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4 unusual facts about Adelaide Symphony Orchestra


Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra reformed in 1949 as the 55-member South Australian Symphony Orchestra, with Henry Krips as its resident conductor.

Anne Cawrse

Cawrse was awarded the 2010 Schueler Award for Composition, which will result in her new work for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra being premiered in October 2010.

Edward Harold Davies

He emigrated to Australia in 1886, returned to England in 1890 where he was appointed organist at the Chapel Royal, then returned to Australia where he founded the South Australia Orchestra (later to become the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) and played a leading role in the teaching and examination of music.

Requiem – Mezzo Forte

The album builds on the styles Virgin Black used in their previous albums, with the band and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra complimenting one another's sound and given roughly equal prominence.



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