Finnegann Downie Dear is seen with his arms outstretched conducting the orchestra.

Infernal Dances with Kirill Gerstein

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From the divine to the infernal: Schubert’s delightful Fifth Symphony is paired with Thomas Adès’s suite inspired by Dante’s Inferno, and Liszt’s diabolical Dance of Death for piano and orchestra with soloist Kirill Gerstein

Schubert’s Fifth Symphony opens in a burst of pure Classical delight. Bright, fresh and a touch Mozartian, it’s alive with a lighter spirit.

Almost a piano concerto, Liszt’s Totentanz demands the technical heights and sensitivity of an artist like Kirill Gerstein, who “has the ability to make even the most terrifyingly difficult compositions look like a piece of cake” (Australian Arts Review).

Then acclaimed English composer Thomas Adès taking on Dante’s Inferno with wicked vividness. Wasps sting the damned, Charon’s boat creaks across the Acheron, and Satan lies frozen in the ice while vast chords land like something massive shifting its weight.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

SCHUBERT Symphony No.5 
LISZT Totentanz 
Thomas ADÈS Inferno Suite* AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 

*Does not appear in the performance on Friday 17 September

Artists

Conductor
Finnegann Downie Dear
Piano
Kirill Gerstein

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Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

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