Performances

Event Information:

• Tue

  18

  Mar

  2014

  GSQ -  Sydney’s Sister Cities

  City Recital Hall

  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