PAST CONCERTS

REVIEWS

The New World
Friday 26 February 2016 8pm Costa Hall

Nicolai Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor Op.18
Dvořák Symphony No.9 in E Minor Op.95 ‘From the New World’

Conductor Joannes Roose
Piano Kristian Chong

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Northern Lights
Friday 31 March 2017 8pm Costa Hall

Mussorgsky A Night on Bare Mountain
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor Op.104
Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major Op.43

Conductor Brett Kelly
Cello Michael Dahlenburg

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Last Night of The Proms
Friday October 27 2017 8pm
Saturday October 28 2017 2pm Costa Hall

Music by Borodin, Elgar, Bizet, Handel, Williams, etc
Choruses – Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, etc

Conductor Kevin Cameron

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Spanish Fire
Saturday 23 June 2018 7:30pm Costa Hall

Arriaga Symphony in D Major
de Falla Suite from the Three Cornered Hat
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Granados Intermezzo from Goyescas
Chabrier España

Conductor Warwick Stengards
Guitar Matt Withers

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Two Romantics
Saturday 2 March 2019 7:30pm Costa Hall

Brahms Academic Festival Overture Op.80
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Brahms Symphony No.1 in C minor Op.68

Conductor Richard Davis
Soloist Rio Xiang (Winner of the AYCMC)

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New York to Norway
Saturday 26 October 2019 7:30pm Costa Hall
Sunday 27 October 2019 5pm Melbourne Recital Centre

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris
Sibelius Finlandia Op.26
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16

Conductor Richard Davis
Piano Hoang Pham

From Russia with Love
Friday 28 October 2016 8pm Costa Hall

Tchaikovsky Polonaise Act III Eugene Onegin Op.24
Violin Concerto in D Major Op.35
Symphony No.5 in E Minor Op.64

Conductor Joannes Roose
Violin Rebecca Chan

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A Night in Vienna
Friday 25 August 2017 8pm Costa Hall

Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622
Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A Major Op.92

Conductor Fabian Russell
Clarinet Frank Celata

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Rhapsody
Saturday 24 February 2018 8pm Costa Hall

Khatchaturian Adagio from Spartacus
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74

Conductor Brett Kelly
Piano Hoang Pham

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The Mighty 9th
Saturday 27 October 2018 7:30pm Costa Hall

Mozart Piano Concerto No.15 in Bb K.450
Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125

Conductor Fabian Russell
Piano Stefan Cassomenos
Soprano Lee Abrahmsen
Alto Belinda Paterson
Tenor Brenton Spiteri
Bass Manfred Pohlenz
The GSO Chorus

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The Four Seasons
Saturday 3 August 2019 3:00pm Costa Hall

Vivaldi Spring and Summer
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major BWV 1048
Vivaldi Concerto in B Minor for Four Violins
Vivaldi Autumn and Winter

Soloists Rebecca Chan
Olivier Bonnici, Jamie Parker, Amy You

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Celebrating Beethoven
Saturday 22 August 2020 7.30pm Costa Hall

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Op.61
Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67

Violin Emily Sun
Conductor Richard Davis

M O Z A R T
Saturday 27 March 2021 5pm Costa Hall

Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492
Flute Concerto in D Major K.314
Symphony No.41 in C Major K.551 “Jupiter”

Conductor Richard Davis
Flute Derek Jones

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Vienna – City of Dreams
Saturday 5 March 2022 3pm Costa Hall

Music by Strauss, Lehár, Brahms, Saint-Saëns & Puccini

Conductor Mario Dobernig
Soprano Lee Abrahmsen
Tenor James Egglestone
Violin Emily Su

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Pastorale
Saturday 7 May 2022  3pm Costa Hall

Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F major Op. 68

Conductor Richard Davis
Soloist Erica Kennedy

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Bohemia and Beyond
Saturday 12 October 2022  5pm Costa Hall

Smetana Vltava (Die Moldau)
Schumann Piano concerto in A minor Op. 54
Dvořák Symphony No.9 in E Minor Op.95 ‘From the New World’

Conductor Richard Davis
Soloist Stefan Cassomenos