Music
There was little time for actual reverie in this concert, which featured the premiere of Adelaide composer Graeme Koehne’s emotionally complex Bittersweet Symphony and a performance by dynamic French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
Music
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is promising something for all music lovers next year, from a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at St Peter’s Cathedral and a whole lot of Brahms at the Town Hall, to a celebration of Billy Joel and a trip Back to the Future.
The Cat Empire is returning to Adelaide to join with the ASO for a concert that frontman Felix Riebl says is “the most musically sophisticated performance we’ve ever done”. It will also have special resonance for one particular orchestra member.
SA arts & culture news in brief: Another leadership change in SA’s arts sector, State Theatre makes the first announcement of its 2025 season, a stockroom art sale at GAGPROJECTS, happy hour meets the symphony, winning artworks celebrate beauty, and a valuable new youth arts resource.
From Kung Fu Panda and Driving Miss Daisy, to the muscle-bound Pirates of the Caribbean and menacing Inception, film composer Hans Zimmer’s music proved exhilarating in two sold-out live shows by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
With the ASO magnificently in harness again, Andrew Litton applied full cinematic power and sweep to Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony while also bringing precision to all its wonderful detail.
