Wilma & Friends ‘Viva Viola!’ for the St Stephen's Recital Series

Saturday 13 September 2025, 2:30 pm 4:00 pm
St Stephen's Recital Series at St Stephen's Anglican Church
360 Church Street, Richmond

The viola was Mozart's favourite instrument to play so it's no wonder he wrote his brilliant string quintets featuring two violas. The D major one is full of the brightness and brilliance of that key and keeps everybody busy. It's flanked by two unfamiliar beauties for the same instrumentation, the short Intermezzo by Bruckner, like Mahler, more known for his monumental symphonies, and the only string quintet by Denmark's most celebrated composer, Carl Nielsen, only 23 years old when he wrote it. This fine work was never published in his lifetime which may explain its relative neglect.

PROGRAM
Anton Bruckner - Intermezzo in D minor WAB 113
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K.593
Carl Nielsen - String Quintet in G Major, CNW 59

ARTISTS
Peter Gjelsten, violin
Wilma Smith, violin
Yuri Zhislin, viola
Fiona Sargeant, viola
Matthias Balzat, cello

TICKETS
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