Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra - 2008 Concert Season

Heidelberg Symphony is delighted to present an inspiring range of concerts for its 30th anniversary year in 2008 including guest performances by the following artists and choir.

• Benjamin Martin (Pianist) performing the Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor
  
• Natsuko Yoshimoto (Violin) returns to perform Saint Saëns’ Havanaise, Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso and Ravel’s Tzigane
  
• Genazzano FCJ College Choir will sing in Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Rutter’s Look at the World and For the Beauty of the Earth

Concert dates and details of the individual concerts are as follows.

* This concert will be repeated on Sunday June 29th at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne
**This concert will be repeated on Sunday Sept 14th at BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne.

SATURDAY APRIL 19th AT 8.00pm

‘European Masters’

Guest Artist – Pianist | Benjamin Martin

Pianist Benjamin Martin is a graduate from The Juilliard School in New York, and has toured widely throughout Australia, United States of America and Europe. He has performed with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, most major Australian Symphony Orchestras and he currently teaches at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Music.

SATURDAY JUNE 28th AT 8.00pm *

‘ Vive La France’

Guest Artist – Violin | Natsuko Yoshimoto

Natsuko Yoshimoto has an international reputation as a violin soloist and chamber musician. She will perform three popular violin showpieces: the gypsy inspired Tzigane, the exotic Latin influenced Havanaise and the brilliantly virtuosic Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso.

*This concert will be repeated on Sunday June 29th at 2.30 pm at St Paul’s Cathedral, Cnr Flinders & Swanston St, Melbourne

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13th AT 8.00pm

‘Symphonic Dances’

Guest Artist – Genazzano FCJ College Choir

Kodály’s Dances of Galánta are passionate works, brilliantly conceived with opulent, glowing orchestral sonorities. The Polovtsian Dances are Borodin’s most popular work for orchestra and female chorus. Each movement of the Symphonic Metamorphosis is based on melodies of Carl Maria von Weber. Hindemith’s transformation of these harmonies is a metamorphosis of ordinary classical themes into something captivating and dramatic.

Complimentary pre-concert performance by Heidelberg Wind Ensemble from 7-7.30pm

*This concert will be repeated on Sunday Sept 14th at 2.30 pm at BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 6th AT 7.00pm

‘Russian Tales’

Night on Bare Mountain is a wonderful tone poem, full of fantastic atmosphere and dazzling orchestral display. The Enchanted Lake portrays a vivid nature scene in splendidly imaginative musical textures. Scheherazade's sensual melodies and stunning palette of orchestral colours have made it one of Rimsky-Korsakov's most endearing works.

This concert includes a short performance by our associate ensembles.

Ticket prices for individual concerts and for the complete 4 concert season are given below. To make a season booking, please download and print the booking form here or contact  the Concert Manager.

The 2008 concert program brochure can be download in Adobe .pdf format here. The brochure also contains a booking form to purchase tickets to upcoming performances.	Brochure2008 (770KB file)
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