Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra

We are honoured to present Elyane Laussade who is amongst Melbourne's favourite pianists, playing one of Mozart’s most intimate and expressive works, his Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major. This is another step forward in Elyane’s Mozart Project which will see her perform all 27 Mozart piano concertos with orchestras around Australia.

To commence our homage to Beethoven’s birth 250 years ago, we will conclude the program with what is arguably one of Beethoven’s best loved and best known works, Symphony No. 5.

We will commence the concert with Haydn Symphony No. 84 (In nomine Domini) which is one of the last of the six Haydn ‘Paris Symphonies’. In contrast to most of the other Paris Symphonies, No. 84 gives greater prominence to the woodwind section which is reinforced in numbers as compared to other Haydn Symphonies.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff - conductor
Elyane Laussade - piano

Tickets

Program

Haydn – Symphony No. 84 in E flat major (Hoboken I/84)
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5

(more details...)

We continue our homage to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven with his Egmont Overture. Written in Beethoven's middle period, it features a stately opening and a thrilling, climactic finalé.

Roy Theaker and Kalina Krusteva will thrill you with the Brahms Double Concerto which was Brahms’ last composition for orchestra. It was written for cellist Robert Hausmann, a frequent chamber music collaborator of Brahms, together with Brahms’ estranged friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim, one of the greatest violinists of all time – it was a gesture of reconciliation by Brahms towards Joachim.

Standing alongside Brahms and Beethoven will be Tchaikovsky's most personal work, his Symphony Pathétique. The hostile reception it initially received plunged Tchaikovsky into despair. Today, this heart-wrenching and passionate symphony is one of his most beloved works.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff - conductor
Roy Theaker - violin
Kalina Krusteva - cello

Tickets

Program

Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Brahms – Double Concerto for violin and cello
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6

(more details...)

We complete our homage to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven with his Triple Concerto for piano, violin and cello with celebrated Trio Anima Mundi.

This is preceded by Mozart’s famous overture to Don Giovanni which he is thought to have written in just one day. Unusually for an overture to an opera, this overture contains no themes from the opera itself but, in reality, it is more like the first movement of a symphony.

The concert will end with Sibelius Symphony No 5. How many composers have had a national holiday proclaimed to celebrate their birthday? The Finnish Government did so for Sibelius’ 50th birthday and commissioned his 5th Symphony which was premiered that day. Two revisions later, we have the version that is normally played today.

Artists

Rick Prakhoff - conductor
Trio Anima Mundi
Kenji Fujimura - piano
Rochelle Ughetti - violin
Noella Yan - cello

Tickets

Program

Mozart – Overture to Don Giovanni
Beethoven – Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano
Sibelius – Symphony No.5

(more details...)