To celebrate its 5th birthday in May 2015, Acacia Quartet, one of Australia’s most exciting and sought-after string quartets, is delighted to present Five Chapters, the second program in its 2015 ACACIA Presents… series. For this special concerts, Acacia proudly presents the world premieres of works by two great Australian composers who have supported the quartet…
Hot on the heels of her involvement with the Brooklyn Academy of Music performances of the Philip Glass Etudes, double ARIA Award winning pianist, composer, conductor and educator Sally Whitwell is performing the music of Glass at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art in association with their exhibition of works by American painter and photographer Chuck Close. …
Acacia Quartet and multi-ARIA-award-winning pianist/composer Sally Whitwell collaborate to present an exciting mix of romantic and contemporary compositions: a seldom heard piano quintet by American Amy Beach, Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet no 2 and two pieces composed by Whitwell herself. This program begins with Winter Love, a romantic dedication to Sally’s partner, and Downsized, a concerto for…