• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Scheherazade

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Rimsky-Korsakov’s sweeping symphonic suite follows the stories of One Thousand and One Nights, with music as immersive as the tales spun by the storyteller Scheherazade. Conjuring the brine and seaspray that accompanied Sinbad on his many journeys, this evocative work will entrance you with its lyrical exoticism.
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    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: First Voices Showcase

    Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    As part of the MSO First Voices Composer Program, participants receive paid commissions and mentoring by guest composers, as well as the opportunity to workshop their compositions with members of the orchestra. Since 2023, the program’s participants have included James Henry, Vonda Last, Adam Manning and Leon Rodgers. This showcase,…
    Mozart & Mendelssohn – Matinee

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Mozart & Mendelssohn – Matinee

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, completed only months before his death, is one of the most sublime works ever written for this beautifully expressive instrument. Performed by WASO's Associate Principal Clarinet Som Howie, its buoyant joy and soulful warmth will delight. Inspired by his travels through the country, Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony captures…

    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Ellie Malonzo plays Max Richter’s Vivaldi 4 Seasons Recomposed

    Fremantle Town Hall 8 William St, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra celebrating its 20th Anniversary performs the beautiful fusion of Vivaldi’s enduring Four Seasons and postmodernist minimalism by Max Richter featuring amazingly talented 15-year-old Ellie Malonzo. Mozart’s rarely played but beautiful Symphony 33 is uplifting with a sweet slow movement and a fiery finale. With the eminent Paul…

    Darwin Symphony Orchestra: One Hit Wonders

    George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens The Gardens, NT, Australia
    Celebrating single-hit sensations that rocked the world, DSO brings the whole orchestra and band back to the Amphitheatre for a night of pure entertainment! Featuring flash in the pan favourites like Video Killed the Radio Star and My Sharona, don’t miss this chance to sing and dance the night away.…

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 1 in Concert

    Adelaide Entertainment Centre 98 Port Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    It’s time to go hunting for Horcruxes once more: part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ in Concert is nearly here! Watch as Alexandre Desplat’s epic score is performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra while the franchise’s seventh film is projected onto a giant screen. Join all your favourite characters—and…

    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Ellie Malonzo plays Max Richter’s Vivaldi 4 Seasons Recomposed

    PHC Synagogue 28 Freedman Road, Menora, WA, Australia
    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra celebrating its 20th Anniversary performs the beautiful fusion of Vivaldi’s enduring Four Seasons and postmodernist minimalism by Max Richter featuring amazingly talented 15-year-old Ellie Malonzo. Mozart’s rarely played but beautiful Symphony 33 is uplifting with a sweet slow movement and a fiery finale. With the eminent Paul…
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    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Blaze

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    ASO Principal Tuba Stanley McDonald (see Playing Up on page 64) plays Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto, written for Philip Catelinet who helped shape the work before its premiere in 1954 as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s 50th jubilee at the Royal Festival Hall. Here it is bookended by Miriam Hyde’s…

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