Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti, Director and Violin
PROGRAM:
- Henry Purcell - Fantazia upon One Note
- George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6, No.11
- John Luther Adams - Horizon*
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Adam Johnson) - The Lark Ascending
- Franz Schubert (arr. Richard Tognetti) - String Quartet in D minor, D.810 "Death and the Maiden"
DATE: Saturday, April 18, 8pm
LOCATION: Baum Walker Hall at Walton Arts Center
TICKETS: $10
ABOUT:
The Australian Chamber Orchestra lives and breathes music, making waves around the world for its explosive performances that redefine orchestral music. With their fearless leader of 35 years, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, the Orchestra celebrates 50 years of transformative music-making with a program showcasing why this orchestra is one of the most distinct, inventive and renowned ensembles on the world stage today.
A new work from John Luther Adams, commissioned by the ACO as part of a residency in Australia, sees the Orchestra literally transforming, changing shape on stage as the music asks you to see beyond the visible horizon to the true, limitless expanse before us. Richard Tognetti then evokes that sense of the sublime in Vaughan William’s The Lark Ascending, beloved by audiences everywhere.
The concert culminates in an arrangement for strings of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, with the thrilling energy and virtuosity of the ACO on full display.
* World premiere performances. Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra
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