Upcoming performances!
Logan City Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 18 July, 7.30 pm
Logan Entertainment Centre
Program
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) from Má vlast
Matthew Hindson: Speed
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
About the program
This is the third of four concerts presented by the Logan City Symphony Orchestra that explore space, place and time. Here we celebrate the exhilarating power of movement and energy — tracing journeys across vast spaces, shifting places, and the unstoppable flow of time itself through music that surges, dances, and drives relentlessly forward.
The journey begins with Bedřich Smetana’s beloved Vltava (The Moldau) from Má vlast: a vivid tone poem that follows the river’s course through the Czech landscape — from gentle springs and moonlit waters to peasant dances, ancient castles, and roaring rapids — a timeless portrait of nature’s ceaseless motion through space and time.
Matthew Hindson’s electrifying Speed follows — a blazing orchestral ride that channels the raw, pulsating energy of techno and club rhythms into the symphony hall. With relentless driving beats and explosive dynamics, it delivers the adrenaline rush of modern velocity like nothing else in the repertoire.
These dynamic works build irresistible momentum toward the heart of the program: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major. Often hailed as the “apotheosis of the dance,” this masterpiece is pure kinetic joy — every movement alive with rhythm, pulse, and an unstoppable sense of motion. From the vivid Poco sostenuto introduction to the legendary Allegretto and the whirlwind finale, it is music you feel in your body as much as hear — as thrilling and vital today as it was at its triumphant 1813 premiere.
Whether you’re discovering these masterworks for the first time or returning to music that sets your pulse racing, join us as Logan’s own symphony orchestra brings the sheer exhilaration of movement vividly to life on stage.
Logan City Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 4 October, 6.00 pm
Logan Entertainment Centre
Program
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 — Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
Hans Zimmer: Interstellar
LCO Young Composer Project: World Premiere!
Peter Sculthorpe: Earth Cry (with didgeridoo)
Interval
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
About the program
The Logan City Symphony Orchestra concludes its four-concert journey through space, place, and time with a celebration of celestial bodies — a Celestation!
The program opens with the blazing trumpet call and rising crescendo of Richard Strauss’s iconic Also sprach Zarathustra: Sunrise, immortalised in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Without pause, the music moves into Hans Zimmer’s sweeping score from Interstellar, enveloping the hall in vast, atmospheric soundscapes that evoke infinite space and the quiet awe of the universe beyond.
We then celebrate a young Logan composer from the Logan City Orchestra’s Young Composer Project, presenting the World Premiere of a work for orchestra that offers a bold and imaginative response to Celestation!
Peter Sculthorpe’s powerful Earth Cry follows, featuring didgeridoo: a profound lament and celebration of Country that grounds us in place and timeless spirit.
Finally, as full darkness falls, Gustav Holst’s monumental The Planets carries us outward through the solar system — from the quicksilver mischief of Mercury and the ferocious drive of Mars to the mystic stillness of Neptune. This epic voyage aligns perfectly with the arrival of night itself.
At the concert’s close, you’ll be invited to step outside the Logan Entertainment Centre and look upward — connecting the music just heard with the real stars now visible above—a breathtaking reminder of the space, place, and time we all share.
Whether you’re discovering these masterworks for the first time or returning to music that lifts you beyond the everyday, join us for this unforgettable finale to a year of extraordinary music-making by the LCSO.
