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Donald Runnicles conducts Ravel & Turley With Sasha Cooke

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Experience the Australian premiere of an instant masterpiece by composer Alex Turley, coupled with the ravishing beauty of Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe Suite No.2

Australian composer Alex Turley writes music that “ranges from pulsating energy to contemplative stasis” (Limelight). 

His song cycle the ocean’s dream of itself – winner of the 2026 Art Music Award for Work of the Year: Large Ensemble – intertwines voice and orchestra in a luminous, immersive soundscape that reflects humanity’s fragile place within the natural world. Co-commissioned by the Sydney Symphony and premiered by Sir Donald Runnicles and the “luminous” (New York Times) mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke in the USA, it now receives its Australian debut.

Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe shimmers with elegance. Ravel himself condensed its best moments into two orchestral suites, the second of which brings this concert to a radiant conclusion.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

Alex TURLEY The ocean’s dream of itself AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 
RAVEL Daphnis & Chloe: Suite No.2

Artists

Conductor
Donald Runnicles
Mezzo soprano
Sasha Cooke

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Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

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Concert Hall

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