Driver

I am volunteering as a CIMF driver and this was a driving gig.  I collected the string quartet Quatuor van Kuijk and off we went up Sutton Road to Contentious Character winery.  Lovely view.  The quartet is French and were entertaining with a few French string quartet numbers, by Debussy and Faure.  They did them proud.  Nothing that I hadn't expected given they are on tour and were booked to play the Utson Room at the Opera House and the Melbourne Recital Centre and had a string of album releases to go with a string on awards.  Amusingly, they played as they came, invited to play in jeans.  Nice.  It was more intimate, like mates or a rehearsal session but serious and no stopping.  This was lovely, nice communication, accented intros, clear and complimentary exchanges of lines and a good chat on the way there and back.  Sadly, I was driving so I missed out on the offer of a wine tasting, but they got it.  As it should be.

Quatuor van Kuijk performed at Contentious Character winery in Wamboin.  QvK comprise Nicolas Van Kuijk and Sylvain Favre-Bulle (violons), Emmanuel François (viola) and Anthony Kondo (cello).