26 March Sydney Town Hall HAYDN: SEVEN LAST WORDS

Principal Partner SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2021 CONCERT SEASON Friday 26 March, 11am TEA AND SYMPHONY Sydney Town Hall

PATRON Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley ac qc 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; he was followed by Nicolai Malko, , , , Louis Frémaux, Sir , Zdenêk Mácal, , Edo de HAYDN: SEVEN Waart and . was Principal Conductor from 2009 to 2013, followed by David Robertson as Chief Conductor from 2014 to 2019. Australia-born has been the Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Designate LAST WORDS 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 ANDREW HAVERON director and violin ESTIMATED DURATIONS with guest artists from all genres, reflecting the Orchestra's versatility and diverse 67 minutes. appeal. Its award-winning education program is central to its commitment to the future of live symphonic music, and the Orchestra promotes the work of Australian composers through performances, recordings and its commissioning program. JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) Seven Last Words of our Redeemer from the Cross Hob.XX/1 Introduzione: Adagio Sonata 1: Largo Simone Young SECOND VIOLINS CELLOS CLARINETS TROMBONES Sonata 2: Grave e cantabile Chief Conductor Marina Marsden Catherine Hewgill James Burke Ronald Prussing Designate Principal Principal Principal Principal Sonata 3: Grave Donald Runnicles Marianne Edwards Leah Lynn Francesco Celata Scott Kinmont Sonata 4: Largo Principal Guest Associate Principal Acting Associate Associate Principal Associate Principal Conductor Sonata 5: Adagio Emma Jezek Principal Christopher Tingay Nick Byrne Vladimir Ashkenazy Assistant Principal Timothy Nankervis Sonata 6: Lento Conductor Laureate Alexander Morris Christopher Harris Alice Bartsch Adrian Wallis Principal Bass Clarinet Principal Bass Trombone Sonata 7: Largo – Kristy Conrau Andrew Haveron Victoria Bihun Fenella Gill BASSOONS TUBA Il Terremoto: Presto e con tutta la forza Concertmaster Emma Hayes Christopher Pidcock Chair supported by Wendy Kong Todd Gibson-Cornish Steve Rossé David Wickham Vicki Olsson Maja Verunica Principal Principal Kirsty Hilton DOUBLE BASSES Matthew Wilkie TIMPANI FIRST VIOLINS Principal Principal Emeritus Kees Boersma Mark Robinson Andrew Haveron Rebecca Gill Fiona McNamara Principal Acting Principal Concertmaster Shuti Huang Noriko Shimada Benjamin Li Steven Larson Harry Bennetts Principal PERCUSSION Nicole Masters Benjamin Ward Associate Contrabassoon Alex Henery Rebecca Lagos Concertmaster VIOLAS Principal HORNS Principal Lerida Delbridge Tobias Breider David Campbell Timothy Constable Assistant Ben Jacks Principal Richard Lynn Concertmaster Principal * = Guest Musician Justin Williams Jaan Pallandi Jenny Booth Geoffrey O’Reilly Acting Associate ° = Contract Musician Claire Herrick Principal 3rd Horn Principal FLUTES † = Sydney Symphony Georges Lentz Euan Harvey Emma Sholl Fellow Emily Long Graham Hennings Marnie Sebire Associate Principal Grey = Permanent Alexandra Mitchell Stuart Johnson Rachel Silver Member of the Sydney Anna Skálová Amanda Verner Carolyn Harris Nick Mooney* Léone Ziegler Leonid Volovelsky Joshua Batty Symphony Orchestra Anne-Louise Principal TRUMPETS not appearing in Sun Yi this concert Associate Comerford OBOES David Elton Concertmaster Associate Principal Principal Fiona Ziegler Sandro Costantino Diana Doherty Anthony Heinrichs Assistant Rosemary Curtin Principal Concertmaster Jane Hazelwood Alexandre Oguey Justine Marsden Kirsten Williams Principal Cor Anglais Felicity Tsai Associate Shefali Pryor Concertmaster Associate Principal Emeritus PRINCIPAL PARTNER Brielle Clapson Sophie Cole Nicola Lewis Alexander Norton ABOUT THE ARTISTS

ANDREW HAVERON director and violin Sydney Symphony Concertmaster, Vicki Olsson Chair

Andrew Haveron has established himself as one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation. A laureate of some of the most prestigious international violin competitions, Andrew studied in at the Purcell School and the Royal College of Music. With his PROUD PARTNER OF unrivalled versatility, he is a highly respected soloist, THE Sydney Symphony chamber musician and concertmaster. As a soloist, Andrew has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Sir , Jiří Orchestra Bělohlávek, Stanislaw Skrowachewski, David Robertson Andrew Haveron and John Wilson, performing a broad range of the well- Photo: Nick Bowers known and less familiar concertos with many of the UK’s finest orchestras. His performance of Walton’s violin concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2015 was nominated for a Helpmann Award. Andrew’s playing has also been featured on many film and video-game soundtracks, including Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ game, which includes his performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. In 1999 Andrew was appointed first violinist of the internationally acclaimed Brodsky Quartet. A busy schedule saw the quartet perform and broadcast in their unique style all over the world. Amassing a repertoire of almost 300 works, they collaborated with outstanding artists and commissioned many new works from today’s composers. Also famed for their iconic ‘cross-genre’ projects, the quartet enjoyed barrier-breaking work with Elvis Costello, Björk, Paul McCartney and Sting. Andrew has also appeared with numerous other chamber groups such as the Nash and Hebrides ensembles, the Logos Chamber Group, Kathy Selby and Ensemble Q. Andrew is also in great demand as a concertmaster and director and has worked with all the major symphony orchestras in the UK and many further afield. In 2007 he became concertmaster of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, broadcasting frequently on BBC Radio and enjoying many appearances at the BBC Proms including the famous “Last Night”. Joining the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2012 Andrew also led the 'World Orchestra for Peace’ at the request of its conductor Valery Gergiev, and again in 2018 at the request of Donald Runnicles. He has also been the leader of ‘The John Wilson Orchestra’ since its inception. In 2013, Andrew started in his current position of concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In 2019 Andrew appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, and in recitals around Australia with pianists Anna Goldsworthy, Piers Lane and Simon Tedeschi.

Andrew Haveron plays a 1757 Guadagnini violin, generously loaned to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra by Vicki Olsson.

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Haydn’s , a 13-movement work for soloists, Haydn prefaces the set with an introduction which choir and orchestra describes the anguish of the Virgin establishes the solemnity of the occasion through a stately Mary at seeing her son dying on the cross, and asks, on pace and the distinctive dotted rhythms that feature behalf of Christian souls, to share in the agony of Christ frequently in ceremonial music of the period. and subsequent bliss in heaven. First performed in Vienna The seven sentences that follow presented Haydn with the in 1768 it became immensely popular, nowhere more so challenge of sustaining the sombre mood, largely though slow than in Spain. Haydn’s celebrity there eventually led to tempos, while not boring the audience. He met the challenge a commission from ‘a canon of Cádiz Cathedral’ for an in several ways – by transforming material from movement orchestral work to accompany the liturgical presentation to movement, sometimes unusual orchestration, and of the seven last utterances of Christ, as recorded in the contrasting key and metre. Each of the sentences begins with Gospels. In the season of Lent in 1787, the ceremony took a motto, or theme that ‘fits’ the Latin text from the Gospel. place in the Oratory of the Holy Cave, an underground The first, ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they church in the city. Presumably on the basis of an eye- do’, presents the theme on oboe and violin, taking up the witness account, Haydn’s friend and biographer Georg Joseph Haydn dotted rhythms and repeated quavers of the introduction. The interior of the Oratory August Griesinger described the occasion: The harmony is often chromatic, with expressive semitonal of the Holy Cave, photo dissonances, like sighs, on strong beats. At the end, the Jim Walton On the appointed day, the walls, windows, and pillars repeated notes, as if exhausted are quietly stated and of the church were hung with black cloth, and only separated by rests. one large lamp hanging from the centre of the roof broke the solemn darkness. At an appointed hour ‘Today you will be with me in Paradise’, the second sonata, the doors were all locked, and the music began. likewise states the theme in the first violin, with the repeated After a short prelude the bishop ascended the pulpit, note pattern, now half speed, forming the accompaniment. pronounced the first of the seven words (or sentences) Here Christ is addressing one of the thieves crucified with and delivered a meditation upon it. As soon as this was him, assuring him of the comfort of salvation, which Haydn ended, he left the pulpit, and prostrated himself before represents in lyrical music that transforms from minor- to the altar. The interval was filled by music. The bishop major-key harmony. then in the same way pronounced the second word, Addressing his mother and his favourite disciple (St John) then the third, and so on, the orchestra following on in the third piece, Jesus says ‘Woman, behold your son’. the conclusion of each discourse. Delicately scored, the music is much more fragmented – the repeated-note figure appears at various speeds in isolation, Haydn duly composed a set of orchestral ‘sonatas’, his and the theme comes in short motifs in the violins, and is publisher released a string quartet version soon after, passed to solo flute. most likely with Haydn’s approval if not in his actual Jesus’ impassioned cry ‘My God, my God, why have you arrangement. That formed the basis of a keyboard forsaken me?’ forms the fourth sonata, a dark minor-key reduction and some years later Haydn reworked the piece piece redolent of similar moments in opera, punctuated by as an oratorio. solo sobbing motifs. Suffused by dotted rhythms and the From the mid-1770s Haydn’s duties as music director three-note pattern, it too ends in a gesture of exhaustion. to Prince Nikolas Eszterházy at his palace, Eszterháza, ‘I thirst’, the fifth sonata, begins with a unison cry followed by in rural Hungary involved overseeing a full-time opera the dry texture of pizzicato strings over which the two note company (the Empress Maria Theresa once quipped that ‘theme’ migrates from one instrumental group to another. she had to go the country to see a decent production). Jesus’ increasing distress is depicted in more and more Haydn conducted numerous works and contributed insistent music, bringing in the sobbing motif from earlier in some six operas to the repertoire. The Seven Last Words, the work. unsurprisingly, shows his finely-honed ability to depict The theme of ‘It is finished’, the sixth sonata, is given a fully- emotion and a dramatic scenario. scored chorale treatment before breaking into canon, and then offering a contrasting – and an oddly cheerful seeming second theme. Jesus has, after all conquered the world. The final sentence ‘Father, into your hands I commend my spirit’ is again operatic at first, and in E flat, a key which composers of the time associated with heroism. Now- familiar motifs return – the repeated-note idea, the etiolated sobbing figure, the dramatic use of sudden dynamic changes. And as Jesus gives up his spirit the music dissolves into fragmentary pizzicato, leading straight into a fast, forceful (and operatic) evocation of the earthquake that, according to Matthew 27:51, signalled Jesus’ death. 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