Spirits will soar!

TSO Concertmaster Emma McGrath plays violin and Benjamin Northey conducts.

Sublime short-work The Lark Ascending soars in the hands of Emma McGrath.

Whether it be a lark rising ever higher until it disappears from sight or a clear mountain stream tumbling over mossy rocks, t...

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) perform Bruckner's monumental fourth symphony.

Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No 4 in E-flat major, known as the ‘Romantic’, is a vast and majestic work that invites listeners into a world of medieval ...

Three's a charm.

Featuring TSO Concertmaster Emma McGrath on violin, TSO Principal Cello Jonathan Békés and pianist Konstantin Shamray and Otto Tausk conducts.

A trifecta of talented soloists perform Beethoven’s masterwork the Triple Concerto, bookended by two Mozart treasures.

A trio of outst...

Bold yet fragile.

TSO Chief Conductor Eivind Aadland leads the TSO and musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), and Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg features.

An explosive concert with a super-sized orchestra.

Composed towards the end of his long life, the Four Last Song...

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra performs a powerful and dynamic work by GRAMMY-nominated composer, Anna Clyne.

Anna Clyne's Restless Oceans is a powerful and dynamic orchestral work that captures the intense and unpredictable energy of the ocean. Premiered in 2019, the piece is characterised by...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 ...