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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Lime Cordiale photo by Mark Gambino

Lime Cordiale and MSO Blend Indie-Pop With Symphony at Hamer Hall

by Paul Cashmere

It’s not often that the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra gets described as “fun.” Respected? Absolutely. Grand? Always. But fun? That’s not the first word you’d reach for. Yet when the MSO shared the stage with Sydney’s Lime Cordiale, fun became the defining theme of the night.

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