QSO performs ‘Ode To Joy’
An electrifying opening to the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s 2015 Season, featuring Beethoven’s epic 9th Symphony and The Trillion Souls.
You won’t just hear Beethoven’s Choral Symphony featuring the famed Ode to Joy, you will feel it as new-generation maestro Gergely Madaras reveals contemporary meaning within its ancient truths.
Widely considered one of Beethoven’s greatest works and one of the most well-known works in the classical repertoire, this symphony will feature an all-star cast with Soprano Dominique Fegan, Mezzo Soprano Nicole Youl, Tenor Henry Choo and Baritone David Wakeham.
The QSO will also perform the world premiere of Gordon Hamilton’s commissioned work The Trillion Souls featuring The Australian Voices, which is dedicated to pioneering mathematician Alan Turing. Hamilton’s work was inspired by BBC reporter Any West’s poem of the same title which has been embraced around the world (text in Program Notes below.)
