Chamber Music Series: Gealán Quartet: Prayers and Truths

Sam Perkin A Gathering [2025] Turina La Oración Del Torero [1925] Puccini Crisantemi [1890] Shostakovich String Quartet No.7 [1960] Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor Op.80 [1847] The Gealán Quartet open their programme this autumn with a series of evocative miniatures from Ireland, Spain, Italy and Russia, their concerts culminating in Mendelssohn’s powerful F minor quartet. Cork composer Sam Perkin wrote his celebratory short quartet A Gathering for the opening of the 2025 West Cork Chamber Music Festival. He wrote: Are we in a barn, a pub, or at a chamber music festival? Regardless, our