Paul Terracini | conductor

Barbara Jane Gilby | violin

WAGNER   Tannhäuser : Overture
BRUCH      Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
BRAHMS    Symphony No 4 in E minor

Wagner’s overture to Tannhäuser provides a miniaturised glimpse of the opera’s world of ancient mythology and sacred and profane love, ranging from the hushed, h ymn-like reverence of the Pilgrims’ Chorus to a musical depiction of Venusberg revelries.

The richness of Wagner’s score provides the perfect introduction to the lyrical beauty and emotional intensity of Bruch’s ravishing G minor concerto – a work which caused its composer much anguish throughout his life, yet today is one of the handful of works for which he is best known.

Brahms’s final symphony, at times dark and introverted, yet full of melodic beauty and passion, is the sublime culmination of the composer’s symphonic canon.

Barbara Jane Gilby, concertmaster of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and former concertmaster of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, has enjoyed an illustrious international career as one of Australia’s leading orchestral violinists, soloists and string orchestra directors.