ARABIAN NIGHTS

MUSIC OF LOVE AND INTRIGUE

19 + 20 FEB 2021 CONCERT HALL, QPAC

PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS I CONTENTS

WELCOME 1

IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE ORCHESTRA 2

DEFINITION OF TERMS 4

LISTENING GUIDE 6

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 8

SUPPORTING YOUR ORCHESTRA 16

MUSICIANS AND MANAGEMENT 18 II PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS WELCOME

Welcome to our first Maestro concert for 2021, a concert of exotic sounds and diverse influences. I can’t tell you how happy I am to be able to join my fellow musicians in welcoming you back to our wonderful QPAC Concert Hall – we are so delighted to be back on stage and performing for you once again.

This concert will see us perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s inimitable Scheherazade – a symphonic suite composed in 1888 and inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales.

In the tales, the beautiful Scheherazade marries a sultan (who has vowed to put each of his wives to death after the first night) and tells him stories night after night – each left without an ending – so that the sultan will have to wait until the following night to hear how the story ends, and so delay her execution by another day.

I’ve been lucky enough to perform this work a number of times, but I am still in awe of the imagery Rimsky-Korsakov’s music evokes and the way he uses the solo violin to depict Scheherazade and her beautiful, story-weaving magic.

The other work being performed is Ravel’s La Valse, a choreographic poem for orchestra which has been described as a tribute to the waltz. Leading us into the fray once more is our much-loved and respected Conductor Laureate Johannes Fritzsch. I hope you enjoy the concert and that you will join us as often as you can throughout our 2021 season.

Rebecca Seymour First Violin

IN THIS CONCERT PROGRAM

Conductor Johannes Fritzsch FRI 19 FEB & SAT 20 FEB Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 42' Relive this concert on ABC Classic Ravel La valse 12' on Saturday 13 March, 12noon.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the traditional custodians of Australia. We acknowledge the cultural diversity of Elders, both past and recent, and the significant contributions that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made to Queensland and Australia. To ensure an enjoyable concert experience for everyone, please remember to turn off your mobile phones and all other electronic devices. Please muffle coughs and refrain from talking during the performance. 1 IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE ORCHESTRA

WHO SITS WHERE

Orchestras sit in sections based on types of instruments. There are four main sections in the symphony orchestra (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion) and sometimes a keyboard section.

STRINGS BRASS These instruments produce sound by bowing or Brass players create sound by vibrating their plucking stretched strings. lips. When this vibration is pushed through large First / Second Violin brass tubes, it can create significant noise. Viola French Horn Cello Trumpet Double Bass Trombone / Bass Trombone Harp Tuba

WOODWIND PERCUSSION Wind instruments produce sound by being These instruments create sound by being blown into. struck or, for the harp, plucked or strummed. Flute / Piccolo Some instruments just make a sound; others play particular notes. Clarinet / E-flat Clarinet / Bass Clarinet Oboe / Cor Anglais Timpani, Bass drum, Snare drum, Cymbals, Bassoon / Contrabassoon Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Tam-tam, Triangle, Sleigh Bells.

2 PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS WHO’S ON STAGE TODAY

CONCERTMASTER VIOLA PICCOLO TROMBONE Warwick Adeney Imants Larsens ~ Kate Lawson * Jason Redman ~ Yoko Okayasu >> Ashley Carter >> CO-CONCERTMASTER Martin Alexander OBOE Natsuko Yoshimoto Huw Jones ~ BASS TROMBONE Charlotte Burbrook de Vere Sarah Meagher >> Matthew McGeachin ^ Gregory Daniel ASSOCIATE Alexa Murray CONCERTMASTER Nicole Greentree TUBA Alan Smith Bernard Hoey COR ANGLAIS Thomas Allely * Kirsten Hulin-Bobart Vivienne Brooke * VIOLIN 1 Li-Ping Kuo TIMPANI Rebecca Seymour * Graham Simpson CLARINET Tim Corkeron * Shane Chen Nicholas Tomkin Brian Catchlove = Lynn Cole Kate Travers PERCUSSION David Montgomery ~ Ann Holtzapffel CELLO BASS CLARINET Josh DeMarchi >> Joan Shih Matthew Kinmont = Nicholas Harmsen * Zach Brankovich Brenda Sullivan Matthew Jones + Jacob Enoka Jason Tong Tim Byrne BASSOON Fraser Matthew Stephen Tooke Kathryn Close Nicole Tait ~ Angus Wilson Claire Tyrell Deborah Davis David Mitchell >> Brynley White Andre Duthoit Evan Lewis HARP Sonia Wilson Kaja Skorka Jill Atkinson * Min Jin Sung CONTRABASSOON Lucy Reeves VIOLIN 2 Craig Allister Young Claire Ramuscak * Gail Aitken ~ Wayne Brennan ~ DOUBLE BASS FRENCH HORN Jane Burroughs ^ Phoebe Russell ~ Nicholas Mooney = Katie Betts Dušan Walkowicz >> Ian O’Brien * Faina Dobrenko Anne Buchanan Vivienne Collier-Vickers Simon Dobrenko Justin Bullock Ryan Humphrey Matthew Hesse Paul O’Brien Lauren Manuel Ken Poggioli Delia Kinmont TRUMPET Chloe Williamson Natalie Low Richard Madden = Tim Marchmont FLUTE Mark Bremner Neridah Oostenbroek Alison Mitchell ~ Richard Fomison Nicholas Thin Hayley Radke >> Helen Travers Stephanie Vici Harold Wilson

~ Section Principal = Acting Section Principal >> Associate Principal + Acting Associate Principal * Principal ^ Acting Principal

PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS 3 DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms appear in bold the first time they appear.

Joie de vivre literally translated from French means “joy of living.” In music, this is used to describe music that is cheerful and upbeat.

Lilting rhythm something that is ‘lilting’ is musical or rhythmic. When using ‘lilting’ to describe music, it is happy and sweet, and swings musically along.

Synaesthesic a person who experiences a perceptual phenomenon, whereby as they experience the stimulation of one sensory pathway, an additional pathway is activated. In composer Rimsky-Korsakov's case, it is believed he saw different colours when hearing different notes or keys.

Theme the melodic subject or idea of a musical composition. A theme is usually a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. As an example, think of the ‘da da da dunnn’ that appears throughout Beethoven’s famous Symphony No.5.

Movement a symphony is often divided up into different sections, called movements. Each section may be played at a different speed to the previous, but each carry an overall theme of the symphony throughout.

4 PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS Pictured: Dušan Walkowicz & Phoebe Russell PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS 5 LISTENING GUIDE

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) Scheherazade – Symphonic Suite, Op.35

I. Largo e maestoso – Lento – Allegro non troppo (The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship) II. Lento (The Story of the Kalender Prince) III. Andantino quasi allegretto (The Young Prince and the Young Princess) IV. Allegro molto – Vivo – Allegro non troppo e maestoso – Lento (Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior – Conclusion)

Scheherazade is one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s most brilliant orchestral works – ‘a kaleidoscope of fairytale images and designs’ in which, with surprisingly modest forces (adding to the traditional orchestra only piccolo, cor anglais, harp and a generous complement of percussion instruments) the composer convinces us of the exotic colour of the Orient.

The work’s unifying thread is the intricate violin solo supported only by the harp, which represents Scheherazade telling tales for 1001 nights to stave off her execution by the Sultan who, convinced of the infidelity of all women, had vowed to slay each of his wives after the first night. The theme soothes the suite’s thunderous opening and embarks upon the tale of the Sea and Sinbad’s Ship. For Rimsky-Korsakov, a synaesthesic, the choice of E major for the billowing cello figures can have been no accident: to his ears it represented dark blue.

A cajoling melody played by solo bassoon represents the Kalender (or ‘beggar’) Prince in the second movement. The affinity of the twothemes in the third movement (for violin, then flute and clarinet) suggest a Young Prince and Princess perfectly matched in temperament. The fourth movement is a curious elision of the Festival in Bagdad and the tale of the shipwreck: triangle and tambourines accompany the lively carnival cross- rhythms, and the mood builds in intensity before all is swamped by the return of the sea theme. But it is Scheherazade who has the last word, her theme emerging in gentle triumph over her bloodthirsty husband.

Adapted from a note by Yvonne Frindle © 1998

6 PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) La valse

Just as Milhaud’s La Création du monde could be looked on as a French composer’s snapshot of American jazz, La Valse is a peculiarly French retrospective view of the Viennese waltz.

Ravel had a great love for the Viennese waltz, and in particular its lilting rhythm and joie de vivre. In 1906, he had begun a homage to Johann Strauss II, at one stage entitled Wien (Vienna). This was never completed, and in 1911, following Schubert’s precedent (and Schubert’s use of a French title) he composed his Valses nobles et sentimentales.

After service in the First World War, Ravel wished to renew the successes he had enjoyed with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes before the war. He rewrote Wien under the title La Valse, completing it in the summer of 1920, by which time he was living outside Paris, at Montfort l’Amaury in a house called Le Belvédere. He subtitled La Valse ‘a choreographic poem’. Diaghilev did not take the hint, and the work was first performed as an orchestral piece at the Concerts Lamoureux in December 1920. It was eventually established in the ballet repertoire by Ida Rubinstein’s troupe, with a series of productions in 1928, 1931 and 1934.

La Valse has been criticised by some as a ‘pastiche’, but Ravel’s own comments on the work suggest that he was trying to do something subtler than simply apeing the Strauss family: ‘I had intended this as a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, linked in my mind with the impression of a fantastic and fatal whirling.’

The score bears the following preface:

Through rifts in eddying clouds waltzing couples can be glimpsed. The clouds disperse little by little; one makes out an immense hall filled with a whirling crowd. The scene progressively lightens. The light of the chandeliers bursts forth. An Imperial Court about 1855.

© Symphony Australia

PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS 7 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Johannes Fritzsch Conductor Laureate Johannes Fritzsch was appointed In January 2015, Johannes was appointed Conductor Laureate of the Queensland Adjunct Professor, The Conservatorium of Symphony Orchestra in November 2014, Music, School of Creative Arts and Media after his seven years tenure as their Chief at the University of Tasmania; in June 2019, Conductor. Since 2018, Johannes has held he joined the Queensland Conservatorium, the position of Principal Guest Conductor Griffith University as Professor of Opera of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. and Orchestral Studies.

From 2006 – 2013 he was Chief Over the past twenty years, Johannes has Conductor and Artistic Director of given many Masterclasses for the German the Oper Graz, Grazer Philharmonisches conductor training and development Orchester (Austria). Prior to his organisation Dirigentenforum des Deutschen appointment in Graz, Johannes held the Musikrates. Similarly, he was active and position of Chief Conductor and Artistic enthusiastic in the training of conducting Director of the Staatsoper Nürnberg. participants selected to take part in Symphony Services’ International Conductor From 1993 until 1999, he was Chief Development Program. Conductor and Artistic Director of the Städtische Bühnen and the In 2017, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra in Freiburg. invited him to design and lead the newly founded Australian Conducting Academy. Johannes was born in 1960 in Meissen, near Dresden, Germany, where he In 2021, he conducts Die Wildschütz in completed his musical education. He has Dresden, the Auckland Philharmonia and conducted many leading orchestras, both the Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmanian within Germany and internationally. He and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. regularly conducts the major Australasian orchestras as well as leading productions © Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2021 for Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, West Australian Opera and State Opera of South Australia.

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PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS 9 MUSIC CHAIR SUPPORTERS

Music lovers who support an individual musician’s role within the Orchestra. We thank you.

CONCERTMASTER SECOND VIOLIN Nicholas Tomkin Warwick Adeney Katie Betts Alan Symons Prof Ian Frazer AC John Story AO and Georgina Story and Mrs Caroline Frazer SECTION PRINCIPAL CELLO Estate of Barbara Jean Hebden Jane Burroughs Matthew Kinmont (Acting) Cathryn Mittelheuser AM Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row Dr Julie Beeby John Story AO and Georgina Story Faina Dobrenko David Miller The Curavis Fund Arthur Waring ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Alan Smith Simon Dobrenko ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CELLO Arthur Waring The Curavis Fund Hyung Suk Bae Delia Kinmont John Story AO and Georgina Story FIRST VIOLIN Dr Colin and Mrs Noela Kratzing Shane Chen CELLO Jessica Read Natalie Low Kathryn Close Dr Ralph and Mrs Susan Cobcroft Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row Lynn Cole Parascos Eagles Family Tim Marchmont Andre Duthoit Support a Musician Today Anne Shipton Ann Holtzapffel Aitken Whyte Lawyers Nicholas Thin Matthew Jones Simon Mills MJ Bellotti Rebecca Seymour Dr John H. Casey Helen Travers Kaja Skorka Elinor and Tony Travers Robin Spencer Joan Shih Wei Zhang & Ping Luo Anonymous Simon Mills Harold Wilson Craig Allister Young Brenda Sullivan Dr Michael Daubney Di Jameson Heidi Rademacher and In Memory of Hans Rademacher SECTION PRINCIPAL VIOLA SECTION PRINCIPAL Anonymous Imants Larsens DOUBLE BASS Stephen Tooke Support a Musician Today Phoebe Russell Tony and Patricia Keane Sidney Irene Thomas (In Memory) ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL VIOLA Brynley White Yoko Okayasu ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Graeme Rosewarne and Jim O’Neill Dr Damien Thomson DOUBLE BASS Sonia Wilson and Dr Glenise Berry Dusan Walkowicz Wei Zhang & Ping Luo John Story AO and Georgina Story VIOLA Vacant Charlotte Burbrook de Vere DOUBLE BASS Support a Musician Today Dr Pamela Greet Anne Buchanan Vacant and Mr Nicholas Beaton Dr Betty Byrne Henderson AM Support a Musician Today Nicole Greentree Justin Bullock Shirley Leuthner SECTION PRINCIPAL Michael Kenny and David Gibson SECOND VIOLIN Bernard Hoey Paul O’Brien Gail Aitken Desmond B Misso Esq. Graeme Rosewarne and Jim O’Neill Dr John H. Casey Kirsten Hulin-Bobart Ken Poggioli Wayne Brennan CP Morris Anonymous David Miller Jann Keir-Haantera Mrs Helen Sotiriadis SECTION PRINCIPAL FLUTE Alison Mitchell Graham Simpson Alan Symons Alan Galwey

10 ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FLUTE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL SECTION PRINCIPAL Hayley Radke BASSOON TROMBONE Desmond B Misso Esq. David Mitchell Jason Redman John and Helen Keep Frances and PRINCIPAL PICCOLO Stephen Maitland OAM RFD Kate Lawson BASSOON Dr James R Conner Evan Lewis ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL In Memory of Dr Vicki Knopke TROMBONE SECTION PRINCIPAL OBOE CP Morris Ashley Carter Huw Jones The K&D / S&R Anketell Foundation Prof Ian Gough AM PRINCIPAL and Dr Ruth Gough CONTRABASSOON PRINCIPAL BASS TROMBONE Claire Ramuscak Vacant ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL OBOE CP Morris Support a Musician Today Sarah Meagher Sarah and Mark Combe SECTION PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL TUBA FRENCH HORN Thomas Allely OBOE Malcolm Stewart Arthur Waring Alexa Murray Arthur Waring Guy and Kathleen Knopke PRINCIPAL HARP Dr Les and Mrs Pam Masel PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORN Jill Atkinson Ian O’Brien Noel and Geraldine Whittaker PRINCIPAL COR ANGLAIS David Miller and Rosslyn Walker Vivienne Brooke PRINCIPAL TIMPANI CP Morris ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Tim Corkeron FRENCH HORN Dr Philip Aitken SECTION PRINCIPAL Vacant and Dr Susan Urquhart CLARINET Dr Pamela Greet Peggy Allen Hayes Irit Silver and Mr Nicholas Beaton Arthur Waring SECTION PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORN PERCUSSION ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Vivienne Collier-Vickers David Montgomery CLARINET Ms Marie Isackson Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row Brian Catchlove (Acting) Lauren Manuel The K&D / S&R Anketell Foundation ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Dr John H Casey PERCUSSION CLARINET SECTION PRINCIPAL TRUMPET Josh DeMarchi Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row Kate Travers Richard Madden (Acting) Dr Julie Beeby Mrs Andrea Kriewaldt Elinor and Tony Travers PRINCIPAL BASS CLARINET Nicholas Harmsen ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL John Story AO and Georgina Story TRUMPET Paul Rawson (Acting) SECTION PRINCIPAL Dr Pamela Greet BASSOON and Mr Nicholas Beaton SUPPORT A MUSICIAN Nicole Tait In Memory of 07 3833 5017 Margaret Mittelheuser AM [email protected] qso.com.au/supportus

11 ANNUAL GIVING

Music lovers who have supported your Orchestra over the last 12 months. We thank you.

ALLEGRO VIVACE PRESTO ($100,000-$249,999) ($5,000-$9,999) ($2,500-$4,999) Tim Fairfax AC Dr Philip Aitken ADFAS Brisbane Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and Dr Susan Urquhart Prof. Margaret Barrett Prof. Ian Frazer AC Associate Professor John Allan William and Erica Batt and Mrs Caroline Frazer and Dr Janet Allan Trudy Bennett The K&D / S&R Anketell Constantine Carides CON BRIO Foundation Elene Carides ($50,000-$99,999) David and Judith Beal Sarah and Mark Combe Arthur Waring Dr Julie Beeby E Dann & P McNicol Joseph and Veronika Butta INTERMEZZO Justice Martin Daubney Dr Ralph and Mrs Susan Cobcroft ($20,000-$49,999) Dr Edgar Gold Dr James R Conner Philip Bacon Galleries and Dr Judith Gold Professor Paul and Ann Crook Ian and Cass George Will and Lorna Heaslop Chris and Sue Freeman Malcolm and Andrea Hall-Brown Tony and Patricia Keane Prof. Ian Gough AM John and Helen Keep GB & MK Ilett and Dr Ruth Gough Jellinbah Group Shirley Leuthner Dr Pamela Greet Prof. Andrew and Mrs Kate Lister Cathryn Mittelheuser AM and Mr Nicholas Beaton CP Morris Dr Les and Mrs Pam Masel Peggy Allen Hayes Loraine McLaren Trevor & Judith St Baker In Memory of Dr Vicki Knopke Family Foundation In Memory of Jolanta Metter Dr Colin and Mrs Noela Kratzing Simon Mills John Story AO and Georgina Story Mrs Andrea Kriewaldt Anonymous (1) Colin Neville Rosslyn Walker and David Miller Siganto Foundation GRAZIOSO Desmond B Misso Esq. Jessica Read ($10,000-$19,999) Peterson Family Dr Margaret Soroka Dr John H. Casey Heidi Rademacher In Memory John and Jenny Stoll of Hans Rademacher Frances and Dr Damien Thomson Stephen Maitland OAM RFD Graeme Rosewarne and Dr Glenise Berry and Jim O’Neill Morgans Foundation Prof. Hans Westerman Alan Symons and In Memory of Justice Anthe Philippides and In Memory of Bruce Short, Kevin Woodhouse Mrs Frederika Westerman Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row and Graham Webster The Curavis Fund Judith Sack Sidney Irene Thomas (In Memory) Margaret and Robert Williams Iain G Saul Elinor and Tony Travers Wei Zhang & Ping Luo Stack Family Foundation Noel and Geraldine Whittaker QSO Anonymous (7) Anonymous R. M. Wylie Anonymous (1)

12 STRETTO B and D Moore Wendy Green ($1,000 -$2,499) Howard and Katherine Munro M. J. Harding Aitken Whyte Lawyers John and Robyn Murray Carmel Harris Julieanne Alroe Ron and Marise Nilsson Dr Alison M Holloway Jill Atkinson Toni Palmer Mr John Hornibrook Emeritus Professor Cora V. Baldock Parascos Eagles Family Lynn Hu Dr Geoffrey Barnes and In Ian Paterson Lynette Hunter Memory of Mrs Elizabeth Barnes G & B Robins Monika Janda John and Bonnie Bauld Joan Ross Julie-Anne Jones Dr Sheena L. Burnell Cath Scully Mrs Meryl Kerrison Catherine Carter Bruce and Sue Shepherd Andrew Kopittke Drew and Christine Castley Anne Shipton V. Layne Greg and Jacinta Chalmers KW Sommerfeld and Family Robert Lees Robert Cleland Helen Sotiriadis M. Lejeune T.C. and M.R. Cooney Robin Spencer Rachel Leung Dr Peter Hopson & Julie Crozier Craig Whitehead Lesley Lluka Dr Michael Daubney and Gabrielle Shepherd Jim and Maxine Macmillan Mrs I. L. Dean I S and H Wilkey Gary & Gayle Martin Laurie James Deane Anonymous (71) Dr Masanori Matsumoto Nara Dennis and Monty Wain Timothy Matthies Miss Marianne Ehrhardt TUTTI and Chris Bonnily Mrs Susan Ellis ($500-$999) Erin McKenna Mrs Elva Emmerson Myra Alder Dr Tom Moore Mary Lyons and John Fardon Caroline Ansell Hamilton Newton Loani Foxcroft Christa Armbruster T & M.M. Parkes Colin and Ann Gallagher Alison Armstrong Tina Previtera Alan Galwey Mr Roger Bagley Dr John Ratcliffe & Dr Helen Kerr Gardiner Family Foundation Manus Boyce John B Reid AO D J Gardiner Dr Betty Byrne Henderson AM and Lynn Rainbow Reid Paul and Irene Garrahy Jean Byrnes Dr Phelim Reilly Lea and John Greenaway Mrs Georgina Byrom Neil W Root and Trevor J Rowsell Barbara Hartigan Peter and Tricia Callaghan Jill Rowan Mrs. L. A. Hudson W R and H Castles Ms Kathryn Russell In Memory of Barbara Crowley Dr Alice Cavanagh Rolf and Christel Schafer Ms Marie Isackson Ian and Penny Charlton Ms Antonia Simpson Di Jameson Roger Cragg Alison Stanford Ainslie Just Mr Gerry Crooks Dr Eddie Street AM Michael Kenny and David Gibson Dr Beverley Czerwonka-Ledez Barb and Dan Styles Pieter & Sally Le Roux Terry and Jane Daubney Viviane Tolliday Lynne and Francoise Lip Dr C. Davison K. Trent and P. Reed Susan Mabin Prof. John and Mrs Denise Elkins Tanya Viano Elizabeth Macintosh Dr Chris Elvin and Dr Nancy Liyou John and Sharon Watterson Mr Greg and Mrs Jan Marsh Paul Evans Peter J Watts Belinda McKay and Cynthia Parrill Dr Garth and Richard and Helen Wilson John and Julienne McKenna Mrs Floranne Everson Peter & Jeanette Young Jennifer McVeigh Mrs Camilla Gebauers Dr Jan Zomerdijk Annalisa and Tony Meikle Graeme and Jan George Anonymous (141) In Memory of Harry Miles Emeritus Professors Catherin Bull AM and Dennis Gibson AO Peter and Jill Millroy

13 LIFETIME GIVING

Visionary supporters whose regular, lifetime giving exceeds $10,000. We thank you. PLATINUM ($500,000+) Queensland Conservatoriaum Griffith University Tim Fairfax AC Ian Paterson Tim Fairfax Family Foundation Heidi Rademacher In Memory of Hans Rademacher Prof. Ian Frazer AC and Mrs Caroline Frazer Anne Shipton Harold Mitchell AC AlanSymons& In Memory of Bruce Short, Dr Peter Sherwood Kevin Woodhouse & Graham Webster Arthur Waring Stack Family Foundation Dr Damien Thomson and Dr Glenise Berry DIAMOND ($250,000-$499,999) Elinor and Tony Travers Philip Bacon Galleries R. M. Wylie Cathryn Mittelheuser AM Anonymous (2) Trevor & Judith St Baker Family Foundation CONCERTO ($10,000-$19,999) PATRON ($100,000-$249,999) Dr Geoffrey Barnes and In Memory of Estate of Barbara Jean Hebden Mrs Elizabeth Barnes Di Jameson Prof. Margaret Barrett Jellinbah Group Trudy Bennett CP Morris Dr John and Mrs Jan Blackford John B Reid AO and Lynn Rainbow Reid Kay Bryan Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row Dr Betty Byrne Henderson AM Mrs Beverley June Smith Constantine Carides John Story AO and Georgina Story Elene Carides Greg and Jan Wanchap Sarah and Mark Combe Noel and Geraldine Whittaker Mrs Ruth Cox Anonymous (2) Justice Martin Daubney MAESTRO ($50,000-$99,999) Tony Denholder and Scott Gibson Dr Philip Aitken and Dr Susan Urquhart Mrs Elva Emmerson Dr Julie Beeby Sophie Galaise Dr John H. Casey Alan Galwey Malcolm and Andrea Hall-Brown Emeritus Professors Catherin Bull AM Peggy Allen Hayes and Dennis Gibson AO The John Villiers Trust Dr Edgar Gold and Dr Judith Gold Mrs Andrea Kriewaldt Dr Edward C. Gray Frances and Stephen Maitland OAM RFD Lea and John Greenaway Desmond B Misso Esq. Dr Alison M Holloway In Memory of Mr and Mrs J.C. Overell Trevor and Wendy Jackson Justice Anthe Philippides In Memory of Dr Vicki Knopke Dr Colin and Mrs Noela Kratzing SYMPHONY ($20,000-$49,999) M. Lejeune Associate Professor John Allan and Dr Janet Allan Shirley Leuthner David and Judith Beal Prof. Andrew and Mrs Kate Lister Joseph and Veronika Butta In Memory of Jolanta Metter Mrs Roslyn Carter Rosslyn Walker and David Miller Dr Ralph and Mrs Susan Cobcroft Mrs Rene Nicolaides OAM Dr James R Conner and the late Dr Nicholas Nicolaides AM Mrs I. L. Dean Mr Jordan and Mrs Pat Pearl Ian and Cass George In Memory of Pat Riches Prof. Ian Gough AM and Dr Ruth Gough Neil W Root and Trevor J Rowsell Dr Pamela Greet and Mr Nicholas Beaton Graeme Rosewarne and Jim O’Neill Will and Lorna Heaslop Iain G Saul Leonie Henry Bruce and Sue Shepherd GB & MK Ilett Siganto Foundation Ms Marie Isackson John and Jenny Stoll Tony and Patricia Keane Sidney Irene Thomas (In Memory) John and Helen Keep Dr Geoffrey Trim Michael Kenny and David Gibson Prof. Hans Westerman and In Memory of Dr Les and Mrs Pam Masel Mrs Frederika Westerman Page and Marichu Maxson The Curavis Fund Morgans Foundation Margaret and Robert Williams Anonymous (7) 14 Queensland Symphony Orchestra is proud to acknowledge the generosity and support of our valued supporters. (Supporter lists as at 27 January 2021)

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16 PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS SUPPORTER ENCORE

David Miller supports Wayne Brennan and Matthew Kinmont through the Music Chair program. HOW HAS QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IMPACTED YOU? I don’t remember there being a single day (from early childhood) when music was not a vital part of my life and constantly in my head. Encouraged very much as a child in a musical household, I won a place in a professional London choir at the age of 9 and have played and performed (though not professionally) ever since. I have been a regular concert goer and listener from an early age and even though the quality of recorded music is now so good, it can stand no proper comparison with the thrill of live music. This is particularly true of orchestral music; the enforced absence of concert going in the last year has only served to underline and reinforce just what a total experience it is to be part of a live performance of great music superbly played, which is my experience with QSO. To see the musicians living their experience and communicating with one another as they play is a dimension that the very best recording just can’t get close to!! WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU TO SUPPORT QSO? The Orchestra brings an indescribably beautiful and utterly essential element to my life which would be very much the poorer without it. Supporting the musicians, has the additional benefit of bringing me just that little bit closer to the orchestra and to the musicians as real personalities and not just people playing instruments. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THOSE CONSIDERING SUPPORTING QSO? Do so without hesitation. Not only do you help bring all of this wonderful music to life for the benefit of the community, you will become far more involved in the music, the musicians and the life of the orchestra.

PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS 17 PATRON VIOLIN 1 CELLO BASSOON His Excellency Rebecca Seymour* Matthew Kinmont = Nicole Tait~ the Honourable Shane Chen Hyung Suk Bae >> David Mitchell >> Paul de Jersey AC, Lynn Cole Kathryn Close Evan Lewis Governor Ann Holtzapffel Andre Duthoit of Queensland Joan Shih Matthew Jones CONTRABASSOON Claire Ramuscak* Brenda Sullivan Kaja Skorka CONDUCTOR LAUREATE Stephen Tooke Craig Allister Young Johannes Fritzsch FRENCH HORN Brynley White Malcolm Stewart ~ DOUBLE BASS Sonia Wilson Ian O’Brien* Phoebe Russell ~ Vivienne Collier- VIOLIN 2 Dušan Walkowicz >> Vickers Gail Aitken ~ Anne Buchanan Lauren Manuel Wayne Brennan ~ Justin Bullock Katie Betts Paul O’Brien TRUMPET CONCERTMASTER Jane Burroughs Ken Poggioli Richard Madden = Warwick Adeney Faina Dobrenko Paul Rawson+ FLUTE ASSOCIATE Simon Dobrenko Alison Mitchell ~ TROMBONE CONCERTMASTER Delia Kinmont Hayley Radke >> Alan Smith Natalie Low Jason Redman~ Ashley Carter >> Tim Marchmont PICCOLO Nicholas Thin Kate Lawson* TUBA Helen Travers Thomas Allely* Harold Wilson OBOE Huw Jones~ HARP VIOLA Sarah Meagher >> Jill Atkinson* Imants Larsens ~ Alexa Murray Yoko Okayasu >> TIMPANI Charlotte Burbrook de Vere COR ANGLAIS Tim Corkeron* Nicole Greentree Vivienne Brooke* PERCUSSION Bernard Hoey CLARINET David Montgomery~ Kirsten Hulin-Bobart Irit Silver~ Josh DeMarchi >> Jann Keir-Haantera Brian Catchlove+ Graham Simpson Kate Travers Nicholas Tomkin BASS CLARINET Nicholas Harmsen*

~ Section Principal = Acting Section Principal >> Associate Principal + Acting Associate Principal * Principal ^ Acting Principal

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Maestro Series – Supporting Partner Supporting Partner

Major Partners

Trusts and Foundations Accommodation Partners

Industry Collaborators

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MUSICAL LANDSCAPES SUN 28 FEB 11AM Concert Hall, QPAC

Conductor Umberto Clerici Host Guy Noble Soloist Warwick Adeney, violin

Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) J.Strauss, Jr On the Beautiful Blue Danube Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending and more

CINEMATIC SAT 24 APR 3PM & 7.30PM Concert Hall, QPAC

Conductor and Host Nicholas Buc

INCLUDES MUSIC FROM Giacchino The Incredibles Silvestri The Avengers Toprak Captain Marvel and more

MUSICAL THEATRE GALA SAT 15 MAY 3PM & 7.30PM

Conductor and Host Guy Noble Soloists Lorina Gore, soprano Simon Gleeson, tenor

Llyod Weber The Phantom of the Opera Schönberg Les Misérables Lopez & Lopez Frozen and more

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