A world premiere from The Metropolitan Orchestra and Claire Edwardes

Percussionist Claire Edwardes playing Marimba, will be teaming up with The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) to perform works by Mozart and Haydn. However the highlight of the concert will be the world premiere of Sydney composer Daniel Rojas‘ Concerto for Marimba and Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams. Typical to Rojas’ music which brims with the rhythms and colours of Latin America, this…

A new venue for the metropolitan orchestra’s 5th season

A new venue for the metropolitan orchestra’s 5th season

The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) kicks off 2013 and their Met season with two performances of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Brahms’ Double Concerto for Violin and Cello and Sibelius’ Symphony no 3. Guest artists Katherine Lukey (Principal First Violin, Melbourne Symphony) and cellist Simon Cobcroft (Associate Principal Cello, Queensland Symphony) will travel to Sydney to perform as…

great romantic symphonies from the metropolitan orchestra

The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams finishes its 2012 season with its largest orchestra for the year, presenting music that it new to its repertoire. It will be the first time TMO has performed a Brahms symphony, when they perform his Symphony No 1 in C minor opus 68, alongside Schubert’s Symphony Number 8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ , D…