Classical review: Vanbrugh Quartet

CIT Cork School Of Music

Ian Wilson, introducing his 15th string quartet, ‘Alluvio’, spoke of his close relationship with the Vanbrugh Quartet, praised in particular their willingness to experiment and their absolute dedication to getting into the heart and soul of the music they are playing.

It was good to hear his explanation of his composition’s title. The music was, he explained, inspired by the river flooding that he witnessed in recent years. He was loud in his praise of the Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Kurtag, born 1926, whose ‘Hommage a Mihály András’ closed the first half of the recital.