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Serioso and Serene

Name: Serioso and Serene
Start: 2025-05-01T11:00:00
Location: Albert Hall

Canberra International Music Festival

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Beethoven’s self-titled Serioso quartet, composed during the politically charged Napoleonic era, reflects his personal and political struggles with a sense of urgency and defiant shifts in tone, embodying a longing for freedom. In contrast, Dvořák’s 14th and final String Quartet radiates a broad, hopeful vision, capturing his deep love for Czech folk traditions. Written after his time in the United States, the piece expresses both pride in his he...

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven -  String Quartet No. 11

Antonín Dvořák -  String Quartet No. 14

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon - Bungaree

Participants

Elizabeth Sellars

Violin

Wilma Smith

Violin

Helen Ireland

Viola

Zoe Knighton