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Excitement aplenty from cellist Giovanni Sollima and the ACO in Sydney

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“ At one point, I found myself thinking: ‘This isn’t a concert: this is theatre’”
Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 3 May 2014
Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no.3
Boccherini, Cello Concerto no. 7 in G major, G 480
Sollima, LB Files, for cello and ensemble (Australian premiere)
Haydn, Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
Verdi, String Quartet in E minor (arr. for string orchestra)
Richard Tognetti, Director, Violin
Giovanni Sollima, Cello
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich
****1
Bach sheds light in an impressively dark outing from the ACO
****1
Mesmerising, but relentless Brahms and Beethoven from the ACO
****1
Why isn't the music enough? “Silence and Rapture” from the ACO
***11
Symphony or song cycle? Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in Sydney
***11
A walk to Beethoven: Bezuidenhout and the Australian Chamber Orchestra
***11
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