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Australian Festival of Chamber Music

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7:30 pm Townsville Civic Theatre

AFCM 2024 Opening Night Concert - Festival Feelings

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Start Time: 7:30 pm I Finish Time: 9:45 pm I Doors Open: 7:10pm I Interval: 15 Min        

​We are thrilled to be back with our beloved AFCM once again and tonight we make the important introductions to our crack team of AFCM musicians! The Goldner String Quartet's AFCM swansong begins with the gorgeous Schumann String Quartet Op.41 No.3. Introducing our three pianists we will hear some Percy Grainger, harking back to the old (or some would say odd) country with an old English Folk Song for three pianists. Gearchange into Hellfire by Mark Holdsworth, which is sure to make our resident winds count for dear life! We finish with an incredible arrangement of Ravel’s String Quartet for all the festival strings making that beautiful work come to life on a symphonic scale.​

TICKETS     FRIEND: $89      ADULT: $98      CONCESSION: $93      STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30

Subscription Information: This concert is included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions and eligible for selection as part of a Silver or Silver Plus Subscription.

Concert Details

ROBERT SCHUMANN
String Quartet in A major for Strings, Op. 41, No. 3
Dimity Hall, Julian Smiles, Dene Olding, Irina Morozova

JACQUES BREL
Ne me quitte pas - Guilty Pleasure
Roderick Williams, Brett Dean

PERCY GRAINGER
“Green Bushes”: Passcaglia on an English Folksong
Piers Lane, Amandine Savary, Itamar Golan

MARK HOLDSWORTH
Hellfire
Jackie Newcomb, Ana de la Vega, Shefali Pryor, Ben Jacks, Julian Bliss, Mark Holdsworth

MAURICE RAVEL (Rudoph Barshai)
Petite symphonie à cordes (arr. Rudolph Barshai)
Jack Liebeck, Dene Olding, Adam Barnett-Hart, Alexandra Raikhlina, Dimity Hall, Kevin Hsu, Brett Dean, Irina Morozova, Katie Yap, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Umberto Clerici, Julian Smiles, David Berlin, Mya Whatson, Kees Boersma, Benjamin Roskams

PERCY GRAINGER
Molly on the Shore
Jack Liebeck, Alexandra Raikhlina, Umberto Clerici, Benjamin Roskams, Shefali Pryor, Julian Bliss, Katie Yap, Ben Jacks, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Kees Boersma, Adam Barnett-Hart, Brett Dean, Ana de la Vega, Jackie Newcomb, Dimity Hall, Mya Whatson, Kevin Hsu, Julian Smiles, Irina Morozova, Dene Olding, David Berlin, Timothy Constable, Lloyd van't Hoff

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Earlier Event: 18 October
An Evening with the MSO: Hamilton (Regional Tour)