Dates
Friday 22 August 2025
8:00pm at Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Program
Elgar In the South (Alassio)
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon Treaty
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
About this performance
Take a round-the-world trip with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and William Barton as they make the first stop of their UK & Europe tour as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Joining the MSO and Chief Conductor Jaime Martín, William Barton takes centre stage in Treaty by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon. Performed for the first time, the work evokes the depth and richness of Indigenous Australian culture.
Before reaching Australia, there’s a trip to Italy in Edward Elgar’s In the South. Written after an Italian holiday, Elgar said that he was inspired by ‘the thoughts and sensations of one beautiful afternoon’.
Then on to an art gallery, where Modest Mussorgsky acts as tour guide in Pictures at an Exhibition. Vividly orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, each movement evokes a portrait or landscape, from a clumsy gnome to the majestic Great Gates of Kyiv.
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor
William Barton didgeridoo
The MSO’s international touring is generously supported by the Gandel Foundation, Metal Manufactures Electrical Merchandising and MSO Tour Circle patrons.
