#Buy an ADULT ticket to Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Nordic Fantasy, and get an ADULT ticket to Circus! Circus! for the subscriber price!

Today's children are reliant on more sophisticated forms of entertainment than the circus, but a glance at the list of composers featured in this wonderful concert reveals the creative impact of the circus and the fairground atmosphere on musicians of highly diverse characters.

Enjoy Gould's Concerto for Tap Dancer and Orchestra as well as Stravinsky's Circus Polka written with the subtitle "composed for a baby elephant" as a parody. Yet not everything is bright and gaudy: Nino Rota's score for Fellini's classic La Strada "The Road", evokes a nostalgic tenderness towards these nomadic performers.

Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch

Presenter: Guy Noble

Tenor: Kang Wang

PROGRAM

Gould Concerto for Tap Dancer and Orchestra

Fucik Entry of the Gladiators

Rota La Strada (excerpts)

Stravinsky Circus Polka, composed for a Young Elephant

Rodgers Carousel Waltz

Puccini Gianni Schicchi, Avete Torto!

Workshops Available: For more information call 07 4698 9900 or email education@empiretheatre.com.au.

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