Brisbane
Concert Hall, QPAC
30 Jun 2025, 7pm
$49 - $146*
A Schubert odyssey directed by the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, also known as PatKop, is experimental, unpredictable, and brilliant. For her, music is alive and made in the moment. As an acclaimed soloist, inventive director, and groundbreaking composer, she creates ephemeral magic that can never be replicated. Kopatchinskaja thrives with an ensemble that blurs lines and pushes boundaries, making the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) a natural partner.
After more than a decade, she returns to direct the orchestra in a program showcasing her dynamic virtuosity and vast range. Featured works include Ravel’s showpiece Tzigane and Schubert’s semi-autobiographical Death and the Maiden, arranged for string orchestra. This remarkable piece captures Schubert’s struggle with impending death, where the maiden is beautiful, young, and determined to live, while Death is resolute, alluring, comforting, and kind. Their conversation is filled with tenderness and melancholy, creating music that is both heartbreaking and reassuring.
The program will also include the world premiere of PatKop’s Danses Macabre, an extraordinary new work rich in spirituality and drama that further illuminates the heart of Schubert’s masterpiece.
Program: - Maurice Ravel (arr. violin, strings and percussion) - Tzigane - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Battalia à 10 - PatKop - Danses Macabre (World Premiere) - Franz Schubert (arr. PatKop) - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden”
A Schubert odyssey directed by the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja Patricia Kopatchinskaja(aka PatKop) is experimental, unpredictable and brilliant. For her, music is alive and made in the moment, and as an acclaimed soloist, reinventive director and ground-breaking composer, she creates an ephemeral magic that can never be replicated. Kopatchinskaja is happiest with an ensemble that likes to blur lines and push boundaries, so theAustralian Chamber Orchestra(ACO) is a natural home. She returns after more than a decade to direct the orchestra in a program that showcases her dynamic virtuosity and enormous range, fromRavel’s showpieceTzigane, toSchubert’s semi-autobiographicalDeath and the Maidenarranged for string orchestra. This remarkable work representsSchubert’s grappling with impending death.Schubert’s maiden is beautiful, young, and determined to live. Death is resolute, alluring, comforting and kind. Their conversation is filled with tenderness and melancholy, resulting in music that is at once heartbreaking and reassuring. Interspersed will be the world premiere of PatKop’sDanses Macabre, an extraordinary new work full of spirituality and drama that further reveals the heart ofSchubert’s masterpiece. Maurice Ravel(arr. violin, strings and percussion)TziganeHeinrich Ignaz Franz BiberBattalia à 10PatKopDanses Macabre(World Premiere)Franz Schubert(arr. PatKop) String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden”
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