Jerusalem Quartet; One Night Only

Source: Zeal NYC

7pm and the stage was set; It was a one night showing by the critically acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet. Only it happened last night, and chances are you missed it.

The stringed ensemble played to the local classic and contemporary music fans of Brisbane at the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre in a celebration of their 21^st anniversary. Fortunately for music lovers, the intimate evening was recorded for broadcast on 4MBS FM.

The four piece consisting of two violinists, a viola and cello have won numerous awards such as ‘the Diapason d’Or, the BBC Music Magazine Award for chamber music’ (Jerusalem Quartet 2015). The manufactured ensemble was something of a “boy band” when they first started performing together, put together by the Jerusalem Music Centre (Moffatt 2016)

Two separate programmes have been prepared for the brief Australian tour, of which the quartet will alternate between at each individual showing. The audience in Brisbane was privileged to a night of composers Haydn, Edwards and Beethoven, the last of which the group is most renowned for performing.

With members originating from the Ukraine, Belarus, and obviously Israel itself, their stage name is somewhat misleading, although all members both grew up in and reside in the state of Israel.

The oddly mixed bunch offered a discussion with audience members following the show for enthusiasts of the arts. In this setting and ‘as celebrities function across a number of different media platforms, the ability to speak publicly and present well becomes increasingly necessary’ (Bainbridge, Goc and Tynan 2011 P. 395)

Adult tickets ranged from $40 in the higher sections to $86 for the finer viewing positions.

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References

Bainbridge, J, Goc, N & Tynan, L 2011, Media and journalism: new approaches to theory and practice, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, VIC.

Jerusalem Quartet 2015, about Jerusalem Quartet, viewed 23 September 2016, http://www.jerusalem-quartet.com/index.php/about.

Moffatt, S 2016, ‘Jerusalem Quartet are back for heavenly seventh Musica Viva tour’, Daily Telegraph, 21 September, viewed 23 September 2016, http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/news/jerusalem-quartet-are-back-for-heavenly-seventh-musica-viva-tour/news-story/28627e62c82ac6d48952c795fc65c58c.

Zeal NYC, digital image, viewed 23 September 2016, http://zealnyc.com/jerusalem-quartet-at-92nd-street-y/.