Haydn, Nyman, and ConTempo

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will play music by Joseph Haydn and Michael Nyman at a concert in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Tuesday June 2 at 1.10pm.

ConTempo will perform's String Quartet Op 77 No 2, from the Lobkowitz Quartets. Written in 1799 for the gifted amateur violinist and patron, Prince Franz Joseph Lobkowitz, this piece was one of Haydn’s last works in this form. There will also be a performance of String Quartet No 3 (1990 ) by Michael Nyman, who is best known for his film score for The Piano.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

 

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