Darwin Beethoven Festival - Sunday May 30

Celebrate the grand finale of the Darwin Beethoven Festival with the Australian String Quartet and musicians from the Arafura Music Collective and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). The program opens with Beethoven's Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 71, a rarely performed work full of charm, wit and elegant interplay between the instruments. Bringing together musicians from Arafura and ANAM, this collaborative performance highlights Beethoven's gift for musical conversation and reveals another facet of his extraordinary chamber music imagination.

The concert culminates with the Australian String Quartet performing Beethoven's String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3, the final of the celebrated 'Razumovsky' Quartets, regarded as one of the great landmarks of the chamber music repertoire. This masterwork showcases Beethoven at the height of his powers and offers the perfect showcase for the artistry of the Australian String Quartet. Performed by one of Australia's most acclaimed chamber ensembles, it brings the inaugural Darwin Beethoven Festival to a jubilant and memorable close.