Unity | Musicosity

Event Details

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Headline Artist: Australian String Quartet

Adelaide

Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat major op.18 no.6

Peter Sculthorpe
String Quartet no.6

Dvorak
String Quartet in A flat major op.105 no.14

We open this program with the robust playfulness of Beethoven's op.18 no.6, with its famous 'la malinconia' - 'the melancholy' - the delicately tender introduction to the finale. Peter Sculthorpe's extraordinary sixth string quartet expresses a more searing melancholy, while Dvorak's A flat quartet, one of his last, seems to brim with joy and thanksgiving for a life well lived.

Artists Performing at this Event

Australian String Quartet

The Australian String Quartet is Australia's leading string quartet, and presents an annual program of chamber music throughout Australia and internationally.

Classical, String Quartet, under 2000 listeners

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a composer of the transitional period between the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He was born in Bonn, modern day Germany.

instrumental, Classical, composers, classic, romantic

Peter Sculthorpe

Peter Sculthorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a noted Australian composer from Launceston, Tasmania.

Australian, contemporary classical, 20th century, didgeridoo, australian composers