Overtures: Stories, Legends & Landscapes

Hansel and Gretel - fairy tale

William Tell - legend

Fingal’s Cave - landscape

Romeo and Juliet - story

Join the MCM Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert filled with drama, romance, adventure and enchantment. From the instantly recognisable galop of Rossini’s William Tell to the sweeping passion of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, this is music that knows how to tell a story.

Step into the dark and magical world of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, where a simple children’s tale becomes a sumptuous orchestral journey of danger, mystery and wonder. Then travel north to the wild Scottish coastline with Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), one of the great musical evocations of landscape and atmosphere.

These four famous works demonstrate the extraordinary power of the orchestra to transport us — to the Swiss Alps, an enchanted forest and a windswept Scottish island.

Program

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Overture

Gioachino Rossini
William Tell

Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave): Overture

Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel

Credits

Richard Davis, conductor

Venue Information:

This event takes place in Kenneth Myer Auditorium, located on the ground floor of The Ian Potter Southbank Centre. Please enter via the main entrance at 43 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006.

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