A Blend of Cultures
with the
Rubens Quartet
& William Barton

7:30 p.m. Friday, January 21

SPECIAL EVENT >>

Sarah Kapustin, violin
Roeland Jagers, viola
Sidonie Riha, violin
Joachim Eijlander, cello
William  Barton, Didgeridoo

Australian virtuoso William Barton is one of the classical world’s leading didgeridoo players and composers. He joins the Rubens Quartet from The Hague for an evening of music with Western and Aboriginal influences.  Barton says. "I want to take the oldest culture in the world and blend it with Europe's rich musical legacy."  Traditional string quartets and solo didgeridoo will be performed along with a quintet written especially for Mr. Barton by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. “Sculthorpe's compositions,” states Barton, “sing with a spirit of place, portraying our land and the feelings each one of us have for Australia and its natural environment.”

 * All concerts are at Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 N 4th Street in Stillwater, MN 55082 

Learn more about the Rubens Quartet:      http://www.rubenskwartet.nl/Rubens-Quartet/en-GB/home.aspx

Learn more about William Barton: http://williambarton.com.au/

Special Event
for children and adults

Rubens Quartet &William Barton, didgeridoo

6:45  p.m. - Thursday, January 20
Stillwater Public Library - 224 North 3rd Street, Stillwater, MN 55082

Learn about the didgeridoo, a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians 1,500 years ago.  The Rubens Quartet joins William Barton for a mini-concert and demonstration of this remarkable instrument.