David Elton

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Alan Holley

Donald Runnicles conducts SSO in Mahler 6 – Stunning all round

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler 6 9 April, 2026, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW With musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) Symphony No.6 in A minor (1903–04) Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig Scherzo: Wuchtig iii. Andante moderato Finale. Allegro moderato – Allegro energico    Mahler created some

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Alan Holley

SSO’s Britten and Vaughan Williams – beautifully crafted and shaped

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Britten & Vaughan Williams March 7, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW Simone Lamsma violin  PETER SCULTHORPE (1929–2014)   Sun Music III (1967) BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976)   Violin Concerto, Op.15 (1938–39) RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872–1958)   Symphony in E minor (No.6) (1944–47)   When it was first heard and recorded in the mid to

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Alan Holley

Starburst a hugely successful night for Omega Ensemble

Omega Ensemble | Starburst 12th February, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW David Elton solo trumpet Vatche Jambazian solo piano David Rowden solo clarinet Jessie Montgomery – Starburst Gerald Finzi – Clarinet Concerto Dmitri Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Lachlan Skipworth – A Turning Sky World Premiere Australia’s leading classical trumpeter David Elton was the

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Alan Holley

SSO, Young and Lam produce piano pyrotechnics

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Richard Strauss 3 September, 2025, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW EMIRATES MASTERS SERIES Simone Young   conductor Andrea Lam   piano RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) – Metamorphosen – Study for 23 solo strings (1945) Burleske  (1885–86) Also sprach Zarathustra  Op.30  (1896) Introduction: Sunrise Of the backworldsmen iii. Of the great longing Of joys

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Alan Holley

Simone Young opens SSO 2025 season with Pure Magic!

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young Conducts Mahler Symphony No 3 19 February, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) – Symphony No.3 in D minor (1896) SIMONE YOUNG conductor NOA BEINART contralto SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS – ELIZABETH SCOTT chorus master SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR – LYN WILLIAMS chorus master Works like Mahler’s Symphony No.3 go beyond the mere idea

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Alexander Melnikov with SSO – brilliantly executed by a superb orchestra and soloist

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Alexander Melnikov performs Shostakovich June 23, 2024, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture Piano Concerto No.1 R STRAUSS Don Juan Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ARTISTS GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI conductor ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano DAVID ELTON trumpet The programme for this concert was interesting in that it featured two composers who suffered struggles with political authority. Shostakovich’s problems with Stalin are

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Alan Holley

Young’s Gurrelieder truly awe inspiring

GURRELIEDER – ARNOLD SCHOENBERG SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SIMONE YOUNG – conductor Friday 15 March, 2024, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Simon O’Neill – Waldemar Ricarda Merbeth – Tove Deborah Humble – Waldtaube Sava Vemić – Peasant Andrew Goodwin – Klaus-Narr Warwick Fyfe – Speaker Members of the Australian National Academy of Music Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and members from the Melbourne

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Alan Holley

SSO and the magnificent Arabella Steinbacher premiere a monumental violin concerto

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Umberto Clerici – conductor Arabella Steinbacher – violin Friday 28 Apr 2023, Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall Georges Lentz – “…to beam in distant heavens…”  Violin Concerto   World Premiere Richard Strauss – Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Op.30 A disclaimer from me to start with is that I never read program notes before listening to a new work as

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WAM! A superbly composed concert by ANAM

Melbourne Recital Centre and ANAM| Mostly Mozart – WAM!! November 3, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Melbourne Recital Centre and the Australian National Academy of Music (live streamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall) produced an interesting vignette of music focusing on brass instruments from Mozart and earlier under the “Mostly Mozart” banner. WAM!, an acronym of Mozart’s initials, is a

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Pepe Newton

2023 with Australia Ensemble UNSW, bursting with luminosity

Australia Ensemble UNSW 2023 Season Launched Australia Ensemble UNSW is thrilled to launch its 44th annual subscription season, bursting with “luminosity through a typically rich and varied program sure to ignite an inner glow” as described by the Artistic Chair, Paul Stanhope. In 2023, Australia Ensemble UNSW offers breathtaking masterworks such as the Brahms String Sextet in B flat, the

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