Program
Ravel La Valse
Liza Lim* Cello Concerto: A Sutured World^
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
*2025 Composer in Residence
^Australian premiere of an MSO co-commission
Let the light in
Why do so many great poets celebrate the ‘crack that lets the light get in’? In Liza Lim’s A Sutured World the cello pours out a vein of illumination that binds different orchestral worlds together.
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony marked the composer’s triumphant climb out of a period of depression, while Ravel’s La Valse is a musical paradox, hitching a crumbling past to an oncoming sense of the modern.
Duration: approx. 2 hours including interval
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Liza Lim speaks about her new cello concerto, A Sutured World.
Enhance your experience
Want to learn more about the music being performed? Arrive early for an informative and entertaining pre-concert talk with Sascha Kelly and Composer in Residence Liza Lim.
Thursday 6 March at 6.45pm
Saturday 8 March at 6.45pm
Hamer Hall Stalls Foyer
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Featured artists
Jaime Martín’s Chief Conductor Chair is supported by the Besen Family Foundation in memory of Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AC.
