Join us live from Melbourne’s Hamer Hall as we bring you music by Verdi and Prokofiev, under the baton of Umberto Clerici.
We begin with Verdi’s characterful work ‘Four Seasons: Ballet music from I Vespri Siciliani’, which encapsulates all the richness of the Scicilian climate in whirling dance form. The piece opens with a grand Winter landscape before a chipper Spring, a lazy Summer heat and a dramatic Autumn finale that comes to a rollicking and rustic close.
Written the in the late stages of World War II, Prokofiev's Fifth is a symphony of darkness and hope. The piece opens with rich lyrical themes that fragment, contrast and intertwine before the tone shifts to a fast and manic Scherzo that dodges and weaves unpredictably. The third movement is deeply meditative featuring elongated, turning woodwind melodies and soaring string themes. The work comes to a wild and optimistic finale in the last movement, perhaps, looking towards a brighter future after so long at war.
Program
Verdi The Four Seasons: Ballet music from I Vespri Siciliani
Prokofiev Symphony No.5
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Umberto Clerici conductor
Supported by the Victorian Government’s Let’s Stay Connected Fund and the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions.
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