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Available 28 October at 10am
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Patrons 26 Oct at 10am / Subscribers 27 Oct at 10am
Dates
Saturday 30 July 2022
7:30pm at Hamer Hall
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Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Program
Anne Boyd At the Rising of the Sun
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.2
Dvořák Symphony No.9 From the New World
About this performance
Rising star Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the first cellist in history to reach the top 10 of the UK album charts, joins the MSO for Shostakovich’s dark and stormy Second Cello Concerto.
- Anne Boyd is an eminent composer and academic whose research focuses on the influence of Asian music and culture on Australian composers. At the Rising of the Sun features bright sonorities and delicately layered textures of wind instruments.
- Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto debuted at a gala concert celebrating the composer’s sixtieth birthday. Written for long-time friend and collaborator Mstislav Rostropovich, the piece is an atmospheric and moody departure from his first cello concerto. Shostakovich reflected that it could be dubbed his “Fourteenth Symphony with a solo cello part.”
- Dvořák wrote his Ninth Symphony as a fresh arrival in New York, having just started as Director of the newly-formed National Conservatory of Music. Inspired by the soul of African American spirituals, Dvořák aimed to embody its character in orchestral form.
Duration: approx. 2 hours including interval
Sheku Kanneh-Mason & the Kanneh-Mason Family
Presented by Andrew McKinnon Presentations
Saturday 20 August at 2pm
The Kanneh-Mason family—described by Simon Cowell as the world’s most talented family – present a special program of works by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Tchaikovsky, and more.
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COVIDSafe Information
The MSO and the venues in which we perform will operate under government health and safety guidelines in place at the time of the event. Information about protocols in place will be included in the pre-concert email sent to attendees a few days prior to the performance.
