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    • Cocktail Hour with Euan Harvey

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Cocktail Hour with Euan Harvey

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Composed as a birthday present to his wife and based on a German lullaby, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll captures the composer in an intimate domestic setting a world away from the bombast of his famous operas. Written when he was just 18 but already demonstrating a clear and unique style, Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonietta…
    Editor's Choice Alexander Gavrylyuk performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Alexander Gavrylyuk Performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Recently announced as General Music Director in Stuttgart, Nicholas Carter conducts an ocean-inspired program featuring Benjamin Britten’s Sea Interludes, Claude Debussy’s La Mer and the Australian premiere of Jeanne Demessieux’s Poème. Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the SSO for Rachmaninov’s notoriously difficult Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, composed in 1934…
    Editor's Choice Alexander Gavrylyuk performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Alexander Gavrylyuk Performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Recently announced as General Music Director in Stuttgart, Nicholas Carter conducts an ocean-inspired program featuring Benjamin Britten’s Sea Interludes, Claude Debussy’s La Mer and the Australian premiere of Jeanne Demessieux’s Poème. Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the SSO for Rachmaninov’s notoriously difficult Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, composed in 1934…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: The Sydney Symphony Fellows in Concert

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This special one-off performance is curated by Sydney Symphony Principal musicians and Fellowship artistic leaders Harry Bennetts, David Elton and Matthew Wilkie. These richly textured works by Stravinsky, Hindemith, Françaix and exciting young Sydney composer Holly Harrison give every Fellow their moment in the spotlight, while also providing plenty of…
    Editor's Choice Alexander Gavrylyuk performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Alexander Gavrylyuk Performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Recently announced as General Music Director in Stuttgart, Nicholas Carter conducts an ocean-inspired program featuring Benjamin Britten’s Sea Interludes, Claude Debussy’s La Mer and the Australian premiere of Jeanne Demessieux’s Poème. Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the SSO for Rachmaninov’s notoriously difficult Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, composed in 1934…
    Editor's Choice Alexander Gavrylyuk performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Alexander Gavrylyuk Performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Recently announced as General Music Director in Stuttgart, Nicholas Carter conducts an ocean-inspired program featuring Benjamin Britten’s Sea Interludes, Claude Debussy’s La Mer and the Australian premiere of Jeanne Demessieux’s Poème. Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the SSO for Rachmaninov’s notoriously difficult Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, composed in 1934…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: The Sydney Symphony performs Orchestral Favourites

    Civic Theatre Newcastle 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat pulse with energy and drive, while Ravel’s mesmerising Bolero builds to a thrilling climax that will stick in your head for weeks. Exciting young Western Sydney composer Holly Harrison matches that energy in Hi-Vis, drawing on elements of electronic dance music, brass…

    • Sydney Symphony Orchestra: William Barton & the Sydney Symphony

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Whether he’s writing for voice, yiḏaki and guitar or the full force of a symphony orchestra, William Barton creates music that feels grounded and expansive. Described by ABC Arts as a ‘master of his craft and a deeply compelling performer’, Barton’s music moves through scenes of land and light: expansive, shaped by…
    Editor's Choice Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Former Music & Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Andrey Boreyko conducts a program of elemental drama and orchestral colour. Grounded in the traditions that shaped Stravinsky, Liadov’s Kikimora is followed (on 12 & 13 June) by Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed here by ECHO Klassik-winning cellist Maximilian Hornung in…
    Editor's Choice Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Former Music & Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Andrey Boreyko conducts a program of elemental drama and orchestral colour. Grounded in the traditions that shaped Stravinsky, Liadov’s Kikimora is followed (on 12 & 13 June) by Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed here by ECHO Klassik-winning cellist Maximilian Hornung in…
    Editor's Choice Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Former Music & Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Andrey Boreyko conducts a program of elemental drama and orchestral colour. Grounded in the traditions that shaped Stravinsky, Liadov’s Kikimora is followed (on 12 & 13 June) by Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed here by ECHO Klassik-winning cellist Maximilian Hornung in…
    Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…