Berlioz & Ravel
Unique sounds
There are countless chamber works written for the best-known instruments, but what about the more obscure ones?
Duration
This concert will conclude at approximately 7pm. Latecomers might be admitted during a suitable break in the performance and will be guided to first available seats.
Your Guide to Music
This concert will be hosted by Genevieve Lang, who shall expertly guide your listening experience.
Concert Guide
Behind every great piece is a great story. Have a read through the concert guide to get all the details.
In this fascinating concert, the expert musicians of the Sydney Symphony give rarer instruments their time in the spotlight: from the familiar but underutilised bass clarinet, double bass and percussion, to the truly strange and unusual including the alto flute, oboe d’amore and ophicleide.
This is a chance to hear these unique instruments in full flight, works that reveal their fascinating expressive range, including Manuel de Falla’s thrilling Ritual Fire Dance arranged for a quartet of double basses and Australian composer Gerard Brophy’s evocative, mesmerising Beautiful Birds for alto flute, bass clarinet and vibraphone.
Join us for this most rare concert.
Program
CACCINI La spagnoletta (Non ha'l ciel)
BERLIOZ arr. Kinmont Lélio: Scene
GERARD BROPHY Beautiful Birds
RAVEL Miroirs:
Oiseaux tristes
La vallée des cloches
VEJVANOVSKÝ Offertorium and Duo Chorus
SCHUBERT
Erlkönig
Schwanengesang: 13. Der Doppelgänger
Artists
MUSICIANS OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Series Presenting Partner
