Arvo Volmer , Conductor Freddy Kempf, Piano Sally-Anne Russell, Mezzo soprano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto Mahler: Symphony No 4
Festival Theatre Friday 20 November, 8.00 pm Saturday 21 November, 6.30pm
The ASO sets the seal on a year of superlative music-making with Freddy Kempf, the charismatic young pianist whose incandescent virtuosity in this greatest of Romantic concertos is tempered with heart-warming sensitivity. The golden thread of the ASO’s Mahler Symphony Cycle continues when Arvo Volmer and the orchestra perform the Fourth Symphony, Mahler’s ecstatic hymn to childhood innocence and the joys of heaven, a sun-lit world where dark shadows are banished. The concert features the radiant voice of Adelaide’s own Sally-Anne Russell.
Classic Hour - Haydn in Spring
Arvo Volmer , Conductor
Elder Hall Wednesday 25 November 1.00 pm, 6.00 pm
Pärt: If Bach had kept Bees Respighi: Botticelli Triptych Skalkottas: Greek Dance Haydn: Symphony No 82 in C major The Bear
With its bold luminous orchestration, Respighi’s Botticelli Triptych perfectly captures the voluptuousness of Botticelli’s immortal Uffizi Gallery masterpieces Spring, The Adoration of the Magi and The Birth of Venus. Haydn’s Paris symphonies, including The Bear, were composed for a sophisticated audience which demanded originality and spectacle. In their combination of power with elegance, seriousness with wit, and melancholy juxtaposed with high spirits, this Paris collection blew the audience away. To top it off, can you resist the intrigue of a work called If Bach had kept Bees?
Santos Symphony Under the Stars
Celebrating 40 years of clean energy in South Australia. View press release (pdf)
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