Wesley Enoch was booed when he said next year’s concert will be in Parramatta – but it’s not a decision he’s taken lightly.

Over the past 30 years, Symphony Under the Stars has become a much-loved summer tradition in Sydney, attracting large crowds, with enthusiastic fans packing a picnic and arriving early to stake their claim to a spot close to the temporary stage in the Domain. But the free concert, performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as part of the Sydney Festival, is to relocate to Parramatta Park from January 2018.

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As a one-off, the Festival programmed two Symphony under the Stars this year – a farewell concert in the Domain, which took place on Saturday, and a concert which will take place in The Crescent, a natural amphitheatre seating around 18,000 people in Parramatta Park, on January 28. The programme, conducted by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Nicholas Carter, includes Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, which has concluded the concert year in, year out, complete with obligatory fireworks.

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