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Bach and the Beyond

Bach and the Beyond

Bach and the Beyond
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Finding hope and acceptance in a troubled world.

This program is part of the ACO's inaugural 2021 digital season, ACO StudioCasts.

Bach and the Beyond is available to watch now on demand.

At a time when we are all grappling with finding trust in this new world and hope for the future, it is astonishing how relevant Bach remains. This evocative and impassioned concert film pitches Bach’s timeless search for redemption alongside compositions by Richard Tognetti, elevated by the mesmerising vocals of Satu Vänskä.

Bach’s Ricercar from The Musical Offering, with guest flautist Emmanuel Pahud, is a tumultuous six-part fugue tinged with personal anguish, while his Erbarme dich from the St Matthew Passion, yearns for comfort in a heart-rending cello solo by ACO Principal Timo-Veikko Valve.

There is a natural connection with excerpts from our 2012 film, The Reef, in particular Beyond, which was inspired by Tognetti seeing images of underwater swimmers seemingly caught in the “troubled peace” between life and death.

Lest the afterlife feel placid and safe, Deviance, Tognetti’s re-imagining of Paganini’s Caprice No.24, suggests the world beyond could be happily devilish too.

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program details

JS BACH – (arr. Tognetti) The Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6
8:00
JS BACH –  (arr. Tognetti) Partita for Solo Violin No.3 in E major, BWV1006: I. Preludio
3:00
JS BACH – (arr. Tognetti) Sonata for Solo Violin No.1 in G minor, BWV1001: II. Fuga
5:00
JS BACH – St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich
6:00
RICHARD TOGNETTI – Bathymetry
3:00
RICHARD TOGNETTI – Beyond
3:00
RICHARD TOGNETTI – Heston
3:00
RICHARD TOGNETTI – Transfiguration
5:00
NICK DRAKE – River Man
4:00
RICHARD TOGNETTI – Deviance (on Paganini’s Caprice No.24)
10:00
CONCERT duration
50 minutes.

ARTISTS

ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti AO

Director & Violin

Richard Tognetti is Artistic Director and Lead Violin of the ACO. He has established an international reputation for his compelling performances and artistic individualism.

Richard has appeared as director or soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras. He was Artistic Director of Slovenia’s Festival Maribor from 2008 to 2015 and the first Artist-in-Residence at the Barbican Centre’s Milton Court in 2016. In addition, he has curated and co-composed film scores including the ACO’s Mountain.

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Emmanuel Pahud

Emmanuel Pahud

Flute

Since being appointed Principal Flute for the Berlin Philharmonic at age 22, Emmanuel Pahud has maintained an astonishing schedule of orchestra and solo touring, earning him accolades and admiration around the world.
ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä

Satu Vänskä

Vocals

Satu Vänskä was appointed Principal Violin of the ACO in 2004. She regularly performs as lead violin and soloist with the ACO. Satu is also frontwoman, violinist and vocalist of ACO Underground, the ACO’s electro-infused, experimental spin-off band.
Tipi

Timo-Veikko Valve

Principal Cello

Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve was appointed Principal Cello of the ACO in 2006. He is regarded as one of the most versatile musicians of his generation performing as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader on both modern and period instruments, and regularly performs as a soloist with the ACO.
Jim-Moginie

Jim Moginie

James (Jim) Moginie is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he was a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra on stage

Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra travels a remarkable road. Making waves across Australia and around the world for their explosive performances and brave interpretations, the ACO embrace celebrated classics alongside new commissions, and adventurous cross-artform collaborations.
Matisse

Matisse Ruby

Director

Matisse Ruby is a Chilean/Australian writer and director from Sydney Australia. She began her career working along side some of Australia’s brightest talents such as Warwick Thornton and assisting on Del Kathryn Barton’s first short animation “Oscar Wilde’s the Nighingale and the Rose” then Associate producing ABC documentaries for Sarah Blasko and Hannah Gadsby.

Matisse’s background spent enveloped in the arts carries through into her own directing work, creating bold and yet intimate visual stories for clients such as the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Wunder Workshop, Gumtree and in 2018 a new philanthropy campaign for the Sydney Film Festival.

Tyson

Tyson Perkins

Director of Photography

Based in Sydney, Australia, Tyson Perkins is an award-winning Aboriginal cinematographer and camera operator. Over the course of more than a decade, Tyson has garnered a wealth of experience on a diverse range of projects and has become known for his particular style, visual flair, work ethic and creativity.
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Drew English

Director of Photography

Drew English is an award winning Cinematographer. Acknowledged for his works by the ACS winning a Gold tripod in 2017 for his first ever entry “Holt”. He received a Gold ACS award the year before for the same entry. Drew was also awarded the Annual cinematographer scholarship in 2016 by the ACS which saw him travel to Poland and conversed with some of the top cinematographers.

COMPOSERS

Composer JS Bach

JS Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer who enriched and perfected the Baroque style. A prolific composer of instrumental music and sacred vocal music, his works have had an enduring impact on western culture. In his time, Bach was renowned as an organist, able to improvise fugues with ease. To many, Bach is the greatest composer to have ever lived.
ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti AO

Richard Tognetti is Artistic Director and Lead Violin of the ACO. He has established an international reputation for his compelling performances and artistic individualism.

Richard has appeared as director or soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras. He was Artistic Director of Slovenia’s Festival Maribor from 2008 to 2015 and the first Artist-in-Residence at the Barbican Centre’s Milton Court in 2016. In addition, he has curated and co-composed film scores including the ACO’s Mountain.

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Nick Drake

Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. Drake signed to Island Records when he was 20 years old and a student at the University of Cambridge. He released his debut album, Five Leaves Left, in 1969. By 1972, he had recorded two more albums—Bryter Layter and Pink Moon.

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