Musica Viva Canberra presents: TOKYO STRING QUARTET November 9, 2005

Just one word. Impeccable. Carl Vine

About the artists
The Tokyo String Quartet has captivated audiences and critics alike since it was founded in 1969 at the Juilliard School. It is regarded as one of the supreme chamber music ensembles of the world and is now considered to be at the height of its powers. The artists perform on ?The Paganini Quartet?, on loan from The Nippon Music Foundation of Japan.

Programme:

The program opens with Mozart?s masterpiece of poise and beauty and concludes with Beethoven?s last completed work. Interposed between the two is the much-anticipated premiere of Sculthorpe's String Quartet no 16.

MOZART String Quartet in A major, KV 464, ?Haydn?
SCULTHORPE* String Quartet no 16 (2004-5)
* world premiere!
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op 135

Start-finish time: 7pm-8:50pm
Event location: Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
Cost: $15 - $61.95
Organised by: Musica Viva Australia
More information: Roxanne Lambie, 02 6295 9409 (SPECIAL CORPORATE HOSPITALITY PACKAGE AVAILABLE), rlambie@mva.org.au