MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Australian Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

Australian Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; photo (c) Jorge Gustavo Elias

Another remarkable concert during my recent New York trip: on its current 50th-anniversary tour, the Australian Chamber Orchestra stopped at Carnegie Hall with a substantial program including the world premiere of John Luther Adams’s complete Horizon for string orchestra. Here’s my review for The Strad:

For its 50th-anniversary tour stop at Carnegie Hall, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) made a notably bold move. Rather than rely on safely familiar repertoire spiced with a token contemporary addition, the ensemble devoted half the programme to the world premiere of Horizon by John Luther Adams, a two-part composition that spans some 40 minutes, in which change registers in minute, often barely perceptible shifts….

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Filed under: Australian Chamber Orchestra, John Luther Adams, review, Schubert, The Strad

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