Ain’t no mountain high enough! ACO scales great heights for cinematic masterpiece
Australian Chamber Orchestra artistic director Richard Tognetti will talk about the making of the cinematic and musical masterpiece Mountain at the next episode of Calile Culture.
Ever wished that the conductors and performers would talk more at a concert? Not during the concert, of course, but before or after, certainly.
It happens sometimes but not often enough, which is a shame because we’d like to hear more from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. Sometimes Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, does say a few words. And he will be saying quite a few more soon at an exciting new edition of Calile Culture – Australian Chamber Orchestra, Moving Mountains.
Calile Culture is a series of curated events, happenings, goings-on and conversations to help connect community and encourage engagement, physical connection, appreciation, discourse and learning across all forms of creative expression.
It’s an exciting series and we’ve heard from all sorts of people at these boutique affairs at The Calile Hotel, Brisbane’s coolest. Author Trent Dalton, playwright Suzie Miller and more recently Australian Dance Collective’s Amy Hollingsworth, among others, have got close up and personal at Calile Culture.
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Australian Chamber Orchestra, Moving Mountains, will present the incredible story behind the award-winning cinematography and soundscape masterpiece Mountain, featuring the music of the ACO.
In recognition of their 50th anniversary season, the ACO will re-release Mountain, one of their most celebrated and emotive cinematic collaborations. That’s happening on October 27 at QPAC.
Before then, The Calile is honoured to present its first foray into the world of music for the 14th iteration of its arts-focused event series on October 1, when Tognetti will speak candidly about the creation (and motivation) to produce Mountain.
This evening event will present excerpts from the award-winning film, accompanied live by an ACO string quartet featuring artistic director and lead violin Tognetti, Timo-Veikko “Tipi” Valve, Elizabeth Woolnough and Ike See.
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Tognetti … (will) discuss how lifelong passions resulted in a bold exploration of music, film and nature
Following this special performance and cinematic experience, Tognetti will be joined in conversation with Australian Financial Review Magazine editor Matthew Drummond to discuss how lifelong passions resulted in a bold exploration of music, film and nature that unites creative disciplines to present an entirely new medium, live in concert.
Born from a collaboration between Tognetti and BAFTA-nominated director and filmmaker Jennifer Peedom, and shot by the world’s leading high-altitude cinematographers, Mountain takes the audience on a “visceral and immersive musical journey through vistas few have visited, and none have experienced quite in this way”.
The film’s script is by celebrated British writer Robert Macfarlane and narration is by actor Willem Dafoe.
Since premiering in 2017, Mountain has been celebrated for re-defining the creative possibilities of presenting music and film live in concert. Awarded Best Soundtrack at the ARIA, AACTA and APRA awards, in addition to Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Renan Ozturk), Best Original Music Score in a Documentary (Richard Tognetti), and Best Sound in a Documentary, Mountain has become one of the highest-grossing Australian feature-length documentaries of all time.
The Calile Culture evening invites guests to experience a “sublime rush of adrenaline and orchestral beauty” with the dramatic landscapes when married with powerful live soundscapes that combine to elevate this seminal work to the heavens.
Calile Culture: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Moving Mountains, The Calile Hotel, Fortitude Valley, October 1, 6.30pm-8pm.
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