I didn't think this was much of a bargain til I saw that 'normal' seats are already $80, so for $5 more you get better seats plus the pre-performance canapes, wine etc.
You are invited to attend an exclusive pre-show function at the upcoming performance of Queensland Symphony Orchestra featuring Scottish pianist Steven Osborne, at Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Enjoy sumptuous canapés matched with award-winning Sirromet wines, served in a reserved area of QPAC: Lower Minstrel Gallery, next to the Concert Hall stalls entrance.
Your package will include:
‘A’ Reserve performance ticket
Pre-show Sirromet wines
Pre-show canapés
When: Friday, 1 November 2013
Where: QPAC Concert Hall – Corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank
Time: 6:30pm Pre-show drinks and canapés, 8:00pm show commences
Conductor Johannes Fritzsch
Piano Steven Osborne
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
Britten Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven Symphony No.5
Appealing variati ons, da zzling pianism and Beethoven’s irresistible symphony Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a beguiling exploration of all of the orchestra’s instruments through a set of variations on a catchy theme by Purcell and is one of Britten’s most frequently performed pieces. Piano Concerto No.1, dedicated to the composer Lennox Berkeley, revels in the piano’s versatility - the colours, percussive qualities and potential for dazzling passagework. Stylistically, its brooding, ironic character resonates with Britten’s opera Peter Grimes. Scottish pianist Steven Osborne’s insightful interpretation is said to be “packed to the roof with fun, wit, fireworks and dazzling pianism”. Beethoven has the final word with the composer’s intense and irresistible Fifth Symphony.
“You could have heard a pin drop. Steven Osborne’s power over the hall was absolute…the atmosphere was spellbound.”
Daily Telegraph