Event
Sibelius, Shostakovich & Ian Munro
- Date: Thursday, 17 November 2016, 8pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Premium: $133 | Adult: $112-$71 | Concession: $90-$57 (booking fees apply) — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Master composers and a world premiere by Ian Munro.
MSO Concertmaster Dale Barltrop directs members of the orchestra in two Sibelius works: the intimate Rakastava (The Lover), and the sweeping Impromptu. Sibelius was famed for his trenchant opinions. For example, this put-down: ‘Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue had never been erected in honour of a critic.’ He was refreshingly honest when it came to his own compositions, saying, ‘Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water.’
Shostakovich’s anguished Chamber Symphony, Op.73a, is an arrangement for string orchestra of his String Quartet No.8 by the conductor Rudolf Barshai. The work utilises the composer’s famous ‘DSCH’ motif. Music lesson — this motif is derived from the German transliteration of his name, D. SCHostakowitsch. In German notation, E-flat is called ‘es’ and B-natural is H. Thus, DSCH is D, E-flat, C, B. So now you know.
Also included in this program is the world premiere of a flute concerto by eminent Australian composer, soloist and pedagogue, Ian Munro.
Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
PROGRAM
Jean Sibelius
Rakastava, Op.14
Ian Munro
Flute Concerto (world premiere)
INTERVAL
Jean Sibelius
Impromptu
Dmitri Shostakovich arr. Barshai
Chamber Symphony, Op.73a
Featured non-Australian music: Sibelius, Shostakovich
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Featured Australian Works
Flute concerto : flute with orchestra by Ian Munro — World premiere — performed by Dale Barltrop, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Prudence Davis |
Featured artists
- Performer Prudence Davis
- Performer Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Director Dale Barltrop
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