ACO triumphs when it surrenders to the power of the music
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By Tony Way
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Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hamer Hall, May 16
It was a near-perfect reunion. After a 15-month absence from the city, the large Melbourne audience eagerly awaiting the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s return was well rewarded. No matter that only six players were touring, for the program was mouth-watering: two string quintets; the Beethoven Op. 104 and Schubert’s sublime masterpiece in C major.
ACO artistic director Richard Tognetti.
Credit:Nic Walker
All began well with Beethoven’s C-minor quintet, a skilful 1817 reworking of his much earlier Piano Trio, Op. 1, No. 3, later celebrated in Vikram Seth’s engrossing novel
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