TSO set to feature plenty of Brahms, Beethoven and a whole lot of Baroque in the new year.

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra has publicly announced its 2016 season programme – and it’s set to feature plenty of Brahms, plenty of Beethoven, and a whole lot of Baroque.

Introducing the programme, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Marko Letonja says the act of going to a concert “taps into something elemental in us all”.

“It not only puts us in touch with great music, it puts us in touch with ourselves and with those around us,” he muses.

But it’s not all heavy business. Next year will take off with a song, as a Gilbert & Sullivan Spectacular opens the season on February 26. Lovers of the comic operas will be thrilled to hear hits from The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, and Trial by Jury. Andrew Greene will step in to conduct Lorina Gore (some readers may have seen the soprano’s unlikely performance on The Bachelor Australia last month), Jonathan Abernethy (tenor) and Stuart Maunder (baritone) accompanied by singers from the TSO Chorus.