Australian Chamber Orchestra

Join us at 6:30 pm for Program Notes, a pre-show discussion with Daniel James, Executive Director of Santa Fe Pro Musica. James will discuss the ACO’s history and take a look at their repertoire that spans over 400 years. 

“The Australian Chamber Orchestra is uniformly high-octane, arresting, and never ordinary.” — The Australian

The Australian Chamber Orchestra lives and breathes its craft, making waves around the world for its explosive performances that redefine orchestral music. With their fearless leader of thirty-five years, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, the Orchestra is celebrating fifty years of invention, disruption, and unforgettable music-making.

The ACO performs more than 100 concerts each year, with programs that embrace celebrated classics alongside new commissions and ground-breaking collaborations working with artists and musicians who share their ideology.

Program: 

Purcell, Fantasia upon One Note, Z. 745

Handel, Concerto Grosso in A major, Op. 6, No. 11

John Luther Adams, Horizon

Intermission

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending (arr. Adam Johnson)

Schubert (arr. Richard Tognetti): String Quartet in D minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden”