Symphony Series

Symphony Series

JUPITER

Mozart’s blissfully bright Jupiter rounds out the evening with its luminous interplay between strings and winds, culminating in a radiant, triumphant finale.

Symphony Series

THE RING

Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth leads the ASO in The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure, weaving Wagner’s vast mythic saga into a powerful, emotionally charged hour.

Symphony Series

NATURE UNTAMED

Britten’s feather-light arrangement of music by Mahler tantalisingly captures the fleeting beauty of nature. And Dvořák’s pastoral and triumphant Symphony No.8 reflects on the delicate balance between nature and humanity.

Symphony Series

SWANSONG

Tchaikovsky’s deeply personal Symphony No.6 Pathétique closes this concert – his final completed work, imbued with impassioned beauty and a sense of farewell.

Symphony Series

FRAMED IN SOUND

Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition uses the full colour of the orchestra to bring paintings to life – from ornate clocks and grand city gates to ballet costumes and a ghostly castle.

Symphony Series

COMPLETELY UNFINISHED

Some of the greatest music was never completed. Both Schubert and Mahler died before they finished their final symphonies and yet neither work sounds incomplete.