Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Dance Of The Knights (Montagues And Capulets) 00:00 Tools
Bolero (Excerpt) 00:00 Tools
BRAHMS Symphony No.3: III. Poco Allegretto 00:00 Tools
We Have Arrived 00:00 Tools
Carving the Foundation 00:00 Tools
Dance Of The Comedians From "the Bartered Bride" 00:00 Tools
Logical Conclusion 00:00 Tools
Opening Scene - Dance Of The Young Girls (Onegin Ballet Suite No 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Elgar - Enigma Variations: Nimrod 00:00 Tools
Tatiana's Bedroom: Apparition of Onegin - Pas De Deux (Onegin Ballet Suite No 11 & 12) 00:00 Tools
Lensky's Variation - Pas De Deux (Onegin Ballet Suite No 4 & 5) 00:00 Tools
Pavane Op.50 00:00 Tools
Scene: Onegin and Tatiana - Onegin's Variation (Onegin Ballet Suite No 7 & 8) 00:00 Tools
The Fires of Suzaku 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor): II. Adagio un poco mosso 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Finale 00:00 Tools
Type-0 00:00 Tools
The Time of Finis 00:00 Tools
Finale: Scene 1 (Onegin Ballet Suite No 9) 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Solor's Solo 00:00 Tools
Dance of The Knights 00:00 Tools
Opening Waltz (Onegin Ballet Suite No 13) 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Pas De Deux 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Pas De Deux - Nikiya's Solo 00:00 Tools
MOZART Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K219 (Turkish): 2nd movement 00:00 Tools
Grande Polonaise (Onegin Ballet Suite No 23) 00:00 Tools
Final Scene - Tatiana Rejects Onegin (Onegin Ballet Suite No 28) 00:00 Tools
HANDEL Water Music Suite No.2: Alla hornpipe 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: VIIII. Variation B (Lento): Oboes 00:00 Tools
Countdown Fanfare 00:00 Tools
Tatiana's Variation And General Dance - Quarrel (Onegin Ballet Suite No 18 & 19) 00:00 Tools
DEBUSSY Children’s Corner: The Little Shepherd 00:00 Tools
Duel And Death of Lensky (Onegin Ballet Suite No 22) 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral): 4. Allegro assai (Choral finale on Schiller’s ode ‘To Joy’) 00:00 Tools
Russian Dance (Onegin Ballet Suite No 26) 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: X. Variation C (Moderato): Clarinets 00:00 Tools
Games 2000 Fanfare 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 7 In A - Allegretto 00:00 Tools
SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen Suite: 2. The Swan of Tuonela 00:00 Tools
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467: 2nd movement 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XI. Variation D (Allegro Alla Marcia): Bassoons 00:00 Tools
MOZART Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491: 2nd movement 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: VIII. Variation A (Presto): Piccolo and Flute 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XIV. Variation G: Cellos 00:00 Tools
WAGNER: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XIII. Variation F (Meno Mosso): Violas 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' - V: Allegretto 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XII. Variation E (Brillante - Alla Polacca): Violins 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XXI. Fugue (Allegro Molto): Tutti 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XX. Variation M (Moderato): Percussion 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XVII. Variation J (L'istesso Tempo): Horns 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XVI. Variation I (Maestro): Harp 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7: 2. Allegretto 00:00 Tools
The Little Shepherd 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 - Allegro Con Brio 00:00 Tools
MOZART Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K219 (Turkish): 3rd movement 00:00 Tools
The Man From Snowy River 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 1 'Da pacem, Domine' (Lord, Grant Us Peace) - Excerpt 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XVIIII. Variation L (Allegro Pomposo): Trombones and Tuba 00:00 Tools
Saint-Saens - Symphony No 3, 4th Movement 00:00 Tools
SHOSTAKOCIVH: Symphony No. 10: 2nd Movement Allegro 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XV. Variation H (Cominciando Lento Ma Poco a Poco Accelerando al Allegro): Double Basses 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Second Shade's Solo 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1: Menuetto 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Entrance Of The Shades 00:00 Tools
I Love To Singa Medley 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro Con Brio 00:00 Tools
The Kingdom of the Shades: Conclusion (from La Bayadere) - 2008 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Sleeping Beauty Waltz 00:00 Tools
Allegretto Grazioso - From Symphony No. 8 00:00 Tools
Mozart - Piano Concerto No 21 K.467, 2nd Movement 00:00 Tools
Jupiter, From The Planets Suite 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 7 In A: II. Allegretto 00:00 Tools
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5: finale 00:00 Tools
The Man From Snowy River - Olympic Version 00:00 Tools
Dance Of The Knights (Montagues And Catapulets) 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 00:00 Tools
Advance Australia Fair - arr. Peter Sculthorpe 00:00 Tools
Schubert - Rosamunde: Entr'acte 00:00 Tools
BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Purcell’s Theme 00:00 Tools
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd Movement Allegro con fuoco 00:00 Tools
Waltzing Matilda 00:00 Tools
The Man from Snowy River [Olympic Version] 00:00 Tools
Ravel - Bolero 00:00 Tools
Montagues And Capulets - From Romeo And Juliet 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Solor Searches For And Finds Nikiya's Shade 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Pas De Trois 00:00 Tools
Symphony No.9 'From the New World': Largo (excerpt) 00:00 Tools
Christmas Night (from Capriol Suite) 00:00 Tools
Mahler - Symphony No 1, 2nd Movement 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: First Shade's Solo 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Third Shade's Solo 00:00 Tools
LUTOSLAWSKI Cello Concerto: excerpt 1 00:00 Tools
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.2: 1st movement 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato 00:00 Tools
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 6, 2nd Movement 00:00 Tools
Flute Concerto No.3 'The Goldfinch': Allegro 00:00 Tools
Bolero 00:00 Tools
DEBUSSY Estampes: Gardens in the Rain 00:00 Tools
Rhapsody Rabbit 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 8: Allegretto Grazioso 00:00 Tools
Ascension-Nature Boy 00:00 Tools
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: XVIIII. Variation L (Allegro Pomposo): Trombones and Tub 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Second Coda 00:00 Tools
Beethoven - Symphony No 5, 1st Movement 00:00 Tools
Show People 00:00 Tools
JANACEK Sinfonietta: Allegretto 00:00 Tools
Beethoven - Symphony No 7, 4th Movement 00:00 Tools
The Rabbit Of Seville 00:00 Tools
The Date Seed Parable 00:00 Tools
The Warner Bros. Fanfare / Merrie Melodies Theme 00:00 Tools
Zoom And Bored 00:00 Tools
Molly on the Shore 00:00 Tools
Tom And Jerry In The Hollywood Bowl 00:00 Tools
The Washington Post 00:00 Tools
Faure-Pavane Op.50 00:00 Tools
Komarov's Fall 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: First Coda 00:00 Tools
La Bayadere: Introduction 00:00 Tools
Baton Bunny 00:00 Tools
Small Town 00:00 Tools
Scooby-Doo's Hall Of The Mountain King 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 00:00 Tools
Tibi Omnes From The Berlioz Te Deum 00:00 Tools
MAHLER Symphony No.5: Funeral March 00:00 Tools
Compassion – Symphony Of Songs: 6. Ma Wadani Ahadun – Until The End Of Time 00:00 Tools
Dance of the Comedians 00:00 Tools
MENDELSSOHN Elijah: Aria ‘O rest in the Lord’ 00:00 Tools
DVOŘÁK New World Symphony: Largo 00:00 Tools
The Man From Snowy River (Olym 00:00 Tools
Washington Post March 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Variation V 00:00 Tools
Waltzing Matilda - arr Alan John 00:00 Tools
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes: Storm 00:00 Tools
Nature 00:00 Tools
Intermezzo Op.72 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Variation III 00:00 Tools
Adagio in G Minor 00:00 Tools
The Elephant (from Carnival of the Animals) 00:00 Tools
Overture to "The Beautiful Galatea" 00:00 Tools
JS BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007: Gigue 00:00 Tools
Sing 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Introduction 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Dance of the Firebird 00:00 Tools
Intermezzo Op.72: Symphonic Interlude- Traumerei am Kamin 00:00 Tools
Bedrock Ballet 00:00 Tools
ORFF Carmina Burana: O Fortuna 00:00 Tools
Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy) 00:00 Tools
JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: 3rd movement 00:00 Tools
Majestic Fanfare (ABC News Theme) 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Variation IV 00:00 Tools
Pavane 00:00 Tools
Coriolan Overture Op. 62 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92 00:00 Tools
The Merry Doll (from the Nursery Suite) 00:00 Tools
Symphony No.6: 1st movement 00:00 Tools
The Street Awakens (from Romeo & Juliet) 00:00 Tools
The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals) 00:00 Tools
Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 1, Op. 10: In A Mountain Pass / In The Village / In The Mosque / Procession Of The Sardar 00:00 Tools
Excerpt From "long-Haired Hare" 00:00 Tools
Symphonie fantastique: March to the Scaffold 00:00 Tools
What's Opera, Doc? 00:00 Tools
VERDI Requiem: Dies irae 00:00 Tools
Advance Australia Fair 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 4.2 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Pas De Deux - Spanish Dance 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Kashchei's enchanted garden 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird 00:00 Tools
Clarinet Concerto In A, KV622 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto - II 00:00 Tools
The Eternal Rhythm, Op. 5 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Variation II 00:00 Tools
The Man From Snowy River (Olympic Version) 00:00 Tools
Symphony No 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral' 00:00 Tools
Perpetuum Mobile 00:00 Tools
This I Know 00:00 Tools
You Deserve To Be Loved 00:00 Tools
Dance (from Ballet Suite No. 1) 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Finale 00:00 Tools
Minaret In Moonlight 00:00 Tools
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Waltz (Act I) 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Variation I 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Appearance of the thirteen enchanted Princesses 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Supplication of the Firebird 00:00 Tools
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - symphonic scherzo after Goethe 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto - I 00:00 Tools
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Scene (Act II) 00:00 Tools
Merrie Melodies Theme / That's All Folks! 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Pastoral Symphony: 5. Sheperds son, thanksgiving after the storm 00:00 Tools
Canon on a Russian Popular Tune 00:00 Tools
Ballet Suite No. 1: Dance 00:00 Tools
1812 Overture 00:00 Tools
Danse sacree et danse profane 00:00 Tools
Paquita: Introduction 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral): 4. All 00:00 Tools
Adagio 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 8 00:00 Tools
Beethoven Symphony No.7: 2nd movement 00:00 Tools
Rosamunde: Entr'acte 00:00 Tools
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 - III - Allegro 00:00 Tools
Let The Journey Begin 00:00 Tools
I Want To Be The Son You Deserve 00:00 Tools
Symphony No.6: 5th movement 00:00 Tools
The Rocket Will Launch 00:00 Tools
In Loving Memory 00:00 Tools
Choral Symphony - I. Enuma Elish (When On High) 00:00 Tools
A Corney Concerto 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto - III 00:00 Tools
Choral Symphony - Introduction 00:00 Tools
Le Cid: Aragonaise 00:00 Tools
R STRAUSS Four Last Songs: September 00:00 Tools
Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30 00:00 Tools
Stravinsky: The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) - Ballet - Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich 00:00 Tools
MOZART Symphony No.25: 1st movement 00:00 Tools
Vivaldi Flute Concerto No.33 00:00 Tools
Earth Cry (1988) 00:00 Tools
Symphony No.3: 1st movement 00:00 Tools
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4: finale 00:00 Tools
BERNSTEIN arr. KOSTAL West Side Story: America 00:00 Tools
Symphony #2 2nd movement 00:00 Tools
Maninyas - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (I) - 1st Movement 00:00 Tools
Scherzo 00:00 Tools
The Kingdom of the Shades: Conclusion (from La Bayadere) 00:00 Tools
Symphony No. 2 00:00 Tools
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1932 was a momentous year for Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering miracle of the day was opened in March. In July 1932 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was established, and with it the group of musicians that would become the Sydney Symphony. The Orchestra consisted of just 24 players, who performed incidental music for radio plays, music for the dinner hour and broadcasts of concert repertoire. The first significant concert event in which the orchestra took centre stage occurred in 1934, when the renowned Irish conductor Sir Hamilton Harty visited Australia which led to calls for the creation of a permanent concert orchestra for Sydney. A forceful new group of ABC managers increased the size of the Sydney orchestra to 45 players, augmented to 70 for public performances, and inaugurated annual concert seasons in 1936. Political instability in 1930's Europe saw many leading artists spending large amounts of time in Australia. Fine performances were given under the direction of Antal Dorati and Sir Thomas Beecham. Soloists appearing with the Orchestra included Artur Rubinstein, Bronislaw Huberman and Artur Schnabel. During the war, despite the near impossibility of buying strings or instruments, the Orchestra was a source of inspiration and solace to enthusiastic servicemen. The number of women in the Orchestra increased to 32 in 1942 from a pre-war total of 20. At war's end the ABC reached agreement with the Sydney's city council and the NSW State Government to establish an orchestra in Sydney. The new 82-player Sydney Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert in January 1946. One of the prominent guests in that 1946 season was conductor Eugene Goossens. A world-famous musician and charismatic leader, Goossens agreed to return the following year as the Orchestra's first Chief Conductor. He determined to make the Sydney Symphony "among the six best in the world." Goossens' introduced outdoor concerts, conducted Australian premieres of major new works as a matter of course, and in 1948 uttered the famous statement: "Sydney must have an Opera House." It was he who chose Bennelong Point as the site for what would become Australia's most famous building. After Goossens, the next conductor to have his kind of galvanising impact on the players was the Dutchman Willem van Otterloo. An eight-week European tour in 1974 culminated in two concerts in Amsterdam and The Hague that were Otterloo's special home-coming. It was also under Otterloo that the Orchestra made the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall its main performance home. In 1982 Sir Charles Mackerras became the first Australian to take up the Chief Conductor's post. When he fell ill in 1985, the young Australian conductor Stuart Challender stepped in to conduct some of his performances. These concerts led to his appointment as the Orchestra's Chief Conductor in 1987. Under Challender, the Symphony's supreme achievements were the ABC Classics disc of Peter Sculthorpe's music, performances of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, the Sydney and Adelaide seasons of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, and the 1988 tour of the USA. As his international reputation grew, so his illness increasingly sapped his energies, and he died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. Edo de Waart's appointment as the Sydney Symphony's Chief Conductor and Artistic Director a short time later has led to a period of greatness for the orchestra marked by many landmark events: the concert performances of Wagner's Das Rheingold, thrilling performances of Mahler's second and third symphonies, a strong commitment to new Australian music and the release of four CDs marking the beginning of a new recording agreement with the ABC Classics label. In 1995, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, under Edo de Waart's direction, undertook a triumphant concert tour of Great Britain and Europe. Their equally successful two-week tour of Japan and Taiwan took place in November 1996, and included a Tokyo concert performed in the presence of the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan. A series of initiatives announced by the Federal Government in 1994, including increased player numbers (110), increased touring and recording ventures as well as enhanced orchestral salaries and conditions have seen the Sydney Symphony develop into Australia's flagship orchestra. The Orchestra's role as Sydney's leading musical organisation continues to develop. From a subscription audience of 500 people in 1936, this year over 350,000 people will attend a Sydney Symphony performance. Over 150 concerts will be given in Sydney and in outer metropolitan and regional centres, including special children's, schools and open rehearsals. This year the annual outdoor concert, Symphony in the Domain, attracted a crowd of 130,000. Through its ongoing relationship with ABC Classic FM and ABC TV, and its growing list of recordings on ABC Classics, a national and international audience many times larger can experience the Orchestra's performances throughout the year. As the city's major musical organisation, the Sydney Symphony was the official Cultural Ambassador for the Olympic Arts Festivals and played a pivotal role in the celebrations surrounding the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000, both in the numerous outdoor and cultural events surrounding the Games. Integral to the Sydney Symphony's annual program of activity is a strong commitment to music education at all levels. Under the inspiring directorship of Richard Gill, the Education Program reaches all ages and all regions of New South Wales, and has become an envied resource for music education projects in other states and territories. The Sydney Sinfonia is a vital ensemble which performs in education programs for the youngest school children through to the very popular adult education series Discovery Program, while simultaneously providing training for emerging young musicians who work side-by-side with mentors from the Sydney Symphony, providing a bridge into the profession of the orchestral musician. The Sydney Symphony’s award-winning Education Program is central to the Orchestra’s commitment to the future of live symphonic music, developing audiences and engaging the participation of young people. The Sydney Symphony maintains an active commissioning program promoting the work of Australian composers and in 2005 Liza Lim was appointed Composer-in-Residence for three years. Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti, whose appointment in 2004 followed a ten year relationship with the Orchestra as Guest Conductor, is now in his third year as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony, a position he holds in tandem with that of Music Director at the prestigious Rome Opera. The Sydney Symphony is already reaping the rewards of Maestro Gelmetti’s directorship through the quality of sound, intensity of playing and flexibility between styles. His particularly strong rapport with French and German repertoire is complemented by his innovative programming in the Shock of the New concerts and performances of contemporary Australian music. Now in its 75th year, the Sydney Symphony is Australia’s flagship orchestra. Its 2007 Season bears the hallmark of artistic excellence with performances by a stellar line-up of internationally renowned soloists, Australia’s top musicians and the world’s most illustrious, sought after conductors. In 2007, the Orchestra celebrates its 75th anniversary and the milestone achievements during its distinguished history. PATRON Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AO, Governor of New South Wales Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.