“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.”
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“From simple beginnings, Mendelssohn builds a mighty fortress indeed, drawing on all the resources of counterpoint.”
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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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“…a characteristic and delightful combination of what are now familiar conventions of form with quirky surprises, musical experiments and dramatic gestures. It seems there was nothing Haydn liked better than to play with his listeners’ expectations,” writes Yvonne Frindle.
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In March 2020, as COVID-19 caused mass concert cancellations, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra recorded Saint-Saens’ momentous Organ Symphony in an empty Llewellyn Hall.