Brisbane
Concert Hall, QPAC
15 Sep 2025, 7pm
Ticket prices TBC
The music of Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Max Richter centers this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal, and nourish. In A Musical Awakening, we invite you to take a breath and lean into this program designed to nourish your soul.
Directed by Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) Principal Cellist Timo-Veikko Valve, the orchestra will be joined by recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey, whose mastery of this instrument is unsurpassed. The ACO will explore the different ways music can heal, culminating in Beethoven’s Holy Song of Thanksgiving, composed after his recovery from a life-threatening illness. This heartfelt masterpiece is filled with quiet joy and a deep gratitude for life.
Max Richter's intimate On the Nature of Daylight, written after witnessing the suffering of the Iraq war, resonates with beauty, serving as an antidote to tragedy. The ACO will premiere a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang and delve into Pēteris Vasks’ tranquil sound world with the lush warmth of Musica Serena.
From a millennium earlier, abbess Hildegard von Bingen’s sublime songs speak directly to the human soul, with holy reflections that broke musical barriers and remain potent today. Melody Eötvös’ Meraki, embodying the Greek concept of creating with soul or love, encapsulates the essence of music.
This concert is for everyone who seeks healing, renewal, invigoration, and enlightenment.
Program: - Hildegard von Bingen/Erkki Veltheim: Ave Generosa/Illuminations - Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight - Melody Eötvös: Meraki - David Lang: flute and echo (World Premiere) - Pēteris Vasks: Musica Serena - Claudio Monteverdi/Barbara Strozzi/Antonio Vivaldi/Erkki Veltheim: Imaginary Cities: A Baroque Fantasy - Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Timo-Veikko Valve): String Quartet in A minor, Op.132: Ill. Molto adagio; Holy Song of Thanksgiving
Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
The music of Beethoven, Peteris Vasks and Max Richter centres this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal and nourish Music is visceral and vital. InA Musical Awakening, we invite you to take a breath and lean into this program designed to nourish your soul. Directed byAustralian Chamber Orchestra(ACO) Principal CelloTimo-Veikko Valve, the orchestra will be joined by friend and recorder virtuosoGenevieve Lacey, whose mastery of this most elemental of instruments is unsurpassed. The ACO will explore the different ways music can heal, culminating inBeethoven’sHoly Song of Thanksgiving, composed after his recovery from a life-threatening illness.Beethovenwas forever facing down adversity with music, and this heartfelt masterpiece is filled with quiet joy and a deep gratitude for life and the chance to live it. Max Richterwrote his intimateOn the Nature of Daylightafter witnessing the suffering of the Iraq war, and its beauty has resonated with filmmakers and fans as an antidote to tragedy. The ACO will premiere a new work from Pulitzer-prize winning composerDavid Langand enterPēteris Vasks’ tranquil sound world with the lush warmth ofMusica Serena. From a millennium earlier, abbessHildegard’s sublime songs speak directly to the human soul, holy reflections that broke musical barriers then and remain potent today.Melody Eötvös’Merakiembodies its title, a Greek word which means to create with soul or love. And that is what music is all about. This concert is for everyone and anyone who wants to experience healing, renewal, invigoration and enlightenment. Hildegard von Bingen/Erkki VeltheimAve Generosa/IlluminationsMax RichterOn the Nature of DaylightMelody EötvösMeraki^David Langflute and echo (World Premiere)^^Pēteris VasksMusica SerenaClaudio Monteverdi/Barbara Strozzi/Antonio Vivaldi/Erkki VeltheimImaginary Cities: A Baroque FantasyLudwig van Beethoven(arr.Timo-Veikko Valve) String Quartet in A minor, Op.132: Ill. Molto adagioHoly Song of Thanksgiving^Commissioned by theAustralian Chamber Orchestra.^^Commissioned by theAustralian Chamber Orchestra, generously supported byUlrike Klein AO.
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