7 not-to-be-missed concerts coming up in Hobart's Federation Concert Hall
16 September 2024
There's only seven more concerts in Federation Concert Hall this year – here's what you need to know.
Fanny, Felix & Emma McGrath
Kath and Kim. Bonnie and Clyde. Fanny and Felix. Some icons come in twos...
Composed at a time when women were excluded from professional life, this concert opens with Fanny Mendelssohn’s only existing work for orchestra, the Overture in C, and closes with brother Felix’s Symphony No 5, ‘Reformation’.
Between this, TSO Concertmaster Emma McGrath does what she does so well, and steps into the spotlight as soloist in the third and final violin concerto by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
See Fanny, Felix & Emma
Playing the unplayable
Tchaikovsky’s one and only violin concerto is famously 'unplayable'.
The 35 minute piece is so incredibly taxing that the violinist who was supposed to give the world premiere backed out claiming that it was impossible.
Rising to the task is Clara-Jumi Kang with her 300+ year old Stradivarius violin.
See the impossible
The worlds best chorusmaster
Simon Halsey occupies a unique position in classical music.
He is the trusted advisor on choral singing to the world’s greatest conductors, orchestras and choruses. And we have the pleasure of being led by him as Chorusmaster for not one, not two, but three major projects in the coming weeks.
- The first is Haydn's fourteenth and final Mass, and arguably the most beautiful of them all. Book here.
- The second is the joining of 250 voices in the choral event of the year – and you can be a part of it. Find out more here.
- And the third is an extra special project with upcoming graduates of our Australian Conducting Academy, who will receive the tutelage of one of the best chorusmasters in the world.
Transcending the senses
Have you ever picked up an instrument and tried to emulate your favourite musician, going off nothing but the way it sounds?
Well that's how our soloist of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 2 has mastered their craft. Blind from a young age, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii is a performer of worldwide renown, described as ‘the definition of virtuosity’ (The Observer).
See his TSO debut
Giving it their all!
This is it. This is the moment the finalists of the annual ANAM Concerto Competition perform with the TSO.
Months of practice, finesse and grit go into this performance, with the finalists having the rare and exciting privilege of performing with a professional orchestra, and the winner crowned on the night.
It's your chance to see the musicians of the future.
Free – book now
The message of Christmas
This JS Bach rarity is a joyous musical setting of the Christmas story.
Tracing the birth of Christ, the adoration of the shepherds and the visitation of the Wise Men, Bach draws upon the full resources of orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists to bring poignancy and humanity to the age-old nativity story.
Don’t miss the concert event of the festive season.
Joy, joy, joy!
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