“If there is a definitive way to enjoy music, this is it,” Limelight wrote, following the Goldner’s appearance at last year’s Blackheath Chamber Music Festival. Now in its 30th year, the quartet has decided to call it a day, and begins its farewell tour with these three performances, each one dedicated to a particular decade of music in its repertoire. The final concert includes the Australian premiere of Pēteris Vasks’ String Quartet No. 6, as well as a performance of the Goldner Variations – 30 short variations by Australian composers on Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

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In their 30th and final season, the celebrated Goldner String Quartet will present music from the first three decades of this century, updating their massive endeavour at the 2000 Adelaide Festival when they performed ten concerts of music from the ten decades of the 20th century.

In this second of their three concerts, the focus is on works from the second decade of this century. This program explores how music can engage with the contemporary world as a medium for conveying important messages about nature and political issues.