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For his Australian Chamber Orchestra debut Finnish violinist/conductor John Storgårds, who has gained an international reputation as a champion of new and rarely heard works, will guest direct the ACO in an innovative program that catapults across the globe – with music from Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Japan.
Renowned for the ‘raw, incendiary power’ of his playing, John Storgårds is currently Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland. He will introduce audiences to a range of contemporary music – gripping, strange, unearthly and unpredictable but never dull.
Lithuanian composer Jurgis Juozapaitis uses orchestral colours and timbres to great effect in his racy Perpetuum Mobile, while Eero Hämeenniemi’s jazz-inspired Concerto includes improvisatory elements for soloists and orchestra alike.
Avant-garde Japanese composer (who was once married to Yoko Ono and studied with composer-philosopher John Cage) Toshi Ichiyanagi’s ‘Interspace’, written for string quartet in 1986, uses a fascinating blend of Western and traditional elements.
One of the major composers of the 20th century, Witold Lutoslawski’s Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings demonstrates a wide range of rich atmospheric textures.
Impromptu by influential Finnish composer Sibelius will complete this bold, daring program.
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Audacious Tour
8 – 18 June 2008
John Storgårds Guest Director and Lead Violin
Juozapaitis Perpetuum Mobile
Hämeenniemi Chamber Concerto for Violin and Strings
Ichiyanagi Interspace
Lutoslawski Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings
Sibelius Impromptu
MELBOURNE
The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall
Sunday 8 June 2.30pm & Monday 9 June 8pm
Bookings 1300 136 166
ADELAIDE
Adelaide Town Hall
Tuesday 10 June 8pm
Bookings 13 12 46
PERTH
Perth Concert Hall
Wednesday 11 June 8pm
Bookings 08 9484 1133
SYDNEY
City Recital Hall Angel Place
Saturday 14 June 8pm; Tuesday 17 June 8pm & Wednesday 18 June 7pm
Bookings 02 8256 2222
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Sunday 15 June 2.30pm
Bookings 02 9250 7777
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