Maestro 10: Don Juan & Manfred

Season Finale

Concert Hall, QPAC

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This season finale reveals Queensland Symphony Orchestra at full power.

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At just 24, Richard Strauss unleashed Don Juan, a blazing tone poem whose fearless virtuosity still challenges orchestras worldwide. Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici steers its themes as they leap, flirt, and finally sink into uneasy silence – echoing Nikolaus Lenau’s restless hero. 

Australian-Ukrainian composer Catherine Likhuta follows with a brand-new commission written expressly for the colours and musicians of Queensland Symphony Orchestra – a concentrated burst of rhythm, brilliance, and lyricism. 

Tchaikovsky’s giant, Manfred Symphony, crowns the evening. Inspired by Byron’s brooding hero, this vast score plunges into guilt, delirium, and fleeting redemption, its rich orchestration and sweeping climaxes stretching every section to the limit. 

Experience an unforgettable test of virtuosity and vision. 


Conductor

Umberto Clerici

Umberto Clerici

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Duration

2 hours, including interval (approx.)

#Music

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R. Strauss

Don Juan

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Catherine Likhuta

Visions of Grandeur (World Premiere)

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Tchaikovsky

Manfred Symphony

#Performances

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#Maestro Package

This concert is part of our Season 2026 Maestro Package.


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.