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Sir Andrew Davis conducts Grainger

Event

Sir Andrew Davis conducts Grainger

  • Date: Friday, 31 August 2012, 8.00 pm
  • Venue: Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne — 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC
  • Series: This event is part of the MSO 2012 series
  • Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online

Event Details

Sir Andrew Davis leads a celebration of the music of Australia’s – and Melbourne’s – greatest composer, the fascinating and brilliant Percy Grainger. An orchestrator of dazzling virtuosity, Grainger invested the music of British and American folk traditions with original realisations, and his music exults in an Australian ideal of democratic openness. As a pianist, Grainger’s performances of the concerto by his mentor and friend Edvard Grieg were famed for their sympathy and insight, and this concert celebrates Grainger’s triumph with a performance by superb Australian pianist Piers Lane.

Grainger Marching Song of Democracy
Grieg Piano Concerto
Grainger Brigg Fair
Delius Brigg Fair
Grainger Danny Deever
Grainger The Bride’s TragedyAUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Grainger Tribute to Foster

Featured non-Australian music: Delius, Grieg

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured Australian Works

Danny Deever by Percy Grainger
— performed by Andrew Davis and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Marching song of democracy : marching band (1948) by Percy Grainger
— performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Davis
The Bride's Tragedy by Percy Grainger
— performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Davis
Tribute to Foster : choir by Percy Grainger
— performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

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