Classical notes

West Cork Music has worked wonders through the years and its European Quartet Week, which takes place every day this week up to Saturday, is a mouth-watering feast of music.

The festival comprises leading international groups in the string quartet art form (Tokyo, Cuarteto Casals and Lindsay) with the very best of Irish (Vanbrugh, Contempo and Callino).

The genre was originated and developed by Joseph Haydn and Luigi Boccherini 250 years ago and ...