SYNTHONY No.3. Boasting a star-studded line up, the celebration of dance music continues with a fresh array of anthemic dance tracks performed with a live Orchestra, guest vocalists, instrumentalists, and DJs.

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic (RMP) presents its ever-popular “Carols in the Cathedral” – Melbourne’s premier concerts of traditional Christmas music, carols, and readings, in the stunning setting of St Paul’s Cathedral. A magnificent feast of spectacular fanfares and carols, and glorious Christmas music and verse, performed by massed choirs, superb soloists and majestic brass and percussion.

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic (RMP) presents its ever-popular “Carols in the Cathedral” – Melbourne’s premier concerts of traditional Christmas music, carols, and readings, in the stunning setting of St Paul’s Cathedral. A magnificent feast of spectacular fanfares and carols, and glorious Christmas music and verse, performed by massed choirs, superb soloists and majestic brass and percussion.

Two piano concertos that never fail to delight an audience are on this program: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Entertaining, witty, scintillating and virtuosic all in one, these Rhapsodies contain exciting music and some of the most famous melodies ever written.

Richard Strauss wrote Tod und Verklärung as the music for his own passing – a rebirth into the next life perhaps. An intensely emotional work deserves its own half of the programme with the whole orchestra being the soloist and star of the show. To finish the year, one of Tchaikovsky’s lesser known symphonies will make you wonder why this incredible work is not played more often!

The Australian Discovery Orchestra presents a perspective on Stalin’s Russia and a contemporary Australian symphonist. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No.9 was a work reflecting and mocking the strictness of Stalin’s Soviet Union. Ben Bates is a contemporary Australian symphonist workshopping and expanding his original Symphony No.1 for full orchestra.

Shostakovich's ninth symphony, often referred to as the "Leningrad" Symphony, was originally intended to be a celebration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Undoubtedly one of Shostakovich's most celebrated works, the ninth symphony is small in scale and full of humour instead of heroism. Shostakovich himself said, "Musicians will love to play it and critics will delight in blasting it."

The Australian Discovery Orchestra presents two symphonic gems of the 20th century British repertoire. Malcolm Arnold’s Symphony No.8 was one of the last major works he composed and showed the darkness he was facing inwardly. George Lloyd’s Symphony No.6 has more emotional self-control and is a stylish compact work.

The Stonnington Symphony Orchestra presenting a beautiful evening of music alongside guests. Enjoy magnificent classics in glorious garden surrounds.

Imagine, the biggest global dance tracks of all time, performed by a full 60-piece orchestra, DJs and vocalists with a mesmerizing laser light show that transports you back to the dance floor!

THIS IS SYNTHONY!

A truly unique and immersive experience, SYNTHONY is a celebration of the last 30 years of electronic dance music, backed by the full might of a large-scale full orchestra, directed by the precision of the conductor, spine-tingling vocalists and world-class DJs, accompanied by dynamic lighting and visual show. A truly immersive experience, there is nothing else like it.

the australian discovery orchestra performs two symphonies, one from russian dmitri shostakovich, and the other from local melbourne composer ben bates.

The Stonnington Symphony Orchestra presenting a beautiful evening of music alongside very special guest Archie Roach. Enjoy magnificent classics, plus a stirring re-imagining of some of Archie Roach's finest songs, in glorious garden surrounds.

REPERTOIRE

Barmah Forest ^*Tempany

Carmen Bizet

Spring Bryant

Nabucco Verdi

A Cloud of Dust and Fire ^Fairlie

*World premiere

^Melbourne based composer

Professional musicians and members of the Stonnington Symphony perform under the tutelage of Artistic Director Roy Theaker. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear Sibelius’ glorious second symphony performed in the magnificent Malvern Town Hall.

Australian premiere performance of Bax’s extraordinary 1917 ballet ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’. The story is about three ornaments; a figure in Dresden porcelain, a clown and a Russian ballerina, in a window sill on a Summer night who suddenly come to life at the stroke of midnight, only to return to being inanimate with the sunrise. This is the first performance anywhere in the world since 1982, with the composer’s manuscript only being rediscovered in 1981.

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996)

Atoms of Silence

Andrián Pertout (1963 – )
(Commissioned by Julian Burnside AO QC)
Australian work – world premiere performance

Symphony No. 8 in D Minor

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872- 1958)
(ed. David Lloyd Jones)

This most popular and well-loved traditional Christmas ballet presentation will be performed in a unique setting with 65 dancers of the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet and 65 musicians of the ACB Orchestra featuring international guest artists.

This most popular and well-loved traditional Christmas ballet presentation will be performed in a unique setting with 65 dancers of the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet and 65 musicians of the ACB Orchestra featuring international guest artists.

This most popular and well-loved traditional Christmas ballet presentation will be performed in a unique setting with 65 dancers of the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet and 65 musicians of the ACB Orchestra featuring international guest artists.

Heidelberg Choral Society and Orchestra are proud to present the Australian Premiere performance of Karl Jenkins’ major new work, Symphonic Adiemus. This iconic work for choir and unusual percussions will be contrasted with the popular Messa di Gloria of Giacomo Puccini.