‘The Russian’ The Metropolitan Orchestra/ Benjamin Kopp, piano /Sarah-Grace Williams, conductor 16 April 2016 Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo The Metropolitan Orchestra, now in its seventh year, consists of notably young musicians whose performances display the energy and enthusiasm of youth. Their second MET concert for 2016 consisted of two major works by…
The Metropolitan Orchestra will showcase two grand Russian works in their second Met Concert for 2016, one of which is Tchaikovsky’s famous Piano Concerto No 1 and the other, the colossal Symphony No 10 by Shostakovich. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto has one of the most recognisable openings in classical music and is also one of the best known…
The Metropolitan Orchestra for an all Russian evening with Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. Pianist Benjamin Kopp joins TMO to perform Tchaikovsky’s powerful piano concerto. Benjamin Kopp has performed as soloist with the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Western Australian Symphony Orchestras. This all-Russian event conducted by TMO’s Russian-trained Chief Conductor, Sarah-Grace Williams, concludes with Shostakovich’s mighty tenth symphony…