Event
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Ledger
- Date: Thursday, 17 March 2011, Concerts begin at 6.30pm with an optional pre-concert talk at 5.45pm.
- Venue: Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall — Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
- Series: This event is part of the Meet the Music 2011 series
- Tickets: $35.00 - $89.00 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 8215 4600
Event Details
James Ledger’s new concerto for principal bassoon Matthew Wilkie (pictured) won’t leap so much as fly. Inspired by a tiny William Blake poem, Eternity, the concerto will take the solitary bassoon on an ecstatic journey, high above an evolving blanket of orchestral colour.
Featured non-Australian music: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 8215 4600 or by email to education@sydneysymphony.com
Featured Australian Works
| Outposts : concerto for bassoon and orchestra (2010) by James Ledger — performed by Hans Graf, Sydney Symphony and Matthew Wilkie |
Featured artists
- Performer Matthew Wilkie
- Performer Sydney Symphony
- Conductor Hans Graf
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