New York composer Missy Mazzoli (born 1980) describes her 2013 Los Angeles Philharmonic commission Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) as ‘music in the shape of a solar system, a collection of rococo loops that twist around each other within a larger orbit. The word “sinfonia” refers to baroque works...

Performed live as part of Chopin Piano Concerto on 2 September 2022 at Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

PROGRAM
Maria Grenfell, Tarraleah

Conductor: Eivind Aadland
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Jammed was commissioned as part of Holly’s Australian Composers’ School (ACS) residency with the TSO and was recorded by them in February 2022.

It’s first performance was with the TSO on the 17th August 2018 in the Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Tasmania, conducted by Elena Schwarz.

The titl...

Torrent, by Sydney-based composer Harry Sdraulig (born 1992), was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and premièred in 2021. This is its first performance by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

The composer writes: Torrent begins with immediate, unrelenting forward motion. Flurries disp...

Performed live as part of Beethoven's Seventh on 6 October 2023 at Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

PROGRAM
Joe Chindamo, Violin Concerto

Conductor: Otto Tausk
Violin: Emma McGrath
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra