Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Warren Wills

MSO creates something profoundly magical with Harry Potter

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert 10 June 2026, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, VIC Conductor: Gerard Salonga Gold Dust, Parseltongue and the Power of a Live Orchestra Hundreds of critics have written about John Williams’ score for Harry Potter. Fewer, perhaps, have viewed it through the eyes of a seven-year-old encountering a

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Warren Wills

Great Passions, Great Opposites – Bravo MSO and ANAM

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Great Passions 21 May, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC MSO + ANAM  Conductor – Jaime Martín The Occasion  A balmy Thursday night in Melbourne set against ongoing seismic global upheaval and commotion. Tonight, here at Hamer Hall, the opposites were united.  The youth with the pros, the precocious Viennese gifted upstart alongside the pained ever-fresh Russian

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Alan Holley

CD Review: David Joseph – Australian Classical Music to cherish

David Joseph | Dreams  works for small orchestra MOVE RECORDS 3479 1 The Dream (1986) 14’36” 2 The Haunting (1993) 16’18” 3 The Memory (1994) 14’00” 4 By the Fountain (1994) 4’21” 5 At the Window (1994) 2’45”   When I listen to a new CD I avoid reading any program notes until at least the 3rd hearing so as

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Warren Wills

Fun and frolics in MSO’s Jurassic Park adventure

MSO | Jurassic Park in Concert 23rd April 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion The weekend of 25th April 2026 was devoted to honouring and remembering history — the service and sacrifice of those ANZACs who gave everything so that we might enjoy a quality of life and freedom that, in troubled times, remain the envy of the world.

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Warren Wills

Joe Chindamo’s premier new requiem – a transcendent epic

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Stravinsky & Chindamo March 19, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne VIC A Thrilling Requiem — ACT I  After a delightful entrée seduction of Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte came a revelation. Reviewing and thrilling over Joe Chindamo’s premier new composition, entitled, Are There Any Questions? A requiem for the vanishing self. The broad-shouldered Joe Chindamo, who honed

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Warren Wills

María Dueñas and MSO take us on a rapturous, spellbinding journey

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Also Sprach Zarathustra March 14, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Conductor: Jaime Martín Soloist: María Dueñas (violin) The Occasion Saturday at Hamer Hall in Melbourne preceded the glittering media event of the year, the Oscars from L.A., where excellence is acknowledged, indulged and rewarded. The revelry didn’t stop there, as St Patrick’s Day a day later invited

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David Hood

MSO opening gala with Jean Yves Tibaudet – audience knew musical stars when they heard them

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Opening Gala March 5,  2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The “wonderful” MSO took us on an enthralling aural voyage to Hollywood (via Northern Russia); Tin Pan Alley (New York) and Outer Space (John Williams), where our audience DID get to scream – “Bravos”! Starting with John William’s 11-minute Star Wars Suite, the Main Title certainly “smacked

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Brad Slater

MSO’s Jaime Martin as conductor and soloist a rare treat

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Strauss and Mozart February 28, 2026. Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Featuring Jaime Martin (flute and conductor) & Natalie Chee (violin)   The intimate surrounds of the Melbourne Recital Centre proved ideally suited to a program of Bach, Mozart, and chamber orchestra sized Strauss. Opening with Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 allowed the audience to acclimatise to the sonority

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David Hood

MSO presents a moving and brilliant Messiah

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Handel’s Messiah December 13, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC CAN YOU IMAGINE – I cannot – Handel’s great contemporary, JS Bach (both born 1685), recycling some of his own music, from Cantatas on, ahem, erotic themes, for his masterpiece “Messiah”!? Handel wrote the work in 3 weeks, so, presumably, that self-theft was necessary. There’s no “standard”

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Peter Hagen

MSO’s Mozart under Nicholas Carter – a fine performance

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Mozart’s Great Mass 20 September 2025, Melbourne, VIC Richard Strauss: Träumerei am Kamin No 2 from Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo Johannes Brahms: Schiksalsied (Song of Destiny) Op. 54 Mozart: Mass in C major Conductor – Nicholas Carter Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Siobhan Stagg – soprano Samantha Clarke – soprano Matteo Desole – tenor David

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Daniel Brace

Shiyeon Sung with MSO shows great synergy and virtuosity

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto 7 August, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC A spiritual journey, the inner conflict of a romantic and a bucolic romp. Now that’s what I call an evening’s entertainment, which is exactly what was delivered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Shiyeon Sung and guest virtuoso violinist Simone Lamsma.  Speaking in the pre-concert

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Daniel Brace

Exciting new works premiere at First Voices Showcase

MSO | First Voices Showcase June 4, 2025, Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank, VIC What a privilege to journey with a musician, artist, or, as in this case, composer, as they explore, and expand their craft and technical abilities.  The MSO’s First Voices Showcase is one such program, where emerging artists are supported to compose for orchestral forces, helping to expand their

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Daniel Brace

MSO never misses a beat in magical Mahler Symphony 2

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Mahler’s Symphony 2, ‘Resurrection’ Conductor Jaime Martin February 28, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne VIC Mahler occupies a special place in the panoply of gifted composers. Up there with Wagner, his students and devotees tend to have a zeal and passion for his works, that can be quite overwhelming. To be honest, I’ve shied away from Mahler

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Peter Hagen

MSO chamber players present a curious and different world of music

MSO Chamber| Music for Harp and Strings 22 September, 2024, Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank, VIC ARTISTS Yinuo Mu – curator/harp Anne-Marie Johnson – violin Kirstin Kenny – violin Christopher Moore – viola Rachael Tobin – cello Stephen Newton – narrator PROGRAM BAX Quintet for Harp & Strings DEBUSSY Les cloches for harp and cello DEBUSSY En Bateau for harp and cello

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Daniel Brace

MSO’s Fauré Requiem – kind, gentle, with outstanding soloists

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Fauré’s Requiem August 29, 2024, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus presented a program of miniature masterpieces, perfect pieces that left us completely satisfied.  The first half of the program was without chorus and featured the dark and evocative Mythic by Elena Kats-Chernin. I’m such a fan of Kats-Chernin and there doesn’t

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Daniel Brace

MSO celebrates Indigenous Australian composers and musicians

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | First Voices Showcase 22 May, 2024, Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank, VIC Two years ago Aaron Wyatt picked up his conductor’s baton and made history as the first Indigenous Australian to have conducted one of the state symphony orchestras in concert.  Fast forward to 2024, and Wyatt remains a creative force and an impressive front man for Indigenous

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Daniel Brace

MSO presents a charming and emotional evening at Melbourne Town Hall

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Jaime conducts Enigma Variations 3 May, 2024, Melbourne Town Hall, Vic In Victorian times the Melbourne Town Hall must have buzzed as the centre of social and musical society, although it wasn’t until 1929 that the Grand Organ was installed. It’s always a thrill to see the many pipes, so much promised sound, in rank after

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Lily Begg

A rhapsodic evening with Andrea Lam and the MSO

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody  November 30, 2023, Hamer Hall, Melbourne While Bacewicz is still an unfamiliar name to many, recent years have seen this forgotten Polish composer experience a well-deserved resurgence. Conducted by Jaime Martín, the MSO performed her Overture on Thursday night. Not only was it an energising concert opener, but a pertinent introduction to a program

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