{"id":2028,"date":"2011-05-23T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2011-05-23T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T00:16:00","slug":"the-perfect-expression-of-the-australian-string-quartet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=2028","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;the perfect expression&#8221; of the australian string quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2036\" href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/shows\/the-perfect-expression-of-the-australian-string-quartet\/2028.html\/attachment\/2245-300x200-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2036\" title=\"2245-300x200\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2245-300x2001-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet\u201d. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/j\/jeffreytat401029.html\">Jeffrey Tate<\/a> (English conductor)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Australian String Quartet brings their own special perfection to Sydney in June with a programme that starts with Romantic repertoire and moves into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century. In the programme is the\u00a0world premiere of <em>Processions <\/em>by<em> <\/em>Perth based Australian composer James Ledger.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Ledger already has an impressive record, having worked with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, appointed composer-in-residence with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and winning a Churchill Fellowship in 2008 to further his research into contemporary composition. In 2011, there will be 26 performances of 12 of Ledger\u2019s compositions. If SLS can count properly, that works out at an impressive average of more than 2 performances a month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em>Processions\u00a0<\/em>opens with an introduction\u00a0and moves\u00a0into\u00a0three through composed sections that speak of the hope of migration, the uncertainty of separation and displacement and finally, the grief of loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The other works in the programme reflect the transition\u00a0of <em>Processions <\/em>with an early vivacious work by Schubert (<em>String Quartet no 10\u00a0in<\/em> <em>E flat, D\u00a0 87)<\/em>, followed by Dvorak\u2019s <em>Cypresses <\/em>continuing the theme of separation and yearning. Originally his first cycle of love songs, written for tenor and piano, Dvorak transcribed 12 of the 18 songs for string quartet. \u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2029\" href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/shows\/the-perfect-expression-of-the-australian-string-quartet\/2028.html\/attachment\/2245-300x200\"><\/a>Coincidentally, the evergreen cypress\u00a0pine symbolises mourning and loss.<\/p>\n<p>The final work Dvorak\u2019s String Quartet no 12 in F, opus 96,\u00a0<em>The American, <\/em>was written in 1893. Dvorak was intensely homesick during his tenure as Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York.\u00a0Whilst in America he\u00a0holidayed with a Czech community in an Iowa village and was inspired to compose this string quartet.\u00a0His writings of the time, which included <em>The New World Symphony, <\/em>are infused with both Slavonic and American aesthetics.<br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet\u201d. 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