Final Round of the SASF String Quartet Competition

Final Round of the SASF String Quartet Competition

Programme: 

Each quartet will be playing (in addition to the below):

L. Morrison & I. Vukosavljevic | Three Postcards**

A flat landscape

Whisper songs

Negenennegentig

** World Premiere

commissioned by the South African Strings Foundation for the 2025 SASF String Quartet Competition.

9h00 | Elevator Quartet

Gilah Kellner (Violin), Ricardo Stanton Hiniker (Violin) Catherine Sarah Stiff (Viola) Christine van Niekerk (Cello)

P. I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) | String Quartet No. 1 Op. 11

II. Andante cantabile

III. Scherzo

A. Stephenson (1949-2021) | Miniature Quartet for string quartet

I. Allegro ritmico

9h30 | Ictus Quartet

Gretna Heynike (Violin), Craig Williams (Violin), Jason Oppelt (Viola), Willie Naudé (Cello)

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) | Divertimento in F major, K.136

I. Allegro

F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | String Quartet No.6 in F minor, op.80, MWV R37

I. Allegro vivace assai

II. Allegro assai

10h00 | UP String Quartet

Benjamin Burton (Violin), Charmilé Strauss (Violin), Nikita Pienaar (Viola), Erica Ball (Cello)

F. Schubert (1797-1828) | String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D810, "Death and Maiden" 

I. Allegro

J. Bologne (1745-1799), String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op.1

I. Allegro

II. Rondeau

SHORT INTERVAL (10h30 - 10h45)

10h45 US String Quartet

Clara de la Guerre (Cello), Gilah Kellner (Violin), Catherine Stiff (Violin), Carina Naudé (Viola)

A. Borodin (1833-1887) | String Quartet No. 2. 

II. Scherzo - Allegro

III. Notturno - Andante

11h15 | Quattro Lumina

Nicholas Bruiners (Violin), Rebekah Beelders (Violin), Jana Smit (Viola), Ashlin Grobbelaar (Cello)

F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)  | String Quartet No.2, Op.13 

III. Intermezzo; Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto

IV. Presto - Adagio non lento

D. Shostakovich (1906-1975) | 2 Pieces for String Quartet 

II. Polka

11h45 Adjudicators’ Decision

12h00 Presentation of awards