
Celebrating 30 years since the establishment of the TSO Chorus, in April 2022, choristers made a triumphant return to the Federation Concert Hall to perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the orchestra, after 24 months in isolation.
The TSO Chorus has a proud history of presenting repertoire that spans the 17th and 21st century Passions of JS Bach and Richard Mills and includes a wealth of liturgical works from Haydn to Bernstein.
The choral symphonies of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mahler, the Incidental Music of Mendelssohn and Grieg, and operas by Verdi, Bizet and Wagner have showcased the TSO Chorus.
Collaborations with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra have brought greater exposure to the chorus, as has participation in Mitsing concerts in Berlin and Barcelona, culminating in an invitation as one of 9 international choirs to premiere a work by British composer, Roxanna Panufnik, in the Berlin Philharmonie.
The TSO Chorus has delivered cutting edge a cappella programs for iconic festivals, notably MOFO, Dark Mofo, 10 Days on the Island and Synaesthesia, and in more recent times created The Sunrise Project, a video demonstrating the resilience of choristers in the pandemic, through a virtual performance of Ola Gjeilo’s The Ground as the emotional backdrop to sensational local scenery.
The TSO Chorus’ enthusiasm for working with Chief Conductor, Eivind Aadland and a return to performances with a live audience, is boundless.
If you would like to find out more about joining the TSO Chorus, take a look at the information sheet here.
Auditions are generally held twice a year.
Please fill in the form below to apply.
Year |
Date |
Concert name and Repertoire |
Conductor / Chorusmaster |
2022 |
2 Apr |
Beethoven’s Ninth Federation Concert Hall BEETHOVEN Symphony no 9 in D minor op 125 ‘Choral’ |
Aadland/Tyzack |
2021 |
6 Nov |
TSO Chorus Sings Fauré and Bernstein Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Tasmania FAURÉ Requiem BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms |
Rimes |
25 Jul, 22 Aug |
TSO Chorus of Bells and Fire Port Arthur Historic Site ARR. DANIEL BRINSMEAD Amazing Grace HARRY EINHORN Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche MATTHEW HARRIS Las Seis Cuerdas HYMN Chorus of Fire DAN FORREST The Sun Never Says MATTHEW ORLOVICH My Nurse and I OLA GJEILO The Ground ERIC BARNUM The Stars Stand Up In The Air JONATHAN DOVE Ring Out Wild Bells STEPHEN PAULUS The Road Home |
Tyzack |
|
5 Jun |
Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New Federation Concert Hall, Hobart JOHN HØYBYE Psalm 151 ERIC WILLIAM BARNUM The Stars Stand up in the Air JOSEPH TWIST Lament DAN FORREST The Sun Never Says OLA GJEILO The Ground JONATHAN DOVE Ring Out, Wild Bells STEPHEN PAULUS The Road Home (encore) |
Tyzack |
|
28 Apr |
Reflection – 25th Anniversary Commemoration Service Memorial Garden, Port Arthur Historic Site FORREST The Sun Never Says VAN TIENEN I Go On (from Isolation Songs) KING Arr. VERTIGAN/HART Stand By Me |
Tyzack |
|
22 Jan x2, 23 Jan x2, 24 Jan |
The Masque of the Red Death St David's Cathedral, Hobart Arr. RIMES The Masque of the Red Death |
Winspear, Rimes / Tyzack |
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2020 |
8 Dec |
Celebrate Christmas with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chorus City Hall, Hobart BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring MENDELSSOHN Hark! The Herald Angels Sing HANDEL For Unto Us A Child Is Born from Messiah HANDEL Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah TRAD. BASQUE arr. PETTMAN The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came FRENCH CAROL MELODY Angels We Have Heard On High SILVER The Twelve Days After Christmas Arr. WILLCOCKS O Come, All Ye Faithful |
Tyzack |
|
8 Nov |
Shedding the Silence The Goods Shed, Evans St, Hobart BEETHOVEN Mass in C excerpts LISA CHENEY Go Back and Start Again LAURIDSEN O Magnum Mysterium VERDI Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora from La traviata GJEILO The Ground BEN VAN TIENEN Isolation Songs |
Tyzack |
|
6 Aug |
75th Anniversary of Hiroshima Commemoration Events LOOP Apartments foyer / Franklin Square, Hobart YAMAMOTO MINORU Hiroshima Peace Song |
Tyzack |
|
14 Mar |
Special Federation Concert Hall, Hobart BRAHMS A German Requiem |
Aadland / Tyzack |
|
18 & 19 Jan |
trypticK @ Mona Foma UTAS Inveresk, Launceston MENDELLSOHN Nun danket alle Gott CHENEY Go back and start again (world premiere) WAGNER Tannhäuser, Pilgrim's Chorus LOTTI Crucifixus HARRIS Crotalo HARRIS La seis cuerdas SMITH Guitarra TORRES Diosa (world premier) POULENC La blanche neige WHITACRE With a lily in your hand RAUTAVAARA Malaguena |
Tyzack |
2019 |
29 & 30 Nov |
Verdi Requiem Perth Concert Hall VERDI Requiem |
Fisch / Tyzack |
|
2 Nov |
Nina Stemme Returns Federation Concert Hall, Hobart WAGNER Der fliegender Holländer, Dutchman's Monologue, Act 1 |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
21 Sep |
Hymn of Praise Federation Concert Hall, Hobart MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 2, Lobgesang |
Fritzsch / Tyzack |
|
9 Jul |
5@5, Festival of Voices Hobart Town Hall, Hobart BACH St John Passion (excerpts) VERDI Requiem (excerpts) EDWARDS Gloria & Sanctus from Missa Alchera (Mass of the Dreaming) CHENEY Drought EDWARDS binit bubuk from Sacred Kingfisher Psalms ORLOVICH My Nurse and I |
Tyzack |
|
14 & 15 Jun |
Riceboy Sleeps, Dark MOFO Federation Concert Hall, Hobart SOMERS/BIRGISSON [Orch. David Handler] Riceboy Sleeps |
Hamilton / Reade |
|
1 Jun |
Verdi Requiem Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona VERDI Requiem in sing-along with Rundfunkchor Berlin & Orfeó Català |
Halsey / Tyzack |
|
29 May |
Welcome Concert Basílica de Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona EDWARDS Gloria & Sanctus from Missa Alchera (Mass of the Dreaming) CHENEY Drought EDWARDS binit bubuk from Sacred Kingfisher Psalms ORLOVICH My Nurse and I |
Tyzack |
|
6 Apr |
St John Passion Federation Concert Hall, Hobart BACH St John Passion |
Layton / Tyzack |
2018 |
8 & 9 Dec |
Regional Tour Cygnet Town Hall, Cygnet Campbell Town Hall, Campbell Town Selection from HANDEL Messiah with musicians from the TSO |
Tyzack |
|
1 Dec |
Handel Messiah Federation Concert Hall, Hobart HANDEL Messiah |
Curnyn / Tyzack |
|
20 Oct |
Roméo et Juliette Federation Concert Hall, Hobart GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
4 Aug |
Fauré Requiem Federation Concert Hall, Hobart FAURÉ Requiem |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
10 Jul |
5@5, Festival of Voices Hobart Town Hall, Hobart GRIEG Peer Gynt, Velsignnede Morgen Harry Einhorn Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche Gabriel Jackson Our Flags are wafting in hope and grief Anders Edenroth Words Ēriks Ešenvalds The Time Has Come Missy Mazzoli Vesper Sparrow PÄRT Berliner Messe (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei only) |
Tyzack |
|
22 Jun |
Eternal, Dark MOFO Federation Concert Hall, Hobart ARVO PÄRT Berliner Messe |
Fritzsch / Tyzack |
|
21 Apr |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Federation Concert Hall, Hobart MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Shelley / Tyzack |
|
17 Mar |
Peer Gynt Federation Concert Hall, Hobart GRIEG Peer Gynt |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
20 & 21 Jan |
Truce, MOFO MONA, Hobart Harry Einhorn Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche Gabriel Jackson Our Flags are wafting in hope and grief Ilona Rupaine In darkness I was taken away as a bride George Handel Their bodies are buried in peace Missy Mazzoli Vesper Sparrow Abel Meeropol Strange Fruit Anders Edenroth Words Ysaye Barnwell Would you Harbor me? Ēriks Ešenvalds The Time Has Come |
Tyzack |
2017
|
2 Dec |
Field of Flowers Federation Concert Hall, Hobart VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Flos Campi |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
24 & 25 Nov |
Belshazzar's Feast Sydney Opera House WALTON Belshazzar's Feast |
Robertson / Tyzack |
|
12 Aug |
Carmen Federation Concert Hall, Hobart BIZET Carmen |
Letonja / Tyzack |
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14 May |
Duruflé Requiem Berlin Philharmonie Duruflé Requiem in Sing-Along with Rundfunkchor Berlin |
Halsey / Tyzack |
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4 Mar |
Beethoven 9 Federation Concert Hall, Hobart BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 |
Letonja / Tyzack |
2016 |
26 & 27 Nov |
Regional Tour Christ Church, Longford Dunalley Community Hall, Dunalley St George Church, Battery Point HAYDN Awake the harp (The Creation) GJEILO Northern Lights GJEILO The Ground MOZART Hostias et preces - Quam olim Abrahae (Requiem) MOZART Dies Irae (Requiem) EŠENVALDS Stars BACH Kommt, ihr Töchter (St Matthew Passion) BACH A punishment so strange (St Matthew Passion) BACH Der du Tempel Gottes zerbrichst - Andern hat er geholfen (St Matthew Passion) RACHMANINOV Bogoroditse Devo (All Night Vigil op. 37) NERUDA Sonnet of the Night (Cien Sonetos de Amor) LAURIDSEN Soneto de la Noche (Nocturnes) HAYDN Achieved is the glorious work (The Creation) LED ZEPPLIN arr. TYZACK Stairway to Heaven KANDER Coffee in a Cardboard Cup (70, Girls, 70) |
Tyzack |
|
19 Nov |
Tristan and Isolde Federation Concert Hall, Hobart (off stage) WAGNER Tristan and Isolde (highlights) |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
15 Oct |
Out of this World Federation Concert Hall, Hobart (off stage) HOLST The Planets |
Fritzsch / Tyzack |
|
10 Sep |
The Creation Federation Concert Hall, Hobart HAYDN The Creation |
Tausk / Tyzack |
|
9 Jul |
Bach St Matthew Passion Federation Concert Hall, Hobart BACH St Matthew Passion |
Gill / Tyzack |
|
10 & 11 Jun |
A Galaxy of Suns Dark Park, Macquarie Point, Hobart Michaela GLEAVE A Galaxy of Suns |
|
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9 Apr |
Bach to the Future Federation Concert Hall, Hobart (technical gallery) BACH O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden from St Matthew Passion TWIST O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden BACH Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden from St Matthew Passion MENDELSSOHN Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
26 Feb |
Gilbert & Sullivan Spectacular Federation Concert Hall, Hobart GILBERT & SULLIVAN We sail the ocean blue (HMS Pinafore), When I was a lad (HMS Pinafore), Stop, ladies pray (The Pirates of Penzance), Oh! Is there not (The Pirates of Penzance), Poor wand'ring one! (The Pirates of Penzance), When anger spreads his wing (Princess Ida), Incantation (The Sorcerer), Finale Act I (The Sorcerer), Here's a man of jollity (The Yeoman of the Guard), All hail great Judge! (Trial by Jury), When I good friends (Trial by Jury), Dance a cachuca (The Gondoliers), Modern Major General (The Pirates of Penzance), With cat-like tread (The Pirates of Penzance), Finale Act 2 (The Mikado)
|
Greene / Tyzack |
|
16 & 17 Jan |
Elevated & Stairway to Heaven MONA, Hobart VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greensleeves ANON O Virgo Splendens RACHMANINOV Bogoroditse devo from All Night Vigil Op. 37 BIEBL Ave Maria MENDELSSOHN Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah Op. 70 PURCELL Man that is born of a woman from Funeral music for Queen Mary PURCELL No stars again shall hurt you from above from The Tempest EŠENVALDS Stars PURCELL May the God of Wit Inspire from The Fairy Queen LED ZEPPELIN Stairway to Heaven arr Tyzack LAURIDSEN Soneto de la Noche from Nocturnes |
Tyzack |
|
16 & 17 Jan |
Blinded MONA, Hobart BACH Was mein Gott will from St Matthew Passion BACH O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden from St Matthew Passion BACH Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden from St Matthew Passion MENDELSSOHN Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah op 70 MAHLER Symphony#2: Fifth movement (exceprt) |
Tyzack |
2015 |
6 Dec |
Divine: Divine singing to delight on a Sunday afternoon St George’s Anglican Church, Battery Point ANON O Virgo splendens HANDEL Zadok the Priest BACH St Matthew Passion Chorales PURCELL Man that is born of a woman MOZART Introitus, Kyrie, Dies Irae VIVALDI Gloria MENDELSSOHN Lift Thine Eyes MOZART Rex Tremendae, Lacrimosa LERNER & LOEWE Ascot Gavotte VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Greensleeves PARRY Jerusalem |
Tyzack |
|
28 Nov |
Mozart’s Requiem Federation Concert Hall, Hobart MOZART Requiem |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
2 & 3 Oct |
Rule Britannia! Federation Concert Hall, Hobart & Albert Hall, Launceston ANON. God Save the Queen PARRY Jerusalem |
Noble / Tyzack |
|
3 & 4 Sep |
French Impressions Sydney Opera House, Sydney BERLIOZ Te Deum |
Dutoit / Tyzack |
|
13 Aug |
Remembrance Hamer Hall, Melbourne MILLS Remembrance |
Mills / Tyzack |
|
13 Jun |
Cherubini Requiem Federation Concert Hall, Hobart CHERUBINI Requiem in C minor |
Tausk / Tyzack |
|
18 Apr |
Remembrance Federation Concert Hall, Hobart MILLS Remembrance |
Mills / Tyzack |
|
22 Mar |
Electric & Extreme Spiegeltent, Hobart JACKSON Ave, Regina Caelorum TODD Sanctus YOUNG Other Plans GORECKI Lobgesang KRATOCHWIL Zaubersprüche TOCH arr TYZACK Geographical Fugue |
Tyzack |
2014 |
1 Nov |
Haydn’s Vienna |
Fritzsch / Tyzack |
|
16 & 17 Aug |
Synaesthesia + TAVENER Svyati |
Tyzack |
|
9 Jul |
Chorus/Brass Recital |
Kelly / Tyzack |
|
21 Jun |
In Praise of Darkness (Dark MOFO) |
Tyzack |
|
10 May |
Sing Along |
Gill / Tyzack |
|
15 Mar |
Choral Fantasy |
Letonja / Tyzack |
2013 |
8 Dec |
AISOI – Concert 1 |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
19 Oct |
TSO Long Table Dinner |
Tyzack |
|
21 & 22 Sep |
Regional Tour |
Tyzack |
|
10, 11 & 13 Jul |
Verdi’s Requiem |
Robertson / Weymark, Tyzack |
|
25 May |
Mozart Coronation Mass |
Dworzynski / Tyzack |
|
28 Mar |
TSO Goes to the Opera |
Letonja / Tyzack |
2012 |
8 Dec |
Teddy Sings Brahms |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
30 Nov & 1 Dec |
Brahms Requiem |
Van Zweden / Phillips, Tyzack |
|
3 & 4 Nov |
Synaesthesia Festival KOUKIAS The Ascension of Christ (World Premiere) |
Tyzack |
|
18 Aug |
Blitz |
Letonja / Tyzack |
|
14 Jul |
Christ on the Mount of Olives |
Shelley / Tyzack |
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26 & 28 Apr |
Last Night of the Proms |
Weymark / Bainbridge |
|
5 Feb |
Open Day |
Tyzack |
2011 |
8 & 10 Dec |
Song of Joy |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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8 & 9 Oct |
Regional Tour |
Tyzack |
|
12 & 13 Aug |
A Night at the Proms Gala |
Daniel / Phillips, Tyzack |
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21 May |
Bella Italia |
Elts / Tyzack |
|
20 Jan |
Balletlab – MONA FOMA |
Tyzack |
2010 |
11 Dec |
Christmas with the TSO |
Weymark / Tyzack |
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20 Oct |
TSO Goes to the Opera |
Abbott / Tyzack |
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28 Aug |
Fauré Requiem |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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7-10 Jul |
Festival Of Voices: Spanish Pilgrimage |
Tyzack |
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13 Mar |
Adelaide Festival |
Volmer / Crossin, Tyzack |
2009 |
31 Oct |
Elijah |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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4 Jul |
Massed Voices |
Letonja / Tyzack |
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30 Apr & 1 May |
Best of British |
Noble / Tyzack |
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4 Apr |
10 Days On The Island: La Serenissima |
Mills / Tyzack |
2008 |
19 & 20 Nov |
The Dream of Gerontius |
Ashkenazy / Weymark, Tyzack |
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15 Nov |
Song of Destiny |
Fritzsch / Tyzack |
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5 Jul |
The Creation |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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21 Jun |
Light the Cauldron |
Taddei / Tyzack |
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24 May |
Celestial |
Tyzack |
2007 |
14 Dec |
Messiah |
Gill / Tyzack |
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19 & 21 Oct |
The Creation |
Hickox / Weymark, Tyzack |
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15 Sep |
The Planets |
Judd / Tyzack |
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4 Aug |
Mendelssohn Festival – Spirit of Mendelssohn |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack, Weymark |
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3 Aug |
Mendelssohn Festival – Praise to the Heavens |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack, Weymark |
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5 Apr |
Mighty Voices |
Forestier / Tyzack |
2006 |
9 Dec |
The Spirit of Christmas |
Kelly / Tyzack, Oxley |
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11 Nov |
The Mozart Requiem |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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23 Sep |
Astronauts and Mermaids |
Mills / Tyzack |
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5 & 6 Aug |
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Programme 06 |
Caetani / Weymark, Tyzack |
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4 & 6 May |
Scotland The Brave |
O’Boyle / Tyzack |
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19 Mar |
Ode to Joy |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack, Abercromby, Reade, Furmage |
2005 |
12 Nov |
A Grand Night in Vienna |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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19 Oct |
High Drama |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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27 Aug |
Musical Metamorphoses |
Lang-Lessing / Tyzack |
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3 Aug |
Glorious Voices |
Weymark / Tyzack |
|
2 Apr |
Ten Days On The Island:The Struggle Continues – a Luta Continua |
Mills / Tyzack |
2004 |
11 Dec |
Messiah |
Woods / Tyzack, Reade, Eden |
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27 Nov |
Tasmania: a Musical Tribute (Dedicated to the memory of Jim Bacon) |
Mills / Tyzack |
|
2 Jun |
Bella Italia |
Rudner / Tyzack |
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29 May |
TSO Goes to the Proms |
Kelly / Tyzack |
|
7 Apr |
Fauré’s Requiem |
Volmer / Tyzack |
2003 |
13 Dec |
Christmas with the TSO |
Young / Tyzack |
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26 Sep |
Opera Gala |
Rudner / Tyzack |
|
16 Aug |
Brahms’ German Requiem |
Volmer / Tyzack |
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27 & 28 Jun |
TSO Goes to the Proms |
Stengards / Tyzack |
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5 Apr |
Ten Days On The Island: North and South |
McCoppin / Tyzack |
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30 Mar |
Ten Days On The Island: Antarctica |
Wing-See Yip / Tyzack |
2002 |
5 Oct |
Australia Post Opera Gala |
Rudner / Tyzack |
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12, 13 & 20 Jul |
TSO Goes to the Proms |
Stengards / Tyzack |
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6 Apr |
Choral Masterpieces |
McCoppin / Tyzack |
2001 |
19 & 20 Oct |
TSO Goes to the Proms |
O’Boyle / Tyzack |
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25 Aug |
Australia Post Opera Gala |
Fritzsch / Tyzack |
|
2 Jun |
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart |
Christie / Johns |
|
1 Apr |
(Inaugural) Ten Days On The Island |
Porcelijn / McEwan |
2000 |
19 Apr |
ABC Odeon, Hobart |
Porcelijn |
1999 |
6 Nov |
ABC Odeon, Hobart |
Johns |
|
28 May |
Italian Opera Gala |
Kamirski / Haddock |
1998 |
12 Dec |
Christmas with the TSO |
Johns |
|
29 May |
Italian Festa |
Kram |
|
18 Apr |
TSO 50TH Anniversary Concert |
Porcelijn / McEwan |
1997 |
8 Nov |
Great Classics |
Shelley / Abercrombie |
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11 Oct |
Treasures Of The Baroque |
Porcelijn / Johns |
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26 Jun |
Schubert and His Time |
McBride / Johns |
1996 |
30 Apr – 11 May |
Rossini’s Cinderella |
Porcelijn / Haddock |
|
10 Feb |
Symphony Under The Stars |
Franks / Prero |
1995 |
12 Oct |
Bizet’s Carmen in Concert |
Kamirski / Prero |
1994 |
19 & 21 May |
Madama Butterfly in Concert |
Kamirski / Oxley |
1993 |
23 Sep |
Meet the Classics |
Walker / Oxley |
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22 & 24 Jul |
La Bohème in Concert |
Kamirski / Oxley |
1992 |
27 & 29 Feb |
La Traviata in Concert |
Kamirski / Oxley |