The Phoenix Collective, ACT Critics’ Circle Music Award  recipients, present their opening recital series concert for 2022 with their concert ‘Darkness and Light’.

A concert which explores contrasts in the works of some of
classical music’s best known composers: Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart and Ludwig van  Beethoven.

These remarkable string quartets are among the finest in the entire chamber music repertoire, and embody the development of the Classical and early Romantic string quartet.

Also featured in this program is the world premiere of Mace Francis’s Squint Your Eyes. A West Australian composer, Francis is a lecturer, Artistic Director of WAYJO & MFO (Mace Francis Orchestra), and winner of the 2015 APRA AMCOS Art Music Award for Jazz Work of the Year. He was inducted into the ‘WAYJO Hall of Fame’ in 2018. ‘It’s a work about focusing on what is important and blocking out the bullsh*t.’ (Mace Francis)

Launched by Charmian Gadd at the Crossroads Festival, The Phoenix Collective Quartet is a premier string quartet performing concerts in Sydney, Canberra, the Central Coast and regional NSW.

Its members come from the ranks of national and international orchestras such as Opera Australia Orchestra, Canberra Symphony, Sydney Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Kammer Philharmonie Köln, Boston Symphony, and Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Performing concerts by candlelight in Sydney and Canberra for international event company Fever, lunchtime concerts for the vulnerable and homeless at Wayside Chapel and featured string quartet at the 2022 National Folk Festival, PCQ are a dynamic and versatile ensemble.

17th February – Canberra 7 pm – Tuggeranong Arts Centre
18th February – Canberra 7 pm – Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
19th February – Sydney – 2:30 pm – Hunter Baillie, Annandale
20th February – Central Coast 2:30 pm – Greenway Chapel, Green Point

Bookings and Information: www.pcmusic.net