MAHLER 4 & SIBELIUS 6
17-28 June

Under Richard Tognetti’s direction, the ACO’s Beethoven 9 concerts won Limelight’s Best Orchestral Concert in 2012 and in June the Australian Chamber Orchestra tackle the biggest symphonic configuration in their history and two ACO premieres in one concert, with Mahler 4 & Sibelius 6.

Tognetti explores how astounding and diverse the symphonic experience can be, pairing the shortest and sweetest of all Mahler’s symphonies, the ‘Heavenly’ Symphony No.4, with Sibelius’ serenely beautiful 6th Symphony, which the composer said always reminded him ‘of the scent of the first snow.’

PIANO QUINTETS

12-16 July

In July, ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä performs firecracker showpiece Subito on the ACO’s Stradivarius violin, launching into a chamber music concert of Slavic melancholy and joy – Piano Quintets.

Written just prior to the Nazi invasion of the USSR, Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet is a dramatic and harrowing premonition of the coming terror.

Melting away the turbulence of Shostakovich is the bright, melodious joy of Dvořák’s piano quintet, one of the greatest pieces of chamber music in the canon, performed by Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen, internationally regarded for performances of “immense power and an extraordinary range of colours” (New York Times).

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online Mahler 4 & Sibelius 6, Piano Quintets
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in person at City Recital Hall Angel Place
tickets $47- $129
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Mahler 4 & Sibelius 6
Tues 17 June 8pm
Wed 18 June 7pm
Fri 27 June 1.30pm
Sat 28 June 7pm

Piano Quintets
Fri 11 July 1.30pm
Sat 12 July 7pm
Tues 15 July 8pm
Wed 16 July 7pm