BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7: 2nd movement

ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine*

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor): II. Adagio un poco mosso

BRAHMS Symphony No.3: III. Poco Allegretto

MOZART Symphony No.25: I. Allegro con brio

Track 1
JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: 3rd movement

Track 2
JS BACH Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042: 1st movement

Track 3
JS BACH Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043: 1st movement

Track 4 – JS BACH Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043: 2nd movement
Gidon Kremer, violins, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
DECCA 478 3348

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JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: 3rd movement

Track 1
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Act 1 Prelude

Track 2
Tristan und Isolde: Act 1 Love Duet

Track 3
Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 Prelude

Track 4
Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 Liebestod

René Kollo (Tristan), Margaret Price (Isolde) and the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Carlos Kleiber
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 413 3152

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WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 Prelude

Track 1
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.83: 1st movement

Track 2
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.83: 4th movement
Nelson Freire, piano, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly
DECCA ELOQUENCE 88 21732 (475 7639)

Track 3
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.8 in G, Op.88 (B163): 1st movement

Track 4
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.8 in G, Op.88 (B163): 3rd movement
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Witold Rowicki
DECCA 4782301

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DVORAK Symphony No.8: 3rd movement

David Robertson, conductor
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House on 15 February 2014
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner ABC Classic FM

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7: 2. Allegretto

David Robertson, conductor
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral): 2. Molto vivace – Presto

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral): 4. Allegro assai (Choral finale on Schiller’s ode ‘To Joy’)

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 475 8748
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner Universal Music

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.7 in C, Op.70 (Leningrad):  1st movement

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 883-2
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SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night (Verklärte Nacht), Op.4:  excerpt 2

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
DECCA 478 4041
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STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring – Ballet:  2 Augurs of Spring

Adele Anthony and Gil Shaham, violin soloists
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday 4 July 2015
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner ABC Classic FM


JS BACH Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: 1. Vivace

Adele Anthony and Gil Shaham, violin soloists
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday 4 July 2015
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JS BACH Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: 2. Largo ma non tanto

JS BACH Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: 3. Allegro

Gil Shaham, director and violin soloist
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday 4 July 2015
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JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: 1. Allegro

JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: 2. Andante

JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: 3. Allegro assai

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 18 February 2016
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5: 1. Allegro con brio

Simon Preston, organist
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 413 3482
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WIDOR Organ Symphony No.5: 5th movement - Toccata

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Witold Rowicki
DECCA 478 2302 
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DVORÁK Symphony No.9, New World:  4th movement – Allegro con fuoco

SSO 2017 Young Ambassador Britney Farrar asks members of the audience about their responses to Spirit of the Wild, Nigel Westlake's new oboe concerto composed for SSO Principal oboe, Diana Doherty.

The work was premiered on Wednesday 23 February 2017 at Sydney Opera House. The excerpt is from the performance on Friday 25 February 2017.

Audio: Liz Jigalin
Photo: Tim Walsh

Audience Vox Pops response to Nigel Westlake's Spirit of the Wild

Commissioned in 2014 by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Albert H Maggs Award for the Up Close and Musical Series 2014 and 2015. The work has been premiered and performed by MSO with conductor Luke Dollman (March 2014) and by TSO with conductor Benjamin Northey(June 2015).This archival recording has been kindly shared with SSO for our 2018 schools concert program by MSO and Katy Abbott.
Artwork: Intrepid Travellers, Matthew Quick

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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