RICHARD TOGNETTI
Artistic Director and Lead Violin
DAWN UPSHAW
Soprano
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
Viola
LEDGER New Work
MOZART Symphony No.29 in A
GOLIJOV
Night of the Flying Horses
Lúa Descolorida
How Slow the Wind
BARTÓK Hungarian Folksongs
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante, K364
STRAUSS Morgen!
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DAWN UPSHAW CONCERT
Sat 14 Feb
Please book though City Recital Hall, Angel Place
(02) 8256 2222
Tickets: $45-$98
Soprano Dawn Upshaw has established an international reputation as her generation’s pre-eminent performer of the most exciting vocal music from the Baroque to today. Recently awarded the MacArthur Foundation’s ‘Genius Grant’ and the winner of four Grammy Awards, Upshaw is without doubt “one of the most consequential performers of our time” (LA Times). Upshaw will perform repertoire that demonstrates the warmth, range, intelligence and dramatic flair for which she is renowned.
Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante is a conversation between friends, in this case, Richard Tognetti and Christopher Moore. It features virtuosic interplay of violin and viola in the majestic first movement, a tragic aria in the second and ends with a rousing dance.
The eighteen-year-old Mozart truly came of age as a symphonist with his 29th symphony, combining vigour (with its hunting horns), grace (in the elegant dignity of its minuet) and intimacy. The famous opening movement was featured in the film Amadeus, along with the Sinfonia Concertante.
Audio sample: Schubert: Death and the Maiden
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