Ensemble Q play Bartok & Brahms

A vivid journey through Bartók's brilliance, Sutherland's lyricism and Brahms' sweeping Romantic power.

Ensemble Q Australia continues its 2026 National Concert Series with a program of striking contrasts and expressive power. Béla Bartók's Contrasts lights the fuse: a virtuosic trio for clarinet, violin and piano that draws on Hungarian and Romanian folk impulses - raw, playful and rhythmically unpredictable. Margaret Sutherland's Nocturne shifts the lens inward, its quiet shimmer and suspended lines revealing a composer of striking subtlety, portrayed exquisitely by violinist Adam Chalabi.

Brahms' Piano Quartet in C minor Op.60, is an emotionally charged and deeply romantic work whose sombre beauty and soaring lyricism echo his lifelong, unspoken love for Clara Schumann.

Featuring Ensemble Q Australia musicians at their peak - Daniel de Borah (piano), Paul Dean (clarinet), Adam Chalabi (violin) and Germany-based violist Benjamin Roskams - this is chamber music at full tilt.

Tickets

Standard $75 ($65 Concession)
Student $30

Please note, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission.

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Artists

Daniel de Borah piano
Paul Dean clarinet 
Adam Chalabi violin 
Benjamin Roskams viola

Program

Béla Bartók
Contrasts

Margaret Sutherland
Nocturne

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor