CONCERT PROGRAM & SINGALONG BOOK SELLING FAST Tickets tso.com.au 1800 001 190 Or visit the TSO Box Office Mon – Fri, 10am–4pm. Specta c ula r FEDERATION CONCERT HALL FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY TSO.COM.AU | 1800 001 190 © 2015 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd ABN 81 088 230 184 0831 FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 7.30PM FEDERATION CONCERT HALL HOBART Gilbert & Sullivan Calling all Gilbert & Sullivan fans. Specta c ula r Your time has come! Robert Greene conductor Lorina Gore soprano Jonathan Abernethy tenor Stuart Maunder baritone TSO Chorus WITH HEROINES NAMED ELSIE, MABEL AND EDITH, HOW CAN YOU RESIST A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SHOW? IT’S LIKE DOWNTON ABBEY WITH LAUGHS. The Yeomen of the Guard, Overture “We sail the ocean blue”, from HMS Pinafore “When I was a lad”, from HMS Pinafore Wordsmith W S Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan created 14 works “Stop, ladies, pray”, from The Pirates of Penzance for the stage, including such timeless classics as Trial by Jury, The Pirates “Oh, is there not one maiden breast”, from The Pirates of Penzance of Penzance and The Mikado. They popularised the phrase “Let the “Poor wand’ring one”, from The Pirates of Penzance punishment fit the crime” and gave us The Mikado’s Pooh-Bah, the original Irish Symphony, 3rd movement “Grand Pooh-Bah”. “When anger spreads his wing”, from Princess Ida “Is life a boon?”, from The Yeomen of the Guard Masters of wit and satire, G&S set their sights on the absurdities, “In sailing o’er life’s ocean wide”, from Ruddigore hypocrisies and downright barminess of Victorian England lampooning, Incantation and Finale, from The Sorcerer among other things, strict moral codes, social climbers, the justice system and pompous power brokers. INTERVAL Together with impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte, who had London’s Savoy Pineapple Poll, Opening Dance Theatre built expressly as a G&S venue, they rolled out one hit after another “Here’s a man of jollity”, from The Yeomen of the Guard including Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Gondoliers. “I have a song to sing-O”, from The Yeomen of the Guard “All hail, great judge”, from Trial by Jury Hear excerpts from all of these works and more at the Tasmanian Symphony “When I, good friends, was called to the bar”, from Trial by Jury Orchestra’s Gilbert and Sullivan Spectacular. Whether you’re an out and The Grand Duke, Galop proud G&S tragic, a closeted devotee or just plain G&S curious, now is “The sun whose rays”, from The Mikado the time to stand up and be counted. You’ll even get to join in the fun by “Dance a cachuca”, from The Gondoliers singing along (turn to pages 3, 4 and 5 for your singalong sheets). “The battle’s roar is over”, from Ruddigore “Modern Major-General”, from The Pirates of Penzance “With cat-like tread”, from The Pirates of Penzance Act II Finale, from The Mikado TSO.COM.AU | 1800 001 190 1 Singalong Song No. 1 Robert Greene has conducted over 60 productions of operas, operettas and HMS PINAFORE “WHEN I WAS A LAD” musicals for every state opera company and major musical organisation, as well as much of the symphonic and choral repertoire. Works that he has conducted for Opera Australia include Così fan tutte, Il barbiere di Siviglia, My Fair Lady, When I was a lad I served a term as office boy Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip that Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and South to an attorney’s firm, they took me in to the partnership, Pacific, for which he won the 2014 Green Room Award for Best Musical Direction I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And that junior partnership I ween was the only of a Musical. His performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan works have all been and I polished up the handle of the big front ship that I ever had seen recorded on DVD by ABC Classics and have sold many copies worldwide. door Was the only ship he ever had seen. He polished up the handle But that kind of ship so suited me that now Lorina Gore is a regular performer with Opera Australia where her roles include of the big front door I am the ruler of the Queen’s Navee. Yum-Yum (The Mikado), Despina (Così fan tutte) and Musetta (La bohème). I polished that handle so carefullee, That International performances have included engagements with Garsington Opera, But that kind of ship so suited he that now now I am the ruler of the Queen’s Navee English Touring Opera and New Zealand Opera. She studied at the Australian he is the ruler of the Queen’s Navee. National University and at the National Opera Studio in London, and has been He polish’d up that handle so carefullee that the recipient of numerous prestigious opera awards. ABC Classics recordings now he is the ruler of the Queen’s Navee! I grew so rich that I was sent by a pocket include highlights from Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier with Yvonne Kenny, selections from Handel’s Rodelinda with Richard Bonynge, and Bliss with Opera Australia. Her engagements in borough into parliament. As office boy I made such a mark that 2016 include La bohème and Der Ring des Nibelungen for Opera Australia. I always voted at my party’s call, and I never they gave me the post of a junior clerk. thought of thinking for myself at all. I served the writs with a smile so bland, and He never thought of thinking New Zealand tenor Jonathan Abernethy has established himself as a I copied all the letters in a big round hand vibrant and upcoming international artist. In 2015 he was invited into the Aix-en- for himself at all. He copied all the letters in Provence Mozart Residency, the Solti Accademia in Tuscany and Ravinia’s Steans I thought so little, they rewarded me, by a big round hand. Music Institute in Chicago. During Opera Australia’s 2016 season Jonathan making me the ruler of the Queen’s Navee prepares the roles of Nadir (The Pearlfishers) and Ferrando in Sir David McVicar’s I copied all the letters in a hand so free, that He thought so little, they rewarded he, new production of Così fan tutte, to cover major international artists in two new now I am the ruler of the Queen’s Navee! by making him the ruler productions. On the concert stage he joins Sydney Philharmonia Choirs at the He copied all the letters in of the Queen’s Navee. Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for Mozart’s Requiem. Jonathan continues to have mentoring and a hand so free, that now he is the ruler support from the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation. of the Queen’s Navee! Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, For the last thirty years Stuart Maunder has been directing musical theatre if you want to rise to the top of the tree, In serving writs I made such a name that and opera in Australia. His productions for Opera Australia include The Tales of If your soul isn’t fettered to an office stool, an articled clerk I soon became; Hoffmann, The Gypsy Princess and Don Pasquale. His music theatre productions be careful to be guided by this golden rule include My Fair Lady and A Little Night Music for Opera Australia; Dusty, Shout!, I wore clean collars and a bran’ new suit for Be careful to be guided by Little Women, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods and Sweeney the pass examination at the Institute. this golden rule Todd for Victorian Opera. A self-confessed Gilbert and Sullivan “tragic”, he has For the pass examination directed G&S productions in Australia, the UK and USA. His OA productions of Stick close to your desks and never go to at the Institute. Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance have been televised nationally on ABC TV. sea, and you all may be rulers of the Queen’s That pass examination did so well for me that Navee. now I am the ruler of the Queen’s Navee. Stick close to your desks and never go The TSO Chorus is an auditioned group of approximately 80 voices. June That pass examination did so to sea, and you all may be rulers of the Tyzack has been Chorusmaster since 2001 and is supported by Assistant well for he that now he is the ruler of Queens Navee. Chorusmaster Andrew Bainbridge. Founded in 1992 to present concert the Queen’s Navee! performances of opera, the TSO Chorus has since broadened its repertoire to include the requiems of Mozart, Verdi and Sculthorpe; masses by Haydn, Schubert and Puccini; and symphonies by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mahler. The TSO Chorus has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Festival and Perth Concert Hall. Concerts in 2016 include the Gilbert and Sullivan Spectacular, Haydn’s Creation and, as part of the Festival of Voices, JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion. For full artist profiles visit tso.com.au/explore 2 3 Singalong Song No. 2 Singalong Song No. 3 PIRATES OF PENZANCE “MODERN MAJOR GENERAL” TRIAL BY JURY “ALL HAIL GREAT JUDGE! & THE JUDGE’S SONG” I am the very model of a modern Major And whistle all the airs from that infernal All hail great Judge! – To your bright rays, “You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy General; I’ve information vegetable, animal, nonsense, Pinafore, And whistle all the We never grudge – ecstatic praise.