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BACH TO BEACH BOYS AND BEYOND

  • Opera House | Sydney Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000 Sydney, NSW, 2000 Australia (map)

Thursday, May 11, 2025 | 13:15


BACH TO THE BEACH BOYS AND BEYOND

Carolina Eyck – theremin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Tamara-Anna Cislowska – piano

Explore new musical frontiers as you take a deep dive into the thrilling soundworld of the theremin, the world’s first electronic instrument.

Program
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air
Holly Harrison New work (World Premiere)*
Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-can
Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals: Selections; Danse macabre, Op.40

Brett Dean Short Stories: IV. Komarov’s Last Words*
Mikhail Glinka A Farewell to St Petersburg: X. The Lark
Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet
Jörg Widmann 180 beats per minute (Australian Premiere)
Carolina Eyck Fantasias: Oakunar Lynntuja (Strange Birds) (Australian Premiere)
Brian Wilson Good Vibrations
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee
And selections from the soundtracks to:
Miklós Rózsa’s Spellbound, Jonny Greenwood’s There Will Be Blood, Alexander Courage’s Star Trek, Ennio Morricone’s The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Jim Parker’s Midsomer Murders.

Earlier Event: May 10
BACH TO BEACH BOYS AND BEYOND
Later Event: May 12
BACH TO BEACH BOYS AND BEYOND