Pastoral Symphony

Part of series:
Pastoral Symphony

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German violist Tabea Zimmermann is one of the world’s greatest ambassadors of the instrument. In 2020, for the first time, she shares her wisdom and experience, leading the ANAM Orchestra in music redolent with the beauty of the great outdoors.

Veress was a disciple of fellow Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, and his four dances, written in the late 1940s, are a potent meditation on time and place.

Brahms’ bucolic serenade shines with a deep, golden orchestral colouring, partly because Brahms’ instrumentation gives the violas the top line; the scoring does not feature violins.

No journey to the countryside is more glorious than Beethoven’s. Whether it’s the ‘Scene by the Brook’ or the ‘Thunderstorm’, the musical scene painting in his Pastoral Symphony represents an almost Olympian ideal.

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

ARTISTS

Tabea Zimmermann viola/director
ANAM Orchestra

PROGRAM

SÁNDOR VERESS
Four Transylvanian dances

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Serenade no.2 in A

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.6 Pastorale

Series

This production is part of the following series:

Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) 2020

The only institute of its kind, and one of the few in the world, ANAM is renowned for its innovation, energy and adventurous programming and is committed to pushing the boundaries of how classical music is presented and performed.

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