THE OFFERING

Flinders Quartet
with Benjamin Martin

TRACKLISTING

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN
The Offering
Commissioned in 2016 by Flinders Quartet with support from Chris Arnold and Margot Costanzo
1. I. Allegro con spirito
2. II. Andante
3. III. Vivace scherzo
4. IV. Tranquillo
5. V. Allegro energetico

RICHARD MILLS
String Quartet No. 4: Glimpses from My Book of Dada
Commissioned in 2010 with assistance from the Australia Council and dedicated to Flinders Quartet on their tenth birthday
6. I. The Circumspect Ibis
7. II. The Rise of the Airheads in Public Life
8. III. Rêve circulaire du wombat
9. IV. Rare Umbrella Dance of Molly Hourigan
10. V.  Scheming and Latté Drinking
11. VI. The Octopus Quadrille
12. VII. Dulcie Holland Says No
13. VIII. Anti Tango from Berlin as Premonition of Invasion by Russian Herbalists
14. IX. Prayer for Nonna Thora

PETER SCULTHORPE
String Quartet No. 18
Jointly commissioned in 2010 by Edinburgh Festival for Tokyo String Quartet and Peter and Leila Doyle for Flinders Quartet
15. I. Prelude
16. II. A Land Singing
17. III. A Dying Land
18. IV. A Lost Land
19. V. Postlude

TOM HENRY
20. Scenes from a Poet’s Life
Commissioned in 2015 by Melbourne Recital Centre / University of Melbourne with support from Majlis Pty Ltd
In memory of Lawrence Whiffin (1931 - 2012)

Flinders Quartet
Shane Chen violin
Nicholas Waters violin
Helen Ireland viola
Zoe Knighton cello
with
Benjamin Martin piano [tks 1-5]

Recording Producer - Stephen Snelleman
Recording Engineer - Russell Thomson
Editing - Brandon Philip Jones
Mixing and Mastering - Jim Atkins

Recorded June-July 2017 in Collins Street Baptist Church and Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre

Special thanks to everyone who supported the project through Creative Partnerships Australia and their Plus1.

In April 2019, ABC Music released “The Best of Peter Sculthorpe”, which included Flinders Quartet’s recording of Peter Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No. 18.

”… performed on the album by the Flinders Quartet with what can only be described as reverence…” MUSIC TRUST, May 2019

INTIMATE VOICES: SIBELIUS STRING QUARTETS

Flinders Quartet

TRACKLISTING

JEAN SIBELIUS  1865-1957
1-5. String Quartet No. 4 in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' (Intimate Voices)  (composed 1909)
I Andante - Allegro molto moderato
II Vivace
III Adagio di molto
IV Allegretto (ma pesante)
V Allegro

6-9. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, JS 183  (composed 1889)
I Andante - Allegro
II Adagio ma non tanto
III Vivace
IV Allegro

Total Playing Time: 60'07

Flinders Quartet:
Helen Ayres violin
Shane Chen violin
Helen Ireland viola
Zoe Knighton cello

Executive Producer Toby Chadd
Recording Producer Stephen Snelleman
Recording Engineer, Editing and Mastering Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica
Recorded 6-8 July 2015 in the Wyselaskie Auditorium, Parkville, Melbourne.

This project was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Review in Limelight Magazine December 2015 issue:

"This is a superb disc."

"Their shading, rhythmic pliability and tautness of ensemble are impeccable. To my mind, this is the finest performance of this work since the Griller Quartet’s recording from the late 1940s, and of course the Flinders Quartet enjoys much better sound."

REINVENTIONS

Flinders Quartet with Genevieve Lacey

TRACKLISTING

1–6. ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Re-inventions
Re-invention No. 1 for descant recorder (based on J.S. Bach’s Invention No. 8 in F major)
Re-invention No. 2 for tenor recorder (based on Bach’s Invention No. 4 in D major)
Re-invention No. 3 for descant recorder (based on Bach’s Invention No. 13 in A minor)
Re-invention No. 4 for tenor recorder (based on Bach’s Invention No. 1 in C major)
Re-invention No. 5 for bass recorder (based on Bach’s Invention No. 6 in E major)
Re-invention No. 6 for sopranino recorder (based on Bach’s Invention No. 10 in G major)

7. BACH Arr. CALVIN BOWMAN O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde groß, BWV 622, from the Little Organ Book

8–10. MOZART Flute* Quartet in D major, KV 285 (performed on recorder):
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau

11. BACH Arr. BOWMAN Seht, was die Liebe tut, from Cantata BWV 85

12–13. MOZART Flute* Quartet in C major, KV Anh. 171 / KV 285b (performed on recorder):
I. Allegro
II. Tema (Andantino) con variazioni

14–15. BOWMAN Homage to Mozart: †
I. Largo
II. Presto

 * Played on recorder

† Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with generous financial assistance from Peter Doyle and the Australian Business Arts Foundation.

Flinders Quartet:
Erica Kennedy violin I
Matthew Tomkins violin II
Helen Ireland viola
Zoe Knighton cello

Genevieve Lacey recorders 

Producer Stephen Snelleman
Engineers Jim Atkins and Russell Thomson
Editing Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica
Recorded in the Iwaki Auditorium of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Southbank Centre, Melbourne, in August 2008.

With sincere thanks to John and Irene Garran who made this CD possible.

In October 2018, FQ and Genevieve Lacey’s recording of Elena Kats-Chernin’s Re-invention No. 1 was included on an incredible Deutsche Grammophon and Decca release: the 222-CD “Bach 333 – The New Complete Bach Edition” is the largest and most complete box set ever devoted to the work of a single composer. 

Re-inventions No. 1 is featured on the final disc in the set, “New Colours of Bach”.

FANDANGO

Flinders Quartet with Karin Schaupp

TRACKLISTING

1-3. MAXIMO DIEGO PUJOL Tangata de Agosto

4-7. LUIGI BOCCHERINI Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major ‘Fandango’

8-12. JOSEPH HAYDN Quartet in D major

13-15. PHILLIP HOUGHTON In Amber

Flinders Quartet:
Erica Kennedy violin I
Matthew Tomkins violin II
Helen Ireland viola
Zoe Knighton cello

Karin Schaupp guitar 

Executive Producers Martin Buzacott, Robert Patterson
Recording Producer Stephen Snelleman
Recording Engineer and Mastering Jim Atkins
Editing Max Atkins
Recorded 6-10 December 2010 in the Melbourne Recital Centre Salon

Flinders Quartet and Karin Schaupp gratefully acknowledge the support of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Richard Gubbins and the Robert Salzer Foundation. Without their generosity, this project would not have been possible.