This revival features new imagery and music spanning Britten and Janáček to R.E.M., and the centrepiece is Pēteris Vasks’ pensive, yet dramatic, violin concerto, Distant Light. Nostalgic, melancholic, at times manic and beautifully evocative, Luminous is an arresting, multi-sensory journey. ARTISTS Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Australian Chamber Orchestra GUEST ARTISTS Bill Henson Photography, Cinematography, Editing Lior Vocals VENUES Canberra – Llewellyn Hall Saturday 10 August 8pm Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne Sunday 11 August 2:30pm Monday 12 August 7:30pm Adelaide Town Hall Tuesday 13 August 7:30pm Perth Concert Hall Wednesday 14 August 7:30pm Sydney – City Recital Hall Saturday 17 August 7pm Tuesday 20 August 8pm Wednesday 21 August 7pm Friday 23 August 1:30pm Sydney Opera House Sunday 18 August 2pm Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall Monday 19 August 7pm
NATIONAL TOUR PARTNER Commonwealth Bank 06. Celebrating Mozart WITH PIANIST DEJAN LAZIĆ AND RICHARD TOGNETTI Croatian-born pianist Dejan Lazić is an old friend of Richard Tognetti and the ACO. In 2019 he returns for a celebration of Mozart’s symphonies and concertos, capped by one of Mozart’s formative influences, Joseph Haydn. Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 is one of Richard Tognetti’s calling cards, with his signature energy and crispness adored by audiences both here and overseas. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.14 is full of invention and considered the first of his mature concertos. In this program we hear it alongside Dejan’s original arrangement of the Allegretto grazioso from Mozart’s Piano Sonata K.333, written shortly before it. The program is bookended by two great symphonies: Mozart’s Symphony No.25 and the work that directly influenced it, Haydn’s Symphony No.39 ‘Tempesta di mare’. Mozart is known for his rigorous Classicism, but this symphony, instantly recognisable as the dramatic opening of Miloš Forman’s 1984 film Amadeus, is almost “romantic” in its power. Like Mozart’s symphony, Haydn’s was written when the “Sturm und Drang” movement was strong, and its passion and drama still captivates audiences. PROGRAM HAYDN Symphony No.39 in G minor ‘Tempesta di mare’ MOZART (arr. Dejan Lazić) Rondo Concertante (Australian Premiere) MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major MOZART Violin Concerto No.3 in G major MOZART Symphony No.25 in G minor ARTISTS Richard Tognetti Director & Violin Australian Chamber Orchestra GUEST ARTIST Dejan Lazić Piano VENUES
A PALINDROMIC ADVENTURE Charismatic Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto, Artistic Director of ACO Collective, brings international fame and a wicked sense of humour and personality to all his performances. For this tour he has built a unique program around Haydn’s Symphony No.47 in G major. Haydn was no stranger to humour himself and this symphony is nicknamed “The Palindrome”, as the minuet and trio is written in such a way that the second half of each mirrors its first half. Pekka continues this palindromic theme, beginning and ending with Pauline Oliveros’s The Tuning Meditation, followed and preceded by movements from Haydn’s symphony. We have also commissioned two works by Australian composer Heather Shannon, pianist of indie rock band The Jezebels. Six Mozart country dances and two sections from Hindemith’s Ludus Tonalis – the opening movement, Praeludium, and its mirror image, Postludium – complete the journey. PROGRAM OLIVEROS The Tuning Meditation HAYDN Symphony No.47 in G major ‘Palindrome’: I. Allegro, II. Un poco adagio, cantabile HEATHER SHANNON New Work (World Premiere)* MOZART 6 Contredances: Nos.1, 2 & 3 HINDEMITH (arr. Bernard Rofe) Ludus Tonalis: Praeludium HINDEMITH (arr. Bernard Rofe) Ludus Tonalis: Postludium MOZART 6 Contredances: Nos.4, 5 & 6 HEATHER SHANNON New Work (World Premiere – Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra) HAYDN Symphony No.47 in G major ‘Palindrome’: III. Menuet & Trio al roverso, IV. Finale. Allegro OLIVEROS The Tuning Meditation ARTISTS Pekka Kuusisto Director & Violin ACO Collective GUEST ARTISTS Wind players from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) VENUES Mount Gambier – Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre Saturday 2 March