An elevated baroque affair from the ACO

Par Nicholas Young, 08 décembre 2016

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Critique faite à Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, le 7 décembre 2016

Bach, Concerto pour violon en la mineur, BWV1041

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto pour 2 violons, violoncelle et cordes en ré mineur, Op.3 no. 11, RV 565

Kats-Chernin, Miniatures for Strings

Vivaldi, Concerto pour 2 violons et 2 violoncelles en ré majeur, RV 564

Bach, Suite pour orchestre no. 2 en si mineur, BWV1067

Richard Tognetti, Direction

Satu Vänskä, Violon

Helena Rathbone, Violon

Timo-Veikko Valve, Violoncelle

Maxime Bibeau, Contrebasse

Genevieve Lacey, Flûte à bec

Australian Chamber Orchestra

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

A walk to Beethoven: Bezuidenhout and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Zoltán Szabó, 23rd March

Kristian Bezuidenhout joins the ACO for a piecemeal programme leading to a complete performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.

***11

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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