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Transforming Strauss and Mozart

Transforming Strauss and Mozart

8 - 19 September 2018

As Richard Strauss got older, he became fascinated by the textures in chamber music. His Metamorphosen is a well-formed example of this focus. Usually performed by 23 string players, here you’ll witness it stripped back to its raw, powerful core in a chamber program curated by our Principal Cello, Tipi.

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Wagner’s gut-wrenching Prelude to Tristan und Isolde depicts our most intimate and passionate feelings, while Mozart’s popular Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, in the composer’s arrangement for sextet called the Grande Sestetto Concertante, is a showcase for the supreme talents of the ACO musicians.

Together with Bach and Dowland this is a program full of inspirational music and palpable emotions. Not to be missed.

Reviews

“Everything you might expect from an ensemble that is, in truth, one of the world’s great chamber orchestras.”
– Adelaide Advertiser

★★★★ ½ “Despite the fact all the works were arrangements of pieces originally written for other forces, the program retained an expressive authenticity, transmitted by the ACO with musicianship of the highest order.”
– Sydney Morning Herald

“Beautifully played”
– The Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ “A superlatively well-curated programme”
– Bachtrack

Program

DOWLAND - Lachrimæ Antiquæ
WAGNER (arr. Sebastian Gürtler) - Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
BACH - Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering
R STRAUSS (arr. Rudolf Leopold) - Metamorphosen
MOZART - Grande Sestetto Concertante

Artists

Helena Rathbone - Violin
Aiko Goto - Violin
Stefanie Farrands - Viola
Nicole Divall - Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve - Cello
Melissa Barnard - Cello
Jeremy Kurtz-Harris - Double Bass