovich's emotive string quartet No 7 and the dramatic first quartet from Beethoven's popular Razumovsky quartets, in Solstice Arts Centre, Navan on Saturday 6th February at 8pm. Winner of the 1988 London International String Quartet Competition and now in its twenty-third concert season, the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet is one of Europe's most successful quartets, internationally recognised for its beauty of sound, clarity of texture and integrity of interpretation within an unusually wide and varied range of repertoire. The RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet has an extensive and critically acclaimed discography, which includes the complete Beethoven quartets. Recent awards include Gramophone Critics' Choice 2003 for Boccherini's Cello Quintets and Gramophone Editor's Choice for Charles Stanford's Viola and Piano Quintets, a CD released by Hyperion in co-operation with RTÉ. In April 2006 RTÉ Lyric FM released Quartet Classics, a compilation CD of some of the most popular works in the repertoire. In January 2009, the members of the Quartet were appointed lecturers in chamber music at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Tickets for the Solstice show are €15 (concession €12) and are available from (046) 909 2300 or www.solsticeartscentre.com