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Acacia Quartet<\/p>\n
The Acacia Quartet takes you on a romantic musical trip to Southern Europe in a Sunday afternoon program featuring the work of Wolf, Puccini, Peterson, Verdi and Turina.<\/p>\n
The thrice ARIA Award-nominated ensemble performs Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade<\/em>, Giacomo Puccini’s Crysantemi,<\/em> John Peterson’s String Quartet No. 3<\/em>, Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s String Quartet<\/em> and Joaqu\u00edn Turina’s La Oraci\u00f3n del Torero<\/em>.<\/p>\n Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade<\/em> was inspired when setting music to poems by Joseph Eichendorff, while Giacomo Puccini’s Crysantemi<\/em> was written in one night after hearing about the death of his friend, the Duke of Savoy. John Peterson’s String Quartet No. 3<\/em> is a newly written,\u00a0 \u2018groovy\u2019 contemporary Australian piece!<\/p>\n The only surviving chamber music work of the master of Romantic opera, Giuseppe Verdi, is his String Quartet<\/em>. It was premiered during a production of Aida<\/em> at an informal recital at Verdi’s hotel. Finally, in Spain, Joaqu\u00edn Turina’s La Oraci\u00f3n del Torero<\/em> (The Toreador’s Prayer) is a dreamy reflection of longing and hope.<\/p>\n In just seven years Acacia Quartet<\/em> – comprising violinists Lisa Stewart and Myee Clohessy, violist Stefan Duwe and cellist Anna Martin-Scrase – have won great respect for their versatile and inventive programs which couple established repertoire with the unorthodox. They have recorded six albums, three of which earned nominations for an ARIA Award for \u2018Best Classical Album\u2019 and an APRA-AMCOS Art Music \u2018Award for Excellence\u2019. Acacia is passionate about supporting Australian composers and working with young musicians. Their performances feature regularly on ABC Classic FM and Fine Music 102.5. Acacia Quartet has performed nationally in Australia, in Canada and in Germany, where they recently recorded a CD of string quartets by G\u00fcnter Raphael.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The programme:\u00a0Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade | Giacomo Puccini \u2013 Crisantemi | John Peterson – String Quartet No. 3 Tickets $50 | $35 conc | $25 under 30 | $20 child under 12\u00a0 (includes light refreshments at interval)<\/p>\n Bookings: www.theindependent.org.au\u00a0 or call (02) 9955 3000<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acacia Quartet The Acacia Quartet takes you on a romantic musical trip to Southern Europe in a Sunday afternoon program featuring the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-24630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"\n
\nGiuseppe Verdi – String Quartet | Joaquin Turina – La Oracion Del Torero, Op. 34<\/p>\n