Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, this program features the world premiere of Graeme Brown’s Endangered Species alongside Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte and Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite. The orchestra recently joined Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra on the Sydney leg of the Night Blooms tour at the Sydney Opera House, and it returns to the Concert Hall on 9 & 10 June for TwoSet Violin’s Sacrilegious Games tour. (Read our feature on page 28.)

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The Metropolitan Orchestra’s second Met Concert for 2026 promises a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, this performance showcases the orchestra’s long time support for talented Australian musicians when TMO present a world premiere work from composer Graeme Brown titled Endangered Species.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s sparkling Capriccio Espagnol is inspired by Spanish folk melodies and characterized by its brilliant use of orchestral colour to unleash Spanish fire on the audience, while Ravel’s exquisite Pavane offers a moment of poised beauty in this nostalgic and evocative piece, notable for its beautiful and moving. The concert will blaze with shimmering magic as the musicians present Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, a masterpiece of orchestral brilliance.