when: 22 September 2025 - 19 October 2025 | venue: The Concourse Concert Hall | cost: Adult $83.00 Concession $72.00 Youth (under 35 years) $35.00 Child (under 16 years) $18.00 Music family (1 adult, child under 16 free) $83.00 Group 10+ $56.00 Groups 20+ $54.00 For the enjoyment of all patrons, we encourage children over 5 years old to attend. | address: 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood 2067
published: 22 Sep 2025, 5 min read
Experience Mahler's awe-inspiring First Symphony with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Gustav Mahler was the leading conductor of his generation, but he's best known today for his vast, breathtaking symphonies. Marvel at the remarkable virtuosity of the orchestra in one of the most exciting works in the repertoire. To open the concert, celebrated Australian cellist Julian Smiles joins the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra for Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' luminous and transformative Cello Concerto No.2, Presence, inspired, as the composer so beautifully puts it, by the idea of 'the soul ascending into the cosmos'.
Program is subject to change.
Peteris Vasks
Cello Concerto No.2 'Presence'
Mahler
Symphony No.1
Dr. Nicholas Milton AM Chief Conductor
Julian Smiles Soloist
- Saturday, 18 October 2025 | 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
- Sunday, 19 October 2025 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
The Concourse Concert Hall, 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, 2067, View Map
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Experience Mahler's awe-inspiring First Symphony with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Gustav Mahler was the leading conductor of his generation, but he's best known today for his vast, breathtaking symphonies. Marvel at the remarkable virtuosity of the orchestra in one of the most exciting works in the repertoire. To open the concert, celebrated Australian cellist Julian Smiles joins the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra for Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' luminous and transformative Cello Concerto No.2, Presence, inspired, as the composer so beautifully puts it, by the idea of 'the soul ascending into the cosmos'.
Program is subject to change.
Peteris Vasks
Cello Concerto No.2 'Presence'
Mahler
Symphony No.1
Dr. Nicholas Milton AM Chief Conductor
Julian Smiles Soloist
- Saturday, 18 October 2025 | 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
- Sunday, 19 October 2025 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
The Concourse Concert Hall, 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, 2067, View Map
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Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Maestro 2025 is on 22 September 2025 - 19 October 2025. The opening hours are: . Conveniently located in Chatswood.
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