Event
Flinders Quartet: Bowman and Ledger (arr.)
- Date: Thursday, 23 March 2017, 7pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Standard: $50 | Concession: $40 (booking fees apply) — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Flinders Quartet is instantly recognisable as one of Australia’s most loved chamber ensembles.
A quartet for the 21st century, Flinders continues its second decade with acknowledged musical skill and maturity. Their dynamic and stirring performances of broad repertoire have earned them high praise from both audiences and critics with the Quartet now a highly respected force in Australian chamber music.
In 2017 the Quartet celebrates Schubert’s ongoing popularity in 21st-century Australia, premieres new works and arrangements by Calvin Bowman and Iain Grandage, and enjoys repeat performances of Richard Mills’ outstanding String Quartet No.4.
Argentinian composer Carlos Guastavino wrote more than 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice which earned him the title of ‘Schubert of the Pampas’ and is a fitting composer to open Flinders Quartet’s celebration of Schubert. Australian Calvin Bowman is gaining a reputation as the ‘Schubert of the South’ and the Quartet premieres his brand new commission, with Schubert’s epic Quartet in G filled with energy and sharp contrasts completing the program that showcases three masters of song from across the globe.
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Flinders Quartet
Program
Calvin Bowman
New Work
Commissioned for Flinders Quartet by Julian Burnside AO QC
Carlos Guastavino (Songs arranged for string quartet by Iain Grandage)
El Sampedrino
Vidala del secadal
Romance Argentinos for two pianos, Op. 2, No. 1 Las Niñas de Santa Fe
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No.15 in G
Featured non-Australian music: Schubert, Guastavino (arr. Ledger)
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Featured artists
- Music of Iain Grandage
- Performer Flinders Quartet
- Music of Calvin Bowman
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