Concert & Bush Lunch, The Amicus Strings, 2015 Vintage Festival

Gruenberg Lutheran Church are proud to present another memorable Vintage Festival event; this time, featuring the amazing Amicus Strings! Add this date to your 2015 calendar as a highlight for the Vintage Festival week. Capture the essence of history within the 150 year old Gruenberg Church, with its German heritage and brilliant acoustics, adding something special to every musical performance, and proud to host The Amicus Strings!

The Amicus Strings was founded in 1996. Since that time, it has established a reputation for excellence in presentation, performance and customer relations, and is now one of Adelaide's busiest performing ensembles. In addition to providing music for special occasions and private functions, Amicus performs regularly in concert with repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to contemporary composers such as Philip Glass and Karl Jenkins. 

Amicus has performed for Recitals Australia, the "Tuesday on Flinders" series of concerts at Flinders Street Baptist Church, ACME New Music Company, the Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus and the State Opera of South Australia, as well as in various music festivals and private functions. It has performed twice in the Mawson Lakes Planetarium, involving memorised performance in total darkness. It has undertaken a masterclass with the internationally acclaimed Brodsky Quartet, and was quartet in residence for Symphony Australia's Westfield Young Conductor of the Year programme.

In 2004, Amicus featured as the performing string quartet in the wedding episode of the Australian TV drama series "McLeod's Daughters". As a commercial quartet, Amicus has recorded sound tracks for numerous television commercials including Baker’s Delight, Bridgestone Tyres, Stratco, San Remo, Virginia Nursery, University of South Australia, Jacob's Creek and Beaurepaires.

Amicus' service to the bridal industry has been recognised by winning the Ceremony Music category of the Australian Bridal Industry Awards for Excellence in 2004 and 2008. They were a finalist in the Ceremony Music and Live Entertainment categories in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2007.

The concert will start at 12 noon, and as seats are not allocated, it is recommended you arrive in time to secure your prime position. You will be enchanted by music for one hour, followed by a home cooked, three course meal in the tranquil bush land adjoining the Church soon after 1pm. Local wines are available for purchase and special dietary needs may be accommodated with advanced notice, by contacting Chris Linke.

Bookings are essential and made very easy using this 'stickytickets' site. If you require any further information or assistance prior to proceeding to your booking, please contact Chris Linke on 0429 998 921.

Prices are listed with 'Concession', 'Children' and 'Family' options available. 'Children' relates to Primary School aged children. 'Concession' relates to Pensioners and High School Students. 'Family' relates to two adults, with two or more children.

There is the ticket option to attend the Concert only, but ideally the 'Concert & Bush Lunch' are one memorable event.

This is a fundraising initiative of the Holy Cross Gruenberg Lutheran Church Women's Fellowship.