Nashville soul, Tasmanian heart, an Oscar-winning score.

John Corigliano’s film score to The Red Violin (1998) is a certified modern masterpiece. TSO Concertmaster Emma McGrath performs its opening movement as she reunites with Australian conductor Nathan Aspinall, who is Resident Conductor of the famed Nashville Symphony. The pair last collaborated in the US in 2019.

Shostakovich’s Symphony No 1 is an astonishingly assured graduation piece written at the Petrograd Conservatory when the composer was just 19. Unbelievable.

William Newbery is your host.

This concert is part of our 6pm Series.

Watch the livestream on Thursday 7 May 2026 6pm
Available on demand Thursday 21 May until Thursday 18 June

PROGRAM
Corigliano The Red Violin, Chaconne
Shostakovich Symphony No 1 in F minor, Op 10

MUSICIANS
Nathan Aspinall Conductor
Emma McGrath Violin
William Newbery Host

Federation Concert Hall, Nipaluna / Hobart

TAGS
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, orchestra, TSO, Hobart, Tasmania, Norway, Classical, Orchestral, violin