The TarraWarra Festival: Australian Chamber Orchestra 2025

The Australian Chamber Orchestra returns to TarraWarra Museum of Art for a weekend of music, art, wine and some of the most breathtaking views in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. 

For the 2025 TarraWarra Festival, Richard Tognetti and the ACO will perform a unique suite of performances in the Museum’s new Centre.

Book early for this intimate and exclusive cultural weekend.

Saturday 1 March, 12.30pm
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Musique funèbre: I. Prologue
BRYCE DESSNER Réponse Lutosławski
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370
EUGÈNE YSAŸE Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor, Op.27, No.3 “Ballade”
WOJCIECH KILAR Orawa

Richard Tognetti Director and Violin
Diana Doherty Oboe
Satu Vänskä Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 1 March, 6pm
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (arr. Richard Tognetti) The Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Three Nocturnes: I. Moonrise
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata for Solo Violin No.2 in A minor, BWV1003: III. Andante (5′)
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (arr. strings) Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
JS BACH (arr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue in E-flat major, BWV876
JS BACH (arr. Timo-Veikko Valve) Sonata for Solo Violin No.1 in G minor, BWV1001: I. Adagio
KATE MOORE Lidy’s Piece
JS BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV1060
GARTH KNOX Still
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op.110a

Richard Tognetti Director and Violin
Diana Doherty Oboe
Helena Rathbone Violin
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Maxime Bibeau Double Bass
Australian Chamber Orchestra

Sunday 2 March, 11am
Masterclass featuring musicians from ANAM (Australian Academy of Music), led by Helena Rathbone.

JOHANNES BRAHMS (arr. Paul Angerer) Chorale Preludes, Op.122: O Gott, du frommer Gott
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48: I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

Sunday 2 March, 2.30pm
JOHANNES BRAHMS (arr. Paul Angerer) Chorale Preludes, Op.122: O Gott, du frommer Gott
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48: I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

Helena Rathbone Director and Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
with musicians from The Australian National Academy of Music

BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, PÄRT, VIVALDI & RICHARD TOGNETTI Mountain: Suite

Richard Tognetti Director and Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Please Note: the Eva and Marc Besen Centre will be closed to the general public on 1 & 2 March 2025 for this special event. However the Museum and current exhibition Intimate Imaginaries will be open all weekend. The new Centre opens to the public on 4 March 2025.