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Jazzy thrills: ACO Weimar cabaret evening with Barry Humphries and Meow Meow a delight

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 27 April 2013
Weill, Threepenny Opera: Pirate Jenny
Weill, The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife
Weill, Youkali (Tango-Habanera for string quartet)
Eisler, The Hollywood Songbook: An den kleinen Radioapparat
Abraham, Viktoria und ihr Husar: Mausi
Grosz, Jazzband
Jezek, Bugatti Step
Schulhoff, Sonata erotica, for female voice solo (arr. Tarkman)
Schulhoff, Suite for chamber orchestra: Tango and Jazz (arr. Tarkman)
Spoliansky, Alles Schwindel (It's All a Swindle)
Spoliansky, Wenn die beste Freunden (When a Special Girlfriend)
Spoliansky, Ach, er hasst, das ich ihn liebe
Brand, Maschinist Hopkins: Charleston (arr. Tregear)
Toch, Fuge Aus Der Geographie
Holländer, Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte (When I presume to wish for something)
Hindemith, Kammermusik no. 1, Op.24 no.1
Krenek, Jonny spielt auf (selections)
Krenek, Potpourri, Op.54
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, Director, Violin
Melissa Madden Gray (Meow Meow), Vocals
Barry Humphries, Presenter
Rodney Fisher, Director
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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