Join classical music broadcaster Christopher Lawrence for the inaugural Renaissance Tours Festival in the glorious ballroom of Epsom House in Tasmania next February. Crafted exclusively for Renaissance Tours patrons, the weekend festival will feature a programme dedicated to the music of Beethoven, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

February 7 - 9, 2020. Bookings through Renaissance Tours.

Tinalley presents the first of several recitals planned for 2020 as part of its Residency at The University of Queensland.

Tinalley String Quartet returns for a concert filled with emotional potency and pathos by two of the string quartet’s greatest proponents, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

One of the darkest works of Beethoven’s early period, his Op.18, No.4, is a musical dramatisation akin to a Shakespearean tragedy. The characters leap from the page – the tender lovers, the comical satirist, the angst-ridden protagonist – tied together by dramatic musical punctuation. Felix Mendelssohn was a great admirer of Beethoven’s quartet writing and it seems natural therefore to pair the two great composers together. Mendelssohn’s Op.80 Quartet was written in response to his sister Fanny’s death and is charged with a searing pain, a tremendous sense of loss and foreboding. Join Tinalley to celebrate the life and music of Beethoven and those whose lives his music forever altered.

Tinalley String Quartet returns for a concert filled with emotional potency and pathos by two of the string quartet’s greatest proponents, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

One of the darkest works of Beethoven’s early period, his Op.18, No.4, is a musical dramatisation akin to a Shakespearean tragedy. The characters leap from the page – the tender lovers, the comical satirist, the angst-ridden protagonist – tied together by dramatic musical punctuation. Felix Mendelssohn was a great admirer of Beethoven’s quartet writing and it seems natural therefore to pair the two great composers together. Mendelssohn’s Op.80 Quartet was written in response to his sister Fanny’s death and is charged with a searing pain, a tremendous sense of loss and foreboding. Join Tinalley to celebrate the life and music of Beethoven and those whose lives his music forever altered.

Program:
Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18, No. 4
Dvorak Cypresses
Mendelssohn String Quartet Opus 80

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To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the Tinalley String Quartet take us through some of the most enduring chamber music ever written, while Shakespearean actor John Bell weaves a narrative from eighteen of Beethoven’s letters, culminating with the devastating Heiligenstadt Testament.

Complimentary afternoon tea will be served after the performance.

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the Tinalley String Quartet take us through some of the most enduring chamber music ever written, while Shakespearean actor John Bell weaves a narrative from eighteen of Beethoven’s letters, culminating with the devastating Heiligenstadt Testament.

Complimentary afternoon tea will be served after the performance.