Chamber Music Series: Ficino Quartet: The Lyric Tour

Ian Wilson Quartet No.7 Lyric Suite [2004] Jessie Montgomery Strum [2006] Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131 [1826] The Ficino Quartet comprises four of our most inspirational musicians and has featured in NSQF’s programme each year since 2019. This autumn they revive a lovely quartet by Ian Wilson and look forward to next year’s Beethoven anniversary with performances of his epic C sharp minor quartet. Ian Wilson’s beautifully descriptive and atmospheric Lyric Suite was commissioned by RTÉ Lyric FM in 2004. It comprises Seven Elegiac Pieces which the composer describes as songs