Sydney’s avant-garde string ensemble, the Acacia Quartet, will present an intimate take on one of the world’s best-loved Baroque piece in Vivaldi Four Seasons and a Goldfinch – the third concert of popular Live at Lunch series at The Concourse in Chatswood. Known for coupling conventional repertoire with the unorthodox, the Acacia Quartet will perform…
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…
In the intimate setting of the Sydney Philharmonia space at The Wharf, soprano Jane Sheldon and the Acacia Quartet launched their recent CD North+South, recorded with harpist Genevieve Lang, in an evening of stories in music as Acacia also performed two works for string quartet composed by Lyle Chan. Now based in the US, Jane Sheldon sang a selection of 10 folk songs from…