Utopias

Concert

Adelaide Town Hall
Adelaide
Kaurna Country


Mon 22 May 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

ENTER WORLDS OF FANTASTICAL VISIONS, INTIMATE REVELATION, AND QUIET HOPE FOR THE SPIRIT OF MANKIND

Vanishing visions of the idyll—a Utopian world of natural splendour, both aquatic and pastoral—are conjured by an intricate and highly original string soundscape from Thomas Adès, titled Arcadiana. Following this is Mozart’s String Quartet in D minor—intensely personal in its expression, moments of intimately sublime sorrow give way to bursts of playful radiance, in only the way Mozart can achieve.

Finishing this concert is a work which provides an outward lens to the internal world of a composer balancing a delicate and dangerous relationship with political powers. Dedicated to his third wife Irena, Dimitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.9 is defined by its introspective whisperings, caressing melodies, and dramatic edge-of-your-seat rhythmic bite.

PROGRAM

THOMAS ADÈS
Arcadiana

MOZART
String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421

SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No.9 in E-flat Major, Op.117

Approximately 100 minutes including interval

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

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