Event
Australia Ensemble
- Date: Saturday, 14 March 2009, 8pm
- Venue: Sir John Clancy Auditorium — University of New South Wales, Gate 9, High Street, Kensington, NSW
- Tickets: $41/$31/$22 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 9385 4874
Event Details
Brett Dean, though a string-playing virtuoso himself, chooses to partner a tenor voice wth wind quintet in his cycle of Winter Songs, in which this Queenslander comes to terms with the unfamiliar feel of a northern European winter during his years as a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Joseph Haydn, a supreme master of instrumental clarity, didn't invent the string quartet but made of it a genre that has inspired almost every great composer since his time. He died 200 years ago with with a longer list of first-class quartets to his name than any other composer. We shall hear one of the last two quartets he completed, a tuneful, springy and beautiful work worthy of starting our celebration of his bicentenary.
Brahms has contributed worthily to the string quartet tradition but is even happier when he adds a piano or wind instrument to the string texture. His trio for horn, vioin and piano is a masterpiece unmatched in its genre for eloquence and power.
Featured non-Australian music: Haydn, Brahms
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 9385 4874
Featured Australian Works
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| Winter songs : for tenor and wind quintet (2000) by Brett Dean — performed by Australia Ensemble |
Featured artists
- Performer Australia Ensemble
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