Monumental, intimate, dreamy, earthy, triumphant, despairing… Schubert's string quintet is recognised as one of the greatest works in Western music. Rimsky-Korsakov’s sextet is, by contrast, a seldom played rarity full of charm and invention.
The Vanbrugh & Friends
Keith Pascoe - violin
Marja Gaynor - violin
Simon Aspell - viola
Ed Creedon - viola
Christopher Marwood - cello
Maria O’Connor - cello
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - String Sextet in A major
Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major D.956
The Vanbrugh has evolved from the work of the Vanbrugh Quartet which was RTE’s Resident Quartet from 1986 to 2013 and as Artists-in-Residence at University College, Cork from 1990 until the retirement of violinist Gregory Ellis in 2017. Over three decades the quartet gave close to three thousand concerts, presenting the chamber music repertoire to audiences throughout Ireland, Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. Recordings include more than thirty CDs.
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