Event
Flinders Quartet - Musical Portraits
- Date: Monday, 30 October 2023, 1PM & 6PM
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Adults: 40 | Concession: 30 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 0396 993 333
Event Details
Shostakovich’s incredibly powerful String Quartet No. 8 was officially dedicated ‘to the memory of the victims of fascism and war’ but there is much to suggest that Shostakovich meant it as a musical self portrait. Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life” is a different type of musical portrait, taking us on a vivid, programmatic journey through young love, and the devastation of tinnitus. In discussing these works, we began to be curious about how a composer would capture the essence of Flinders Quartet and have commissioned Tasmanian composer Maria Grenfell to paint us in sound. It will be illuminating for us to perform our very own musical portrait for audiences and look into the musical mirror to see ourselves in music. Program: DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 MARIA GRENFELL New Work* BEDŘICH SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life" * Commissioned by Flinders Quartet (60 minute duration, no interval)
Featured non-Australian music: DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110; BEDŘICH SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by email to admin@flindersquartet.com
Featured artists
- Presented by Flinders Quartet
- New work by Maria Grenfell
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