ACO Underground at The Factory

Overview

If you're thinking classical music belongs to some faraway place and ancient time that have nothing to do with you, the Australian Chamber Orchestra is asking you to think again. For the next ACO Underground, principal violinist Satu Vänskä is inviting Midnight Oil's guitarist Jim Moginie, Violent Femmes' bassist Brian Ritchie and Synergy Percussion's Timothy Constable to the stage for an expectation-obliterating show at The Factory, Marrickville.

The epic music program crosses centuries — from Bach and Sibelius to Neil Finn and Bryce Dessner. Vänskä's 1728 Stradivarius violin will be measuring up to her co-performers electric instruments. In popular perception, 18th-century Baroque might be a long way from contemporary rock and pop, but they have more in common than it seems. And bringing them together at the hands of virtuosos can lead to some extraordinary invention.