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A message for Queensland Symphony Orchestra 2013
Penelope Wensley AC ROS Bates MP Greg Wanchap
Governor of Queensland The Honourable Ros Bates MP Chairman of the Queensland Patron of the Queensland Minister for Science, Information Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestra Technology, Innovation and the In 2013 the Queensland Symphony It is with great pleasure and pride, as Patron Arts Orchestra will again take you on a journey of entertainment and excitement through the of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Power, passion and beautiful music are the artistic excellence of our talented musicians, that I introduce its program for 2013. It hallmarks of the Queensland Symphony carefully and sensitively led by Maestro is a program I have myself been eagerly Orchestra for its 2013 season. awaiting, to find out what pleasures are in Johannes Fritzsch. As one of our state’s largest and most valued store for Queensland audiences. Every new Our 2013 program has at its core many performing arts companies, the Queensland season represents a fresh challenge for the masterful symphonic works that will uplift our Symphony Orchestra plays a critical role in our Orchestra, seeking to strike a balance between audiences through the technical excellence cultural life. presenting familiar, well-loved works and of the Orchestra. 2013 has been carefully offering something new and different, wanting The Orchestra gives over 100 live crafted with flair and diversity to embrace to satisfy and yet stimulate its most loyal performances each year, employing 88 full- you through memorable performances with and discerning subscribers and also to attract time musicians and, through its annual season, outstanding national and international stars new audiences, to build new generations of touring and community activities, reached and collaborations not only in the Concert Hall lovers of orchestral music. The 2013 season more than 116 000 people in 2011. but also across the State. meets this challenge admirably, offering a program of exceptional quality and diversity. Led by Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch, The long anticipated relocation to our new The ten concerts of the Maestro Series, as the Queensland Symphony Orchestra will home in the heart of the State’s arts precinct always, form the essential core of the year’s continue its rich tradition of offering world- at South Bank brings the opportunity programming, featuring superb international class concerts and renowned national and to engage with our community in ways artists working with the Orchestra under international guests in 2013. previously not thought possible. We will have the direction not only of Maestro Johannes many special announcements in the coming Queensland Symphony Orchestra delivers on Fritzsch, but of exceptional guest conductors. year of imaginative performances that will the Queensland Government’s plan to make But it is when this series is combined with showcase our new environment. Queensland a cultural hub with a vibrant arts Morning Masterworks, Music on Sundays, community and aligns with its Arts for all Our long and successful engagement with the Studio Series, regional tours, community Queenslanders commitment. our regional communities continues in 2013, events, programs for schools, Kiddies Cushion with innovative programming and many I invite you to share the joy of music in 2013 Classics, Chamber Music Concerts and a host opportunities to experience the thrill of a with our wonderful and inspiring state Orchestra. of other musical events that the true range world class orchestra. and strength of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra is seen. And while this feast will Our artistic vibrancy and appeal is at the core satisfy the tastes of all those who already of our success and I encourage your continued know and love orchestral music, it is innovative advocacy and support of your Orchestra in 2013. programs such as The Lord of the Rings and Video Games Unplugged which will engage those who have never before experienced the power and passion of an orchestra and encourage them to explore beyond those initial tentative ‘tastings’ to enjoy the full fare – vocal and instrumental, contemporary and classical, popular and experimental – that is on offer at this rich table. I wish the Orchestra, its players and their established supporters, a wonderful year in 2013, and hope that many more Queenslanders will discover, through the 2013 season, what a remarkable asset the QSO is to our State. 3 Contents Contents 4
Welcome 2013 1 Maestro Series 5 Daytime Concerts 16 Gala 28 In Studio Series 32 Special Concerts 40 Regional 43 Education 46 Philanthropy 52 Musicians 55 Concert Dates 57 Our Partners 58 5 Maestro Series Maestro Series 6
“This was wholehearted playing MAESTRO 1 from top to bottom, with terrific ensemble and security of QSO WiTH Kuerti & Fritzsch Maestro Series intonation, built on a foundation of a solid string tone and High Viennese Romantics QSO’s Maestro concerts represent the pinnacle of music electrifying brass. It’s an orchestra making; playing that is sublime and music that is evocative, that, all year, has maintained this 8pm, Saturday 16 February 2013 challenging and will be remembered long after the concert advanced level of competence.” QPAC Concert Hall is over. Experience the power of live music in the Concert Hall; the beat of the timpani, the beauty of the flute and The Australian Conductor violins; notes that are sensitive, passionate, alive… Johannes Fritzsch Piano Anton Kuerti
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor Bruckner Symphony No.4 Romantic
Haunting beauty and realms of enchantment.
Anton Kuerti mesmerizes audiences with his revelatory performances of the Emperor, Beethoven’s final and much- loved concerto. Kuerti’s affinity with this work is especially revealed in the haunting beauty of the concerto’s Adagio movement. The latter was recently used to poignant effect in the filmThe King’s Speech. Bruckner was accused unfairly of trying to “out-Beethoven Beethoven” in his lifetime but it is certainly true he loved his music. Like his hero, Bruckner composed nine symphonies of which the Fourth, steeped so romantically in medieval pageantry and realms of Anton Kuerti Kuerti Anton enchantment, is the most popular. “The great imagination Kuerti brought to the works elevated the performance to an absolutely top level. What perfection!”
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MAESTRO 2 MAESTRO 3 QSO WITH Lane & Fritzsch QSO WITH Wispelwey & Aadland The Siege of Leningrad Ultimate Heroes
8pm, Saturday 16 March 2013 Mozart’s elegance and starkly with Mozart’s heartfelt yet 8pm, Saturday 11 May 2013 QPAC Concert Hall Shostakovich’s spirit of well mannered music is Shostakovich’s QPAC Concert Hall renewal. Seventh Symphony with its stirring, Conductor brooding narrative. In this orchestral Conductor Johannes Fritzsch Piers Lane, well known for his lyricism, masterpiece Shostakovich charts the Eivind Aadland melting tone and intelligent pianism, is Piano bleak struggle to survive in Leningrad Cello Piers Lane the soloist for Mozart‘s eloquent Piano during German occupation in the Pieter Wispelwey Concerto No.21. This spirited, elegant Second World War. Mozart work is often referred to as the Elvira Wagner Piano Concerto No.21 Madigan because the second movement Rienzi: Overture Shostakovich was immortalised in a 1967 Swedish Shostakovich Symphony No.7 Leningrad film of the same name. Contrasting Cello Concerto No.1 Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Confessional poet, a refreshing vision and an orchestral spree.
Confessional, disciplined and wild, Shostakovich’s first Cello Concerto was written for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich. Pieter Wispelwey, the garlanded Dutch poet of the cello takes a fresh yet equally rewarding approach combining stunning lyricism with a crisp and spiky rhythmical attack. Music lovers wonder whether Shostakovich was a hero or a propaganda tool of Stalinist Russia. Richard Strauss side steps who is or may not be a hero Pieter Wispelwey by branding himself as one in the marvellous tone poem Ein Heldenleben. QSO celebrates If Shostakovich’s language is beautifully the return of our lean, this imaginative, biographical spree principal guest leaves no instrument unturned in an adventurous exploration of the post- conductor Wagnerian orchestra. Eivind Aadland
“If a successful conductor is a strong communicator who has imagination, gives clear directions and can engage the musicians wholeheartedly, then the spry, Norwegian conductor Eivind Aadland is pure gold” Eivind Aadland The Australian
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MAESTRO 4 MAESTRO 5 QSO WITH Tiempo & Tchivzhel QSO Premieres Lalo Schifrin Pathétique
8pm, Saturday 15 June 2013 8pm, Saturday 27 July 2013 QPAC Concert Hall QPAC Concert Hall
Conductor Conductor Edvard Tchivzhel Johannes Fritzsch Piano Trumpet Sergio Tiempo James Morrison Clarinet Ravel Julian Bliss Piano Concerto (Left Hand) Piano Ravel Marian Petrescu Piano Concerto in G Tchaikovsky Bernstein Symphony No.6 Pathétique West Side Story Symphonic Dances Schifrin A startling conversation and Concerto for Trumpet, Clarinet a Tchaikovsky blockbuster. and Piano (World Premiere commissioned by QMF and QSO) Listening to the Argentinian firebrand Ives Sergio Tiempo perform not one but two Symphony No.2 Ravel piano concertos is a not to be missed opportunity. Experience Tiempo’s edge-of- the-seat, barnstorming pianism in these Blazing rhythms, Morrison’s popular works infused with jazzy harmonies, trumpet and an exhilarating serene melodies and startling orchestration. Schifrin premiere. With the brilliant Russian conductor Bernstein’s toe-tapping West Side Story Edvard Tchivzhel at the helm and Martha sets the tone for the heady flavours of Agerich’s protégé as soloist, sparkling, James Morrison’s trumpet, the clarinet heart-in-the-mouth exchanges between of Julian Bliss and Marian Petrescu’s piano and orchestra are guaranteed. Enjoy piano in the exhilarating world premiere Tchaikovsky’s blockbuster Pathétique of an especially commissioned Triple James Morrison explosively, faithfully and insightfully Concerto by Argentinian composer Lalo interpreted by a fellow Russian. Schifrin. Winner of four Grammys, and best known for his blistering theme for “the most dazzling and the long running Mission Impossible TV spontaneous pianist of his series, Schifrin’s ability to shift musical gears between jazz and classical styles is generation” unique. When Bernstein conducted the Gramophone Magazine premiere of Ive’s nostalgic Symphony No.2 he said, “Ives is America’s musical Mark Twain, Emerson and Lincoln all rolled into This concert is repeated on one.” This tantalizing orchestral work is a Sunday 16 June as a daytime maelstrom of popular American folk tunes concert; the daytime concert and marches. is not part of the Maestro set series subscription package.
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MAESTRO 6 QSO With Demidenko & Fritzsch Slavonic Passion
8pm, Saturday 17 August 2013 QPAC Concert Hall
Conductor Johannes Fritzsch Piano Nikolai Demidenko
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Dvořák Symphony No.8
Demidenko’s fire, Rachmaninov’s drama and Dvořák’s dynamic symphony. Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto is so embedded in our culture, it’s surprising the composer experienced such a crisis of confidence when composing it. Lush, teeming with memorable tunes “Whether the music is sultry, and orchestral drama, the work’s heart - the melting second movement- is strenuous or sunny, Perianes plays the emotional soundtrack running with an infallible ear for style, through David Lean’s 1945 filmBrief atmosphere and colour.” Encounter. More recently it features in Clint Eastwood’s filmHereafter . Nikolai MAESTRO 7 Gramophone Magazine Demidenko’s pianism of fiery brilliance and keening tenderness makes him an ideal soloist. Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, in Nikolai Demidenko which the composer revels in his Slavonic QSO WITH Perianes & Aadland heritage, is preferred by many to the New “Nikolai Demidenko brings the kiss World Symphony. Nijinsky’s Petrushka of Russian steel.. he has neither a critical claque nor a publicity 8pm, Saturday 14 September 2013 Dancing marionettes, a rising star and panoramic vision. QPAC Concert Hall machine, yet this was a performance Spanish pianist Javier Perianes is a rising international star and adored in his to which neither Maurizio Pollini nor homeland. Hear how his startling imagination and vibrant drive breathes life and Conductor passion into Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, a work of panoramic vision. Brahms Krystian Zimerman, nor any of the Eivind Aadland composed the maestoso opening not long after his close friend Schumann’s suicide This concert is repeated on other much-trumpeted pianists in PIANO attempt while the second movement is a tribute to Clara Schumann. Diaghilev Sunday 18 August as a daytime this Chopin bicentenary series, could Javier Perianes commissioned Petrushka as symphonic music for a ballet about three dancing concert; the daytime concert have held a candle.” Brahms marionettes. Stravinsky’s ravishing score in this milieu was considered to be a is not part of the Maestro set Piano Concerto No.1 ground-breaking masterpiece. series subscription package. The Independent Stravinsky Petrushka Gold Coast bus available Gold Coast bus available Photography by: Marco Borggreve Javier Perianes 13 Maestro Series Maestro Series 14
MAESTRO 8 MAESTRO 9 QSO WITH Astanova & Schwarz QSO WITH Osborne & Fritzsch AN American in paris Guide to the Orchestra
8pm, Saturday 12 October 2013 8pm, Friday 1 November 2013 QPAC Concert Hall QPAC Concert Hall
Conductor Conductor Gerard Schwarz Johannes Fritzsch Piano PIANO Lola Astanova Steven Osborne
Gershwin Britten An American in Paris Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Gershwin Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Rhapsody in Blue Purcell Ravel Britten Le Tombeau de Couperin Piano Concerto No.1 Ravel Beethoven Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No.1 Symphony No.5 Ravel Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No.2 Appealing variations, dazzling pianism and Beethoven’s jazzy classics and Daphnis irresistible symphony et Chloe. Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a Lola Astanova’s emotionally charged and beguiling exploration of all of the orchestra’s theatrical style harks back to phenomenal instruments through a set of variations on nineteenth century recitalists like Franz a catchy theme by Purcell and is one of Liszt and Clara Schumann. Yet, Astanova Britten’s most frequently performed pieces. also exploits contemporary social media Piano Concerto No.1, dedicated to the to engage new audiences in spellbinding composer Lennox Berkeley, revels in the accounts of Chopin, Rachmaninov and piano’s versatility - the colours, percussive Liszt. Gershwin’s symphonic jazzy classics qualities and potential for dazzling passagework. Stylistically, its brooding, An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Gerard Schwarz Photography by: Ben Ealovega Steven Osborne Blue are tipped to be sensational. Ravel’s ironic character resonates with Britten’s gorgeous Daphnis et Chloe suites were opera Peter Grimes. Scottish pianist Steven composed in 1909 after Diaghilev “...Ms. Astanova made a deep Osborne’s insightful interpretation is said “You could have heard a commissioned him to write a ballet score. impression in her vivid tribute to be “packed to the roof with fun, wit, pin drop. Steven Osborne’s Enjoy Ravel at his most compelling and fireworks and dazzling pianism”. Beethoven inventive in these sumptuous suites. to Horowitz on his very own has the final word with the composer’s power over the hall was Steinway. She’s a true virtuoso intense and irresistible Fifth Symphony. absolute…the atmosphere in the old style.” was spellbound.”
This concert is repeated on Seattle Post Daily Telegraph Sunday 18 August as a daytime concert; the daytime concert is not part of the Maestro set series subscription package. Celebrating the Centenary of Britten’s bir th
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MAESTRO 10 Daytime concerts
QSO WITH Chen Sometimes it doesn’t suit to venture out at night, so QSO has a selection of daytime concerts for you to choose from. Take advantage of the flexibility of our Choose Your Own Packages and & Fritzsch pick what’s right for you – day time, night time – whatever works! QPAC is easily accessible by public transport and there are lots of nice little places where you can eat lunch, take a stroll by Triumphant the river… what a pleasant way to spend the day. Tchaikovsky
8pm, Saturday 30 November 2013 QPAC Concert Hall
Conductor Johannes Fritzsch Violin Ray Chen
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto R. Strauss Tod und Verklärung R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – Suite
Chen’s charismatic violin and uplifting waltzes
Ray Chen captivates audiences with his youthful, charismatic and authoritative performances and his fondness for sharing a joke with the audience. Chen’s formidable technique and heart-rendering musicality will soar in Tchaikovsky’s timeless Violin Concerto. Two extraordinary masterpieces by Richard Strauss complete the program. One English writer described the tone poem Tod und Verklärung as “too spectacular, too brilliantly lit, too full of pageantry”.
“In his hands, the music is like a living thing; one senses that each performance will have its own individual character” Gramophone Magazine
Gold Coast bus available Trouble hearing? A Sunshine Coast bus is available We hear you! QPAC has a Senneheiser infra-red personal for each of the Maestro concerts. audio system for hearing impaired patrons. Book this when For booking information, please call Val Bradfield on 5491 4668. you book your tickets.
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Daytime Maestro 4 Morning Masterworks 1 QSO WITH Tiempo & Tchivzhel QSO WITH Cislowska & Fritzsch Pathétique Fantastic Scherzo
2pm, Sunday 16 June 2013 A startling conversation and 11am, Thursday 8 August 2013 CislowSka’s thrilling virtuosity, tantalizing harmonies QPAC Concert Hall a Tchaikovsky blockbuster QPAC Concert Hall and soaring themes Listening to the Argentinian firebrand Conductor Conductor Suk admired the music of Dvořák, his father-in-law, and this richly Edvard Tchivzhel Sergio Tiempo perform not one but two Johannes Fritzsch orchestrated, feel-good Scherzo is a charming fantasy with shimmering Ravel piano concertos is a not to be missed harmonies in the vein of Fauré and Chabrier. Dvo ák’s structurally ambitious Piano Piano ř opportunity. Experience Tiempo’s edge- Sergio Tiempo Tamara Anna Cislowska Seventh Symphony burns with nationalistic fervor and the Slavonic people’s of-the-seat, barnstorming pianism in eternal resistance to invasion and oppression. From its very first hearing Ravel these popular works infused with jazzy SUK in London, conducted by Dvořák, it has been a resounding hit. Leading Piano Concerto (Left Hand) harmonies, serene melodies and startling Scherzo Fantastique Australian concert pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska’s thrilling virtuosity is the Ravel orchestration. With the brilliant Russian Rachmaninov perfect foil for Rachmaninov’s tantalizing Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Piano Concerto in G conductor Edvard Tchivzhel at the helm Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Martha Agerich’s protégé as soloist, Tchaikovsky Dvořák Symphony No.6 Pathétique sparkling, heart-in-the-mouth exchanges Symphony No.7 between piano and orchestra are guaranteed. Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s blockbuster Pathetique explosively, faithfully and insightfully Tiempo Sergio interpreted by a fellow Russian.
Daytime Maestro 6 QSO With Demidenko & Fritzsch Slavonic Passion
2pm, Sunday 18 August 2013 Demidenko’s fire, QPAC Concert Hall Rachmaninov’s drama and Dvořák’s dynamic symphony Conductor Johannes Fritzsch Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto is so embedded in our culture, it’s surprising Piano Nikolai Demidenko the composer experienced such a crisis of confidence when composing on it. Rachmaninov Lush, teeming with memorable tunes Piano Concerto No.2 and orchestral drama, the work’s heart- Arrive early to enjoy a Dvořák melting second movement is the emotional moRning tea courtesy Symphony No.8 soundtrack running through David Lean’s of QPAC 1945 filmBrief Encounter. More recently it features in Clint Eastwood’s film Hereafter. Nikolai Demidenko’s pianism of fiery brilliance and keening tenderness Morning Masterworks is proudly Nikolai Demidenko Demidenko Nikolai makes him an ideal soloist. Dvořák’s Eighth co-produced by QPAC and is proudly Symphony, in which the composer revels in supported by Brisbane City Council Note Daytime Maestro concerts are not considered part of a full Maestro his Slavonic heritage, is preferred by many 10 subscription – they can only be bought as a CYO4+ package or after to the New World Symphony. January10 as a single ticket.
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Morning Masterworks 2 Morning Masterworks 3 QSO WITH Gillham & Aadland QSO WITH Astanova & Schwarz Grieg Piano Concerto An American in Paris
11am, Friday 6 September 2013 11am, Friday 11 October 2013 QPAC Concert Hall QPAC Concert Hall
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Eivind Aadland Gerard Schwarz Astanova Lola Jayson Gillham Piano Piano Jayson Gillham Lola Astanova
Grieg Gershwin Norwegian Dances An American in Paris Grieg Gershwin Piano Concerto Rhapsody in Blue Mozart Ravel Symphony No.39 Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel A long awaited return to QSO Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No.1 for Gillham, Grieg’s most Ravel popular work and symphonic Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No.2 marvel
Young Queenslander Jayson Gillham is jazzy classics and Daphnis making waves on the international music ET Chloe. scene. In winning the UK’s Commonwealth Lola Astanova’s emotionally charged and Musician of the Year Gold Medal at theatrical style harks back to phenomenal the Royal Over-Seas League’s Annual nineteenth century recitalists like Franz Competition he follows in the footsteps Liszt and Clara Schumann. Yet, Astanova of piano giants Geoffrey Parsons, John also exploits contemporary social media Lill, Melvyn Tan and Piers Lane. As soloist to engage new audiences in spellbinding for Grieg’s Piano Concerto of swirling accounts of Chopin, Schumann, Schubert dramatic pianism and the Norwegian and Brahms. Gershwin’s symphonic composer’s most popular work, Gillham jazzy classics An American in Paris returns as a fully professional pianist with and Rhapsody in Blue are tipped to be the QSO under the inspiring direction of sensational. Ravel’s gorgeous Daphnis Eivind Aadland. Mozart’s Symphony No.39 et Chloe suites were composed in 1909 “Astanova rocked Carnegie Hall... is considered to be an orchestral marvel of after Diaghilev commissioned him to sublime beauty. She danced with the piano!” write a ballet score. Enjoy Ravel at his most compelling and inventive in these New York Daily News sumptuous suites.
Morning Masterworks is proudly Morning Masterworks is proudly co-produced by QPAC and is proudly co-produced by QPAC and is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council Arrive early to enjoy a supported by Brisbane City Council Arrive early to enjoy a moRning tea courtesy moRning tea courtesy of QPAC of QPAC 21 Morning Masterworks Music on Sundays 22
Morning Masterworks 4 Music on Sundays 1 QSO WITH Chindamo & Fritzsch Music of the British Isles 11.30am, Sunday 24 March 2013 Braithwaite’s deft leadership, nostalgia and Beethoven’s Eroica QPAC Concert Hall Adeney’s solo On Bredon Hill
11am, Thursday 21 November 2013 Acclaimed conductor Nicholas Braithwaite leads the QSO in this Conductor celebration of nostalgic treasures from the British Isles. QSO’s QPAC Concert Hall Nicholas Braithwaite Warwick Adeney is violin soloist in Harrison’s On Bredon Hill and Violin Conductor Guy Noble our witty compere. The British conductor Sir Thomas Johannes Fritzsch Warwick Adeney Beecham regarded Delius as the “last great apostle of romance, Presenter emotion, and beauty in music” and Summer Evening, the first of Piano Guy Noble Joe Chindamo three evocative tone poems fulfills Beecham’s accolade. Arnold’s Program will include music from; Beckus the Dandipratt, a buoyant overture with a plethora Mozart Delius Summer Evening of memorable tunes and sparkling surprises from sudden key Piano Concerto No.27 changes to colourful instrumental effects, ensures rewarding Delius Sleigh Ride Beethoven listening. An exploration of British classics is never complete Elgar The Kingdom Symphony No.3 Eroica without Holst and Elgar, in this instance, Venus from The Planets Holst The Planets and Elgar’s Prelude from The Kingdom. Butterworth Shropshire Lad Classical escapism with Arnold Beckus the Dandipratt Mozart and Beethoven Arnold Four Scottish Dances Joe Chindamo is an astonishing jazz player Harrison On Bredon Hill with a formidable classical technique. Mozart’s sublime Piano Concerto No.27 with Chindamo powering the keys is bound to result in a refreshing performance with a hint of contemporary sparkle. Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony is a groundbreaking masterpiece. Powerful, adventurous and probing, this enigmatic work is one of the most cherished symphonies in musical history with its manifesto of revolution, salvation and heroism. Glorious melodies, ingenious orchestration and spiked with drama, Beethoven concludes this musical retreat into Mozart and Beethoven fuelled escapism. Johannes Fritzsch
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Music on Sundays 2 Music on Sundays 3 Something Old, Something New… Classic Cinema
11.30am, Sunday 21 April 2013 Brilliant tune spinners, 11.30am, Sunday 19 May 2013 Time travelling with Aadland, QPAC Concert Hall serenity, serendipity and QPAC Concert Hall romance, phantoms and the surprising orchestral world of film Conductor/Presenter Schickele Conductor Mozart delights Be swept away by a selection of classical Guy Noble Fanfare for the Common Cold Eivind Aadland Don Giovanni Full of contrasts, the old and the new, the pieces pressed into the service of the Horn Beethoven Presenter J. Strauss serious and funny, frenetic and calm this magnificent world of film. Bach’s Toccata and Malcolm Stewart Contredanses Emperor Waltz program puts the spotlight on opposites, Guy Noble Fugue in D minor is forever associated with Schubert Addinsell Program will include music from; the melodic in Faure’s haunting Pavane, Piano The Phantom of the Opera and Wagner’s March Militaire No. 1 in D Warsaw Concerto Glière Satie’s enigmatic and transparently Paul Carasco dark and stirring Ride of the Valkyries is Concerto for Horn Vaughan Williams beautiful Gymnopedie No.1 and Wolf- Featuring Special Guest Soloists R.Strauss linked to Apocalypse Now. Paul Carasco’s The Wasps Four Last Songs Wolf-Ferrari Ferrari’s sumptuous Il segreto di Susanna from the Lisa Gasteen National performance of the romantic Warsaw Il segreto di Susanna Dvořák Overture. The crisp rhythmically charged Opera School Bach arr. Stokowski Concerto famously chronicled in Dangerous Legends Toccata and Fugue in D minor Moonlight will be exhilarating and recalls Rossini music of Schubert’s Marche Militaire Program will include music from; another time, another era. Bernstein’s Il signor Bruschino and Beethoven’s Contredances is offset Wagner by Schickele’s whimsical humour in his Bernstein Ride of the Valkyries West Side Story is mostly remembered as Faure irreverent spoof of Copland’s Fanfare West Side Story a film. Johann Strauss Emperor Waltz is so Pavane Rossini for the Common Man which becomes a Mozart Silken Ladder suggestive of elegant ballrooms filled with Massenet Fanfare for the Common Cold. Vaughan Marriage of Figaro swirling waltzing partners it triggers scenes Manon Williams’ The Wasps begins with “buzzing” Rossini of cinematic dancing in our minds without Satie arr. Debussy and drifts into serenity. Gliere’s expressive Barber of Seville staring at a screen. Gymnopédie No.1 Concerto for Horn introduces QSO’s Malcolm Stewart as soloist. 25 Music on Sundays Music on Sundays 26
Music on Sundays 5 Musical Swoons & Lollipops
11.30am, Sunday 29 September 2013 QPAC Concert Hall
Conductor Music on Sundays 4 Marco Zuccarini Soprano Milica Ilic That’s All Folk! tenor Kang Wang 11.30am, Sunday 9 June 2013 violin QPAC Concert Hall Glenn Christensen Presenter Conductor Guy Noble Edvard Tchivzhel Program will include music from; Presenter Guy Noble Rachmaninov Vocalise Program will include music from; Rachmaninov Kodaly Harry Janos Sing Not to Me Beautiful Maiden Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Thomas Copland Appalachian Spring Mignon Wagner Sibelius Finlandia Wesendonck Lieder Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Saint Saëns Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves Violin Concerto No.3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Busoni Grieg Peer Gynt Tanzwaltzer Dvořák Slavonic Dances Zuccarini and a golden era of Dvořák Symphony No.9 sensational tunes
Tchivzhel directs exotic folk, exhilarating Enjoy a selection of glittering orchestral jewels dance and uplifting rhythm conducted by Marco Zuccarini renowned for his brilliant shaping, ensemble precision and Kodaly, Vaughan Williams and Dvořák may have applied evocative folk tunes and vigorous dances for patriotic reasons but these responsive direction of soloists. One of the nationalistic works infused with the zest and spontaneity surprises in this concert will be the performance of folk tradition represent some of these composers’ most of the third movement of Saint-Saëns’ Violin rewarding music. Compered by Guy Noble and conducted by Concerto essayed by the youthful and startling the brilliant Russian Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel, this is a charming talent of Glenn Christensen. Travel back in time and exhilarating musical tour through folk-inspired orchestral to music’s golden era and the glorious, distinctive territories. Be charmed by Copland’s bristling Appalachian Spring, sound worlds of Thomas and Busoni. Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves couched in drifts of glimmering strings, Dvořák’s exuberant Slavonic Dances and Grieg’s first and immemorialPeer Gynt Suite. 27 Music on Sundays Gala 28
“The most striking element of this concert was the unified purpose of conductor and orchestra and the electrifying partnership between them… The Queensland Symphony Orchestra was well and truly in the zone, even before the first note.”
The Australian
Gala
It’s a special night and anticipation is high. QSO Gala concerts bring together some of the best music in the repertoire in a celebration of musical talent and great times. Join us for our first concert in the Music on Sundays 6 newly renovated City Hall or come and wave a flag with us at QPAC as we roll out the waves of the best British music or celebrate the season with A Musical Zoo meets Peter us with Messiah. and the Wolf
11.30am, Sunday 10 November 2013 Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns, Animal QPAC Concert Hall Escapades and Symphonic Birds and Beasties Conductor Composers like conjuring birds and beasts in their music. Johannes Fritzsch Be amazed by the depictions of fish, wolves, bees Presenter and revealing spider suppers, aquariums and ballet- Guy Noble dancing chicks in this light-hearted realm of animal inspired music. Respighi’s The Birds, written in 1931, Program will include music from; is not only a tribute to composers of the eighteenth Haydn Symphony No.82 The Bear century, it vividly captures birdcalls of the nightingale Flanders & Swann A Musical Bestiary (excerpts) and cuckoo. In the third movement, there’s a portrayal Respighi The Birds of a feathery riot of clucking hens and in the fifth, hear Saint Saëns Carnival of the Animals the woodwind imitating cuckoo strine. Flanders and Mussorgsky arr. Gortchakov Pictures at an Exhibition Swann take a much less subtle and narrative approach in Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf their amusing Warthog and Portuguese-Man-Of-War. Sometimes, the composer, like Haydn in Symphony No. Roussel The Feast of the Spider 82, is not attempting to sketch any fauna at all but a musical gesture like the deep grumbling drone in the first movement sounds so much like a bear that the work is nicknamed after the very animal it suggests.
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Gala 1 Gala 2 Return to City Hall Last Night of the Proms
7pm, Monday 8 April 2013 7pm, Saturday 16 November 2013 An orchestral party, a homecoming, British favorites and City Hall QPAC Concert Hall tongue-in-cheek fun Last Night of the Proms is based on the final concert of London’s BBC Conductor Conductor Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. These days, the Prom concerts have Nicholas Braithwaite Giovanni Reggioli become just as much a staple of Queensland tradition but with a Presenter Baritone delightfully Aussie tongue-in-cheek twist. Light-hearted and fun, our Guy Noble David Wakeham persuasive, impassioned Italian Maestro Reggioli leads the QSO and the Violin Brisbane Chorale in a joyful celebration of Verdi and Wagner’s 200th cello Warwick Adeney anniversaries with the internationally renowned, British-based baritone David Lale QSO Brass Ensemble David Wakeham returning home as soloist. Patriotic marches, sea shanties, The Brisbane Chorale Parry’s Jerusalem and Arne’s Rule Britannia are all on this heart-warming Program will include music from; directed by Emily Cox program of perennial classics. Hear Lloyd’s beautiful yet rarely heard lyrical Mussorgsky arr. Howarth Concerto with QSO’s Principal cellist David Lale as soloist. Come dressed Program will include music from; Pictures at an Exhibition in red, white and blue, enjoy this flag-waving, musical fun and sing along in Wagner The Flying Dutchman a majestic blast of Land of Hope and Glory. Harrison On Bredon Hill Bizet L’Arlesienne Elgar Salut d’amour Wagner Tannhäuser Elgar The Kingdom Arnold Cornish Dances Delius Sleigh Ride “Australian baritone David Wakeham Lloyd Cello Concerto Delius Summer Evening Thomas Le Caïd has a gloriously even sound which he Holst The Planets Verdi Nabucco Butterworth A Shropshire Lad uses to wonderful effect in Verdi’s Parry Jerusalem Arnold Beckus the Dandipratt Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs long melodies”. Arne Rule Britannia Celebrating City Hall with Warwick Thompson, Bloomberg Braithwaite, Elgar, Holst and Mussorgsky
Distinguished conductor Nicholas Braithwaite conducts this special orchestral and brass-infused concert. The repeated statements of the rousing theme in Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition in this stunning arrangement by Elgar Howarth for large brass ensemble showcases the QSO’s popular brass section and the vivid portraits in between makes ideal listening for this ceremonial event honoring the reopening of Brisbane’s historical and acoustically vibrant City Hall. Nostalgic and British orchestral delights by Elgar, Delius and Holst are reminders of the glorious era in which this beautiful hall was built. Tickets available soon. Check qso.com.au for details 31 Gala In Studio 32
Gala 3 Messiah
7pm, Saturday 7 December 2013 QPAC Concert Hall
Conductor Ottavio Dantone Soprano Sara Macliver Tenor Paul McMahon Bass Matthew Brook Counter-tenor In studio David Hansen Canticum Chamber Choir directed by Emily Cox Series Handel Messiah QSO’s new Studio in the ABC building at South Bank, nestled between QPAC Dantone commands a festive and The Conservatorium, is a state- of-the-art recording and presenting masterpiece and a line up of stellar space which will allow QSO to present singers. intimate and special concerts in Handel’s timeless emotive masterpiece with its wonderful surroundings. blazing Hallelujah chorus is integral to the festive Pick from our contemporary 20/21 season across Australia. As well as celebrating series, showcasing works from the Christ, the libretto surveys hope, resurrection and 20th and 21st centuries, or enjoy an redemption and is universally appealing. Dantone intimate Concerti concert; revel in is a leading interpreter of Baroque music and music from the centuries past in our the talented soloists are experienced Messiah Baroque series. A special highlight interpreters. Sara Macliver’s beautiful, pure and in 2013 is our Chamber Players persuasive singing, Paul McMahon’s vibrant, Series, which is artistically directed by lyrical tenor, Matthew Brook’s agile bass and David Hansen is “typical of a members of the QSO. Get up close and David Hansen’s sublime countertenor signposts a new breed of matinee-idol intimate with our musical passion! thrilling performance. countertenor”
The New Yorker
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20/21 One 20/21 TWO QSO WITH Ilic & Northey QSO WITH Noonan, Wild Swans wang & Northey Serenade 7pm Friday, 3 May 2013 QSO Studio, South Bank 7pm Friday, 25 October 2013 QSO Studio, South Bank Conductor Benjamin Northey Conductor Soprano Benjamin Northey Milica Ilic Soprano P. Stanhope Katie Noonan Machinations Tenor Kats-Chernin Kang Wang Wild Swans - Suite Glass Pärt Symphony No.8 Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Wild Swans Kats-Chernin, Stanhope and Glass Britten Paul Stanhope’s ironic and cynical Machinations pillories Les Illuminations contemporary politics. Stanhope’s language is lyrical, witty Isaacs and commanding. Glass’ enigmatic Symphony is styled as Symphony No.1: World Premiere three intriguing movements. Beginning with eight themes Commissioned by Kim Williams AM contrapuntally developed, the first movement is the longest, the second essays a set of variations and the third is an Isaacs’ First Symphony, Katie Noonan and abrupt surprise. This program also presents the Wild Swans beautiful song Milica Ilic Suite. Who better to conduct these contemporary narratives Katie Noonan Benjamin Britten loved to compose vocal music and the song-cycle of Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swans Suite than the authoritative Les Illuminations reflects the composer’s flair for word-setting. Benjamin Northey. “Isaacs’ compositions “Stanhope’s new score makes a Fascinated by Rimbaud’s poems these beautifully imaginatively scored songs are ideal to illustrate the purity and beauty of flood the senses” deft piece of orchestral display Katie Noonan’s expressive voice and her legendary versatility in and it has an instant appeal.” crossing musical genres. Pärt composed the atmospheric Cantus Limelight Magazine as a tribute to Britten and this ephemeral, otherworldly music is The Age frequently featured in documentaries and films. Mark Isaacs is a prolific composer with a glowing track record and ten major orchestral works to his credit. This event premieres his very first Symphony.
“Noonan’s soaring, beautifully phrased high notes, ultra-musical communication of meaning… were stunning.”
The Age
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CONCERTI SERIES BAROQUE SERIES
QSO Horns Hayley Radke
Concerti 1 Concerti 2 Baroque 1 Baroque 2 Romantic Whimsy Pipe Dreams Roman Holiday New Generation
7pm, Friday 8 March 2013 7pm, Friday 12 July 2013 7pm, Friday 24 May 2013 7pm, Friday 31 May 2013 QSO Studio, South Bank QSO Studio, South Bank QSO Studio, South Bank QSO Studio, South Bank
Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams Sarah-Grace Williams Simon Murphy Simon Murphy Horn Trombone QSO Horn Section Jason Redman Handel Water Music - Suite No.1 Stamitz Symphony in D Corelli Concerto Grosso in B flat, No.11 Reichardt Symphony in G Timpani Flute Tim Corkeron Hayley Radke De Fesch Concerto Grosso in E flat, No. 1 C.P.E. Bach Symphony in D No.1 Op. 1 Tuba Viola Corelli Sinfonia/Sonata a Quattro in G minor Abel Symphony in C No.1 Op.14 Thomas Allely Bernard Hoey Richter Sinfonia in E flat for String Orchestra Cimarosa The Secret Marriage: Overture Handel Water Music – Suite No.3 Graaf Symphony in D No.1 Op.14 Beckel In the Mind’s Eye, for Horns and Orchestra Concertino for Trombone Lovelock Handel Water Music – Suite No.2 Paisiello La Molinara: Overture Matthus Timpani Concerto Der Wald Hindemith Concerto for Viola Schmitt Symphony in E flatThe Hurdy Gurdy Samuel Jones Tuba Concerto Vine Pipe Dreams, Concerto for Flute and Strings Baroque rock n’ roll! Handel and Murphy J.C. Bach Themistocles: Overture
compelling soloists, unusual voices and Pipe dreams, flute and Trombone The young Australian Dutch based conductor Simon Murphy has a special affinity with music of the Baroque period and has Murphy’s musical in crowd, whispering romantic whimsy In this program peppered with music by international composers, been branded as, “the repertoire refresher”. In this especially strings and colorful scores Listen to QSO players take the lead as concerto soloists, the flute and trombone are foregrounded as soloists. Lovelock, tailored program, Murphy makes his debut with the QSO. One tune in to the timbral possibilities of their instruments and the inaugural Director of the Queensland Conservatorium Simon Murphy, conductor of the New Dutch Academy, of the new guard of specialist early music interpreters, the how remarkably skilled these musicians are. Enjoy rarely of Music wrote much needed solo repertoire for the tuba, champions neglected symphonic music from Mannheim and conductor has an award-winning, international reputation for heard concertos celebrating the unique voice of unusual xylophone and trombone while Vine’s intriguing reflectionPipe the Netherlands. This program airs music by the eighteenth his entertaining performance style labelled “18th century rock instruments. Matthus’ concerto for timpani is couched in the Dreams is a charming fantasy about the inner dreams of a flute. century’s elite musical in crowd. Stamitz’ Symphony with its ‘n roll!” by Luister the Dutch classical music magazine. Murphy’s romantic domain of the whimsical forest. Beginning with a colourful scoring and famous crescendo device which starts direction of Corelli’s Concerti Grossi at Holland’s Utrecht Festival flamboyant tuba solo, Samuel Jones’ final movement springs with whispering strings over a pulsing bass line and grows into a of Early Music was identified as one of the top five highlights in from the soundprint of an accelerating aeroplane gathering fortissimo will be highlighted. Also on the program is Cimarosa’s the Festival’s history momentum for take off. buoyant and robust Overture The Secret Marriage and the Dutch Haydn Joseph Schmitt’s inventive Hurdy Gurdy Symphony. The evening promises an adventurous selection of revived eighteenth century repertoire given an interpretative makeover. 37 Recital Chamber Players 38
CHAMBER PLAYERS Alexis Kenny Kenny Alexis Anna Grinberg
Chamber Players 1 Chamber Players 2 QSO Wind and Brass QSO Norablo Quartet
3pm Sunday 10 March 2013 3pm Sunday 28 April 2013 QSO Studio South Bank QSO Studio South Bank
Flute Violin Alexis Kenny Linda Carello Clarinet Piano Irit Silver and Nicholas Harmsen Anna Grinberg Bassoon Norablo Quartet Nicole Tait Prokofiev Five Melodies Horn Malcolm Stewart and Lauren Manuel Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantelle Trumpet Shostakovich String Quartet No.10 Sarah Wilson and Richard Madden Webern Langsamer Satz Trombone Martinu La Revue de Cuisine In Recital Jason Redman and Tom Coyle Tuba Pianist Anna Grinberg and string musicians of the QSO Thomas Allely perform an eclectic program featuring Shostakovich’s passionate String Quartet No.10, Prokofiev’s achingly Get Up Close Lutoslawski Mini Overture beautiful Five Melodies and a suite from Martinu’s jazz- Mills Sonata for Brass Quintet influencedLa Revue de Cuisine. with Lola Astanova Hindemith Clarinet Quintet Carter Wind Quintet 2:30pm Concert flamboyant and glamorous, the equivalent of Harbison Wind Quintet Sunday 13 October 2013 today’s touring rock stars. Renowned for her QSO Studio South Bank heart-on-the sleeve, riveting interpretation Join QSO’s woodwind and brass stars in the new of Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Scriabin, QSO Studio South Bank for a performance of Piano Astonova is passionate, uncompromising Lola Astanova virtuosic highlights of the quintet repertoire. and technically brilliant as she journeys through her rewarding program of études, Don’t Stop the Music! Scriabin, nocturnes and scherzos. Unusually, Astanova Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt arranges scorching, versions of pop including Lola Astanova’s performance style harks Rihanna’s Don’t Stop the Music that has been back to the era of superstar recitalists like viewed over a million times on YouTube. Franz Liszt, a time when performers were
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QSO Cellos Warwick Adeney Adina Quartet Compassion: A collaboration with Nigel Westlake & Lior
7pm, Saturday 28 September 2013 QPAC Concert Hall
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony, for the Sydney Symphony and the Australian Symphony Orchestras with the support of Chamber Players 3 Chamber Players 4 Chamber Players 5 Symphony Services International.
QSO Cellos QSO Brahms Segment 1: Leaving The Western Shadows - Lior will perform some of and QSO Horns Piano Trio QSO Strings his most loved songs including This Old Love, Autumn Flow, Bedouin Song and 3pm, Sunday 14 July 2013 3pm, Sunday 8 September 2013 3pm, Sunday 17 November 2013 Daniel, conducted by Nigel Westlake QSO Studio South Bank QSO Studio South Bank QSO Studio South Bank and brought to life by the Queensland Repertoire to include; Violin Piccolo Symphony Orchestra. Faure Après un rêve Warwick Adeney Michael Hallit Segment 2: Compassion - Using the Rachmaninov Vocalise Cello Adina Quartet led by Alan Smith strengths of their individual artistry Rantovini Duo for One Cello Simon Cobcroft QSO Strings Westlake & Lior find common ground Piazzolla Muerte del Angel Piano to express the wisdom of compassion Stephen Emmerson Brahms String Quartet No.3 Turner Casbah of Tetouan Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto through a combination of music & Turner Fandango Schumann Sonata in A minor in C major ancient writings. Beethoven arr. Martinet Schumann Fantasiestücke Britten Variations on a Theme of Sextet Op.81b Alard Duos Brillant Frank Bridge Music that speaks to the Audience Brahms Piano Trio No.3 You may not recognise Westlake’s name The QSO’s full cello and horn sections Celebrate the 100th anniversary of but it could be you’ve hummed tunes from feature in the Chamber Players’ first section Pianist Stephen Emmerson joins QSO’s Benjamin Britten’s birth with his stunning the award-winning soundtrack of Babe showcase concert. Including arrangements Concertmaster Warwick Adeney and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. or the title song from the Beatrix Potter of popular classics by Faure, Rachmaninov, Associate Principal Cello Simon Cobcroft for QSO’s Principal Piccolo Michael Hallit is biopic. In a special commission, Westlake Beethoven and Piazzolla, this performance an afternoon of fiery German romanticism. soloist in Vivaldi’s virtuosic Concerto in C and the Australian singer-songwriter Lior features Rantovini’s little-known Major and the Adina Quartet led by QSO’s have collaborated to create Compassion a masterpiece Duo for One Cello. Associate Concertmaster Alan Smith tuneful, driven and emotional work for voice performs Brahms’ String Quartet No.3. and orchestra based on Jewish and Islamic text. Lior has composed the vocal part and Westlake the riot of colorful orchestration. Both composers are committed to presenting music that “speaks to the audience”. Lior has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s finest live performers.
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Peter Jackson’s epic film on the big screen with HOWARD SHORE’S ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING SCORE PERFORMED LIVE TO THE EPIC MOTION PICTURE Symphony of Legends - Video Games Unplugged BY QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2pm and 7pm, Saturday 23 November Music has always played a major role in the gaming experience Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and now game music rivals the scores heard in major Hollywood movies. The concert will include the live performance of music from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which won more than 200 Conductor Game of the Year Awards in 2011, as well as from games Philip Chu Uncharted 3, Soulcalibur V, and Diablo II. Also included is music Presenters from Final Fantasy VII and all new arrangements from BioShock Kristofer Straub and Scott Kurtz 2, Assassins Creed II, World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Secret In Video Games Unplugged: Symphony of Legends the QSO of Mana and Civilization IV. Supporting the music, a massive will play music from some of the greatest games ever made screen will showcase specially edited and timed visual packages The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers in a concert hosted by gaming funny men Scott Kurtz and from the games. Kris Straub. Tickets available soon! See qso.com.au for details.
Two Towers, Shore and a massed movie experience, Lord of the Rings FOR MORE chorus of Brisbane Voices Trilogy Two Towers will be projected onto INFORMATION go a stage-sized screen as the QSO delivers 2012’s successful screening of Lord of the soundtrack live. Leitmotifs represent to QSO.COM.AU the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring in which the various characters, cultures and places the QSO simultaneously performed and Shore’s compositional style melds the entire award-winning film score by diverse musical influences. Howard Shore in an exciting live concert 43 Regional Regional 44 Regional Concerts
Tamara Anna Cislowska Gold CoasT Toowoomba Something Old, Something New… That’s All Folk! fantastic Scherzo Rockhampton Gladstone 7pm, Wednesday 28 August 2013 7pm, Thursday 29 August 2013 7pm, Wednesday 12 June 2013 7pm, Friday 9 August 2013 The Pilbeam Theatre Rockhampton Gladstone Entertainment Centre The Arts Centre Gold Coast The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba For tickets 4927 4111 For tickets 07 4972 2822 Conductor Conductor Conductor/Presenter Edvard Tchivzhel Johannes Fritzsch Guy Noble Presenter Piano Horn Guy Noble Tamara Anna Cislowska Malcolm Stewart Program will include music from; SUK Scherzo Fantastique Program will include music from; Kodaly Hary Janos Rachmaninov Glière Concerto for Horn Beethoven Contredanses Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Wolf-Ferrari Il segreto di Susanna Schubert March Militaire No. 1 in D Copland Appalachian Spring Dvořák Rossini Il signor Bruschino Vaughan Williams The Wasps Sibelius Finlandia Symphony No.7 FaurÉ Pavane Dvořák Legends Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Massenet Manon Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves CislowSka’s thrilling virtuosity, tantalizing Satie arr. Debussy Gymnopédie No.1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 harmonies and soaring themes Schickele Fanfare for the Common Cold Grieg Peer Gynt Suk admired the music of Dvořák, his father-in-law, and this Dvořák Slavonic Dances richly orchestrated, feel-good Scherzo is a charming fantasy with Brilliant tune spinners, serenity, serendipity and surprising orchestral delights Dvořák Symphony No.9 shimmering harmonies in the vein of Fauré and Chabrier. Dvořák’s structurally ambitious Seventh Symphony burns with nationalistic Full of contrasts, the old and the new, the serious and funny, frenetic and calm this program puts the spotlight on opposites, Kodaly, Vaughan Williams and Dvořák applied evocative folk fervor and the Slavonic people’s eternal resistance to invasion and the melodic in, Fauré’s haunting Pavane, Satie’s enigmatic and transparently beautiful Gymnopédie No.1 and Wolf-Ferrari’s tunes and vigorous dances in their music for nationalistic reasons. oppression. From its very first hearing in London, conducted by sumptuous Il segreto di Susanna Overture. The crisp rhythmically charged music of Schubert’s Marche Militaire and Grainger integrated folk elements in his music because of the Dvořák, it has been a resounding hit. Leading Australian concert Beethoven’s Contredances is offset by Schickele’s whimsical humour in his irreverent spoof of Copland’s Fanfare for the tradition’s sheer vitality and spontaneity. Compered by Guy Noble pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska’s thrilling virtuosity is the perfect foil Common Man which becomes a Fanfare for the Common Cold. Vaughan Williams’ The Wasps begins with “buzzing” and drifts and conducted by the brilliant Russian Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel for Rachmaninov’s tantalizing Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. into serenity. Gliére’s expressive Concerto for Horn introduces QSO’s Malcolm Stewart as soloist. this is a charming and exhilarating musical tour through folk- Buy tickets to the Toowoomba concert by calling infused orchestral territories. Be charmed by Copland’s bristling 1300 655 299 or by going to www.empiretheatre.com.au. Appalachian Spring and delighted by nostalgic folk favourites. This concert is proudly co-produced by the Empire Theatre Buy tickets to the Gold Coast Concert by calling 07 5588 4000 45 Regional Education 46 Education Ride the rollercoaster of music with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
The 2013 Education Season is jam-packed full of exhilarating concert hall experiences with repertoire that is sure to get the adrenalin pumping. With popular music scores and classic works from acclaimed composers, this season will be sure to rouse young imaginations with spine-tingling, action packed performances.
ANZAC EVE CONCERT
6:30pm, Wednesday 24 April
Join RSL (Queensland Branch) and Queensland Symphony Orchestra for a moving tribute concert to the men and women who have served in our armed forces. Conducted by Benjamin Northey Visit qso.com.au or www.rslqld.org for more details.
Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition Final
Saturday 24 August 2013 Four concerto finalists and the first time with a professional orchestra. QPAC Concert Hall winning performances The winner will have a striking musical personality, the combinations of a superb Join the excitement as four finalists technique with a brilliant expressive drive and Conductor compete for this significant competition’s be able to communicate convincingly with the Nicholas Braithwaite first prize. Each finalist will perform a Michael Hallit orchestra, sometimes in sparkling dialogue concerto with the QSO under the direction and sometimes in fiery combat. Cast your of distinguished conductor Nicholas vote for the People's Choice Prize Braithwaite. Each concerto is a popular, exciting and theatrical orchestral work and Tickets available soon: visit qso.com.au especially when a young pianist performs for 47 Education Education 48 Sally Law (2012 YIC winner)
The English Family Prize for Young Instrumentalists
Applications close: Friday, 30 November 2012 Eligibility: Audition date: Monday, 4 February 2013 Open to secondary students performing on an orchestral instrument (including saxophone) at a minimum standard of Stage 2 Recital: 6.30pm, Monday 25 February 2013 AMEB Grade 7. Audition pieces must be a movement from a Performance: 11am, Wednesday 6 March 2013 standard concerto for soloist and orchestra. This movement must be no longer than 10 minutes in length. Be the main attraction with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra by being part of The English Family Prize for Young 1st prize: Solo performance with the Orchestra in Instrumentalists in 2013. The winner will take control of the the QPAC Concert Hall and $5000 ride, centre stage with the Orchestra in a special concert 2nd prize: $3000 performance in the QPAC Concert Hall. 3rd prize: $2000 4th prize: $1000
Kiddies Cushion Concerts Gift conditions: Funds must be spent on continuing tuition or towards the purchase of an instrument
Kiddies Cushion Kiddies Cushion Crazy Competition entry forms can be downloaded from the education Classics Christmas section of our website, by phoning our Education Officer on (07) 3833 5035 or by emailing [email protected]. Entry fee $50. Season 1 Season 2
11.30am 26 March 10am & 11.30am 10am, 11.30am and 1.30pm (1.30pm - Saturday only) 27 and 28 March 2013 11-14 December 2013 QSO Studio, South Bank QSO Studio, South Bank
Conductor Presenter Toddler – Year 2 Peter Luff Vivienne Collier-Vickers Duration 50 minutes
Share the wonder by introducing your children, grandchildren or school group to the magic of music with the ever popular Queensland Symphony Orchestra Kiddies Cushion Concerts. The young and young at heart will be treated to a musical journey that allows them to listen, dance, and enjoy a range of popular classics performed by the wonderful QSO musicians. Join Pete and Viv this Easter and Christmas time for an exciting, high energy concert experience. Peter Luff and Vivienne Collier-Vickers 49 Education Education 50
School Partnerships Individual Student Tickets
Ride the musical rollercoaster with your students as you welcome Full time students can now ride the rollercoaster of emotions with Queensland’s finest musicians into your classroom with QSO’s the Queensland Symphony Orchestra by attending four or more School Partnership program. Students and teachers are treated concerts of their choice throughout the 2013 season for just $25 to specially designed musical experiences to enhance current each*. Student subscriptions are on sale from 10 September 2012, curriculum and add value to the school music program. QSO so get in quick to secure a great seat. Subscriptions available (with musicians help lead students through your choice of workshop copy of student card) from qtix on 136 246. Check out topics, giving your students a wonderful experience designed to www.qso.com.au/student for more details. enthuse and inspire. Primary Schools Middle Schools Secondary Schools Student subscriptions: Four or more tickets to any main stage For more information about this wonderful program or to register concert for $25 each* Musical Music from Symphonic your interest please contact the QSO Education Officer on (07) Student Rush: $25 each* (Only available one hour prior to each performance) Zoo the movies Revolutionaries 3833 5035 or [email protected]. Main season student tickets (excluding special events) $30* *Booking and transaction fees may apply.
10.30am & 12pm 10.30am & 12pm 11am School Group Bookings Education Regional Touring Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 Wednesday 6 March 2013 November 2013 July 2013 QPAC Concert Hall The best way to ensure your school group can join us on one of our Kiddies Cushion Classics QSO Studio, South Bank QSO Studio, South Bank exciting educational adventures is to book now! Teachers are well Years 10-12 supported with a range of teaching and curriculum activities for all Wednesday, 28 August – Rockhampton Years 3-6 Years 7-9 Duration 75 minutes core education events with further support available upon request. Friday, 30 August – Gladstone Duration 55 minutes Duration 55 minutes To reserve your seats please call the qtix school hotline on (07) Conductor Toddler – Year 2 Conductor Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams 3840 7127 (9am-5pm Mon to Fri) or email [email protected]. Forms can also be faxed to (07) 3010 6268. Duration 50 minutes Nathan Aspinall Guy Noble Presenter Presenter Presenter Leanne Mundt Craig Allister Young Craig Allister Young Prices: Conductor Soloist Peter Luff The English Family Prize for Young Groups: All Education Concerts and Open Rehearsals $12* Lions and tigers and elephants too, Have you ever wondered where the music Instrumentalists 2013 Winner per student, one teacher free per 10 students Presenters Vivienne Collier-Vickers you never know just what they will do. in the movies comes from? Captain Jack Single tickets to Education Concerts: $12 each* Much like Alice down the rabbit hole, Sparrow, Harry Potter and many more Music is considered to be a universal The position of Education Liaison Officer is funded with the assistance of the who knows where the music will roll. characters come alive as QSO plays some language. It describes emotions of hope, love, Queensland Department of Education,Training and Employment The Queensland Symphony Orchestra hits the road to bring some So get on board for this wondrous affair, of the greatest cinema classics. It is at this sorrow, loss, war and peace. The wonder of musical magic to regional Queensland on their annual tour. The *Booking and transaction fees may apply. you and your friends can pull up a chair, concert that you and your students will music shares the unspeakable, and those young and young at heart will be treated to a musical journey that while you let us share the wonder of music appreciate orchestral music in movies and feelings for which we cannot find words. The allows them to listen, dance, and enjoy a range of popular classics with you, as QSO presents the Musical Zoo! how miraculous this music can be. power of music in a live concert hall speaks to performed by the wonderful QSO musicians. Share in in the musical people in ways words can not. QSO presents wonderland the Orchestra creates as they play a variety of repertoire Symphonic Revolutionaries, a program sure to delight budding young music stars. Join Pete and Viv this for an exciting, high energy concert experience in a venue close to home. Education Open Rehearsals stamped with the spirit of rebellion featuring music that will tell stories of hurt, passion, Ride The Rollercoaster With Us! power, destruction and mourning. Check www.qso.com.au for dates! Each work expresses a significant uprising or Queensland Symphony Orchestra provides adventurous Take a peek into the music arcade of the rehearsal room where you will find the a revolutionary hero including Beethoven’s experiences for people of all ages and there are many ways to Queensland Symphony Orchestra adding the finishing touches to its performances. The military tribute to the Duke of Wellington keep up to date with our concerts and events. Teachers recieve mysteries of the Orchestra are solved when the doors are swung open to include you in with its snatches of Rule Brittania and a special Education e-newsletter once a term and also our a close-up experience of a lifetime. Experience a thrill while you learn about the lifestyle Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony’s sinister Tune-In newsletter once a fortnight. Sign up via our website at of the musicians during a question and answer session with orchestra personnel. second movement which is a portrait of www.qso.com.au. the cruel Russian dictator Joseph Stalin. Love to Share? A program designed to stir emotions and You can also keep up to date on all the latest news, behind provoke deep thought. the scenes information, exclusive photos and competitions via Have you got some great ideas? Want to help influence the direction of the Queensland Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Symphony Orchestra’s education programs? 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Enriching Music Education in Gladstone
Australia Pacific LNG believes the Queensland In 2012, this partnership supported a number Symphony Orchestra plays a vital role in the of activities for the Queensland Symphony cultural and artistic development of those in Orchestra including school workshops, small regional areas of Australia. ensemble performances, a full orchestral performance and a live broadcast of the A three year partnership with Australia Pacific Secondary Showcase education concert for a LNG has enabled the Queensland Symphony number of Gladstone schools. Orchestra to enrich musical education in Gladstone with a highly successful school and In 2013 Australia Pacific LNG will continue to community performance program. support the Queensland Symphony Orchestra to share the talent of its world class musicians with regional schools and communities in Gladstone. Philanthropy
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We offer a range of philanthropic programs that, with your Make a gift at any level and your name will appear in our annual support, build on our funding base and allow the QSO to retain report, and on our website. its cultural vibrancy and relevance well into the future. Please Make a gift of $1000 or more and your name will also appear in carefully consider the opportunity to donate. our concert programs, all season long. So even when you can’t As a Patron, you will meet students, budding artists and our attend, your generosity will be applauded. QSO musicians –people whose lives have been changed Queensland Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd is an endorsed charitable by your donation to our programs. You will also meet like- institution. It operates the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Fund, minded individuals who share your passion for music and your which has Deductible Gift Recipient status (Item 1). Full details commitment to its future. are available on the Australian Business Register at www.abr.business.gov.au 53 Philanthropy Philanthropy 54
Patron programs DONATION FORM Encore Chair Thank you for supporting the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Please complete Our core annual giving program which Tom Coyle Chair donors support all sections below and return to theThank QSO at the address listed below. you supports the QSO’s the individual musician’s on-stage presence and role within the SECTION 1: My Donation SECTION 3: Personal Details artistic programming. orchestral experience by offsetting a range I am pleased to make a donation to the Queensland It covers the cost of Title: Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr augmentation (hiring of costs associated Symphony Orchestra. My total donation* is: Other additional players with their performance Variations ($100 – $999) Name: for large works or to in our Maestro Series Please specify amount $ play less-common concerts, while at the same time creating a instruments), as well Rondo ($1000 – $4999) Address: lasting relationship with as the recording and Please specify amount $ staging of our annual the individual orchestra concert season. member. Scherzo ($5000 – $9,999) Please specify amount $
Concerto ($10,000 – $19,999) Daytime phone: Esterházy Instrument Fund Please specify amount $ This program supports The Instrument Fund Sally Law Symphony ($20,000 – $49,999) Email: artistic development, ensures that the QSO particularly, showcasing has instruments that Please specify amount $ prodigious young talent, match its outstanding Maestro ($50,000 +) world-class artists and talent. Whether it is Please specify amount $ conductors, as well as the the update or repair Section 4: Payment Options commissioning of new of current instruments Any other amount works. It is named in honour or adding to our Direct deposit (preferred payment method) Please specify amount $ of the famous Hungarian ‘instrument library’, Account name: Queensland Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd Bank: CBA BSB: 064 131 Acc. No.: 10279300 noble family, and in particular this fund is crucial for * All donations over $2 made to the Queensland Description: Donor – Surname, First name Nikolaus Esterházy, the the maintenance of an Symphony Orchestra Fund are fully tax deductible. prime patron of Joseph authentic and vibrant Cheque Made payable to “Queensland Symphony Orchestra Fund” Haydn, and many of his great sounding symphony. symphonic works. SECTION 2: Recognition of your donation Credit Card You can donate to any of the QSO’s philanthropy programs: Visa Mastercard AMEX Cardholder’s name: Encore annual giving Education & community John Farnsworth-Hall Circle Chair – please contact the QSO The QSO is fully Leaving a legacy Card number: Irit Silver Johannes Fritzsch Esterházy committed to supporting & his daughter ensures future the music education generations will have Education of students of all ages access to classical OR Expiry date: Date: through a diverse music. This program Non-specific donation towards QSO’s urgent priorities program including live is named in honour of Cardholder’s Signature: concert performances, John Farnsworth-Hall Donors will be acknowledged in a variety of QSO publications unless anonymity is requested. interactive master- who was appointed classes, workshops and the first Resident Please select: open rehearsals, as well as Conductor of the For more information please contact I would like my donation to be acknowledged in the Gaelle Lindrea – Director Philanthropy professional development Queensland Symphony following name(s): Phone 07 3833 5050 opportunities for music Orchestra in 1947. Email [email protected] teachers. Office use only: Birgit Willadsen – Philanthropy Officer OR I would like this donation to be made in memory of: Date rec’d Phone 07 3833 5017 Email [email protected] For more information about our Patron Programs, please visit the QSO website Receipt no. OR I wish my donation to remain anonymous: Queensland Symphony Orchestra or contact our Director – Philanthropy on 3833 5050. GPO Box 9994 Brisbane Qld 4001 www.qso.com.au
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AR 2013 CONCERT DATES
F E BR U 16 Sat Maestro 1 QSO Kuerti & Fritzsch - High Viennese Romantics 6 Wed Education Secondary Showcase Symphonic Revolutionaries 8 Fri Concerti Romantic Whimsy 10 Sun Chamber Players 1 QSO Wind and Brass 16 Sat Maestro 2 QSO Lane & Fritzsch – The Siege of Leningrad 24 Sun Music on Sundays 1 Music of the British Isles MARCH 26 Tue Education KCC1 Kiddies Cushion Classics 27 Wed Education KCC1 Kiddies Cushion Classics 28 Thu Education KCC1 Kiddies Cushion Classics 8 Mon Gala Return to City Hall 21 Sun Music on Sundays 2 Something Old, Something New
APRIL 24 Wed Community ANZAC Eve Concert 28 Sun Chamber Players 2 QSO Norablo Quartet 3 Fri 20/21 QSO Ilic & Northey - Wild Swans 11 Sat Maestro 3 QSO Wispelwey & Aadland - Ultimate Heroes 19 Sun Music on Sundays 3 Classic Cinema MA Y 24 Fri Baroque Roman Holiday 31 Fri Baroque New Generation 9 Sun Music on Sundays 4 That’s All Folk! 12 Wed Gold Coast That’s All Folk!
J UNE 15 Sat Maestro 4 QSO Tiempo & Tchivzhel - Pathétique 16 Sun Daytime Maestro QSO Tiempo & Tchivzhel - Pathétique SPOTLIGHT 12 Fri Concerti Pipe Dreams 14 Sun Chamber Players 3 QSO Cellos and QSO Horns Y 17 Wed Education Middle Schools Music from the Movies J U L ON FLAVOUR 18 Thu Education Middle Schools Music from the Movies 27 Sat Maestro 5 QSO Premieres Lalo Schifrin 8 Thu Morning Masterworks 1 QSO Cislowska & Fritzsch – Fantastic Scherzo 9 Fri Toowoomba Fantastic Scherzo 17 Sat Maestro 6 QSO Demidenko & Fritzsch - Slavonic Passion 18 Sun Daytime Maestro QSO Demidenko & Fritzsch – Slavonic Passion U G ST
A 28 Wed Rockhampton Education at 28 Wed Rockhampton Something Old, Something New 29 Thu Gladstone Something Old, Something New QPAC 30 Fri Gladstone Education 6 Fri Morning Masterworks 2 QSO Gillham & Aadland - Grieg Piano Concerto 8 Sun Chamber Players 4 QSO Brahms Piano Trio With a spotlight on 14 Sat Maestro 7 QSO Perianes & Aadland - Nijinsky’s Petrushka
flavour and fresh, local ingredients, enjoy dining S E PT MB R 28 Sat Special Compassion: A Collaboration Between Nigel Westlake & Lior at QPAC, just moments from your concert 29 Sun Music on Sundays 5 Musical Swoons & Lollipops 11 Fri Morning Masterworks 3 QSO Astanova & Schwarz seats. – An American in Paris 12 Sat Maestro 8 QSO Astanova & Schwarz – An American in Paris Dine in style at the Lyrebird Restaurant 13 Sun In Recital Lola Astanova E R OCTOB (bookings 07 3840 7598), QPAC’s flagship 25 Fri 20/21 QSO Noonan, Wang & Northey - Serenade à la carte restaurant that boasts a delectable 1 Fri Maestro 9 QSO Osborne & Fritzsch - Guide to the Orchestra seasonal menu and extensive wine list. At The 6 Wed Education Primary Schools Musical Zoo 7 Thu Education Primary Schools Musical Zoo Cafe, you will enjoy tasty alfresco dining while 10 Sun Music on Sundays 6 A Musical Zoo meets Peter and the Wolf The Bistro offers quick and hearty meals. 16 Sat Gala Last Night of the Proms
VE MB E R 17 Sun Chamber Players 5 QSO Strings For a lighter option, why not try a shared plate N O 21 Thu Morning Masterworks 4 QSO Chindamo & Fritzsch from the Concert Hall foyer bar. – Beethoven’s Eroica 23 Sat Special Symphony of Legends – Video Games Unplugged Menus at qpac.com.au/dining 30 Sat Maestro 10 QSO Chen & Fritzsch -Triumphant Tchaikovsky 7 Sat Gala Messiah 11 Wed Education KCC2 Kiddies Cushion Crazy Christmas 12 Thu Education KCC2 Kiddies Cushion Crazy Christmas Call 07 3840 7598 or 13 Fri Education KCC2 Kiddies Cushion Crazy Christmas DE C E MB R visit qpac.com.au/dining 14 Sat Education KCC2 Kiddies Cushion Crazy Christmas