Program

Performing from Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht

Dvořák: String Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘American’

Adams: movements from John’s Book of Alleged Dances

Bartók: String Quartet No.6

About the Artists

Rosa Arnold, Jeanita Vriens [violins],

Annemernjin Bergkotte [violas],

Rebecca Wise [cello]

The Ragazze Quartet plays both classical and modern string quartet repertoire: inspired and on the highest level. In innovative programmes it embarks on collaborations with the most original voices in theatre, dance and literature. The Ragazze plays in concert halls like the Concertgebouw and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam, but can also be seen in concert series all through the Netherlands and on festivals like Oerol on the island of Terschelling. Tours abroad brought them to England, Sweden, China, Japan, Indonesia and the United States of America. Ragazze likes to join forces with young musicians and theatre makers just as with leading organisations such as Nationaal Dans Theater (NDT), the Kronos Quartet, Orkater and the Holland Festival. The quartet has taken over artistic leadership of chamber music festival September Me in Amersfoort. In 2013 they won the Kersjes Prijs. In 2017 the Ragazze Quartet won the Operadagen Rotterdam Award.

About West Cork Chamber Music Festival

The West Cork Chamber Music Festival takes place annually in Bantry, County Cork. For ten days, from the last Friday in June, a world-class line-up of international ensembles and soloists perform an extensive programme of concerts which run from morning to late night. The two main venues are the intimate library of the historic Bantry House, which overlooks Bantry Bay; and St Brendan’s Church in the centre of Bantry. The Festival also includes a full schedule of performance workshops and masterclasses with resident student ensembles, composition workshops, public talks with artists as well as exhibitions and demonstrations from instrument makers.

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