The Presets to Perform With Australian Chamber Orchestra - Noise11.com
The Presets, Noise11, Photo

The Presets

The Presets to Perform With Australian Chamber Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere on December 2, 2013

in Live,News

The Presets will team up with the Australian Chamber Orchestra for a series of shows titled ‘Timeline’ in 2014.

The Presets’ Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes are both classically trained. When they team with conductor Richard Tognetti and the Orchestra they will perform a selection of music by ildegard von Bingen, Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Mozart, Bartók, Schoenberg, Reich, Jelly Roll Morton, Stravinsky, Ligeti, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, Nirvana and Mariah Carey.

Ignatius Jones, one time Jimmy and the Boys frontman and now a major events effects director, will create the visuals for the show.

“While we have enjoyed recognition in the contemporary music sector, our influences and our musical background have always been very broad, and have informed the music we create to this day,” Hamilton and Moyles said in a statement. “We were honoured to be asked to be contribute to Timeline – it’s a privilege to select so many meaningful works for the piece, and to work with the ACO.”

‘Timeline’ will be performed in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Wollongong from 20 May – 4 June.

Dates are:
Sydney – City Recital Hall Angel Place: Tue 20 May 8pm; Wed 21 May 7pm; Fri 23 May 1.30pm; Sat 24 May 7pm
Sydney Opera House: Sun 25 May 2pm; Thu 29 May 7pm
Brisbane: Mon 26 May 8pm
Wollongong: Wed 19 May 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre: Sun 1 June 2.30pm; Mon 2 June 8pm
Adelaide: Tue 3 June 8pm
Perth: Wed 4 June 7.30pm

Stay updated with your free Noise11 daily music newsletter. Subscribe to Noise11 Music News here

Related Posts

Jonny Greenwood performs at ACO Underground in December 2012_02, Noise11, Photo
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood Works With Australian Chamber Orchestra For New Track ‘Water’.

Jonny Greenwood has called the Australian Chamber Orchestra the “best in the world” after working with the Australian ensemble on a new piece titled ‘Water’..

October 14, 2014
Richard Tognetti with The Presets
The Presets Join With Australian Chamber Orchestra For 40,000 Years Of Hits

The Presets will perform with the Grammy Award winning Australian Chamber Orchestra in a show that will feature music from 40,000 years ago through to Nirvana.

April 10, 2014
Timo-Veikko Value
Grammy Award Winners To Perform At Great Melbourne Synagogue

Grammy Award winning Australian orchestra the Australian Chamber Orchestra will perform at the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation.

February 4, 2014
Australian Chamber Orchestra Win Three Grammy Awards

Australian Chamber Orchestra won three Grammy Awards this week, not that anyone noticed because they were all looking over at Lorde.

January 28, 2014
Jonny Greenwood performs at ACO Underground in December 2012_02, Noise11, Photo
Water By Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood To Premiere In Australia In 2014

‘Water’, a composition written by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood for the Australian Chamber Orchestra will premiere live in Australia in 2014.

December 2, 2013
Brian Ritchie - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Brian Ritchie To Perform In Slovenia With Australian Chamber Orchestra

Brian Ritchie, formerly of the Violent Femmes and now with Australia’s The Break, has a new group … the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

September 4, 2012