Organization

Admin

Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Conductor

Violinist (+4)

Richard Tognetti

Orchestra

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Ballet

Sydney Dance Company

Choreographer

Choreographer (+2)

Rafael Bonachela

Countertenor (+3)

Iestyn Davies

Soloist

Violin

Countertenor

Conductor (+5)

Chad Kelly

Organ

Continuo (Organ)

Cellist (+2)

Timo-Veikko Valve

Cello

Violin I

Violist (+1)

Stefanie Farrands

Viola

Viola 1

Violin 3

Cello 1

Organ and Harpsichord

Harpsichord

QPAC

Composing three centuries apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt’s timeless music speaks to the human soul.

From rockstars and writers to artists and filmmakers, these composers are revered by music lovers across genres and generations. The last time the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) performed their music together, it was a sell-out.

Richard Tognetti directs this mesmerising collaboration between the ACO and Sydney Dance Company that brings together music, movement and evocative lighting to create something truly extraordinary.

Expressing the luminous longing at the heart of this music is choreography from Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, while Grammy Award-winning countertenor Iestyn Davies, whose performances have been described as “a pleasure that verges on the sublime” (The Guardian) makes his Australian debut, bringing these stirring melodies to life.

Bach and Pärt’s music is rooted in human experience while reaching towards the divine. This program traces a profound journey through three Gardens at the heart of the Biblical narrative they both hold so close: from the hope and temptation of the Garden of Eden to the tragedy and passion of the Garden of Gethsemane, ascending into the Garden of Heaven and, at last, the meditation of silence. Featuring Pärt’s Fratres and selections from Bach’s most loved cantatas, orchestral and solo music, this promises to be a season highlight and a deeply affirming experience.

Silence and Rapture

Brisbane

Australia

Concert Hall

Silence and Rapture: Canon in D major, BWV 1072 Bach, J. S. (+16 More)

Canon in D major, BWV 1072

Collage on B-A-C-H

Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54

Sonate für Clavier und Violine in A Major, BWV 1015

Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85

Fratres

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003

St. Matthew Passion

Für Lennart in memoriam

My Heart's in the Highlands

Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196

Vater Unser

Cello Suite No. 3 in G major, BWV 1009

Magnificat in D Major BWV 243

Pari intervallo

Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080

Trauermusik  suite for viola and string orchestra

Sushant Karmakar

Approved

Fotod