Review: Orava Quartet in Mad Piper (Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra)
A very good set of performances, with Marian Heckenberg joining the Quartet to play Dvořák’s String Quintet No 2, which was a highlight.
A very good set of performances, with Marian Heckenberg joining the Quartet to play Dvořák’s String Quintet No 2, which was a highlight.
The six month-long program features a generous collection of Australian and international artists, 17 premieres of new works and a broad variety of genres.
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Pitch perfect interpretations of works spanning a composer’s chequered lifetime.
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This month, we lead with gripping string quartets from the greatest composer nobody knew for years, plus a century of outstanding music by women, both home and away.