Let's have an awesome picnic at the MSO's Sidney Myer free concert! This one is themed 'Dvorak Under the Stars ' Their description is: "Joshua Weilerstein: conductor Stefan Cassomenos: piano Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Gershwin Piano Concerto Dvorak Symphony No.7 When Dvorak contracted composer's block while writing his Symphony No.7, he wrote to his publisher in February 1885, 'I don't want to let Brahms down'. He didn't. A mere month later, the Symphony was done and dusted. Even faster, in composing time and brevity, is John Adams' brilliant Short Ride in a Fast Machine, which the American composer said, 'You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn't?' American conductor Joshua Weilerstein, making his MSO debut, also
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WHEN
6:30pm
Wednesday
17 February 2016
WHERE
Sidney Myer Music Bowl,
Melbourne,
VIC
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ORGANISER