Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

About the performance

Beyond the realm of the modern world lies the mysterious Firebird. Trapped in the Hall of the Mountain King, only one man and his paper umbrella can save this magical bird and its golden glowing feathers.

Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite are some of the most dramatic, imaginative and immersive classical works of their time. Presenter Richard Vaudrey’s brand new script translates the compositional complexities into an informative, entertaining and spellbinding performance from the MSO.

“I want even the youngest of children to understand Stravinsky’s starting point: his imagination. At the heart of every great composer’s complex actions is a rich sense of imagination – a simple idea – that is then translated into the sounds created by all the incredible instruments of the orchestra.” – Richard Vaudrey

Featuring

Benjamin Northey conductor

Program

Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No.1 (Morning; In the Hall of the Mountain King) | Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919) | Kats-Chernin Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

Important information

Ticket price: $17 per ticket, one free teacher per 10 students
Duration: 50min
Strand: EXPLORE

Added benefits

Included in your ticket price is a suite of pre-concert, curriculum-linked digital resources, plus a pre-event teacher information session hosted by MSO staff and artists designed to help you make the most of the concert content and pre-concert resources package (details will follow your booking).

Featured non-Australian music: Grieg, Stravinsky

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9929 9600

Featured Australian Works

Featured artists

• Performer Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor Benjamin Northey