Affinity Quartet 'Death and the Maiden' - Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10, West Perth

‘The young ensemble thus sets in motion a perfectly coordinated machine that takes the listeners between their wheels and releases them breathlessly.’
– Affinity Quartet review ‘Rollercoaster Ride on 16 Strings’, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany

Affinity Quartet’s Perth debut showcases the virtuosity and synergy that made history when they won all three top prizes at the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition with a ‘highly committed and suavely flexible account’ of Schubert’s String Quartet ‘Death and the Maiden’. (The Age) One of the most internationally acclaimed string quartets of their generation, Affinity Quartet brings this poetic work to the stunning acoustics of the Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10, West Perth.

Affinity Quartet pairs the Schubert with Beethoven's Second String Quartet in G Major. It was Beethoven’s idiosyncratic musical development and emotional depth and range in the form that would inspire Schubert to compose his own string quartets. 

Alongside these pivotal works, Affinity Quartet premières Australian composer, Tom Misson’s Infinite Affinities in Perth. Composed for and premièred by Affinity Quartet last year at the Melbourne Recital Centre, this nine minute work’s experimental pitch material is derived from Per Norgard’s Infinity Series, an algorithm which the Danish composer used to generate an always changing series of notes. The ideas in Misson’s work gradually reveal more identity, rhythmic groove and playfulness as the work unfolds.

7:30-9:15pm Saturday October 19 2024
Doors and Gallery Bar open 30 minutes prior to performance

Program
MISSON Infinite Affinities (2023) 
BEETHOVEN String Quartet opus 18 no.2 in G Major
Interval
SCHUBERT String Quartet no.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’ in D minor

Affinity Quartet artists
Seonhye Song, violin 
Nicholas Waters, violin 
Meagan Turner, viola
Mee Na Lojewski, cello

Image credit Kristoffer Paulsen, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre