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Free entry - no bookings requiredGates open at 5pm with entry on a first-in basis
Join us for Melbourne Youth Orchestra's curtain raiser at 5.30pm
About this performance
Celebrate 50 years of classical music on our national airwaves in this musical love letter to ABC Classic radio.
Lead by Principal Guest Conductor Benjamin Northey, this is a program proudly featuring all-Australian works from composers like Elena Kats-Chernin, Nigel Westlake, Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe and Ella Macens, with a beautiful selection of Australian artists that will take you to all parts of our Country, highlighting the important role ABC Classic has played over the last 50 years.
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor
Slava Grigoryan guitar
Aura Go piano
James Tawadros percussion
Joseph Tawadros oud
Natalie Chee violin
Program
Nigel Westlake Cudmurrah Fanfare
Nigel Westlake Antarctica Suite (selections)
Ella Macens New work*
Sculthorpe Small Town
Ross Edwards Maninyas Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
Elena Kats-Chernin Momentum
Peggy Glanville Hicks Etruscan Concerto: Promenade
Miriam Hyde Piano Concerto No.2: Andante Tranquillo
James Henry^ Warrin
Joseph and James Tawadros Constantinople
Joseph and James Tawadros Bluegrass Nikriz
Joseph and James Tawadros Permission to Evaporate
*World premiere
^Cybec First Nations Composer in Residence
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
Tickets
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