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August 3, 2025 3:00 pm

CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

BEETHOVEN EGMONT OVERTURE

WSU COMPOSER PRIZE 

BRUCH CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND VIOLA

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No.2

Marina Marsden Violin

Justine Marsden Viola

Paul Terracini Conductor

The heroic and expressive Egmont Overture opens a program of refined classics featuring Beethoven’s second symphony, its music bursting with restless energy and angst as the composer grappled with ever increasing hearing loss.

Autumnal and lushly romantic, Bruch’s double concerto evokes a warm nostalgia, taking listeners on a momentary 19th Century Idyll.

 

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Symphonic Series

FIREBIRD
March 22, 2025 7:30 pm

FIREBIRD

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.5

DEBUSSY Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune

STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite

Kian Chan Piano

Paul Terracini Conductor

An exotic fairy tale of mystical romanticism and brilliant orchestration, Stravinsky’s Firebird is the centrepiece of a kaleidoscopic program, also featuring the bravura showpiece of Saint-Saëns fifth piano concerto. The languid sensuality and subtle hues of Debussy’s dreamy masterpiece, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun marked a modernist turning point with its premiere in 1894.

FIREBIRD

March 22, 2025 7:30 pm

CINEMA FANTASTIQUE
June 1, 2025 3:00 pm

CINEMA FANTASTIQUE

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

WILLIAMS Star Wars Suite

WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Suite

HISAISHI Symphonic Suite “Spirited Away”

SHORE Lord of the Rings Suite

Paul Terracini Conductor

Heroes, myths and legends abound as PSO presents a cinema epic of four complete film suites, featuring some of the greatest music from the biggest blockbusters of all time. Journey a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, with two scores from legendary composer for the big-screen, John Williams. Joe Hisaishi’s evocative score for Spirited Away features, before Howard Shore’s majestic writing for Lord of the Rings.

CINEMA FANTASTIQUE

June 1, 2025 3:00 pm

CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES
August 3, 2025 3:00 pm

CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

BEETHOVEN EGMONT OVERTURE

WSU COMPOSER PRIZE 

BRUCH CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND VIOLA

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No.2

Marina Marsden Violin

Justine Marsden Viola

Paul Terracini Conductor

The heroic and expressive Egmont Overture opens a program of refined classics featuring Beethoven’s second symphony, its music bursting with restless energy and angst as the composer grappled with ever increasing hearing loss. Autumnal and lushly romantic, Bruch’s double concerto evokes a warm nostalgia, taking listeners on a momentary 19th Century Idyll.  
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CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES

August 3, 2025 3:00 pm

ROMANTIC EPICS
November 8, 2025 7:30 pm

ROMANTIC EPICS

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

JENNY BOUNDS YOUNG COMPOSER PRIZE

BORODIN POLOVTSIAN DANCES

KHACHATURIAN ADAGIO from “Spartacus and Phrygia”

SAINT-SAËNS INTRODUCTION and RONDO CAPRICCIOSO

BRAHMS SYMPHONY No.2

Lara Dowdeswell Violin

Paul Terracini Conductor

Originally conceived as part of a larger operatic score, the Polovtsian Dances present an exhilarating spectacle for orchestra, followed by the soaring Romanticism of Khachaturian. Lara Dowdeswell appears as soloist in Saint-Saëns mellifluous and virtuosic violin showpiece, the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso dazzles with its technical acrobatics and lyricism in equal measure. Grandly pastoral but with darkness ever lurking, Brahms second symphony was written over the summer of 1877, during a stay at the picturesque lakeside town of Pörtschach. This elegant and complex work brims with melody and emotion.
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ROMANTIC EPICS

November 8, 2025 7:30 pm

Special Events

POPS FOR TOTS – UNDER THE SEA
June 14, 2025 11:00 am

POPS FOR TOTS – UNDER THE SEA

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

PENRITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FEATURING MUSICIANS FROM PENRITH YOUTH ORCHESTRA

ROSSINI WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE

BADELT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

MENKEN-ASHMAN UNDER THE SEA

STRAUSS THUNDER AND LIGHTNING POLKA

STRAUSS THE BLUE DANUBE

BRAHMS HUNGARIAN DANCE No.5

PAUL TERRACINI Conductor

EMILY WHO Presenter

Dive beneath the waves with Emily Who and Penrith Symphony Orchestra, as they embark on a musical journey of magic and imagination in Under the Sea. How does an orchestra work and what do all those instruments really look and sound like? Join us as we explore the sights and sounds of the ensemble together. You can sing and dance along, even make a splash and have a go conducting the full symphony orchestra. Maybe we’ll even find pirate treasure!

POPS FOR TOTS – UNDER THE SEA

June 14, 2025 11:00 am

Opera Gala 2025
September 13, 2025 7:30 pm

Opera Gala 2025

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

MOZART

ROSSINI

VERDI

BIZET

PUCCINI

Paul Terracini Conductor

Sharon Zhai Soprano

Simon Kim Tenor

A magical evening of opera comes to the Joan, with wonderful moments from some of the greatest exponents of the genre. PSO welcomes back two compelling artists from Opera Australia in an unmissable program.
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Opera Gala 2025

September 13, 2025 7:30 pm

FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT
December 7, 2025 3:00 pm

FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

TCHAIKOVSKY NUTCRACKER SUITE ANDERSON SLEIGH RIDE MARKS RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER HANDEL HALLELUJAH CHORUS

Plus many more carols and festive favourites

Paul Terracini Conductor

Glenbrook Ballet Theatre

PSO Festival Chorus

Penrith Youth Orchestra

Come together with friends and family for a Christmas tradition. PSO is joined by the Festival Chorus, Penrith Youth Orchestra and Glenbrook Ballet Theatre to celebrate the joy of the festive season, with a selection of carols, popular favourites and orchestral delights.
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FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT

December 7, 2025 3:00 pm

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Behind the Music
Cinema Classics

Artistic Director explores the history and development of film music, from its origins in France through the golden years of Hollywood, identifying the key composers along the way.

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Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky

Artistic Director Paul Terracini discusses the historical context and compositional techniques employed in Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

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Behind the Music
Puccini's La Boheme

PSO’s Artistic Director Paul Terracini discusses the historical context of Puccini and his masterpiece La Bohème.

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Behind the Music
Brahms' 3rd Symphony

The grand Romanticism of one of the great violin concertos, alongside Brahms’ joyous third symphony.

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Behind the Music
eethoven's Fifth Symphony

Artistic Director Paul Terracini discusses the historical context and compositional techniques employed in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

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