Simone Young conducts with one hand raised.

Simone Young conducts Mozart & Bach The Great Masters

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
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A meeting of musical giants across time, this program traverses the Baroque and Classical eras via modern-day Sydney under the baton of Chief Conductor Simone Young

The music of fast-emerging Sydney composer Ella Macens inspires awe and stillness, an exquisite contemporary counterpoint to JS Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite; swirling with joyful ceremony and crowned by the quietly powerful Air, one of the most cherished movements in Baroque music.

Then we hear Mozart at his peak – mercurial and majestic. Symphony No.39 is a radiant gem, moving from slow grandeur to light, dancing rhythms in a masterclass of contrast and invention.

Renowned for her interpretative insight, Simone Young brings fresh perspectives to these timeless masterworks. 

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

Ella MACENS New Work* WORLD PREMIERE 
JS BACH Orchestral Suite No.3 
MOZART Symphony No.39 
*Does not appear in the performance on Friday 6 November 

Artists

SIMONE YOUNG Conductor

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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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