Orchestra Victoria returns for the third annual Bendigo Festival, a unique and engaging week-long festival that that brings some of the world’s finest classical music to the City of Greater Bendigo.
From July 17 – 22, the musicians of Orchestra Victoria will present chamber music concerts across the City of Greater Bendigo, and aspiring young musicians from throughout the region will rehearse and perform alongside orchestra members in the On the mOVe! Education Program. The week will culminate in a captivating orchestral concert at Ulumbarra Theatre, Beauty and Tragedy, featuring Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn by Johannes Brahms and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) conducted by Orchestra Victoria’s Artistic Director, Nicolette Fraillon.
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MONDAY 17 JULY
Brass at the Movies
A unique double feature of music and film
Orchestra Victoria’s brass and percussion sections perform works from famous film scores, followed by a screening of the award-winning comedy Brassed Off.
7:00pm
Star Cinema, Eaglehawk Town Hall, Peg Leg Road, Eaglehawk
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TUESDAY 18 JULY
Cushion Concert with Orchestra Victoria
10:30am
Bendigo Bank Theatre
50 View Street, Bendigo
FREE
Classical Romance
12pm
Bendigo Art Gallery
42 View Street, Bendigo
FREE
Orchestra Victoria at the Library: Under Southern Stars
2pm
Bendigo Library
259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo
FREE
Be Transported
5pmJump on board the 5pm tram at Bendigo Tramways Depot and Workshop and hear from the performers about life as a musician en route to the Central Deborah Goldmine, where from 5:15pm, you’ll be treated to half an hour of chamber music delights as the sun sets over Bendigo. At 5:45pm mingle with the musicians you’ve just heard on the journey back to the Bendigo Tramways Depot.
Central Deborah Gold Mine Tramways StopBendigo Tramways Depot and Workshop
1 Tramways Avenue, Bendigo
FREE
Romance with Strings Attached
7pm
Elmore Memorial Hall
63 Hervey Street, Elmore
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WEDNESDAY 19 JULY
Bendigo Baroque
12pm
St Paul’s Cathedral
8 Myers Street, Bendigo
FREE
Across Two Centuries
2pm
St Paul's Cathedral
8 Myers Street, Bendigo
FREEClassical Heroes
5pm
Long Gully Uniting Church
26 Wilson Street, Long Gully
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THURSDAY 20 JULY
Classical Heroes
12pm
Bendigo Art Gallery
42 View Street Bendigo
FREE
Bendigo Baroque
2pm
Sacred Heart Cathedral
MacKenzie Street, Bendigo
FREE
Drops of Gold
2pm
St John’s Church
165 High Street, Heathcote
FREE
On the mOVe! Student Performance
6:30pm
The Capital
50 View Street, Bendigo
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FRIDAY 21 JULY
Mining the Orchestra
12pm
Bendigo TAFE, Building A
Entry at 136 McCrae Street, Bendigo
FREE
Orchestra Victoria at the Library 3
2pm
Bendigo Library
259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo
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SATURDAY 22 JULY
Beauty and Tragedy
A journey through the beauty, romance and drama of symphonic music.
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo
Gaol Road, Bendigo
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