Tickets: Adult $35.00; Student $20.00; Group Ticket 4+ $30.00 ea.

Experience the fantastic combination of two guitars with Contra Guitar Duo at the Ipswich Civic Centre.

PROGRAM

Our program is a reflection of who we are as musicians and what inspires us. We open our concert opens with a set of Schubert inspired works by Johann Kaspar Mertz and continue with a beautiful minimalist work by the late Australian composer Phillip Houghton, before bringing the first half to a close with a new arrangement for two guitars of Australian composer Maria Grenfell’s Di Primavera.

The second half of the concert opens with the juxtaposition of two pieces by Ross Edwards, a lullaby Emily’s Song and the lively and joyous Djanaba. We then play an interesting arrangement of a solo guitar work, Tansman’s Variations on a theme of Scriabin; here the audience gets to enjoy Tansman’s work in greater depth and colour, providing a new listening experience of a much loved work in the guitar repertoire. Finally the concert closes with a celebration of Brazilian music by Clarice Assad, with her three movement Brasileirinhas. The work explores many elements of traditional Brazilian music and is an exciting virtuosic conclusion.