Dates
Thursday 18 August 2022
6:30pm at Hamer Hall
Concert rescheduled
Please note: this performance was rescheduled from Monday, 22 August. Seating for existing ticket holders have been transferred to the new date, and new tickets will be issued from Monday 25 April. If you cannot attend on the new date, please contact the MSO Box Office at boxoffice@mso.com.au.
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor
Christopher Moore viola
Program
Berlioz Harold in Italy
About this performance
The prose of Lord Byron provides the artistic inspiration behind this large-scale symphonic poem by Berlioz, in which MSO Principal Viola Christopher Moore assumes the instrumental role of Harold, a character who wanders through a tableau of Berlioz’s creation.
After the success of his startling Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz was approached by the virtuoso violinist Paganini. Having recently acquired a Stradivarius viola, Paganini was looking for repertoire for the instrument. Harold in Italy was the result – a symphonic poem inspired by Lord Byron’s Childe Harold and Berlioz’s own travels in Italy.
Duration: approx. 50 minutes, no interval
Featured artists
COVIDSafe Information
The MSO and the venues in which we perform will operate under government health and safety guidelines in place at the time of the event. We recommend ticket holders follow the Victorian Government’s “How to stay safe & well” advice:
- Stay home if you have any COVID-19 symptoms
- Wash your hands
- Keep your distance – stay 1.5 metres away from people you don’t live with where possible
- Wear a face mask
Learn more about Arts Centre Melbourne's COVIDSafe and Wellbeing plan
