Wednesday, 5th September 2012 at 19:30
Union Hall, Maribor

Performers:
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti – Artistic Director and Lead Violin

Soloists:
Dawn Upshaw* – soprano
Richard Tognetti – violin
Satu Vänskä – violin
Helena Rathbone – violin

Program:
Niccolò Paganini / arr. R. Tognetti: Caprice on Caprices - Caprices No. 20 in D Major, and No. 17 in E flat Major (1820)
Richard Meale: Cantilena Pacifica
Alfred Schnittke / arr. for strings Y. Bashmet: Trio Sonata for String Orchestra (2. Adagio) (1987)
Buck, Mills & Stipe (R.E.M) I´ve Been High (1998)
Gabriel Yared: The Talented Mr Ripley - Lullaby for Cain (1999)
Alfred Schnittke / arr. for strings Y. Bashmet: Trio Sonata for String Orchestra (1. Moderato) (1987)
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Robert Schumann / arr. R. Tognetti: Night of the Moon (Mondnacht) in C sharp Minor, No. 5, Op. 39 (1840)
Arnold Schoenberg / arr. for string orchestra: Litany from String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp Minor, op.10 (1908)
Franz Schubert / arr. R. Tognetti: D 531 “Death and the Maiden” (1824)
Arnold Schoenberg / arr. for string orchestra: Transfigured Night, Op.4 (1899)

Four-time Grammy Award winner and MacArthur “genius” grantee Dawn Upshaw, a soprano whose vocal purity and creative courage have won the hearts of millions around the globe, joins the “vitality, elegance, playfulness and technical prowess of an ensemble of soloists” (San Francisco Chronicle). She is accompanied by the wonderful Australian Chamber Orchestra under the artistic leadership of Richard Tognetti - for a summons to the festival Opening Night in all its magic.

* Dawn Upshaw appears by arrangement with IMG Artists, 152 West 57th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Tel: 212/994-3500.

Dawn Upshaw has recorded extensively for the Nonesuch label. She may also be heard on Angel/EMI, BMG, Deutsche Grammophon, London, Sony Classical, Telarc, and on Erato and Teldec in the Warner Classics Family of labels.