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Fresh from their U.K. performances together, Affinity Quartet and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean continue their thrilling exploration of musical treasures for string quartet and voice. Ravishing beauty and drama flows through masterworks spanning three centuries. From the romanticism of Schubert to Brahms’s portrait of Shakespeare’s Ophelia to 21st-century works by Caroline Shaw and Matthew Laing, the artists showcase engaging and versatile musicianship.

‘Impressive control, an irrepressible sense of drama and extraordinary self-assurance … Betts-Dean [is] certainly one to watch.’ The Guardian

Caroline Shaw
Punctum for String Quartet

Matthew Laing
Portraits of Blood for String Quartet and Mezzo Soprano*

Nico Muhly
So Many Things for String Quartet and Mezzo Soprano

Caroline Shaw
Cant Voi L’Aube for String Quartet and Mezzo Soprano*

Johannes Brahms
5 Ophelia-Lieder

Franz Schubert
Quartettsatz in C Minor, D.703

*Australian premiere