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10–13 February Sydney Town Hall ROMANCE BEGINS CONDUCTED BY SIMONE YOUNG Presenting Partner Principal Partner 2021 CONCERT SEASON Wednesday 10 February, 8pm SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ABERCROMBIE & KENT MASTERS SERIES Thursday 11 February, 7pm Friday 12 February, 8pm Saturday 13 February, 8pm PATRON Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC Sydney Town Hall Founded in 1932 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra has evolved into one of the world’s finest orchestras as Sydney has become one of the world’s great cities. Resident at the iconic Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra also performs in venues throughout Sydney and regional New South Wales, and international tours to Europe, Asia and the USA have earned the Orchestra worldwide recognition for artistic excellence. The Orchestra’s first chief conductor was Sir Eugene Goossens, appointed in 1947; ROMANCE he was followed by Nicolai Malko, Dean Dixon, Moshe Atzmon, Willem van Otterloo, Louis Frémaux, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zdenêk Mácal, Stuart Challender, Edo de Waart and Gianluigi Gelmetti. Vladimir Ashkenazy was Principal Conductor from BEGINS 2009 to 2013, followed by David Robertson as Chief Conductor from 2014 to 2019. CONDUCTED BY SIMONE YOUNG Australia-born Simone Young has been the Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Designate since 2020. She commences her role as Chief Conductor in 2022 as the Orchestra returns to the renewed Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's concerts encompass masterpieces from the classical repertoire, music by some of the finest living composers, and collaborations SIMONE YOUNG conductor ESTIMATED DURATIONS with guest artists from all genres, reflecting the Orchestra's versatility and diverse DANIEL RÖHN violin 33 minutes, interval 20 appeal. Its award-winning education program is central to its commitment to the minutes, 9 minutes, future of live symphonic music, and the Orchestra promotes the work of Australian 40 minutes. composers through performances, recordings and its commissioning program. PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) COVER IMAGE Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 Simone Young Allegro moderato – Moderato assai Photo: Nic Walker Simone Young SECOND VIOLINS CELLOS CLARINETS TUBA Canzonetta: Andante Chief Conductor Marina Marsden Catherine Hewgill Francesco Celata Steve Rossé Finale: Allegro vivacissimo Designate Principal Principal Associate Principal Principal Donald Runnicles Marianne Edwards Leah Lynn Alexander Morris Principal Guest Associate Principal Acting Associate Principal Bass Clarinet TIMPANI Conductor Emma Jezek Principal James Burke Mark Robinson Vladimir Ashkenazy Assistant Principal Kristy Conrau Principal Acting Principal CONNOR D’NETTO (BORN 1994) Conductor Laureate Alice Bartsch Fenella Gill Christopher Tingay Timothy Nankervis PERCUSSION Uncertain Planning Andrew Haveron Victoria Bihun Elizabeth Neville BASSOONS Rebecca Lagos Concertmaster Rebecca Gill Christopher Pidcock Principal Chair supported by Emma Hayes Todd Gibson-Cornish David Wickham ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Vicki Olsson Shuti Huang Principal Timothy Constable Adrian Wallis Monique Irik Fiona McNamara Symphony No.9 in E minor, B.178 (Op.95) From the New World Wendy Kong HARP FIRST VIOLINS DOUBLE BASSES Matthew Wilkie Benjamin Li Natalie Wong* Adagio – Allegro molto Andrew Haveron Principal Emeritus Nicole Masters Kees Boersma Guest Principal Concertmaster Maja Verunica Principal Noriko Shimada Largo Principal Harry Bennetts Alex Henery * = Guest Musician Scherzo (Molto vivace) Associate VIOLAS Principal Contrabassoon ° = Contract Musician Concertmaster Allegro con fuoco Tobias Breider David Campbell HORNS † = Sydney Symphony Sun Yi Principal Steven Larson Fellow Associate Ben Jacks Justin Williams Richard Lynn Grey = Permanent Concertmaster Principal Acting Associate Benjamin Ward Member of the Sydney Lerida Delbridge Principal Jaan Pallandi Geoffrey O’Reilly Symphony Orchestra Principal 3rd Horn Assistant Sandro Costantino not appearing in Concertmaster Jane Hazelwood FLUTES Euan Harvey this concert Kirsten Williams Graham Hennings Joshua Batty Marnie Sebire Connor D'Netto's Uncertain Planning was made possible through Associate Stuart Johnson Principal Rachel Silver the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's 50 Fanfares Project and was Concertmaster Felicity Tsai Carolyn Harris commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, supported by Emeritus TRUMPETS Amanda Verner Emma Sholl Christine Bishop. Jenny Booth Leonid Volovelsky Associate Principal David Elton Sophie Cole Anne-Louise Principal Claire Herrick Comerford OBOES Anthony Heinrichs Nicola Lewis Associate Principal Diana Doherty Emily Long TROMBONES Rosemary Curtin Principal Alexandra Mitchell Ronald Prussing Justine Marsden Shefali Pryor Alexander Norton Principal Anna Skálová Associate Principal Nick Byrne Léone Ziegler Callum Hogan† PRESENTING PARTNER PRINCIPAL PARTNER Christopher Harris Alexandre Oguey Fiona Ziegler Principal Bass Assistant Principal Cor Anglais Trombone Concertmaster Scott Kinmont Georges Lentz Associate Principal WELCOME ABOUT THE ARTISTS PRESENTING PARTNER SIMONE YOUNG conductor Simone Young AM, General Manager and Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Music Director of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg from 2005 – 2015 is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. She has conducted complete cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Vienna Staatsoper, the Staatsoper Berlin and Staatsoper Hamburg. Her Welcome to the Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series. Hamburg recordings include the Ring cycle, Mathis der Hello and welcome to the curtain raising performance of the 2021 Masters Maler (Hindemith), and symphonies of Bruckner, Brahms Series. As we look to a new year with renewed hope and optimism, tonight’s and Mahler. Her 2012 Hamburg Opera and Ballet tour to program offers the perfect complimentary pairing of romantic energy and Brisbane, (Das Rheingold in concert, and Mahler Symphony dreamy, bohemian influences, reminiscent of faraway lands. No. 2 “Resurrection”), won her the 2013 Helpmann Award Simone Young Tonight, experience Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto famously originally for the Best Individual Classical Music Performance. Photo: Nic Walker dedicated to one of the composer’s most significant partners, through the Simone Young’s most recent engagements have included delicate brilliance of German violinist, Daniel Röhn. Composed amid the return invitations to the New York and Monte Carlo whimsical landscapes of France, Italy and Switzerland, the music swells with Philharmonic Orchestras; the Helsinki, Barcelona, lush sweeping strings that inspire thoughts of romantic connections and Cincinnati, and Minnesota Orchestras; Orchestre adventures past, present and yet to come. de Paris; and the West Australian and Queensland Romance and travel have long been intertwined, whether it be celebrating a Symphony Orchestras. bond between two lovers on an enchanting honeymoon to the coastal idyll The BBC Symphony, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Dresden, of the Maldives, or commemorating a milestone on safari to the plains of and London Philharmonic Orchestras, the Staatskapelle Africa, revelling in the unwavering love and support forged through a lifelong Dresden, the Bruckner Orchestra, Linz, City of Birmingham partnership. Not just celebrating love between people, destinations across Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and the Wiener the world draw intrepid travellers with a love of adventure, from the ethereal Symphoniker, are among the leading orchestras Simone wilderness of Patagonia, to the captivating icescapes of Antarctica or India’s Young also regularly conducts. kaleidoscope of sounds, smells and culture, its Taj Mahal standing proudly as Maintaining her passionate interest in and understanding the ultimate declaration of love. of the voice, her recent invitations to conduct opera have Even if Tchaikovsky’s European countryside seems a long way off right now, included Reimann’s Lear (Madrid), Fidelio, a Verdi Gala we can keep the passion of travel and adventure alive and start planning for and Der Rosenkavalier (Berlin State Opera), Lohengrin future explorations. Consider spending some time with loved ones closer to and Elektra (Zürich), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and home, perhaps on a Loire Valley-inspired walking tour in the Barossa, or paying Henze’s Das verratene Meer (Vienna State Opera), and homage to the wilds of Africa on a glamping safari through Kakadu. Tannhäuser (Munich). This year at A&K we resolved to continue exploring, and whatever your Simone Young has been Music Director of Opera Australia, adventure, we hope we can help you embark on an unforgettable journey. Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Because great travel, much like a great love, leaves you with memories for Principal Guest Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, years to come. Lisbon. Her many accolades include a Professorship at the Enjoy your listening and exploring! Musikhochschule in Hamburg, Honorary Doctorates from Griffith University, University of Western Australia, Monash University and the University of New South Wales; the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France, the Goethe Institute Medal and the Sir Bernard Heinze Award. Simone Young has been the Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Designate since 2020. She commences her role as Chief Conductor in 2022 as the Orchestra returns to the renewed Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. Sujata Raman