A small chamber orchestra with Harpsichord stand at the Sydney Opera House concert hall

Bach, Stravinsky & Spohr

11 April 2025

In the Concert Hall

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Classical Music

Bright and brimming with talent, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 Fellows join the musicians of the Sydney Symphony to perform chamber orchestra masterpieces by Bach, Stravinsky, Monteverdi and Spohr.

2025 Sydney Symphony Fellows in concert

Everything feels closer in a chamber orchestra performance. In this intimate, personal atmosphere, you can hear each musician and the extraordinary sounds they can draw out of their instrument. 

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.3 is a ten-minute whirlwind of joy – a masterpiece in miniature that will leave you breathless. And that’s just the start. Music by Stravinsky, Monteverdi and Spohr demonstrates how much you can achieve with these small forces.

It’s music written to make you feel good.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Programme

JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks*
MONTEVERDI arr. MASE Four Madrigals
SPOHR Nonet

Artist information

TIMOTHY CONSTABLE conductor*
MUSICIANS OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
2025 SYDNEY SYMPHONY FELLOWS

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