Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the inspiration of the Muses. Over three days, master musicians and ensembles – including The Consort of Melbourne, Vox Plexus and the PFSMF Children’s Chorus – will bring these stories to life.

Limelight Editor’s Choice

A fearless master interpreter at the keyboard, Peter de Jager takes us on a luxurious cruise down the Beautiful Blue Danube, with Schulz-Evler’s incandescently virtuosic and mellifluous piano transcription of the world’s most beloved waltz.

Hot on his heels, the intrepid trio of Jonathan Békés, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s star Principal Cellist, and Festival Directors Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos, follow in the great Austrian tradition of evocative cinematic soundscapes with Erich Korngold’s prodigious Trio Opus 1. Composed when he was just 12 years old, he takes the tenderness and charm of Johann Strauss II and expands the scene with his intensely overt romanticism, which was to become the hallmark of his sumptuous later works for opera, ballet, and his Oscar-winning scores to many films in the Golden Age of Hollywood.