Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra

Come to an electric Sunday afternoon concert at MLC and hear the best young pianists around in concert with your Zelman Symphony Orchestra. This concert is a fabulous opportunity to see young musicians pouring themselves into the music with extraordinary levels of technical skill. This is always a concert not to be missed.

Artists

Mark Shiell - conductor
Kevin Chow, Oscar Jiang, William Soo - piano

Tickets

This is a free concert but bookings are essential.

Tickets are now available from the Boroondara Eisteddfod's web page or directly via TryBooking.

Program

Glinka - Overture: Ruslan and Ludmila
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.1, 2nd and 3rd movements - Oscar Jiang
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No.2, 1st and 3rd movements - William Soo
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3, 1st movement - Kevin Chow
Rachmaninov - Vocalise (Orchestral Version)

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In 2013 Zelman Symphony will celebrate its 80th Anniversary, with two performances of Mahler's epic Eighth Symphony - Symphony of a Thousand.

We will have over 600 performers on stage, including a choir of over 400, a children's choir of 80, eight of Australia’s leading opera singers as soloists, the magnificent organ and an orchestra of 120.

We are proud to bring this rarely performed work to the public, and involve many of Melbourne's community choirs, community orchestral musicians and invited professional musicians, many of whom have performed with us in the past.

Artists

Mark Shiell - conductor
Antoinette Halloran - Soprano 1, Magna Peccatrix
Rosamund Illing - Soprano 2, Una poenitentium
Nicole Car - Soprano 3, Mater Gloriosa
Karen van Spall - Alto 1, Mulier Samaritana
Liane Keegan - Alto 2, Maria Aegyptiaca
Jason Wasley - Tenor, Doctor Marianus
Andrew Jones - Baritone, Pater Ecstaticus
Adrian Tamburini - Bass, Pater Profundu
David Macfarlane - organ

Massed choirs of:

Childrens voices of:

Tickets

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Program

Mahler - Symphony No. 8

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To finish a wonderful year for Zelman Symphony we have invited one of Australia's most renowned musicians to join us in a program of iconic works of great power and beauty. Pianist Ben Martin will perform the First Piano Concerto of Brahms.

Ben and Brahms will be joined by Beethoven when the orchestra hurls itself into the power and life-affirming joy of his Fifth Symphony. Be prepared for a night of beauty and irresistible energy.

Mark Shiell will present a pre-concert talk in the auditorium commencing 7.30pm.

Artists

Mark Shiell - conductor
Benjamin Martin - piano

Tickets

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Program

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1
Andrew Battherham (2013 Emerging Composer) - Premier of New Work

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