The concert was recorded at a live performance in Sydney in August 2023, but the program was also performed at the Albert Hall in Canberra.
ARCO’s Operations and Communications manager (and double bass player) Rosemary Ponnekanti says the recording combines the generally upbeat but often overlooked Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F major with the more moody and romantic Mendelssohn ‘Scottish’ Symphony No 3 in A minor.
The orchestra, founded in 2012 by the late Richard Gill, comes together for three tours a year and is considered to be the forefront of historically informed performance.
Richard Scherer, Living Arts Canberra
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