The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra celebrates Dulcie Holland’s centenary.

The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra celebrates Dulcie Holland’s centenary.

The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s next concert in June, features pianist Bo An Lu, the winner of the 102.5FM Young Performer of the Year and also  celebrates the centenary of Australian composer, Dulcie Holland who was one of the founders of the orchestra. Dulcie Holland (1913 – 2000) was a composer and music educator who, along with her husband,…

North Sydney Symphony presents rare double bass concerto

North Sydney Symphony presents rare double bass concerto

    The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra continues its 2012 series with a programme of orchestral music grounded in northern Europe. The concert opens with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnole,  Koussevitsky’s Concerto for Double Bass and the Symphony No.2 by Jean Sibelius. Steven Hillinger will conduct the orchestra which is joined by Double Bassist Kees Boersma who comments: “My last…

Simon Tedeschi with the North Sydney Symphony

Simon Tedeschi with the North Sydney Symphony

International concert pianist Simon Tedeschi joins the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Hillinger to perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the second movement (Andante) of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, K 467. As well, the orchestra will perform  The Blue Danube Waltz by J. Strauss ll, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and .Mythic by Elena Kats-Chernin, a…