Join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Leonard Weiss for an unforgettable evening filled with timeless masterpieces from Glinka, Saint-Saëns and Brahms.

When:

8 October 2025 at 7:30pm to 9:20pm

Where:

Riverlinks Eastbank - 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton

Cost:

Full $56.50 / Concession $50.50 / Group (6+) $48.00 / Child (Under 18) $39.50 / Riverlinks Member $47.00 / Riverlinks Member Concession $43.00

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Program
Glinka Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.3
Brahms Symphony No.1

Artists
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Weiss conductor
Tair Khisambeev violin

The Overture to Glinka’s opera Ruslan and Lyudmila is the epitome of orchestral curtain-raisers, with a furiously fast and infectious opening and rollicking good fun throughout.

MSO Assistant Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev will showcase the expressive virtuosity of Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3, filled with soaring melodies and dazzling passages.

The opening of Brahms’ First Symphony is astonishing it seems to have already been playing when we, the audience, intrude upon its crashing chords. This dramatic entrance sets the stage for a symphony filled with buttery lyricism and boisterous momentum, with its signature sound being thoroughly Brahms’.

MSO’s Shepparton performance is supported by AWM Electrical, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, the Robert Salzer Foundation and The Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation.

Duration: approx. 2 hours including interval