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    • Fauré Requiem

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Fauré Requiem

    Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Lose yourself in Fauré’s most enduring and beloved work. Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici leads a program that begins in brightness and ends in serenity. Maria Grenfell’s Gaudete Fanfare sets the tone with brilliance and joy, before Katy Abbott’s Fanfare for the Melancholy reflects on the quiet struggles of modern life. At the heart of the program is Fauré’s Requiem,…
    Editor's Choice Umberto’s Mahler 5

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Umberto’s Mahler 5

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici takes on Mahler’s monumental Fifth, composed in 1901–02 after a near-fatal haemorrhage. A testament to resilience and hope, it is paired with Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor – a gift to the composer’s lifelong friend Ferdinand David. Performed here by violinist Sergej Krylov, it broke…
    Editor's Choice Umberto’s Mahler 5

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Umberto’s Mahler 5

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici takes on Mahler’s monumental Fifth, composed in 1901–02 after a near-fatal haemorrhage. A testament to resilience and hope, it is paired with Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor – a gift to the composer’s lifelong friend Ferdinand David. Performed here by violinist Sergej Krylov, it broke…

    • Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Morning Masterworks 1: Respighi, Higgins & Strauss

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Start your Friday with a touch of classical brilliance with this Morning Masterworks concert. Discover the dazzling possibilities of the trombone. British composer Gavin Higgins places the trombone centre stage with an imaginative concerto, inspired by a recently unearthed 16th-century manuscript brimming with fantastical imagery and celestial visions. From soaring…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Maestro 2: Respighi, Higgins & Strauss

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Discover the dazzling possibilities of the trombone. British composer Gavin Higgins places the trombone centre stage with an imaginative concerto, inspired by a recently unearthed 16th-century manuscript brimming with fantastical imagery and celestial visions. From soaring comets to mysterious beasts, these vivid scenes are brought to life by one of…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Spirit of the Violin

    HOTA Home of the Arts 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
    Queensland Symphony Orchestra in a violin showcase of electrifying flair. Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration of elegance and remarkable virtuosity. Waxman’s Carmen Fantasie and Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Valse-Scherzo offer thrilling moments for solo violin, before Glazunov’s Scènes de ballet closes the concert with rhapsodic…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Spirit of the Violin: Gold Coast

    HOTA Home of the Arts 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
    Beauty, brilliance, and music that dances Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration of elegance and remarkable virtuosity. Waxman’s Carmen Fantasie and Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Valse-Scherzo offer thrilling moments for solo violin, before Glazunov’s Scènes de ballet closes the concert…

    • Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Spirit of the Violin: Toowoomba

    The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
    Beauty, brilliance, and music that dances Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration of elegance and remarkable virtuosity. Waxman’s Carmen Fantasie and Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Valse-Scherzo offer thrilling moments for solo violin, before Glazunov’s Scènes de ballet closes the concert…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Music on Sundays 2: Spirit of the Violin

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    With entertaining and informative hosts, our Music on Sundays concerts are the perfect pre-lunch activity in the heart of South Bank, in a convenient 90-minute timeslot. A violin showcase of electrifying flair. Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration…
    Editor's Choice

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Italian Gala

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Under Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, the QSO celebrates Italy with a rich program spanning opera, film and the concert hall. Classical accordion soloist James Crabb and Concertmaster Natsuko Yoshimoto join Clerici on cello for Vivaldi’s Triple Concerto, alongside Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture and two works by Verdi: Violetta’s aria from…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Morning Masterworks 2: Rachmaninov & Shostakovich

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Start your Friday with a touch of classical brilliance with this Morning Masterworks concert. Two deeply personal Russian masterworks, worlds apart yet intimately connected. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 is an enduring testament to lyrical beauty and heartfelt longing. In sharp contrast, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony is an intense declaration of survival,…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Maestro 3: Rachmaninov & Shostakovich

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Two deeply personal Russian masterworks, worlds apart yet intimately connected. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 is an enduring testament to lyrical beauty and heartfelt longing. In sharp contrast, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony is an intense declaration of survival, composed under Stalin’s oppressive gaze. Though triumphant on its surface, this symphony vibrates with…