WHAT€™S ON
The Age
Monday February 8, 2010
TODAY CLASSICALSTURM und Drang. And not just RichardTognetti€™s hairdo. Haydn€™s SymphonyNo. 46 €” which Tognetti, (pictured) aslead violinist, will take the AustralianChamber Orchestra through tonight€” comes from Haydn€™s Sturmy emoperiod. Notwithstanding performancesof Schubert€™s Quartettsatz and Grieg€™sString Quartet in G minor (arrangedby Tognetti) the evening€™s pinnaclewill be Mozart€™s Violin Concerto No.4,from which the ACO will strive to wringmaximum dramatic intensity as theyprepare to record it for prestigiousEuropean label BIS. Last night.aco.com.au8pm, Hamer Hall, the Arts Centre,100 St Kilda Rd, city. $35€“$99.Bookings: theartscentre.com.au or1300 182 183.TUESDAYCOMEDYFATHER Time is the boss of theuniverse and he wants to put up therent on Planet Earth €” but he hasmisplaced the lease. While that€™s thepremise for The Tale of the GoldenLease from Vigilantelope €” JoelTito, Vachel Spirason, Pat Miller, TimMcDonald and Steph Brotchie (above)€“ it€™s only the framework for a microepicof narrative comedy packing inscores of memorable characters ina metaphysical cosmic adventure. Aone-night-only return of a Comedy Festsell-out.thetoffi ntown.comDoors 8pm, The Toff in Town,Swanston Street, city. $15.Phone: 9639 8770.WEDNESDAY FILMCINEPHILIACS, the MelbourneCinematheque are back from whereverfi lm fans go to hide from the brightsummer glare. Screening everyWednesday, 2010€™s opening nightcelebrates the work of German-borndirector Max Ophuls. Replete with balletictracking shots and equally ellipticalromantic narratives, the evening featurestwo fi lms €” a fully restored print ofOphuls€™ sumptuous last fi lm (and his onlyin colour) Lola Montes, the tragic tale ofa famous courtesan, and the rarely seenLa Ronde.melbournecinematheque.org7pm, ACMI Cinemas, FederationSquare, city. $18€“$23 for four weeks€™membership. Phone: 8663 2583.THURSDAY VISUAL ARTIF YOU love something set it free, theysay. So it is with the eclectic groupof artists working with the formallanguages of abstract art for theexhibition In Order Out. Here abstractforms are arranged so that chance andchaos emerge out of order, rather thanthe other way around. Participatingartists are collaborative group InvertedTopology, Ry Haskings, kineticist MichaelGeorgetti, video artist Grant Stevens,bricoleurs Dylan Martorell and ChacoKato, and animator-collagist AngelaDufty.annapappasgallery.comOpening 6pm, Anna Pappas Gallery,2€“4 Carlton Street, Prahran. Free.Phone: 8598 9915FRIDAY FESTIVALIT€™S THE Year of the Tiger! Go on, sing itto the Rocky III theme by Survivor, youknow you want to. Or simply celebrateChinese New Year with Crown€™sfestival and riverside hawker€™s bazaar.The festival, now in its eighth year,includes lion and dragon processions,cooking demonstrations, food stallswith Asian culinary delights, as wellas cultural activities, exhibitions andlive entertainment including rovingperformers. Look out also for TheEmperor, the 30-metre long dragon ofthe Atrium.crownmelbourne.com.au11am€“11pm until Sunday,Crown Riverside, Melbourne. Free.
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