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Ross EDWARDS Kumari I 1980 for piano

Stephen LEEK Red Earth 1997 for a capella choir (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)

Percy GRAINGER Colonial Song 1911 for piano (originally for 2 voices, harp and orchestra, rescored by Grainger 1914)

Dorian LE GALLIENNE Nocturne 1937 for piano

Elena KATS-CHERNIN Russian Rag 1996 for viola and piano * * * Peter SCULTHORPE Djilile 1986 for viola and piano (originally for cello, transcribed by Alan Lee)

Peter SCULTHORPE Moon 1971 from Night Pieces for solo piano

Ross EDWARDS Allegretto - Lento - Vivace 1976 from Five Little Piano Pieces for solo piano

Ross EDWARDS Sassafras Gully Waltz 1998 from Three Australian Waltzes for solo piano

Carl VINE Bagatelles 1994 Numbers II, IV, III and V: Threnody for all the innocent victims from Five Bagatelles for solo piano

Damian FLANAGAN Sunday 2009 & Potsy WEBBER (Hashemoto)

Johnny YOUNG The Real Thing 1969 Sunday & The Real Thing arranged together for choir and piano by Alan Lee (2011)

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS 表演者简介

ALAN DAVID LEE grew up in Melbourne listening to ALAN DAVID LEE（李艾伦） his dad playing jazz saxophone, mum playing guitar, 出生在墨尔本的音乐世家， brother drums and sister flute (not to mention 其父是爵士萨克斯演奏手， extended family singalongs). He began piano studies 母亲演奏吉他，哥哥敲鼓， at age 7, trombone at 13, and continued both at the 姐姐吹笛子。他七岁开始学 Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School 习钢琴，十三岁演奏长号， where he graduated in 1998 as Dux. At the University 并获得维多利亚艺术学院附 of Melbourne he studied piano under Michael Kieran 中的奖学金，1998年以第一 Harvey (a renowned advocate of contemporary 名的成绩从该学院毕业。进入墨尔本大学以后， music who premiered some of the pieces in tonight's 他继续专攻钢琴，师从著名现代音乐家Michael programme). Alan went on to major in composition Kieren Harvey 。在以优异的成绩获得音乐学士学 for his Bachelor of Music (Honours). Works of his for 位后，Alan转攻作曲并创作小型歌剧《伤逝》。 opera, orchestra, film, theatre and choir have been 除此以外，Alan还收到墨尔本交响乐团，维多利亚 commissioned by ensembles including the 乐团和音乐唱片的邀请创作了一系列交响乐，电 Melbourne Symphony, Orchestra Victoria and Song 影，剧场及合唱作品。2005年开始，Alan转而关注 Company. Alan also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the 可持续发展，并从2007年开始效力于澳洲政府，致 , and Masters from the 力于解决气候变化问题。其间Alan并未停止音乐创 Australian National University in studies including 作，与堪培拉的独立乐团Hashemoto合作。 economics and environment. In 2005 Alan switched 2010年，Alan作为国际发展志愿者来到北京为联合 careers to focus on sustainable development and 作工业发展组织服务，解决气候变化问题。除了 from 2007 served with the Australian Government in 热爱音乐，他还获得了澳大利亚国立大学经济与 on work to address climate change. During 环境跨学科研究的硕士学位。 this time he also joined local indie band Hashemoto. He came to Beijing in late 2010 as an Australian Volunteer for International Development with the UN Industrial Development Organization.

ZHANG MIAO, born in Beijing, started learning violin 张淼，生于北京，4岁开始学习 at age four. She received her Bachelor Degree in Violin 小提琴，08年获得中国人民大 Performance in 2008 from the School of Arts at 学艺术学院小提琴专业学士学 Renmin University of China. From 2007 she took up 位。2007年开始学习中提琴， viola and in 2011 received her Master Degree in Viola 2011年获得中央音乐学院中提 Performance from the Central Conservatory of Music. 琴专业硕士研究生学位。曾担 Currently, Zhang Miao serves as violist with the 任北京市少年室内乐团首席、 prestigous National Centre for the Performing Arts 北京市一零一中学金帆交响乐 Orchestra. Her previous experience includes positions 团首席、中国人民大学艺术学 as concert master of Beijing Junior Chamber 院交响乐团首席、中央音乐学院乐队学院EOS交响 Orchestra, Jin Fan Symphony Orchestra of Beijing 101 乐团中提副首席，2010年起担任国家大剧院中提琴 High School and the Symphony Orchestra of the 演奏员至今。 Renmin University of China School of Arts and also as Assistant Principal Viola of EOS Symphony Orchestra at the Central Conservatory of Music. RESONANCE CHAMBER CHOIR «回音»室内合唱简介

Tonight's choir is formed 特意为今晚设计，今晚的演 especially for this event and 员阵容强大，来自各个国家 features singers of diverse ，不同的文化背景。其中的 backgrounds and nationalities. 很多演员还在北京国际合唱 Many are members of Beijing's 节中演出。 International Festival Chorus.

Soprano 女高音 Lucy FAIRBURN Sophie SMITH Winnie LEE Maren WESSELY Almut NAUMANN

Alto 女低音 Eugenia LEE Heather MOWBRAY 毛海哲 KAWASHIMA Masako Erin YAKIWCHUK Grete MORISSE 郭蕊锐

Tenor 男高音 Daniel FRIEDMAN 傅德明 Michael WONG 黄学明 Laurence PANTER

Bass 男低音 Peter DALMAZZO John KUSSKE Rob EARLEY Peter PAYNE ABOUT THE COMPOSERS 关于作曲家 Information and photos courtesy of the Australian Music Centre

ROSS EDWARDS (1943) from whose natural environment it draws inspiration, notably through One of Australia's best known and birdsong and the mysterious drones of most respected composers, Ross insects. Edwards has created a unique sound world which seeks to Ross Edwards's compositions, which reconnect music with elemental are performed worldwide, include five forces and restore such qualities as symphonies, concertos, orchestral, spontaneity and the impulse to chamber and vocal music, children's dance. Intensely aware of his music, film scores, opera and music for vocation, he has largely followed his dance. Works designed for the concert own path, allowing the music to speak for hall sometimes require special lighting, itself. His music, universal in that it is movement, costume and visual concerned with age-old mysteries accompaniment. Based in Sydney and the surrounding humanity, is at the same time Blue Mountains, he is married with two deeply connected to its roots in Australia, grown-up children. whose cultural diversity it celebrates, and

STEPHEN LEEK (1959) Born in Sydney in 1959, Leek is an extensively commissioned freelance composer, freelance conductor, 'In my music I want to explore and educator and publisher. He taught connect with the energies, emotions, composition and improvisation at textures, colours, sounds, themes and the Queensland Conservatorium, ideas of who I am, as an Australian Griffith University until 2009. He voice, in this time and place.' has won numerous national and Stephen Leek's distinctive music is international awards for his music immediately recognisable, capturing the and choral activities. In recent years enigmas, drama, rhythms and ethos of Leek's activities have included guest Australia. He has been accredited with having conductor with the acclaimed Formosa made a significant impact on and a major Singers, Taiwan; guest conductor with the contribution to the development of Australian Singapore Ministry of Education, The Taiwan choral composition and performance and how National Youth Choir and presenter at that has been promoted and discussed numerous music, education and choral throughout the world over the past 25 years. conferences around the world.

DORIAN LE GALLIENNE (1915-1963) death in 1963. In this position he not only reviewed the Born in Melbourne in 1915, Dorian Le professional concerts Gallienne studied at the Melbourne required of him, but also Conservatorium and continued his education regularly attended and at the Royal College of Music In London reviewed concerts by amateur under and . and semi-professional groups As the recipient of a Jubilee Scholarship, Le with the aim of encouraging Gallienne also studied with in musicians involved in music in 1951. He taught composition himself at the the community. Melbourne Conservatorium between 1954 and 1960. He was very concerned at the low status of Australian composers and performers in Well-respected as a composer, Le Gallienne Australia, and was able, through his position was also prominent as a music critic for the as critic, to draw attention to this problem by Melbourne newspapers from 1950 until his the publication of many articles and reviews.

ELENA KATS–CHERNIN (1957) A CD containing the concert suite Wild Swans was released by ABC Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Classics in 2005. In 2007, this piece Tashkent (now the capital of Eliza Aria from this CD was used in independent Uzbekistan – but then a series of animated TV part of the Soviet Union), and commercials in the UK and reached immigrated to Australia in 1975. She the top spots in the iTunes classical studied music in Moscow, Sydney and charts, was remixed by DJ Mark Hanover (in Germany), where her Brown (among others) and made composition teacher was Helmut into a pop song 'The Journey Lachenmann. She is a recipient of Continues'. many awards and her music featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Olympic Kats-Chernin has written a number of ragtime Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In pieces for piano; one of these, "Russian Rag", 2004, she was awarded for the ballet score has been used in different instrumental Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard ensemble arrangements including as the for the Australian Ballet. In the same year, she theme of the popular Australian Broadcasting was awarded an Ian Potter Commission. She Corporation's radio program Late Night Live. received a two–year Fellowship from the It is also used as the New York theme in Adam Australia Council in 2005. Elliot's feature film, Mary and Max.

PETER SCULTHORPE (1929) Sculthorpe has a deep love for his Born in Launceston, Tasmania, country and for its landscape, Sculthorpe was educated at which he regards as sacred. Launceston Church Grammar School, Because of this, one of the most the University of Melbourne and constant themes in his output is Wadham College, Oxford. He is now the protection of Australia's Emeritus Professor at the University environment, as well as that of of Sydney, where he began teaching the whole planet. His in 1963. He has also taught at music preoccupation with the frailty of institutions and universities both the human condition can be within and outside Australia, and he found in works such as the choral holds honorary doctorates from Tasmania, Requiem (2004) and String Quartet No.16 Melbourne, Sussex, Griffith and Sydney. He (2006). The former grew from his concern has received numerous official Australian about women and children being killed in the honours including OBE (1977) and AO (1990). war in Iraq, the latter from the plight of people in detention.

Sculthorpe's catalogue consists of more than three hundred and fifty works and a good The recipient of many awards, Sculthorpe part of it is regularly performed and recorded regards the most important as being chosen throughout the world. He has written in most as one of Australia's 100 Living National musical forms and almost all his works are Treasures (National Trust of Australia, 1997), influenced by the social climate and physical Distinguished Artist 2001 (International characteristics of Australia. Furthermore, Society for the Performing Arts), Honorary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island music, and Foreign Life Member (American Academy of the gamelan music of Indonesia, have been Arts and Letters, 2003) and one of the 100 significant influences upon his musical Most Influential Australians (The Bulletin language. magazine, 2006).

CARL VINE (1954) Born in , he studied piano with Stephen Dornan and composition Carl Vine first came to prominence with John Exton at the University of in Australia as a composer of music . Moving to Sydney for dance, with over 20 dance in 1975, he worked as a freelance scores to his credit. His catalogue pianist and composer with a great now includes six symphonies, six range of ensembles, theatre and concertos, music for film, dance companies over the following television and theatre, electronic decades. music and numerous chamber Amongst his most acclaimed scores works. Although primarily a are Mythologia (2000), Piano Sonata composer of modern 'classical' (1990) and Poppy (1978) for the music he has undertaken tasks as diverse as Sydney Dance Company, Piano Sonata No 2 arranging the Australian National Anthem (1997) for Michael Kieran Harvey and Choral and writing music for the Closing Ceremony Symphony (No.6, 1996) for the West of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (the 'Sydney Australian Symphony Orchestra. Since 2000 2000' presentation). Vine has been the Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia, the largest chamber music entrepreneur in the world.

HASHEMOTO

DAMIAN FLANAGAN and POTSY WEBBER have been singing and writing songs together for over a decade. Twice awarded and shortlisted in the Australian Songwriters Association national song-writing contest, they have had compositions receive regular airplay on both community networks and nationally and have charted at number 1 on the MP3 acoustic charts for months. In various groups they have been steady east coast performers. They both live in Canberra.

JOHNNY YOUNG (1947) screened on Australian television from 1971 to 1988 – it Johnny Young (born John Benjamin launched the careers of teen de Jong, 12 March 1947) is an pop stars Jamie Redfern, Debra Australian singer, composer, record Byrne, and – typically each producer, disc jockey, television episode closed with a sing- producer and host. Originally from along rendition of , his family settled in song "". Perth, Western Australia in the early 1950s. Young had a career in the 1960s as a pop singer and had a On 9 March 1990, Young was number one hit with the double-A- inducted into Australia's TV side, "Step Back" and "Cara-lyn" in 1966. As a Week Logie Awards' Hall of Fame. On 27 composer, he penned number one hits, "The October 2010, he was inducted into the Real Thing" and "The Girl That I Love" for Australian Recording Industry Association , "The Star" for Ross D. Wylie (ARIA) Hall of Fame by Tina Arena who and "I Thank You" for . He performed his song, "The Star". He is the first, presented and produced the popular and so far only, person to be inducted in both television show, , which halls. THANKYOU 谢谢

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IN-KIND AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT Mei Yin 梅音 Tony and Lita Lee, Isaiah Baker, Huw Slater, Jiang Nan (Michael) Yolanda Ruan, Lynn Yuan, Jennifer Zhang Angela Ni, Lane Chen Maria Nauen, Beijing International Chamber Orchestra British School in Beijing, International Festival Chorus Australia China Alumni Association

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