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2010 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season at the Arts Centre
17 Feb - 15 Aug 2010
With a reputation for excellence, versatility and innovation the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is Australia’s internationally-acclaimed and oldest orchestra, founded in 1906. Following integration with the Melbourne Chorale in 2008, the Orchestra now has its own choir – the MSO Chorus.
In 2010 the MSO presents a superb season, bringing some of the world’s great artists to Melbourne for an exciting season showcasing masterworks of four centuries.
Notable guest artists include conductors Charles Dutoit, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mark Wigglesworth, Mario Venzago and Andrew Litton. Guest soloists include pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Olli Mustonen and Garrick Ohlsson, violinists Nigel Kennedy, James Ehnes, Daniel Hope, trumpeter Alison Balsom, cellist Li-Wei, mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, tenor Steve Davislim, baritone Timothy Robinson and guitarist Slava Grigoryan. The Orchestra presents a rich range of repertoire to please every taste by composers such as Bach, Britten, Schumann, Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar, Rimsky Korsakov, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Adams, Kats-Chernin and Turnage.
Click here to view the entire Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2010 season.
Note: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wishes to advise that the upcoming Burt Bacharach performances at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall on 11, 12 and 13 March have been postponed for medical reasons. The legendary hit-maker is recuperating from recent back surgery in Los Angeles with an excellent prognosis and will return to Australia in November 2010.
The concert date for Mr Bacharach's highly anticipated Australian tour with his band and the performance with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is rescheduled for Saturday 20 November 2010 at 8pm at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
Ticket Holders will be contacted shortly and provided with the full details on the rescheduled performances.
Events in 2010 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season at the Arts Centre
Ashkenazy Conducts Rachmaninov: Master Series Concert 1
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and a team of superb Australian soloists, in Rachmaninov’s magnificent musical poem, The Bells.
4 - 6 March 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
Latin Fire: Great Classic Concert 1
One of Australia's favourite instrumentalists, Slava Grigoryan, joins the MSO for Rodrigo's much-loved concerto in this thrillingly spicy program, which concludes with Ravel's Bolero.
20, 22 March 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
Ears Wide Open I
Introducing Beethoven's Eroica. Conducted and presented by Richard Gill
23 March 2010
Price Range: $15 - $20
Beethoven's Eroica: Master Series Concert 2
Beethoven, a passionate libertarian, originally dedicated his Eroica symphony to Napoleon.15 - 17 April 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
Trumpet Superstar: Master Series Concert 3
Andrew Litton ConductorGiuliano Sommerhalder Trumpet
13 - 15 May 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
Russian Showcase: Great Classics Concert 2
In this dynamic program of Russian orchestral music, the world's favourite piano concerto meets Prokofiev's colourful music for his ballet of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: this is some of the greatest music ever created for classical dance.
22, 24 May 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
Music Lovers: Master Series Concert 4
Ravel described Daphnis and Chloe as a tribute to the Greece of his dreams.
10 - 12 June 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
Sporting Scores: MSO POPS Concert 1
To help you cheer on the Australian side at the FIFA World Cup, the MSO presents a concert that is faster, higher and stronger than any before.
19 - 20 June 2010
Price Range: $29 - $130
Last Waltz: Great Classic Concert 3
These final concerts in Hamer Hall for 2010 contain music of spectacle, exuberance, lyricism and, appropriately, farewell, performed by magnificent guest artists in partnership with the MSO.26, 28 June 2010
Price Range: $31 - $140
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