Aurora Orchestra and Chloë Hanslip

Enjoy Aurora’s signature concert experience with a dreamy orchestral programme of memorised Mendelssohn, alongside Prokofiev’s second concerto with violin superstar Chloë Hanslip.

Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte exudes classical elegance before subtly warping into something uncanny and dreamlike. Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2, written as he prepared to return to the Soviet Union after years abroad, takes us into darker territory, with unease and foreboding looming.

Finally, Mendelssohn puts us back at ease with his uplifting “Italian” Symphony, which speaks to the long days of the Mediterranean summer. Get under the skin of the music with a short introduction by Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon.

Aurora Orchestra
Chloë Hanslip violin
Nicholas Collon conductor

Caroline Shaw:: Entr’acte (12)
Prokofiev:: Violin Concerto No. 2 (30’)
Nicholas Collon with Aurora Orchestra:: A Musical Introduction to Mendelssohn’s “Italian Symphony” (15’)
Mendelssohn:: Symphony No. 4 “Italian” (30’)

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Woman with bobbed dark hair wearing a green pleated skirt, holding a violin and smiling. — Chloë Hanslip
Credit : Kaupo Kikkas

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General booking opens on Saturday 16 August at 10am.

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