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from the issue of April 15, 2004
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Australian Orchestra, soprano team up at Lied
The Australian Chamber Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 21 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The orchestra will be joined in concert by soprano Dawn Upshaw and will include pieces by Corelli, Lentz, Bach, Bartok, and Szymanoski, as well as some traditional Hungarian folk songs.
| | The Australian Chamber Orchestra has been called ‘the best chamber orchestra on Earth’ by The Times of London newspaper. The orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 21.
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Founded in 1975, the Australian Chamber Orchestra has built a reputation for its artistic excellence and adventurous programming. It is known for its versatility, performing on modern or period instruments, as a small chamber group, or as a small symphony orchestra. The orchestra’s national concert season includes more than 80 performances each year throughout Australia in addition to regular international tours.
Richard Tognetti became artistic director and lead violin of the orchestra in 1989. He also co-composed the score to the recent Peter Weir film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. He was also the violin tutor for the movie’s star, Russell Crowe, and is featured on the soundtrack as a soloist.
Two-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984, and has been a part of more than 30 world premiere performances and has more than 50 recordings to her credit.
Larry Lusk, former dean of UNL’s Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, will give a lecture 30 minutes before curtain in the Lied’s Steinhart Room.
Tickets for this performance are $42, $36 and $32; tickets are half-price for university students and those 18 and under. Call 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for tickets.
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