Brilliant. festive, joyous.

This JS Bach rarity is a joyous musical setting of the Christmas story according to evangelists Luke, Matthew and John. Tracing the birth of Christ, the adoration of the shepherds and the visitation of the Wise Men, Bach draws upon the full resources of orchestra, cho...

Playing the unplayable.

Phenomenally talented violinist Clara-Jumi Kang makes her Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra debut, masterfully demonstrating how Tchaikovsky’s one and only violin concerto has earned a place in the hearts of audiences everywhere. Rising to the work’s many challenges, Tchaikovs...

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

Nordic heroes.

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Eivind Aadland, leads the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra through a rousing rendition of Sibelius' powerful tone poem, Finlandia.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Eivind Aadland, perform Finlandia, a piece...

Performed live as part of Alexander Gavrylyuk on 15 March 2024 at Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Southern lights.

Experience the magic of the southern lights with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and composer Mary Finsterer.

Mary Finsterer (born 1962) is one of Australia’s most highly regarded composers, having received numerous local and international awards and accolades. Lumen prime aur...

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

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 ...

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...

The dazzlingly orchestrated Symphonic Dances by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) were composed in 1896-8. This was a time when many European composers looked to their respective folk traditions in the search for a distinctive national style (examples include Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies and Dvořák’s Slav...

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...

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...

Sibelius' Symphony No 2, celebrated for its fusion of lush symphonic elements, folk melodies, and bold textures, epitomizes the composer's mastery in creating an epic soundscape. From the simple yet captivating opening with a rising F#, G, A motif over a D pedal to the intense second movement mar...

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...

Conductor Eivind Aadland has a deep familiarity with the music of fellow Norwegian Grieg and is attuned to its flourishes, nuances and beauties.

The four movements of the Lyric Suite Op 54 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) began life in the early 1890s as part of the six-movement Lyric Pieces for solo...

Conductor Eivind Aadland has a deep familiarity with the music of fellow Norwegian Grieg and is attuned to its flourishes, nuances and beauties.

Grieg’s Norwegian Dances were originally composed as piano 4-hand duets and were orchestrated by the Czech violinist Sitt during Grieg’s lifetime. All ...

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...