29 January 2025

 

FOR timeless masterpieces that remain cherished treasures in the world of music, the foray into the treasure chest begins with Handel’s sinfonia from the oratorio Solomon, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.

 

Grand, dramatic and energetic, it’s the perfect opener for Symphony Central Coast's classical elegance concert. Followed by excerpts from Handel's Water Music suite, written for King George I’s concert on the River Thames, it's the perfect balance.

 

Immediately following, the Dance of the Furies in Gluck’s opera Orpheus and Euridice, Dance of the Blessed Spirits will conjure up pastoral tranquility as Orpheus seeks to find his stolen wife and in Glinka’s opera A Life for the Tsar, political victory is celebrated with a Waltz during a sumptuous celebration.

 

Exemplifying the classical spirit, Mozart’s Symphony no. 41 is often regarded as the greatest symphony in classical music. Nicknamed the Jupiter, it has been described as “overpoweringly great, fiery, artistic, sublime.”

 

And to wrap up the concert, two stories: Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf and the world premiere of a charming and sincere series of poems by Sydney author Lester Morris If People Had Tails. Read by Lester himself, and with music by Symphony Central Coast’s Artistic Director and Conductor Steven Stanke, these poems will delight!

 

• Where: Brentwood Village, 1 Scaysbrook Drive, Kincumber

 

• When: 2.30pm, 16 February 2025

 

• Buy tickets here

 

This concert is presented in collaboration with Brentwood Village - Kincumber. Reduced ticket prices are offered including free child admission when accompanied by an adult.

 

Check out the full 2025 program on Symphony Central Coast's website.

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