Percussionist Claire Edwardes stars, Benjamin Northey conducts the orchestra while host Will Newbery conducts the laughs.

Strings, swans, and that shower scene.

What’s more famous – the knife-wielding madman dressed up as his mum, or the sound of strings shrieking through the air? Bernard Herrm...

Antarctic Triptych is a clarinet concerto by composer Jabra Latham featuring Andrew Seymour as clarinet soloist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Principal Guest Conductor, Johannes Fritzsch
Recorded in 2021 in Federation Concert Hall

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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, Tchaikovsky’s concerto is so incre...

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Eiviand Aadland, joins the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven's iconic fifth symphony.

Beethoven’s Fifth is more than a piece of music – it’s a cultural phenomenon. And while its dramatic opening is the most recognisable hook in all orchestral music...

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Alan Buribayev, performs Rimsky-Korsakov's richly orchestrated musical journey, Scheherazade., Op 35.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade is a dazzling showcase of orchestral colour and storytelling, inspired by the tales of One Thousand an...

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra performs a world première by Harry Sdraulig - a leading Australian composer of his generation.

A fire alarm. A creak in the floorboards. Some approaching footsteps. An unexpected gust of wind. These everyday sound cues inspired young Australian composer Harry Sdr...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...