Cultural Connections Through Music

In this program, we explore the rich connections music makes possible – the transfer of new ideas and stories it encourages between cultures.

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The Environment & Me

How does music tell stories of our planet? Long influenced by the natural world, music inspires us to see and feel the hidden beauty around us – the leaves rustling in the breeze, the birds singing, the moon rising.

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MTM 1: Simone Young conducts Mahler's First Symphony
DEBUSSY arr. DEAN Ariettes oubliées: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 2: Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
RAVEL Concerto for the Left Hand: DOWNLOAD KIT
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 3: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: DOWNLOAD KIT
IVES Central Park in the Dark: DOWNLOAD KIT
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 4: JS Bach's Magnificat in D
JS BACH Magnificat in D: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 5: Arabella Steinbacher performs Lentz
GEORGES LENTZ “…to beam in distant heavens…” – Violin Concerto: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 6: Stephen Hough performs Rachmaninov 2
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 7: Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor
Don Giovanni: Overture: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 9: Simone Young conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4: DOWNLOAD KIT
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6, Pastoral: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 11: DIANA DOHERTY PERFORMS ROSS EDWARDS
R EDWARDS Bird Spirit Dreaming: DOWNLOAD KIT

MTM 12: Dvořák’s Symphony No.7
R STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.2: DOWNLOAD KIT
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.7: DOWNLOAD KIT

Baroque Period
JS BACH Magnificat in D: DOWNLOAD KIT

Classical Period
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4: DOWNLOAD KIT
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6, Pastoral: DOWNLOAD KIT
MOZART Don Giovanni: Overture: DOWNLOAD KIT

19th Century Music
DEBUSSY arr. DEAN Ariettes oubliées: DOWNLOAD KIT
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.7: DOWNLOAD KIT
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade: DOWNLOAD KIT

20th Century Music: Music 1900–1945
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: DOWNLOAD KIT
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue: DOWNLOAD KIT
IVES Central Park in the Dark: DOWNLOAD KIT
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand: DOWNLOAD KIT
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2: DOWNLOAD KIT
STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.2: DOWNLOAD KIT

Australian Music: Music of the past 25 years
LENTZ Violin Concerto World Premiere: DOWNLOAD KIT
R EDWARDS Bird Spirit Dreaming: DOWNLOAD KIT

Music That Makes You Move
Show Us Your Moves!

Drop, pop and shuffle with Sydney Symphony musicians in a rip-roaring start to the new year. For this high energy one hour concert, we will explore lively musical rhythms that make you want to jump up and bust a move.

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Hear It, Feel It
How Composers Speak Through Music

Musical notes played individually may just be sounds – though artfully string them together in a sequence and they form colourful melodies that convey feelings of joy, sadness, fear and anger: basic emotions we all share. Discover how composers harness the power of music to describe our emotions and tell stories of being human.

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19th Century Music

• BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1
• GRIEG Peer Gynt: Suite No.1
• TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6, Pathétique
• DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto

Music 1900 – 1945

• RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2
• DEBUSSY La mer

Classical Period

• CPE BACH Symphony in A Major
• MOZART Serenade No. 7, Haffner

Baroque Period

• VIVALDI Concerto for four violins
• JF REBEL Les élémens