The Clifford Hocking Concert - music in the memory of Australia’s great impresario Clifford Hocking AM

Concert Program:
ZHAO ZHANG String Quartet No. 1 “Totem”
CLAUDE DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
PETER SCULTHORPE “Song for Neilma” (for recorder and string quartet)
HUANG HAI HUAI arr. JULIAN YU “Horse Race” (for erhu and string quartet)
STUART GREENBAUM “Translations” (for erhu, string quartet and recorder)*

Barn Gallery, Sunday October 20, 2.30pm

Performers:
Nicholas Waters violin
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba violin
Helen Ireland viola
Zoe Knighton cello

With guest artists Genevieve Lacey (recorders) and Hao Zheng (erhu)

Surviving multiple personnel changes and a competitive artistic environment certainly has its challenges. Cellist, Zoe Knighton, suggests the group’s ability to thrive through the changes is largely due to the continued love of the string quartet repertoire: “We always try to put the music at the core of what we do, and our shared love of the string quartet brings us together. The music is totally addictive and all consuming.”

An ensemble whose mission is to ensure everyone has a chance to fall in love with the music of the string quartet, Flinders Quartet’s passion for the music it plays is second to none. Critics have showered the recent incarnation of Flinders Quartet with praise:
“… perfectly balanced…”
“…great vim and vigour on display by the FQ musicians that thoroughly thrilled this audience.”

*Commissioned by Carrillo Gantner for his wife, Ziyin Wang Gantner

Tickets:
Adults: $45
Concession: $35
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