Events

Macabre and Majestic

UNSW Orchestra and Wind Symphony
April 24 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW

A world of fantastic legends, spectral dances and majestic heroes awaits you, bound to ignite your imagination!

Embark on a thrilling musical adventure with the UNSW Wind Symphony and UNSW Orchestra in a program where shadows and brilliance collide. Featuring works by wind band powerhouses Mackey and Maslanka, as well as audience favourites Verdi, Saint-Saëns and Franck, this program is filled with sublime melodies, bold rhythms, titillating dances and majestic fanfares! From the unsettling and mysterious to the grand and exultant – be transported in a night of spectacular musical storytelling!

UNSW Wind Symphony
Paul Vickers, conductor

UNSW Orchestra
Dr Steven Hillinger, conductor

Program to include:

MACKEY Xerxes

MACKEY This Cruel Moon

HALLAM Surfonic Winds

CAMPHOUSE Foundation

MASLANKA Give Us This Day

VERDI Nabucco Overture

HALVORSEN Entry of the Boyars

SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre

FRANCK Le Chasseur maudit

This concert includes a 15-minute interval.

Ticketing

Online ticket purchases are discounted to encourage pre-concert sales:

$10 | $15 | $20 | $40 (plus booking fees)

Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the concert day at full price:

$15 | $20 | $25 | $50

Photograph of heavy storm clouds lit by the late afternoon sun.