Orava Quartet presents

Mad Piper

Australia’s Orava Quartet returns to Sydney with thrilling music inspired by folksongs and faraway lands.

From De Falla’s ballet, The Three-Cornered Hat, the Miller’s Dance portrays both bull and bullfighter in a fury of athleticism, while Nordic folk music tells of ties to homelands and family. Fischer’s ‘Mad Piper’ draws on Scottish, Czech, Bulgarian and Romanian folk music, inspired by the courageous Piper Bill who played his bagpipes whilst under fire on D-Day in Normandy.