Rapture pulses with a vital force through the music of Beethoven, Perica, Janáček and Golijov that illustrates the power of the string quartet to express our deepest desires and greatest fears.

Beethoven’s String Quartet No.11 in F minor bursts forth, opening Rapture with unrivalled energy and intensity, setting the scene for a concert of remarkable contrasts. Experience the World Premiere of Australian jazz composer Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, a four-movement quartet drawing inspiration from the composer’s own life and all its joys, twists and turns. Janáček’s Intimate Letters then transports us to the fever dreams and passions of unrequited love before Golijov’s tender Tenebrae reminds us of the wonder and fragility of human existence.

PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95, Serioso

VANESSA PERICA
String Quartet No.1, No Feeling is Final (World Premiere)*

JANÁČEK
String Quartet No.2, Intimate Letters

GOLIJOV
Tenebrae for String Quartet

MUSICIANS of the ASQ

Dale Barltrop - violin
Francesca Hiew - violin
Chris Cartlidge - viola
Michael Dahlenburg - cello

*Commissioned by the ASQ Australian Music Fund