Umberto Clerici conducts an orchestra.

Umberto Clerici conducts Dvořák Musical Memories of Home

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 60 minutes Subject to change
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Umberto Clerici conducts music by Dvořák and Ligeti that reflects their childhoods in rural areas of eastern Europe

The music that we hear as children is forever etched into our memories. Umberto Clerici conducts this richly textured program featuring music by two composers who grew up to conquer the world’s concert halls but who never forgot their roots in rural areas of eastern Europe.

Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony is one of the cheeriest he ever wrote, drawing on the folk music of his native Bohemia to paint a vivid depiction of his people and his homeland. György Ligeti's Concert Românesc was equally inspired by his childhood in Transylvania (now in Romania) and the village bands he heard as a child. 

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

LIGETI Concert Românesc
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.8

Artists

Umbero Clerici 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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