BRENDA GIFFORD 1968-

“Dissipate" (composed 2023)

Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support of FQ Syndicate #4:

Linda Herd

Sharon Nathani

Julian Burnside AO KC

Daniel Kirkham

Sam and Elizabeth Golding

Peter Kingsbury

John and Sue Warburton

Elise Callander

Julie Kantor

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures

Engineering, editing and mastering • Thomas Grubb, Mano Musica

This performance was filmed in the David Li Sound Gallery at Monash University Performing Arts Centres (MPAC), 10 November 2023.

FLINDERS QUARTET

Brigid Coleridge • 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

City of Melbourne

Creative Australia

A big thank you to The Angior Family Foundation, whose generous support has made it possible for Flinders Quartet to studio record Brenda Gifford's work.

ELIZABETH MACONCHY (1907-1994)

String Quartet No. 5 (composed 1948)

I. Molto lento - Allegro molto

II. Presto

III. Lento espressivo

IV. 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

Creative Australia / Australia Council for the Arts

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

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

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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

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

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

MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)

String Quartet No. 2 “Discussion” (composed 1954)

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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

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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

Victorian Womens’ Trust

Melbourne Recital Centre

CLARA SCHUMANN (1819-1896)

Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16, No. 1 and No. 3 (composed 1845)

arranged for string quartet by JESSICA WELLS (1974-)

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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
Helen Ireland • viola
Zoe Knighton • cello

with guest artist
Justin Beere • clarinet

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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

Filmed at Villa Alba Museum, 27 March 2022

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

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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

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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

Filmed at Villa Alba Museum, 27 March 2022

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 artist
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)

PROGRAM NOTES

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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Did you enjoy this video? We think you’d love this performance:
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 132

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Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major ‘Fandango’


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

MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
Quartet for cor anglais and strings

Filmed 14 March 2021 at Villa Alba Museum, Kew by 5stream

The piece that convinced Flinders Quartet to record all of her chamber works for string quartet, Margaret shows off her sensitivities, humour and craftsmanship. One of only a handful of chamber works for Cor Anglais, Ben Opie’s performance glows with the sonority of this often neglected instrument.

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello
BEN OPIE cor anglais

5STREAM Production
STEVE SEMMLER-FARR AND BRADLEY BRIDGENS Filming
STEVE SEMMLER-FARR Sound recording/mixing

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MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
String Quartet No. 1 (composed 1937)

Filmed 14 March 2021 at Villa Alba Museum, Kew by 5stream

Written in four movements and composed in 1937, this delightfully accessible piece has two incredible inner movements. The soulful melodies with aching harmonic structure in the second, followed by a Kurt Weillesque scherzo.

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA, violin
WILMA SMITH, violin
WENHONG LUO, guest viola
ZOE KNIGHTON, cello

5STREAM Production
STEVE SEMMLER-FARR AND BRADLEY BRIDGENS Filming
STEVE SEMMLER-FARR Sound recording/mixing

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Did you enjoy this piece? We think you’d love this performance:
DANIEL RILEY "Bagatelle for string quartet"

Wasn’t your cup of tea? Try this one instead: DVORAK String Quartet Op. 96 in F major (American)

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MARGARET SUTHERLAND (1897-1984)
String Quartet No. 3 (composed 1967)

Filmed 14 March 2021 at Villa Alba Museum, Kew by 5stream

Margaret’s music is characterised by a razor-sharp intelligence and wit and her string quartet No. 3 encapsulates much of her life’s work. Representing one of only two commissions she ever received in her lifetime, we can hear the influence of Debussy’s harmonies, Bartok’s rhythmical interplay and the sonorities of Hindemith.

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA violin
WILMA SMITH violin
ZOE KNIGHTON cello
with WENHONG LUO, guest viola

5STREAM Production
STEVE SEMMLER-FARR AND BRADLEY BRIDGENS Filming
STEVE SEMMLER-FARR Sound recording/mixing

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Did you enjoy this piece? We think you’d love this performance: Tom Henry “Scenes from a Poet’s Life”

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IAIN GRANDAGE (1970-) after FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
"Puck's Dream (after Midsummer)" (composed 2018 / 1826)

Filmed 26 July 2018 at Hawthorn Town Hall by 5stream

We’ve always thought that if the mischievous Puck played an instrument, it would be the viola. Iain Grandage and Richard Piper created this masterpiece intertwining Mendelssohn’s music with Grandage’s original work and weaving the magic of Shakespeare throughout. In an incredible performance, Chris absolutely shone and was even approached by Melbourne Theatre Company following this performance to continue his newfound acting skills.

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA violin
NICHOLAS WATERS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello
CHRIS MOORE narrator / viola

RICHARD PIPER director
JIM ATKINS sound
CLARE SPRINGETT lighting

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Did you enjoy this piece? We think you’d love this performance: Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111

Wasn’t your cup of tea? Try this one instead: Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6

CALVIN BOWMAN (1972-)
"The Curly Pyjama Letters" (composed 2012)

Filmed 26 July 2018 at Hawthorn Town Hall by 5stream

Commissioned by dear friend and ardent concert goer/music lover Richard Gubbins, this setting to music of Leunig's iconic work is heartbreakingly poignant. Delivered with wit, sensitivity and grace by Chris Moore, this performance lives on in our memories.

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA violin
NICHOLAS WATERS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello
CHRIS MOORE narrator / viola

RICHARD PIPER director
JIM ATKINS sound
CLARE SPRINGETT lighting

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LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805)
Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major ‘Fandango’
IV. Grave assai - Fandango

Filmed June 2011 in the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Centre Southbank

ERICA KENNEDY violin
MATTHEW TOMKINS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello


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JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 (composed 1890)

Filmed 26 July 2018 at Hawthorn Town Hall by 5stream

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA violin
NICHOLAS WATERS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello
CHRIS MOORE viola

JIM ATKINS, sound
CLARE SPRINGETT, lighting

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ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (1957-)
Piano Quintet No. 1 “The Offering” (composed 2015)

Commissioned with support from Chris Arnold and Margot Costanzo

Filmed September 2016 at Montsalvat Barn Gallery, Eltham by Batchedit

SHANE CHEN violin
NICHOLAS WATERS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello
BENJAMIN MARTIN piano

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6 (published 1801)

Filmed October 2015 at Melbourne Recital Centre by Justin Batchelor

SHANE CHEN violin
NICHOLAS WATERS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello

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TOM HENRY (1971-)
“Scenes from a Poet’s Life” for string quartet (composed 2015)

Filmed October 2015 at Melbourne Recital Centre by Justin Batchelor

Commissioned by Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne University, Tom managed to create a whole new world and landscape of sound for the string quartet. The piece pairs sounds in the most ingenious way. “Scenes from a Poet's Life” was recorded as part of an ABC Classics release, paired with Sculthorpe’s 18th string quartet and Elena Kats-Chernin’s piano quintet, “The Offering”.

SHANE CHEN violin
NICHOLAS WATERS violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello

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JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet Op. 77, No. 1 in G major

Filmed in the Melbourne Recital Centre Salon, 12 May 2014 by Justin Batchelor

HELEN AYRES violin
SHANE CHEN violin
HELEN IRELAND viola
ZOE KNIGHTON cello