Charm and innovation collide in Brahms’ String Sextet No.2.
The grand orchestral experience is distilled to a single ground-breaking movement in Schoenberg’s boundary-pushing First Chamber Symphony. A suite of dramatic and vivid string quartets showcases the creative talents of Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.
Sonic Spectacles
Johannes: BRAHMS String Sextet No.2 in G, Op.36
Elena KATS-CHERNIN: String Quartets including: Grotesk, Blue Rose, Drinking Song,
Eliza Aria, Pink Breasted Robin, Slicked Back Tango and Russian Rag
Arnold SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphony No.1
Conductor: John Keene
Violin: Riley Skevington, Alexandra Isted, Rebecca Glorie, William Huxtable, Lucas
O’Brien, Cerys Tooby
Viola: Alex Brogan, Benjamin Caddy, Rachael Kirk, James Munro
Cello: Eve Silver, Jeremy Garside, Nick Metcalfe, Fotis Skordas
Double: Bass Andrew Sinclair
Flute: Sonia Croucher
Oboe: Liz Chee
Oboe/Cor Anglais: Jonathan Ryan
Clarinet: Allan Meyer, Som Howie
Clarinet/Bass: Clarinet Alexander Millier
Bassoon: Adam Mikulicz
Bassoon/Contrabassoon: Kina Lin-Wilmoth
Horn: Eve McEwan, Julia Brooke