Our Classical Favourites

Treat yourself to a little slice of musical joy

Concert Hall, QPAC

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In February, we invite you to indulge in a feel-good concert guaranteed to lift your spirits. Celebrating timeless beauty and energy, this is a favourites concert not to be missed.
Koehne gives you Forty Reasons to be Cheerful, while Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp is music to warm the soul. Hold on to your hat as 2024 Young Instrumentalist winner Eric Kim takes centre stage as the soloist in Sarasate’s dazzling Zigeunerweisen, a showpiece for violin and orchestra. 

Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story features all of your favourite moments from the smash-hit musical. The week ahead can wait. Treat yourself to a little slice of musical joy.


Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Benjamin Northey

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Eric Kim

Eric Kim

Violin

Emily Granger

Emily Granger

Section Principal Harp

Alison Mitchell

Alison Mitchell

Section Principal Flute

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Special Events

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Rossini

Galop from Overture to William Tell

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Mozart

Andantino from Concerto for Flute and Harp, K.299

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Koehne

Forty Reasons to be Cheerful

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Sarasate

Zigeunerweisen Op. 20

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Prokofiev

Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet

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Khachaturian

Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus

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Elgar

Nimrod from Enigma Variations

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Tchaikovsky

Pas de deux from Act II The Nutcracker

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Fauré

Pavane, Op.50

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Bernstein

Symphonic Dances, from West Side Story

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Leonard Bernstein

Overture to On the Town

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Brahms

Hungarian Dance No.5

Music on Sundays

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Rossini

Galop from Overture to William Tell

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Mozart

Andantino from Concerto for Flute and Harp, K.299

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Koehne

Forty Reasons to be Cheerful

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Sarasate

Zigeunerweisen Op. 20

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Prokofiev

Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet

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Khachaturian

Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus

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Elgar

Nimrod from Enigma Variations

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Tchaikovsky

Pas de deux from Act II The Nutcracker


#See QSO performing Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations


#What's on this month

Shostakovich Ten
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Mozart’s Piano
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The Snowman in Concert
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which the Orchestra works, plays, and creates music, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.