09 Mar 2006
I hope this feedback gets to Richard Tognetti. I attended the Visionaries concert in Melbourne as a long-time supporter and subscriber of the ACO. The concert was deeply defining and inspiring on so many levels. I was raised on JS Bach and Handel (my mother an organist) and the Messiah, mandatory at least annually. If I never hear another concert, Monday night transcended anything I have experienced befor on a musical level. It was the first concert I had been to for some time as I have just had a lung and various other bits removed, with a fairly poor prognosis. For me, music lifts me to a greater height and hopefully, positive healing. Monday night was IT for me and I wanted to deeply and sincerely thank the ACO and Teddy Tahu Rhodes for such moving joy. The Hindemith was sublime also.
T . Sheldrake | 09 Mar 2006