Anastasia Kobekina holds the violin.

Bryce Dessner’s Trembling Earth With Anastasia Kobekina & Umberto Clerici

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 110 minutes, 1 interval Subject to change
  • Seating map

This richly textured program explores the enduring power of the natural world, from flowing rivers and oceans to forested mountains and fields.

Umberto Clerici leads us into the lyricism of Dvořák’s Symphony No.8, a heartfelt celebration of Bohemia’s natural beauty. Alive with birdsong, rustic dances and sweeping melodies, its folk-infused tunes mirror Ligeti’s colourful Concert Românesc, a spirited glimpse of the composer before his avant-garde years.

Drawing inspiration from nature’s cycle of renewal and resilience, Bryce Dessner’s Trembling Earth weaves a haunting dialogue between cello and orchestra. Co-commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and written for the astonishing talents of rising star Anastasia Kobekina, it is the perfect vehicle for '...a player with huge potential and almost overwhelming sincerity.’ (The Strad).

Dessner's St Carolyn by the Sea follows, thrumming with cinematic scope and post-rock energy — its breath-like string chords and winding guitar melodies unfolding like an echo from a dream. Dessner himself joins the Sydney Symphony to bring his own extraordinary work to life.

Trembling Earth was co-commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra supported by Paolo Hooke and Fan Guo, together with National Concert Hall, Dublin and Czech Philharmonic, Borlett-Buitoni Trust, Konzerthaus Berlin and Philharmonia Orchestra.

Event details

Program

LIGETI Concert Românesc 
Bryce DESSNER Trembling Earth (Cello Concerto) AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 
Bryce DESSNER St. Carolyn by the Sea 
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

Artists

Umberto Clerici Conductor 
Anastasia Kobekina Cello 
Bryce Dessner Electric Guitar 
Zane Banks Electric Guitar

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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