Carducci String Quartet at La Residencia, Deiá, Mallorca
15th to 17th October 2010
The Carducci String Quartet is recognised today as one of Europe's top string quartets.
Graduates of the leading music conservatoires, the Anglo-Irish Carducci quartet has established an enthusiastic international following, winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York, the Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition and major prizes at the Bordeaux, London and Osaka competitions.
Recent seasons have seen the Quartet perform concerts worldwide. European tours have included visits to Spain, Portugal, Denmark, France and throughout the UK, including London’s Wigmore Hall and their own festival in Highnam. The Quartet has embarked on debut tours of South America, Japan and Australia as well as engagements in North America including Carnegie Hall New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles and Eureka.
The Quartet has received wide critical acclaim for recordings on their own record label 'Carducci Classics', launched with a CD of Haydn String Quartets.
The Recital Programmes
Friday
- Haydn Op 33 No 2 in Eb "The Joke"
- Ravel in F
- Mendelssohn Op 80 No 6 in F min
- Piazzolla "Four for Tango"
Saturday
- Mozart in Bb K458 "The Hunt"
- Moeran No 2 in Eb
- Glass Quartet No 2 "Company"
- Beethoven Op 59 No 3 in C "Razumovsky"
La Residencia, Deiá, Mallorca
La Residencia is an award winning luxury hotel and spa resort tucked into the foothills of the Tramuntana mountains on Mallorca's north-west coast and just a stone's throw from the clear blue Mediterranean sea.
La Residencia is the height of relaxed luxury with award winning gourmet restaurant, beautiful pools and gorgeous tennis courts.