Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Flinders Quartet’s mission is to carry on the strong tradition of the string quartet in 21st century Australia so future generations can have an idea of Australia’s culture through the music created at the time. The commissioning of five emerging composers to write vignettes in response to Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue creates contemporary relevance for this seminal work and ensures that the generations to come have an awareness of Beethoven’s string quartet canon. Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue is seen by some as an unapproachable composition, but by pairing it with these five short works, we present a new way of listening to this vital work with fresh insights. Beethoven’s Opus 18 were his first works in the genre and his development of one small motif was revolutionary in compositional terms. This same idea is connected to the task ascribed to our five emerging composers, 200 years on.

PROGRAM • 60 mins no interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1

Beethoven Vignettes:
NATALIE NICOLAS “Blue” ^^
NAOMI BROWN “Fractured Peace” ^
CLAIRE HIGGINS “Remnant #133” *
CLARE STRONG “Tribute to LvB” ^^^
CLAIRE L. FARRELL “fugue state” #

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 133

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Richard Gubbins
# Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Dimity Reed and Garry Joslin
^ Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from FQ Syndicate #1
^^ Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from FQ Syndicate #2
^^^ Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from FQ Syndicate #3

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0417 798 523 or by email to admin@flindersquartet.com

Featured Australian Works

	Blue : string quartet by Natalie Nicolas — performed by Flinders Quartet
	Tribute to LvB : for string quartet (2021) by Clare Strong — performed by Flinders Quartet
	Fractured Peace by Naomi Brown — World premiere
	Fugue State by Claire Farrell — World premiere
	Remnant #133 by Claire Higgins — World premiere

Featured artists

• New work by Naomi Brown
• New work by Claire Higgins
• New work by Claire Farrell
• Performer Flinders Quartet