Performed live as part of Rach 3 on 1 March 2024 at Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Friday 1 Mar 2024 7:30pm
Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart

Mary Finsterer Lumen prime aurore
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30
Rachmaninov Prelude in G# M...

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

PROGRAM
Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21

Conductor: Eivind Aadland
Piano: Yeol Eum Son
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

The sound of Italy.

Felix Mendelssohn was an avid traveller. He spent nine months or so in Italy in 1830-31 where he jotted down ideas that would make their way into his Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’. Writing to his sister, Fanny, from Rome in February 1831, he commented, ‘I have once more begun to ...

Franz Schubert's Symphony No 9 in C, 'Great', initially rejected for its length and complexity, finally premiered in 1839, showcasing Schubert's innovative composition with an iconic 8-bar horn theme. The symphony unfolds through a dynamic range of movements, from the intricate interplay of strin...

Experience the grandeur and drama of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, a piece initially dismissed but now beloved worldwide. Tchaikovsky previewed it with noted pianist Nikolai Rubinstein who dismissed it as ‘worthless’ and ‘unplayable’. How wrong he was! Featuring a powerful opening motif an...

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth is one of the most luscious of symphonies. It takes hold of the listener from the very first notes – a soft, slow phrase emanating from the deepest registers of the clarinet – and builds to climaxes of massive proportions. Shaping this towering symphony is Eivind Aadland, Chie...