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Queensland Youth Symphony Pictures

18 Mar 2023
Conservatorium Theatre, QCGU
2 hours
(including interval, subject to change without notice)
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Queensland Youth Symphony Pictures

18 Mar 2023
Conservatorium Theatre, QCGU

Join the Queensland Youth Symphony, Canticum Women’s Choir and conductor Simon Hewett for an exploration of music inspired by pictures. After seeing a series of impressionist paintings by James Abbott Whistler, Debussy vividly portrays in his Nocturnes the mysterious effects of nocturnal light: a solemn procession of clouds; the colour and movement of a town festival and the play of light on the sea at night.

The famous tales of Arabian nights were the source of inspiration for Ravel’s Scheherazade featuring the wonderful young soprano Nina Korbe. And to conclude, perhaps the most famous depiction of visual art through music: the death of Mussorgsky’s close friend, painter Victor Hartmann in 1873, caused the composer profound grief. As a tribute Mussorgsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition, a brilliant depiction in sound of a visit to an exhibition of Hartmann’s pictures.

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Accessibility at Queensland Conservatorium – South Bank

Our South Bank venues are fully accessible for mobility, vision or hearing impaired patrons. For wheelchair access and assistance, contact Queensland Conservatorium Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm on (07) 3735 6241 or via email at concerts@griffith.edu.au

Presented by Queensland Youth Orchestra

Program

Debussy Nocturnes
Ravel Scheherazade
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Artists

  • Conductor Simon Hewett
  • Soprano Nina Korbe
  • Orchestra Queensland Youth Symphony
  • Choir Canticum Women’s Choir

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