The internationally-acclaimed Sydney Symphony, resident at the iconic Sydney Opera House, performs more than 180 concerts a year with some of the world's most illustrious conductors and soloists. One of Australia's leading cultural ambassadors, the Sydney Symphony is proud of its heritage and cultural diversity, reflecting the vibrancy and uniqueness of this wonderful city.
Sydney
Symphony have offered Defence Personnel and Staff a 20% discount
on the following performances:
Symphony
at the Movies: Crime Time
11, 12 & 13th September 8pm.
Australia's favourite ex-pat, Clive
James, and the full force of the Sydney
Symphony investigate some of the most spine-tingling
moments in the history of cinema music. From Bond to Basic Instinct,
the music guarantees goosebumps while the narration of Clive
James adds depth to the scores - and no doubt humour as well!
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Tribute to Duke Ellington
23, 25 October 2008 (8pm)
The James Morrison Quartet
James Morrison trumpet
Joe Chindamo piano
Phil Stack bass
John Morrison drums
Duke Ellington is musical royalty. Staking a claim not just as one of the great jazz musicians but also one of the great American composers, Ellington redrew the boundaries between art and popular music. Many of his tunes are so familiar you may not even realise he penned them: ‘Satin Doll’, ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing’ and ‘Prelude to a Kiss’
Australia’s leading jazzmen James Morrison and Joe Chindamo join the Sydney Symphony in a celebration of the music of the one and only Duke, with new arrangements of evergreen favourites and a selection of Ellington’s orchestral music.
Elgar’s Cello Concerto
31 October Nov 2008 (8pm)
3 Nov 2008 (7pm)
Vladimir Ashkenazy's keenly anticipated Elgar Festival opens with what is generally thought of as the greatest cello concerto in the repertoire. Melodic, poignant and melancholic, the Cello Concerto Is considered a powerful lament for a lost world. Record Review have said of cellist Jian Wang ‘ … musically he is an outstandingly gifted player ’.
Elgar’s noble First Symphony caused a sensation at its first performance and received more than one hundred repeat performances during its first year, and has maintained a beloved place in the orchestral repertory ever since.
ELGAR
Cello Concerto
Symphony No.1
Elgar’s Enigmas
12 November 2008 (8pm)
13 November 2008 (1:30pm)
Land of Hope and Glory - the most famous Elgar theme needs little introduction as Britain’s ‘second’ National Anthem, featured in everything from football matches to the closing of the annual Last Night of the Proms. As part of the first of 5 marches that constitute the Pomp and Circumstances marches, this is Elgar at his most rousing.
The Enigma Variations is the work that finally secured Elgar's reputation as a composer of national, even international, standing and features the achingly beautiful ‘ Nimrod’.
The Elgar Violin Concerto has been described as 'the greatest English contribution to the treasury of Romantic violin concertos'. Performed by James Ehnes, the London Times said of this exciting young violinist "...blessed with as stunning a technique and as intriguing a musical personality as any violinist on the circuit… seems set to become one of classical music's biggest names."
ELGAR
Violin Concerto
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance – Marches
