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SUMMARY:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: 50 Years of ABC Classic
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate 50 years of classical music on our national airwaves in this musical love letter to ABC Classic radio. \nLead by Principal Guest Conductor Benjamin Northey\, this is a program proudly featuring all-Australian works from composers including Elena Kats-Chernin\, Nigel Westlake\, Ross Edwards\, Peter Sculthorpe and Ella Macens\, with a beautiful selection of Australian artists that will take you to all parts of our Country\, highlighting the important role ABC Classic has played over the last 50 years. \nFeaturing\nMelbourne Symphony Orchestra\nBenjamin Northey conductor\nSlava Grigoryan guitar\nAura Go piano\nJames Tawadros percussion\nJoseph Tawadros oud\nNatalie Chee violin \nProgram\nNigel Westlake Cudmirrah Fanfare\nNigel Westlake Antarctica Suite: II. Wooden Ships\nElla Macens My Heart on Yours*\nSculthorpe Small Town\nRoss Edwards Maninyas Violin Concerto: 3rd movement\nElena Kats-Chernin Momentum\nPeggy Glanville Hicks Etruscan Concerto: Promenade\nMiriam Hyde Piano Concerto No.2: Andante Tranquillo\nJames Henry^ Warrin\nJoseph and James Tawadros Constantinople\nJoseph and James Tawadros Bluegrass Nikriz\nJoseph and James Tawadros Permission to Evaporate \nSaturday 14 February 2026 7:30pm \nDuration:Approx. 2 hours including a 20-minute interval.; \nSidney Myer Music Bowl\n\nFree entry – no bookings required\nGates open at 5pm with entry on a first-in basis. \nJoin us for a curtain raiser by Melbourne Youth Orchestra at 5:30pm. \n\n\nThis performance will be live-streamed on YouTube\n\n MSO YouTube Channel \n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-2026-sidney-myer-free-concerts-50-years-of-abc-classic/
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: MSO x Find Your Voice Collective | SONDER
DESCRIPTION:Sonder: the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own \nFind Your Voice Collective (FYVC) unites 250 humans from more than a dozen regional Southwest Victorian communities in one\, collective voice; welcoming all ages\, genders\, abilities\, ethnicities\, sexual preferences\, religions and backgrounds. FYVC gives allyship to those with a lived experience of disability through art\, education\, and advocacy. \nJoin us for songs and stories celebrating the spectrum and depth of emotion and experience. Over 12 months\, the MSO and FYVC have collaborated to bring together every beautiful and diverse element of our shared humanity\, with a program from ten songwriters and artists who identify with a disability\, orchestral musicians\, four world-leading composers\, and a 150-member choir. \nFYVC artists have an uncanny ability to tell profound stories in ways that make people stop and listen. This show will give space for these artists to demonstrate why diversity of experience is so important and how the deepest truths often come to us from the most unlikely places. \nThis very special performance features original contemporary works written by d/Deaf & Disabled artists arranged by Nat Bartsch\, Georgia Scott and Stefan Cassomenos. \nFeaturing\nMelbourne Symphony Orchestra\nBenjamin Northey conductor\nFind Your Voice Collective \n\n\nThis performance will be live-streamed on YouTube\n\n MSO YouTube Channel \n\n\nFriday 13 February 2026; 7:30pm\n\nApprox. 90 minutes\, no interval\nSidney Myer Music Bowl\n \n\nFree entry – no bookings required\nGates open at 5pm with entry on a first-in basis \n\n\nPlease note\nIn addition to wheelchair seating\, there is limited reserved seating in the Stalls for audience members with access needs. Please see venue staff upon arrival for availability. \n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-2026-sidney-myer-free-concerts-mso-x-find-your-voice-collective-sonder/
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: Melbourne Youth Orchestra -Fire & Fantasy
DESCRIPTION:Press play and immerse yourself in a world where orchestral power meets digital fantasy. In his Australian debut\, GRAMMY Award-winner Christian Reif leads Australia’s brightest young musicians into new musical territories as they conjure cinematic soundscapes and epic adventures through works by Anna Clyne\, Nobuo Uematsu\, Daniel Nelson\, and Stravinsky. \nFrom the sweeping drama of The Firebird Suite to the pixelated magic of Final Fantasy IX\, this concert blurs the boundaries between classical tradition and gaming imagination\, blending the fantasy of late Romanticism with the restless and expansive soundscapes of digital worlds. \nThe program opens with a burst of mechanical energy and playful chaos – Daniel Nelson’s Steampunk Blizzard. With its driving rhythms and quirky orchestration\, it conjures a snowstorm in a fantastical\, gear-driven world – a perfect nod to the imaginative landscapes of gaming and speculative fiction. \nThen comes Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour\, a brooding and cinematic work inspired by poetry and film. Its swirling textures and dramatic surges evoke a sense of mystery and nocturnal adventure. \nFrom there\, we enter the world of gaming with Nobuo Uematsu’s Final Fantasy IX Suite\, a symphonic arrangement of themes from the iconic video game. Uematsu’s music is beloved for its emotional depth and sweeping grandeur\, and this suite captures the heart of the game’s fantasy universe – where heroism\, nostalgia\, and magic collide. \nThe concert concludes with Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite (1945)\, a dazzling reworking of his ballet score based on Russian folklore. This version balances brilliance with clarity\, offering a triumphant finale that bridges myth and modernity. \nChristian Reif brings his dynamic artistry and global experience to this genre-blending program\, guiding the orchestra through a thrilling journey of sound and imagination. \nDon’t miss this thrilling celebration of youthful artistry\, steampunk storms and midnight adventures. Game on – this is symphonic fantasy at its finest. \nFeaturing: Australian Youth Orchestra; Christian Reif conductor\nProgram\nDaniel Nelson Steampunk Blizzard\nAnna Clyne This Midnight Hour\nUematsu (arr. Ankarblom) Suite from Final Fantasy IX\nStravinsky Firebird Suite (1945) \nWednesday 11 February 2026\, 7:30pm\nApprox. 1 hour & 50 minutes\, including a 20-minute interval \nSidney Myer Music Bowl\n\n\nFree entry – no bookings required\nGates open at 5pm with entry on a first-in basis \n\n\nThis performance will be live-streamed on YouTube \n\n MSO YouTube Channel
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-2026-sidney-myer-free-concerts-melbourne-youth-orchestra-fire-fantasy/
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2026 Sidney Myer Free Concerts: Symphonic Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been your orchestra for 120 years and counting. We’re celebrating this monumental occasion at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Bring your friends\, parents\, or first date – we’re pulling out the fan favourites to give you the best evening we can. \nIt’ll kick off with a brand-new fanfare from Melbourne’s Andrew Aronowicz\, our Cybec Young Composer in Residence. He’s a familiar face to many MSO concertgoers\, but if you’re new to his work\, this could be the start of a beautiful musical relationship. \nHolly Harrison features next on the program – could she be your new favourite artist? The Australian composer wrote Hellbent for the MSO\, and it was first performed by our Principal Trumpet Owen Morris who now returns for its brassy\, bluesy solo. \nWe’ll then venture deeper into our history with Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No.1\, performed at one of our very first concerts ever. It’s based on a Norwegian folk tale about a peasant who travels the world seeking fame and fortune\, then finds his way back home to everlasting love. \nAustralian conductor Leonard Weiss will wrap up the concert with Beethoven’s gripping Symphony No.5. Hear that famous theme of fate knocking at the door\, dun-dun-dun-daa. Let the next 120 years enter! \nMelbourne Symphony Orchestra\nLeonard Weiss conductor\nOwen Morris trumpet \nProgram: Andrew Aronowicz^ Fanfare*\nHolly Harrison Hellbent\nGrieg Peer Gynt: Suite No.1\nBeethoven Symphony No.5 \n^Cybec Young Composer in Residence\n*World Premiere of an MSO Commission \nTuesday 10 February 2026\, 7.30\nDuration Approx. 1 hour & 50 minutes including a 20-minute interval \nSidney Myer Music Bowl \nTICKETS: Free entry – no bookings required \nGates open at 5pm with entry on a first-in basis \n\nThis performance will be live-streamed on YouTube
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-2026-sidney-myer-free-concerts-symphonic-celebration/
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: A Tchaikovsky Spectacular
DESCRIPTION:Experience the passionate and exhilarating music of the great composer Tchaikovsky in the great outdoors! \nFeaturing some of his best known works\, this performance will have you humming all the way home. \n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\n\nMelbourne Symphony Orchestra\n\n\n\nCarlo Antonioli – Conductor*\n\n\nAaron Wyatt – Conductor\n\n\nRichard Narroway – Cello\n\n\nShauntai Sherree – Soprano\n\n\nAlice Keath – Presenter\n\n\n\n*Please note: Johannes Fritzsch will no longer conduct this program.\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeborah Cheetham – Long Time Living Here (Musical Acknowledgement of Country)\n\n\nTchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Eugene Onegin: Polonaise; Rococo Variations; Selections from Swan Lake;\nEugene Onegin: Waltz; 1812 Overture\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday 8 February Gates open 4:30 PM; Performance begins 7:30 PM; Running Time 2 hours
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-symphony-orchestra-a-tchaikovsky-spectacular/
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SUMMARY:MSO: Sidney Myer Free Concerts - Bohemian Rhapsodies
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Sidney Myer Free Concerts\, presented in association with the University of Melbourne\, are the perfect soundtrack to summer in the city\, bringing together timeless music and great artists against the backdrop of sunset at one of Melbourne’s most iconic outdoor venues. Admission is free and gates open at 5pm. Full conditions of entry will be available at mso.com.au from January 2015.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/mso-sidney-myer-free-concerts-bohemian-rhapsodies/
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SUMMARY:MSO: Sidney Myer Free Concerts - Summer Nights in Budapest
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Sidney Myer Free Concerts\, presented in association with the University of Melbourne\, are the perfect soundtrack to summer in the city\, bringing together timeless music and great artists against the backdrop of sunset at one of Melbourne’s most iconic outdoor venues. Admission is free and gates open at 5pm. Full conditions of entry will be available at mso.com.au from January 2015.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/mso-sidney-myer-free-concerts-summer-nights-budapest/
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