Finnegan Donnie Dear will conduct the orchestra and Canadian violin virtuoso James Ehnes will play Brahms’ Violin Concerto, appraised as one of the most incredible concertos ever written. We will meet before the concert for complimentary tea/coffee in the foyer. After the concert some members may like to stay for lunch at the Canteen cafe […]
Welcome to 2025 Season Opening Gala of Classical Music played by Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Opera House Concert Hall. The first concert is Mahler’s Third Symphony conducted by Simone Young, one of the world’s greatest conductors, with SSO and two choirs - Sydney Philharmonia Choir and Sydney Children’s Choir. Concert date is 20 February, Thursday […]
Welcome to Living Sound - 2024 Season of Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing in Opera House Concert Hall. The last concert in 2024 on 28 November at 1.30pm will be conducted by Vasily Petrenko, musical director of the Royal Philharmonic. We will hear The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky then Camille Saint-Sean’s First Cello Concerto […]
Welcome to Living Sound - 2024 Season of Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing in Opera House Concert Hall. The next concert on 8 November at 11am will be conducted by Chief Conductor Simone Young. We will hear Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony then Joshua Batty, SSO Principal Flute, will perform Flute Concerto in G composed by Bach’s son, […]
Welcome to Living Sound - 2024 Season of Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing in Opera House Concert Hall. The next concert on 18 October is called George Gershwin’s ‘An American in Paris’ and will by presented by Umberto Clerici, young Italian cellist and conductor. We will hear compositions by Stravinsky, Ravel and of course Gershwin. DATE […]
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Burn the Floor with the art of Ballroom and Latin dance, fuelled by the Great Aussie Rock Classics, including INXS, John Farnham , Cold Chisel, Sia, AC/DC , Keith Urban and headlined by the incredible vocals of Human Nature’s Phil Burton. The dancers of Burn the Floor push the extremes […]
Welcome to Living Sound - 2024 Season of Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing in Opera House Concert Hall. Australian Chief Conductor Simone Young will present Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony, which has been described as a ‘cathedral of music’. Also we will hear violin sensation Augustin Hadelich playing Mendelssohn’s exquisite Violin Concerto on his 1774 Guarneri ‘del […]
A further event has been added to the Classical Music Group events DATE: Saturday 27 July, Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simone Young will give us a real treat - Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. TIME: 2pm - 4pm VENUE: Opera House Concert Hall The opening to the Symphony holds the most famous four music notes in […]
Welcome to Living Sound — 2024 season of Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing in Opera House Concert Hall. On 6 June at 1.30, Sydney Symphony Orchestra will perform together with Australian String Quartet music by Ravel, Brahms, Schoenberg and John Adams, under young German conductor Anja Bilhmaier. This is a unique artistic cooperation. We will meet […]
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will play ‘A Musical Tempest’ by Sibelius, Purcell and Tchaikovsky with unique performance of legendary Australian actor John Bell reading excepts from Shakespeare play The Tempest. Great words meet great music ! We will meet in the Opera House foyer for free tea/coffee from 10am, then after the concert some members […]