Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Eivind Aadland, perform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, the 'Pathetique'. The work opens in enigmatic fashion – barely audible sustained bass notes and a slow and halting bassoon theme – which perhaps foreshadows the work’s trag...

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, and Norwegian native, Eivind Aadland, leads the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra through a charming and heartfelt performance of Grieg's short orchestral work, Norsk.

Like many composers of his generation, Edvard Grieg was interested in drawing inspiration from...

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...

Composer Maria Grenfell writes the following about Tarraleah on her website:
In the early 1900s, electricity was just arriving in Tasmania. The state government began building power stations in the midlands, opening the first power station at Waddamana in 1916. Thus began one of Tasmania’s most...

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 ...

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...