Supreme Court Bicentennial Concert

31/10/2024

Ludwig van Beethoven (c.1770 – 1827) composed The Consecration of the House (Die Weihe des Hauses) in 1822; it opened the program at Beethoven’s 7 May 1824 concert at Vienna’s Theater am Kärntnertor, which closed with the premiere of his monumental 9th Symphony. Just ten days later, the Supreme Court of New South Wales was officially proclaimed in Sydney. The overture was also performed at the first sitting of the Reichstag after the horrors of WWII and in the first concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra after COVID. It is a powerful work that looks forward as well as back.

The Supreme Court Bicentennial Concert will be held on Friday, 1 November 2024 at 7.00pm in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The concert programme, curated by the conductor of the Sydney Lawyers Orchestra, Thomas Jones, interprets the 200-year history of the Court through the works of composers such as George Palmer, Frederick Septimus Kelly and Henry Tate. They will be joined by guest soprano Ellen McNeil and the New South Wales Bar Choir. Tickets available here.