MS3 - Paris to Buenos Aires

Adelaide Town Hall

Friday 2 May at 8.00pm (Finish approx. 10.00pm)

Saturday 3 May at 6:30pm (Finish approx. 8:30pm)

Sacred and profane: from the unashamed sensuality of Debussy’s languid, dream-like Afternoon of a Faun to the ecstatic and awesome vision of Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent L’Ascension. Then, to Argentina and from the smoky dance halls of Buenos Aires, the soulful strains of the bandoneon with Carel Kraayenhof, whom even Argentineans hail as a hero of the tango movement, in Piazzolla’s Bandoneon Concerto and finally to the vast pampas and the irrepressible exuberance of Ginastera’s Estancia Suite.

Join us one hour prior for an informative, free pre-concert talk.

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MS4 - In Paradisum

Adelaide Town Hall

Friday 16 May at 8.00pm (Finish approx. 10.00pm)

Saturday 17 May at 6:30pm (Finish approx. 8:30pm)

Gabriel Faure’s Requiem consciously avoids apocalyptic visions, theatrical effects and the prospect of divine wrath and vengeance. Instead, it is a gentle, intimate work, radiant with consolation. The freshness and originality of Benjamin Britten’s Suite on Engligh Folk Tunes at the end of his life, shines through and reminds us that this most cosmopolitan of composers was, at heart, a sentimentalist. Opening the program, the effervescence and spontaneity of Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 is striking proof of Haydn’s superhuman inspiration.

Join us one hour prior for an informative, free pre-concert talk.

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ASO Goes to the Movies

Festival Theatre

Friday 30 May, 8.00pm EXTRA SHOW DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND

Saturday 31 May, 8.00pm (Finish approx. 10.00pm)

Conductor Brett Kelly

Special Guest Artist Rachael Beck

Enjoy hits from Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, The Magnificent Seven, Out of Africa, the best of Bond and more.

For more than a hundred years, the movies have shaped our imagination and inspired our emotions. Throughout their existence, the synergy of music with the images on the screen, the endless variety of story-telling and the magical charm of the great actors has created wonderful memories for all of us. The soundtrack of our lives has been composed by some of the best composers of the era: Korngold, Chaplin, Morricone, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein and John Williams, to name a few. And all of these composers will be featured in this sparkling concert event. For this, our first celebration of movie music in four years, we have drawn together the perfect blend of the greatest musical moments from the movies.

In association with the Adelaide Festival Centre.

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