Part I: 40,000 B.C.-1900 A.D.
Neolithic – Sacred Music – Renaissance – Early - Reformation – Baroque – Enlightenment – Exoticism – End of Tonality
Part II: 1900-1945
Modernism – Neoclassicism – Decadence & the Great Depression – Art Music
Part III: 1945-2000
American invention – Jazz – Rock and Roll – 60s psychedelia – end of the avant-garde – Disco – Electronica – Pop
Part IV: 2000-2014
Presets curated Mashup of popular music
HAMILTON/MOYES/TOGNETTI Continuum [WORLD PREMIERE]
In a time-bending musical odyssey through 42,000 years and over 230 songs, we join forces with electro-pop explorers The Presets in an exhilarating surge through history – forging the likes of Vivaldi, Mozart and Bach to Miles Davis, Bob Dylan and Nirvana into a joyous finale of contemporary music assembled by the ARIA Award-winning duo.
ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti leads this kaleidoscopic voyage featuring a vocal sextet, percussion and carefully curated recordings augmenting the strings of the ACO. This extravaganza is performed to eye-popping visual effects from the mind of Ignatius Jones. Beginning from c.40,000 BC, the program walks with you through time, through the virtuosic outpourings of the Renaissance, the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods and finally exploding into our modern age. The classically trained Presets will make their classical music debut after three critically-acclaimed albums and their tenth anniversary celebration.
The Sydney concerts of Timeline are presented in Partnership with Vivid LIVE, part of the Vivid Sydney festival of light, music and ideas. Please make allowances for extra delays when attending these Sydney performances. Plan your trip using Vivid's transport guide.
*This concert uses haze smoke effects and incorporates flashing lights.
