The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will reunite with some of Australia's biggest artists for five performances at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
A line up of amazing artists will perform with the MSO: Christian Li, Tim Rogers, Kate Ceberano, Kaiit, Mo’Ju, Liz Stringer, Emma Donovan, The Bamboos, Deborah Cheetham AO, Paul Grabowsky AO, Lior, Felix Riebl and more.
Celebrating its return to the stage, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will once again inspire, entertain and unite audiences in a celebratory line-up of live concerts to be held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in December.
MSO Bowl concert event details
- Performance of a Lifetime: LIVE
Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 December, 7.30pm (gates at 6pm)
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Tickets on sale Monday 8 November, 3pm - Classical Hits at the Bowl
Monday 6 & Tuesday 7 December, 7.30pm (gates at 6pm)
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Tickets on sale Monday 8 November, 3pm - Skyfall in Concert
Wednesday 8 December, 7.30pm (gates at 6pm)
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Tickets on sale now - Handel’s Messiah
Saturday 11 December, 7pm
Sunday 12 December, 5pm
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
Tickets on sale now
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MSO Managing Director Sophie Galaise acknowledged the challenges of the past 18 months and welcomed the return of live performances to Melbourne.
“We are so thrilled to be able to welcome audiences back to the Myer Music Bowl to celebrate the enormous efforts of our front-line workers, performing artists and cherished audiences who, together have made incredible efforts and sacrifices to get us back on stage”.
Acknowledging the extraordinary performances given by frontline workers over the past 18 months, 1,000 tickets across the five performances will be donated to essential workers.
“It would be remiss of the MSO and our audiences to join in post-lockdown celebrations without sharing the benefits with the true heroes of the pandemic, our frontline workers and community champions,” Galaise continued.
On December 13 and 14, an all-star line-up of performers from across Melbourne’s live music, arts companies and theatre shows will join with the MSO for Performance of a Lifetime: LIVE, a celebration of live entertainment’s triumphant return, as well as the resilience, tenacity, and community spirit of Melburnians.
“The MSO was amongst the first cultural organisations in Australia to lead the push to get vaccinated with our Performance of a Lifetime campaign, which was viewed by more than 11 million people in Australia and around the globe,” added Galaise.
“We are delighted to return to the stage with our cultural partners and to form a united front of musicians and performers, to celebrate the incredible efforts of vaccinated Victorians as they answered the call to play their role in the pandemic recovery.”
Stars of the campaign Rhonda Burchmore OAM, Deborah Cheetham AO, Virginia Gay, Ali McGregor, Meow Meow and artists from The Australian Ballet will be joined by some of the biggest names in Melbourne theatre including Lucy Durack, Josh Piterman (The Phantom of the Opera), Alinta Chidzey & Des Flanagan (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Jemma Rix & Courtney Monsma (Frozen The Musical) and Gillian Cosgriff (Harry Potter & the Cursed Child).
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Contemporary music stars including hip hop, indie artist Kaiit, ARIA Award nomineeMo’Ju, and singer songwriter Liz Stringer will each make their debut with the MSO alongside Tim Rogers, Kate Ceberano, Kylie Auldist & Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos), Emma Donovan, Paul Grabowsky AO, Lior and Felix Riebl premiering brand new solo material.
Performers from across Melbourne’s major arts companies such as The Australian Ballet, Melbourne Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Orchestra Victoria and Victorian Opera are represented in the industry-wide line-up.
Classical music lovers will also return to Melbourne’s favourite outdoor venue on December 6 and 7 for Classical Hits at the Bowl, featuring a specially selected repertoire from the more than 80 shows the MSO had to cancel across 2021.
Under the baton of hometown hero, Benjamin Northey, the Classical Hits at the Bowl will feature an exclusive performance by 14-year-old violin sensation and MSO Young Artist in Association, Christian Li performing the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. The MSO will perform some of the most popular repertoire of all time by Holst (The Planets), Elgar (Enigma Variations) and Beethoven (Symphony No.6), culminating in Ravel’s Boléro.
Also appearing at the Bowl on December 8 is the rescheduled screening of the James Bond hit film Skyfall in Concert with MSO’s live performance of Thomas Newman’s award-winning score, conducted by Nicholas Buc.
December also marks the return to Hamer Hall for the MSO’s 2021 program with the perennial favourite, Handel’s Messiah. Conducted by Graham Abbott and featuring Samantha Clarke (soprano), Sally-Anne Russell (alto), Samuel Sakker (tenor), Pelham Andrews (bass) and the MSO Chorus.
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