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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Performs at Phillip Island The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performs at Phillip Island Proudly sponsored by Schweppes Melbourne Escape to the classics on the spectacular lawns of Churchill Island Heritage Farm 2 February 2013 Phillip Island A4 concept-final.indd 1 17/01/13 3:41 PM MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SPONSORS PRINCIPAL PARTNER MSO AMBASSADOR Geoffrey Rush GOVERNMENT PARTNERS CONCERTMASTER PARTNERS ASSOCIATE PARTNERS REGIONAL TOURING PARTNER SUPPORTING PARTNERS SUPPLIERS Kent Moving and Storage Quince’s Scenicruisers Melbourne Brass and Woodwind Nose to Tail 2 Welcome MSO MUSICIANS (FROM LEFT) CALEB WRIGHT. SAUL LEWIS AND TREVOR JONES ON PHILLIP ISLAND Summer on Phillip Island usually means time in the surf, relaxing on one of the many beaches with the family or experiencing the magical sunset return of little penguins on a balmy night at the Penguin Parade. The inaugural MSO concert at Churchill Island, one of the four major parks operated by Phillip Island Nature Parks, heralds a new era in quality summer events in the Bass Coast region and is sure to become a Victorian favourite. The picturesque and tranquil setting of Churchill Island is a natural fit for a concert by one of the world’s premier orchestras. Set amongst the historic grounds of the heritage farm, and surrounded by significant wetlands, ancient trees and the echoes of Aboriginal heritage, the stage is set for the Orchestra to delight us with the classics against a stunning backdrop. We welcome you to our secret island and invite you to leave behind the rigours of the mainland with a special day amongst the picturesque gardens and historic buildings. Lay out the picnic rug, enjoy the local wine and produce and let yourself escape. Most of all – enjoy the music. Matthew Jackson CEO Phillip Island Nature Parks 3 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey conductor PHILLIP ISLAND NATURE PARKS Dvorˇák Carnival Overture, Op.92 Phillip Island Nature Parks, located 90 minutes from Melbourne, manages four major parks: the Penguin Parade, Koala Conservation Rusalka: ‘Song to the Moon’ Antoinette Halloran soprano Centre, Churchill Island Heritage Farm and the Nobbies Centre, as well as other recreational areas including beaches, wetlands and woodlands Bizet across Phillip Island. Carmen: ‘Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante’ We’re a not-for-profit organisation. Revenue generated through Antoinette Halloran soprano ecotourism activities and events such as this MSO concert help fund vital Carmen: Suite No.1 conservation, research and education programs. INTERVAL 20 MINUTES Churchill Island holds a special place in Victoria’s heritage and is a site Rossini of significant Indigenous connections and European settler history. The Barber of Seville: Overture The Boonwurrung people were the first to visit the island and the Puccini ancient Moonah trees on the eastern side are entwined with cultural Gianni Schicchi: stories. We acknowledge the traditional owners and their connections ‘O mio babbino caro’ to this special place. Antoinette Halloran soprano In 1801 Lt James Grant visited and named the island after the man Mascagni who gave him seeds to plant. Thus Churchill Island became the site Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo of the first agricultural pursuits in Victoria and the island has been Puccini continuously farmed since the 1850s. Historical buildings still remain as Madama Butterfly: ‘Un bel dì’ testament to the rich European history. Antoinette Halloran soprano We hope you enjoy your time at Phillip Island Nature Parks and Tchaikovsky Overture 1812 encourage you to explore the range of activities available. www.penguins.org.au Melbourne Symphony Orchestra programs can be read on-line or downloaded up to a week before ToNIGHT’S CONCERT each concert, from mso.com.au. spoNsoRED BY Please turn your mobile phone – and all other electronic devices – to ‘silent’ before the performance commences. 4 ABOUT THE MUSIC The term ‘Romantic’, used to Perhaps out of keeping with an ˇ classify much music of the 19th emphasis on ‘life’, Rusalka is a ANTONÍN DVORÁK century, may be thought to refer fairytale. Dvorˇák had been looking (1841–1904) to an emphasis on subjective for a new libretto after the success Carnival Overture, Op.92 emotions and their influence of his comedy, The Devil and Kate. on objective forms created in Rusalka was presented to him Rusalka, O p.114 : ‘Song to the Moon’ the Classical period, such as the almost by chance after it had Antoinette Halloran soprano symphony. The opening works on been turned down by four other this program exemplify Dvorˇák’s composers; the director of the unique form of Romanticism. Czech National Theatre contrived Subjectivity bears fruit in an a meeting between Dvorˇák and the emphasis on nature and ethnic opera’s librettist, Jaroslav Kvapil, roots (nationalism) as well as the and the tragic fairytale turned depiction of something beyond out to be exactly what Dvorˇák had sound itself. been looking for. Carnival, composed in 1892, was Rusalka the water nymph falls one of a series of three overtures in love with a young prince. which originally bore the titles Desperate to marry him, she Nature, Life and Love (later known persuades a witch to turn her into as In Nature’s Realm, Carnival and a human being, even though this Othello). The opening of Carnival means losing the power of speech. suggests a rural fair in full swing, The prince soon tires of a wife who ‘life’ denoted by boisterous dance won’t speak and woos a visiting rhythms. Reflective moments princess. When he learns the truth include the theme associated with about Rusalka and tries to return nature from In Nature’s Realm. As to her, however, she warns him that with other works composed by her kiss would now be his death Dvorˇák in this period, with this but he begs her to embrace him one he felt he had moved beyond and give him peace. abstract forms: ‘I am a poet as The ‘Song to the Moon’ comes well as a musician,’ he wrote to his early in the opera, before the friend, Emanuel Chvála. tragedy has been set in train: From program music to opera is Rusalka pleads with the moon to a short step. ‘I do not write opera look for her beloved and tell him from a desire for glory, but because of her love. I consider it the most beneficial for Gordon Kalton Williams © 2012 the people,’ the Czech nationalist said in 1904. WATER NYMPH Mesiku na nebi hlubokem O silver moon high in the deep sky, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra first Svetlo tvé daleko vidi, Your light sees far and wide, performed Dvorˇák’s Carnival Overture on Po svete bloudis sirokém, You travel round the wide world, 8 September 1941 under Bernard Heinze, and most recently in September 2012 with Divas se v pribytky lidi. And see into others’ homes. Louis Langrée. Mesicku, postuj chvili O silver moon, stand still a while, The MSO first performed ‘Song to the Moon’ Tell me, ah, tell me where is my loved from Rusalka on 17 September 1953 under reckni mi, kde je muj mily one. conductor Juan José Castro; the soloist was Rekni mu, stribmy mesicku, Tell him, silvery moon in the sky, Joan Hammond. The MSO most recently me ze jej objima rame, That I am embracing him, performed it at a 2006 Myer Free Concert with conductor Nicholas Milton and soprano aby si alespon chvilicku That he should at least fleetingly Tiffany Speight. vzpomenul ve sneni na mne. Remember his dreams of me. Zasvet mu do daleka, Illuminate his faraway place, rekni mu, rekni m kdo tu nan Tell him, ah, tell him who is here ceka! waiting! O mneli duse lidska sni, If he is dreaming about me, at’se tou vzpominkou vzbudi! May the memory awaken him! Mesicku, nezhasni, nezhasni! O, moon, don’t disappear, disappear! 5 ABOUT THE MUSIC Set in Seville, Bizet’s opera Carmen During rehearsals the orchestral tells the story of the gypsy girl musicians also complained about GEORGES BIZET who is arrested for causing a the forthrightness of Bizet’s (1838–1875) disturbance among the girls at music. Carmen has since become Carmen, Act III: ‘Je dis que rien the cigarette factory where she one of the most popular operas. ne m’épouvante’ works. Corporal Don José aids Audiences love its music and the Antoinette Halloran soprano Carmen’s escape from jail and earthy directness of its story. in the process falls in love with Carmen – Suite No.1: Carmen is painted in strong her. When she eventually spurns I Prélude and stark contrasts – Carmen’s him in favour of the bullfighter II Aragonaise sexuality and Escamillo’s vanity Escamillo, Don José stabs her to III Intermezzo contrast with the purity of José IV Séguedille death in a fit of jealous passion. and Micaëla. Micaëla is the sort of V Les Dragons d’Alcala VI Les Toréadors At the time of its first production girl José was meant to marry. In in 1875, Carmen caused the Act III, she arrives at a smugglers’ directors of the Opéra-Comique camp with a letter from José’s (where it was to premiere) a good mother imploring him to return deal of nervous apprehension. to them. In this ‘wilderness [lieu Part of the work’s shock value lay sauvage]’ where José’s fall from in Carmen’s blatant sexuality and grace has landed him, she steels her ‘readiness to discard men her nerves with ‘Je dis que rien ne like picked flowers’ (as theNew m’épouvante’ [I say that nothing Grove Dictionary of Opera puts it). frightens me...] C’est des contrebandiers le refuge Here is the smugglers’ hideout. ordinaire. He is here; I will see him! Il est ici; je le verrai! And the task that his mother entrusted Et le devoir que m’imposa sa mère to me Sans trembler je l’accomplirai.
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