Featuring bassoon virtuoso Todd Gibson-Cornish with a stellar cast of strings in a fascinating program from Elgar to Gershwin and Marsalis. Included are two Australian premieres of works by Kiwis – a hauntingly beautiful string quartet by Victoria Kelly and a bassoon quintet written especially for Todd by Anthony Ritchie.

Edward Elgar – Romance Op. 62 for bassoon and string quartet

Victoria Kelly – Song without Words (2008) for string quartet

Anthony Ritchie – Farewell (2023) for bassoon and string quartet (Australian premiere)

George Gershwin – Lullaby (1919) for string quartet

Wynton Marsalis – Meeelaan (1999) for bassoon and string quartet

Todd Gibson-Cornish, bassoon

Cameron Hill, violin

Wilma Smith, violin

Helen Ireland, viola

Ashley Brown, cello