The German-French cellist delivers a stunning program with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Reviewed by PETER McCALLUMCellist Nicolas Altstaedt tossed out the themes from the first movement of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major with light buoyancy, exchanging graciously turned sequences with ACO leader Helena Rathbone with sublime elegance.
In the slow movement he moved through the serene Adagio to a place of scarcely breathing quietness disturbed only by ethereal wisps of hushed stillness. The finale entered a state of exhilarating dynamism in which Rathbone and the orchestra provided a light backbone of support to Alstaedt’s nimble hyperactivity, picking up the energy at the end of phrases like a ball caught in flight.
The ACO’s performance was taut and monumental and gave way, without a break, to the radiant C major chord which that Haydn’s concerto as though we had finally arrived at Elysium. Altstaedt prolonged the classic moment with the cello solo from the slow movement of a Haydn’s Symphony No. 13 in D as encore.
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