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Australian Chamber Orchestra

Ukaria Festival
Australian Chamber Orchestra
by
ABR Arts 06 June 2023

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Ukaria Festival
Australian Chamber Orchestra
by
ABR Arts 06 June 2023
Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (photograph by Dylan Henderson).
Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (photograph by Dylan Henderson).

As much as it is a continual delight to hear the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) giving unfailingly wonderful performances in its national touring programs, one is often left yearning to know more about this ensemble’s inner workings and how it creates its magic. For in its artistic director, Richard Tognetti, one might say there is indeed something of the magician, evident both in his own uniquely arresting violin playing and in the way he elicits quite startling results from his fellow musicians.

From rows back in a large concert hall, even one as lovely as the Adelaide Town Hall, these are always a thing to behold, even if one cannot pinpoint how the wizardry actually happens. So the prospect of witnessing the ACO right up close in Mount Barker’s exquisite little Ukaria concert hall, over the course of a weekend, was enticing – that together with ACO’s highly individual program.

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