LOVE IS LOVE
Metro Series Concert #3
Proudly part of the 2026 Melt Festival
Image and design: Adam Finch
Our final concert for the year celebrates queer composers in a program that offers colour, storytelling, and rhythmic energy.
Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra pays homage to baroque composer Henry Purcell and shows off the tone colours and capacities of the various sections of the symphony orchestra. Tchaikovsky and Bernstein then offer two very different perspectives on the tragic love story featured in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Tchaikovsky’s interpretation is dramatic, filled with both love and conflict, while Bernstein’s reimagination transports the listener to 1950s Upper West Side Manhattan and infuses Puerto Rican–inspired dance music.
The concert will also feature the world premiere of Pulse by Brisbane-based composer, Joe Twist.
BPO is proud to present this concert as part of the open access program for the 2026 Melt Festival.
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 7:30PM
OLD MUSEUM CONCERT HALL, BOWEN HILLS
CONDUCTOR: David Law
NARRATOR: Ed le Brocq
PROGRAM:
Benjamin Britten | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Joe Twist | Pulse (world premiere)
Leonard Bernstein | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story