 Event |
Australian Chamber Orchestra
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| Venue |
The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, United States of America |
| Umbrella Event |
Australia Presents 2009 |
| First Date |
29 September 2009 |
| Last Date |
30 September 2009 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Sydney-based Australian Chamber Orchestra brings its distinct give-and-take style back to the Kennedy Center with two evenings of chamber standards and modern masterpieces. On September 29, the group brings its "astonishingly warm…heavenly playing" (The Times, London) to two Ravel works arranged by the orchestra's veteran leader and violinist, Richard Tognetti. Also performed are works by Handel, Elgar, Bartók, and an astounding re-working of Carl Vine's daring Smith's Alchemy. The next night, September 30, the Australian Chamber Orchestra takes audiences from the Arab world to the rock aren |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Music
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| Secondary Genre |
Orchestral
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| Organisations |
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
John F Kennedy Center calendar of events (archive) https://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/MKFSB |
| Press Release |
The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Media release PG/336
11/9/2009 http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/archive/env/2009/mr20090911.html |
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| Event Identifier |
122239 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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