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A showcase of unmissable musicianship at its finest.

These select musicians from the Gewandaus Orchestra bring with them an unmissable musicianship and carry a tradition unlike any other.

The Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig is the world’s oldest orchestra, and this performance is the ultimate opportunity to witness some of Germany’s most in-demand musicians presenting an intimate performance of, and inspired by, Schubert’s Octet in F.

About the concert

An exploration of a more intimate form of music-making, Schubert’s Octet with its warm yet heartfelt moments, was written at a time in the composer’s life when writing songs and symphonies was on hiatus. The result is a six-movement masterpiece that elegantly and carefully represents a cross-section of the symphony orchestra.

Opening the concert, and with inspiration from the Octet, is Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen’s arrangement of Schubert’s Six Moments Musicaux – originally written for solo piano, but in an arrangement especially commissioned for this Australian tour.

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Artists

Musicans of the Gewandhaus Orchestra
Yun-Jin Cho violin
Karl Heinrich Niebuhr violin
Tahlia Petrosian viola
Axel von Huene cello
Burak Marlali double bass
Edgar Heßke clarinet
Axel Benoit bassoon
Simen Fegran horn