Event
Midsummer Mendelssohn Gala
- Date: Sunday, 29 July 2018, Concert: 3:30pm | Free afternoon tea from 2:30pm
- Venue: The Independent Theatre — 269 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: Full: $48 | Concession: $30 | Student: $22 | Child under 12: $16 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Flinders Quartet, together with composer Iain Grandage and violist Chris Moore, reimagine Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream ' incidental score with the support of dramaturge, Kirsty Hillhouse in a concert that will grab the imagination.
As a little entre, Chris will narrate Leunig's poignant 'The Curly Pyjama Letters ' with Calvin Bowman's accompanying score. Commissioned by FQ in 2012, this work's delightful quirkiness has struck a chord with audiences. Juxtaposing this is the purely romantic, melodic world of Brahms. Described as a man 'steeped in force ', Brahms' G major quintet brings us back to the purity of music with musicianship of the highest order.
Program
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Arrangement of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream ' incidental music by Iain Grandage intertwined with text from Shakespeare's play; Chris Moore (narrator)
CALVIN BOWMAN 'The Curly Pyjama Letters '; Chris Moore (narrator)
JOHANNES BRAHMS Viola Quintet No. 2 in G major Op. 111; Chris Moore (viola)
Featured non-Australian music: Mendelssohn, Brahms
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| The Curly Pyjama Letters (unspecified voice with string quartet) by Calvin Bowman — performed by Flinders Quartet and Christopher Moore |
Featured artists
- Music of Iain Grandage
- Performer Christopher Moore
- Performer Flinders Quartet
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