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    • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Handel & Bach

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    It’s the 1700s and you’re sipping a glass of champagne. Beautiful music is playing through the open air, and you listen to the instruments while cruising gently down the river with your friends. It’s a scene fit for a king, which is exactly why George Frideric Handel composed Water Music.…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Chamber Music for Strings

    Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two modern works are contrasted with Brahms’ masterful Second String Quartet in this sublime morning of chamber music. David Lang’s Wed is a bittersweet work originally composed for the Kronos Quartet, which oscillates between consonance and dissonance to create an equilibrium between tragedy and hope. Caroline Shaw’s string quartet Plan…

    • The Music of Elton

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Elton

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    40 years ago, Elton John invited the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to accompany him on a national orchestral tour. Now the MSO pays tribute to the musical icon in these Australian-exclusive concerts. Recognised as one of the most successful artists in music history with more than 300 million records sold, Sir…
    The Music of Elton

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Elton

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    40 years ago, Elton John invited the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to accompany him on a national orchestral tour. Now the MSO pays tribute to the musical icon in these Australian-exclusive concerts. Recognised as one of the most successful artists in music history with more than 300 million records sold, Sir…
    The Music of Elton

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Elton

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    40 years ago, Elton John invited the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to accompany him on a national orchestral tour. Now the MSO pays tribute to the musical icon in these Australian-exclusive concerts. Recognised as one of the most successful artists in music history with more than 300 million records sold, Sir…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Christian Li plays Brahms

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    MSO Young Artist in Association Christian Li returns to Melbourne to perform Brahms’ riveting Violin Concerto, the perfect showcase for our homegrown virtuoso. Our former Assistant Conductor Tianyi Lu is another familiar face in this exciting event. The Chinese-born New Zealand conductor has worked with orchestras across the globe, and…
    Hope & Bravery

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Hope & Bravery – Shostakovich & Tomasi

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The two works on this program were written during the 1940s, during some of the most significant years and events in modern world history. One composer wrote their music during the height of wartime, and the other composer wrote looking back. Shostakovich wrote Symphony No.7 during the Siege of Leningrad.…
    Hope & Bravery

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Hope & Bravery – Shostakovich & Tomasi

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The two works on this program were written during the 1940s, during some of the most significant years and events in modern world history. One composer wrote their music during the height of wartime, and the other composer wrote looking back. Shostakovich wrote Symphony No.7 during the Siege of Leningrad.…
    Edward Scissorhands in Concert

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Edward Scissorhands in Concert

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Tim Burton's celebrated 1990 film centres on Edward (Johnny Depp), a gentle artificial man with scissors for hands. Orphaned and unfinished by his creator, Edward longs for connection and is coaxed into joining the town’s pastel suburban community. At first a sensation amidst the uniformity, his uniqueness eventually sparks jealousy…
    Edward Scissorhands in Concert

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Edward Scissorhands in Concert

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Tim Burton's celebrated 1990 film centres on Edward (Johnny Depp), a gentle artificial man with scissors for hands. Orphaned and unfinished by his creator, Edward longs for connection and is coaxed into joining the town’s pastel suburban community. At first a sensation amidst the uniformity, his uniqueness eventually sparks jealousy…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Night Music

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    When you commission a new work, you want everyone to have the chance to hear it. That’s why the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is touring the world premiere of Joe Chindamo’s Flute Concerto. It will feature under the hands of Australia’s charismatic flutist Eliza Shephard. Whether you appreciate an artist’s theatrical…

    • Brahms Festival

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Brahms’ First Symphony & Piano Concerto

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    MSO Chief Conductor Jaime Martín will lead our musicians through Brahms’ Symphony No.1. This work was around two decades in the making because he was so concerned with having to compose under the shadow of Beethoven, the legend who came before him. Brahms’ fears may sound unfounded to us, but…