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Australasian Orchestra Inc.2026 WINTER CONCERT
Prelude & Tragedy:
TCHAIKOVSKY, DEBUSSY & CROSTHWAITE WORLD PREMIERE – 2pm SUNDAY 26th July 2026
AT: James Tatoulis Auditorium, Methodist ladies’ College, 207 Barkers Road, Kew, Vic.
For its winter season for 2026, the Australasian Orchestra (AO) will open the concert with the beloved and timeless works of the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Prélude l’Après-midi d’un fauna (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) by Claude Debussy. Very excitingly, the concert’s 2nd half will comprise the world premiere of a brand new symphonic 30+ minute orchestral suite written for the orchestra by Hugh Crosthwaite, entitled The Island of Dr Moreau.
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2026 Summer CONCERT
Rachmaninov SYmphony No. 2 – 2pm SUNDAY 1st March 2026
The Australasian Orchestra’s (AO’s) opening concert of 2026 on Sunday 1st March was a wonderful and emotional affair! Jessamie Kaitler‘s Cascades was scintillating, Leoncavallo‘s Nedda’s Bird Aria (from Pagliacci) was picturesque, Debussy’s Lia’s Aria (from L’enfant Prodigue) was sublime, Bizet‘s Habanera (from Carmen) was brilliantly theatrical and flirtatious, and Rachmaninov‘s mighty Symphony No. 2 was highly emotional and was performed passionately!
A heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful instrumentalists, soloist, composer, committee and audience for making this concert a wonderful one.
Soprano soloist Piera Dennerstein superbly performed 3 songs, which were dazzling with your amazing voice, and Jessamie Kaitler has been wonderful in arranging for AO the new orchestra only version of her Cascades, a version which we were honoured to give the first performance of.
VENUE: James Tatoulis Auditorium, Methodist ladies’ College, 207 Barkers Road, Kew, Vic.