Brenda Sullivan, photographed by Sarah Marshall QSO Favourites 1:30pm & 7:30pm, 12 February 2022 Concert Hall QPAC Queensland Symphony Orchestra will begin 2022 with QSO Favourites, a concert of favourites as requested by fans and musicians, including a world premiere from one of the orchestra's own. The concert has been curated by and for Queenslanders... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Symphonic Santa (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Image supplied Symphonic Santa 9:30am, 11am, and 1:30pm, 11 December 2021 Queensland Symphony Orchestra Studio, South Brisbane Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s family Christmas concerts are back, full of cheeky mischief, much merriment and, of course, marvellous music. Written, composed, and arranged by the Orchestra’s Craig Allister Young, Symphonic Santa tells the story of Sneezy the Reindeer and... Continue Reading →
Review: Beethoven and Sibelius (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Grace Clifford plays Sibelius’ violin concerto with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Briger. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra delivered an invigorating concert with Beethoven and Sibelius, conducted by Alexander Briger AO and featuring violinist Grace Clifford. In conjunction with the concert, QSO also launched their 2022 season under the tagline Powered by... Continue Reading →
Queensland Symphony Orchestra launches 2022 season
Epic symphonies from the classical canon, world premieres by Australian composers, and concerts that joyously celebrate modern music-makers headline Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 Season. It’s a season that shines the spotlight on its own with spine-tingling solos, and promises special moments for music lovers of all ages across all of Queensland as the Orchestra celebrates... Continue Reading →
Review: Queensland’s Finest (Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Brisbane Festival)
Dane Lam conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Brisbane Festival brought together three brilliant Queensland musicians for their recent concert, aptly named Queensland’s Finest: conductor Dane Lam, who grew up in Brisbane and is now nationally and internationally acclaimed; award-winning pianist Jayson Gillham, raised in Dalby and now performing... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Great Inventions – Music of Surprise and Delight (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Great Inventions - Music of Surprise and Delight 11:00am and 3:00pm, 25 July 2021 Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank Conducted by Benjamin Bayl and hosted by Guy Noble, this concert in QSO's Music on Sundays series features music by the great composers, each one marked by a unique attempt to try something different. Beethoven wrote the... Continue Reading →
Review: Pictures at an Exhibition: Musical Vignettes (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra transported its audience from concert hall to art gallery with Pictures at an Exhibition: Musical Vignettes, conducted by Benjamin Northey. In addition to the titular work by Modest Mussorgsky, the Maestro concert also included Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Overture from May Night and... Continue Reading →
Review: Beethoven’s Emperor (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
QSO Conductor Laureate Johannes Fritzsch and pianist Daniel de Borah. Photographed by Peter Wallis. It was a delight to be able to return QPAC’s Concert Hall on Friday night for Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s stirring final Maestro concert of 2020 - Beethoven’s Emperor. As well as being the 2020 season finale, this concert marks the end... Continue Reading →
Review: Timeless (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra farewelled outgoing Music Director Alondra de la Parra and 2019 Artist in Residence Paul Lewis in a spectacular concert that showcased the best of both. In an exciting first for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the concert was also livestreamed globally via Facebook and to venues across the state, reaching a potential audience of... Continue Reading →
Review: The Last Night of the Proms (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Tally ho! Saturday night was our first time at Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s annual The Last Night of the Proms event. Both the stage and audience were adorned in Union Jack and Australian flags for an evening of Australian and British orchestral music, a tribute to the eight-week season of daily orchestral classical music concerts at... Continue Reading →