The 1950s Latin Lounge 5 – 8 Feb Town Hall

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A Valentine’s to Remember Fri 14 Feb 8pm Hosted by Osher Günsberg Sat 15 Feb 8pm Make a date to remember with host Osher Günsberg and the Sydney as they perform music from your favourite romantic movies, including the romantic epic Titanic, Disney Pixar’s Up, and Baz Lurhmann’s 1996 Romeo + Juliet. Osher Günsberg host • Jemma Rix vocalist HURRY, LAST DAYS FOR TICKETS! Vanessa Scammell conductor

The Rite of Spring Symphony Hour Music that caused a riot Wed 19 Feb 7pm Thu 20 Feb 7pm Die Meistersinger – Prelude WAGNER Sydney Town Hall STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Pietari Inkinen conductor SELLING FAST!

Debussy and Ravel Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series The Monets of music Wed 26 Feb 8pm RAVEL Piano in G Fri 28 Feb 8pm MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Sat 29 Feb 8pm DEBUSSY La mer Thursday Afternoon Symphony Jun Märkl conductor Alexandra Dariescu piano Thu 27 Feb 1.30pm Great Classics Sat 29 Feb 2pm Sydney Town Hall MARCH

Ben Folds Fri 6 Mar 8pm The Symphonic Tour Sat 7 Mar 8pm Sydney Town Hall Pop icon and music innovator Ben Folds returns to Sydney following his last sold-out shows with the Sydney Symphony. Ben Folds • Nicholas Buc conductor

Scheherazade Symphony Hour Hypnotic and Sublime Wed 11 Mar 7pm Thu 12 Mar 7pm Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun DEBUSSY Tea & Symphony RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Fri 13 Mar 11am Alexander Shelley conductor Sydney Town Hall

Debussy, Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov Emirates Metro Series Sense and Sensuality Fri 13 Mar 8pm Sydney Town Hall DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun MOZART Sinfonia Concertante, K.364 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Alexander Shelley conductor Harry Bennetts violin • Tobias Breider viola

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series Beethoven’s greatest masterpiece Wed 18 Mar 8pm BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Fri 20 Mar 8pm Sat 21 Mar 8pm Donald Runnicles conductor • Siobhan Stagg Vasilisa Berzhanskaya mezzo-soprano Sydney Town Hall Samuel Sakker • Derek Welton Sydney Philharmonia

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FEBRUARY SPECIAL EVENT A Valentine’s to Remember Fri 14 Feb 8pm WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY, 7PM Hosted by Osher Günsberg Sat 15 Feb 8pm THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY, 7PM Sydney Town Hall Make a date to remember with host Osher Günsberg and SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY, 7PM the Sydney Symphony as they perform music from your favourite romantic movies, including the romantic epic Titanic, SYDNEY TOWN HALL Disney Pixar’s Up, and Baz Lurhmann’s 1996 Romeo + Juliet. Osher Günsberg host • Jemma Rix vocalist HURRY, LAST DAYS FOR TICKETS! Vanessa Scammell conductor

The Rite of Spring Symphony Hour Music that caused a riot Wed 19 Feb 7pm Thu 20 Feb 7pm Die Meistersinger – Prelude WAGNER Sydney Town Hall STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring conductor The 1950s Latin Lounge SELLING FAST!

Debussy and Ravel Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series The Monets of music Guy Noble conductor MORTON GOULD (1913–1996) Wed 26 Feb 8pm RAVEL in G Fri 28 Feb 8pm Imogen Kelly burlesque artist Symphonette No.4 MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Sat 29 Feb 8pm Ali McGregor vocalist IV: Conga DEBUSSY La mer Thursday Afternoon Symphony Jun Märkl conductor (1898–1937) (1756–1791) Alexandra Dariescu piano Thu 27 Feb 1.30pm Cuban Overture Der Hölle Rache a la Mambo [arr. Joseph Twist] Great Classics Sat 29 Feb 2pm MOISÉS VIVANCO (1918–1998) MOISÉS VIVANCO (1918–1998) Sydney Town Hall Ataypura [arr. Joseph Twist] Taki Rari [arr. Bernard Rofe] MARCH Malambo No.1 [arr. Bernard Rofe] TOMÁS MÉNDEZ (1927–1995) Ben Folds Fri 6 Mar 8pm ZENQUINHA DE ABREU (1880–1935) Cucurrucucú Paloma [arr. Ria Villena-Osorio] Sat 7 Mar 8pm The Symphonic Tour Tico Tico no Fuba [arr. Cliff Colnot) Sydney Town Hall ERNESTO LECUONA (1895–1963) Pop icon and music innovator Ben Folds returns to Sydney following his last sold-out shows with Imogen Kelly performs The Goddess of the Sea, Jungle Drums [arr. Bernard Rofe] the Sydney Symphony. accompanied by: ARTURO MÁRQUEZ (born 1950) Ben Folds • Nicholas Buc conductor (1931–2003) Conga del Fuego Scheherazade Symphony Hour Our Man in Havana Suite (1918–1990) Hypnotic and Sublime Wed 11 Mar 7pm III: Serenade Mambo (West Side Story) Thu 12 Mar 7pm Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun DEBUSSY Tea & Symphony ALBERTO DOMÍNGUEZ (1911–1975) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Fri 13 Mar 11am Perfidia[arr. Bernard Rofe] This concert will be performed with Alexander Shelley conductor Sydney Town Hall one interval of 20 minutes and will MOZART CAMARGO GUARNIERI (1907–1993) conclude at approximately 8.40pm. Debussy, Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov Emirates Metro Series Dansa brasileira n n n n n n n n Fri 13 Mar 8pm Sense and Sensuality ARTURO MÁRQUEZ (born 1950) Cover image: Ali McGregor Sydney Town Hall DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Danzón No.2 (Photo by Claudio) MOZART Sinfonia Concertante, K.364 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade INTERVAL Alexander Shelley conductor Harry Bennetts violin • Tobias Breider viola

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series Beethoven’s greatest masterpiece Wed 18 Mar 8pm BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Fri 20 Mar 8pm Sat 21 Mar 8pm Donald Runnicles conductor • Siobhan Stagg soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya mezzo-soprano Sydney Town Hall Samuel Sakker tenor • Derek Welton bass Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Presenting Partners Government Partner Principal Partner WELCOME

Credit Suisse is thrilled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Sydney Symphony by welcoming you to The 1950s Latin Lounge. Tonight is a night of firsts: Sydney Symphony’s first concert of the 2020 Season and its first performance at the Sydney Town Hall, one of the world’s best acoustic venues, its new home whilst the Sydney House Concert Hall undergoes renovations as part of the Renewal program. Credit Suisse’s significant partnership with the Sydney Symphony extends back a decade to 2010. Over that period our relationship has evolved and since 2018, Credit Suisse has been working in collaboration with the Orchestra to deliver a musical educational program for primary schools – the Credit Suisse Sydney Symphony Orchestra Schools Music Education Program; an initiative that reaches over one thousand students and their communities in Sydney and . As we celebrate tonight with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor Guy Noble, and the incredible Ali McGregor and Imogen Kelly, we are immensely proud of our partnership so far and look forward to an exciting future. Thank you for joining the Orchestra in this important moment in its history, and for being part of its journey as we venture into the new decade.

Richard Gibb Chief Executive Officer Credit Suisse THE ARTISTS © SIM CANETTY-CLARKE SIM ©

Guy Noble conductor

Guy Noble has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Some career highlights include doing a raffle with , Western Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland Princess Margaret in , sharing a trip in a lift with and symphony , the John Gielgud at BBC Broadcasting House, cooking pasta Philharmonia, and the Hong Kong Symphony and live on stage with Maggie Beer, Simon Bryant and the Malaysian Philharmonic orchestras. He is the host and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and possibly being the accompanist each year for Great Opera Hits (Opera only person to ever sing the Ghostbusters theme with Australia) at the Sydney Opera House. He conducted The Whitlams and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Opera Queensland’s 2014 production of La Bohème, He has worked with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is conductor and host for the Adelaide Symphony over many years, first appearing with them as a boy Orchestra’s Classics Unwrapped series at the Adelaide soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah in 1977, as a solo Town Hall, and for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s pianist in the Carnival of the Animals with conductor Music on Sundays series at QPAC. He is also the host of and narrators Gough and Margaret Concert Hall on Qantas Radio and has presented Whitlam, and numerous concerts as conductor and host programs on BBC Radio 3 and ABC Classic. including the sell-out seasons of Last Night of . Guy has worked with a wide variety of international performers appearing with orchestras across Australia, including Harry Connick Jr, Ben Folds, The Beach Boys, The Pointer Sisters, Dianne Reeves, Glenn Frey, Randy Newman, Clive James, Conchita, The Two Cellos, Alfie Boe and Olivia Newton John. He was the first conductor and host for Symphony in the City for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

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Imogen Kelly burlesque artist Ali McGregor vocalist

Imogen Kelly is Australia’s first lady of striptease, not only Ali started her career as a principal soprano with Opera renowned as Australia’s Queen of Burlesque, but also Australia – during this time she performed over 25 roles crowned World Queen of Burlesque in 2012 at the including Zerlina, Papagena, Adele, Yum Yum, Marzelinne Burlesque Hall of Fame, . Imogen’s work is an and an award-winning Clorinda in . After infusion of her influences; from being a high-flying trapeze running away with the circus in the form of hit show artist to Moulin Rouge kick lines and shows for sheiks, from La Clique (La Soiree) in 2005, she is now an award- high-end Japanese geisha weddings to burlesque festivals winning international cabaret artist who has performed around the world. everywhere from Glastonbury to . She was With a BFA in Performance under her belt, a diploma in nominated for an ARIA award for her children’s album Circus Arts, a diploma in film making and a NIDA degree in Jazzamatazz in 2014 and in 2015 was awarded a special directing, Imogen embarked on a career as an international Green Room Award for her contribution to cabaret. artist, touring the UK, , USA and . Alongside , Ali was co-Artistic Director for Imogen has performed at the Sydney Opera House in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2016/2017, then returned as grand opera Rinaldo, as well as directing or performing sole Artistic Director in 2018. several shows in the Opera House Studio (The Studio Ali was concept creator of Lorelei, a highly acclaimed launch, Sleepless Beauty, Close Your Little Eyes, Music for new operatic work for Victorian Opera in 2018 and she will the Eyes, La Soirée and Club Swizzle). In 2019 Imogen again star in the piece for Opera Queensland in 2020. featured in Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Vivid Festival and Last year also saw Ali play the role of Desiree Armfeldt was the closing act at The Burlesque Hall of Fame. alongside Nancye Hayes & Simon Gleeson in Victorian In 2007 Imogen performed in Hyde Park for the Sydney Opera’s lauded production of . Festival to an audience in the tens of thousands and the In 2018 Ali’s very personal one-woman show following year was married by Sydney Festival First Night in YMA SUMAC - The Peruvian Songbird made its debut at a public wedding that literally stopped the city – Macquarie Adelaide Cabaret festival. She went on to perform the Street was her altar and aisle. Imogen is also a breast show at the Sydney Opera House and was awarded the cancer survivor and campaigner, a writer and film maker. prestigious Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performance 2019. The show is featured in Victorian Opera’s 2020 season at Arts Centre Melbourne. Ali made her Sydney Symphony Orchestra debut in 2007 for Sydney Festival’s Barber to Bernstein under the baton of famed English conductor Charles Hazelwood. She returned in 2018 in A Night at the Speakeasy with Guy Noble and Burlesque queen Imogen Kelly.

6 ABOUT THE MUSIC

What do I love most about this music? It’s honest and passionate. It is what it is, it doesn’t pretend to be anything deep and meaningful, it is rhythm and melody, sunlight and sex. - Conductor Guy Noble © CSU© ARCHIVES VERETT COLLECTION /BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

New York City, Times Square & Broadway, c.1956.

Slipping out of one’s wet clothes and into a dry martini in the Brazilian-themed Copacabana in the mid-fifties, you’d have thought life was pretty good. Ten years before, the USA has emerged from World War II as the world’s dominant economic power, and its cultural and intellectual life had been bolstered by immigration from war-torn Europe. The Eisenhower presidency offered a model of stability and American values; consumer durables from cars to TV sets were more available than ever before; popular culture was vibrant and outward looking. By the mid-1950s the Copacabana was showcasing the talent of people, like Harry Belafonte, who hadn’t been let through the door ten years before, and the music you’d likely be listening to, now known as lounge, was a relaxed and comfortable mix of Latin, jazz and popular white music. Latin – that is popular music from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking America and the Caribbean – had long been closely entwined with jazz. As scholar Christopher Washburne has noted, the legendary Jelly Roll Morton insisted that ‘if you can’t manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning, I call it, for jazz’, while Duke Ellington remembered how ‘When I came into the world, Southern Negroes were expressing their feelings in rhythmic “blues” in which Spanish syncopations had a part.’ As well as influencing jazz in New Orleans, ‘Spanish’, or Latin, music found its way to the northern metropolises early in the 20th century. The tango enjoyed its first US vogue in the late 1920s, and about that time the Cuban bandleader Don Azpiazu appeared in with his song ‘El Manisero’ which, as ‘The Peanut Vendor’, became wildly popular. Mambo, bossa nova, samba and other genres soon followed.

7 Flying Down To Havana Cuba itself was a popular holiday destination, and in 1932 George Gershwin flew down to Havana for ‘two hysterical weeks’ – the Caribbean country was untouched, of course, by Prohibition. Returning to New York just in time for his annual concert at Lewisohn Stadium, Gershwin wrote his ‘symphonic overture which embodies the essence of Cuban dance’ in three weeks, and originally titled it Rumba. As in , Gershwin could convincingly ventriloquise ‘exotic’ music, helped along in this case by the collection of local percussion instruments he brought back from Cuba for this work. The ten-minute Cuban Overture is in three sections: a first, marked ‘moderately and very rhythmically, plays off repeated dance motifs and a slower moving tune that first appears in the lower strings. Some more George Gershwin, 1935 relaxed noodling comes in a central andante section, with a sinuous tune announced by – what else? – the clarinet. There is a gradual increase in intensity with the clarinet’s restate, much louder, yet marked ‘plaintively’. It doesn’t last long though, and soon we are back in an Allegretto section characterised by two-beat rhythmic motifs before a final return, marked ‘grandly’ of the first theme. The Inca Princess Cuba was an important source for ‘Latin’ music in the 1950s – no surprise that the co-star of the phenomenally successful TV series I Love Lucy was Desi Arnaz, playing the Cuban bandleader Ricky Ricardo. And Cuban music was happily imitated by Americans like Morton Gould, and the Anglo-Australian Malcolm Williamson. But US audiences lapped up music from elsewhere, especially on Broadway and at the movies: in 1933 and made their debut as a duo (though didn’t get top billing) in Flying Down to Rio, a film that featured such dance numbers as ‘The Carioca’ and ‘Orchids in the Moonlight’. From 1940 a Brazilian force of nature in a Tutti Fruity Hat, Miranda, brought samba to the silver screen (with the aid, in the 1932 The Gang’s All Here, of a marimba made entirely of bananas). Yma Sumac One of the most fascinating ‘Latin’ artists to move to the US was Yma Sumac, a woman whose looks and vocal abilities were of preternatural beauty. Speaking to Limelight magazine’s Jo Litson in 2018, Ali McGregor remembers hearing Sumac for the first time not quite knowing what she was hearing: In the late 90s, where there was a sort of swing music revival going on. Capra Records actually released a whole bunch of its back catalogue and got DJs to remix them, so there was a lot of electro lounge going about. Someone had recorded some for me, which is how I heard her voice. At the time I didn’t know if it was a or an instrument or computer trickery because it was all mixed up in this remix. I remember being intrigued by it but because it was on a mini disc there was no track listing and it wasn’t until I did some digging around that I figured out it was indeed a singer.

8 When Guy Noble first heard Sumac he: actually thought it was de going through a Broadway stage! An amazing voice, from the low depths of a rich mezzo to top notes only dogs can hear. Born in modest circumstances in , Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo’s talent was recognised and nurtured early, her parents hoping that would become a classical bel canto star. She began her career in South America as a folkloric singer, stage name Imma Sumack, working with a small group led by her husband Moisés Vivanco and achieving huge success in concert and recordings in Argentina and Brazil. The US was less enthusiastic at first, when the trio of Sumac(k), Vivanco and Cholita arrived in 1946, and for some years times were tough and gigs pretty basic. A break came in the form of a recording contract Leonard Bernstein, 1950s with – who were interested in Sumac rather than the trio. Sumac would henceforth appear backed by a full orchestra in rather less ‘ethnic’ songs, though Capitol’s sales pitch included the claim that Sumac was an Inca Princess. (It, or something, worked: she was a bigger draw than Capitol’s other major star, ). From then throughout the 50s her repertoire focused on Latin dance music – her 1954 album Mambo was huge, but she always retained her love for classical opera, and would sing Puccini hits such as ‘Vissi d’arte’ or ‘O mio babbino caro’. And her Latin take on the second of the Queen of Night’s arias from Mozart’s is unique. Guy Noble reckons that: Mozart would have loved it, he would have laughed and laughed. The thing is it is incredibly accurate – she nails each of the top notes where some legitimate opera singers miss by a small margin. Having said that, I think she sings it down a third, which is cheating, but who cares. Star Cross’d Lovers In 1949 choreographer , writer Arthur Laurents and Leonard Bernstein had hatched an idea: to make an updated musical version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and set it in New York. The star-cross’d lovers would come, not from warring aristocratic houses, but from two hostile ethnic communities: the Jews and the Catholics. Just how East Side Story would have panned out, and what its musical legacy might have been we’ll never know, though as Guy Noble says: It would have been a much less vibrant score. Incorporating the rhythms of Puerto Rico meant that Bernstein could channel the amazing energetic part of his creativity, rather than perhaps the more agonised Jewish part of himself that composed pieces like the Kaddish Symphony. It always amazes me that while other musicals sound dated, West Side Story is as fresh as the day it was written. But by the time agreed to come on board as lyricist the scenario had changed. The lovers would be, respectively, a boy from the Polish-American gang the Jets and a girl from Puerto Rico allied with the Sharks. The rest, of course, is history, and in addition to being one of the masterpieces of the 20th century stage, West Side Story gives us some of the best-loved concert music based on Latin dances. The muscular Mambo is central to the scene of the dance held in the gym, as depicts the gangs’ growing and menacing competition.

9 South Of The Border has retained its fascination as music for dance and concert, especially – naturally – the music of from Latin American countries, such as Lecuona, Cugat and Méndez. Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, born during the heyday of Latin Lounge, was educated in and , and in the 1990s turned his attention to the traditional danzón genre (a descendent of the contradanse imported centuries before from France). Its ‘apparent lightness’, he wrote: is only like a visiting card for a type of music full of sensuality and qualitative seriousness, a genre which old Mexican people continue to dance with a touch of nostalgia and a jubilant escape towards their own emotional world. Márquez’s Danzón No.2, completed in 1994, has become wildly popular since Arturo Márquez, 2012 being take up by Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Márquez says that: It endeavours to get as close as possible to the dance, to its nostalgic melodies, to its wild rhythms, and although it violates its intimacy, its form and its harmonic language, it is a very personal way of paying my respects and expressing my emotions towards truly popular music. The Danzón’s main theme is a supple tune stated at first by the clarinet over a deceptively simple piano and percussion accompaniment, that adds oboe and then a fuller statement of the tune in the violas and horns. An urgent bridge passage pushes the music towards a lively section marked ‘with fire’, its full texture relieved by an otherworldly duet for piccolo and piano. The first tune returns in the violins, clarinet and bassoon, once again becomes more energetic and sumptuous before a lull that introduces a new section that features trumpet (the composer’s father was a mariachi musician). The piece returns to the original material and ends with an overpowering account of the ‘fire’ music. Guy Noble notes that Gershwin’s: Cuban Overture is a sort of Broadway version of Cuban rhythms, whereas the Danzón by Arturo Márquez is the real deal – a Mexican composer writing in a Mexican dance style. Having said that – they are both great pieces. Márquez’s more recent Conga del Fuego Nuevo returns us to the Afro- Cuban tradition. Inspired by Gustavo Dudamel it is relatively short, pushed on by relentless rhythms and long melodies from trumpet and winds, and briefly relaxing in a sentimental central section. © Gordon Kerry 2020

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Chita Rivera and Ken Leroy in a scene from West Side Story, 1957.

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PATRON Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley ao qc

Founded in 1932 by the ABC, the Sydney Symphony Louis Frémaux, Sir , Zdeněk Mácal, Orchestra has evolved into one of the world’s finest Stuart Challender, and . orchestras as Sydney has become one of the world’s was Principal Conductor from 2009 great cities. to 2013, followed by David Robertson as Chief In 2020, as the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Conductor from 2014 to 2019. The Orchestra’s history undergoes renovations as part of the Sydney Opera also boasts collaborations with legendary figures such House Renewal program, the Sydney Symphony as George Szell, Sir Thomas Beecham, Otto Klemperer Orchestra returns to their original home, the Sydney and Igor Stravinsky. Town Hall – one of the best acoustic venues in the heart The Sydney Symphony’s award-winning Learning and of the city. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra also Engagement program is central to its commitment to performs in venues throughout Sydney and regional the future of live symphonic music, developing , and international tours to Europe, audiences and engaging the participation of young Asia and the USA have earned the Orchestra worldwide people. The Orchestra promotes the work of Australian recognition for artistic excellence. composers through performances, recordings and Well on its way to becoming the premier orchestra of commissions. Recent premieres have included major the Asia Pacific region, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra works by , Lee Bracegirdle, Gordon Kerry, has toured China on five occasions, and in 2014 won the Mary Finsterer, Nigel Westlake, Paul Stanhope and arts category in Government’s inaugural Georges Lentz, and recordings of music by Australia-China Achievement Awards, recognising have been released on both the BIS and SSO Live labels. ground-breaking work in nurturing the cultural and Other releases on the SSO Live label, established in artistic relationship between the two nations. 2006, include performances conducted by Alexander The Orchestra’s first chief conductor was Sir Eugene Lazarev, Sir Charles Mackerras and David Robertson, as Goossens, appointed in 1947; he was followed by Nicolai well as the complete Mahler conducted by Malko, , , , Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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Simone Young Donald Runnicles Vladimir Ashkenazy Andrew Haveron CHIEF CONDUCTOR DESIGNATE PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR LAUREATE CONCERTMASTER CONDUCTOR SUPPORTED BY VICKI OLSSON

FIRST VIOLINS VIOLAS FLUTES TRUMPETS Andrew Haveron Anne-Louise Comerford Emma Sholl Brent Grapes* CONCERTMASTER ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL GUEST PRINCIPAL Harry Bennetts Sandro Costantino Carolyn Harris Anthony Heinrichs ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Rosemary Curtin Kim Falconer° David Johnson° Fiona Ziegler Graham Hennings ACTING PRINCIPAL PICCOLO David Elton ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Stuart Johnson Joshua Batty PRINCIPAL Justine Marsden PRINCIPAL Kirsten Williams TROMBONES Felicity Tsai ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER OBOES Scott Kinmont EMERITUS Amanda Verner Diana Doherty ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Brielle Clapson Leonid Volovelsky PRINCIPAL Nick Byrne Sophie Cole Rachel Dyker* Shefali Pryor Christopher Harris Claire Herrick Roger Benedict ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL BASS TROMBONE Georges Lentz PRINCIPAL Alexandre Oguey Ronald Prussing Nicola Lewis Tobias Breider PRINCIPAL COR ANGLAIS PRINCIPAL Emily Long PRINCIPAL David Papp Alexandra Mitchell Justin Williams TUBA Alexander Norton ACTING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CLARINETS Steve Rossé Anna Skálová Jane Hazelwood James Burke PRINCIPAL Léone Ziegler CELLOS PRINCIPAL TIMPANI Sun Yi Francesco Celata Umberto Clerici Mark Robinson ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER ACTING PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL ACTING PRINCIPAL Lerida Delbridge Kristy Conrau Christopher Tingay PERCUSSION ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Fenella Gill Alexander Morris Jenny Booth Timothy Nankervis PRINCIPAL BASS CLARINET Rebecca Lagos SECOND VIOLINS Christopher Pidcock BASSOONS PRINCIPAL Timothy Constable Marina Marsden Adrian Wallis Todd Gibson-Cornish Tim Brigden* PRINCIPAL David Wickham PRINCIPAL Adam Cooper-Stanbury* Marianne Edwards Paul Stender* Fiona McNamara Joshua Hill* ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Catherine Hewgill Noriko Shimada Alison Pratt* Emma Jezek PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CONTRABASSOON Philip South* ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Leah Lynn Matthew Wilkie Victoria Bihun ACTING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL EMERITUS HARP Rebecca Gill Elizabeth Neville HORNS Genevieve Lang* Emma Hayes DOUBLE BASSES GUEST PRINCIPAL Shuti Huang Ben Jacks Wendy Kong David Campbell PRINCIPAL PIANO Benjamin Li Steven Larson Geoffrey O’Reilly Susanne Powell* Nicole Masters Richard Lynn PRINCIPAL 3RD GUEST PRINCIPAL Maja Verunica Aurora Henrich* Euan Harvey Oliver Simpson* Rachel Silver = GUEST MUSICIAN Caroline Hopson* * Kees Boersma Marnie Sebire ° = CONTRACT MUSICIAN Kirsty Hilton PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL Grey = PERMANENT MEMBER OF Alex Henery Alice Bartsch THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRINCIPAL Monique Irik NOT APPEARING IN THIS CONCERT Jaan Pallandi Benjamin Ward

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Patron Administration

Her Excellency The Honourable EXECUTIVE Rosie Marks-Smith Orchestra Personnel Margaret Beazley ao qc Emma Dunch Chief Executive Officer Manager Governor of New South Wales Sarah Falzarano Director of Finance Tom McGlinn Production Assistant Richard Hemsworth Director of Operations Alastair McKean Library Manager Board of Directors Aernout Kerbert Director of Orchestra Rachel McLarin Orchestra Personnel Manager Management Lynn McLaughlin Head of CRM Terrey Arcus am Chairman Luke Nestorowicz Director of Marketing Mary-Ann Mead Librarian Geoff Ainsworth am Raff Wilson Director of Artistic Planning Andrew Baxter Lars Mehlan Head of Corporate Relations Kees Boersma Morgan Merrell Outbound Sales Manager Ewen Crouch am Aiden Atan Customer Service Representative Tom Niall Marketing Associate Emma Dunch CEO Ross Chapman Production Manager Catherine Hewgill Alex Norden Operations Manager The Hon. Justice AJ Meagher Mihka Chee External Affairs Manager Lauren Patten Philanthropy Officer Karen Moses Callum Close Philanthropy Manager Nick Phibbs Customer Experience Manager John Vallance Ian Colley Customer Analyst Minerva Prescott Accountant Geoff Wilson Kerry-Anne Cook Associate Director Ali Primmer Associate Director, of Operations & Touring Marketing Campaigns Pim den Dekker Head of Customer Service Andrea Reitano Digital Marketing Coordinator Council and Ticketing Lia Reutens Office Coordinator PATRON EMERITUS Michael Dowling Customer Service Representative Genevieve Scott Stage Manager The Hon Prof Dame Marie Bashir ad cvo Jennifer Drysdale Head of Philanthropy Elissa Seed Production Coordinator COUNCIL MEMBERS Douglas Emery Marketing Manager Andrea Shrewsbury Marketing Project Manager Brian Abel Laura Soutter Payroll Officer Doug Battersby Emma Ferrer Accounts Assistant Christine Bishop Meera Gooley Head of Digital Marketing Ruth Tolentino Finance Manager Dr Rebecca Chin Victoria Grant Librarian Sam Torrens Artistic Planning Manager John C Conde ao David Harris Executive Officer Simonette Turner Orchestra Personnel Manager The Hon. John Della Bosca Alan Fang Tess Herrett Marketing Associate Erin Westhoff Philanthropy Coordinator Hannah Fink Meklit Kibret Community Engagement Officer Stephen Wilson Senior Customer Service Erin Flaherty Patricia Laksmono External Affairs Officer Manager Dr Stephen Freiberg Ilmar Leetberg Artist Liaison Manager Hnin Win External Affairs Officer Robert Joannides Simon Johnson Alyssa Lim Publicity Manager Amy Zhou Graphic Designer John Lam-Po-Tang Gary Linnane Helen Lynch am David Maloney am Danny May Jane Morschel Dr Eileen Ong Andy Plummer Deirdre Plummer Seamus Robert Quick Paul Salteri am Sandra Salteri Juliana Schaeffer Andrew Shapiro Fred Stein oam Mary Whelan Brian White ao Rosemary White Kathy White HONORARY COUNCIL MEMBERS Ita Buttrose ac obe ao obe am Wendy McCarthy ao am Leo Schofield am Peter Weiss ao

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Donald Hazelwood AO OBE Dene Olding AM

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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the music lovers who support us. Your generous philanthropy is instrumental to our continued artistic excellence and helps to sustain our important education and regional touring programs. In addition to those listed below, we also acknowledge those supporters who wish to remain anonymous.

VISIONARIES Kenneth R Reed am Russell Van Howe & Simon Beets Rae & David Allen Brian Abel Garry & Shiva Rich Robert Veel Henri W Aram oam Geoffrey Robertson ao Kim Williams am & Catherine Dovey In memory of Toby Avent Geoff Ainsworth am & Johanna Featherstone Graeme Roberston Women’s Health & John Augustus & Kim Ryrie Tim Robertson sc Research Institute of Australia Lyn Baker Terrey Arcus am & Anne Arcus The Berg Family Foundation In memory of Joyce Sproat Robert & Rosemary Walsh Malcolm & Joanna Barlow Yim Family Foundation Dr Richard & Mrs Margaret Bell Dr Rachael Kohn ao & James Stening Mr Tom Breen Judy & Sam Weiss Dr John Yu ac G & L Besson Robert & Janet Constable June & Alan Woods Family Bequest $2,500+ Mark Bethwaite am Minnie Biggs Crown Resorts Foundation $10,000+ Colin & Richard Adams Allan & Julie Bligh Sir Frank Lowy ac & Ainsworth Foundation David Barnes Judith Bloxham Lady Shirley Lowy oam Rob Baulderstone & Mary Whelan In memory of Rosemary Boyle, Andre Boerema Robert Magid oam & Ruth Magid Daniel & Drina Brezniak Music Teacher Irene & Robert Bonella ac Richard Cobden sc In memory of R W Burley Jan Bowen am (President, Maestro’s Circle) Janet Cooke Cheung Family Ros Bracher am Foundation Ewen Crouch am & Catherine Jill E Choulkes Peter Braithwaite & Gary Linnane Peter Weiss ao (President Crouch Dr Paul Collett Mrs H Breekveldt Emeritus, Maestro’s Circle) & The Greatorex Fund Sarah & Tony Falzarano Ita Buttrose ac obe Doris Weiss Carolyn Githens Ian Fenwicke & Hugh & Hilary Dr Bruno & Mrs Rhonda Giuffre the late Prof Neville Wills MAESTRO’S CIRCLE Michel-Henri Carriol The Hilmer Family Endowment James & Leonie Furber Robert Albert ao & Elizabeth Albert C Cathels Jim & Kim Jobson Dr Greg Gard & Dr Joanne Grimsdale Christine Bishop Norman & Suellen Chapman Roland Lee Michael & Rochelle Goot John C Conde ao David Churches & Helen Rose Dr Dominic Pak & Cecilia Tsai Anthony Gregg Ian Dickson & Reg Holloway Donald Clark Nigel & Carol Price Sherry & Tom Gregory Nora Goodridge oam In memory of L & R Collins Sylvia Rosenblum Jill Hickson am Dr Gary Holmes & Joan Connery oam The Ross Trust Roger Hudson & Dr Anne Reeckmann Debby Cramer & Bill Caukill Rod Sims & Alison Pert Claudia Rossi-Hudson Ingrid Kaiser Dr Peter Craswell Tony Strachan Andrew Kaldor am & I Kallinikos Mary Anne Cronin Renata Kaldor ao Russell Tagg & Pat Woolley Trevor Cook & Julie Flynn Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation Mrs W G Keighley Cheryl Cumines Warren & Marianne Lesnie SUPPORTERS PROGRAM Dr Heng Khung & Mrs Cilla Tey The Late Hon Jane Mathews ao Charles P Curran ac & $5,000+ Professor Andrew Korda am & Catriona Morgan-Hunn Mrs Eva Curran Dr Juliet Andrews & Susan Pearson Rachel & Geoffrey O’Conor Diana Daly Mr Nick Andrews A/Prof Winston Liauw & Ellen Liauw Vicki Olsson Anthoula Danilatos Stephen J Bell Juliet Lockhart Drs Keith & Eileen Ong The Hon. Justice David Davies & Dr Victor Bien & Ms Silvana d’Iapico Gabriel Lopata Paul Salteri am & Sandra Salteri Mr Paul Presa Beverley & Phil Birnbaum Peter Lowry oam & Penelope Seidler am Greta Davis Ian & Jennifer Burton Dr Carolyn Lowry oam In memory of Mrs W Stening Lisa & Miro Davis Hon J C Campbell qc & David Maloney am & Erin Flaherty Kathy White Christie & Don Davison Mrs Campbell Renee Markovic In memory of Dr Bill Webb & Susan Doenau Margot Chinneck Matthew McInnes Mrs Helen Webb Stuart & Alex Donaldson Roxane Clayton Dr V Jean McPherson Caroline Wilkinson oam Peter Doyle B & M Coles Phil & Helen Meddings Ray Wilson oam, in memory of JP & Jen Drysdale Howard & Maureen Connors James & Elsie Moore James Agapitos oam Dr Rupert C Edwards Janet Newman Donus Australia Foundation Limited The Hon. Justice Sylvia Emmett Timothy & Eva Pascoe PATRONS PROGRAM Paul R Espie ao Suellen & Ron Enestrom Andrew Patterson & Steven Bardy $15,000+ Richard Flanagan Hannah Fink & Andrew Shapiro Christina Pender Antoinette Albert Dr Stephen Freiberg & Mr & Mrs Alexander Fischl Graham Quinton Doug & Alison Battersby Donald Campbell Vernon Flay & Linda Gilbert Suzanne Rea & Graham Stewart Dugald Black Dr Colin Goldschmidt Freilich Family Foundation Patricia H Reid Endowment Pty Ltd Audrey Blunden Warren Green Lynne Frolich Shah Rusiti Sandra & Neil Burns Dr Jan Grose oam Irene & John Garran Manfred & Linda Salamon Robert & L Alison Carr James & Yvonne Hochroth Ray & Lindy Gerke Tony Schlosser Dr Rebecca Chin Peter M Howard Stephen Gillies & Jo Metzke Dr Agnes E Sinclair Bob & Julie Clampett David Jeremy Clive & Jenny Goodwin Yvonne Sontag Emma Dunch Ervin Katz Marilyn & Max Gosling Jo Strutt & the late John Strutt Edward & Diane Federman Professor Dianna Kenny Andrea Govaert & Wik Farwerck Dominic Taranto Simon Johnson Justice Francois Kunc & In memory of Angelica Green Jane Thornton oam & Peter Thornton Dr John Lam-Po-Tang Ms Felicity Rourke Akiko Gregory Judge Robyn Tupman Dr Barry Landa Dr Lee MacCormick Edwards Peter & Yvonne Halas Ken Unsworth Sylvia & the late Sol Levi Charitable Foundation Harry & Althea Halliday Dr Alla Waldman Helen Lynch am & Helen Bauer Mora Maxwell Kim Harding & Irene Miller The Hon. Justice A G Whealy Susan Maple-Brown am Judith A McKernan V Hartstein Evan Wong & Maura Cordial Russell & Mary McMurray Jackie O’Brien Robert Havard Lindsay & Margaret Woolveridge The Hon. Justice AJ Meagher & Dougall Squair Donald Hazelwood ao obe & Josette Wunder Mrs Fran Meagher Howard Tanner am & Mary Tanner Helen Hazelwood John & Jane Morschel David FC Thomas & $1,000+ Jennifer Hershon Karen Moses Katerina Thomas Lenore Adamson Sue Hewitt

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Dr Lybus Hillman Ian Taylor Arlene Goldman William Sewell Michelle Hilton, in memory of Jonathan Teperson Sharon Goldschmidt Peter & Virginia Shaw my father, Emil Hilton Dr Jenepher Thomas In memory of Michael Gordon Diane Shteinman am Sally Hochfeld H M Tregarthen Dr Leo Gothelf Ian & Jan Sloan Dorothy Hoddinott ao Gillian Turner & Rob Bishop His Honour Geoffrey Graham Peter & Jenny Solomon Georgina Horton Helen Twibill Carole A P Grace Jennifer Spitzer Dr Brian Hsu & Mrs Felicity Hsu Suzanne & Ross Tzannes am Robert Green Robert Spry Dr Michael & Mrs Penny Hunter Dr John Vallance Geoffrey Greenwell Dr Vladan Starcevic Beth Jackson & John Griffiths Mary Vallentine ao Richard Griffin am & Jay Griffin In memory of Graham Stevenson Margaret Johnston Mr & Mrs Waddington Michael Harvey Pam & Ross Tegel Dr Owen Jones & Ronald Walledge Sandra Haslam Ludovic Theau Vivienne Goldschmidt In memory of Denis Wallis Rosemary Heal Alma Toohey Leslie Kennedy In memory of Don Ward James Henderson Kathryn J Turner Anna-Lisa Klettenberg Jerry Whitcomb Roger Henning & Anton Enus Kristina Vesk oam Justin Lam A L Willmers & R Pal Catherine Hewgill Charles Wade oam Beatrice Lang Don & Heather Wilson Lynette Hilton Lynette Walker Peter Lazar am Geoff & Alison Wilson Prof Ken Ho & Mrs Tess Ho June Walpole Robert Lee Dr Richard Wing Suzzanne & Alexander Houghton Edward West Catherine Leslie Dr Peter W Wong Philip Jameson Robert Wheen The Levins Family Foundation In memory of Lorna Wright In memory of Joan Johns Dr Peter White A Lohan Juliana Wu-Sun Scott & Ellie Kable In memory of JB Whittle John & Sophia Mar R Yabsley Alan Hauserman & Janet Nash Peter Williamson Anna & Danny Marcus Dustin Yee Karanikas Family Holdings Pty Ltd In memory of Trevor Williamson Marianna Wong Alexandra Martin $500+ Beverly Katz & Anthony Larkum Sue Woodhead Danny May Phillip Alexander & Elizabeth Steel In memory of Pauline Keating In memory of Olwen Woolcott Kevin McCann am & Deidre McCann Heather & Peter Andrews Kim & Megan Kemmis Dawn & Graham Worner Ian & Pam McGaw Luke Arnull Eddie Khoo & Cynthia Chee Paul Wyckaert Evelyn Meaney John Bagnall Dr Henry Kilham L D & H Y Keith Miller John Barwick Jennifer King Colin & Natalie Yamey Dr Robert Mitchell The Hon. Chief Justice Bathurst & Susan Kitchin & John Woolford Helga & Michele Zwi Howard Morris Mrs Bathurst Sonia Lal P Muller Paul Bedbrook Tania Lamble Judith Mulveney Jan Bell Eugen Lamotte & Duncan George Janet & Michael Neustein Chris Bennett Patrick Lane Yvonne Newhouse & Henry Brender Baiba Berzins Elaine M Langshaw Darrol Norman & Sandra Horton The Hon. Michael Black ac qc & Dr Allan Laughlin J E Norman & G V Norman Mrs Margaret Black Olive Lawson Professor Mike O’Connor am Jane Blackmore Antoinette le Marchant Judith Olsen Richard Bloor Cheok F Lee Mr & Mrs Ortis Kees Boersma & Kirsty McCahon Erna Levy In memory of Sandra Paul Stephen Booth Liftronic Pty Ltd Dr Kevin Pedemont Ian & Barbara Brady Joseph Lipski Stephen Perkins Dr Tracy Bryan Anne Loveridge Almut Piatti Alexandra & Axel Buchner Panee Low Dr John I Pitt Anne Cahill oam Lyon Family Greeba Pritchard Lorraine Cairnes & Peter Moffitt Elaine MacDonald Dr Raffi Qasabian & Dr John Wynter Eric & Rosemary Campbell Melvyn Madigan Patrick Quinn-Graham Freda Cassen Silvana Mantellato Ernest & Judith Rapee P C Chan Kwok-Ling Mau In memory of Katherine Robertson M D Chapman am & J M Chapman Molly McConville Lesley & Andrew Rosenberg Callum Close & James Tolhurst Alastair McKean Christine Rowell-Miller Alison Clugston-Cornes Margaret McKenna Jorie Ryan for Meredith Ryan Meg Isabelle Collis Ross McNair & Robin Richardson Kenneth Ryan In memory of Beth Harpley I Merrick Hon Justice Ronald Sackville ao & Dom Cottam & Kanako Imamura John Mitchell Mrs Pam Sackville Professor Maria Craig Henry & Ursula Mooser In memory of H St P Scarlett Robin & Wendy Cumming John R Nethercote Solange Schulz John & Jill Curtin Graham North Sophie Schultz Katarina Cvitkovic Stephanie Oliveira George & Mary Shad Geoff & Christine Davidson Tobias Pfau Daniela Shannon Catherine Davies Erika & Denis Pidcock Kathleen Shaw The Deveson Family Dr Michael Pidcock Dr Evan Siegel Anne Dineen Jane Purkiss Margaret Sikora Dr David Dixon The Hon. Dr Rodney Purvis am qc & Marlene & Spencer Simmons Grant & Kate Dixon Mrs Marian Purvis Maureen Smith Peter & Lou Duerden Kim & Graham Richmond Barbara & Bruce Solomon Camron Dyer & Richard Mason Alexander & Rosemary Roche Judith Southam Ron Dyer oam & Dorothy Dyer Ken & Jan Roberts Titia Sprague John Favaloro Megan Rofe Donna St Clair Dr Roger Feltham Peter & Heather Roland Fred Stein oam Carole Ferguson Agnes Ross Catherine Stephen E Fidler Kaye Russell Dr Vera Stoermer Lesley Finn Justin Schaffer Rosemary Swift Barbara Fogarty Dr Lorna Scott

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Chair Patrons

Emma Dunch Anne-Louise Comerford Jane Hazelwood Nicole Masters Chief Executive Officer Associate Principal Viola Viola Second Violin I Kallinikos Chair White Family Chair Bob & Julie Clampett Chair Nora Goodridge oam Chair in memory of Carolyn Clampett Andrew Haveron Timothy Constable Timothy Nankervis Concertmaster Percussion Claire Herrick Cello Vicki Olsson Chair The late Hon. Jane Mathews ao Chair Violin Dr Rebecca Chin & Family Chair Mary & Russell McMurray Chair Joshua Batty Lerida Delbridge Elizabeth Neville Principal Flute Assistant Concertmaster Catherine Hewgill Cello Karen Moses Chair Simon Johnson Chair Principal Cello Ruth & Bob Magid oam Chair Victoria Bihun Diana Doherty The Hon. Justice AJ & Alexandre Oguey Violin Principal Oboe Mrs Fran Meagher Chair Principal Cor Anglais Sylvia & the late Sol Levi Chair John C Conde AO Chair Kirsty Hilton Mackenzie’s Friend Chair Principal Second Violin Kees Boersma Rebecca Gill Mark Robinson Drs Keith & Eileen Ong Chair Principal Double Bass Violin Acting Principal Timpani Council Chair In memory of Reg & Jeannette Scott Kinmont Sylvia Rosenblum Chair Lam-Po-Tang Chair Tobias Breider Associate Principal Trombone in memory of Rodney Rosenblum Audrey Blunden Chair Principal Viola Paul Goodchild Emma Sholl Roslyn Packer ac & Associate Principal Trumpet Leah Lynn Associate Principal Flute Chair Friends of the late Hon. Jane Assistant Principal Cello Robert & Janet Constable Chair Mathews AO Chair Sydney Symphony Orchestra Nick Byrne Justin Williams Vanguard Chair (lead support from Trombone Carolyn Harris Assistant Principal Viola Taine Moufarrige and Seamus R Robertson Family Chair Flute Robert & L Alison Carr Chair Dr Barry Landa Chair Quick) Umberto Clerici Principal Cello Garry & Shiva Rich Chair

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHAIR PATRONS PROGRAM CALL (02) 8215 4674

Sydney Symphony Fellowship

The Fellowship program receives generous support from: Paul Salteri am & Sandra Salteri The Estate of the late Helen MacDonnell Morgan Fellowship Artistic Director, Roger Benedict is supported by Warren & Marianne Lesnie. fellowship patrons Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albert Violin Chair Black, Morgan-Hunn & Stening Oboe Chair Sandra & Neil Burns Clarinet Chair Dr Gary Holmes & Dr Anne Reeckmann Horn Chair In memory of Matthew Krel Violin Chair Warren & Marianne Lesnie Trumpet Chair Dr Eileen & Dr Keith Ong Violin Chair The Ross Trust Double Bass Chair Help spark a lifetime In memory of Joyce Sproat Viola Chair In memory of Mrs W Stening Cello Chair love of music and support June & Alan Woods Family Bequest Bassoon Chair the Orchestra’s future.

PLEASE DONATE TODAY

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Sydney Symphony Bequest Society Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vanguard

We recognise the generosity and vision of donors who help to secure a Sydney Symphony Vanguard is an adventurous way to demonstrate bright future for the Sydney Symphony by making a bequest. The your commitment to supporting a secure future for orchestral music Sydney Symphony Bequest Society honours the legacy of Stuart and live performance. A membership program for the musically curious, Challender, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s renowned Chief Vanguard is your ticket to join the Sydney Symphony community. Conductor from 1987 until his untimely death in 1991. In addition to those listed below, we also acknowledge those who wish to remain VANGUARD COLLECTIVE Robyn Thomas anonymous. Katherine Shaw Chair Russell Van Howe & Simon Beets Justin Di Lollo Founding Patron Dr Danika Wright Warwick K Anderson Dr John Lam-Po-Tang Taine Moufarrige Founding Patron Jane Wurth Henri W Aram oam & Robin Aram Dr Barry Landa Chris Robertson Founding Patron Timothy Ball Peter Lazar am Paul Colgan Dr Rosemary Barnard Daniel Lemesle Oscar McMahon Stephen J Bell Ardelle Lohan Shefali Pryor Christine Bishop Dr Linda Lorenza Rachel Scanlon Judith Bloxham Mary McCarter VANGUARD MEMBERS David & Halina Brett Louise Miller R Burns James & Elsie Moore Duncan & Wendy Abernethy David Churches & Helen Rose Barbara Murphy Laird Abernethy Howard Connors Douglas Paisley Gabrielle Amies Greta Davis Jane Purkiss Emilia Archibald Glenys Fitzpatrick Kate Roberts Attila Balogh Dr Stephen Freiberg Dr Richard Spurway Andrew Baxter Vic & Katie French Rosemary Swift Dr Victoria Beyer Jennifer Fulton Mary Vallentine ao Daniel Booth Brian Galway Ray Wilson oam Dr Andrew Botros Geoffrey Greenwell Dawn & Graham Worner Christie Brewster Pauline M Griffin am Nikki Brown Chloe Burnett Sandra Butler Alicia Cabrera Dharma Chandran Dr Rebecca Chin Tanya Costello Alex Cowie Anthony Cowie Peter Creeden Paul Deschamps Paul & Rachelle Edwards Roslyn Farrar Matthew Garrett & Courtney Thomason Rob Gaunt Sam Giddings Selina Govan Fiona Hekking Danny Hortense Kathryn Higgs Samantha Hogan Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra Chief Katie Hryce Virginia Judge Conductor and Artistic Director 1987–1991 Joe Karsay Aernout Kerbert We gratefully acknowledge those who have left a bequest Eugen Lamotte to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Robert Larosa The Estate of the late Ross Adamson Kate Lavender The Estate of the late Douglas Vincent Agnew Maria Lomax The Estate of the late Dr Alison Margaret Burrell Gabriel Lopata The Estate of the late Carolyn Clampett Lauren McAulay The Estate of the late Jonathan Earl William Clark Carl McLaughlin The Estate of the late Martha Danos Sabrina Meier The Estate of the late Roma Valeria Joy Ellis Adrian Miller The Estate of the late Paul Louis de Leuil Jemma Morris The Estate of the late Colin T Enderby Alex Nicholas The Estate of the late Mrs E Herrman Timothy Nicholls & James Camilleri The Estate of the late Irwin Imhof Edmund Ong The Estate of the late Isabelle Joseph Joel Pinkham The Estate of the late Dr Lynn Joseph Seamus Robert Quick The Estate of the late Matthew Krel Katie Robertson The Estate of the late Helen MacDonnell Morgan Alvaro Rodas Fernandez The Estate of the late Greta C Ryan Wouter Roesems The Estate of the late Foster Smart Cassandra Scott The Estate of the late Joyce Sproat Mischa Simmonds June & Alan Woods Family Bequest Tim Steele Ben Sweeten We are proud to acknowledge Liz Tay IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON MAKING A BEQUEST TO those donors who have given in Ian Taylor THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, PLEASE CONTACT OUR support of our work over the last PHILANTHROPY TEAM ON 8215 4625. Lena Teo twelve months. (20 January, 2020)

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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is assisted by the Commonwealth The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is Government through the Australia assisted by the NSW Government Council, its arts funding and advisory body. through Create NSW.

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