| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2013 City Recital Hall Angel Place | Jazzy thrills: ACO Weimar cabaret evening with Barry Humphries and Meow Meow a delight |
_photo_credit_Karl_Giant.jpg) When one sees the word “Erotica” in connection with classical music, one is usually safe in assuming that it’s a misprint in the title of Beethoven’s Third Symphony. And yet, at the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s concert on Saturday, it was no Freudian slip: Erwin Schulhoff’s Sonata Erotica, which the composer suggestively marked “nur für Herren” (for men only), was on the program. Think of the famous diner scene from the film When Harry met Sally, and you’ll have the gist of the piece: a few minutes of unaccompanied female orgasmic noises.Read full review... | |
| 4-Mar-2013 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Visionary music-making: The Australian Chamber Orchestra in The Reef |
 For many reasons, the ACO’s most recent show The Reef was an artistic experience like no other in all my years of concert-going. It is difficult even categorising the event: an orchestral concert with accompanying video footage? A film with live soundtrack?Read full review... | |
| 10-Feb-2013 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Mozart to Brett Dean: Australian Chamber Orchestra on form in eclectic, partly-electric concert |
 Spot the odd one out: a symphony by Haydn, another by Mozart, a violin concerto by Mozart, and Electric Preludes by Brett Dean (2012). The bill of fare offered by the Australian Chamber Orchestra on Sunday cannot be called typical for them, since their programs evade any easy categorisation, but the gesture of mixing old and new is certainly a familiar gambit.Read full review... | |
| 17-Nov-2012 City Recital Hall Angel Place | Russian visions with the ACO in Sydney |
 A feast of Russian chamber music was what was on offer for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s latest concert. Featuring music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky in a program entitled Russian Visions, the ACO with guest soloists Steven Osborne and David Elton provided an evening of music which was visionary, electrifying and intense in equal measures. The ACO’s programs are always carefully constructed and innovative, and tonight’s was no exception, beginning with an extremely effective reworking of Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives.Read full review... | |
