MUST IT BE? (Muss es sein?)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K.464
Felix Mendelssohn Four lieder arranged for string quartet by John Rotar
Op. 57: No. 5 Venetianisches Gondellied
Op. 34: No. 2 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Op. 8: No. 8 Hexenlied
Op. 9: No. 1 Frage
John Rotar V Večernih
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Emerging composer, John Rotar, brought the house down with his piece, V Večernih as part of FQ’s 2016 composer developmentworkshop. Launching the year’s focus on Mendelssohn, FQ has commissioned John to arrange some of Mendelssohn’s songs for string quartet. Included will be Frage, upon which Mendelssohn based his Op. 13 quartet (being performed in Program Three). Immensely talented with a vivacity and clarity in his writing, John Rotar is soon to become a well-known name.
Beethoven’s string quartets are more than a cornerstone of the string quartet canon, and their importance in the musical landscape cannot be understated. His final string quartet, Op. 135 which bears the inscription “Muss es Sein?” acts as an apt bookend to Mozart’s crystalline K.464.
Violins Miki Tsunoda & Nicholas Waters
Viola Helen Ireland
Cello Zoe Knighton
Concert Dates
LAURISTON Sunday 18 February, 2.30pm
ELTHAM Sunday 25 February, 2.30pm
MELBOURNE* Tuesday 27 February, 1.00pm
SOUTHBANK Wednesday 28 February, 7.00pm
SYDNEY^ Friday 2 March, 8.00pm
HEALESVILLE Sunday 4 March, 2.00pm
* Collins Street series (one-hour program)
^ Program: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
Nicholas Waters, violin