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