Organization

Admin

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Anja Bihlmaier

Orchestra

Australian String Quartet

Instrumentalist

Dale Barltrop

Violin I

Francesca Hiew

Violin II

Christopher Cartlidge

Viola

Michael Dahlenburg

Cello

Violin

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra With The Australian String Quartet

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Concert Hall

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra With The Australian String Quartet: Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel (+2 More)

Public

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Absolute Jest

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)

Pallavi Pawar

Approved

Adams’ music is rhythmic, minimalist and utterly compelling. Focusing on small musical fragments that repeat and evolve, the work unfolds into a rich and deep experience.
Brilliantly incorporating amplified string quartet and orchestra, the intimate interplay of the quartet unfurls into a vast soundworld of a symphony orchestra.

Ravel and Schoenberg were both genius orchestrators, utilising every tone of every instrument to realise their respective visions. Ravel’s tribute to French Baroque composer François Couperin takes a suite of courtly dances and transforms them into evocative, cinematic gems that are unmistakably Ravel’s own.

Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’ First Piano Quartet is a gorgeous example of a huge contemporary imagination building on an historic work. Schoenberg’s ability to draw colour from an orchestra may, in this triumphant reimagining, even match that of Brahms himself.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble