Sundays at Noon, Concert Catch-up : Piatti Quartet

Filmed in the sculpture hall of the Hugh Lane Gallery on March 10th 2024
National String Quartet Foundation present:
Michael Trainor & Emily Holland, violins - Miguel Sobrinho, viola - Jessie Ann Richardson, cello
The distinguished Piatti Quartet are widely renowned for their ‘profound music making’ (The Strad) and their ‘lyrical warmth’ (BBC Music Magazine). Since their prizewinning performances at the 2015 Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition, they have performed all over the world and made international broadcasts from many countries.
Since their inception they have always had projects in the recording studio with critically acclaimed releases through Linn, Somm, Champs Hill, Hyperion, Delphian, Nimbus and NMC record labels. Their wide-ranging
discography and repertoire is thanks to their enthusiasm and curiosity in collaborating with a broad range of artists including some of the most recognisable names in classical music such as Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, Michael Collins, Barry Douglas, Janina Fialkowska, Melvyn Tan, Ian Bostridge, Katherine Broderick, Adam Walker, Simon Callaghan and the Belcea Quartet. Accolades in 2023 include Gramophone’s ‘Editor’s Choice
for the Month’ with NMC, a five-star review from BBC Music Magazine with Delphian and in 2022 they were nominated for ‘Recording of the Year’ with both Limelight and Gramophone for their collaborative disc on
the Hyperion label. Historical research into quartet music that has been undiscovered or deserves to be better known has led to the premiere recording of Ina Boyle’s (Ireland) SQ in E minor, and performances of lesser-known quartet gems by Ralph Vaughan Williams, E.J. Moeran, Rachmaninov, Ireland, Haas, Ulmann, and Durosoir.
The quartet’s name is dedicated to Alfredo Piatti, a 19th Century virtuoso cellist who was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music (the alma mater of the founders of the quartet) and also a major exponent of
chamber music and contemporary music of his time.
Programme
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]
Chacony [1680]
Felix Mendelssohn [1809-1847]
Quartet in E flat major Op.12 [1829]
1. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante
2. Canzonetta: Allegretto
3. Andante espressivo
4. Molto allegro e vivace
Charlotte Harding [1989]
‘Iorsa’ [2023]
E.J. Moeran [1894-1950]
String Quartet No.2 in E flat [1923 or 1946]
1. Allegro moderato ma ben marcato
2. Lento - Vivace - Allegretto - Andante - Allegro vivace
With thanks to the Arts Council of Ireland for their support.