Filmed 25 July 2023 in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre

featuring

ELIZABETH MACONCHY (1907-1994)
String Quartet No. 5 (composed 1948)
I. Molto lento - Allegro molto
II. Presto
III. Lento espressivo
IV. Allegro

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 (composed 1806)
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
III. Adagio molto e mesto
IV. "Thème Russe": Allegro

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures

Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 25 July 2023 in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre

FLINDERS QUARTET
Natsuko Yoshimoto • guest violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

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Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:

Creative Victoria
Australia Council for the Arts

Filmed 29 May 2023 in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre

featuring

ANNE CAWRSE (1981-)
“in spaces between” (composed 2019)

AMY BEACH (1867-1944)
String Quartet, Op. 89 (composed 1921-29)

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op.106 (composed 1895)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Molto vivace - Un poco più mosso
IV. Finale. Andante sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures

Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 29 May 2023 in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre

FLINDERS QUARTET
Elizabeth Sellars • violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

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Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:

Creative Victoria

City of Melbourne

Filmed in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre, 14 November 2022

featuring

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
String Quartet Op. 133 (composed 1825)

CLAIRE L. FARRELL (b. 1998)
“fugue state” (composed 2022)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Dimity Reed and Garry Joslin

CLAIRE HIGGINS (b. 1977)
“Remnant #133” (composed 2021)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Richard Gubbins

CLARE STRONG (b. 1992)
“Tribute to LvB” (composed 2021)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from FQ Syndicate #3: Peter Kingsbury, John and Sue Warburton, Nicholas Garnham, Mark Vendy, Barry Jones AC and Rachel Faggetter

NAOMI BROWN (b. 1974)
“Fractured Peace” (composed 2021)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from FQ Syndicate #1: Brad and Maggie Robinson, Patricia Speck, Daniel Kirkham, Vivienne Reed

NATALIE NICOLAS (b. 1992)
“A Blue Beethoven” (composed 2021)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from FQ Syndicate #2: Elizabeth and Sam Golding, Helen Murdoch & Macedon Music, Geoffrey Hayes, Marion and Michael Webster

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 (composed 1799)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio affettuoso ed appasionato
III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
IV. Allegro

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures
Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 14 November 2022 in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre

FLINDERS QUARTET
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba • violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

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A very big thank you to Melbourne Recital Centre for co-presenting this concert with us.

Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:
Creative Victoria
Australia Council
Besen Family Foundation
Melbourne Recital Centre

Filmed at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, 8 August 2022

featuring

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH 1906-1975
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 (composed 1925)
I. Prelude. Adagio
II. Scherzo. Allegro molto

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures
Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 8 August 2022 at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick

FLINDERS QUARTET
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba • violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

PIRULÍ STRING QUARTET
Jasmine Milton • violin
Haneulle Lovell • violin
Sterling Rieck • viola
Caleb Christian • cello

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A very big thank you to Tempo Rubato for co-presenting this concert with us, and the Pirulí String Quartet musicians and families

Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:
Creative Victoria
Australia Council
Musica Viva Australia’s Strike a Chord

Filmed at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, 8 August 2022

featuring

JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809
String Quartet in A major, Op. 20, No. 6 (composed 1772)
I. Allegro di molto e scherzando
II. Adagio
III. Minuet - Trio
IV. Fuga con tre soggetti

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (completed 1873)
I. Allegro
II. Romanze. Poco adagio
III. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo - Un poco più animato
IV. Allegro

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures
Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 8 August 2022 at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick

FLINDERS QUARTET
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba • violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

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A very big thank you to Tempo Rubato for co-presenting this concert with us.

Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:
Creative Victoria
Australia Council

Filmed in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre, 30 May 2022

featuring

CLARA SCHUMANN (1819-1896)
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16, No. 1 and No. 3 (composed 1845)
arranged for string quartet by JESSICA WELLS (1974-)

MELODY EÖTVÖS (1984-)
“Hope. Fear. Anything.” (composed 2022)
Commissioned by John and Irene Garran
I. Introduction
II. Valedictions
III. À Charles Thierry
IV. Dimanche
V. Interlude
VI. À Florence Jeans
VII. Salutations

MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
String Quartet No. 2 “Discussion” (composed 1954)

KATY ABBOTT (1971-)
“Splitting the Ambivalence” (composed 2022)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet, supported by Kim Williams AM
I. Artistry
II. Fairy Palace (Heronswood)
III. Dear ABC
IV. Marriage (internal song)

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures
Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 30 May 2022 in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre

FLINDERS QUARTET
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba • violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

with Ashlyn Tymms • mezzo soprano

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A very big thank you to Melbourne Recital Centre for co-presenting this concert with us, and to John and Irene Garran for helping make it possible.

Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:
Creative Victoria
Australia Council
Besen Family Foundation
Victorian Womens’ Trust
Melbourne Recital Centre

Filmed at Villa Alba Museum, 27 March 2022

featuring

MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
Quartet for clarinet and string trio (composed 1967)
I. With conviction, yet freely
II. Scherzo with verve and spontaneity
III. Poignantly
IV. Decisively

MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
String Quartet No. 2 “Discussion” (composed 1954)

MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
Serenade for oboe and string quartet (composed 1950)
I. At a moderate pace, jauntily
II. Blues: Slowly, as in a dream
III. With gusto

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures
Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

Filmed 27 March 2022 at Villa Alba Museum, Kew

FLINDERS QUARTET
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba • violin
Wilma Smith • violin
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

with guest artists
Justin Beere • clarinet
Ben Opie • oboe

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A very big thank you to Villa Alba Museum for co-presenting this concert with us, and to Andrew Dixon for helping make it possible.

Flinders Quartet is deeply grateful for the support of project partners:
Creative Victoria
Australia Council
Playking Foundation
Besen Family Foundation

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
String Quartet Op. 131 in C# minor (composed 1826)

Filmed December 2021 in the Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre

Revered by Schubert, loved by string players, and inspiration for countless composers, this quartet was the inspiration behind the 2012 film “A Late Quartet”. Written to be played without a break, the seven movements segue seamlessly in an intensely satisfying marathon of emotion, intelligence and sheer beauty.

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA violin
WILMA SMITH violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello

5STREAM filming and editing
THOMAS GRUBB sound engineering, editing and mastering

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This project was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne, Cybec Foundation, Robert Salzer Foundation