A walk to Beethoven: Bezuidenhout and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Von Zoltán Szabó, 26 März 2024

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“calmly led with Apollonian eloquence and stylish rubato”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: City Recital Hall, Sydney, am 23 März 2024

Ries, Symphony no. 2 in C minor, Op.80 (Allegro ma non troppo)

Schubert, Impromptu no. 3 in B flat major, D.935

Schubert, Rosamunde, D.797: Entr'acte no. 3 in B flat major

Byström, Walk to Beethoven

Liszt, Sinfonías de Beethoven, S 464: Sinfonía núm. 1 en do mayor, Op.21

Beethoven, Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 in Es-Dur "Emperor", Op.73

Mozart, Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 in d-Moll, KV466 (Allegro assai, Beethoven cadenza)

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano, Direktor

Helena Rathbone, Violine, Direktor

Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich

Sandra Bowdler, 10th August

Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne

****1

Bach sheds light in an impressively dark outing from the ACO

Nick Boston, 21st March

Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.

****1

Mesmerising, but relentless Brahms and Beethoven from the ACO

Zoltán Szabó, 11th February

Awe-inspiring performances of much loved classics in Sydney, yet the musical eyebrows have reasons to go (and stay) up.

****1

Why isn't the music enough? “Silence and Rapture” from the ACO

Sandra Bowdler, 14th August

Iestyn Davies joins the Australian Chamber Orchestra for music by Bach and Pärt in a programme featuring distracting modern dance.

***11

Symphony or song cycle? Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 17th May

Mahler's epic five-movement symphonic song cycle is performed by a chamber ensemble with mixed results.

***11

Young Romantic masters played by the ACO and Polina Leschenko

Zoltán Szabó, 11th November

A terrific collaboration between Russian pianist Polina Leschenko and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in music by Chopin and Mendelssohn.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.