The festival opens with a stunning program for string quartet and guitar, featuring award winning Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, recently returned from a sold out concert tour of the USA. Two evocative Australian guitar quintets, Anne Cawrse’s ‘Imperfect Fourth’ and Iain Grandage’s ‘Black Dogs’, frame this program that beautifully combines bowed and plucked strings. Including other works by Edmund Finnis, Arvo Pärt and Paul Wiancko.

Program:
Paul Wiancko – Lift, string quartet
Arvo Pärt – Da Pacem Domine, string quartet
Anne Cawrse – Imperfect Fourth, guitar quintet
Edmund Finnis – Devotions: V, IV & III, string quartet
Iain Grandage – Black Dogs, guitar quinte