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ACO - Brahms 4 & Steven Isserlis

27 October 2013

Venue: Concert Hall  View Seat Map
Presented by: Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra perform Brahms’ powerful Symphony No.4 and cellist Steven Isserlis stars in Dvorak’s much-loved Cello Concerto.

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Description

The Fourth is Brahms' final powerful symphonic statement. Here, Brahms takes flight, as he melds the soaring sounds of Romanticism to classical structure in a constantly evolving drama.

Brahms premiered the symphony with a small orchestra of forty-eight musicians, which he declined to augment. The Australian Chamber Orchestra follows his lead and performs with wind instruments from Brahms' time.

Steven Isserlis is one of the ACO’s favourite collaborators – the epitome of the intelligent and passionate cellist. There could be no better soloist for Dvořák's ardent and much-loved concerto. Isserlis first played it as a child. "I used to think it was so joyous," he says. "As I've got older, the more tragic it seems."

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto No.1
BRAHMS Symphony No.4

Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Steven Isserlis Cello
Australian Chamber Orchestra


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Reviews

“Isserlis, cradling his muted cello, made it speak with an ineffable fusion of beauty, truth and love.” The Independent

“…passionate in gesture and ravishing in touch… every flight of fancy expressed absolutes of both control and freedom…” Guardian

“…Mr. Isserlis played with evocative delicacy.” New York Times

Links

ACO event page

Tour introduction from Richard Tognetti

Steven Isserlis biography

Interview with Steven Isserlis

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