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E pluribus unum: the ACO’s Soloists concert in Sydney

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“The sustained harmonics at the beginning resembled electronica”
Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 16 May 2017
Crawford Seeger, Andante for Strings
Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in G major, RV 575
Ledger, The Natural Order of Things
Locatelli, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.3 no. 1
Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano (arr. Jack Symonds)
Mendelssohn, String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, Op.13
Satu Vänskä, Violin
Glenn Christensen, Violin
Timo-Veikko Valve, Cello
Ike See, Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
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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