PROGRAM ONE
THE LONELY PLANET
STUART GREENBAUM String Quartet No. 6 The Lonely Planet *
MOZART String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K.387
HAYDN String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 in E flat major (The Joke)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor
* Premiere, commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Julian Burnside AO QC
Beginning our story of Australia’s place in the lineage of great chamber music, Greenbaum cites Mozart in particular as having been a guiding force in his string quartet writing: ”...in the best works of Mozart, the elegance is genuine from the smallest harmonic sequence through to the larger architectural design. I’m especially intrigued by Mozart’s melodic contours, whose notes loop back inside others like an interlocking pattern you might see in Escher.”
As we embark on a new era for FQ, what better way to celebrate than pairing Greenbaum’s sixth quartet with three essential giants of the genre: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Violins Shane Chen & Nicholas Waters
Viola Helen Ireland
Cello Zoe Knighton
Concert Dates
SHEPPARTON Sunday 13 March, 3.30pm
SYDNEY* Friday 18 March, 8.00pm
ARMIDALE* Sunday 20 March, 4.00pm
MONTSALVAT Sunday 22 May, 2.30pm
MELBOURNE** Tuesday 24 May, 1.00pm
MELBOURNE Thursday 26 May, 7.00pm
BENDIGO~ Friday 27 May, 5.30pm
WARBURTON^ Sunday 29 May, 2.00pm
* Program: Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven
** Program: Haydn and Beethoven
~ Program: Mozart and Greenbaum
^ Program: Mozart and Beethoven
