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Chopin & Mendelssohn's Octet

Polina Leschenko

The Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director and Lead Violin) and Polina Leschenko (piano).  The orchestras three wonderful heritage violins – a Stradivari, a Guarneri and a Guadagnini - will display their wares in the Paganini caprices. Chopin's first piano concerto is a much loved work full of romantic lyricism and although Górecki is best known for his haunting and heartfelt Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, his Piano Concerto bristles with driving rhythms and energy. The concert ends with one of the glories of chamber music - Mendelssohn's Octet. In White Hat's experience ACO's performance of this work is the equal of any performance you are likely to hear anywhere else in the world.

7.30pm, Thursday 16th February 2012

Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle -

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Trout Quintet & Quartet for the End of Time

Saleem Abboud Ashkar

A rare treat. Two of what White Hat regards as the finest works in the chamber music repetoire presented in the one concert. The Schubert Trout Quintet is full of sunshine and youthful optimism while Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time is, in White Hat's opinion, one of the great works of the 20th century. A prisoner of war, Messiaen wrote the Quartet for the End of Time for the musicians he found in the camp, premiering it to an audience of inmates and guards. “Never” he said, "was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension."

Australian Chamber Orchestra Principals are joined by clarinettist Paul Dean and dynamic young pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar, making his Australian debut.The performers are Helena Rathbone (violin), Christopher Moore (viola), Timo-Veikko Valve (cello), Maxime Bibeau (double bass), Paul Dean (clarinet) and Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano).

Our rating:
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7.30pm, Thursday 12th July 2012

Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle -

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Mozart, Handel & Vivaldi Concertos

Richard Egarr

The Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Egarr (Guest Director, Harpsichord, Fortepiano) and Satu Vänskä (Lead Violin)

Keyboard players, conductor, historian, and director of the Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr directs this concert from the harpsichord and performs Mozart's delightful Piano Concerto No.12 on the fortepiano. White Hat suggests you take the opportunity to hear the difference it make to have a Mozart concerto played on the fortepiano rather than an overblown concert grand. Satu Vänskä is soloist in a Vivaldi concerto on the ACO's Stradivarius violin.

  • Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.1
  • Castello Two Sonatas, “per stromenti d’arco”
  • Biber Battalia
  • Vivaldi Violin Concerto, RV190
  • Mozart Piano Concerto No.12
  • Handel Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.1
7.30pm, Thursday 18th October 2012

Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle -

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Russian Visions

Steven OsborneThe Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director and Lead Violin), Steven Osborne (piano) and David Elton (trumpet).

Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir is one of his sunniest and most exuberant works and Shostakovich's first piano concerto is full of pyrotechnics for the pianist and accompanying trumpet. What is sometimes less recognised is that this work calls for first rate string playing from the orchestra. For that reason, White Hat suggests you take the opportunity to get along and hear it with one of the best string ensembles in Australia - or any other country for that matter.

7.30pm, Thursday 22nd November 2012

Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle -

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