Event
Sydney Symphony: 3 Russias + Sculthorpe
- Date: Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 6.30pm
- Venue: Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall — Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 8215 4660
Event Details
Three Russians make for a richly coloured and exhilarating concert. Liadov's jewel-like miniature has all the ingredients of the best Russian fairytales: it's haunting, mysterious and malevolent, and it's bewitching to the ear!
The irresistible melodies of Rachmaninoff's best-loved piano concerto sound as if they could be pop songs - and in fact several of them are.
The program ends with the whirling passion of Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasia after Dante - a story of illicit love, murder and the tempests of hell.
And for his Sydney Symphony debut, Thomas Sanderling has chosen music by Peter Sculthorpe: the extrovert sounds, flowing melodies and entrancing rhythms of Sun Song.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 8215 4660
Featured Australian Works
Sun song : piano with orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe — performed by Alexander Gavrylyuk, Thomas Sanderling and Sydney Symphony |
Featured artists
- Performer Sydney Symphony
- Conductor Thomas Sanderling
- Performer Alexander Gavrylyuk
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