Ensemble Q & William Barton (expired event)

A cracking team of classical virtuosos team up with the boundless sonic imagination of William Barton to explore Brahms, Ligeti and more.

Old meets new and new meets old when this team of classical soloists combine with the sonic imagination of didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton to explore masterpieces by Brahms and Ligeti, plus world premieres from Paul Dean and William Barton. A night not to be missed!

Ensemble Q is a group powered by the passion and fizz of curiosity and underpinned by the virtuosic integrity of some of Australia’s finest musicians. It might just be the perfect playground for making music. Their ear-catching program includes works by William Barton and Paul Dean alongside hand-picked masterpieces by Brahms and Ligeti, which promise to wrap audiences in a multi-faceted kaleidoscope of sound.

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"The possibilities are extraordinary. [William Barton] is a great man. He radiates. " — Sir Simon Rattle "[Ensemble Q was] quite possibly the best performance I’ve seen all year and an astonishing feat of music-making...Frankly, this was a jaw-dropping performance." — Limelight?