The Canberra Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2019 season, with an offering spanning classic masterworks to Australian compositions. “Our dazzling concerts have been created to invigorate your senses, elevate your spirits and open your imaginations to a transcendent world of impeccable beauty,” the CSO’s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Dr Nicholas Milton AM said.

“The four stellar concert programs of the ActewAGL Llewellyn Series escort you on an intriguing and beguiling odyssey. You’ll be swept away by the momentous drama of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony and Ravel’s sumptuous orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and exhilarated by the craggy sonorous landscape of Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony.”

Nicholas Milton. Photo © Martin Ollman

Oboist Diana Doherty, will perform Nigel Westlake’s Spirit of the Wild Oboe Concerto in the opening concert in April (she’s also performing the work, written for her in 2017, in both the Sydney and Queensland 2019 seasons) on a program featuring Beethoven’s The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Ross Edwards’ Ecstatic Dances and Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony conducted by Jessica Cottis.

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