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ASQ: Glass, Dean, Mendelssohn

Event

ASQ: Glass, Dean, Mendelssohn

  • Date: Monday, 19 February 2018, 7pm
  • Venue: Government House Ballroom, Perth — St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA
  • Series: This event is part of the ASQ National Season 2018 series
  • Tickets: Standard: $85 | Concession: $65 | Under 30: $30 — Tickets can be purchased online

Event Details

Presented in association with the National Gallery of Australia

Philip Glass String Quartet no 3 Mishima
Brett Dean String Quartet no 1 Eclipse
Mendelssohn String Quartet in D major op 44 no 1

Philip Glass reflects upon the life of the iconic poet Yukio Mishima in a work of great evocative power, gripping in its vivid musical imagery of the controversial artist’s turbulent life. Brett Dean’s art is driven by serious concerns and his first string quartet responds to the events of the refugee crisis, through music of haunting eeriness and explosive anger reaching tentatively towards the hope for peace.

The intensity of these opening works finds a perfect counterpoise in Mendelssohn’s radiant String Quartet in D major, where the composer marshals the full resources of his prodigious musicality in a virtuosic creation of musical sunshine. With all the ecstatic brilliance of the composer’s most joyful music, the quartet reminds us of music’s power to revive the spirit

Featured non-Australian music: Glass, Mendelssohn

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 1800 040 444 or by email to asq@asq.com.au

Featured Australian Works

Eclipse : String quartet No. 1 (2003) by Brett Dean
— performed by Australian String Quartet

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