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The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents masterpieces from Prokofiev, Strauss and more.

The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s second concert of the year culminates with excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev’s masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet. Though Prokofiev originally had Romeo and Juliet ‘living happily ever after’, that version was never performed and the composer was soon persuaded to revert to Shakespeare’s tragic ending.

Prokofiev compiled a series of three orchestral suites but none of them follow the narrative arc of the plot. Conductor, Richard Davis, has handpicked his own selection that follows the story chronologically, from the listener first being introduced to the 13-year-old Juliet right up to her untimely death.

Before the interval, Lyndon Watts will be joining us to play Matt Laing’s Of Paradise Lost (after Milton) for Bassoon and Orchestra. Originally written in two movements, this will be the first performance of a newly revised, one movement version. The concert will open with Richard Strauss’s opulent: Rosenkavalier Suite.

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Artists

Richard Davis conductor
Lyndon Watts bassoon soloist