Event
The Calming Sea - Kerry
- Date: Saturday, 27 May 2017, 2:30pm
- Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart — 1 Davey St, Hobart, TAS
- Tickets: Adult: $32 - $74 | Concession: $32 - $65 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 1800 001 190
Event Details
hope, optimism and the promise of new life
Gordon Kerry’s flute concerto, Captain Flinders’ Musick, was inspired by navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders who, in addition to his maritime skills, was an amateur flautist. Kerry’s work evokes Flinders’ voyages of discovery and pays homage to the music that Flinders very likely played on those long journeys. The concerto was written for the soloist in this concert, distinguished artist Alison Mitchell.
Mendelssohn was likewise inspired by ocean-going travel in his illustrative concert overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. A personal friend of Robert Schumann, Mendelssohn conducted the first performance of Schumann’s Spring Symphony, a work that brims with hope, optimism and the promise of new life. New life also informs Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, a gift from the composer to his wife, Cosima, in thanks for the safe arrival of their baby boy, Siegfried.
Program
Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Kerry
Captain Flinders’ Musick
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Schumann
Symphony No 1, Spring
Featured non-Australian music: Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by email to boxoffice@tso.com.au
Featured Australian Works
Captain Flinders' musick : concerto for flute and small orchestra (2011) by Gordon Kerry — performed by Clemens Schuldt, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Alison Mitchell |
Featured artists
- Performer Alison Mitchell
- Performer Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Clemens Schuldt
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