Acacia Quartet The American
ACACIA QUARTET THE AMERICAN INDPENDENT THEATRE OCTOBER 2019 Three very different works across musical styles and time , taking us from the 18th century to now , in a delicious concert by the Acacia Quartet – namely Stefan Duwe on viola and Anna Martin-Scrase on cello ,Lisa Stewart and Myee Clohessy on violin . The playing was sumptuous and exquisite and there was great rapport between the quartet. The programme began with the work composed earliest in time, Mozart’s SQ 15, K421, dedicated to Haydn . It is thought to have been composed in 1783 while his wife Constanze was in labour with their first child and Mozart was facing a new uncertain future. The first movement was given a brisk yet lush sonorous reading with its animated rich flowing melodic line .The second movement was slower in pace and far more thoughtful and questioning, It was quivering , lyrical ,dynamic and spiky. The third movement had a sharp, fiery opening , leading to the main ci...