MELODY EÖTVÖS (b.1984) and RISHIN SINGH (b.1985)
The Unspoken Eight (composed 2024)
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with the support of Kim Williams AM and FQ Syndicate #6

PROGRAM NOTES

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Filming and editing • Agatha Yim, Polyphonic Pictures

Recorded by ABC Classic
Producer • Jennifer Mills
Engineer • Niyi Adepoyibi

Filmed 12 August 2025 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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“The Unspoken Eight” was commissioned by Flinders Quartet with the support of Kim Williams AM and FQ Syndicate #6:

Kingsley Gee
Judith Murray
Sieglind D'Arcy
Sam and Elizabeth Golding
Nicholas Garnham
Linda Herd
John and Sue Warburton
Elise Callander
Brad and Maggie Robinson
Daniel Kirkham
Anthony Adair and Karen McLeod Adair
David Kotzman and Margot Burrows
Jane and Peter MacIsaac
Philip Rounsevell and Nelson Estrella
Peter Kingsbury
Ian Dickson AM and Reg Holloway
Ben Rimmer and Bronwen Hamilton

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

Creative Victoria

The Ian Potter Foundation

All of our wonderful Fifth String donors