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2013 BRISBANE SEASON
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A u s t ra l ian CH A M B E R O R CH E S T R A RICHARD TOGNETTI / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Internationally renowned for inspired programming and the rapturous response of audiences and critics, the Australian Chamber Orchestra is a product of our country’s vibrant, adventurous and enquiring spirit. In performances across Australia, around the world and on many recordings, the ACO moves hearts and stimulates minds with repertoire spanning six centuries and a vitality and virtuosity unmatched by other ensembles. Richard Tognetti has been Artistic Director and Lead Violin since 1989. Under his inspiring leadership, the ACO performs as a flexible and versatile “ensemble of soloists”, on modern and period instruments, as a chamber group, symphony orchestra and electro-acoustic collective. The ACO’s unique artistic style encompasses masterworks of the classical repertoire, innovative cross-artform projects and a vigorous commissioning program. Several of the musicians perform with spectacularly fine instruments by history’s finest makers, including Stradivarius, Guarneri del Gesù, Guadagnini and A.E. Smith. Fifty-three international tours across Asia, Europe and the USA have drawn outstanding reviews for the ACO’s performances at the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein. The ACO has 40 CDs and DVDs for sale at aco.com.au/shop, including the three-time ARIA Award-winning Bach CDs and the internationally acclaimed Mozart Violin Concertos and Grieg recordings.
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“The finest string ensemble on the planet.” The Telegraph (UK)
TH E R E E F Presented by IBM
“It’s a virtuosic display...Technique, fearlessness, grace: the analogy between surfers and musicians needs little elaboration.” The Australian
ALICE IN CHAINS Them Bones BACH Sonata No.1, BWV1001: Fugue BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op.130: Cavatina CRUMB Black Angels (excerpts) DEAN Electric Preludes: Peripeteia GRANDAGE/ATKINS Immutable KILAR Orawa LIGETI Ramifications PIGRAM Raindancing, Mimi RACHMANINOV Vocalise RAMEAU Les Boréades: Les Vents SEEGER Where Have All the Flowers Gone SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony, Op.110a: Allegro Molto TOGNETTI/GRANDAGE Beyond TOGNETTI Heart of The Black Beast, Bathymetry Arrangements by Tognetti and Grandage Footage by Mick Sowry and Jon Frank projected onto a screen on stage. Concept by Richard Tognetti. NATIONAL TOUR AND FOUNDING PARTNER
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Mick Sowry Director & Producer Jon Frank Director of Photography Derek Hynd Director of Surfing Mark Atkins Didgeridoo Stephen Pigram Voice & Guitar Satu Vänskä Violin & Voice Julian Thompson Cello In May, Richard Tognetti took a crew of surfers, musicians and film makers to Ningaloo Reef, where the desert meets the sea. They spent two unforgettable weeks surfing, making music and filming and the result is The Reef. Immerse yourself in Jon Frank’s images of the ocean, the world’s best fin-free surfers, the arid desert landscape and the starry sky, as an incredible array of music swirls around you. It will alter your perception of a classical music concert through the prism of a transcendental surf film. You’ll never forget it. Fri 22 Feb 8pm QPAC Concert Hall music, videos & more
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B A R R Y HU M P H R I E S & meow meow Presented by BNP Paribas
MEOW MEOW
Barry Humphries
“The greatest performer in Australian history.”
“Cabaret diva of the highest order.”
The Spectator Australia
New York Post
WEILL Surabaya Johnny; Benares Song HOLLÄNDER Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) And music by EISLER, KRENEK, BRANDT, GROSZ, TOCH, SCHULHOFF, SEIBER and SPOLIANSKY Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Barry Humphries Conférencier Meow Meow Cabaret artist Satu Vänskä Violin & Voice Wed 1 May 8pm QPAC Concert Hall
Barry Humphries selects, presents and performs music from the Weimar Republic, a time between the World Wars where German art and music leaked into the basements of an increasingly loose Berlin society. Transgressive cabaret sensation Meow Meow joins us for the racier numbers, including a duet with Humphries. An aficionado of the art and music of this turbulent era, Barry Humphries has curated a concert that rediscovers the lost music of Krenek, Schulhoff, Toch, Brandt and Grosz, alongside familiar songs from The Threepenny Opera and Marlene Dietrich’s 1930 cult film The Blue Angel.
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R I CH A R D T O G N E TT I PRESENTS AC O 2 VIVALDI Concerto for two cellos, RV531 RAUTAVAARA The Fiddlers STRAVINSKY Concerto in D VIVALDI C ello Concerto RV413 in G HANDEL Concerto Grosso No.11 in A BLOCH From Jewish Life BARTÓK Divertimento AC O2 Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Daniel Müller-Schott Cello Timo-Veikko Valve Cello AC O2 embarks on its first national tour, led by Richard Tognetti and our principal musicians and starring some of Australia’s finest emerging string players. Featuring several of the greatest works for string orchestra, this program showcases AC O2’s virtuosity and vivacity, in high-octane Baroque and neoclassical music. We also celebrate the Australian return of “magnetic young German cellist Daniel MüllerSchott,” (New York Times) performing two Vivaldi Cello Concertos and Bloch’s intensely melancholic From Jewish Life. He will spar with our own principal cellist Timo-Veikko Valve in Vivaldi’s Concerto for two cellos. Mon 17 Jun 8pm QPAC Concert Hall
“fearless player” New York Times
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RAMEAU Excerpts from Les Fêtes d’Hébé; Hippolyte et Aricie; Platée; Les Boréades; Les Indes galantes; Pigmalion; Dardanus; Naïs; Castor et Pollux BACH Violin Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV1002, Sarabande VIVALDI The Four Seasons, Summer: Presto VIVALDI Sinfonia “La Verita in cimento”, Andante Sydney Dance Company Richard Tognetti Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela Artistic Director & Choreographer We share the stage with the Sydney Dance Company in this production by Rafael Bonachela and Richard Tognetti, sparked by their mutual passion for Rameau’s perfumed and powerful French Baroque dance music. Rameau’s flair for rhythm and melody, and feeling for choreography, leads many to name him one of the greatest-ever composers for the theatrical stage. Bonachela’s dynamic choreography, innate musicality and theatricality serve to illuminate this brilliant music. Thu 11 Jul 7.30pm, Fri 12 Jul 7.30pm, Sat 13 Jul 2pm & 7.30pm QPAC Playhouse (Presented with QPAC) This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Madeleine Boud and Thomas Bradley 4
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B arefoo t fi d d l e R “sheer fun of music making” Limelight
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
BACH Concerto for three violins, BWV1064 MOZART Adagio and Fugue GINASTERA Concerto for strings MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in D minor
A free spirit who approaches music with an unquenchable sense of fun and discovery, Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a joy to play with and watch.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Guest Director & Violin
Patricia performs Bach and Mendelssohn violin concertos and a haunting work by Argentinian composer Ginastera, featuring solos for five principal musicians.
Mon 29 Jul 8pm QPAC Concert Hall
Trust this enchanting violinist with your ears and she’ll lead you a merry dance, bare feet and all.
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B ra h ms 4 & STEVEN ISSERLIS DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No.4 Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Steven Isserlis Cello Mon 28 Oct 8pm QPAC Concert Hall
The Fourth is Brahms’ final powerful symphonic statement. Here, Brahms takes flight, as he melds the soaring sounds of Romanticism to classical structure in a constantly evolving drama. Brahms premiered the symphony with a small orchestra of forty-eight musicians, which he declined to augment. We follow his lead and perform with wind instruments from Brahms’ time. Steven Isserlis is one of our favourite collaborators – the epitome of the intelligent and passionate cellist. There could be no better soloist for Dvořák’s ardent and much-loved concerto. Isserlis first played it as a child. “I used to think it was so joyous,” he says. “As I’ve got older, the more tragic it seems.”
“Unrivalled intensity” The Guardian
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BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
Timo-Veikko Valve
BACH B randenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4 Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Begin the festive season with the most celebrated music of the Baroque, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. To perform this extroverted, colourful music, we’re assembling a remarkable ensemble of Baroque specialists from around the world. Richard Tognetti, winner of three ARIA Awards for Bach recordings, directs.
“Not just one of the greatest composers who ever lived. Absolutely the greatest. Any doubts about the status of Johann Sebastian Bach were banished by the ACO’s program.” Adelaide Advertiser
Tue 3 Dec 8pm QPAC Concert Hall
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Three extraordinary events which combine different artforms and media, with a range of musical genres.
TH E R E E F Fri 22 Feb
Details on page 1
BARRY hUMPHRIES & MEOW MEOW Wed 1 May
Details on page 2
SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY 11-13 Jul
Details on page 4
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2013 NATIONAL CONCERT SEASON Our national tour dates for those who would like to see a performance in another city. BARRY HUMPHRIES & MEOW MEOW
RICHARD TOGNETTI’S MOZART
THE REEF
Presented by Virgin Australia
Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney & Wollongong
23 Apr – 8 May
Richard Tognetti presents AcO2
SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY
Barefoot Fiddler
13 – 26 Jun
11 – 13 Jul
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney & Wollongong
2 – 16 Feb Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney
Adeliade, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle & Sydney
Presented by IBM
22 Feb – 4 Mar
Brisbane
12 – 14 Sep Canberra
Presented by BNP Paribas
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney
20 Jul – 3 Aug
Brahms Piano Quintet
Andreas Scholl Sings Vivaldi
THE CROWD
12 – 26 Aug
Presented by Transfield
Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney & Wollongong
3 – 9 Oct
Melbourne & Sydney
Melbourne, Sydney, & Wollongong
Brahms 4 & Steven Isserlis
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Brandenburg Concertos
19 – 29 Oct
14 – 24 Nov Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle & Sydney
3 – 8 Dec
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney
11 – 13 Oct
Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVENT CHRISTMAS ORATORIO 16 – 19 Dec Sydney & Melbourne
Details and bookings at aco.com.au or call 1800 444 444 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).
booking op t ions SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE Available now Subscribers save up to 20% and receive the best available seats. Subscription tickets exchanged through the ACO Box Office do not incur an exchange fee. Subscribers receive invitations to meet the musicians and special offers. Brisbane subscriptions include tickets for: The Reef | Barry Humphries | AcO2 | Barefoot Fiddler | Brahms 4 | Brandenburg ACO+ Package Available now Three cross-artform concerts, see page 8 for details. The Reef | Barry Humphries | Sydney Dance Company CHOOSE 3 PACKAGES Available from December 5 Design your own mini-subscription package. Choose any 3 concerts from the 2013 season and save up to 16%. SINGLE TICKETS Available from December 5 Early bird offer: Book tickets before 14 January 2013 and receive 5% off full price adult tickets. Under 30’s: Under 30 year olds can buy the best available seats for $45, (excluding Project Rameau). Student Rush: Full time student card holders can buy $20 tickets from the venue on the day of the performance.
HOW TO BOOK Web: aco.com.au Phone: 1800 444 444 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) Booking Form: mailed to PO Box R21, Royal Exchange NSW 1225 For terms and conditions of sale, see aco.com.au/terms-and-conditions. The ACO reserves the right to change programs, artists and venues without notice.
Single tickets and choose 3 packages may also be purchased through QTIX - qtix.com.au or 136 246. Booking fees may apply.
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booking F O R M Use this form to book Subscription or Choose 3 packages. 1. SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE Indicate the number of packages you require in each reserve. Or, skip to step 3 to book a Choose 3 Package. A RES Full
A RES Conc.
A RES B RES Under 30 Full
B RES Conc.
B RES C RES Under 30 Full
C RES Conc.
C RES Under 30 TOTAL
BRISBANE
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$366
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$198
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ACO+ PACKAGE
$255
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$198
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$141
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SUB-TOTAL $ 2. Additional special event tickets Indicate the number of special event tickets you would like to add to the above subscription. A RES Full Sydney Dance Company – Project Rameau
$73
A RES Conc. $65
A RES B RES Under 30 Full $60
B RES Conc.
$63
$55
B RES C RES Under 30 Full $50
$55
C RES Conc.
C RES Under 30 TOTAL
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SUB-TOTAL $ 2. CHOOSE 3 PACKAGE a) Select your seating reserve. Indicate the number of packages you require in each reserve.
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at $255 at $198 at $141 at $129
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Barry Humphries
AC O2
Sydney Dance
Barefoot Fiddler
Brahms 4 & Isserlis
Brandenburg Concertos
QPAC CONCERT HALL
The Reef
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ACO.COM.AU Australian Chamber Orchestra Pty Ltd A not for profit company registered in NSW. ABN 45 001 335 182 Artistic Director Richard Tognetti AO General Manager Timothy Calnin PO Box R21, Royal Exchange NSW 1225, Australia Opera Quays, 2 East Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone 1800 444 444 (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm) Email aco@aco.com.au Brochure Design www.leadinghand.com.au
“Intensity and virtuosity are hallmarks of this orchestra.” New York Times, 2012
Outside and front inside covers, and page 7 Jamie Williams; Page 1 Jon Frank; Page 2 Greg Gorman (Barry Humphries) and Harmony Nicholas (Meow Meow); Page 3 Christine Schneider; Page 4 Justin Ridler; Page 5 Marco Borggreve; Page 6 Satoshi Aoyagi.