Acacia Quartet Acacia Quartet presents Testament, a spectacular concert that ranges from the classical to the contemporary via the impressionistic. Testament features a searing work of the same name by Lebanese-Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian as well as string quartet by Mozart, Debussy and celebrated young Australian composer Alice Chance. Mansurian’s piece is a five-minute Lento,…
Acacia Quartet, presents La Malinconia, an exquisite afternoon concert which takes its title from the fourth movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet No.6, La Malinconia (‘melancholy’). They will perform three outstanding works in the elegant North Sydney concert venue with its famously magnificent acoustic. Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 18, No.6 is the last…
Composer Richard Charlton’s new work for guitar and string quartet, Shorelines will soon receive its premiere in Canberra, followed closely by performances in Sydney and Melbourne, as part of the Melbourne Guitar Festival. Performed by guitarist Matt Withers with Acacia Quartet, Shorelines is based on three watercolours by the artist Sue Needham. Also on the programme, Matt and Acacia will…