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Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony With Bruch’s First Violin Concerto

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  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Three rising stars. Two Romantic masterpieces. One unforgettable concert

When the Grand Organ enters Saint-Saëns’ Third Symphony, the room changes.

When the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ roars to life the sound will shake the Concert Hall with its deep, resonant power – and just wait until you hear Anna Lapwood play. Her playing is technically brilliant, but her warmth and contagious energy makes this an unmissable event.   

 Bruch’s First Violin Concerto is one of the most beautiful ever written. From the brooding and impassioned opening to the lyricism and rhythmic fire of the second movement, this music asks the soloist to be storyteller and expert technician – and at just 22 years old, violinist María Dueñas is both. Already making waves with her focused intensity, The Strad calls her playing ‘poetic and magnetic.’  

Conductor Alexander Soddy connects these beloved works with striking clarity and flair. 

Three rising stars. Two Romantic masterpieces. One unforgettable concert.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Tactile Tour available with this concert

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra have partnered with the Sydney Opera House Accessibility team to present a pre-concert tactile tour for patrons who are blind or have low vision. The tour will allow patrons access to the stage and to selected instruments relevant to the performance.

Program

MESSIAEN Les Offrandes Oubliées* 
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No.3, Organ 
*Does not appear in the Thursday performance

Artists

Alexander Soddy Conductor
María Dueñas Violin
Anna Lapwood Organ

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Attending this event

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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