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The White Hat Guide to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is set in parklands a short walk from the centre of the city. It is a large grassy amphitheatre with a stage and a soaring 'sound shell' roof to project the sound and shelter the front rows of the audience. But it is not the front rows of the audience who have the best seats. It is those lolling on a blanket on the grass with a picnic basket, a glass of champagne, (a jug of wine and thou?) gazing at the stars while listening with thousands of other Melbournians to a concert by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, watching a ballet or opera performance, or enjoying a rock concert. Admission to many of these events is free, but get there early to secure a good spot. The ice skating rink at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl closed in 1998 but you can find other options at The White Hat Guide to Ice Skating in Melbourne.. The Music Bowl has easy access by tram - any northbound tram in St Kilda Road or any southbound tram in Swanston Street (except No.1) and get off at stop no 16 or 17. Better still take a walk from the city through the Queen Victoria Gardens. The Music Bowl is situated in the King's Domain and is one of the great legacies left to Melbourne as a result of the philanthropy of Sidney Myer. 
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.1 - Russian Rhapsody
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Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
The first concert in the season features intense Russian music opening with
Rachmaninov's brooding
Isle of the Dead
and concluding with his brilliant
Symphonic
Dances
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Simon Hewett (conductor)
and Antoinette Halloran (soprano)
This is a free concert but tickets must be obtained in advance and there are
conditions regarding what may be taken into the venue regarding fodd, drink,
chairs, etc. Whiet hat will post this information here as soon as it becomes
available.
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7pm, Wednesday 15th February 2012 |
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.2 - Kalkadunga
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White
Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
Here is your opportunity tp lie on your back under the stars while the
orchestra conjures up the spirit of Mexico, Finland and Aboriginal Melbourne. Of
course when the first white men arrived in Melbourne they wouldn't have heard
the didgeridoo - at that
time it was unknown to Aboriginal people in southern and eastern Australia as it
was confined confined to the Pilbara area. Some time after white settlement, the
'didge' began to spread around Australia and was soon incorporated into the
various local Aboriginal cultures around the country. You are unlikely to hear
it better played than by that wonderful musician,
William Barton
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Benjamin Northey
(conductor) and William Barton
(didgeridoo).
This is a free concert but tickets must be obtained in advance and there are
conditions regarding what may be taken into the venue regarding fodd, drink,
chairs, etc. Whiet hat will post this information here as soon as it becomes
available.
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7pm, Saturday 18th February 2012 |
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.3 - Rising Star
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White
Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
The remarkable music scheme that started in Venezuela in 1975 known as
Venezuelan Sistema has given the world some wonderful and inspiring
classical music performances and musicians. Diego Matheuz is one of the the
latest musicians to emerge from this powerhouse, and at just 26, is bringing his
combination of Latin flair and technical mastery to the world’s leading
orchestras. This concert is your chance to experience one of today’s rising
musical personalities in a program of sumptuous, powerful classics. He is joined
in this concert by Australian pianist Ian Munro.
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Diego Matheuz (conductor)
and Ian Munro (piano)
This is a free concert but tickets must be obtained in advance and there are
conditions regarding what may be taken into the venue regarding fodd, drink,
chairs, etc. Whiet hat will post this information here as soon as it becomes
available.
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7pm, Wednesday 22nd February 2012 |
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.4 - Four South American Seasons
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White
Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
The Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz,
here brings a celebration of dance music which is sure to have patrons on the
grass itching to get up and dance because are not the simple repetitive rhythms
of a Summdayze or Big Day Out, but the full complex classical
rhythms of a full orchestra. Astor Piazzolla's
masterpiece, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, is the Latin equivalent of
Vivaldi’s
famous work, and for it Matheuz will be joined by young Australian
violinist, Kristian Winther. The concert culminates in a blaze of rhythmic
energy with Moncayo’s jubilant Huapango.
- Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet: Suite No.2
- Marquez Danzon No.2
- Piazzolla
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
- Moncayo Huapango
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Diego Matheuz (conductor)
and Kristian Winther (violin).
This is a free concert but tickets must be obtained in advance and there are
conditions regarding what may be taken into the venue regarding fodd, drink,
chairs, etc. Whiet hat will post this information here as soon as it becomes
available.
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7pm, Saturday 25th February 2012 |
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Carols by Candlelight
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An event that has become a popular part of the Melbourne calendar |
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Summadayze
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Australia's largest dance festival. |
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1 January 2013 (tbc) |
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Bookings: 13 61 00 |
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There are restrictions on what items may be taken into the Music Bowl. In general only plastic drinking glasses and no hard sided coolers or other items that can be used as an elevated seat. Some events will prohibit alcohol being taken in to the venue. More information on the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and conditions of entry can be found at www.theartscentre.net.au. Click on the Sidney Myer Music Bowl link to the right of the map. Use the controls to zoom on or out on the map or change to satellite view.
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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