Event
Musica Viva: Festival Concert #4
- Date: Saturday, 22 April 2017, 7:30pm
- Venue: Verbrugghen Hall — Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Cnr Macquarie St and Bridge St, Sydney, NSW
- Series: This event is part of the Musica Viva Festival 2017 series
- Tickets: Adult: $92-$61 | Concession: $81-$54 [multiple ticket and festival passes available] — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 1800 688 482
Event Details
Inspiration comes in many different guises, brought together for this unique program. Vasks’ affecting music is infused with the folk flavours of his native Latvia and tinged with local birdsong, amid traces of the struggle for national independence. Brahms wrote his third violin sonata as a virtuoso showcase for his dear colleague Joseph Joachim. Brenton Broadstock’s lyrical, haunting piece arises from one of his own poems of the same intriguing name: a song without words. Ross Edwards also plays with links between texts and notes in a multi-faceted, uplifting world premiere for the unusual combination of saxophone and string quartet.
PROGRAM
VASKS String Quartet no 3
BRAHMS Violin Sonata no 3 in D minor, op 108
BROADSTOCK My Feet Want to Dance but My Eyes Want to Sleep
EDWARDS Bright Birds and Sorrows (World Premiere)*
*Commissioned by Kim Williams AM
FEATURED ARTISTS
GOLDNER STRING QUARTET
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN violin
ANGELA CHENG piano
KIRAN PHATAK flute
LLOYD VAN'T HOFF clarinet
AMY DICKSON saxophone
ELIAS QUARTET
about the festival
Presented in association with the Australian Youth Orchestra and Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Musica Viva's biennial chamber music festival showcases the best local and international chamber music artists in four days of concerts, talks and masterclasses.
Featured non-Australian music: Vasks, Brahms
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 8394 6666
Featured Australian Works
Bright birds and sorrows : for soprano saxophone and string quartet (2015) by Ross Edwards — World premiere — performed by Amy Dickson and Elias String Quartet | |
| My feet want to dance but my eyes want to sleep (septets: flute, clarinet, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello) by Brenton Broadstock — performed by Angela Cheng, Amy Dickson and Kiran Phatak |
Featured artists
- Performer Kiran Phatak
- Performer Amy Dickson
- Performer Angela Cheng
- Performer Elias String Quartet
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