Adelaide Town Hall Friday 6 June at 8.00pm (Finish approx. 10.00pm) Saturday 7 June at 6:30pm (Finish approx. 8:30pm)
Apart from his glowing reputation as one of the foremost violinists of his generation, Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s renown as a festival director from Amsterdam to Azerbijan and as a conductor of leading orchestras grows apace. Experience the magic spell he weaves in the gossamer textures of Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto and then his prowess as a conductor in Brahm’s towering symphonic masterpiece, his Fourth and, to many music lovers, greatest symphony.
Join us one hour prior for an informative, free pre-concert talk.
ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards Stage 3 Final Adelaide Town Hall Thursday 19 June at 7.00pm (Finish approx. 9.00pm)
Conductor Vladimir Verbitsky
Experience the commitment, the energy and the freshness of Australia’s young rising stars performing in this national competition for classical musicians.
Free tickets available for pick up during office hours from Wednesday 28 May 2008 at the ASO Box Office, 91 Hindley Street, Adelaide. No phone reservations will be taken, and no tickets will be available at the door.
Festival Theatre Friday 27 June at 8.00pm (Finish approx. 10.00pm – please note there is no interval) Saturday 28 June at 6:30pm (Finish approx. 8.30pm – please note there is no interval)
Gustav Mahler once proclaimed that a symphony must embrace the world and never was the composer truer to his own dictum than in his monumental Third Symphony. From the ominous primeval rumblings of the introduction, to the sublime, heavenly finale, Mahler traverses all creation in six movements, ranging from elemental power to charming whimsy. 1. Pan awakes - Summer marches in 2. What the flowers in the meadow tell me 3. What the beasts in the wood tell me 4. What Man tells me 5. What the angels tell me 6. What love tells me
This is the premiere performance of Mahler’s Third in Adelaide, a showcase for the ASO’s exhilarating relationship with its Chief Conductor. Ning Liang is one of the brightest mezzo-sopranos on the current opera scene having performed in many European festivals and in opera houses around the world.
In association with the Adelaide Festival Centre.
Join us one hour prior for an informative, free pre-concert talk.
Mahler - from a musician's perspective
Grainger Studio Friday 13 June at 6.00pm (Finish approx. 7:10pm) Saturday 14 June at 2.00pm (Finish approx. 3:10pm) Saturday 14 June at 6.00pm (Finish approx. 7:10pm)
Suitable for ages 6-12
The ASO and Windmill Performing Arts, Australia’s flagship performing arts company for children and family audiences, will join forces to present a unique and theatrical double bill with a twist. Two very different productions will provide an hour of wonderfully presented make believe, which will feature not only the orchestra, but a narrator, performers and a choir.
Favourite Children’s author, Lemony Snicket, brings his distinctively lugubrious charm and imagination to The Composer is Dead and Granpa – a “who done it” mystery with a difference. The music and story takes young audiences on an investigative hunt through the ranks of the orchestral instruments when a composer is discovered “lifeless”. Which instrument is responsible?
Howard Blake, composer of the children’s classic, The Snowman, his written another new hit with Granpa. Emily, an eager young explorer of fanciful fanstasies and her affable, indulgent Granpa live out a range of exciting ventures. From conducting a jungle safari to dancing the night away at a ball, who knows what the next turn will hold!
In association with Windmill Performing Arts
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