Resonance String Orchestra presents their Annual Concert 2025 in collaboration with Flinders Quartet

22 November 2025 at the Castlemaine Town Hall

Concert One – 2.00pm

Includes (among other repertoire):

• Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat major, Op.20 – performed by Flinders Quartet and Resonance tutor team

• Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2

• Apprenti Strings

Concert Two – 4.15pm

Includes (among other repertoire):

• Deborah Cheetham Fraillon Bungaree performed by Flinders Quartet

• Gordon Kerry Bright Confusions performed by Resonance String Quartet

• Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Autumn with Thomasina Challender solo violin

• Apprenti Strings

Both concerts will include a Resonance signature traditional work by the Danish String Quartet.

You are able to purchase tickets for either concert, or a combined ticket for both concerts. A free afternoon tea will be provided for all concert guests between concerts.

Resonance Artistic Direction: Heather Cummins and Emma Wade

Flinders Quartet performs with 2024 Strike a Chord FQ Mentorship Prize winners, Lumina Quartet

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree” *

BRYONY MARKS “Australia Fair? Volume I: The Australian Dream”

ANTONIN DVORAK String Quartet No.14 in A flat Op.105

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree” *

BRYONY MARKS “Australia Fair? Volume I: The Australian Dream”

ANTONIN DVORAK String Quartet No.14 in A flat Op.105

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree” *

BRYONY MARKS “Australia Fair? Volume I: The Australian Dream”

ANTONIN DVORAK String Quartet No.14 in A flat Op.105

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree” *

BRYONY MARKS “Australia Fair? Volume I: The Australian Dream”

ANTONIN DVORAK String Quartet No.14 in A flat Op.105

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • 60 mins no interval

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree” *

ANTONIN DVORAK String Quartet No.14 in A flat Op.105

 *Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon 

Join FQ for a post-concert Q&A

Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia

Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia

Supported by the City of Melbourne and Library at the Dock, our 2025 open rehearsals are once in the warm and welcoming Docklands library. Discover this spectacular library facility and hear a concert in the making.

FQ’s rehearsal will be open to the public between the hours of 11am and 4pm (there will be a couple of short breaks during this time), all are welcome. Come for a short visit or stay a while!

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This project is supported by City of Melbourne libraries and through the Arts and Creative Investment Partnerships (ACIP) program.

These very special concert programs – which coincides with Mental Health Week – includes the world premiere of a profoundly moving new work by Lee Bradshaw, a string octet commissioned in memory of Emanuel (Manny) Arcaro, supported by his family, friends and FQ Syndicate #7. This new work, which is a powerful exploration of music as a transformative force for connection and healing, will be performed by the Flinders Quartet (including AYO alumni Elizabeth Sellars and Helen Ireland) and AYO string players.

“Four Rooms for Double String Quartet is a programmatic work in four movements, each portraying a psychological state: melancholia, mania, rage, and depression. Originally commissioned to create “something beautiful” in memory of Manny Arcaro, the work instead confronts the stark realities of mental health challenges in the creative arts,” says composer Lee Bradshaw.

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

NATALIE NICOLAS “By the Tide of the Moon” *

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546

MELODY EÖTVÖS / RISHIN SINGH “The Unspoken Eight” **

ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No.2 in D major

* Commissioned by Andrew Domasevicius-Zilinskas for Flinders Quartet and dedicated to Aida Tuciute, and her beautiful kinship with the ocean

** Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with the support of Kim Williams AM and FQ Syndicate #6

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

NATALIE NICOLAS “By the Tide of the Moon” *

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546

MELODY EÖTVÖS / RISHIN SINGH “The Unspoken Eight” **

ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No.2 in D major

* Commissioned by Andrew Domasevicius-Zilinskas for Flinders Quartet and dedicated to Aida Tuciute, and her beautiful kinship with the ocean

** Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with the support of Kim Williams AM and FQ Syndicate #6

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

NATALIE NICOLAS “By the Tide of the Moon” *

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546

MELODY EÖTVÖS / RISHIN SINGH “The Unspoken Eight” **

ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No.2 in D major

* Commissioned by Andrew Domasevicius-Zilinskas for Flinders Quartet and dedicated to Aida Tuciute, and her beautiful kinship with the ocean

** Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with the support of Kim Williams AM and FQ Syndicate #6

PROGRAM • 60 mins no interval

NATALIE NICOLAS “By the Tide of the Moon” * 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546 

ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No.2 in D major

* Commissioned by Andrew Domasevicius-Zilinskas for Flinders Quartet and dedicated to Aida Tuciute, and her beautiful kinship with the ocean 

Join FQ for a post-concert Q&A

PROGRAM • approx 60 min performance, no interval

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546

MELODY EÖTVÖS / RISHIN SINGH “The Unspoken Eight” **

ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No.2 in D major

** Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with the support of Kim Williams AM and FQ Syndicate #6

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON “Bungaree”* (NZ premiere)

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

* Commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Andrew Dixon, in memory of Jean and John Dixon

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including intervall

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95

GRAZNYA BACEWICZ Piano Quintet No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

with Paavali Jumppanen, piano

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including interval

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95

GRAZNYA BACEWICZ Piano Quintet No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

with Paavali Jumppanen, piano

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including intervall

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95

GRAZNYA BACEWICZ Piano Quintet No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

with Paavali Jumppanen, piano

PROGRAM • 60 mins no interval

GRAZNYA BACEWICZ Piano Quintet No.1 

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

with Paavali Jumppanen, piano

Join Zoe and Paavali for a post-concert Q&A

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including intervall

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95

GRAZNYA BACEWICZ Piano Quintet No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

with Paavali Jumppanen, piano

PROGRAM • approx 120 min performance, including intervall

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95

GRAZNYA BACEWICZ Piano Quintet No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

with Paavali Jumppanen, piano