"The Rest is Noise" ACO Concert curated by Alex Ross

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Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) at the Sydney Opera House, Sunday 13 March, 2011:

	Tōru TAKEMITSU (b. Tokyo, 1930 - d. Tokyo, 1996) Nostalghia (ACO sample)
A still (the final scene) from Nostalghia, a film by Andrei Tarkovsky

Benjamin BRITTEN (b. Lowestoft, 1913 - d. Aldeburgh, 1976) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (ACO sample)
A sketch by Marjorie Fass of the young Benjamin Britten completing a composition exercise for his teacher, Frank Bridge. Signed MF 1928.

	Igor STRAVINSKY (b. Oranienbaum, near St Petersburg, 1882 -  d. New York, 1971) "Apotheosis", from Apollo (ACO sample)
Nicolas Poussin, Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Anton WEBERN (b. Vienna, 1883 - d. Mittersill, 1945) Five Movements, Op.5 (ACO sample)
Drawing by Anton Webern's teacher, Arnold Schoenberg

	Iannis XENAKIS (b. Braila, Romania, 1922 - d. Paris, 2001) Voile (ACO sample)

Richard STRAUSS (b. Munich, 1864 -  d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1949) Metamorphosen (ACO sample)

Alex Ross (Photo James Croucher, Source The Australian)

“The twentieth century in music was, above all, an age of extremes. In this program I want to capture the stunning diversity of a much-misunderstood epoch. The first half focuses on lyricism, nostalgia, variations on the past; the second half brings sonic revolution and upheaval. Strauss’ Metamorphosen, finished in the last weeks of World War II, is at once cerebral and confessional, a message from the century’s dark heart.” Alex Ross

Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra