2026 Festival Program
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2026 Festival Program
This evening, we explore pivotal years in Cairns’ history. From 1770—the birth year of Beethoven and the year Captain Cook named the bay on which Cairns was eventually built—to music written in 1876, when the settlement became Cairns, and on to 1923, when it was officially made a city. These wonderful pieces put our new home into a musical perspective.
Tickets start from $30 for patrons under 30 years of age and $86 for AFCM Friends.
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Concert Details
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sextet for Two Horns and String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 81b
Stefanie Farrands, Emmalena Huning, Ben Jacks, Stefan Dohr, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Charlotte Miles
GUSTAV MAHLER
Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello
Christian-Pierre La Marca, Dene Olding AM, Alexander Krichel, Lise Berthaud
GABRIEL FAURE
Sonata No. 1 in A major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13
Wu Qian, Alexander Sitkovetsky
JOAQUIN TURINA
Sinfonia Sevillana, Op. 29
Karin Schaupp
