Claude Debussy La Mer – Arr. Iain Farrington for Chamber Orchestra
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring (for 13 Instruments)
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Ottorino Respighi Trittico Botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures)
Maurice Ravel Ma Mère L’Oye (Suite) – Arr. Iain Farrington for Chamber Orchestra
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In an article by Anthony Tommasini in the March 7 edition of the New York Times, the very fine Finnish conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen; music director designate of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, muses on the future of the orchestra in the 21st-Century. The article itself is not terribly well-written, suffering from the same lack of …
I had the great pleasure last weekend of working with an essentially ‘scratch’ orchestra comprised predominantly of musicians teaching instrumental music in Schools in Melbourne and regional areas; including some musicians from the ADO roster, all of whom gave so generously of their time. The ADO, through Managing Director, Janine Hanrahan, and Artistic Administrator, Briony …
As we move ever closer to our opening event in this our second full season of the ADO, I have been reflecting on what it is that makes the ADO a unique orchestral experience – certainly in Australia and, quite possibly, the world. There is no question that orchestra organizations in Europe, the U.K., have …
