Chief Conductor and Artistic Director: Dr Nicholas Milton AM.
Photo Courtesy Sarah Walker
WILLOUGHBY Symphony Orchestra are set to present “Fantastique” this coming July at The Concourse Hall in Chatswood.
The classical concert will showcase a program featuring Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s 1945 “Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35”, and Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14”.
Fantastique is to be held on Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of July, 2023, conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton AM, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Fantastique will be performed by German violinist and Concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Jena, Rosa Donata Milton, who is known for her major violin concertos of the 20th century.
‘The composer’s violin concerto effortlessly weaves a gorgeous strand of melodic genius through one of the great concertos of the 20th century,’ states Dr Nicholas Milton, speaking on the work of Korngold. ‘“Symphonie Fantastique” by Berlioz is one of the most important and impressive works of the orchestral repertoire. In an interpretation with the magnificent Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, this will surely be a landmark event for our community.’
