Event
Inspired by Bach : ACO Up Close
- Date: Thursday, 25 January 2024, 6:30pm & 8:30pm
- Venue: The Neilson, ACO — Pier 2/3, 13 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, NSW
- Tickets: $89 Full price
Event Details
Johann Sebastian Bach has been a guiding light for generations of musicians. His music is revered, his legacy immeasurable, his place in the classical music canon foundational.
But Bach’s music is no monolith, and that’s where his true genius lies. That’s why his work continues to be played today.
Mozart and Mendelssohn learnt their craft in the generations immediately after Bach’s death, and in arranging his music they allowed its spirit to infuse their own.
In the past 50 years, Caroline Shaw, Elena Kats-Chernin and Sofia Gubaidulina have all approached Bach from their unique cultural and personal perspectives, providing a fascinating and moving lens on what the composer means to people across the world today.
In this intimately scaled presentation, four musicians from the Australian Chamber Orchestra – widely considered one of the world’s greatest chamber ensembles – will bring together excerpts from some of Bach’s beloved works with music he has inspired across four centuries, including Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s Punctum and Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin’s Reinvention No. 1.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured artists
- Presented by Sydney Festival
- Music of Elena Kats-Chernin
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