MRC: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2019; ($25/$29/$35); Southbank

With a reputation for excellence and innovation the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s internationally-acclaimed and oldest orchestra, established in 1906.

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/series/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-2019/

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Mother Goose

Monday 8 April 2019 12pm

Babes In Arms

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $25

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/mother-goose/

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Ears Wide Open: Ravel’s Mother Goose

Monday 8 April 2019 6.30pm

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $29 ($24 Concession)

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/ravels-mother-goose/

Ravel composed for the orchestra as if he were painting with a rich palette of colours. And the Mother Goose Suite is the perfect way to explore his orchestration technique.

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Metropolis Night One

Thursday 2 May 2019 7.30pm

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $35 ($30 Concession)

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/metropolis-night-one/

A celebration of some of Australia’s – and the world’s – finest living composers, Metropolis New Music Festival showcases the MSO’s commitment to contemporary symphonic music.

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Metropolis Night Two

Saturday 4 May 2019 7.30pm

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $35 ($30 Concession)

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/metropolis-night-two/

In 2019, Metropolis – co-presented by MSO, Melbourne Recital Centre and Metropolis New Music Festival Education Partner, Monash University – celebrates the work of Dutch master Louis Andriessen, whose 80th birthday will be celebrated around the world.

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Ears Wide Open - A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Tuesday 30 July 2019 6.30pm

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $29 ($24 Concession)

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/a-midsummer-nights-dream/

Mendelssohn had a sharp musical wit and keen imagination; traits that made him a perfect match for Shakespeare.

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Ears Wide Open: L’Italiana in Algeri

Monday 26 August 2019 6.30pm

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $29 ($24 Concession)

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/litaliana-in-algeri/

Rossini’s brilliant opera overture

It starts with hushed pizzicato strings, and a lyrical oboe solo. A bright and cheery allegro begins; the orchestra prancing to the sound of twittering woodwinds and cymbal crashes. Then that famous theme: first in the oboe, next as a duet between the piccolo and bassoon.

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Meeting Mendelssohn

Wednesday 25 September 2019 11.30am

Babes In Arms

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Tickets

Standard $25

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/meeting-mendelssohn/

MSO invites YOU for an interactive musical adventure exploring Felix Mendelssohn’s vibrantly vivid, vivacious, vital and volatile Violin Concerto!

The Orchestra, our presenter and a very special guest soloist will guide you through the 35-minute Jam. Bring your clapping hands, your singing voice and stamping feet to join in as you discover Mendelssohn’s marvellous melodies and rousing rhythms.

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