CONCERT PROGRAM

The Ryman Healthcare

Season Opening Gala: Zenith of Life

24 – 25 February

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Artists

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Jaime Martín conductor

Siobhan Stagg soprano

Program

MARY FINSTERER MYSTERIUM I WORLD PREMIERE OF AN MSO COMMISSION

R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs

MAHLER Symphony No.5

Running time: approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes including a 20-minute interval. Our musical Acknowledgment of Country, Long Time Living Here by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, will be performed at this concert.

Pre-concert events

Pre-concert talk: 24 February at 6.45pm in the Stalls Foyer, Level 2 at Hamer Hall.

Pre-concert talk: 25 February at 1.15pm in the Stalls Foyer, Level 2 at Hamer Hall

Learn more about these performances at a pre-concert presentation with Nicholas Bochner, Head of Learning & Engagement, Mary Finsterer, 2023 Composer in Residence, and Dr. John Gabriel, Lecturer in Musicology.

Please note audience members are strongly recommended to wear face masks where 1.5m distancing is not possible. In consideration of your fellow patrons, the MSO thanks you for silencing and dimming the light on your phone.