Past Concerts - Zelman Symphony

Laussade plays Beethoven

Saturday 28 June 2025, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

Enjoy two gems of the Classical period

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Elyane Laussade – piano

Jessica Zuk – conductor

Program

Hensel, F – Overture in C H265

Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 5 in E♭ Op. 73 Emperor

Mozart – Symphony no. 41 in C K. 551 Jupiter

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Shostakovich 5

Saturday 22 March 2025, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

Zelman Symphony’s 2025 season opens with a program full of emotion and drama.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Kristian Chong – piano

Program

Smyth, E – The Wreckers: Overture

Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor Op. 37

Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5 in D minor Op. 47

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A Future Star

Saturday 7 December 2024, 7.30pm
Camberwell Grammar School - Performing Arts Centre

Zelman Symphony's final program in The Year of the Violin

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Natalia Carter – conductor

Nicholas Feng – violin

Program

Kouvaras – Eidyllion for Orchestra World Premiere

Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 MWV O 14

Bach, JS – Sonata no. 3 for Solo Violin BWV 1005: Largo Encore

Prokofiev – Symphony no. 5 in B♭ Op. 100

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Verdi's Requiem

Saturday 14 September 2024, 7.30pm
Melbourne Town Hall

Presented by Melbourne Bach Choir in collaboration with Zelman Symphony

Join us for this masterpiece, the most operatic of all requiems.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Melbourne Bach Choir

Program

Verdi – Messa da Requiem

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Two Masterpieces

Sunday 16 June 2024, 2.00pm
Daylesford Town Hall

Saturday 22 June 2024, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

Zelman Symphony's second program in The Year of the Violin

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Natalia Carter – conductor

Anna Dorothea Mutterer – violin

Program

Elgar – Elegy for String Orchestra Op. 58

Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D Op. 35

Bach, JS – Partita for Violin no. 2 BWV 1004: Sarabande Encore

Beethoven – Symphony no. 3 in E♭ Op. 55 Eroica

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Bruch Violin Concerto with Sophie Rowell

Saturday 23 March 2024, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

Zelman Symphony's first program in The Year of the Violin

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Sophie Rowell – violin

Program

Beethoven – Leonore Overture no. 3 in C Op. 72b

Bruch – Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor Op. 26

Schumann – Symphony no. 3 in E flat Op. 97 Rhenish

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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 – With These Wings for solo clarinet, solo viola and orchestra Première

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

Sibelius – Symphony no. 2 in D Op. 43

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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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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".

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Nicolas Fleury – horn

Rachel Shaw – horn

Program

Beethoven – Fidelio in E Op. 72: Overture

Sutherland – Haunted Hills

Lyon – Opal: Double Concerto for Horns and Orchestra

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

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Stradivarius in Vienna with Alexandre Da Costa

Saturday 25 March 2023, 7.30pm
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre

Sunday 26 March 2023, 2.00pm
Daylesford Town Hall

Canadian superstar violinist, Alexandre Da Costa and his 1701 Stradivarius join Zelman Symphony to celebrate the magic of Vienna

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Alexandre Da Costa – violin and stehgeiger

Program

Strauss, J Jnr – Die Fledermaus: Overture

Strauss, J Jnr – Emperor Waltz Op. 437 Kaiser-Waltz

Kreisler – Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

Korngold – Straussiana Waltz 1953

Stafylakis – Valse Kinetic

Kreisler – Schön Rosmarin, Liebesleid & Liebesfreud Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Strauss, J Jnr – The Beautiful Blue Danube Op. 314 An der schönen blauen Donau

Strauss, J Jnr – Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Op. 214

Strauss, J Snr – Radetzky March Op. 228

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Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

Saturday 3 December 2022, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

You will know every tune in Mozart's intimate and expressive Piano Concerto No 23, a Haydn Paris Symphony and Beethoven 5

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Elyane Laussade – piano

Program

Haydn – Symphony no. 84 in E♭ Hob.I/84

Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 23 in A K. 488

Beethoven – Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op. 67

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Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky - Guest Conductor: Roy Theaker

Saturday 3 September 2022, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

Enjoy the rarely-played but fantastic Beethoven Triple Concerto and two other great works

Artists

Roy Theaker – conductor

Trio Anima Mundi – piano trio

Kenji Fujimura – piano

Rochelle Ughetti – violin

Miranda Brockman – cello - guest

Program

Mozart – Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute): Overture

Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C for Violin, Cello and Piano Op 56

Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op. 74 Pathétique

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Saint-Saëns and Dvořák - Guest Conductor: Roy Theaker

Saturday 18 June 2022, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

Sunday 19 June 2022, 2.00pm
Daylesford Town Hall

Copresented with U3A Hepburn Shire in Daylesford

Enjoy a program of well-loved French and Czech music

Artists

Roy Theaker – conductor

Roy Theaker – violin

Kalina Krusteva – cello

Program

Saint-Saëns – Havanaise Op 83

Saint-Saëns – Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28

Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor Op 33

Dvořák – Symphony no. 7 in D minor Op. 70

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Mozart, Shostakovich and Sibelius

Saturday 26 March 2022, 7.30pm
James Tatoulis Auditorium - MLC - Kew

2 Piano concerti in one concert including the one played in Amadeus, the film about Mozart's life, plus a stirring Symphony.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Kristian Chong – piano

Program

Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor K. 466

Shostakovich – Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major Op. 102

Sibelius – Symphony no. 5 in E♭ Op. 82

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Romantic Passions - Beethoven and Brahms

Saturday 3 July 2021, 7.30pm
Hawthorn Arts Centre

Sunday 4 July 2021, 2.00pm
Daylesford Town Hall

They replace Roy Theaker and Kalina Krusteva who deeply regret not being able to play in the rescheduled concert.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Markiyan Melnychenko – violin

Noella Yan – cello

Susan Pierotti – concertmaster

Program

Beethoven – Egmont: Overture

Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor Op. 102 Double

Beethoven – Symphony no. 8 in F Op. 93

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No Friend but the Mountains: A Symphonic Song Cycle

Sunday 21 March 2021, 5.00pm
Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Presented by Zelman Symphony, Arts Centre Melbourne and The Wheeler Centre

World Premiere

Artists

Rick Prakhoff – conductor

Adrian Tamburini – bass-baritone

Melbourne Bach Choir

Wilma Smith – guest concertmaster

Susan Pierotti – concertmaster

Creative Team

Luke Styles – composer

Behrouz Boochani – librettist

Omid Tofighian – translator and collaborator

Program

Boochani – Video Interview with Rafael Epstein

Styles, L – No Friend But the Mountains: A Symphonic Song Cycle Première

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