The Masters Series is where you’ll experience the world’s greatest soloists and conductors and the Sydney Symphony’s wave of sound. With recognisable favourites – and some enriching rarities – these programs will take you to the pinnacle of music making in Sydney.
Saturday 6 April 2019 / 8pm
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4
Alexander Shelley conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Simone Lamsma ascends the sublime heights of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky wrestles with fate in his Fourth Symphony.
Saturday 6 July 2019 / 8pm
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
VERDI The Force of Destiny: Overture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
Xian Zhang conductor
Vadim Gluzman violin
High spirits and high drama: rollicking Prokofiev from violinist Vadim Gluzman, Beethoven’s always-thrilling Fifth Symphony and fatalistic Verdi.
Saturday 3 August 2019 / 8pm
Sydney Town Hall
SIBELIUS En Saga
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
David Robertson conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Enter a fantastic world of myths and dreams with David Robertson as guide. Gerstein plays Grieg’s bracing, folk-like Piano Concerto before Berlioz takes us on a wild trip.
This concert takes place at Sydney Town Hall as part of the Keys to the City Festival.
Saturday 28 September 2019 / 8pm
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
MEDTNER Piano Concerto No.1
HOLST The Planets
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Alexei Volodin piano
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
The Planets is a must-hear event with Ashkenazy as your guide to the heavens, and virtuoso Alexei Volodin seduces with the Medtner’s piano concerto.
Masters Series packages are available Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights as 4 Event, 6 Event and 9 Event Packages.
Discover the music that suits you best – from the greatest classical music to film-with-orchestra adventures.
