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The Ficino Ensemble

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Date & time Thu 1 Feb 2024
8 p.m.
Tickets €20/€15 Book Now

The acclaimed chamber group Ficino Ensemble presents a musical odyssey, performing rarely heard music by Mozart, McKay and Penderecki. Mozart's noble and epic Divertimento for String Trio and Irish composer Deirdre McKay's atmospheric Between will set the stage for the dynamic and evocative Sextet by the late Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki for which the ensemble will be joined by pianist Finghin Collins.

Formed in 2013, the Ficino Ensemble has been committed to exploring the vast chamber music repertoire and presenting thoughtfully programmed concerts. The group regularly perform as a string quartet, and the addition of winds and percussion gives the possibility of playing large-scale chamber works. The members share a dedicated approach to contemporary music and have premiered many works. In 2018 they performed a concert with Olwen Fouéré as part of MusicTown in Dublin, which included a performance of Thomas Ades’ Four Quarters and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 132.

The group have recorded two acclaimed albums, Winter and Folk Songs which are regularly broadcast on WNYC, BBC3, Radio France and RTE LyricFm. The individual members of Ficino Ensemble are curious and fearless performers, and are at the forefront of the contemporary music scene and members of the National Symphony Orchestra and RTE Concert Orchestra. Ficino Ensemble takes the name from Marsilio Ficino, the Renaissance philosopher who regarded music as a “contemplation of the divine”. ficinoensemble.com

Programme:
Mozart Divertimento K. 563 for String Trio
Deirdre McKay Between for Bass clarinet and cello
Penderecki Sextet

Players

Elaine Clark violin
Nathan Sherman viola
Ailbhe McDonagh cello
Macdara Ó Seireadán clarinet
Hannah Miller French Horn
Finghin Collins piano

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