Fabulous Mozart from Nicole Car in eclectic Sydney programme

By Benjamin Poore, 09 April 2018

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“its upper register was polished steel, with a penetrating ring”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney on 8 April 2018

Handel, Alcina, HWV 34: Overture

Handel, Alcina, HWV 34: Ballet music

Mozart, Recitative and Aria for Soprano, "Basta, vincesti", K295a

Beethoven, Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in F major, Op.50

Beethoven, Ah! perfido, Op.65

von Bingen, Ave Maria, O auctrix vite (Arr. strings)

Verdi, Otello: Ave Maria

Mozart, Recitative and Aria for Soprano, "Misera, dove son!", K369

Mozart, Symphony no. 27 in G major, K199 (K161b)

Nicole Car, Soprano

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Richard Tognetti, Director

Satu Vänskä, Violin

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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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.