Important Information
We know how much you are looking forward to experiencing live music in 2022 and we’re thrilled Musica Viva Australia is central to this. In the short-term, our plans have changed and we have had to reschedule the national tour of Karin Schaupp and the Flinders Quartet to 2023, due to the increased complexities and disruption created by the Omicron variant.
Existing ticketholders
Replacement concerts have been scheduled in each city. If you have already purchased a ticket to see Karin Schaupp & the Flinders Quartet your existing tickets will be automatically valid for the replacement concert on the same date so there's no need for you to do anything. We look forward to seeing you back in the concert hall soon.
If you are no longer able to attend or have any other queries, please contact the Box Office on 1800 688 482 (Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm AEST) or via email at boxoffice@musicaviva.com.au to discuss alternative arrangements.
Replacement Concerts
Adelaide, 8 March - Australian String Quartet & Konstantin Shamray
Brisbane, 3 March - Orava Quartet & Daniel de Borah
Canberra, 24 February - Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts & Miles Mullin-Chivers
Hobart, 28 February - Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts & Miles Mullin-Chivers
Melbourne, 1 March & 5 March - Partridge String Quartet & James Morley
Newcastle, 10 March - Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts & Miles Mullin-Chivers
Perth, 20 February - Jonathan Paget and the Darlington Quartet
Sydney, 7 & 12 March - Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts & Miles Mullin-Chivers
Livestreamed Concert, 7 March - Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts & Miles Mullin-Chivers
Once in a while a collaboration reaches the heart of why we make music. This concert honours such a collaboration, built on friendship and love.
Composer Carl Vine was for two decades Musica Viva Australia’s Artistic Director. In 2019 Paul Kildea assumed the mantle, and for this concert asked his predecessor to create a new work for a much-admired soloist and string quartet, commissioned by a longstanding subscriber wishing to immortalise the joyous memory of her late daughter.
Classical guitarist Karin Schaupp will premiere this celebration of life and music. Joining the award-winning soloist on stage is the renowned Flinders Quartet, which embarks on its first national tour since welcoming Wilma Smith as second violin.
The concert includes Imogen Holst’s moving Phantasy Quartet, Southern Cross Dreaming by Australia’s Richard Charlton, and deliciously contrasting works for guitar and strings from three very different Italians, ending with two movements from Boccherini’s fiery Fandango, a work they recorded in 2010 for ABC Classics.
This special program captures the spirit of works rarely heard but exceedingly inspired – all carrying the passion, artistry and friendship that characterise Musica Viva Australia’s concerts.
KARIN SCHAUPP Guitar |
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Flinders Quartet | THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA Violin |
CARULLI Guitar Concerto, Op. 8 (c. 1809) *World premiere performances. Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Kathryn Bennett. Adelaide: Presented in association with the Adelaide Festival. Melbourne: Saturday 5 March is a Graeme Watson Tribute Concert. Hobart: Presented by Musica Viva Tasmania Cowra: Presented by the Cowra Civic Centre in association with Musica Viva Australia as part of its Regional Touring program. |
Carl Vine AO Carl Vine AO is one of Australia’s best-known and most often performed composers, with a catalogue now including eight symphonies, twelve concertos, music for film, television, dance and theatre, electronic music and numerous chamber works. Although primarily a composer of modern ‘classical’ music, he has undertaken tasks as diverse as arranging the Australian National Anthem and writing music for the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games (Atlanta, 1996). Born in Perth, he studied piano with Stephen Dornan and composition with John Exton at the University of Western Australia. Moving to Sydney in 1975, he worked as a freelance pianist and composer with a wide range of ensembles, theatre and dance companies over the following decades. From 2000 until 2019 Carl was Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia. His recent compositions include Piano Sonata No 4, The Enchanted Loom (Symphony No. 8) for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Implacable Gifts, a concerto for two pianos for the West Australian and Tasmanian symphony orchestras, and Five Hallucinations, a trombone concerto for the Chicago and Sydney symphony orchestras. Carl’s new work for guitar and string quartet, commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Kathryn Bennett, will be will be premiered by Karin Schaupp and Flinders Quartet on their national tour. |
To our Ensemble Patrons Ian & Caroline Frazer - for their support of this tour. And thanks to our Concert Champions: Monday 7 March, Sydney – Kathryn and Judith Bennett |
Performance Details
Dates & Times
Canberra - Replacement Concert | 24 February 7pm |
Melbourne - Replacement Concert | 1 March 7pm |
Brisbane - Replacement Concert | 3 March 7pm |
Melbourne - Replacement Concert | 5 March 7pm |
Sydney - Replacement Concert | 7 March 7pm |
Adelaide - Replacement Concert | 8 March 7:30pm |
Newcastle - Replacement Concert | 10 March 7:30pm |
Sydney - Replacement Concert | 12 March 2pm |
Location
Multiple Venues
Please check the venue in your city when booking tickets.
Event notes
Existing Ticketholders
Replacement concerts have been scheduled in each city. If you have already purchased a ticket to see Karin Schaupp & the Flinders Quartet your existing tickets will be automatically valid for the replacement concert on the same date so there's no need for you to do anything. We look forward to seeing you back in the concert hall soon.
If you are no longer able to attend or have any other queries, please contact the Box Office on 1800 688 482 (Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm AEST) or via email at boxoffice@musicaviva.com.au to discuss alternative arrangements.