Grainger Studio Wednesday 2 September 11am and 1:30pm
Please note the change of time for the afternoon session which will now be held at 1:30pm.
2009's Tea & Symphony series will feature the members of the ASO performing in a variety of chamber music combinations. Each concert will feature an entertaining mix of brass, wind or string combinations in programs designed by the members of the orchestra themselves to showcase the skills and musicianship of the players.
Strictly limited seating. Book early by calling 8233 6233.
Arvo Volmer , Conductor Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Shostakovich: Symphony No 9
Adelaide Town Hall Friday 11 September, 8.00 pm Saturday 12 September, 6.30 pm
Marc-André Hamelin’s matchless blend of virtuosity and fearlessness inspired one critic to describe him euphorically as an ‘avatar’ of the piano. Adelaide audiences will see his playing pulsate with urgency and daemonic power in Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, where the composer established his credentials as a major musical force. The deadpan humour and subversive wit of Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony often raises audible chuckles from audiences but beneath the jauntiness lies a very serious intent and inspiration. It is contrasted with Britten’s intensely emotional masterpiece, the deeply moving Sinfonia da Requiem.
Arvo Volmer , Conductor Marc-André Hamelin, Piano Shane Hooton, Trumpet
Richard Meale: Suite from Voss Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 Beethoven: Symphony No 3 Eroica
Adelaide Town Hall Friday 18 September, 8.00 pm Saturday 19 September, 6.30 pm
Decades after its premiere, Richard Meale’s iconic opera Voss, based on Patrick White’s novel about a nineteenth century explorer and his mystical connection with the outback, remains a landmark of Australian music. Shostakovich’s alternately melancholy and manically comic Piano Concerto No 1 is the perfect vehicle for Marc-André Hamelin’s kaleidoscopic versatility and the virtuosity of ASO Principal Trumpet, Shane Hooton. Beethoven’s Eroica stunned an unsuspecting public with its audacious new conception of symphonic form, and remains just as powerful today.
Nicholas Milton, Conductor
Festival Theatre Friday 25 September, 8.00 pm Saturday 26 September, 8.00 pm
No other city on earth has given the world music of such infectious charm as Vienna. The greatness of its musical tradition is given expression in a rich variety of classics and also in a wondrous tradition of popular music, represented with the same spirited sensibility and genius for melody. The masters of this popular tradition were, of course, the Strauss family, the Kings of the Waltz and Polka. In this concert, the charming Nicholas Milton makes his very welcome return to Adelaide from his busy international career. The ASO program will celebrate the wondrous creations of Johann Strauss and other members of the Strauss family, together with Franz Lehar, von Suppe and others who helped create the wonderful Viennese popular tradition.
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