Australian Chamber Orchestra with Andreas Scholl, Countertenor
Outstanding Countertenor Impresses Lobero Audience on Wednesday Night
By Charles Donelan
Thursday, April 30, 2009
The 18th century took music to its outer limits. Any doubts on that score were settled early in this, the final concert of the season in CAMA’s Masterseries at the Lobero. Richard Tognetti led his breathtaking ensemble on a wild ride through the entire development of music during this long century of discovery, all the way from the exuberant Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 11 of Antonio Vivaldi (1711) to the Symphony No. 44 in E Minor of Joseph Haydn (1771). The Australian Chamber Orchestra, in a gesture toward earlier performance tradition, plays with only the cellists seated, and the rest of the ensemble standing and free to move within the framework of a rough semi-circle. Those who heard the sensational Sejong ensemble with Gil Shaham just a few weeks ago would have recognized this tactic, but perhaps not the added crunch and splash of energy continuously cascading off the ACO. The Vivaldi was plangent and beautiful, easing the audience by degrees toward the electrifying operatic excerpts from George Frideric Handel that were to come. Read more
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
New York Times Review
New York Times Music Review | Australian Chamber Orchestra
A Group That Doesn’t Sit, Adding Bounce to Haydn
By STEVE SMITH
May 4, 2009
The Australian Chamber Orchestra is not the only ensemble whose members perform standing up, but it is one of the few for which the posture seems to make a difference. Hearing the group perform on Sunday night at Zankel Hall, you could easily believe that its kinetic, precise and engaging playing was simply too exuberant to be bottled up by sitting down. Read more
A Group That Doesn’t Sit, Adding Bounce to Haydn
By STEVE SMITH
May 4, 2009
The Australian Chamber Orchestra is not the only ensemble whose members perform standing up, but it is one of the few for which the posture seems to make a difference. Hearing the group perform on Sunday night at Zankel Hall, you could easily believe that its kinetic, precise and engaging playing was simply too exuberant to be bottled up by sitting down. Read more
Carnegie Hall Review
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, N.Y.; May 3, 2009
The Australian Chamber Orchestra's concert this evening at Carnegie Hall's Zankel auditorium took place simultaneously with an appearance by Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony in the big hall. While the latter will probably get most of the post-concert press, I somehow suspect the more satisfying musical experience took place in the small hall, literally "down under" the larger one. This is a superb ensemble by any standard, and the program was excellently chosen: Haydn's Symphony No. 44 "Mourning," Roger Smalley's "Footwork," six Handel arias, and music director Richard Tognetti's own transcription for string orchestra of Czech composer Pavel Haas' magnificent Second String Quartet "From the Monkey Mountains." Read more.
David Hurwitz
Classics Today
The Australian Chamber Orchestra's concert this evening at Carnegie Hall's Zankel auditorium took place simultaneously with an appearance by Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony in the big hall. While the latter will probably get most of the post-concert press, I somehow suspect the more satisfying musical experience took place in the small hall, literally "down under" the larger one. This is a superb ensemble by any standard, and the program was excellently chosen: Haydn's Symphony No. 44 "Mourning," Roger Smalley's "Footwork," six Handel arias, and music director Richard Tognetti's own transcription for string orchestra of Czech composer Pavel Haas' magnificent Second String Quartet "From the Monkey Mountains." Read more.
David Hurwitz
Classics Today
Friday, 1 May 2009
Down Under Delight Meets Uplifting Voice
Review
Down Under delight meets uplifting voice
By Kyle MacMillan
Denver Post Fine Arts Critic
5 May 2009
While Australia is not exactly the first country that comes to mind in terms of classical music, the Australian Chamber Orchestra has distinguished itself internationally for much of its 34-year history.
During a visit Thursday evening to Gates Concert Hall as part of the Newman Center Presents series, the ensemble impressed again with its technical brilliance, laser focus and all-out intensity.
Indeed, its performance ranks among the most memorable of the season. Read more.
Down Under delight meets uplifting voice
By Kyle MacMillan
Denver Post Fine Arts Critic
5 May 2009
While Australia is not exactly the first country that comes to mind in terms of classical music, the Australian Chamber Orchestra has distinguished itself internationally for much of its 34-year history.
During a visit Thursday evening to Gates Concert Hall as part of the Newman Center Presents series, the ensemble impressed again with its technical brilliance, laser focus and all-out intensity.
Indeed, its performance ranks among the most memorable of the season. Read more.
Monday, 27 April 2009
Reviews from the US tour
Chamber Music Today
Listen to that, will you?” the person next to me could not help but say to me during the intermission. “Have you ever heard an ensemble so in-tune? or so ‘tight’, rhythmically? Each section is playing like they were one person!” Read more.
Kansascity.com
Sometimes less is more. By its very definition, the Australian Chamber Orchestra fits the mold with fewer players than a symphony orchestra. Read more.
Fire&Air
The first impression the orchestra made on me when they came out was that with only a few exceptions, they were all awfully fair. I suppose that makes sense for Australians, but if they are typical of their countrymen, they must use a lot of sunscreen Down Under. Read more.
Listen to that, will you?” the person next to me could not help but say to me during the intermission. “Have you ever heard an ensemble so in-tune? or so ‘tight’, rhythmically? Each section is playing like they were one person!” Read more.
Kansascity.com
Sometimes less is more. By its very definition, the Australian Chamber Orchestra fits the mold with fewer players than a symphony orchestra. Read more.
Fire&Air
The first impression the orchestra made on me when they came out was that with only a few exceptions, they were all awfully fair. I suppose that makes sense for Australians, but if they are typical of their countrymen, they must use a lot of sunscreen Down Under. Read more.
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