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Join the <strong>APO</strong> for an<br />
eclectic selection of<br />
Baroque and Baroqueinspired<br />
chamber<br />
orchestra music.<br />
From lyrical delights<br />
that feature the viola to<br />
masterworks by Johann<br />
Sebastian Bach.<br />
CONCERTO GROSSO<br />
7.30pm, Wednesday 27 April<br />
Holy Trinity Cathedral<br />
Director Andrew Beer<br />
Viola Robert Ashworth<br />
Purcell (arr. Britten) Chacony in G minor<br />
Britten Lachrymae<br />
Handel Concerto grosso Op.6 No.6<br />
Holst Lyric Movement for Viola and<br />
Small Orchestra<br />
Purcell (arr. Holst) The Virtuous Wife: Suite<br />
Paying homage to John Dowland, the<br />
Elizabethan lutenist/composer, Britten<br />
wrote a ravishing set of variations for his<br />
own instrument, the viola. It’s contemplative,<br />
slightly melancholy music, and as Robert<br />
Ashworth will show, it suits the viola<br />
beautifully.<br />
Like Handel, their fellow (adoptive)<br />
Englishman, Britten and Holst were both<br />
lifelong admirers of Purcell, and they wrote<br />
these arrangements partly so that more<br />
people would discover his bright, lively music.<br />
BRANDENBURG 5<br />
7.30pm, Tuesday 4 October<br />
Holy Trinity Cathedral<br />
Violin Andrew Beer<br />
Flute Melanie Lançon<br />
Harpsichord Kristian Bezuidenhout<br />
Arvo Pärt Collage sur B-A-C-H<br />
J.S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto No.1<br />
Arvo Pärt If Bach had been<br />
a Beekeeper...<br />
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5<br />
J.S. Bach is central figure for many,<br />
many composers, and this concert<br />
explores the relationship between Bach<br />
and one of his successors.<br />
Arvo Pärt made it through a creative<br />
crisis in the 1970s thanks, in part, to<br />
Bach, and his affectionate tributes<br />
form a counterpoint to two favourite<br />
concertos by Johann Sebastian.<br />
The <strong>APO</strong>’s Andrew Beer and Melanie<br />
Lançon are joined by the Australian<br />
keyboard player Kristian Bezuidenhout.<br />
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