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Editor's Choice Event Series Mahler’s Song of the Earth

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mahler’s Song of the Earth

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
“I have got to accept the horrors of loneliness,” Mahler wrote to Bruno Walter before working on Das Lied von der Erde. He had just lost his daughter Maria to scarlet fever and been diagnosed with an incurable heart condition, yet he still wrote what musicologist Deryck Cook described as…

Event Series Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
When the cello sings, we hear something akin to the human voice: sensuous, rich, profound. When German-French Nicolas Altstaedt holds the bow, the cello is all that and more, becoming a master storyteller. It’s been more than a decade since the young cellist burst onto the world stage as a…
Event Series Messiah

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Messiah

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Back by popular demand: the Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and the CSO Chorus present Handel’s timeless Messiah to warm hearts and lift spirits. Among the greatest hits of classical music, this momentous work has been performed countless times around the world since its 1742 premiere, from small ensembles to large-scale productions. Composed…
Event Series Messiah

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Messiah

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Back by popular demand: the Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and the CSO Chorus present Handel’s timeless Messiah to warm hearts and lift spirits. Among the greatest hits of classical music, this momentous work has been performed countless times around the world since its 1742 premiere, from small ensembles to large-scale productions. Composed…

Event Series Beethoven Nine

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Nine

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
This program defies the depths of Canberra winter with a celebration of the human spirit: its sacred fragility and transcendent imagination. We open with a world premiere from Miriama Young, an Australian and Aotearoa / New Zealand composer and sound artist. This new work follows Young’s Kinds of Blue, commissioned…
Event Series Beethoven Nine

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Nine

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
This program defies the depths of Canberra winter with a celebration of the human spirit: its sacred fragility and transcendent imagination. We open with a world premiere from Miriama Young, an Australian and Aotearoa / New Zealand composer and sound artist. This new work follows Young’s Kinds of Blue, commissioned…
Event Series Silence & Rapture

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Silence & Rapture

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Composing three centuries apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt’s timeless music speaks to the human soul. From rockstars and writers to artists and filmmakers, these composers are revered by music lovers across genres and generations. The last time the ACO performed their music together, it was a sell-out. Richard…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Celestial Visions

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
In every work of art, Gustav Mahler saw a ‘trace of infinity’. This program gazes up into the vast mystery of the heavens, allowing some of the most beautiful works of music ever composed to lead the senses and inspire the imagination. We open with an ode from Henry Purcell,…

Event Series Four Seasons

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Four Seasons

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Kirsten Williams leads the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in a musical tribute to the seasons. Composed in the early eighteenth century, Vivaldi’s programmatic Four Seasons were published with a suite of poems dedicated to the sensory experiences of la primavera (spring), l’estate (summer), l’autunno (autumn) and l’inverno (winter). This beloved music…
Event Series Four Seasons

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Four Seasons

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Kirsten Williams leads the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in a musical tribute to the seasons. Composed in the early eighteenth century, Vivaldi’s programmatic Four Seasons were published with a suite of poems dedicated to the sensory experiences of la primavera (spring), l’estate (summer), l’autunno (autumn) and l’inverno (winter). This beloved music…

Event Series Forest Lore

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Forest Lore

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
The Llewellyn Series comes full circle with Forest Lore, returning to mysteries of the forest and the stories it holds. Under the baton of returning guest conductor Benjamin Bayl, the program opens with Dvořák’s glorious Serenade for Strings. Ever immersed in the natural beauty of his Czech homeland, the composer…