Dublin Guitar Quartet will be performing a special once-off Philip Glass – The Quartets concert in St. Ann’s Church, Dawson’s Street on the 17th of April. They will be performing their own transcriptions of the legendary composer Philip Glass’ four string quartets. Tickets are €12/10 available from Road Records, their website or at Central Ticket Bureau.
I have tickets to the gig and an M&E-designed poster to giveaway. Just email [email protected] before Wednesday the 7th of April to be in with a chance to win.
“This is a very special arrangement. Arranging for guitars is a very tricky business and you really have to know what you are doing, so I have never done it, but Dave Flynn and Brian Bolger [Dublin Guitar Quartet] have made these arrangements and they’re really quite beautiful.”
– Philip Glass
MP3: Dublin Guitar Quartet – ‘Soundscapes over Landscapes’
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