SIDNEY FREE CONCERTS

7, 10 & 14 FEBRUARY 2018

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A message from A message from the A message from the Minister for Creative Melbourne Symphony Arts Centre Melbourne and Industries Orchestra the Melbourne Symphony Welcome to one of I am delighted to welcome Orchestra continue to Melbourne’s iconic cultural you to the much-loved annual provide remarkable events – Melbourne Sidney Myer Free Concert experiences for all Symphony Orchestra’s Series. Victorians. Sidney Myer Free Concerts. The MSO, Australia’s longest- The annual Sidney A popular summer tradition standing professional Myer Free Concerts are that dates back to the orchestra, is a fundamental spectacular summer events, 1920s, the concerts have part of the Melbourne’s cultural combining great artists, supported hundreds of offering and these concerts fine music and a wonderful thousands of people to continue to be some of the family atmosphere in discover and revel in the greatest events on Melbourne’s Australia’s only purpose beauty of classical music. summer calendar. built outdoor concert venue, Each year our highly We are proud to offer a the nationally listed Sidney acclaimed MSO brings to constantly evolving program Myer Music Bowl. life the work of some of the of accessible, live symphonic I encourage you to bring world’s greatest composers music to our many diverse your friends and family and and provides an entrée into audiences. make a night of it, spread what it has in store for its If tonight is your first out a picnic blanket and upcoming season. introduction to classical music, soak up the fun at this great I hope the concerts inspire I am sure you will be astounded night’s entertainment. you to discover more great by the immense power and And don’t forget the cultural experiences here in passion of an orchestral dedicated Melbourne our creative state in the year performance. If you are Symphony Orchestra box ahead. more familiar with the MSO, office which now operates tonight is sure to be another in Hamer Hall, where you Martin Foley MP memorable experience. Minister for can find out more about the I hope you enjoy the evening Creative Industries 2018 season and purchase and that the incredible sound tickets to a remarkable of the MSO inspires you to visit orchestral concert. us again soon. Enjoy. Michael Ullmer Claire Spencer Chairman Chief Executive Melbourne Symphony Arts Centre Melbourne Orchestra

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On behalf of the Its cultural importance and Trustees of the architectural significance led to the Estate of Sidney Bowl being placed on the Victorian Myer, and the Heritage List. , These Free Concerts, drawing together welcome to the the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sidney Myer the University of Melbourne, and the Free Concerts Estate of Sidney Myer, have been and for 2018. will continue to be an important part Sidney Myer loved music, and of a musical summer in the City particularly outdoor music. It was of Melbourne. his love of music and outdoor perfor- I invite you to enjoy the music this mances that led to the development of year in the Bowl, one of the many the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The Bowl legacies left to Victoria and Australia was opened in 1959 and since then by Sidney Myer. has provided a world class venue for outdoor performance of all kinds. Sid Myer AM The Bowl is now a key piece of the Chairman, Estate of cultural infrastructure of Melbourne. Late Sidney B. Myer CRICOS 00116K

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Bachelor of Music student Alexander Jeantou. Photo by John O’Rourke. O’Rourke. John John by by Photo Photo Jeantou. Jeantou. Alexander Alexander student student Music Music of of Bachelor Bachelor

Bachelor of Music student Alexander Jeantou. Photo by John O’Rourke.

Get the lowdown Hear what the next generation of musicians is up to at University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concerts, in chamber ensembles, and in performances alongside Australian and international guest artists. For more information and bookings visit finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/events

Bachelor of Music student Alexander Jeantou. Photo by John O’Rourke.

Faculty of Fine Arts & Music 3 MSO PLAYS MSO PLAYS ROMANCE AND CLASSICS HOT SUMMER NIGHT!

Wednesday 7 February | 7.30pm Saturday 10 February | 7.30pm

ARTISTS ARTISTS Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Antony Hermus conductor Antony Hermus conductor Sophie Rowell violin Luciana Mancini mezzo-soprano

Presented by Mairi Nicolson Presented by Mairi Nicolson and Jacinta Parsons

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE Johan Wagenaar Maurice Ravel (1862-1941) (1875-1937) Overture Cyrano de Bergerac, Op.23 Alborada del gracioso Max Bruch Manuel de Falla (1838-1920) (1875-1937) Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) – Vorspiel – Allegro moderato Ballet in one act (1925 version) – Adagio – Introduction and Scene – – Finale – Allegro energico In the Cave (Night time) – Song of Suffering Love Interval – The Apparition Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Dance of Terror (1840-1893) – The Magic Circle Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36 – Midnight – Andante sostenuto – – Ritual Fire Dance Moderato con anima – Scene – Andantino in modo di canzona – Song of the Will-o'-the-Wisp – Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato – Pantomime – Finale: Allegro con fuoco – Dance of the Game of Love – Finale – The Bells of Dawn Interval

Each concert has a duration of approximately 1 hour 40 minutes including one 20 minute interval.

The MSO wish to advise all three Sidney Myer Free Concerts will be broadcast live on ABC Classic FM. In addition, your image may be used in MSO printed and electronic publications for promotional purposes, and may be made available to the media and other third parties, or published on the internet.

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Wednesday 14 February | 7.30pm

ARTISTS Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey conductor Natalie Aroyan soprano Rosario La Spina

Presented by Mairi Nicolson

REPERTOIRE Antonio Marquez Richard Strauss (born 1950) (1864-1949) Danzon No.2 Don Juan, Op.20 Luciano Berio Giuseppe Martucci (1925-2003) (1856-1909) Folksongs Notturno, Op 70, No.1 – Black is the Colour (USA) – I Wonder as I Wander (USA) (1858-1924) – Loosin yelav (Armenia) : Act 1, ‘Mario! Mario! Mario!’ – Rossignolet du bois (France) – A la femminisca (Sicily) Interval – La donna ideale (Italy) – Ballo (Italy) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Motettu de tristura (Sardinia) (1840-1893) – Malurous qu’o uno fenno Capriccio Italien, Op.45 (Auvergne – France) Giacomo Puccini – La fiolairé (Auvergne – France) Preludio Sinfonico – Azerbaijan Love Song (Azerbaijan) Giacomo Puccini Maurice Ravel La Bohème: Finale, Act 1, (1875-1937) ‘Non sono in vena’ Boléro

This performance features a pre-concert curtain-raiser from the Melbourne Youth Orchestra conducted by Brett Kelly and featuring Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and Gadfly Suite.

5 ABOUT THE MSO

Established in 1906, the Melbourne largest outdoor venue, the Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an Sidney Myer Music Bowl. arts leader and Australia’s longest The MSO also delivers innovative running professional orchestra. and engaging programs to audiences Engaging over 2.5 million people each of all ages through its Education year, the MSO reaches a variety of and Outreach initiatives. audiences through live performances, The MSO also works with Associate recordings, TV and radio broadcasts Conductor Benjamin Northey and and live streaming. As a truly global the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra orchestra, the MSO collaborates Chorus, as well as with such with guest artists and arts eminent recent guest conductors organisations from across the world. as Thomas Ades, John Adams, Tan Its international audiences include Dun, Charles Dutoit, Jakub Hrůša, China, where MSO performed in Mark Wigglesworth, Markus Stenz 2016 and Europe where and Simone Young. It has also the MSO toured in 2014. collaborated with non-classical The MSO performs a variety of musicians including Burt Bacharach, concerts ranging from core classical Nick Cave, Sting, Tim Minchin, performances at its home, Hamer Ben Folds and DJ Armand Van Helden. Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne, to its annual free concerts at Melbourne’s

6 MEET THE CONDUCTORS

BENJAMIN NORTHEY ANTONY HERMUS CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR Benjamin Northey is Chief Conductor Dutch conductor Antony Hermus of the Christchurch Symphony is currently Principal Guest of the Orchestra and Associate Conductor of North Netherlands Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Artistic Advisor of the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands. Northey appears regularly as guest conductor with all major Australian He was Music Director in Dessau from symphony orchestras, 2009, where he was several times (, L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, nominated for ‘Conductor of the Year’ Così fan tutte, ), New Zealand by Opernwelt. He ended his tenure in Opera (Sweeney Todd) and State Opera summer 2015 with his first Ring cycle. South Australia (La sonnambula, Les He has conducted orchestras such as contes d’Hoffmann). His international the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, appearances include concerts with Royal Concertgebouw, Orchestre de London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo la Suisse Romande, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Mozarteum Philharmonic, Danish Radio Symphony, Orchestra Salzburg. Bamberg Symphony, and opera in An Honorary Fellow at the University of Stuttgart, Göteborg, Strasbourg, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Essen, Berlin and Paris. his awards include the 2010 Melbourne In the coming months he returns to Prize Outstanding Musician’s Award the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague and multiple awards for his numerous and North Netherlands Orchestra and recordings with ABC Classics. conducts Opéra de Rouen in Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail.

7 MEET THE SOLOISTS

SOPHIE ROWELL LUCIANA MANCINI VIOLINIST MEZZO®SOPRANO Associate Concertmaster with the Chilean-Swedish mezzo soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Luciana Mancini, holds a Masters violinist Sophie Rowell has had an degree from the Royal Conservatorium extensive performing career as in The Hague. Recent appearances a soloist, chamber musician and have included the title role in Piazzolla’s principal orchestral violinist both Maria de Buenos Aires at Oper Halle in Australia and abroad. and Theater Bonn, Zelenka’s with Collegium 1704 at the Festival After winning the ABC Young de la Chaise-Dieu, and Panthalis in Performer's Award in 2000, Sophie Boito’s Mefistofele at Festspielhaus founded the Tankstream Quartet Baden-Baden. She performed in the and also performed as part of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Australian String Quartet. in 2016. She studied with Beryl Kimber in her Forthcoming performances include the hometown of then with Alice St. Matthew Passion with the Residentie Waten in Sydney and participated in Orchestra of The Hague. She will also numerous master classes with incredible perform Berio’s Folk Songs at Potsdam’s musicians such as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Musikfestspiele Sanssouci. Norbert Brainin (Amadeus Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet.) Other roles have included Amastre in Handel’s Serse (Theater an der Wien), Sophie now teaches at the Australian Annio in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito National Academy of Music. (Drottningholm Festival) and Zaida in Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia (Dutch National Opera). Luciana also works regularly with Ensemble L’Appeggiata (Christina Pluhar) with which she also made several CD recordings, as well as the choreographer Sasha Waltz.

8 NATALIE AROYAN ROSARIO LA SPINA SOPRANO TENOR Armenian-Australian Soprano Rosario La Spina made his Opera Natalie Aroyan holds a Postgraduate Australia debut as Cavaradossi Diploma of Opera from the Sydney (Tosca) in 2005 and has subsequently Conservatorium of Music and a appeared for the national company double-degree in Business and I.T. as in a plethora of leading roles. from the Australian Catholic University. His American debut was as Rodolfo for in 2007; he returned She is a winner of the Opera to Seattle as Radames and has since Foundation New York Competition, sung the role in Canada, Detroit and Herald Sun Aria, and the Italian Opera New Zealand. Foundation Award which enabled her to pursue further studies at Mannes Since 2014, Rosario La Spina has sung College, NY and the Accademia of Bel The Duke for Opera Queensland, Canto, Italy with Mirella Freni. Manrico for West Australian Opera, Pollione (Norma) and Canio for Victorian A principal artist with Opera Australia, Opera, Samson in Tokyo, Cavaradossi, Natalie’s roles in 2018 include the title Turiddu and Canio for State Opera of role in , Eva in Die Meistersinger, South Australia and The Prince (The Micaela in Carmen and covering Tosca. Love for Three Oranges), Turiddu, Natalie made her debut with the Canio and Calaf for Opera Australia. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra His recordings include the self-titled performing the Letter Scene from Rosario and Always You (Universal), Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. The Prince in (Chandos) and Puccini Romance (ABC Classics).

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Antony Hermus SECOND VIOLINS Matthew Laing* Conductor Matthew Tomkins Lisa Grosman* Benjamin Northey Principal Heidi von Bernewitz* Conductor The Gross Foundation# Tianyi Lu Robert Macindoe CELLOS Cybec Assistant Conductor Associate Principal David Berlin Hiroyuki Iwaki Monica Curro Principal Conductor Laureate Assistant Principal MS Newman Family# (1974-2006) Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind # Rachael Tobin Associate Principal FIRST VIOLINS Mary Allison Nicholas Bochner Dale Barltrop Isin Cakmakcioglu Assistant Principal Concertmaster Freya Franzen Miranda Brockman # Sophie Rowell Anonymous Geelong Friends of the MSO# Associate Concertmaster Cong Gu Rohan de Korte The Ullmer Family Foundation# Andrew Hall Andrew Dudgeon# Zoe Black* # Andrew and Judy Rogers Keith Johnson Associate Concertmaster Isy Wasserman Peter Edwards Sarah Morse Assistant Principal Philippa West Angela Sargeant Kirsty Bremner Patrick Wong Michelle Wood # Sarah Curro Roger Young Andrew and Theresa Dyer Michael Aquilina# Tiffany Cheng* Rachel Atkinson* Peter Fellin Jacqueline Edwards* Svetlana Bogosavljevic* Deborah Goodall Michael Loftus-Hills* Molly Kadaravch* Jo Beaumont* Mee Na Lojewski* Lorraine Hook VIOLAS Anna Pokorny* Anne-Marie Johnson Christopher Moore Zoe Wallace* Kirstin Kenny Principal Di Jameson# Ji Won Kim DOUBLE BASSES Fiona Sargeant Steve Reeves Aaron Barnden* Associate Principal Principal Susannah Ng* Lauren Brigden Andrew Moon Robert John* Tam Vu, Peter and # Associate Principal Clare Miller* Lyndsey Hawkins Sylvia Hosking Katharine Brockman Lynette Rayner* Assistant Principal Eleanor Mancini Christopher Cartlidge # Damien Eckersley # Michael Aquilina David and Helen Moses Benjamin Hanlon Mark Mogilevski Anthony Chataway Suzanne Lee Michelle Ruffolo Gabrielle Halloran Stephen Newton Trevor Jones Kathryn Taylor Sophie Galaise and Michael Aquilina# Cindy Watkin Clarence Fraser # Oksana Thompson* Elizabeth Woolnough Esther Toh* Caleb Wright Shannon Birchall* William Clark* Simon Pauperis* Ceridwen Davies* Emma Sullivan*

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MSO PATRON Packer Family IMPRESARIO Stephen and Foundation PATRONS $20,000+ Caroline Brain The Honourable Linda MSO Education ◊◊◊ Prof Ian Brighthope Dessau AC, Governor Supported by Mrs Michael Aquilina David and Emma of Victoria Margaret Ross AM The John and Jennifer Capponi and Dr Ian Ross Brukner Foundation Wendy Dimmick ARTIST CHAIR MSO International Mary and Frederick Andrew Dudgeon AM◊ BENEFACTORS Touring Davidson AM Andrew and Rachel and the late Anthony Pratt Supported by Harold Theresa Dyer◊ Mitchell AC Hon. Alan Goldberg Tim and Lyn Edward◊ Associate Conductor AO QC Chair MSO Regional Touring Mr Bill Fleming Creative Victoria Margaret Jackson AC John and Diana Frew Joy Selby Smith Andrew Johnston Orchestral Leadership Freemasons Foundation Susan Fry and Victoria Mimie MacLaren Don Fry AO Chair John and Lois McKay The Cybec Foundation The Robert Salzer Sophie Galaise and Cybec Assistant Foundation Clarence Fraser◊ MAESTRO Conductor Chair The Pizzicato Effect Geelong Friends PATRONS $10,000+ ◊ The Ullmer Family (Anonymous) of the MSO Foundation Collier Charitable Fund Kaye and David Birks Jennifer Gorog Associate The Marian and E.H. Mitchell Chipman HMA Foundation Concertmaster Chair Flack Trust Sir Andrew and Louis Hamon OAM Anonymous Schapper Family Lady Davis Hans and Petra Henkell Principal Flute Chair Foundation Danny Gorog and Hartmut and Ruth The Gross Foundation Scobie and Claire Lindy Susskind◊ Hofmann Principal Second Mackinnon Trust Robert & Jan Green Jack Hogan Violin Chair Supported by the Hilary Hall, in memory Doug Hooley Di Jameson Hume City Council’s of Wilma Collie Jenny and Principal Viola Chair Community Grants Nereda Hanlon and Peter Hordern MS Newman Family Program Michael Hanlon AM◊ Dr Alastair Jackson Foundation Sidney Myer Free Suzanne Kirkham D & CS Kipen on behalf Principal Cello Chair Concerts The Cuming Bequest of Israel Kipen Marc Besen AC and Supported by the Myer Ian and Jeannie Dr Elizabeth A Lewis Eva Besen AO Foundation and the Paterson AM 2018 Soloist in University of Melbourne Lady Potter AC CMRI◊ Peter Lovell Residence Chair Elizabeth Proust AO Lesley McMullin CHAIRMAN’S Glenn Sedgwick Foundation PROGRAM CIRCLE $100,000+ Helen Silver AO and Mr Douglas and Mrs Rosemary BENEFACTORS Marc Besen AC Harrison Young Maria Solà Meagher Cybec 21st Century and Eva Besen AO David and Helen John Gandel AC and Profs. G & G Australian Composers Stephenson, in honour Moses◊ Program Pauline Gandel ◊ of the great Romanian Dr Paul Nisselle AM The Cybec Foundation The Gross Foundation The Rosemary Norman David and Angela Li musicians George Cybec Young Enescu and Dinu Foundation◊ Composer in MS Newman Family ◊ Lipatti Ken Ong, in memory Residence Foundation of Lin Ong Anthony Pratt◊ Gai and David Taylor Made possible by Juliet Tootell Bruce Parncutt AO The Cybec Foundation The Pratt Foundation Jim and Fran Pfeiffer Joy Selby Smith Alice Vaughan East Meets West Kee Wong and Pzena Investment Supported by the Ullmer Family ◊ Wai Tang Charitable Fund Li Family Trust Foundation Andrew and Anonymous (1) Jason Yeap OAM Meet The Orchestra Anonymous (1) Judy Rogers◊ Made possible by Rae Rothfield The Ullmer Family VIRTUOSO PRINCIPAL Max and Jill Schultz Foundation PATRONS $50,000+ PATRONS $5,000+ Mr Tam Vu and MSO Audience Access Di Jameson◊ Dr Cherilyn Tillman◊ Crown Resorts David Krasnostein Christine and The Hon. Michael Watt Foundation and Pat Stragalinos Mark Armour QC and Cecilie Hall Harold Mitchell AC John and Mary Barlow Lyn Williams AM Kim Williams AM Anonymous (2)

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