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Berder. Gaba. Anaorgna. Wantja. as debuts with Houston the Sydney Symphony Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra where she A group exhibition by London Symphony conducted over thirty Orchestra, Malmö concerts per year with the Symphony Orchestra, orchestra, being lauded Erub Arts, Girringun Aboriginal Art Orquestra Simfònica de in the Australian press as Barcelona i Nacional de “one of the big hopes for Catalunya, Gavle Symphony change”. Centre, Hermannsburg Potters Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Born in Australia and Philharmonic Orchestra and a dual British-Australian Malaysian Philharmonic citizen, Jessica Cottis and Ernabella Arts among others. was awarded a first class In the upcoming honours degree in organ, 2018-19 season, Jessica piano and musicology from An exhibition of new ceramics from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands artists. will perform in her Los the Australian National Berder — a Meriam (Torres Strait Islands) word for ‘mud’. Angeles Philharmonic University and continued Gaba — a Girramay, Jirrbal and Gulnay (Queensland) word for ‘white clay’. Hailed in the UK music Orchestra debut, as well as her studies as an organist Anaorgna — a Western Aranda (Northern Territory) word for ‘clay or dirty mud’. press as “one to watch”, revisiting the City of London with Marie-Claire Alain in Wantja — a Pitjantjatjara (South Australia) word for ‘the hard, moist earth; Jessica Cottis possesses Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Paris, winning awards from the first sign of water when digging a soakage well’. intellectual rigour, Orchestra, London’s Royal the Royal Philharmonic innate musicality and Philharmonic Orchestra, Society and Royal College an easy authority; she is laVerdi in Milan, and the OBC of Organists. A wrist injury Until 1 June a charismatic figure on in Barcelona. She will return subsequently halted her the podium who brings to work for the Royal Opera playing career and, after dynamism, intensity and House in London again, reading Law, she began Nishi Gallery clarity of vision to all her conducting the premieres of conducting studies in 2006, performances. two significant new opera studying with Colin Metters Frequently in demand commissions. She will return and Sir Colin Davis on the as guest conductor, also to her native Australia postgraduate conducting highlights of recent seasons to conduct Canberra course at the Royal NISHI GALLERY Gallery Hours nishigallery.com.au include performances with Symphony Orchestra, as Academy of Music. 17 Kendall Lane Wed to Sun 11am–3pm [email protected] the Sydney Symphony well as Monash Academy A gifted communicator, Canberra ACT 2601 @nishigallery Orchestra, London Orchestra in Melbourne. Jessica Cottis is already Philharmonic Orchestra, Her international career acting as an inspiration to Royal Philharmonic was launched through the younger generation. Orchestra, BBC Symphony close working relationships She has filmed projects for Orchestra, BBC National with mentors including Play School (ABC Australia), Orchestra of Wales, Vladimir Ashkenazy and CBeebies (BBC) and the BBC Concert Orchestra, Donald Runnicles. From Royal Opera House, has L’Orchestra Sinfonica di 2009 to 2011 she was conducted projects with Milano Giuseppe Verdi Assistant Conductor at the organisations such as the (laVerdi), l’Orchestre BBC Scottish Symphony National Youth Orchestra of Philharmonique de Monte Orchestra and Fellow in Great Britain and Sistema Carlo, New Zealand Conducting at the Royal Scotland, and led courses Symphony Orchestra, Conservatoire of Scotland, for female conductors and recording with the and from 2012 to 2014 with London’s Royal BBC Scottish Symphony Assistant Conductor of Philharmonic Society. Orchestra. The 2017-18 season marked a return – after the success of her debut in 2016 – to the prestigious BBC Proms in July, as well CONDUCTOR

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Sydney Symphony Christchurch Symphony Orchestra since 1997, a Orchestras, the Queensland position she had previously Youth Orchestra in the held with the Symphony world premiere of an oboe Orchestra of Lucerne concerto by Australian from 1990 to 1997. She composer/pianist Allan was born in Brisbane and Zavod, the Australian completed her Bachelor of Festival of Chamber Music, Arts in Music Performance Townsville, and the Vaughan CONNECTING at the Victorian College Willams Oboe Concerto with of the Arts in Melbourne, Sydney Symphony. In 2017, where she was awarded with the Sydney Symphony CANBERRA TO the M.E.N.S.A prize for top Orchestra under the baton graduating student. During of David Robertson, Diana this time she also won the premiered Nigel Westlake’s THE WORLD ‘Other Instruments’ section Oboe Concerto, “Spirit of Diana Doherty is widely of the ABC Instrumental the Wild”, written especially regarded as one of the and Vocal Competition for her, and repeated this PROUD TO BE THE most talented Australian and was named ‘Most performance with the PRESENTING PARTNER OF instrumentalists working Outstanding Competitor Australian Youth Orchestra today. Notable successes Overall’ for 1985. Other in Melbourne. She also THE CANBERRA SYMPHONY include performing Ross awards and prizes include performed with the St ORCHESTRA’S AUSTRALIAN Edwards’ Concerto for joint winner of the Young Lawrence String Quartet in Oboe with the New York, Concert Artists International Toronto, Vancouver and San SERIES CONCERTS Liverpool and Hong Auditions in New York, first Fransisco, and premiered Kong Philharmonic prize at Prague Spring another new oboe concerto, Orchestras, appearances Festival Competition, a MO by Joe Chindamo, at the with Australia’s and award for Classical/Opera Queensland Music Festvial. New Zealand’s leading performer of the year and In 2018 her engagements Symphony Orchestras, an Aria for her performance include guest appearances Australian Chamber of the Ross Edwards’ Oboe with Spirit Ensemble, Orchestra, Melbourne Concerto. a newly formed sextet Chamber Orchestra, St. In addition to her work of Sydney Symphony Lawrence String Quartet, as Principal Oboe with the Orchestra musicians, at the Musica Viva, the Seymour Sydney Symphony, Diana Ukaria Cultural Centre in Group, Four Winds Festival, has most recently appeared Adelaide, and with Northern Ensemble Kanazawa, in Martinu’s Oboe Concerto Rivers Symphony Orchestra. Japan, Townsville Chamber with Adeladie Symphony Music Festival, and Orchestra, Mozart’s Oboe at many international Concerto in C Major and festivals, including Messiaen’s Concert à Prague Spring Festival, quatre with West Australian MusicaRiva festival, Italy, Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Music Festival and Simone Young, and the ‘Young Artist in Mozart’s Oboe Concerto Concert’ Festival in Davos, in F major with the Sydney Switzerland. Symphony Orchestra, Diana has been Strauss’ Oboe Concerto Principal Oboe of the with the Melbourne and OBOE

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SAL0921_245x172_CanberraOrchestra_v3.indd 1 6/2/18 3:43 pm Music Notes LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN rebellious, heroic character, (1170-1827) and his sufferings which were the price of the good The Creatures of Prometheus — he did for mankind. Ballet, Op.43: Overture In Beethoven’s mind, the character of Prometheus was identified with the young Napoleon, Beethoven’s only ballet the defender of ‘liberty, music was written for a equality and fraternity’. ‘heroic and allegorical’ In the finale of the ballet, ballet conceived by the a theme which could Italian dancer Salvatore almost be called the refrain Viganò, and produced in of Beethoven’s young Vienna in 1801. The story manhood makes an early combines the myth of appearance. It is a theme Prometheus, who snatched associated with heroism, fire from the sky, with that and here treated as a basis of Pygmalion, the sculptor for variations, as it was whose statue came to life. to be in the Variations for Prometheus uses the fire piano Op.35; and most to fashion two statues, memorably and magically a man and a woman, exalted, in the finale of the from clay; but they resist Eroica Symphony, originally all his efforts to make dedicated to Napoleon. them human, stubbornly The Overture prefigures remaining as inert as the grand conclusion of vegetables. Disappointed, the ballet. From the first he is about to destroy his notes, in which Beethoven handiwork when the god commands his audience’s Pan persuades him to lead attention by the tonal them to Mount Parnassus, ambiguity of a discord where they are educated leading out of the main key, by Apollo, Orpheus and the the music is passionate and Muses. Acquiring the ability noble. The youthful energy to think and feel, they begin of the composer, well suited to appreciate the beauty to the ballet’s theme, is of nature and the civilising apparent in the dashing and influences of music, often brilliant orchestral comedy, tragedy and dance. writing. Beethoven didn’t — think too highly of Viganò’s Adapted from a note by efforts – he wrote to a David Garrett publisher: ‘I have written a Reprinted by permission of ballet, in which, however, Symphony Services International the ballet master has not made the most of his part.’ At any rate, Beethoven wrote no more ballet music. Perhaps he felt that Viganò had not put sufficient emphasis on Prometheus’

Canberra Symphony Orchestra Season 2019 11 Music Notes NIGEL WESTLAKE score in this way, enter (BORN 1958) ‘the zone’ and follow their musical intuition through Spirit of the Wild — a myriad of patterns, riffs Oboe Concerto and sequences was a privilege indeed, and the Life is better best possible way for me to infiltrate Diana’s highly I ♪ = 96 – cadenza concerto score in subtle unique, dynamic and II ♪ = 96 and mysterious ways. virtuosic approach to the with music III Tranquillo – Liberamente As a young boy, my instrument. Her visit left me – ♪ = 96 – parents had introduced me inspired and ready to start IV Agitato to the wilds of Tasmania work. and I am forever grateful Performed in a In mid 2016, following to them for instilling continuum, the concerto ... and life in Canberra is better concert commitments in in me a deep love of can be divided into four with Canberra Weekly, Hobart, I was invited by Bob Australia’s wilderness distinct sections or Brown, one of Australia’s fostered during numerous movements, the first two of proudly supporting the CSO. leading environmentalists, walking and boating which are closely related to accompany him on a expeditions. My trip to in terms of energy and visit to Bathurst Harbour, Bathurst Harbour reminded contour. The third section a pristine waterway on me of the preciousness is a slow movement where the south west coast of of the wilderness, and long, sustained oboe Tasmania contained within of mankind’s propensity phrases are supported the Tasmanian Wilderness to become subsumed by by a detailed filigree of World Heritage Area. materialism, neglecting our repeated patterns that ebb Almost completely devoid connection to country and and flow in dynamic waves. of modern human intrusion, the wonders of the natural A syncopated string canon the area was the home of world, choosing instead to forms a bridge to the final

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Canberra Symphony Orchestra Season 2019 15 Music Notes FELIX MENDELSSOHN large and empty, water is (1809-1847) dripping down along one of the walls; the floor is Symphony No.3 in A minor, thin, and conversation from Op.56 Scottish the servants’ quarters can be heard echoing up from below; they’re singing drunken songs and laughing Andante con moto – Allegro Wales. There in the British – dogs are barking as well. un poco agitato – Andante Isles, Mendelssohn was A few days later, con moto – enthusiastically received undaunted by the weather, Vivace non troppo – as a concert and salon Mendelssohn set sail Adagio – Allegro vivacissimo pianist, but he also spent for the Hebrides, where – Allegro, maestoso assai time touring and observing, he visited Fingal’s Cave BRAND IDENTITY soaking up the sights and and made a sketch for Like the Piano Concerto sounds of fascinating what later became the DESIGN No.1, the Italian Symphony new environments. Hebrides Overture. The DIGITAL and the Hebrides Overture, Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony can also be this work dates from the correspondence from traced to a sightseeing visit, period of what we may the time includes some this time to Holyrood House, call Mendelssohn’s ‘Grand beautifully descriptive Edinburgh, about which Tour’ – a period of roughly travel writing. He said Mendelssohn wrote: DAMSDESIGN.COM.AU four years during which vividly of London, for The chapel beside Mendelssohn, entering his example, that it was it has now lost its roof. It SUITE 3 75 PRINTERS WAY twenties, toured the British ‘the most grandiose and is overgrown with grass KINGSTON ACT Isles and Europe. complicated monster that and ivy, and at the altar 2604 Some time in the world has to offer’. Mary was crowned Queen the summer of 1828, In the summer of 1829 of Scotland. Everything is Mendelssohn’s parents Mendelssohn and Carl ruined, decayed and open decided that their young Klingemann, with whom he to the sky. I believe I have man needed to travel to had roomed on arrival in found there the beginning broaden his mind. Unlike London, set off for Scotland. of my Scottish Symphony. so many 19th-century There he was taken in by Mendelssohn composers, Mendelssohn the wild atmosphere of the continued to work on this was born into middle country. He wrote home and the Hebrides Overture class comfort. His home from Blair Atholl (3 August), during his travels, but in was a cultural hub, and it for example: Italy, understandably, his could be asked how much A wild affair. The storm mind turned more to the more broadening was is howling, blustering, and Italian Symphony. As he needed by someone whose whistling around outside said, ‘Who can wonder that family home buzzed with causing doors to slam shut I find it difficult to return to the company of people down below and blowing the Scottish mood?’ such as the scientist the shutters open, but It is probably in terms Alexander von Humboldt, one can’t tell whether the of overall mood that the the philosopher Hegel, the sounds of water are from Scottish Symphony most actor Eduard Devrient, and the rain or from the blowing noticeably reveals its music critic and theorist spray, since both are raging. original impetus. One can Adolph Bernhard Marx, We’re sitting here around perhaps glimpse, through among others. In any the burning hearth which the overall sombreness, the case Felix left Berlin on I poke a bit from time to Scottish landscape ‘looking 10 April 1829 bound for time making it flare up. so stern and robust, half- England, Scotland and Otherwise, the room is wrapped in haze of smoke or fog’, but this work is not as pictorial as the Hebrides Overture. The portrait is somewhat muted. Canberra Symphony Orchestra Although many of Season 2019 17 Mendelssohn’s works Music Notes during the period bore the How Scottish is the (Symphony No.3 in sign of literary or pictorial work? Certainly there are A minor, Op.56 Scottish) inspiration, his aesthetic no bagpipe competitions, probably owes more to though Mendelssohn wrote the philosophy of a family home about one: friend, Hegel, who was to say in Vorlesung über [the bagpipers] with long red die Aesthetick (Lecture beards, tartan plaids, bonnets on Aesthetics, Berlin, and feathers, naked knees, and 1836) that the composer their bagpipes in their hands… ‘should devote equal passing along the half-ruined attention to two aspects – grey castle on the meadow, musical structure, and the where Mary Stuart lived in expression of an admittedly splendour and saw Rizzio indeterminate content’. It murdered… is probably towards the creation of a piece which is And there is no folksong satisfying on purely musical quotation, which would terms that the composer have been the easiest Live in harmony directed his energy in this way to make a Scottish instance. The symphony is association. 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