“Timpani accompanies majestic chords from the full ensemble, festooned with elegantly cascading violins…It’s not long before the orchestra takes off, motoring strings propelling the music forward.”
Mozart
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The mainstage is our epicentre, where a hundred voices move as one to delight, inspire, soothe and uplift. Join us with open hearts for the big human stories: revolution, loss, redemption and connection.
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“When we are young, we jump headfirst into stories, into magic and fantasy and make-believe. We spend hours occupied with the tales we have invented ourselves, play-acting them and recruiting others to take part. I’ve been thinking about this recently: my seemingly lost ability to leave the reality of bills and deadlines for the creations of my imagination.” – Megan Stellar
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“Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet is one of the reasons I became a musician…lyrical, dramatic, melancholy, formally disciplined while at the same time full of Viennese elegance and Hungarian passion – it’s just one of my favourite pieces in the whole world.”
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LLEWELLYN THREE CELESTIAL VISIONS Wednesday 15 / Thursday 16 September, 7.30pm, Llewellyn Hall, ANU Jessica…
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“Good music should go beyond just sounding beautiful. The pieces in this mixtape elicit memories, inspire me to be a better person, or just feel so real I can nearly feel the notes! Many of these works were inspired by stories or historical events. Others elicit personal, visual landscapes associated with particular memories from when I first heard them. My hope is that these pieces help you to find time to recall and enjoy past memories, or find new inspiration in your future endeavours.”
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Dr Nicholas Milton AM: “For my CSO Mixtape, my colleagues in the artistic management team of the CSO suggested I could put together a selection of recordings in which I was directly involved. I was happy to find on Spotify a few recordings which brought back some wonderful memories.”