Event
Australian String Quartet with William Barton : Perth Festival 2020
- Date: Saturday, 15 February 2020, 5pm
- Venue: Winthrop Hall — 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA
- Series: This event is part of the Perth Festival 2020 series
- Tickets: Adult: $39 | Concession: $37 | Friend: $35 | Student: $25 (booking fees apply) — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (08) 6488 5555
Event Details
In this special series of four concerts, the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) perform all six of Beethoven’s effervescent Op 18 quartets and match them with works from Australian Indigenous composers.
In a project called Quartet & Country, the composers and quartet have collaborated to bring the songlines and stories of this vast country into conversation with the masterworks of the European musical canon.
Singer Dr Lou Bennett AM, didgeridoo master William Barton, Broome music icon Stephen Pigram and Noongar elder Roma 'Yibiyung' Winmar bring stories from the four corners of this continent and in doing so, ground the great European string quartet tradition in this country.
The works have been rapturously received whenever performed and are the centrepiece of the Chamber Music Weekend.
Program
WILLIAM BARTON
Square Circles Beneath the Red Desert Sand
For string quartet and didgeridoo
William Barton, Didgeridoo/ Dale Barltrop, Violin/ Francesca Hiew, Violin/ Stephen King, Viola/ Sharon Grigoryan, Cello
BEETHOVEN
Quartet for Strings in D major, Opus 18, No. 3
Dale Barltrop, Violin/ Francesca Hiew, Violin/ Stephen King, Viola/ Sharon Grigoryan, Cello
BEETHOVEN
Quartet for Strings in C minor, Opus 18, No. 4
Dale Barltrop, Violin/ Francesca Hiew, Violin/ Stephen King, Viola/ Sharon Grigoryan, Cello
Featured non-Australian music: Beethoven
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (08) 6488 2000 or by email to festival@perthfestival.com.au
Featured Australian Works
| Square Circles Beneath the Red Desert Sand (quintets: didjeridu, 2 violins, viola, cello) by William Barton — performed by Australian String Quartet and William Barton |
Featured artists
- Performer William Barton
- Performer Australian String Quartet
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