Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Works commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Icy disintegration by Annie Hsieh
Missa Solis - Requiem for Eli by Nigel Westlake
Between blue rocks by Michael Whiticker
Te Matua Ngahere by James Wade
Light without heat by Lorenzo Alvaro
I dance myself to sleep by Joseph Twist
Symphony No. 2 by Stuart Greenbaum
Works commissioned and written for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
90 minutes circling the earth : hymn to freedom by Stuart Greenbaum
Three portraits of Scheherazade by Natalie Williams
Nextwave fanfare by Mary Finsterer
Symphony no. 3 by Ross Edwards
Beggars and angels by Brett Dean
Between silence and moonlight by Nigel Westlake
The end of all journeys by Andrew Batterham
Falling man, dancing man by Andrew Schultz
The glass soldier by Nigel Westlake
CDs, Books and Kits featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
View all CDs, Books and Kits featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
CD: Popular classics / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
CD: Peter Sculthorpe / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
CD: Oleg Caetani / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
CD: Australian composers / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
CD: The first sixty years / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
CD: John Hopkins conducts Percy Grainger / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Events featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
VIC: Simone Young conducts Mahler & Dean
VIC: Simone Young conducts Mahler & Dean
VIC: Simone Young conducts Mahler & Dean
World premieres given by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Nextwave fanfare : per orchestra by Mary Finsterer—
Between blue rocks : chamber orchestra by Michael Whiticker—
Piccolo Concerto (piccolo with orchestra) by Paul Stanhope— 6 Jun 13 (Hamer Hall, VIC)
Happiness Box : orchestra by Bryony Marks— 8 May 13 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Gardener of Time : full orchestra by Barry Conyngham— 18 Nov 11 (Melbourne Town Hall, VIC)
Sinfonia chaconnissima by Julian Yu— 29 Sep 11 (Melbourne Town Hall, VIC)
Organ concerto de caelo sonus (organ with full orchestra) by Richard Mills— 26 Aug 11 (Melbourne Town Hall, VIC)
the air a bright shatter of wings : for small orchestra by Luke Paulding— 4 May 11 (CUB Malthouse, MSO Metropolis Series)
Symphony No. 2 : double planet by Stuart Greenbaum— 29 Mar 11 (Loreto Mandeville Hall, VIC)
Missa Solis - Requiem for Eli : for symphony orchestra, SATB chorus & male treble solo by Nigel Westlake— 19 Feb 11 (Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne)
I dance myself to sleep : full orchestra by Joseph Twist— 29 Jan 11 (Iwaki Auditorium ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne)
Icy disintegration : for orchestra by Annie Hsieh— 5 May 10 (CUB Malthouse, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Metropolis Series (Blood on the Floor))
Particle Transform by Alex Pozniak— 2 Feb 10 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Still by Charlie Sdraulig— 2 Feb 10 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Lunatic Fringe by Amy Bastow— 2 Feb 10 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Tyranny of distance (full orchestra with choir) by Brenton Broadstock— 17 Oct 09 (Hamer Hall, VIC)
Re-collecting ASTORoids : full orchestra by Elena Kats-Chernin— 1 Oct 09 (Hamer Hall, VIC)
Made in Heaven (trumpet with full orchestra) by Brenton Broadstock— 4 Sep 09 (Costa Hall, VIC)
Moda by Elias Constantopedos— 2 May 09 (The CUB Malthouse, VIC)
Curse of Greyface by Benjamin McDonald— 4 Feb 09 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Light without heat : for chamber orchestra by Lorenzo Alvaro— 4 Feb 09 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
In a Succession of Madness by Mark Wolf— 4 Feb 09 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Moda by Elias Constantopedos— 4 Feb 09 (Iwaki Auditorium, VIC)
Clarinet concerto (clarinet with full orchestra) by Ross Edwards— 30 Nov 07 (Melbourne Town Hall)
Musaic : large chamber ensemble by Anne Cawrse— 5 May 07 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Metropolis Series. CUB Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne.)
Clouds and trumpets : for orchestra by Gordon Kerry— 11 Dec 06 (Hamer Hall, Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne)
Machinations : for orchestra by Paul Stanhope— 24 Nov 06 (Melbourne Town Hall)
Te Matua Ngahere : for chamber orchestra by James Wade— 15 May 06 (Malthouse, Melbourne)
The little mermaid (sa choir with full orchestra) by Richard Mills— 26 Aug 05 (Melbourne Town Hall)
Three portraits of Scheherazade : reflections on texts by Kate Middleton by Natalie Williams— 23 May 05 (CUB Malthouse, Melbourne)
The heart of night : for shakuhachi and orchestra by Ross Edwards— 7 Apr 05 (Hamer Hall, Melbourne)
Jet-stream : fanfare for orchestra by Paul Stanhope— 5 Feb 05 (Myer Bowl, Melbourne)
Moments of bliss : for large orchestra by Brett Dean— 2 Dec 04 (Hamer Hall, Melbourne)
Canticle : for trumpet and orchestra by Mark Isaacs— 22 Aug 03
The end of all journeys : full orchestra by Andrew Batterham— 22 Jun 02
Willow and wattle : full orchestra by Julian Yu— 15 Jun 02
Shadow music : for small orchestra by Brett Dean— 13 Jun 02 (Metropolis Festival, Melbourne (CUB Malthouse))
Symphony no. 3 : Mater magna by Ross Edwards— 25 May 01 (Melbourne Town Hall)
Advance Australia fair : for orchestra with or without unison voices by Peter Sculthorpe and Peter Dodds McCormick— 9 May 01 (Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, where, on 9 May, 1901, the first Parliament was opened.)
Between silence and moonlight : for symphony orchestra by Nigel Westlake— 25 Mar 00 (CUB Malthouse, Melbourne)
Beggars and angels : music for orchestra by Brett Dean— 4 Nov 99 (Melbourne, Australia.)
In tempore stellae : for solo voices, choir and orchestra by Andrew Schultz— 6 Dec 98 (Melbourne Concert Hall)
Moments of falling : string orchestra by Stuart Greenbaum— 20 Feb 97 (Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne)
Descent : Metropolis, the workers' view, for film projection and orchestra by Carl Vine— 28 Nov 96 (Melbourne Town hall)
Close to the edge : 8 pieces for orchestra by Roger Smalley— 24 Aug 95
Aaron Copland 'In memoriam' : for orchestral brass and percussion by Stuart Greenbaum— 20 Mar 93 (Melbourne Concert Hall)
Tartengk : full orchestra by Michael Whiticker— 1993 (Melbourne Concert Hall)
Wild is the wind : full orchestra by Michael Whiticker— 1993 (CUB Malthouse)
Winter steps : for large orchestra by Douglas Knehans— 1981 (Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne)
Imperium : full orchestra by Helen Gifford— 7 Nov 70 (ABC Waverley Orchestral Studio, Melbourne)
Symphonic overture : full orchestra by Miriam Hyde— 20 Nov 42 (Australian Composers' Concert, Melbourne Town Hall)