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Songs of Destiny

  • The Concourse 409 Victoria Ave Chatswood, NSW Australia (map)

Hear the next generation of classical music when Willoughby Symphony Orchestra (WSO) unveils the winner of the Young Composer Award in this exciting concert conducted by Associate Conductor Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith. 

WSO performs the new work by one of Australia’s rising stars alongside Alla Pavlova’s lush Monolog – featuring WSO Concertmaster Maria Lindsay – and Johannes Brahms’ choral masterpieces Schicksalslied, (Song of Destiny), and Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), with the Willoughby Symphony Choir and River City Voices. Enchanting selections from Bedřich Smetana’s Má vlast (My Country) round out this wonderful concert. 

Program 
Alla Pavlova Monolog 
Brahms Gesang der Parzen 
Brahms Schicksalslied 
Smetana Vyšehrad from Má Vlast
Smetana Šárka from Má Vlast 

Conductor 
Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith 
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra
Willoughby Symphony Choir
River City Voices

Earlier Event: 3 April
Opera Gala