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Stefan Cassomenos
Fingers will blur.
Acclaimed pianist Stefan Cassomenos performs the solo part of Shostakovich’s virtuosic and enjoyable Piano Concerto No 2. Exploring the multitude of sounds and personas that only piano can offer, you’ll be captivated by the fast paced, brilliant and witty outer movements that ...
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Chindamo's Violin Concerto performed by Emma McGrath
Performed live as part of Beethoven's Seventh on 6 October 2023 at Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
PROGRAM
Joe Chindamo, Violin ConcertoConductor: Otto Tausk
Violin: Emma McGrath
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Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2
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 21Conductor: Eivind Aadland
Piano: Yeol Eum Son
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Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’
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 ...
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Mazzoli's Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
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...
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Grieg's Symphonic Dances
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...
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Maria Grenfell's Tarraleah
Performed live as part of Chopin Piano Concerto on 2 September 2022 at Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Maria Grenfell, TarraleahConductor: Eivind Aadland
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Holly Harrison's Jammed
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...
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Schubert's Symphony No.9 'The Great'
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...
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Sibelius' Symphony No 2
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...
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Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 Op. 23 performed by Lukáš Vondráček
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...
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Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5
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...
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Grieg's Lyric Pieces, Op 68, No 4 & 5
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...
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Grieg's Norwegian Dances, Op 35
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 ...
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Harry Sdraulig's Torrent
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...