An elevated baroque affair from the ACO

Por Nicholas Young, 08 diciembre 2016

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Crítica hecha desde Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne el 7 diciembre 2016

Bach, Concierto para violín en la menor, BWV1041

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto for 2 violins, cello and strings in D minor, Op.3 no. 11, RV 565

Kats-Chernin, Miniatures for Strings

Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in D major, RV 564

Bach, Suite orquestal núm. 2 en si menor, BWV1067

Richard Tognetti, Dirección

Satu Vänskä, Violín

Helena Rathbone, Violín

Timo-Veikko Valve, Violonchelo

Maxime Bibeau, Contrabajo

Genevieve Lacey, Flauta dulce

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Nicholas Young

Nicholas Young is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, and is currently undertaking doctoral studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. He has concertised as pianist throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe, winning major prizes in numerous national and international competitions, and performed concerti with the West Australian, Queensland, Adelaide and Willoughby Symphony Orchestras. Outside of performance, Nicholas has a keen interest in musicological research, especially 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire and its composers, and alongside academic writing has prepared notes for various concert programs and CDs.

Australian Chamber Orchestra: a typical baroque affair elevated with Kats-Chernin and an electrifying encore