Harbour Light, Acacia Quartet’s final concert in their 2016 Utzon Room series, celebrates new string quartets by multi-award winning Australian composers Joe Twist, Sally Whitwell and Nick Wales alongside favourites by American composers Philip Glass, George Gershwin and Bernard Herrmann. The works by Sally Whitwell and Joe Twist, especially commissioned by Acacia for this occasion, touch…
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge directed by Stephen Layton tours Australia this July for Musica Viva. Stephen Layton is one of the leading choral directors of our time. For this tour they will perform one of the 20th-century’s most beautiful choral works: the 1922 Mass for Unaccompanied Double Choir by Frank Martin and a rich cache of…
The Company We Keep, Acacia Quartet, The Australian Hall, Sydney November 6, 2014 Stepping away from the peak hour bustle on Sydney’s Elizabeth Street, the hidden gem that is the Australian Hall hosted the Acacia Quartet’s programme The Company We Keep, featuring music by Gershwin, Glass, Kreisler and Brisbane born, Hollywood based composer Joe Twist….