Dubbed ‘a year of cult classics’, the 2015 season will feature diverse performances ranging from Babe to Beethoven.
Kicking off with Star Trek Live in Concert, throughout the year the orchestra will team up with Tripod for the show This Gaming Life (part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival), Nigel Westlake (original soundtrack composer) of Babe will conduct a performance of the film’s score adapted especially for the concert hall to celebrate its 20th anniversary and as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival they will join forces with Kurt Elling, a performer of who Barack Obama is such a fan that he invited him to play at a White House state dinner.
The Metropolis New Music Festival will return in May. Led by conductor André de Ridder, the festival will feature performances of the soundtrack of There Will Be Blood (composed by Radiohead member Jonny Greenwood), Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto and Philip Glass’ The Light among others.
Other highlights include the free summer concerts in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, a powerful ANZAC tribute conducted by Diego Matheuz, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see history repeated with Beethoven: The 1808 Vienna Concert – a five-hour concert with two intervals which will recreate Beethoven’s fabled benefit concert at the Theater an der Wien on a chilly December evening two centuries ago.
Photo: Jeff Mills and the MSO, by David Harris
