Voyage of Musical Discovery 1: Motivic Development (1)

Max Bruch’s Serenade for Strings takes tunes and themes from Swedish folk music and develops them into a sweeping orchestral work. With the musicians of the  Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, co-artistic directors Rachael Beesley and Nicole van Bruggen guide listeners through Bruch’s compositional methods and explore how he develops motifs in this seldom-heard gem from a composer known for borrowing tunes from other countries.

Suite for Saxophones and Loop Station is a tour de force of real-time composition. Hear award-winning saxophonist Nick Russoniello create a groove-based work by layering and developing musical elements as diverse as beatbox, reggae and minimalism. Russoniello is a polyphonic one-man-band, imaginatively extending the sonic capabilities of the saxophone in live performance.

As always, ARCO offered an intelligent and warm performance, demonstrating the importance of historically informed musicianship and showcasing the impact of period instruments with gut strings.

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Other concerts in the Voyage of Musical Discovery series:

Voyage of Musical Discovery 2: Voices & Instruments, Tue 4 May 6.30pm
Voyage of Musical Discovery 3: Texture & Timbre, Thu 5 Aug, 6.30pm

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Details correct at time of publication.

• Program

  Bruch

  Serenade for Strings on Swedish Melodies

  Russoniello

  Suite for Saxophones and Loop Station

• Artists

  Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

  Rachael Beesley

  Director

  Nick Russoniello

  Saxophone