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The Lark Ascending

Australian Chamber Orchestra

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Richard Tognetti and the ACO portrait

Richard Tognetti sweeps the Australian Chamber Orchestra from inter-war England to the dark heart of the Viennese psyche.

On paper, it’s a mouthwatering programme – contrasting masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Britten, framed by a string arrangement of Vasks's infinite Viatore and the tormented passion of Schoenberg’s luscious Verklärte Nacht. But as The Times put it in 2018, ‘Nothing about this orchestra is ever routine’.

‘And Richard Tognetti, leading from the front in every sense, embodies everything that makes his band special’, that same critic continued. If anything, that’s an understatement. So expect the unexpected from Vaughan Williams’s famous Lark, and experience the raw energy that the ACO’s superb musicians draw from this collaboration with musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

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The concert will finish at approximately 9.10pm and will include a twenty-minute interval.

Programme

  • Pēteris Vasks   Viatore for 11 solo strings
  • Britten   Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
  • Vaughan Williams   The Lark Ascending
  • Schoenberg   Verklärte Nacht

Performers

  • Australian Chamber Orchestra  
  • Richard Tognetti   director & violin
  • Guildhall Chamber Orchestra  
‘The Australian Chamber Orchestra has always brought a blast of fresh air whenever it breezes into London’s concert halls‘
The Guardian, 27 October 2018

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available