Trailblazing 17th-century writer Aphra Behn has inspired countless women in the arts and is the perfect patron saint for the Behn Quartet. These fresh, fierce women have been earning rave reviews since they formed only two years ago. Winners of the 2016 Amadeus Prize, they also hold the CAVATINA Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music.
Christchurch-born Kate Oswin brings the quartet home to perform a programme of chamber music favourites. The folk song influences in Dvorak’s ‘American’ quartet ensure it is one of the most loved in the repertoire, while the classical restraint of Ravel’s String Quartet in F major reveals devastating depths of emotion. Jack Body’s Three Transcriptions re-creates the sounds of Madagascan zither and Bulgarian village bands.
Artists:
Kate Oswin | Violin
Alicia Berendse | Violin
Lydia Abell | Viola
Ghislaine McMullin | Cello
Programme One:
Rotorua, Wellington, Cromwell
Debussy | String Quartet in G Minor, op. 10
Jack Body | Three Transcriptions
Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 3 in F major, op. 73
Programme Two
Kerikeri, Whangarei, Palmerston North, Upper Hutt, Nelson, Christchurch, Invercargill
Dvořák | String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, op. 96 (“American”)
Jack Body | Three Transcriptions
Ravel | String Quartet in F Major
From 14 April 2018 to 1 May 2018 in Kerikeri, Whangarei, Rotorua, Palmerston North, Wellington, Upper Hutt, Nelson, Invercargill, Cromwell and Christchurch.
Start time
April 14, 2018 7:30PM