Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

‘[Affinity Quartet] has a collective wisdom and maturity which is singularly impressive … a musical force with which to be reckoned.’ Richard Gill AO

About Affinity Quartet

Affinity Quartet represents the next generation of Australia’s chamber music stars. The Quartet developed its craft in Europe to critical acclaim. It brings home an inspired approach to music-making, matched by its adventurous spirit as a string quartet for and of today.

About the concert

Life is full of different journeys. Some leave us untouched. Others amount to a full rebirth. Affinity Quartet meditates on the strength and fragility of our human experience, through three compelling works that reflect this battle. Panufnik and Shostakovich both lived through war and composed during periods of crisis. Their third string quartets express fear and pride; anguish and joy; despair and love. Award-winning Melbourne-based composer Darrin Archer counterpoints the legacies of these composers, drawing inspiration for his new work from challenges of the present.

Program

Darrin Archer - new work
Andrzej Panufnik - String Quartet No.3 ‘Wycinanki’
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No.3 in F, Op.73

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Featured non-Australian music: Shostakovich, Andrzej Panufnik

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured artists

• New work by Darrin Archer
• Performer Affinity Quartet