The Marmen Quartet
Johannes Marmen violin
Laia Braun violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish viola
Sinead O’Halloran cello
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet Op. 33 No. 6 in D Major
Franz Schubert - Quartetsatz In C minor D703
Garth Knox - ‘Secret Letters’ - New commission
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Music in Kilkenny present this superb ensemmble in Kilkenny Castle's magnificent Parade Tower.The Marmen Quartet's performances of Haydn’s quartets are becoming legendary and they start with his D major Quartet Op. 33 No. 6. At the heart of the concert lies the first performances of a new quartet by acclaimed Dublin-born composer Garth Knox and they conclude with Janàček’s famously vivid and impassioned story of spiritual love.