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The canon’s roar: violence and violins in ACO Sydney programme

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 14 May 2016
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus I (arr. for strings and winds)
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus II (arr. for strings and winds)
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus III (arr. for strings and winds)
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus IV (arr. for strings and winds)
Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major "Turkish", K219
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 13 in B flat major, Op.130 (arr. Tognetti)
Beethoven, Fugue for String Quintet in D major, Op.137
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, Violin, Artistic 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
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***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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