Petra String Quartet
Now defunct, the Petra String Quartet was formed in 1977 from graduates of the Tasmanian Conservatorium and focused on Australian compositions. They toured the eastern states, then Europe in 1980.
Petra String Quartet is featured on the following titles
Journeys
Peter Clinch leads Australian chamber works with the Peter Clinch Saxophone Quartet, the Petra String Quartet and pianist Nehama Patkin, in music by Eric Gross, William Lovelock and Barry Conyngham.
Petra String Quartet plays Conyngham and Tibbits
Barry Conyngham's String Quartet No. 1 and George Tibbits' Second String Quartet, two Albert H. Maggs Award commissions, performed by the Petra String Quartet.
Petra String Quartet also appears on
Bright Tracks
Winner of the 1998 ABC Classic FM Listeners’ Choice Award, this double CD gathers chamber music by Brenton Broadstock, one of Australia’s most established and respected composers.
Larry Sitsky: De Profundis
This disc presents Larry Sitsky’s intense De Profundis, drawn from Oscar Wilde’s prison texts, with Violin Concerto No. 2, Fantasia No. 2 and the solo piano work Petra.
Members of Petra String Quartet
Robert Macindoe
Robert Macindoe is an Australian violinist associated with the Petra String Quartet, the Tasmanian Conservatorium ensemble that made Australian chamber music its focus.