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Quartet X

  • Classical Music

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  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 70 minutes Subject to change

Where contemporary classical reimagines your favourite pop anthems  

Driven by a pursuit to radically reimagine chamber music, Quartet X blur the lines between classical, pop and everything in between.  

Featuring some of Australia’s most versatile female musicians, with Courtenay Cleary on the violin, Claire Edwardes on percussion, Emily Granger on harp and Karin Schaupp on guitar, every performance stretches, bends and redefines what the traditional string quartet  can be. From the sound worlds of Caroline Shaw into fresh arrangements of Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Seal, you can expect radiant new interpretations of the songs you know by heart.   

If you’ve ever bopped along while watching Bridgerton, consider this your ticket to a musical experience that is as much a guilty pleasure as it is moving.   

Sydney Opera House thanks Event Partner Champagne Pommery, The Greats donors and Ezekiel Solomon AM for their support of Utzon Music.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

Repertoire

Michael Nyman The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from the Piano) # 3’30 
arr. Richard Charlton 

Meredith Monk, Ellis Island # 3’ 
arr. Matt Moisey

Adeola Samuel (Seal) & Henry Olusegun, Kiss from a Rose # 5’ 
arr. Richard Charlton

Caroline Shaw, Valencia # 5’40 
arr. Ben Murphy 

Ray Lin, The Feeling of Home # 4’45 
arr. Ray Li 

Caroline Shaw, Valencia # 5’40 
arr. Ben Murph

Robert Davidson, Wandering * 5’

Leslie Feist & Sally Seltman (Feist), 1234 # 3’ 
arr. Richard Charlton

Ariana Grande, pov # 3’30 
arr. Samuel Andrews

Joanna Newsom, Divers # 5’30 
arr. Richard Charlton

Holly Harrison, X Factor * 3’30

Agnes Obel, The Curse # 5’ 
arr. Richard Charlton

Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell, Birds of a Feather # 3’30 
arr. Joe Fallon

Toni Watson (Tones and I), Dance Monkey # 3’30 
arr. Richard Charlton

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Attending this event

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Ticket information

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are 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).

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