Utzon Music 2023 Brodsky Quartet Bach, Britten and Schubert
21 – 23 April 2023
In the Utzon Room
Classical Music
Choose one concert or come for all three in this 50th-anniversary mini-marathon of great string quartet music.
| Date | Time |
| Friday 21 April | 7pm |
| Saturday 22 April | 7pm |
| Sunday 23 April | 3pm |
Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $105 |
| Multipack (purchase three or more Utzon Music 2023 concerts for 20% off) | $84 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection. Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The only authorised ticket agency for this event is Sydney Opera House and The Australian Ballet. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
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Run time
Concert runs for approximately 120 minutes with an interval.
Should ticket holders arrive late, they will be let in at an appropriate moment.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Suitable for all ages.
Young people under the age of 15 must be accompanied at all times. Children aged 0 - 23 months at the time of a performance may be seated on a parent’s lap free of charge. All children occupying a seat or aged two years and older must hold a valid ticket.
In English
Wheelchair accessible
Audio loop available
No language barrier
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The Oxford Culture Review…a performance that ranged from fragility to imposing power and sweep...
Bach, Britten and Schubert with the Brodskys
The Brodsky Quartet shares a birthday with the Sydney Opera House and in 2023 they’re making a welcome return to the Utzon Room with new first violinist Krysia Osostowicz for a mini-marathon built around the final string quartets of Benjamin Britten and Franz Schubert.
Each of the three concerts will feature a Britten quartet and a Schubert quartet in illuminating pairings that play off the composers’ contrasting styles while finding common ground in their expressive intensity and emotional turbulence.
JS Bach provides the entrées: Brodsky violist Paul Cassidy has arranged three of Bach’s “hallowed” sonatas for unaccompanied violin – miraculously transforming them from their single-line conception to the string quartet sonority.
Join the Brodsky’s in the intimate space of the Utzon Room for all three concerts, or come for the final program featuring the turbulence and Romantic obsession of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden quartet and Britten’s String Quartet No.3, composed on his deathbed.
Sydney Opera House Presents
Casey Green, Utzon Music CuratorIt is a joy to be welcoming the effortlessly wise and witty Brodsky Quartet back to the Utzon Room. This iconic group, having just celebrated 50 years, will be settling in at the Opera House to deliver three exceptional recitals traversing Bach to Britten. This is one for the Utzon Music die-hards, myself included.
Artist Information
Brodsky Quartet
Krysia Osostowicz violin
Ian Belton violin
Paul Cassidy viola
Jacqueline Thomas cello
PROGRAM 1
J.S. BACH Violin Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003*
BRITTEN String Quartet No.1
SCHUBERT String Quartet in G major
PROGRAM 2
J.S. BACH Violin Sonata in C major, BWV 1005*
SCHUBERT String Quartet in A minor
BRITTEN String Quartet No.2
PROGRAM 3
J.S. BACH Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001*
BRITTEN String Quartet No.3
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden)
* arranged for string quartet by Paul Cassidy
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Other information
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see their website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six min walk to the Opera House.
Covid-safe information
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We’re committed to making your experience safe, comfortable and enjoyable, with a number of measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. We remind our audiences and visitors to please stay home if you feel unwell. If you need to discuss your ticketing or booking options, contact our Box Office team on 02 9250 7777.
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We have a number of safety measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. While face masks are no longer required, we ask all our patrons and visitors to practise good hygiene. Please stay home if you feel unwell and read more about our flexible ticket options.
The Sydney Opera House no longer requires patrons to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency such as Ticketmaster Resale, Viagogo, Ticketbis, eBay, Gumtree, Tickets Australia or any other unauthorised seller, you risk that these tickets are fake, void or have previously been cancelled. RESALE RESTRICTION APPLIES. For more details, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events.
Please contact Box Office on 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues. Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen and Portside are also available for you to enjoy.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.