Civic and Community Events
Sydney Philharmonia has taken part in many civic and community events such as the 1988 bicentennial celebrations, the opening ceremony and concert at the Hills Centre on 10 and 12 September 1988, and the gala opening of the City Recital Hall.
In 1998, the choir participated in the opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as part of an international video link and two years later, in 2000, it performed in both the opening concert Symphony at the Superdome and the live, globally telecast opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics, singing the Australian national anthem and an excerpt from Hector Berlioz's Te Deum that accompanied the lighting and ascension of the Olympic flame.
Sydney Philharmonia took part in the 2001 centenary of federation celebrations in Sydney and Melbourne, the Australian World Orchestra concerts in 2011 and the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular in 2012.
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