Meet the Music: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
Years 9-12
Dates & Key Information
Monday 10 August 2026
6:30pm at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
Ticket price: $9
Our low ticket price is thanks to the support of an anonymous donor.
Duration: approx. 75 minutes, no interval
Meet the Music Series
Limited tickets available!
The MSO’s popular Meet the Music Series for Schools is an exciting array of incredible performers and much-loved orchestral repertoire. With six concerts to choose from there is something to inspire everyone.
Each concert in this series will be accompanied by a digital pre-concert talk to help prepare students for the performance.
Program
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
About this performance
This concert features a 15-20-minute presentation (Auslan interpreted) and a performance of the full work.
Tchaikovsky’s decisive Symphony No.5 will leave you firmly grounded in the human experience as it travels through the universal experiences of challenge and triumph. The opening notes establish the role of ‘fate’ (much like another famous 'Fifth' Symphony by Beethoven). While the reoccurring theme throughout this work may reflect Tchaikovsky's own resignation to forces outside his control, this colourful Symphony is filled with glimmers of brightness, grace and triumph over adversity.
Duration: approx. 75 minutes, no interval
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor