BARRY HUMPHRIES / ACO WEIMAR PROJECT

Barry Humphries and Meow Meow
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Maestro Richard Tognetti
Dir. Rodney Fisher
Lighting Nick Schlieper
2013
Angel Place Sydney
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Hamer Hall Melbourne
Perth Concert Hall
Adelaide Town Hall
Qpac Concert Hall Brisbane
2016
Cadogan Hall London 
Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival
Tanglewood Festival US
2018
Barbican Season London (with Aurora Orchestra led by Satu Vänskä)
Dir. Nikki Woollaston

From THE NEW YORKER

PROGRAM

WEILL “Mackie Messer” from Die Dreigroschenoper arr. Grandage

HINDEMITH Kammermusik No.1, Op.24 (1st movement)

KRENEK Jonny Spielt Auf Op.45 (excerpt) arr. Grandage

JEŽEK Bugatti Step

SPOLIANSKY “Alles Schwindel” arr. Grandage

WEILL “Seeräuber-Jenny” from Die Dreigroschenoper arr. Grandage

GROSZ Jazzband

TOCH Geographical Fugue

SCHULHOFF Suite for Chamber Orchestra: VI. Jazz arr. Tarkmann

WEILL “Surabaya Johnny” from Happy End arr. Grandage

Interval

ABRAHAM “Mausi” from Viktoria und ihr Husar arr. Grandage

SPOLIANSKY “Ach, er haßt, daß ich ihn liebe” from Wie werde ich reich und glücklich arr. Grandage

SCHULHOFF Suite for Chamber Orchestra: III. Tango arr. Tarkmann

SCHULHOFF Sonata Erotica

BRAND “Black Bottom Jazz” from Maschinist Hopkins arr. Tregear

SPOLIANSKY “Wenn die beste Freundin” from Es liegt in der Luft arr. Ziegler

KRENEK Potpourri (selection) arr. Grandage

EISLER “An den kleinen Radioapparat” from Hollywood Songbook arr. Grandage

WEILL Tango-Habanera, “Youkali” from Maria Galante arr. Grandage after Barry Socher

HOLLAENDER “Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte” arr. Grandage

HOLLAENDER “The Ruins of Berlin” from A Foreign Affair arr. Grandage

Photography: Eoin Carey