Fresh from working with American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, the Acacia Quartet is joined by pianist Gerard Willems in a programme of Romantic Masterpieces. The concert will be in the intimate and resonant acoustic of the Big Schoolroom at Sydney Grammar School, one of Sydney’s oldest performance venues. The Acacia Quartet: Lisa Stewart and Myee…
Elena Kats-Chernin says she has been told she can write no more works for String Quartet. She displays a mischievous pleasure at my alarm. The Sydney composer has recently released a recorded collection of her ‘complete’ works for string quartet, entitled Blue Silence. ‘Complete’ to date, and therefore the end of a chapter. “But it’s only the…
It’s a dream combination. A composer in the mainstream of her creativity handpicks a string quartet to make the premiere recording of her music and then coaches them in the way she wants to the music to sound. Add to this, a recording producer who understands implicitly what the composer wants and who has the formidable reputation as…