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ACO
Richard Tognetti – Artistic Director
2018
Australian Chamber Orchestra
announces its 2018 Season
• From Bach and The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s (ACO) Artistic Director
Richard Tognetti and Managing Director Richard Evans have today
Beethoven masterpieces
announced the Orchestra’s 2018 season. Characteristically bold,
to inspired new music ambitious and adventurous, the ACO’s 2018 season will take audiences
by Elena Kats-Chernin, on an immersive journey that traverses from inspired interpretations
Missy Mazzoli and of 18th and 19th century masterworks through to new music that will
challenge the mind and ignite the senses.
Samuel Adams.
For his 29th year at the helm of the ACO, Richard Tognetti will pay
• International soloists homage to some of the most monumental music ever composed,
Steven Isserlis, Alina has invited some of music’s brightest stars to make their ACO debut,
Ibragimova and Nicole Car and will premiere new music written by the world’s most innovative
composers. In 2018 the ACO will also celebrate the virtuosity
to perform as guest artists.
of its own players, with ACO musicians including Satu Vänskä,
• ACO musicians including Timo-Veikko Valve, Maxime Bibeau, Ike See, Glenn Christenson
and Julian Thompson performing as soloists in the season.
Satu Vänskä, Timo-Veikko
‘Tipi’ Valve, and Maxime “The ACO is distinctive in its unerring desire to take risks, to push
boundaries and to embrace the new,” Tognetti said. “To be successful
Bibeau take center-stage
in achieving this ambition, the musicians of the Orchestra must have
as soloists. complete trust in one another – not just technically, but musically and
artistically; so the strength of each individual member is critical.
Sonatas for Strings
“In 2018 our audiences will have the opportunity to In a not-to-be-missed event, the ACO will give the Australian
experience the virtuosity and musicianship of the ACO premiere of a bold new take on the monumental Goldberg
musicians first-hand, when many of our players take centre- Variations. Bernard Labadie’s orchestral arrangement of
stage as soloists: from principal players like Tipi and Max, to Bach’s masterpiece provides an illuminating transformation
some of our newest members, including Glenn and Ike who of the work while remaining faithful to its feel, an approach
will together perform the Australian premiere of Anna Clyne’s that resonates with the ACO’s distinctive style. As part of
Prince of Clouds.” a wider celebration of the Variations, the ACO will present
the original solo keyboard version of the work performed by
Opera megastar Nicole Car will give an exclusive orchestral 2017 Helpmann Award winner Erin Helyard. This is a Bach
performance in Australia with the ACO, in a program that celebration that juxtaposes the old with the new in an utterly
celebrates women of strength and endurance, while cellist unique and illuminating way.
Steven Isserlis will reunite with Richard Tognetti and the
ACO for a performance of Shostakovich’s mammoth first The Orchestra will finish the year with a bang, in an all-
cello concerto. Violinists Alina Ibragimova and Ilya Gringolts Beethoven program featuring Richard Tognetti performing
take on roles as guest directors for two programs of virtuosity the composer’s mighty Violin Concerto. It’s been some 25
and drama. years since Richard Tognetti gave his first performance of the
Beethoven Violin Concerto with the ACO back in 1993, and
In keeping with their commitment to commission and he last performed it with the Orchestra 11 years ago.
perform new music that pushes the boundaries of
convention, the ACO will perform four world premieres and “There are so many things to say about the Beethoven Violin
two Australian premieres in 2018. Concerto,” Tognetti said. “It’s the first truly vast concerto;
the first herculean concerto. It was the first concerto
“The ACO’s audience are distinctive in that they’re musical to position the soloist as a protagonist against the tutti
adventures, who have a taste for the new as well as the part. The influence it has had on the repertoire cannot be
established,” ACO Managing Director Richard Evans said. over-emphasised.”
“The ACO and their audience will continue this journey
through unchartered artistic territory, when the Orchestra In addition to their regular touring season, the ACO will return
gives world premiere performances of new music by to Hobart and Darwin for two special concerts. It’s been 20
composers including Elena Kats-Chernin, Samuel Adams years since the ACO’s last mainstage concert in Tasmania’s
and, in a special commission by the ACO, Missy Mazzoli, capital and 40 years since the ACO last performed in
who will compose a work commemorating ACO Principal Darwin. These concerts are guaranteed to reignite the
Double Bass Maxime Bibeau’s 20 years with the Orchestra.” senses and set sparks flying as Richard Tognetti and
Egyptian-Australian oud player and composer extraordinaire
To open the 2018 season, Richard Tognetti and the ACO will Joseph Tawadros together take on Vivaldi’s magnificent
join forces with the young guns of the Australian National Four Seasons interspersed with Tawadros’ original works, in
Academy of Music (ANAM) to give an emotionally powerful an arrangement praised by the Sydney Morning Herald as
performance of Brahms’ Sextet in G major rearranged ‘incisively brilliant’.
for string orchestra. This is an arrangement that is so rich,
melodic and emotionally powerful that Richard Tognetti has
termed it Brahms’ ‘Fifth Symphony’.
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2018 Concert Season
TOGNETTI TCHAIKOVSKY BRAHMS
The Season Begins
1 February – 16 February
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Maxime Bibeau Double Bass
Ike See Violin
Glenn Christensen Violin
with Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings in C major
MISSY MAZZOLI Concerto for Double Bass and Strings
World Premiere*
ANNA CLYNE Prince of Clouds
Australian Premiere
BRAHMS (arr. strings) String Sextet No.2 in G major
*Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra
and Aurora Orchestra
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA DEATH
AND THE MAIDEN
Schubert, Barber, Mozart
15 March – 26 March
Alina Ibragimova Guest Director & Violin
BARBER Adagio for Strings
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor
HARTMANN Concerto funèbre
ARVO PÄRT Silouan’s Song
SCHUBERT (arr. strings) String Quartet in D minor
‘Death and the Maiden’
NICOLE CAR
Sings Mozart and Beethoven Heroines
8 April – 24 April
Nicole Car Soprano ACO Debut
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Satu Vänskä Violin
HANDEL Overture and Dances from Alcina
MOZART Basta, vincesti – Ah, non lasciarmi, no
BEETHOVEN Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F major
BEETHOVEN Ah! perfido
HILDEGARD (arr. strings) Ave Maria, O auctrix vite
VERDI Ave Maria from Otello
MOZART Misera, dove son! – Ah! Non son io che parlo
MOZART Symphony No.27 in G major
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STEVEN ISSERLIS PLAYS
SHOSTAKOVICH
Featuring Two World Premieres by Samuel Adams
& Elena Kats-Chernin
23 June – 4 July
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Steven Isserlis Cello
SAMUEL ADAMS Concerto Grosso World Premiere*
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN New Work World Premiere**
HAYDN Symphony No.104 in D major ‘London’
*Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra
and Stanford Live
**Commissioned by Mirek Generowicz to share the
dramatic story of his family’s journey to Australia.
OSBORNE TOGNETTI
VALVE IN RECITAL
Dvorˇák and Brahms
25 – 29 July
Steven Osborne Piano
Richard Tognetti Violin
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Dvořák Piano Trio No.4 in E minor ‘Dumky’
BRAHMS Piano Trio No.1 in B major
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
Bach, Stravinsky, Adès
2 August – 16 August
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Erin Helyard Harpsichord
BACH (arr. Tognetti) Canons on a Goldberg Ground
STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet
THOMAS ADÈS (arr. strings) Nightfalls from
The Four Quarters
BACH (arr. Bernard Labadie) Goldberg Variations
Australian Premiere
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TRANSFORMING STRAUSS & MOZART
A Grand Musical Offering
8 September – 19 September
DOWLAND Lachrimæ Antiquæ
WAGNER (arr. Sebastian Gürtler) Prelude from
Tristan and Isolde
BACH Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering
STRAUSS (arr. Rudolf Leopold) Metamorphosen
MOZART Grande Sestetto Concertante
GRINGOLTS PLAYS PAGANINI
The Virtuosic Violin
30 September – 8 October
Ilya Gringolts Guest Director & Violin ACO Debut
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Julian Thompson Cello
CPE BACH String Symphony C major
PAGANINI (arr. Bernard Rofe) Violin Concerto No.1
in D major
VIVALDI Concerto for Violin and 2 Cellos in C major
BARTÓK Divertimento
TOGNETTI’S BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto & Fifth Symphony
8 November – 21 November
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 in C minor
SONATAS FOR STRINGS
Featuring Elgar, Walton and Sculthorpe
5 December
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
SCULTHORPE Sonata for Strings No.1
DEBUSSY (arr. Richard Tognetti) The Girl with the Flaxen
Hair and The Interrupted Serenade from Preludes Book I
RAVEL (arr. Richard Tognetti) Two Hebrew Melodies
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
WALTON Sonata for Strings
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PREMIERES ACO COLLECTIVE
In keeping with their commitment to perform new music that ACO Collective combines musicians of the ACO with young
pushes the boundaries of convention, the ACO will premiere professional musicians at the outset of their careers. Since
new works by the following composers in the 2018 season: the Ensemble began its musical journey in 2007, it has
performed in more than 85 regional centres in every state
• Missy Mazzoli – Concerto for Double Bass and Strings and territory, all of Australia’s state capitals, and has even
World Premiere toured to Japan. In 2018 this critically acclaimed 17-piece
Brooklyn-born Mazzoli’s world premiere composition string ensemble will take in regional centres across New
was commissioned for our Principal Double Bass South Wales and Western Australia, showcasing the world’s
Maxime Bibeau, in honour of his 20 years with best music to a wide audience.
the Orchestra.
With the brilliant violinist Pekka Kuusisto as its Artistic
• Anna Clyne – Prince of Clouds Director for a third year, ACO Collective will perform
Australian Premiere repertoire as diverse as Purcell to Britten, Corelli to Kurtág,
Anna Clyne’s Grammy Award-nominated double violin Bach to Gubaidulina, Stravinsky to Vivaldi, as well as a
concerto, Prince of Clouds, has been described by the world premiere of a new work by Australian composer
New York Times as ‘Ravishing’. Two of our newest stars, Cyrus Meurant.
Ike See and Glenn Christensen, will perform as soloists
in this reflective work celebrating musical lineage.
• Samuel Adams – Concerto Grosso
World Premiere NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
A new work by one of the most original compositional The ACO’s National Education Program is one of the
voices in the world today. Adams’ modern retelling of strongest and most innovative programs of its kind in the
the Concerto Grosso is a cocommission with Stanford country. We deliver engaging education events to young
University in the US. people all over Australia at every stage of their development,
• Elena Kats-Chernin – New Work with the same commitment and energy we bring to the
World Premiere concert platform.
Following the success of Singing Trees, which Programs in primary and secondary schools such as the
Kats-Chernin wrote expressly to show off the exquisite ACO Music & Art Program, partnership with the Australian
craftsmanship of the instruments played by the Children’s Music Foundation, $25 Schools’ Tickets and
ACO, she will once again amaze audiences with her Schools’ Concerts offer accessible and inventive ways for
unique voice. students to learn about music, particularly those who may
not otherwise have the opportunity to do so. Our Penrith
• Bach (arr. Labadie) – Goldberg Variations
Youth Orchestra Program, String Workshops, ACO Academy
Australian Premiere
and Emerging Artists Program offer string students the
The ACO will give the Australian premiere of Canadian opportunity to learn the best chamber music techniques
composer/conductor Bernard Labadie’s orchestral from ACO musicians.
arrangement of Bach’s iconic keyboard work.
A transformation of the original, that offers something The ACO engages with young people with disabilities
refreshing and new. through our ACO Move Program and also engages with
students at the Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute,
• Cyrus Meurant – New Work Melbourne and Worawa Aboriginal College, Healesville. In
World Premiere addition to these programs, the ACO Inspire Quartet tours
A world premiere by one of our very own: regional Australia giving concerts and workshops.
ACO assistant librarian, Cyrus Meurant, who has
composed something especially for the remarkable For further information about the ACO’s National Education
musicians in the ACO Collective. Program, visit aco.com.au/education
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FESTIVALS AND EVENTS The ACO’s dedication and musicianship has created warm
relationships with such celebrated soloists as Emmanuel
In 2018, the ACO returns to two of our favourite destinations Pahud, Steven Isserlis, Dawn Upshaw, Imogen Cooper,
for our popular and intimate weekend-long festivals: the Christian Lindberg, Joseph Tawadros, Melvyn Tan and Pieter
TarraWarra Museum of Art in the Yarra Valley (3-4 March) Wispelwey. The ACO is renowned for collaborating with
and the Vasse Felix Festival in Western Australia’s artists from diverse genres, including singers Tim Freedman,
picturesque Margaret River region (7-9 December). Neil Finn, Meow Meow, Katie Noonan, Paul Capsis, Danny
Spooner and Barry Humphries and visual artists Michael
The ACO will also reunite with Egyptian-Australian oud Leunig, Bill Henson, Shaun Tan and Jon Frank.
player and composer extraordinaire Joseph Tawadros for
special concerts in Darwin (16 June) and Hobart (13 May) The ACO has recorded for the world’s top labels. Their
recordings have won three consecutive ARIA Awards and
documentaries featuring the ACO have been shown on
ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN television worldwide and won awards at film festivals on
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA four continents.
The ACO is supported by the Australian Government through
“If there’s a better Chamber Orchestra in the the Australia Council for the Arts and the New South Wales
world today, I haven’t heard it.” Government through Create NSW.
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2018 CONCERTS BY CITY
Adelaide Brisbane, QPAC Canberra, Melbourne, Arts
Town Hall Concert Hall Llewellyn Hall Centre Melbourne
Tue 6 Feb 7.30pm Mon 12 Feb 7pm Sat 3 Feb 8pm Sun 4 Feb 2.30pm
Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Tognetti, Tchaikovsky,
Brahms Brahms Brahms Brahms
Tue 26 Jun 7.30pm Mon 16 Apr 7pm Sat 17 Mar 8pm Mon 5 Feb 7.30pm
Steven Isserlis plays Nicole Car sings Mozart Alina Ibragimova, Tognetti, Tchaikovsky,
Shostakovich and Beethoven Heroines Death and the Maiden Brahms
Tue 7 Aug 7.30pm Sun 29 Jul 2.30pm Sat 23 Jun 8pm Sun 18 Mar 2.30pm
Goldberg Variations Osborne, Tognetti, Steven Isserlis plays Alina Ibragimova,
Valve in Recital Shostakovich Death and the Maiden
Tue 11 Sep 7.30pm
Transforming Strauss Mon 13 Aug 7pm Sat 4 Aug 8pm Mon 26 Mar 7.30pm
& Mozart Goldberg Variations Goldberg Variations Alina Ibragimova,
Death and the Maiden
Tue 2 Oct 7.30pm Mon 8 Oct 7pm Sat 8 Sep 8pm
Gringolts plays Paganini Gringolts plays Paganini Transforming Strauss Mon 9 Apr 7.30pm
& Mozart Nicole Car sings Mozart
Tue 13 Nov 7.30pm Mon 19 Nov 7pm and Beethoven Heroines
Tognetti’s Beethoven Tognetti’s Beethoven Sat 10 Nov 8pm
Tognetti’s Beethoven Sun 22 Apr 2.30pm
Nicole Car sings Mozart
and Beethoven Heroines
Sun 24 Jun 2.30pm
Steven Isserlis plays
Shostakovich
Mon 25 Jun 7.30pm
Steven Isserlis plays
Shostakovich
Sun 5 Aug 2.30pm
Goldberg Variations
Mon 6 Aug 7.30pm
Goldberg Variations
Sun 30 Sep 2.30pm
Gringolts plays Paganini
Mon 1 Oct 7.30pm
Gringolts plays Paganini
Sun 11 Nov 2.30pm
Tognetti’s Beethoven
Mon 12 Nov 7.30pm
Tognetti’s Beethoven
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Melbourne Newcastle Perth Sydney
Recital Centre City Hall Concert Hall Opera House
Fri 27 Jul 7.30pm Thu 15 Mar 7.30pm Wed 11 Apr 7.30pm Sun 11 Feb 2pm
Osborne, Tognetti, Alina Ibragimova, Nicole Car sings Tognetti, Tchaikovsky,
Valve in Recital Death and the Maiden Mozart and Beethoven Brahms
Heroines
Mon 10 Sep 7.30pm Thu 2 Aug 7.30pm Sun 25 Mar 2pm
Transforming Strauss Goldberg Variations Wed 27 Jun 7.30pm Alina Ibragimova,
& Mozart Steven Isserlis plays Death and the Maiden
Thu 8 Nov 7.30pm Shostakovich
Wed 5 Dec 7.30pm Tognetti’s Beethoven Sun 8 Apr 2pm
Sonatas for Strings Wed 25 Jul 7.30pm Nicole Car sings Mozart
Osborne, Tognetti, and Beethoven Heroines
Valve in Recital
Sun 1 Jul 2pm
Wed 3 Oct 7.30pm Steven Isserlis plays
Gringolts plays Paganini Shostakovich
Wed 14 Nov 7.30pm Sun 12 Aug 2pm
Tognetti’s Beethoven Goldberg Variations
Sun 7 Oct 2pm
Gringolts plays Paganini
Sun 18 Nov 2pm
Tognetti’s Beethoven
Sydney, City Sat 14 Apr 7pm Fri 10 Aug 1.30pm Wollongong
Nicole Car sings Goldberg Variations
Recital Hall Town Hall
Mozart and
Beethoven Heroines Sat 11 Aug 7pm
Sat 10 Feb 7pm Goldberg Variations Thu 1 Feb 7.30pm
Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Wed 18 Apr 7pm Tognetti, Tchaikovsky,
Brahms Nicole Car sings Tue 14 Aug 8pm Brahms
Mozart and Goldberg Variations
Tue 13 Feb 8pm Thu 16 Aug 7.30pm
Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven Heroines Sat 15 Sep 7pm Goldberg Variations
Brahms Fri 20 Apr 1.30pm Transforming Strauss
& Mozart Thu 13 Sep 7.30pm
Wed 14 Feb 7pm Nicole Car sings Transforming Strauss
Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Tue 18 Sep 8pm & Mozart
Brahms Beethoven Heroines Transforming Strauss
Tue 24 Apr 8pm & Mozart
Fri 16 Feb 1.30pm
Tognetti, Tchaikovsky, Nicole Car sings Wed 19 Sep 7pm
Brahms Mozart and Transforming Strauss
Beethoven Heroines & Mozart
Tue 20 Mar 8pm
Alina Ibragimova, Sat 30 Jun 7pm Fri 5 Oct 1.30pm
Death and the Maiden Steven Isserlis plays Gringolts plays Paganini
Shostakovich
Wed 21 Mar 7pm Sat 17 Nov 7pm
Alina Ibragimova, Tue 3 Jul 8pm Tognetti’s Beethoven
Death and the Maiden Steven Isserlis plays
Shostakovich Tue 20 Nov 8pm
Fri 23 Mar 1.30pm Tognetti’s Beethoven
Alina Ibragimova, Wed 4 Jul 7pm
Death and the Maiden Steven Isserlis plays Wed 21 Nov 7pm
Shostakovich Tognetti’s Beethoven
Sat 24 Mar 7pm
Alina Ibragimova, Wed 8 Aug 7pm
Death and the Maiden Goldberg Variations
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