DATE: Sunday 17 September 2017, 2.00pm
LOCATION: Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Arts Centre Melbourne
WEB: http://zelmansymphony.org.au/Concerts/17September2017
Experience the delights of the Elena Kats-Chernin Flute Concerto and Shostakovich’s darkly evocative Symphony No.13, Babi Yar.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko's famous poem, #BabiYar, exposed the massacres by the Nazis of over 110,000 people at Babi Yar, near Kiev, during WWII. It denounced anti-Semitism and protested against the then Soviet Government's refusal to build a memorial. Dmitri Shostakovich set this poem to music in his 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, which will be performed by bass-baritone Adrian Tamburini accompanied by a large orchestra and a 200-voice male chorus. It will be the centrepiece of this concert commemorating the 75th anniversary of these horrendous events at Babi Yar.
The strongly emotive yet delightfully melodic Elena Kats-Chernin Flute Concerto, Night and Now, references Elena's early years in Soviet-era Russia. It was composed for leading Australian flautist Sally Walker, and premiered in Victoria by Zelman Symphony to great acclaim in 2015. Zelman Symphony is proud to be able to bring this beautiful work to the Hamer Hall stage.
Mark Shiell - conductor
Adrian Tamburini - bass-baritone
Sally Walker - flute
Wilma Smith - guest concertmaster
Nicholas Cowall - chorusmaster
Program
Harry Sdraulig - Crossway for Orchestra - World Premiere
Elena Kats-Chernin - Flute Concerto Night and Now
Commemoration and Reading of the Babi Yar poem
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 Babi Yar
Tickets and Admission Prices
Reserve Adult Concession Under 16
Premium $75.00 $75.00 $75.00
A Reserve $65.00 $60.00 $55.00
B Reserve $55.00 $50.00 $45.00
C Reserve $45.00 $40.00 $35.00
D Reserve $35.00 $30.00 $25.00
Note that transaction fees apply to each purchase.
Tickets available via Arts Centre Melbourne
Phone 1300 182 183
Thanks to our friends at Zelman Symphony Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine is proudly covering the concert (media: #SylvesterKroyherr/ Rachel Sandey, Bryanna Reynolds at Reynolds Sister Productions and Fabrizio Evans at Group 42) More to that Bryanna and Fabrizio already ran interview with Adrian Tamburini which will be released closer to the concert date. Please stay tuned for more details coming up soon.