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

Stuart Skelton and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Catherine Carby and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra

By Zoltán Szabó, 21 May 2024

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“with clear German diction and a caring affinity towards the rubato of the vocal line”

Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 17 May 2024

Wagner, Siegfried Idyll

Mahler, 5 Lieder: Laue Sommernacht (arr. David Matthews)

Mahler, Die stille Stadt (arr. David Matthews)

Mahler, Bei dir ist es traut (arr. David Matthews)

Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg & Riehn)

Catherine Carby, Mezzo-soprano

Stuart Skelton, Tenor

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Richard Tognetti, Director

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

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

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.

Symphony or song cycle? Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde performed by the ACO