Dublin Guitar Quartet
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The Dublin Guitar Quartet
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| Origin | Dublin |
| Genres | Contemporary classical, chamber music |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Orange Mountain Music |
| Website | dublinguitarquartet |
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The Dublin Guitar Quartet is an Irish guitar quartet that specialises in the performance of contemporary classical music, particularly music associated with minimalist composers such as Philip Glass,Steve Reich,Arvo Pärt and Kevin Volans. The bulk of their repertoire consists of their own transcriptions of works by these composers. They have also transcribed and performed works by György Ligeti,Igor Stravinsky and Michael Nyman.
The group formed in 2001 while founder members Brian Bolger, Patrick Brunnock, David Flynn and Redmond O'Toole were all studying at the Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama. This line-up avoided standard classical guitar repertoire in favour of their own arrangements of important international composers. Their first batch of arrangements included String Quartet No.2 Company and String Quartet No.3 Mishima by Philip Glass, Summa by Arvo Pärt, String Quartet No.1 White Man Sleeps by Kevin Volans and Soundscapes over Landscapes by The Redneck Manifesto. The quartet's first performance was as support to the Redneck Manifesto in Whelans of Wexford Street in Dublin on 26 January 2002.
The Dublin Guitar Quartet have transcribed, performed and recorded string quartets No.2 to No.5 by the celebrated American composer Philip Glass. B In January 2011 the quartet recorded a performance film which was directed by Gareth Averill and Piers McGrail. This film included a performance of String Quartet No. 3 Mishima. In May 2014 the quartet released an album of these arrangements on the composer's own label Orange Mountain Music.
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