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Ruthless Romance – Matinee

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Ruthless Romance – Matinee

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
The dark ambition and ruthless fury of Shakespeare’s iconic tyrant is brought thrillingly to life in Strauss’ early tone poem, Macbeth, performed by WASO for the very first time. Asher Fisch then leads the Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony No.4, a work of passionate urgency and grand emotions.
Ruthless Romance – Matinee

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Ruthless Romance – Matinee

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
The dark ambition and ruthless fury of Shakespeare’s iconic tyrant is brought thrillingly to life in Strauss’ early tone poem, Macbeth, performed by WASO for the very first time. Asher Fisch then leads the Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony No.4, a work of passionate urgency and grand emotions.
Editor's Choice Circa & The Art of Fugue

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Following their celebrations of the Italian and Spanish Baroque, Yaron Lifschitz’s circus troupe Circa and the ABO now join forces for JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Considered by many to be the composer’s last work, this compendium of contrapuntal writing will be brought to life in a thrilling display…

Australian War Memorial: Second World War Memorial Concert

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Join us for this powerful commemorative concert to mark the declaration of peace in the Pacific 80 years ago. This nationally significant cultural event will remember those who served abroad and those who supported the effort at home. 'Greater Love' will commemorate this historic anniversary with an epic concert that…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Schubert

Wollongong Town Hall Crown St &, Kembla St,, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra returns to Wollongong for one performance only, with a powerful program of music by two of the great composers: Beethoven and Schubert. Of all the great violin concertos, Beethoven’s might be the crown jewel. From the expansive and sublime opening to its triumphant finale, it is…
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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Rhapsody

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This tumultuous program opens with Dvořák’s Othello Overture, which quotes his earlier Requiem as Desdemona dies. Concertmaster Kate Suthers then performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, written during a 1935 tour of Europe before the composer’s return to Moscow a year later. Smetana’s Vltava (The Moldau) follows, tracing the river’s path…
Editor's Choice Bruch’s Violin Concerto

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Bruch’s Violin Concerto

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
Award-winning Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma joins WASO for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, originally premiered in 1866 and revised the following year by violinist Joseph Joachim. The program also includes Richard Strauss’s much-revised Macbeth, which marked the beginning of the composer’s groundbreaking series of tone poems. Written between 1886–88, it is performed…
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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Emperor

Federation Concert Hall Hobart, TAS, Australia
Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, composed in 1809 during Napoleon’s occupation of Vienna. The program also includes Albert Schnelzer’s Through the Eye of the Pegasus, commissioned in 2021 for the 40th anniversary of the Alte Oper Frankfurt, and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2,…
Editor's Choice Circa & The Art of Fugue

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Following their celebrations of the Italian and Spanish Baroque, Yaron Lifschitz’s circus troupe Circa and the ABO now join forces for JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Considered by many to be the composer’s last work, this compendium of contrapuntal writing will be brought to life in a thrilling display…

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