Available free throughout 2021
A free showcase of short highlights from the ACO’s StudioCasts film season, featuring spectacular performances from the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The first four films in the series are now available to watch as a special rental price - search ACO StudioCast Collection.
This highlights showcase opens with the glorious Andante Cantabile from Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.1, played by ACO Principal Cello, Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve. Following this, and in complete contrast, is the explosively virtuosic Deviance, a work for strings written by Artistic Director Richard Tognetti.
The showcase concludes with Richard Tognetti giving a signature performance of Vaughan Williams' sublime The Lark Ascending.
PROGRAM:
'Andante Cantabile' from Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.1
'Deviance' by Richard Tognetti
'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughan Williams
ACO Principal Double Bass Maxime Bibeau performing Pēteris Vasks’ ‘Bass Trip’ in the Sydney Opera House for the ACO's Homecast series. Says Max: "This piece has always resonated with me. It’s a journey that builds and builds, and is filled with raw expression mixed with beauty and warmth (while a...
Members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra Liisa Pallandi and Timo-Veikko Valve perform two baroque masterpieces by Jacquet de La Guerre and Bach in the exquisite cathedral-like surrounds of Bennelong.
PROGRAMME
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre — Sonata in D
6:50 Johann...
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