Fusion + Duoz present
the Danish String Quartet's
WOOD WORKS
for voices + strings
After an extended break in 2018, Fusion is back in 2019 with a fresh new project conceived especially for the ensemble!
In our first collaboration with the recently formed Brisbane string duo Duoz (Jason and Kirsten Tong), Fusion presents Nordic and Baltic music for voices and strings, including Peteris Vasks's Plainscapes and the world premiere of the choral transcription of the Danish String Quartet's Wood Works album.
The Danish String Quartet is primarily a classical string quartet, but its members also share a passion for Nordic folk music and exploring their traditional musical roots. In 2014 they released Wood Works, a CD of their own unique arrangements of folk melodies and fiddle tunes from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It proved immensely popular and they have performed the music all over the world to critical acclaim. From lively dance pieces to a set of three traditional wedding songs, and from wistful waltzes to pensive polskas, Wood Works takes listeners on a musical journey across Scandinavia.
And now, in a world-first performance, Fusion and Duoz present a new iteration of these evocative arrangements, transcribed and rearranged for voices, violin and cello. We hope you'll join us for this very special project to experience the beauty of this part of the world through its folk music.
From the DSQ's program notes:
"Folk music is the music of all the small places. It is the local music, but as such it is also the music of everywhere and everyone. Like rivers, the melodies and dances have flowed slowly from region to region: Whenever a fiddler stumbled on a melody, he would play it and make it his own before passing it on. You don’t own a folk tune, you simply borrow it for a while."
Sunday 26 May, 6pm (doors and bar open from 5.30)
Lightspace, 2 Scanlan St, Fortitude Valley
Adults $35 (earlybird extended until Friday 10 May) / $40 (online after 10 May) / $45 (at the door)
All concession tickets $25
In our first collaboration with the recently formed Brisbane string duo Duoz (Jason and Kirsten Tong), Fusion presents Nordic and Baltic music for voices and strings, including Peteris Vasks's Plainscapes and the world premiere of the choral transcription of the Danish String Quartet's Wood Works album.
The Danish String Quartet is primarily a classical string quartet, but its members also share a passion for Nordic folk music and exploring their traditional musical roots. In 2014 they released Wood Works, a CD of their own unique arrangements of folk melodies and fiddle tunes from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It proved immensely popular and they have performed the music all over the world to critical acclaim. From lively dance pieces to a set of three traditional wedding songs, and from wistful waltzes to pensive polskas, Wood Works takes listeners on a musical journey across Scandinavia.
And now, in a world-first performance, Fusion and Duoz present a new iteration of these evocative arrangements, transcribed and rearranged for voices, violin and cello. We hope you'll join us for this very special project to experience the beauty of this part of the world through its folk music.
From the DSQ's program notes:
"Folk music is the music of all the small places. It is the local music, but as such it is also the music of everywhere and everyone. Like rivers, the melodies and dances have flowed slowly from region to region: Whenever a fiddler stumbled on a melody, he would play it and make it his own before passing it on. You don’t own a folk tune, you simply borrow it for a while."
Sunday 26 May, 6pm (doors and bar open from 5.30)
Lightspace, 2 Scanlan St, Fortitude Valley
Adults $35 (earlybird extended until Friday 10 May) / $40 (online after 10 May) / $45 (at the door)
All concession tickets $25
