Name: Evening Concert - Castigated Classics
Start: 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Townsville Civic Theatre

Organization

Australian Festival of Chamber Music

Soprano

Rachelle Durkin

Sopraan

Dirigent

Thomas Carroll

Zanger

Jack Liebeck

Viool

Emily Sun

Timothy Ridout

Viola

Charlotte Miles

Cello

Kees Boersma

Contrabas

Prudence Davis

Fluit

Ramón Ortega Quero

Hobo

Matthew Hunt

Klarinet

Nicole Tait

Fagot

Katy Woolley

Hoorn

James Crabb

Classical Accordion

Katya Apekisheva

Piano

Joseph Havlat

Claire Edwardes

Percussion

Ian Brunskill

Evening Concert - Castigated Classics

Townsville

Australië

Townsville Civic Theatre

Public

Concert

Approved

How amazing that all three incredible works in this program received negative responses from audiences and critics on their first performance. Such is the nature of artistic endeavour and creativity! Bizet’s opera Carmen caused a huge scandal on its first performance in March 1875, the story being way too risque for the audiences of the time. This deeply affected the composer who died shortly after, aged 36, never knowing its future success. Similarly, Mahler’s 4th Symphony received a negative response initially, the work supposedly had confusing intentions and a perceived inferiority to the more well-received Second Symphony. When Sally Beamish was asked if she had ever had a sketchy review of one of her works, one piece came to mind, her oratorio Knotgrass Elegy from back in 2000. Her wind quintet was conceived of the same material and will be proudly performed here!



* This event is included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions and shuttle transport is included.

English

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