[BARTÓK, MY FATHER]
PROGRAM 2 • JULY 2021
PROGRAM • 70 mins, no interval
BÉLA BARTÓK Selected movements from Bartók’s six string quartets
BÉLA BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
with guest artist, Richard Piper
Peter Bartók’s illuminating memoir of his father, Béla, inspired us to delve deeper into the musical portrait of this enigmatic man. Bartók’s fascination with folk melodies and their assimilation into “classical” music is well known, but what about the other elements of his life? The sense of displacement after he fled Hungary to America, the intense discipline with which he lived his life? Through anecdotes and letters, Richard Piper (who was the brilliant dramaturge on our “Puck’s Dream” and Shostakovich projects) helps us unearth some personal meaning behind the seminal canon of Bartók’s six string quartets.
PORT PHILLIP ESTATE • SATURDAY 10 JULY, 6:30PM [SOLD OUT]
MONTSALVAT BARN GALLERY • SUNDAY 11 JULY, 2:30PM
MELBOURNE DIGITAL CONCERT HALL (STREAMED ONLINE) • THURSDAY 15 JULY, 7:00PM
Richard Piper, actor/dramaturge/director
Richard Piper has had a long and distinguished career in Australian theatre, as actor, singer and composer. He has performed in forty productions for Melbourne Theatre Company, and made countless appearances for companies all over the country. He played Billy’s Dad in the original Australian production of “Billy Elliot”, and most recently, the mayor in “Come From Away” at the Comedy Theatre.
