Zelman Symphony capacity audiences of Mahler's epic Eighth Symphony - the "Symphony of a Thousand" - at the Melbourne Town Hall. In what was believed to be "a first" for an Australian Community Orchestra, the performances involved over 580 performers including an augmented Zelman Symphony of some 125 players led by Guest Concertmaster, Wilma Smith, Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), and featuring many guest principal players from the MSO and other top orchestras and music institutions. David Macfarlane played the magnificent organ, a 370 voice choir was formed from nine community choirs, and an 80 voice children's choir involved students
Final Symphony as well as the top five classical albums on the "Billboard" charts and the Official UK Charts. "Final Symphony" was followed by "Final Symphony II", a concert of music from "Final Fantasy V", "VIII", "IX", and "XIII". It features long arrangements like the "Final Symphony" concerts. The majority of the music was originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu, while the "Final Fantasy XIII" suite was originally composed by Masashi Hamauzu. Valtonen created the arrangements for the "Final Fantasy V" section, Wanamo worked on the "VIII" and "IX" portions, and Hamauzu arranged his own compositions from "XIII" with orchestration by Valtonen. First