Who could have predicted the events of 2020? We know you will have missed the transcendence of live music, particularly when it was needed most. The rapid changes to our lives and time out from performing have provided an opportunity for the quartet to reaffirm our love and commitment to great music and to try our hand at innovating what we do. Our motto has always been “caring for tradition, daring to be different” and 2021 will reflect our will to embrace the future while cherishing the beloved masterworks of our canon.

Some exciting new projects are afoot in 2021, including:

• Our Margaret Sutherland recording project over two years

• Mentorship of our chosen group from Musica Viva’s Strike a Chord national secondary school chamber music competition

• Continuation of our role as Artistic Patrons of John Noble’s Quartet Program

• An exciting second residency at Footscray High School focusing on the music of Bartók

• Long anticipated performances at some of Australian’s premier festivals, including the Adelaide Festival

We have changed our concert times slightly to give you more options to hear us live or online. All programs will be streamed - stay tuned for more details.

We now have two concert times at the Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon: 11am and 6pm; our Montsalvat concerts remain unchanged at 2:30pm and we are adding the acoustically sublime St John’s in Flinders, on the Mornington Peninsula.

We want to take this opportunity to send a big musical hug to everyone and to let you know that we will have many opportunities for you to experience the wonder of the string quartet canon in addition to those exciting live, ‘in person’ performances, which we will never take for granted again. We look forward to sharing live streamed concerts, online performance content on demand, as well as new studio recordings.

Thibaud, Zoe, Wilma and Helen

[PHANTASY]
PROGRAM 1 - May 2021

[BARTÓK, MY FATHER]
PROGRAM 2 - July 2021

with guest artist Richard Piper (actor)

[LOVE AND OTHER CATASTROPHES]
PROGRAM 3 - October 2021

2021 SEASON CONCERT VENUES

PRIMROSE POTTER SALON • MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank

MONDAY 17 MAY, 11AM & 6PM

MONDAY 25 OCTOBER, 11AM & 6PM

co-presented with Melbourne Recital Centre

Bookings: Melbourne Recital Centre (03) 9699 3333 melbournerecital.com.au (transaction & delivery fees may apply)

Tickets: Standard $40 / Concession $29

MONTSALVAT BARN GALLERY
7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham

SUNDAY 23 MAY, 2.30PM

SUNDAY 11 JULY, 2.30PM

SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER, 2.30PM

Bookings: Melbourne Recital Centre (03) 9699 3333 melbournerecital.com.au (transaction & delivery fees may apply)

Three Concert Subscriptions: Standard $111 / Concession $90

Single Tickets: Standard $45 / Concession $35

ST JOHN’S CHURCH
King St, Flinders (Morning Peninsula)

SATURDAY 15 MAY, 2.30PM

SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER, 2.30PM

Bookings: flindersquartet.com/tickets or phone Wendy Avilov 0417 798 523 between the hours of 10am & 2pm, Monday to Friday (transaction & delivery fees may apply)

Two Concert Subscriptions: Standard $65 / Concession $46

Single Tickets: Standard $35 / Concession $25

[PHANTASY]

PROGRAM 1 • MAY 2021
FQ Clifford Hocking AM memorial concert

We are honoured to remember Clifford Hocking AM and his profound contribution to the arts in this country. Clifford first heard us in 2004 and championed our desire to become a professional string quartet based in Melbourne. His support and subsequent grant through the Harold Mitchell Foundation was instrumental in giving us the time we needed to develop as a string quartet at a crucial time. His legacy as a man who was incredibly intelligent about all matters musical with a desire to champion great music is one that we celebrate in this concert.

[BARTÓK, MY FATHER]

PROGRAM 2 • JULY 2021

Richard Piper has had a long and distinguished career in Australian theatre, as actor, singer and composer. He has performed in forty productions for Melbourne Theatre Company, and made countless appearances for companies all over the country. He played Billy’s Dad in the original Australian production of “Billy Elliot”, and most recently, the mayor in “Come From Away” at the Comedy Theatre.

[LOVE AND OTHER CATASTROPHES]

PROGRAM 3 • OCTOBER 2021