Gordon Richter of Parkes has just finished an exciting week of learning and playing under the guidance of Australia’s finest exponents of historically informed performance (HIP) style.
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Following last year’s successful debut and a similar program earlier this year in Melbourne, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra conducted a five-day workshop with school students coming from all over – west to Penrith, the Blue Mountains, Parkes and Wilberforce, south to St George, Mittagong and Hobart, beyond the northern beaches to Swansea right up to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland!
Hosted by Santa Sabina College, Strathfield, 33 talented young musicians worked intensively to create a fresh and inspiring interpretation of Beethoven’s 1st Symphony.
The week concluded with a Saturday afternoon performance for an enthusiastic audience of friends, family and fans.
The musicians from the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra shared their expertise and experience with the students by showing them how to create a sound and play in a style in keeping with the aesthetics of Beethoven’s time.
The sessions included full orchestral and sectional rehearsals, lectures and workshops, as well as lots of singing, moving, dancing and socialising.
The program was directed by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s concertmaster Rachael Beesley, principal clarinettist Nicole van Bruggen (woodwind) and education manager Megan Lang (woodwind).
The tutors included ARCO musicians Anna McMichael (upper strings), Daniel Yeadon (lower strings) and Graham Nichols (brass and timpani).
Directed by Rachael Beesley, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s elegiac and daring program for strings – Poetical Melodies – is on Sunday, August 19 (3pm) at Sydney’s City Recital Hall.
This is complemented by Richard Gill Presents – A Voyage of Musical Discovery on Tuesday August 21 (6.30pm) also at the City Recital Hall.
More information is available at the orchestra’s website: www.arco.org.au
