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Master Series 7 - Orchestral Fantasia

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Friday 4 June, 8pm
Saturday 5 June, 6:30pm

Festival Theatre

Arvo Volmer: Conductor

Bach arr. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Stravinsky: The Firebird: Suite (1919)

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks

Respighi: The Pines of Rome

Brace yourself for an unforgettable feast of colour and movement, from the exotic, voluptuous sonorities and orchestral plumage of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite to the bravura orchestra display of Strauss. No other podium wizard has used the orchestral palette as vividly as
Leopold Stokowski, whose legendary arrangement of JS Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, originally created for Walt Disney’s Fantasia, allows every orchestral section to shine. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has long been many music lovers’ first truly spell-binding musical experience.
After two majestic showpieces from Stravinsky and Richard Strauss, what other climax could possibly top Respighi’s depiction of Ancient Rome; more epic than any film score?

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Master Series 8 - Passion and Virtuosity

Friday 11 June, 8pm

Saturday 12 June, 6:30pm

Adelaide Town Hall

Arvo Volmer: Conductor

Natsuko Yoshimoto: Violin

Haydn: Symphony No 49

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No 3

Szymanowski’s Second Violin Concerto has an assured place in the pantheon of great virtuoso display pieces of the violin repertoire. Natsuko Yoshimoto, ASO Concertmaster explores, with her trademark
rapturous tone, the shimmering textures and mercurial moods of this quicksilver masterpiece. Haydn’s Passione Symphony stunned its 18th century audiences with its boldness and intensity. Arguably his greatest, bask in the radiance of Brahms’ expansive Third Symphony.

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ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award Stage III Strings Final

For those who weren't able to be there, the winner of the Stage III String Final of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards was Richard Pollett (NSW) who performed Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto.

He won a Young Performers Award with a prize of $5,000 and will go on to compete for the title of Young Performer of the Year at the Grand Final on Friday 27th August with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

There are two South Australian performers still in the competition, so please cheer them on!  Warwick Ambrose (SA) will be performing Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Verbitsky on 7th July at 6pm for the Keyboards Stage III Final. 

Andrew Wiering (SA) will be performing Joseph Schwantner's Percussion Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young on 28th July at 7pm for the Other Instruments Stage III Final.  All will be broadcast live on ABC Classic FM.

Concert was held:

Wednesday 16 June, 7pm

Elder Hall

Radoslaw Szulc: Conductor

Jennen Ngiau-Keng (VIC)
– (Beethoven Violin Concerto)

Sonja Schebeck (NSW)
– (Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1)

Christopher Pidcock (NSW)
– (Dvorak cello concerto 1st movement )

Richard Pollett (QLD)
– (Barber Violin Concerto)

Master Series 9 - Glorious Sounds

Friday 25 June, 8pm

Saturday 26 June, 6:30pm

Adelaide Town Hall

Radoslaw Szulc: Conductor
Calvin Bowman: Organ

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G minor

Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2

A rare opportunity to hear the magnificent Adelaide Town Hall organ played by one of Australia’s most distinguished organists, Calvin Bowman. Poulenc’s famous Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani is a wild ride encompassing the serious and meditative, peppered
with Gallic wit. Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony promises you a very different musical journey. Few Romantic works tug at the heartstrings more than this intense work, with gorgeous melodies, luxuriant sonorities and kaleidoscopic moods, ranging from the
exquisite melancholy of the adagio to the joyous exuberance of the finale. A musical experience not to be missed!

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