Organization

Conductor

Jaime Martín

Chorus master

Warren Trevelyan Jones

Singer

Soprano

Lauren Fagan

Contralto

Michaela Schuster

Alto

Tenor

Stuart Skelton

Bass

Samuel Dale Johnson

Others

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

MSO Chorus

Auslan Choir

Ryman Healthcare Spring Gala: Beethoven's Ninth

Southbank

Australia

Arts Centre Melbourne

Hamer Hall

Ryman Healthcare Spring Gala: Beethoven's Ninth: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 Beethoven (+1 More)

Public

9th Symphony

Concerto for Orchestra

Approved

Join us for the grand finale of our Beethoven Festival – featuring some of Australia’s best opera singers, the MSO Chorus, and a brand new MSO commission – under the baton of Chief Conductor Jaime Martín.

- Known for his exceptional choral music, the title of Sir James MacMillan’s Concerto for Orchestra is something of an enigma, in that a concerto is conventionally written for a solo instrument and orchestra, rather than for orchestra and… orchestra. Join us in cracking the code of this newly commissioned work from one of the UK’s most sought-after composers.

- After eight symphonies, Beethoven took his Ninth to a whole new level by composing the biggest symphony in existence – a beast of a work depicting the triumphant union of all mankind. Almost entirely deaf by this point, this landmark feat for choir and orchestra is best known for its epic finale ­­of Ode to Joy. A star-studded line-up of soloists join the MSO and MSO Chorus for this rousing performance of the great choral symphony.

English

Ryman Healthcare Spring Gala: Beethoven's Ninth by Beethoven, MacMillan, From (2024/2024), Conductor Jaime Martín, Arts Centre Melbourne, Southbank, Australia

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