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Beethoven’s Violin

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Violin

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
This program opens with something old and something new: a world premiere from Australian composer Peggy Polias – our Composer in Connection for 2025 – inspired by the mythology of Ancient Greece. In Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye, we immerse ourselves in the colourful world of children’s folklore: another form of mythology, with no…
Beethoven’s Violin

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Violin

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
This program opens with something old and something new: a world premiere from Australian composer Peggy Polias – our Composer in Connection for 2025 – inspired by the mythology of Ancient Greece. In Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye, we immerse ourselves in the colourful world of children’s folklore: another form of mythology, with no…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Explore the Orchestra: Meet the Strings

Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events are a chance to learn, sing and dance with CSO musicians. We believe that the earlier you are immersed in classical music, the sooner you can fall in love with it.…
Art of the Score – The Music of John Williams

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Art of the Score – The Music of John Williams

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
A guided tour through the career and creative brilliance of John Williams, one of cinema’s most iconic composers. From Star Wars to Jurassic Park, Harry Potter to E.T, and Indiana Jones to Superman, no composer has shaped the sound of cinema quite like John Williams. In this special event, Art of the Score podcasters Andrew Pogson, Dan Golding and conductor Nicholas Buc host a guided journey through the Academy Award-winning…
Art of the Score – The Music of John Williams

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Art of the Score – The Music of John Williams

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
A guided tour through the career and creative brilliance of John Williams, one of cinema’s most iconic composers. From Star Wars to Jurassic Park, Harry Potter to E.T, and Indiana Jones to Superman, no composer has shaped the sound of cinema quite like John Williams. In this special event, Art of the Score podcasters Andrew Pogson, Dan Golding and conductor Nicholas Buc host a guided journey through the Academy Award-winning…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Legends

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
Rachmaninoff’s Red Riding Hood meets Franck’s violin sonata in a musical melange of legend and lyricism. We open with Henryk Wieniawski’s Légende: a solo work full of passion and fireworks. A virtuoso of the violin, Wieniawski showcases its technical possibilities, setting the tone for a program inspired by legend and lore. Debussy’s The Sunken Cathedral for solo piano was…

Mozart’s Requiem

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Requiem

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
We start at the beginning, with the Divertimento from Mozart’s First Symphony, penned at just eight years of age. The legacy of this brilliant early work lives on, from the little plaque outside the house in Westminster where it was written, to musical echoes in Mozart’s later works. Australian composer Dr Corinna…
Mozart’s Requiem

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Requiem

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
We start at the beginning, with the Divertimento from Mozart’s First Symphony, penned at just eight years of age. The legacy of this brilliant early work lives on, from the little plaque outside the house in Westminster where it was written, to musical echoes in Mozart’s later works. Australian composer Dr Corinna…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Rhythm and Rites

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
A ceremony of sound worlds sacred and surprising, celebrating the breadth and richness of percussion. The drum is among the oldest instruments on earth, used in sacred rites and celebrations, for war and for dancing. The percussion family has grown to encompass a countless array of instruments, a handful of which are on show in this glittering program…