Name: Silence and Rapture
Start: 2024-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: QPAC

Organization

Admin

Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Conductor

Richard Tognetti

Orchestra

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Ballet

Sydney Dance Company

Choreographer

Rafael Bonachela

Singer

Iestyn Davies

Soloist

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Violin

Countertenor

Chad Kelly

Organ

Continuo Player

Continuo (Organ)

Cellist

Timo-Veikko Valve

Cello

Violin I

Violist

Stefanie Farrands

Viola

Viola 1

Violin 1

Cello 1

Silence and Rapture

Brisbane

Australia

QPAC

Concert Hall

Silence and Rapture: Canon in D major, BWV 1072 Bach, J. S. (+16 More)

Public

Canon in D major, BWV 1072

Collage on B-A-C-H

Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54

Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord

Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85

Fratres

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003

St. Matthew Passion

Für Lennart in memoriam

My Heart's in the Highlands

Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196

Vater Unser

Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009

Magnificat in D Major BWV 243

Pari intervallo

Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080

Trauermusik

Sushant Karmakar

Approved

Composing three centuries apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt’s timeless music speaks to the human soul.

From rockstars and writers to artists and filmmakers, these composers are revered by music lovers across genres and generations. The last time the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) performed their music together, it was a sell-out.

Richard Tognetti directs this mesmerising collaboration between the ACO and Sydney Dance Company that brings together music, movement and evocative lighting to create something truly extraordinary.

Expressing the luminous longing at the heart of this music is choreography from Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, while Grammy Award-winning countertenor Iestyn Davies, whose performances have been described as “a pleasure that verges on the sublime” (The Guardian) makes his Australian debut, bringing these stirring melodies to life.

Bach and Pärt’s music is rooted in human experience while reaching towards the divine. This program traces a profound journey through three Gardens at the heart of the Biblical narrative they both hold so close: from the hope and temptation of the Garden of Eden to the tragedy and passion of the Garden of Gethsemane, ascending into the Garden of Heaven and, at last, the meditation of silence. Featuring Pärt’s Fratres and selections from Bach’s most loved cantatas, orchestral and solo music, this promises to be a season highlight and a deeply affirming experience.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Crew

Ensemble