Concerts

MUSIC PLAY CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL

Saturday 19 January 2019, 10:00 am

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

Brett Kelly Conductor

Susan Ferguson Narrator

Melbourne Recital Centre

Performances:
Saturday 19 January – 10:00am
Saturday 19 January – 12:00pm

The Melbourne Youth Orchestra performs composer Mark Simeon’s score to Helga Visser’s picture book classic The Bush Concert.
Narrator Susan Ferguson tells the endearing story of how, during a terrible drought, the birds put on a gala concert to cheer themselves up with singing, dancing and magic tricks.

SIDNEY MYER FREE CONCERT

Saturday 16 February 2019, 6:00 pm

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

BRETT KELLY Conductor

Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Join us for the MYO Family Picnic as MYO perform the curtain raiser for the MSO Sidney Myer Free Concert Series

VERDI La Forza del destino: Overture
PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien

DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION

Sunday 07 April 2019, 2:30 pm

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

BRETT KELLY Conductor

LAURENCE MATHESON piano

Melbourne Recital Centre

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration

ENSEMBLE PROGRAM AUTUMN CONCERTS

Sunday 19 May 2019, 12:00 am

Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank

MAHLER 1

Monday 10 June 2019, 2:30 pm

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

BRETT KELLY Conductor

ANNE-MARIE JOHNSON violin

Melbourne Recital Centre

BERNSTEIN, L Candide: Overture
BERNSTEIN, E To Kill a Mockingbird Suite
BARBER Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE MSO

Saturday 15 June 2019, 7:00 pm

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

BENJAMIN NORTHEY Conductor

DEBORAH CHEETHAM AO Soprano
LINDA BARCAN Mezzo
DON BEMROSE Baritone

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

MYO performs Side by Side with musicians from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

CHEETHAM AO, DEBORAH Eumerella: A War Requiem for Peace

ENSEMBLE PROGRAM WINTER CONCERTS

Sunday 25 August 2019, 12:00 am

Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank

THE FIREBIRD

Sunday 01 September 2019, 2:30 pm

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

BRETT KELLY Conductor

NATASHA HANNA violin

Melbourne Recital Centre

TO, Cassie The Reef (World Premiere)
SIBELIUS Spring Song
SMETANA Vltava (The Moldau) from Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
STRAVINSKY The Firebird: Suite (1919)

SHOSTAKOVICH 1

Sunday 03 November 2019, 2:30 pm

Melbourne Youth Orchestra

FABIAN RUSSELL Guest Conductor

Melbourne Recital Centre

MILLS, Richard Tenebrae
RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

ENSEMBLE PROGRAM SPRING CONCERTS

Sunday 10 November 2019, 12:00 am

Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank