Performances

March 11 Debussy Quartet

March 15 Beethoven Quartet in Bb Op.130

Around the world in 80 minutes with the Goldner String Quartet!

Australia’s pre-eminent string quartet returns to City Recital Hall, Angel Place for it’s first concert of 2014 to celebrate Sydney’s Sister Cities. This celebration begins at 6pm with a sampling of tastes (including wines) of each nationality. Composers significant to each country will be featured on the musical program from 7pm; Elgar, Takemitsu, Barber, Gareth Farr, Zhou Long, Sculthorpe and Verdi.

Sydney Sister Cities

Guangzhou (China)
Nagoya (Japan)
Portsmouth (England)
Wellington (NZ)
San Francisco (USA)
Florence (Italy)

Concert Information

6pm - Pre-concert tastings
7pm – Performance

Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929) - Australia
Deciso from String Quartet No 11 “Jabiru Dreaming”

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - England
Allegro moderato from String Quartet in E minor Op. 83

Zhou Long (born 1953) - China
Song of the Ch’in

Gareth Farr (born 1968) - New Zealand
Te Tai-o-Rehua
(Australian Premiere performance; co-commissioned by the Goldner String Quartet and Chamber Music New Zealand)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) - U.S.A.
Adagio from String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) - Japan
A way a Lone

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Italy
Allegro from String Quartet in E minor

Food and beverage tastings from each nation prior to the concert

Australian Consulate Guangzhou

Performance selections and Reception
Masterclasses at Guangzhou Concservatory

Guangzhou – Sydney’s Sister City Program

Guangzhou Opera House

Shostakovich No. 4 in D, Op.83
Peter Sculthorpe No. 11 ‘Jabiru Dreaming’
Zhou Long  ‘Song of the Ch’in’
Schubert  No.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’

Shanghai Grand Theatre

Beethoven  Op.18 No.3
Carl Vine  No.3
Ravel  Quartet in F major

Shanghai Normal University

Masterclass and Performance

Dalian Grand Theatre

Shostakovich  No.4, Op.83
Peter Sculthorpe No.11 ‘Jabiru Dreaming’
Schubert  No.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’

Shanghai City Theatre

Shostakovich  No.4, Op.83
Peter Sculthorpe  No.11 ‘Jabiru Dreaming’
Schubert  No.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’

Hefei – Anhui Arts Centre

Shostakovich No.4, Op.83
Schubert No.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’

April 8 Ravel Quartet

Debussy   Quartet in G minor
Ravel   Quartet in F major
Sculthorpe   No.11 ‘Jabiru Dreaming’
Carl Vine No.3

and with Elizabeth Campbell - Mezzosoprano

Graeme Koehne  Three Poems of Byron
Berlioz  ‘Nuits d’Ete’

Peter Sculthorpe        String Quartet No.12  'Earth Cry'
Cherubini                   Quartet No.1 Finale: Allegro assai
Carl Vine                   Quartet No.3
Verdi                         Quartet in E minor

The Music Show with Andrew Ford

Multiple performances individually and collectively

August 16  Dvorak Piano Quintet Op.81

The MITH 2014 festival will feature the best in chamber music repertoire and showcase some of Australia’s greatest performers. The internationally-acclaimed Goldner String Quartet will perform with renowned pianist Piers Lane and master of the classical accordion, James Crabb. With four concerts during the weekend and the Hunter Valley’s finest food and wine on offer, it is one of Australia’s finest and most intimate chamber music events. More information will be available at  http://constablevineyards.com.au/events

September 20  Benjamin Clarinet Quintet

AFCM weekend event.

The Sound of Orpheus - download pdf

October 18  Schubert String Quintet in C

HAYDN          Quartet Op.76 No. 1
BORODIN     'Nocturne'
RAVEL          Quartet in F major

THE CARRINGTON HOTEL KATOOMBA

Join us for an afternoon of beautiful music in the intimate and atmospheric surroundings of  The Carrington Hotel Ballroom.

Begin the afternoon with The Carrington's famous High Tea*, before enjoying masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire in the Ballroom at 4:30pm.

Bookings : The Carrington  4782 1111

Concert Tickets:

• Adults $30
• Concessions $20
• Family (2 adults, 1+ children) $75

Reservations for High Tea  are available at 2:30 or 3pm,  prior to the Quartet Recital commencing at 4:30pm.  *High Tea sold separately -  Reservations essential.

" One only had to hear the opening bars to realise this is a very fine quartet indeed"            The Telegraph, UK - City of London Festival review

Haydn  Quartet op 76 no 1
Kat McGuffie Quartet no 2 (World Premiere)
Janacek String Quartet no 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’

Haydn  Quartet op 76 no 1
Kat McGuffie Quartet no 2 (World Premiere)
Janacek String Quartet no 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’

Numerous performances

Concert and Live Broadcast
Live Selections from music recorded for Hush Music Foundation

Tickets:  www.monash.edu/mapa