CONCERT PROGRAM
Saturday 24 September at 1pm and 7pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ACT I – ORCHESTRA INTERVAL – NICHOLAS BUC Opening CONDUCTOR Test Drive from How to Train ACT II Your Dragon – John Powell “What I love most about animation is, Mr. Peabody’s Prologue from Entr’Acte it’s a team sport, and everything we do is Mr. Peabody and Sherman – JOHN POWELL about pure imagination.” This statement Danny Elfman This Is Berk from How to Train Your Dragon from Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of the The Family Awakes from Over the founders of DreamWorks Animation, Hedge – Rupert Gregson-Williams rings especially true in the creation of musical scores to accompany the Into the Sunset from Sinbad: The Croods images and stories of their feature films. Legend of the Seven Seas – ALAN SILVESTRI A DreamWorks Animation film is the Harry-Gregson-Williams The Croods Family Theme result of an incredible collaboration that brings together unbelievably talented Madagascar artists and storytellers. Transporting Kung Fu Panda viewers to a world of Kung Fu masters, HANS ZIMMER/JOHN POWELL HANS ZIMMER fairytale creatures, young Vikings, and Training Po Medley animals exploring the ‘wild’ happens The Bridge as the team combines beautiful Silly Day environments, characters, story and RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS music. The scores amplify the emotional Mr. Peabody and Sherman Honex from Bee Movie connection between the audience and DANNY ELFMAN the action on the screen. From the swell Boats of Ra of the opening overture to the final crash Shrek of cymbals, a film score accompanies Flight HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS the journey of the beloved DreamWorks Medley Animation characters that have helped ALEXANDRE DESPLAT define the entertainment landscape for Sandman Returns from more than 20 years. Rise of the Guardians How to Train Your Dragon 1 & 2 NICHOLAS BUC Puss In Boots JOHN POWELL CONDUCTOR HENRY JACKMAN Offering Nicholas Buc is a composer, conductor, Cantina Medley Forbidden arranger, violinist and pianist. As the Toothless Comes Back recipient of the Brian May Scholarship Challenging the Alpha for Australian film composers, he Heart The Chief Has Come Home recently completed a Master’s degree HENRY JACKMAN in Scoring for Film and Multimedia Ginormica Suite from at New York University, receiving the Monsters vs. Aliens Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Scoring. Continuing his passion for music and Rise of the Guardians film, he has conducted Disney’s Pixar In Concert, Star Trek, E.T., Harry Potter ALEXANDRE DESPLAT and Philosopher’s Stone, Raiders of the Calling of the Guardians Lost Ark, Psycho, Back To The Future and Wind…Take Me Home Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage. He has Chasing the Nightmares made appearances with all of the major Easter DreamWorks Animation in Concert is Australian symphony orchestras as well Dreamsand to Nightmares presented by DreamWorks Animation, as the Hong Kong, Malaysian, Tokyo and Dreamsand Miracles Cineconcerts and the Melbourne Osaka Philharmonic orchestras. Oath of the Guardians Symphony Orchestra. ORCHESTRA
First Violins Violas Flutes Trinette McClimont Rebecca Luton* Dale Barltrop Christopher Moore Prudence Davis Robert Shirley* Concertmaster Principal Principal 0 0 Eoin Andersen (Di Jameson ) (Anonymous ) Trumpets Fiona Sargeant Wendy Clarke Concertmaster Geoffrey Payne Associate Principal Associate Principal Sophie Rowell Principal Sarah Beggs Associate Concertmaster Lauren Brigden Shane Hooton (The Ullmer Family Foundation0) Katharine Brockman Piccolo Associate Principal Peter Edwards Christopher Cartlidge William Evans Assistant Principal Gabrielle Halloran Andrew Macleod Julie Payne Trevor Jones Principal Kirsty Bremner Cindy Watkin Sarah Curro Trombones Caleb Wright Oboes Peter Fellin Danielle Arcaro* Brett Kelly Deborah Goodall Jeffrey Crellin Merewyn Bramble* Principal Lorraine Hook Principal Ceridwen Davies* Kirstin Kenny Thomas Hutchinson Iain Faragher* Sophie Kesoglidis* Ji Won Kim Associate Principal Richard Shirley* Isabel Morse* Eleanor Mancini Katie Yap* Ann Blackburn Bass Trombone Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Cellos Cor Anglais Mike Szabo Principal Kathryn Taylor Michael Pisani (Michael Aquilina0) David Berlin Principal Jo Beaumont* Principal Tuba (MS Newman Family0) Jacqueline Edwards* Clarinets Timothy Buzbee Robert John* Rachael Tobin Principal Susannah Ng* Associate Principal David Thomas Oksana Thompson* Principal Nicholas Bochner Timpani Philip Arkinstall Assistant Principal Christine Turpin Second Violins Associate Principal Miranda Brockman Principal Matthew Tomkins Craig Hill Rohan de Korte Principal Justin Beere* Percussion (The Gross Foundation0) Keith Johnson Sarah Morse Bass Clarinet Robert Clarke Robert Macindoe Angela Sargeant Principal Associate Principal Jon Craven Michelle Wood John Arcaro (Andrew & Theresa Dyer0) Principal Monica Curro Robert Cossom Rachel Atkinson* Assistant Principal Timothy Hook* 0 Svetlana Bogosavljevic* Bassoons (Danny Gorog & Lindy Susskind ) Evan Pritchard* Molly Kadarauch Mary Allison Jack Schiller Greg Sully* Principal Isin Cakmakcioglu Double Basses Freya Franzen Elise Millman Harp Steve Reeves Cong Gu Associate Principal Yinuo Mu Principal Andrew Hall Natasha Thomas Principal Francesca Hiew Andrew Moon Alannah Guthrie-Jones* Rachel Homburg Associate Principal Contrabassoon Isy Wasserman Sylvia Hosking Brock Imison Keyboards Philippa West Assistant Principal Principal Patrick Wong Jacob Abela* Damien Eckersley Peter de Jager* Roger Young Horns Amy Brookman* Benjamin Hanlon Leigh Harrold* Ingrid Homburg* Suzanne Lee Anton Schroeder* Stephen Newton Guest Associate Principal Guitars (Sophie Galaise0) Saul Lewis Craig Fermanis* Rohan Dasika* Principal Third Sam Lemann* Stuart Riley* Emma Sullivan* Jenna Breen * Guest Musician Abbey Edlin 0 Position supported by
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