Overview
In February, we invite you to indulge in a feel-good concert guaranteed to lift your spirits. Celebrating timeless beauty and energy, this is a favourites concert not to be missed.
Koehne gives you Forty Reasons to be Cheerful, while Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp is music to warm the soul. Hold on to your hat as 2024 Young Instrumentalist winner Eric Kim takes centre stage as the soloist in Sarasate’s dazzling Zigeunerweisen, a showpiece for violin and orchestra.
Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story is the vibrant finale, featuring all of your favourite moments from the smash-hit musical. The week ahead can wait. Treat yourself to a little slice of musical joy.
Program
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Rossini Galop from Overture to William Tell
Mozart Andantino from Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299
Koehne Forty Reasons to be Cheerful
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Op. 20
Prokofiev Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet
Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus
Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux from Act II The Nutcracker
Fauré Pavane, Op. 50
Bernstein Symphonic Dances, from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein Overture to On the Town
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
Sunday, 9 February 2025
Rossini Galop from Overture to William Tell
Mozart Andantino from Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299
Koehne Forty Reasons to be Cheerful
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Op. 20
Prokofiev Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet
Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus
Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux from Act II The Nutcracker
Artists
- Conductor Benjamin Northey
- Violin Eric Kim
- Principal Harp Emily Granger
- Principal Flute Alison Mitchell
- Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Accessibility
For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through our Call Centre by giving us a call on 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility at QPAC here.