PROGRAM TWO
TIME'S ARROW
STUART GREENBAUM String Quartet No. 1 Time’s Arrow
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 in E flat major (Harp)
Connecting works by Greenbaum, Britten and Beethoven is more than an exercise in lineage: together they tell a powerful story of how musical ideas evolve. Britten writes of Beethoven: “Between the ages of thirteen to sixteen, I knew every note of Beethoven.” Greenbaum says of Britten’s second string quartet: “I hadn’t seen the score but I couldn’t resist the moto perpetuo energy and drive that I remembered from a single hearing. I just had to see where I could take these techniques for myself.”
Violins Shane Chen & Nicholas Waters
Viola Helen Ireland
Cello Zoe Knighton
Concert Dates
DUBBO Friday 3 June, 7.30pm
GUNNEDAH Saturday 4 June
TAMWORTH Sunday 5 June, 2.30pm
MONTSALVAT Sunday 31 July, 2.30pm
MELBOURNE* Tuesday 2 August, 1.00pm
MELBOURNE Thursday 4 August, 7.00pm
GOLD COAST Friday 5 August, 7.00pm
BRISBANE Saturday 6 August, 7.30pm
* Program: Greenbaum and Britten
