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Melbourne Guitar Quartet – Flow My Tears
August 11, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
$40 – $50
Innovative arrangements, technical flair and superb playing.
About the artists
Melbourne Guitar Quartet have carved out a reputation for curating utterly unique programs, anchoring themselves as one of Australia’s leading ensembles. Through a blend of innovative arrangements, technical flair and superb playing, the quartet explores the world of guitar in new and interesting ways, amassing praise from avid lovers of chamber music, guitar aficionados and concert first-timers alike.
About the concert
Program
John Dowland Come Heavy Sleep – arr. Benjamin Dix
Henry Purcell
Oedipus, Z.583: Musick for a While – arr. Benjamin Dix
Selections from The Fairy Queen, Z.629 – arr. Benjamin Dix
Manuel de Falla
Siete canciones populares Españolas – arr. Dan McKay
John Dowland Guitar
Flow My Tears
Neko Case – arr. Dan McKay
This Tornado Loves You
Vengeance is Sleeping
Where Did I Leave That Fire
I’m From Nowhere
Bracing for Sunday
Joined by exploratory vocalist, Georgie Darvidis, their performance recounts themes of love, longing, loss and melancholy. Guitar and vocals are intimately balanced as they move through the charm of Elizabethan song and the English Baroque period with flair and versatility.
Followed by the highly evocative and haunting characteristics of Spanish folk music in Manuel De Falla’s La Vida Breve and Siete Canciones Populares Españolas. The full catastrophe of love is painstakingly captured in selection of five songs by American songstress, Neko Case.
These wonderful self-penned arrangements are simply magic in the hands of Melbourne Guitar Quartet and Georgie Darvidis.
Thursday 11 August 2022 6pm; Primrose Potter Salen
Duration: 1 hour (no interval)