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Simone Young conducts Bach & Brahms

Transformations

Chief Conductor Designate Simone Young creates a program of huge colour with these two evocative pieces.

Book your tickets: Thu 29 July – Fri 30 July

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Sydney Town Hall
  • Thu 29 Jul, 7:00pm Thu 29 July, 7:00pm
  • Fri 30 Jul, 11:00am Fri 30 July, 11:00am
Venue
Sydney Town Hall
**Booking fee of $8.95 may apply

Bach’s The Musical Offering is the result of a famous challenge set by Frederick the Great.

Almost 200 years after its composition, Webern breathes new life into the piece – arranging the music for orchestral instruments in a way that brilliantly highlights each of their distinctive sounds.

In another powerful transformation, Schoenberg arranges Brahms’ First Piano Quartet for orchestra. A piece he loved and thought performed too rarely, this orchestration brings out the expressive colour of Brahms' music, while keeping the purity of a work originally composed for four instruments.

Program

BACH arr. WEBERN The Musical Offering – Ricercare
BRAHMS arr. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet No.1

Artists

SIMONE YOUNG conductor

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