QUARTETS
AT SUNSET
Enjoy the beauty of Haydn’s string quartets in
the superb acoustic surrounds of the Collins
St Baptist Church. Bringing together four of
Australia’s premiere chamber music ensembles,
this program is a celebration of the string quartet
in all its forms, from Haydn’s most exquisite
compositions through to the great works of
the composers who followed him—Hummel,
Shostakovich, Ross Edwards and more.
COLLINS ST BAPTIST CHURCH AT 6PM
With recitals starting at 6pm and running only
an hour, this series makes for an excellent lateafternoon musical taster—the ideal way to whet
your appetite before moving on to the Festival’s
evening program.
ORAVA QUARTET
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Violin DANIEL KOWALIK
Violin DAVID DALSENO
Viola THOMAS CHAWNER
Cello KAROLL KOWALIK
Violin RICHARD TOGNETTI
VIOLIN SATU VÄNSKÄ
VIOLA CHRISTOPHER MOORE
Cello TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE
Founded in 2007, the Orava String Quartet is
rapidly becoming one of Australia’s most exciting
chamber music ensembles. They recently won
the Musica Viva Australia Tony Berg Award for
most outstanding Australian ensemble, as well
as the Peter Druce Audience Prize at the 2013
Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition in
Melbourne. In 2014, Orava completed a two-year
graduate Quartet in Residence at the University
of Colorado, where they worked closely with
the world-renowned Takács string quartet.
Orava is currently based in Brisbane as Quartet
in Residence with the Camerata of St John’s,
Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra.
One of the world’s most lauded chamber
ensembles, the Australian Chamber Orchestra
is renowned for its inspired programming and
unrivalled virtuosity, energy and individuality.
Its unique programming extends across six
centuries, spanning popular masterworks,
adventurous cross-artform projects and pieces
specially commissioned for the ensemble.
Haydn
String quartet No 33 Op 33 No 6
Ross Edwards
String quartet No 3 summer dances
Shostakovich
String quartet No 6
WED 14 OCTOBER at 6PM
Founded in 1975, this string orchestra comprises
leading Australian and international musicians
and a growing company of dedicated young
players. The Orchestra performs as a symphony
orchestra, chamber music ensemble and
electro-acoustic collective collaborating with an
extraordinary range of artists from numerous
artistic disciplines including renowned soloists
Emmanuel Pahud, Steven Isserlis, Martin Fröst
and Joseph Tawadros; singers Katie Noonan,
Paul Capsis, Dawn Upshaw and Teddy
Tahu Rhodes; and such diverse artists as
cinematographer Jon Frank, visual artist Shaun
Tan, entertainer Barry Humphries, photographer
Bill Henson, choreographer Rafael Bonachela
and cartoonist Michael Leunig.
Anton Webern
5 Sätze for string quartet Op 5 (1909)
JS Bach
The Art of Fugue BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1—4
Haydn
String quartet No 19 Op 17 No 4
THU 15 OCTOBER at 6PM