Florescence

Concert (SOLD OUT)

St John's Halifax
Adelaide
Kaurna Country


Thu 17 August 2023
7pm

TICKET PRICES

Adult | $78
Concession | $67
30 & Under/Student | $33

To book this concert over the phone call the Australian String Quartet on 1800 040 444

A CELEBRATION OF THE STRING QUARTET ACROSS CONTINENTS AND CONTEXTS

A dramatic proclamation sets the scene as Australian composer Justin Williams’ Movement for String Quartet begins this concert with an exploration of distinct and juxtaposing musical material. From twenty-first century Australia we travel to eighteenth century Austria, where Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet No.1 in B minor thrills with an impulsiveness that makes for a virtuosic and exuberant experience.

Henry Purcell’s Fantasia No.6 showcases this Baroque composer’s mastery of suspension and release in a meditative ‘fancy’ before we are whisked into the program’s celebratory finale. Antonin Dvořák’s melodically rich and festive String Quartet No.14—the composer’s final instrumental chamber work—brims with inventive interplay and influences from the composer’s experiences abroad and connection to his Bohemian homeland’s folk traditions.

PROGRAM

JUSTIN WILLIAMS
Movement for String Quartet

HAYDN
String Quartet in B minor, Op.33 No.1

PURCELL
Fantasia No.6 in F Major, Z.737

DVOŘÁK
String Quartet No.14 in A-flat Major

Approximately 120 minutes including interval

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

COVID-19 SAFETY AND ASQ CONCERTS

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