Event
Tokyo String Quartet
- Date: Saturday, 8 June 2013, 2.00 pm
- Venue: City Recital Hall — 2 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW
- Series: This event is part of the Musica Viva International Concert Season 2013 series
- Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 8256 2222
Event Details
After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell to the concert platform. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation, in performances which will touch all hearts. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet offers a polished beauty of sound matched by none, and a special insight into music which only comes through years of hard-won experience.
It will be a highly charged, emotional tour for the members of this ensemble. ‘We like to finish our careers by playing the pieces we love most,’ says Kikuei Ikeda; so the music includes Schubert’s last, great quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven. A Sculthorpe quartet recalls the immediate and striking response it received from Australian audiences when the Tokyos first played it. And there is Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.
Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances of a landmark ensemble of our time.
Featured non-Australian music: Bartok, Beethoven
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 1800 688 482
Featured Australian Works
| String quartet no. 16 : for string quartet with optional didjeridu (2005) by Peter Sculthorpe — performed by Tokyo String Quartet |
Featured artists
- Performer Tokyo String Quartet
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