Pärt Fratres Tinalley String Quartet

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Op 110a Australian String Quartet Goldner String Quartet Tinalley String Quartet Andrew Meisel, Bass Interval Lior/Westlake Compassion* Lior, Voice Tinalley String Quartet, Daniel de Borah, Piano Claire Edwardes, Percussion Andrew Meisel, Bass

*Commission supported by Julian Burnside AO QC, Andrew and Theresa Dyer, UKARIA Foundation and an anonymous donor.

Where Adelaide Town HallWhen Mon 12 Mar, 7.30pmDuration 1hr 35min, including interval

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Image: Claudio Raschella

MUSIC / AUSTRALIA

CompassionLior and Nigel Westlake also featuring Australian, Goldner and Tinalley String Quartets

Music born of political oppression or the oppressive weight

of world events is more often exhilarating and eloquent

than dour and dispiriting. This uplifting concert culminates

in Nigel Westlake and Lior’s magnificent setting (in a newly

commissioned arrangement for Septet) of seven ancient

Hebrew and Arabic texts, written in response to the vicious

and implacable cycle of violence in the Middle East. Lior’s

gloriously soulful voice and Westlake’s radiant music achieve

the seemingly impossible: the uniting of Islam and Judaism in a

joyful celebration of compassion and its ability to bring people

together across the divides of race and fear.

Two very different but equally profound responses to Soviet

subjugation form the first part of the concert:

Arvo Pärt’s sublime Fratres from 1977, that study

(so beloved by filmmakers from Paul Anderson to Terrence

Malick) of how the temporal and the timeless can coexist, and

Dmitri Shostakovich’s mighty Chamber Symphony, a dark

and bitter suicide note to Stalin, here featuring a rare and

spectacular coming together of Australia’s three finest string

quartets.

FESTIVAL HOSPITALITYTailored festival packages are available at the Palais or at any Fast Fine Dines venue. Suggested package:

▪ 1.5 hour pre-show dinner at one of our partnering Fast Fine Dines restaurants/bars

▪ Tickets to Lior

▪ Post show access to the Palais

▪ From $230pp

Conditions apply. Example of a Festival Hospitality event - packages can be tailored to suit your needs and budget.

“The song cycle proved a triumphant and exciting achievement by songwriter and composer.” Limelight