Concert 3 - Coruscation and Fury

In our final concert, Mei Yi Foo gives the Australian premiere of three of Unsuk Chin’s Piano Études, amongst the most challenging and incandescent piano works of our era, after which she is joined by violinist Elizabeth Layton and clarinetist Philip Arkinstall for the furious dance rhythms of Bartok’s visceral Contrasts. Finally, Mei Yi Foo joins forces with violinist Glenn Christensen, violist Justin Julian and cellist Simon Cobcroft, to perform one of the best loved chamber works of all time, the Piano Quartet in G Minor Op.25, by Johannes Brahms. With radiant melody, sublime lyricism and, perhaps, the most thrilling finale in romantic chamber music, Brahms provides us with an unforgettable conclusion to the 2025 festival!