Dvořák's Serenade

Give yourself over to this spirited journey featuring the sublime and visceral music of Dvořák and Bartók.

"I left the ACO performance feeling like something had shifted in me. I had seen
something that moved me and was beautiful - and somehow the world was not
the same place it had been before I went into Hamer Hall." - The Guardian

Bohemianism is both an idea and an ideal. It stands for unconventionality and the
artistic life. At the same time, it's nostalgic for the smell of the earth. It craves something
real and true.

Who better than the ACO to lead you on this journey?

Bartók's passion for the folk music of his native Hungary is visceral. The themes and
rhythms from the rural past infuse his Fifth String Quartet with sinew and bite in a new
arrangement for string orchestra. Dvořák's sublime Serenade, one of the most loved
pieces of music for string orchestra, summons the feeling of warm sun on your back and
the wistful remembrance of other times and places.

Bartók and Dvořák are in fine company with the Pulitzer Prize-winning American
composer Caroline Shaw. Like Dvořák, a love of dance permeates her music, with the
dizzying range of her many artistic collaborations animating every bar.

Program:

Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22
Caroline Shaw Entr'acte
Josef Suk Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn "St Wenceslas", Op.35a
Béla Bartók (arr. Richard Tognetti) String Quartet No.5

Artists:
Richard Tognetti AO - Director & Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra