Event
University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Date: Sunday, 18 August 2019, 5pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: This is a free event, however registration is required online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Brahms quotes themes and motifs from Beethoven’s 5th and 9th symphonies and, after the first performance, his new work was popularly dubbed Beethoven’s 10th. Whereas the symphonies of Brahms are ‘absolute’ music (whereby there is no specific story or musical picture), the first half of this concert offers two very different tone poems, each with a very detailed story.
The concert opens with Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel: in this piece, the music follows the mischievous (16th century) German folklore character as he plays his notorious pranks – upsetting stalls in the marketplace and poking fun at the clergy and the academics of his town. Eventually he is sentenced to death for blasphemy and we hear him at first joke and then plead for his life.
From this jovial start, we move to tragedy and a very sombre piece indeed: Dr Miriama Young has written the orchestra a beautiful and haunting musical tribute in honour of the 51 lives that were lost, during morning prayer at two mosques, in Christchurch earlier this year. It is entitled Long Moon, Liquid Sky.
Featured non-Australian music: Strauss, Brahms
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by email to boxoffice@melbournerecital.com.au
Featured Australian Works
| Long Moon, Liquid Sky : full orchestra (2019) by Miriama Young — World premiere — performed by University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
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