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Horns a Plenty

Saturday 17 June 2023, 7.30pm

James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

7:10 pm pre-concert talk by Dr Jillian Graham, author of "Inner Song: A Biography of Margaret Sutherland".

The overture to Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, opens the concert. Haunted Hills, a symphonic poem composed in 1950 by one of Australia's best-known composers, Margaret Sutherland AO OBE follows. Haunted Hills depicts the lush Dandenong Ranges juxtaposed with a reflection on the treatment of the traditional owners, the Bunurong and Woi Wurrung people, upon colonisation.

Dr Jillian Graham, author of Inner Song: a biography of Margaret Sutherland will give a pre-concert talk about Sutherland and Haunted Hills. Copies of Dr Graham's book will be available for purchase at interval.

Opal: Double Concerto for Horns and Orchestra was premiered in 2021 by the MSO's Nicolas Fleury and Rachel Shaw. We are delighted to present this work with the same soloists and to once again perform a work by May Lyon.

The concert concludes with Brahms' acclaimed First Symphony. In 1876, after 21 years and numerous drafts, Brahms proclaimed it was finally a worthy successor to Beethoven’s symphonies.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Nicolas Fleury – horn

Rachel Shaw – horn

Program

Beethoven – Fidelio Op. 72: Overture

Sutherland – Haunted Hills

Lyon – Opal: Double Concerto for Horns and Orchestra

Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

Tickets

Phone Bookings 8899 7445

Venue

James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew
Methodist Ladies' College, 207 Barkers Rd, Kew VIC 3101
Venue opens at 7.00pm



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Mahler Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

Sunday 10 September 2023, 2.30pm
Melbourne Town Hall

Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra - 90th Birthday Concert

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Anna-Louise Cole – soprano

Belinda Paterson – mezzo-soprano

Melbourne Bach Choir

Program

Mahler – Symphony No. 2 in C minor Resurrection

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Double Concertos

Saturday 25 November 2023, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

The lyricism of clarinet and viola culminate in the richness of Sibelius

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

David Griffiths – clarinet

Christopher Moore – viola

Program

Sdraulig – WORLD PREMIERE - Double Concertino for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra

Bruch – Double Concerto in E minor for Clarinet and Viola Op. 88

Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 43