Melbourne Town Hall, Music Performance, Music Programs, 1970s, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Annual Provident Fund Concert, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Lili Kraus
Summary
The annual concert for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Provident Fund. Held at Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 5 May, 1973. Conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki, with solo performance by Lili Kraus.
This programme is one of over 300 Town Hall music programmes held in the collection. Dating from the 1920s until the 21st Century, these programmes document performances by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir, the annual Sun Aria Competition, as well as the performances of visiting soloists and conductors from around the world. The advertisements within the programmes are equally fascinating, featuring adverts for TAA Airlines, Berlei, Benson and Hedges cigarettes, and local Melbourne businesses selling everything from records to furs.
Hiroyuki Iwaki was the chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for 23 years, from 1974 until 1997, one of the longest running conductors in the orchestra’s history.
