Transformers: big works in disguise from the ACO

By David Larkin, 18 September 2018

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“The cool delivery from the rest of the strings allowed a sense of restrained grief to emerge”

Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 15 September 2018

Dowland, Lachrimae Antiquae I

Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1 (Arr Sebastian Gürtler)

Bach, The Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6

Strauss R., Metamorphosen (Arr Rudolf Leopold)

Mozart, Gran Sestetto Concertante, K364

Helena Rathbone, Violin

Aiko Goto, Violin

Stefanie Farrands, Viola

Nicole Divall, Viola

Timo-Veikko Valve, Cello

Melissa Barnard, Cello

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Double Bass

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

(Re)Creating Schubert’s world: Olli Mustonen with the ACO

Zoltán Szabó, 20th September

The Finnish composer/pianist's refined and idiosyncratic musical style makes for a great collaboration with the ACO solo string players.

*****

Beyond the chamber: the ACO takes on Brahms and Dvořák

David Larkin, 16th November

The expanded forces of the ACO take on two major nineteenth-century symphonic works by Dvorak and Brahms, prefaced by world and Australian premieres of pieces by Andrew Ford and Andrew Norman

****1

Magnetic bravura: Unshowy Gringolts dazzles Sydney audience

David Larkin, 5th October

Ilya Gringolts brings his brand of unspectacular virtuosity to the ACO's latest programme, with the Paganini Violin Concerto no. 1 and Bartók's Divertimento clear highlights.

****1

ACO’s ‘Soloists’ concert in Sydney

David Larkin, 16th May

With Satu Vänskä at the helm, the ACO delivers a thrilling series of performances in an ecclectic program at the City Recital Hall, Sydney

****1

Outbreak of Violins: the ACO in Sydney

David Larkin, 9th April

Interleaving Bach violin concertos with Haydn symphonies, the ACO give an energetic performance in the Sydney Opera House, with highlight solos from Richard Tognetti and Helena Rathbone.

****1

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David Larkin

David Larkin is a Senior Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Sydney, where he specialises in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on the music of Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. As a reviewer, he has reported from the Bayreuth Festival and reviewed opera and concert performances in four different countries. He gives regular pre-concert talks and educational lectures at venues all around Sydney and enjoys singing with choirs and playing the piano (in private).

Transformers: big works in disguise from the Australian Chamber Orchestra