ACO at Pier 2/3
We unveil our new home in Sydney’s
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct with a season
of exciting new programs.
The Crowd & I
The Crowd & I
6 - 15 August 2022
New South Wales
Sydney Opera House
Sun 14 Aug, 2:00pm
City Recital Hall
Tue 9 Aug, 8:00pm
Wed 10 Aug, 7:00pm
Fri 12 Aug, 1:30pm
Sat 13 Aug, 7:00pm
Queensland
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Mon 15 Aug, 7:00pm
Victoria
Hamer Hall Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 7 Aug, 2:30pm
Mon 8 Aug, 7:30pm
Australian Capital Territory
Llewellyn Hall
Sat 6 Aug, 8:00pm
Sydney Opera House
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The Crowd & I is a passion project that’s been brewing for over a decade as Richard Tognetti, director Nigel Jamieson and cinematographer Jon Frank contemplate the complexity of life on our densely populated planet. Five million people are on the move every week; some by choice, many by circumstance.
As humanity moves from a rural to urban existence, mass migration turns cities into metropolises and then into megalopolises, their boundaries blurring. The Earth comes to resemble a star, blazing with electric light. The Crowd & I contemplates this most extraordinary transformation in human history and the new ways in which we have come to live with one another, crowded together and separated from nature.
Richard Tognetti directs the ACO live on stage alongside striking imagery and footage captured from across the globe, including vast refugee camps, epic gatherings in the name of religion, and secular festivals where hedonism rules. Joy holds hands with sorrow. The Individual is inseparable from The Crowd.
In the tradition of Mountain, The Reef and Luminous, The Crowd & I promises to be a life-changing experience.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Featuring music by CHOPIN, IVES, SHOSTAKOVICH, SIBELIUS and RICHARD TOGNETTI.
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti • Creative Director & Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Song Company
Jon Frank • Cinematography
Nigel Jamieson • Film & Staging Director
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