Australian Chamber Orchestra
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Artist website: http://www.aco.com.au
Since its founding in 1975, the Australian Chamber Orchestra has presented 1700 performances of over 250 works by 80 Australian composers. In this time the ACO has forged close relationships with a number of Australia's leading composers, several of whom it has commissioned to write works especially for the ACO. In particular it has championed the work of Carl Vine, Brett Dean, Roger Smalley and Peter Sculthorpe. A detailed listing of Australian works commissioned and performed by the ACO is available at http://www.aco.com.au/Default.aspx?url=/australianmusic.
Articles by and about Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Girl with the Golden Flute: Sharon Bezaly with the ACO by Hannah Reardon-Smith
...The opening of Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' Vox amoris is pure magic - soft tremolo chords humming like a choir in an old movie; the soundtrack as a scene of wonder unfolds. The harmonies are sparse, but heavily perfumed with emotional impact. It is a moment of great beauty and depth...
Works commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra
Figures in a landscape by Roger Smalley
In pace requiescat by Larry Sitsky
Nourlangie by Peter Sculthorpe
Concerto for flute and strings by Anne Boyd
Arc of stars by David Lumsdaine
Pellucid days by Moya Henderson
Ad marginem by Michael Whiticker
The widening gyre by Andrew Ford
Piece for flute and strings by Mark Isaacs
Divertimento by Simplicius Cheong
Out of the blue by Nigel Westlake
Little requiem by Peter Sculthorpe
Zoom and zip by Elena Kats-Chernin
Manhattan epiphanies by Andrew Ford
Sonata for strings No. 1 by Peter Sculthorpe
Sonata for strings No. 2 by Peter Sculthorpe
Little suite for strings by Peter Sculthorpe
Restless night by James Ledger
Carlo by Brett Dean
Motherwell at the Guggenheim by Andrew Ford
Works commissioned and written for Australian Chamber Orchestra
Port Essington by Peter Sculthorpe
Little serenade by Peter Sculthorpe
Fantasia No. 3 : in memory of Don Banks by Larry Sitsky
Goldengrove by Nigel Butterley
Crime and punishment by Matthew Hindson
CDs, Books and Kits featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra
CD: Peter Sculthorpe / Australian Chamber Orchestra.
CD: Pipe dreams / Australian Chamber Orchestra.
CD: Music Now! / Australian Chamber Orchestra
CD: Peter Sculthorpe / Australian Chamber Orchestra ; Richard Tognetti.
CD: Anthology of Australian music : Australian Chamber Orchestra, Canberra Horn Consort.
CD: Australian Chamber Orchestra : celebrating 20 years together / Richard Tognetti
Events featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra
NSW: ACO : Andreas Scholl Sings Vivaldi
World premieres given by Australian Chamber Orchestra
The tree of man : a secular cantata by Carl Vine— 7 Jun 12 (Wollongong Town Hall)
Johann has left the building (harpsichord with string orchestra) by James Ledger— 3 Jul 11 (Melbourne Town Hall, VIC)
Crime and punishment : for double bass and strings by Matthew Hindson— 11 Mar 10 (Anita's Theatre, Wollongong, NSW)
XX (violin with string orchestra) by Carl Vine— 3 Sep 09 (Newcastle City Hall, New South Wales, Australia)
Black is the night : for string sextet by Ian Munro— 11 Jun 09 (City Hall Newcastle)
Bright shiners : for solo violin and string orchestra by Andrew Ford— 12 Mar 09 (Newcastle City Hall, NSW)
Restless night (violin with string orchestra) by James Ledger— 30 Jan 09 (Llewellyn Hall, School of Music, Canberra.)
Folk song (trios: recorder, violin, double bass) by James Ledger— 3 Nov 07 (Canberra Theatre Centre)
Chaconne : chamber orchestra by Christopher Gordon— 24 Oct 06 (Art Gallery of New South Wales)
Pipe dreams : concerto for flute and strings by Carl Vine— 12 Jul 03 (Sydney Opera House Concert Hall)
Smith's alchemy : for string orchestra by Carl Vine— 17 Nov 01 (Melbourne)
Bell and anti-bell : treble choir with chamber ensemble by Brett Dean and Paul Healy— 7 Jul 01 (Melbourne Concert Hall)
Etüdenfest : string orchestra by Brett Dean— 10 Nov 00 (Brisbane)
Game over : for instrumental soloists, string orchestra and electronics by Brett Dean— 8 Apr 00 (Iowa City, USA)
Zoom and zip : for string orchestra by Elena Kats-Chernin— 23 May 98 (Llewellyn Hall, Canberra)
Carlo : music for strings and sampler by Brett Dean— 5 Dec 97 (Huntington Winery, Mudgee, NSW)
Of distant sadness : string orchestra by Christine McCombe— 26 Sep 97 (3rd Australian Women's Music Festival and Conference Opening Concert, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney)
Gothic : for 8 solo strings by Liza Lim— 20 Jun 96 (S.C.E.G.G.S. Great Hall, Sydney)
Little requiem : for koto and strings by Peter Sculthorpe— 20 Jun 96 (SCEGGS Hall, Sydney)
Figures in a landscape : solo bassoon and 13 strings by Roger Smalley— 20 Jun 96 (Paddington Town Hall, Sydney.)
SonoPetal : full orchestra by Roger Dean— Dec 95 (Huntington Festival, (NSW))
Esperance : for chamber orchestra by Carl Vine— 25 Jan 95 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney)
Out of the blue : for string orchestra by Nigel Westlake— 1994 (Adelaide Festival)
Manhattan epiphanies : for string orchestra by Andrew Ford— 1994
Milerum's basket : oboe with string orchestra by Becky Llewellyn— 15 Oct 93 (Adelaide Chamber Orchestra New Perspectives Series, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide.)
Jouissance : for 2 trumpets and vibraphone by Andrew Ford— Jul 93 (Sydney Opera House)
Strip : string orchestra by Michael Smetanin— 1992 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney)
Harbour : for tenor voice and 17 solo strings by Andrew Ford— May 92 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney)
Concerto grosso : for violin, flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling cor anglais), french horn and strings by Carl Vine— 16 Jun 91 (Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, Australia)
Bennelong : a music-theatre work for puppets, soprano, tenor and chamber orchestra by Murray Copland and Barry Conyngham— 21 Apr 88 (Groningen, Holland)
Capriccio : for piano and strings by Graeme Koehne— 1987
Canzona : string orchestra by Carl Vine— 30 Nov 85 (Sydney Opera House)
Little suite for strings : string orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe— 22 Sep 83 (Sydney Opera House)
Little serenade : string orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe— 1983 (Sydney Opera House)
A fringe of leaves : SATB choir with chamber ensemble by Brian Howard— 30 Jun 83 (Melbourne Concert Hall)
Port Essington : for strings by Peter Sculthorpe— 1977 (Australian Chamber Orchestra's 1977 Musica Viva Concert Series.)
Lament : for strings by Peter Sculthorpe— 26 May 76 (City Hall, Wollongong, NSW)
Photo: Stephen Oxenbury