Jul

  • Thu 8 Jul 7.30pm
    Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle
  • Sat 10 Jul 8pm
    Canberra Llewellyn Hall, ANU, Canberra
  • Sun 11 Jul 2.30pm
    Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
  • Mon 12 Jul 8pm
    Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
  • Tue 13 Jul 8pm
    Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
  • Wed 14 Jul 8pm
    Perth Concert Hall, Perth
  • Sat 17 Jul 8pm
    Sydney - City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
  • Sun 18 Jul 2.30pm
    Sydney Opera House, Sydney
  • Mon 19 Jul 8pm
    Brisbane - QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
  • Tue 20 Jul 8pm
    Sydney - City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
  • Wed 21 Jul 7pm
    Sydney - City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
  • Thu 22 Jul 7.30pm
    Wollongong - Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong

Barefoot Fiddler

Patricia Kopatchinskaja Guest Director

KATS-CHERNIN Zoom and Zip
SCHÜTZ German Magnificat
MANSURIAN Violin Concerto ‘Four Serious Songs’ (Australian Premiere)
VIVALDI Violin Concerto, RV253, The Storm at Sea
HAYDN Violin Concerto in G
VERESS Four Transylvanian Dances

Concert Program PDF

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is captivating: free-spirited, imaginative, vivid, shoeless. A perfect guest director for the ACO. She’ll perform not one, not two, but three concertos, including a rarity by Haydn.

Alternating fury and calm, Vivaldi published The Storm at Sea with The Four Seasons to show the world just how theatrical music can be.

From distant Armenia comes the strong, emotionally direct music of Tigran Mansurian and a violin concerto he wrote for Patricia. And from close to her Moldovan home comes Veress’ jaunty original Transylvanian folk music.

Schütz’s German Magnificat, written for two choirs like the spectacular Venetian ceremonial music of his teacher Gabrieli, is transcribed for string orchestra, in the tradition of Byrd’s viol consorts and Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia.

NB. The Melbourne performances will be at Melbourne Town Hall

Patricia Kopatchinskaja's 2007 tour with the ACO was voted "Best Chamber Music Performance" in the 2007 Limelight Awards.

"Firebrand, barefoot and dangerous, but that’s only on the surface. The real picture with Patricia is that she’s a deep and searching musician and we welcome her back." Richard Tognetti

Read an interview with Patricia Kopatchinskaja.