Postcards from Italy at City Recital Hall Tickets
About Postcards from Italy at City Recital Hall
Join us as we travel to Italy, a destination rich with art, music and life that has cultivated and inspired generations of composers and musicians.
Bach’s popular Italian Concerto reveals his lasting fascination with the country’s musical innovations, while the great Tuscan cello virtuoso and composer Luigi Boccherini embodies its elegance and grace.
Tchaikovsky wrote his only string sextet, the Souvenir de Florence, during a summer visit to the country. Infused with sunlight and warmth, it basks in the pleasure of being alive.
Here in the present day, another Italian cellist and composer, Giovanni Sollima, invokes a dazzling, infectious energy with his Viaggio in Italia, a musical embodiment of the great luminaries in Italian art, music and literature.
An ACO chamber ensemble brings this music to life with the players in an intricate and ever-changing conversation with one another. Energy is palpably transferred from musician to musician and from the ensemble to you.
Venue
City Recital Hall
Accessibility
City Recital Hall is wheelchair accessible.
Directions
GETTING TO THE VENUE
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT: City Recital Hall is steps away from the Wynyard light rail stop, a five-minute walk from Wynyard and Martin Place train stations and numerous bus routes along Martin Place.
BY CAR: Wilson Parking operates a car park next to City Recital Hall at 123 Pitt Street, Sydney. Accessible parking spaces are available in the car park beside the venue elevators. Patrons can access the Hall directly using the car park lifts from one hour prior to performance start times.
More information about Postcards from Italy at City Recital Hall
“The ACO is small in number, but big in impact.” – The Daily Telegraph
“The gang every string player wants to be in.” – The Guardian
Violin: Helena Rathbone
Violin: Ike See
Viola: Stefanie Farrands
Viola: Elizabeth Woolnough
Cello: Timo-Veikko Valve
Cello: Julian Thompson
PROGRAM
Thomas Adés - Arcadiana: I. Venezia Notturna
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. string sextet) - Italian Concerto, BWV971
Giovanni Sollima - Viaggio in Italia: Selections
Luigi Boccherini - String Quintet in C minor, Op.45, No.1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence, Op.70
Tickets
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