Visiting cellist Nicolas Altstaedt’s “genius for unusual programming” was on full display at this vibrant performance with the ACO.
Guest-leading the Australian Chamber Orchestra, German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt juxtaposed older and newer works in a program that was as thoughtfully conceived as it was enthusiastically executed.Sandwiched between the dramatic introduction and final earthquake of Haydn’sOfficium breve in memoriam Andrae Szervanszky
, Op. 33. Moving from sitting with the other cellos to the soloist’s central position, Altstaedt displayed equal measures of rapture and fearlessness in navigating the variations’ demanding technical terrain, particularly in his stratospheric harmonics and rapid-fire delivery. Moments of repose were marked by a rich, sweet timbre from Altstaedt’s 1749 Guadagnini instrument.
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