Explore Classical Guitar with Dublin Guitar Quartet
Vail Interfaith Chapel Dublin Guitar QuartetThe Dublin Guitar Quartet gives a lecture and demonstration on classical guitar.
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Dublin Guitar Quartet
Dublin Guitar Quartet
The Dublin Guitar Quartet's work has brought the attention of some of the world's leading composers. Recent activity includes a release on Philip Glass's Orange Mountain Music label and a new commission by New York's Michael Gordon. The quartet performed alongside the Grammy award winning LA Guitar Quartet, Conspirare, and the Texas Guitar Quartet in a premiere of “How Little You Are” by Nico Muhly in Austin, Texas in April 2015.
DGQ is also included on a recent recording performing Arvo Part's “Summa.” The quartet worked with the composer in making the arrangement and received guidance during the recording process. The arrangement is published by the composer's own publisher Universal Edition.
In 2010 the quartet was involved in a performance of Repentance for cello, guitars, and double bass by celebrated Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. The composer was present as they joined the Russian cellist Ivan Monighetti in a concert in St. Peter's Church, Drogheda. DGQ's recording of this work was released on the LCMS label in March 2012.
In 2008, the quartet was honored to share the stage with legendary American composer Philip Glass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dundalk. The quartet’s 2014 release of the full set of Glass quartets on the composer's own label Orange Mountain Music peaked at No.8 in the US iTunes classical charts in 2015.
DGQ is developing the electric side of the guitar quartet repertoire with works like Nagoya Guitars and Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich, and a recent commission for electric guitar quartet, Amplified by Michael Gordon. This was premiered at the David Lang/Bang on a Can curated festival of new music at the National Concert Hall, Dublin in February 2015. The US premiere took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2017.
Other performance highlights include a four-city tour of Colombia and five tours of North American 2013 - 2016. DGQ have also performed at the prestigious chamber music venue, Wigmore Hall in London and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. They have also performed in many of the leading venues in the US including Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Philips Collection Washington, Celebrity Series Boston, Symphony Space and the Lincoln Centre in New York, and Shalin Liu, Rockport, Massachusetts.
Program Highlights
- Dublin Guitar Quartet
While their instruments might be traditional Spanish-style classical guitars, their approach is anything but traditional. The first classical guitar quartet entirely devoted to new music, the members of the Dublin ensemble bring their unique perspective on one of the oldest of instruments to Bravo! Vail audiences.
