Phoenix Collective Tugs At The Heartstrings
February 19 @ 7:00 pm
Phoenix Collective opens its 2026 season with Heartstrings, delving deeply into themes of love and romance. Written as a gift for his wife, cellist Alexander Borodin’s tender String Quartet no 2, with its famous slow movement remains the gold standard of Romantic chamber music.
By contrast, Australian superstar composer Ella Macens’s hauntingly beautiful A Love Worth Fighting For details an emotional response to a relationship break-up. Phoenix Collective comprising violinists Dan Russell, and Pip Thompson, viola player Ella Brinch and Andrew Wilson cello will also play three Scandinavian traditional wedding tunes balance out the program, each one artfully representing different stages of married life.
As well as the concert in Killara, NSW, there are concerts on the NSW Central Coast on 22 Feb 2026 at 2pm and in Canberra at the Wesley Music Centre on 1 March at 3 pm.
The programme: Alexander Borodin – String Quartet no 2/ Ella Macens – A Love Worth Fighting For/ Danish String Quartet – Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
Programme notes are written and available to read prior to the concert by clicking here.
Image Daniel Lopez.