Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet

Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet description

Music sparks emotion like nothing else, especially played live by outstanding musicians. This concert, featuring the great classical guitarist Karin Schaupp and the Flinders Quartet, is designed to evoke feelings of love, loss and longing.

Classical guitar is a beautiful but famously difficult instrument to master, requiring most players to remain still in utmost concentration. But this isn’t Schaupp’s style. With incredible warmth, expressiveness and some foot-stomping fandango, she welcomes us into her vivid emotional world.

Known for their unpretentious brilliance and stirring performances, the Flinders Quartet are the perfect choice to join Schaupp.

A superbly chosen program includes quintets from early masters Boccherini and Carulli, Imogen Holst’s lyrical Phantasy Quartet, a rarity by the legendary John Cage and the world premiere of a guitar quintet by Carl Vine. These are works to touch the heart and move the feet of all who listen.

Let yourself be taken on an enriching emotional journey under the expert guidance of some of Australia’s most loved string musicians.

6.45pm - 7.15pm | FREE Pre-concert talk with James Koehne in the Prince Alfred Room

PROGRAM
Carulli: Guitar Concerto in A major, Op. 8
Cage: Dream
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143
Carl Vine: Endless for Guitar and String Quartet (world premiere)
Imogen Holst: Phantasy Quartet
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in D Major, G. 448 (mvts III and IV)