Brett Dean is a giant figure in Australia’s musical landscape, as composer, conductor, instrumentalist and artistic director. His opera Hamlet has conquered the stages of Glyndebourne, the Adelaide Festival, New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Bavarian State Opera; and his orchestral music is in the repertoire of some of the greatest orchestras on the planet, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony. ANAM’s Artistic Director between 2006-2010, this concert marks his first return to ANAM since 2018.
Finally, Brett collaborates with the ANAM orchestra and one of Australia’s leading violists, Stefanie Farrands (ANAM alum 2008) in Berlioz’ epic re-imagining of Byron’s poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Like so much of the French composer’s music, this extravagantly romantic work is almost unclassifiable: part concerto, part symphony, it chronicles the wanderings of Byron’s melancholy hero in music of lavish pictorial splendour.
Wheelchair accessible, accessible toilet facilities located onsite, hearing loops available
GETTING TO THE VENUE
Walk:
The St Kilda Town Hall is an 8 minute walk from Balaclava station, and an 8 minute walk from Tram 96 Terminus.
Tram:
Take tram 67 and alight at stop 35, or Tram 3 and 15 and alight at stop 36.
Accessibility:
Accessible car park spaces available (two on Carlisle Street and two that are off-road in the Brighton Road service lane car park)
Director/viola: Brett Dean
Viola (ANAM alum): Stefanie Farrands
ANAM Orchestra
Program:
Brett Dean Music of Memory (Australian Premiere)
Brett Dean Imaginary Ballet
Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy
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