Georg Pedersen

  The Balmain Sinfonia returns to the Italian Forum with an all-Tchaikovsky programme featuring Australian cellist Georg Pedersen playing The Rococo Variations. The Russian master’s Swan Lake Suite and his First Symphony bookend the Variations – a magnificent cello concerto in the form of variations on an original theme, written in the spirit of the…

When you think of Johannes Brahms, chances are the first thing you think of is his inimitable lullaby. But what’s the second? Probably his suite of Hungarian Dances. Bowing to popular demand, the Balmain Sinfonia conducted by Gary Stavrou will perform the Hungarian Dances No.s 11-16 in its upcoming concert along with Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 1, which will…