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BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto 

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.1

Paul Terracini Conductor

Aiko Goto Violin

A sublimely lyrical masterpiece, Beethoven’s only violin concerto premiered in 1806 before fading into relative obscurity. It took a performance nearly forty years later in 1844 by none other than the then twelve-year-old Joseph Joachim to popularise the work, propelling it into the standard repertoire as we know it today.

Australian Chamber Orchestra violinist Aiko Goto is soloist in this symphonically scaled and expressive work.

Wavering between wild energy, humour and haunting desolation, Shostakovich’s first symphony was both ultimate graduation piece and proclamation of his arrival as a composer. Completed in 1925 at the age of just eighteen, the musical language is already strikingly distinct and instantly recognisable as the composers own.

Perhaps influenced by his work as a cinema pianist, the montage style of writing surprises with constant juxtaposition, twists and turns.

WAGNER The Flying Dutchman Overture

WAGNER Lohengrin Prelude to Act III

LISZT Totentanz

WAGNER Rienzi Overture

SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre

GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite

Paul Terracini conductor

Vatche Jambazian piano

Acclaimed Australian pianist Vatche Jambazian appears as soloist in Liszt’s Totentanz. The concept underpinning the ‘danse macabre’ captured imaginations since the Middle-Ages, with artists frequently exploring and revisiting the genre. Liszt’s contribution to the form unleashes both piano and orchestra with apocalyptic force in a bravura showpiece.

The innovative and gripping music of Wagner also features, with a series of highlights from his operatic works, before an audience favourite from Saint-Saens. Grieg’s much-loved Peer Gynt rounds out this dramatic and vivid program.