The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023 season. Vincent Ciccarello revealed the program – his final before leaving the orchestra on 30 September, after close to a decade in the role of Managing Director.

The season ranges from major classical works such as the Mahler Four, Dvořák’s From the New World, two Sibelius Symphonies (No 1 and No 7) and Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ Symphony’, to the world premiere of commissioned works by Elena Kats-Chernin and Anne Cawrse.

Sir Stephen Hough. Photo © Robert Torres

Highlights include a special event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov’s birth, which will see British pianist Sir Stephen Hough and conductor Andrew Litton join the ASO for a series of four concerts featuring Rachmaninov’s complete cycle of works for piano and orchestra.

Special series like this have proved popular at ASO in recent years. In 2019, Jayson Gillham performed Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 to 5 across a series of concerts, while this September Douglas Boyd conducts Beethoven’s nine symphonies across...