2025/S1 Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert | Veiled Disclosures

Elizabeth Layton – violin

Sofia Tortorelli – violin

CarlaMaria Rodrigues – viola

Tim Tran – viola

Samvel Berberyan – viola

Edith Salzmann – cello

Henry Say – cello

Frank Bridge – Lament for Two Violas

Brahms – Sextet in G major, Op. 36

Elegant, wistful and deeply expressive, Bridge’s eight-minute Lament was one of two duos performed by the composer and his teacher in 1912, and is today recognised as one of the most haunting musical dialogues ever written. Contrasting cheerful exuberance and a darker, veiled beauty of its own, Brahms’s second String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 (‘the most ethereal of Brahms’s longer works’, according to Sir Donald Tovey) provides the ideal companion piece, containing within its first movement a hidden cypher for Agathe von Siebold, to whom the composer had been engaged (but was destined never to marry) six years prior.

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* All concerts in Elder Hall
* Doors open at 12:30pm
* Concert from 1:10 – 2:00pm
* $20 general admission, available online or at the door.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the concert!