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Available as part of the Frankston and Saturday Night Series.
Individual tickets available from 14 October 2026 at 10am
Dates
Friday 08 October 2027
7:30pm at Frankston Arts Centre
Saturday 09 October 2027
7:30pm at Hamer Hall
Duration
Approx. 1 hour and 55 minutes including a 20-minute interval
Accessibility
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Wheelchair, walker and scooter accessible
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Assistive listening devices available
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Service animals allowed
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Companion Card accepted
About this performance
Program
Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar's Bride: Overture
Glazunov Violin Concerto
Lucy Blomfield* New work^
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
*Cybec Young Composer in Residence
^World premiere of an MSO Commission
Something is coming.
Horns and bassoons sound a foreboding fanfare.
It is fate.
That’s how Tchaikovsky himself described the opening theme of his Fourth Symphony, as “a fateful force which prevents the impulse to happiness from attaining its goal”. The ominous beginning gives way to bittersweetness, but fate returns again and again, only acquiescing to a sunnier disposition in the finale.
Despite the Fourth being composed during a tumultuous personal time, Tchaikovsky was determined to find a sense of contentment. “Take happiness from the joys of others. Life is bearable after all,” he said. Indeed!
French conductor Chloé van Soeterstède has mesmerised audiences in Melbourne and the world over with her ability to make music come alive through her distinctive, graceful gestures. She returns to the MSO after a hugely successful debut in 2023.
She is joined by Dutch virtuoso Simone Lamsma to perform Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, an impassioned, radiant work that feels distinctly rich and romantic. Its three principal sections are played as one continuous movement, making the piece feel more rhapsodic than concerto.
At the St Petersburg Conservatory, a teenage Glazunov was taught by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, whose glittering overture to the 1899 opera The Tsar’s Bride opens this program, along with a brand new work by Cybec Young Composer in Residence Lucy Blomfield.
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Chloé van Soeterstède conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Enhance your experience
Want to learn more about the music being performed? Arrive early for an informative and entertaining pre-concert talk.
8 October at 6:45pm
Frankston Arts Centre
9 October at 6:45pm
Hamer Hall Stalls Foyer
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Partners
Lucy Blomfield's position is supported by Cybec Foundation.
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Cybec Foundation
