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

By Nicholas Young, 08 December 2016
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Reviewed at Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne on 7 December 2016
Programme
Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor, 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, Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV1067
Performers
Richard Tognetti, Conductor
Satu Vänskä, Violin
Helena Rathbone, Violin
Timo-Veikko Valve, Cello
Maxime Bibeau, Double Bass
Genevieve Lacey, Recorder
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Antonio VivaldiAustralian Chamber OrchestraElena Kats-CherninHelena RathboneJohann Sebastian BachL'estro armonico: Concerto for 2 violins, cello and strings in D minor, Op.3 no. 11, RV 565Maxime BibeauOrchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV1067Richard TognettiSatu VänskäTimo-Veikko ValveViolin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
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Nicholas Young
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.