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Enlighten your senses - Season 2013 - 1 Welcome Welcome 2 A messAge for QueenslAnd symphony orchestrA 2013 Welcome Queensland symphony orchestra 2013 PeneloPe Wensley AC ROS Bates MP GreG WAnChAP Governor of Queensland The Honourable Ros Bates MP Chairman of the Queensland Music emerges from silence. Patron of the Queensland Minister for Science, Information Symphony Orchestra stillness gives birth to sound; sounds of nature, Symphony Orchestra Technology, Innovation and the In 2013 the Queensland symphony man, music. only in deep stillness can we perceive It is with great pleasure and pride, as Patron Arts orchestra will again take you on a journey of entertainment and excitement through the the subtleties of hushed sounds. 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 The world is growing louder. The commotion carefully and sensitively led by Maestro is a program I have myself been eagerly orchestra for its 2013 season. of daily life surrounds us. In barely a corner of awaiting, to find out what pleasures are in Johannes Fritzsch. As one of our state’s largest and most valued the city is stillness to be found. Music, more and 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 more, is used to dignify meaningless noise; Bach symphony orchestra plays a critical role in our orchestra, seeking to strike a balance between audiences through the technical excellence in the supermarket, Beethoven to let you know cultural life. presenting familiar, well-loved works and of the orchestra. 2013 has been carefully ”your call is important is to us“... 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 In the concert hall, music meets stillness. 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 Anticipation, shared in silence, gives rise new audiences, to build new generations of touring and community activities, reached and collaborations not only in the Concert hall to sublime sound. 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 The exchange between stillness and sound program of exceptional quality and diversity. led by Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch, The long anticipated relocation to our new is soothing to the ear, balm for the soul. 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 A thousand people can join together in silence programming, featuring superb international class concerts and renowned national and to engage with our community in ways to take in music and stillness. 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 Music is transient; stillness is infinite. Moments Queensland symphony orchestra delivers on Fritzsch, but of exceptional guest conductors. year of imaginative performances that will the Queensland Government’s plan to make of musical creativity are infinitely precious. Music, But it is when this series is combined with showcase our new environment. Queensland a cultural hub with a vibrant arts whether from 16oo or yesterday, lives in the 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 moment of its realisation in sound. It abducts us Queenslanders commitment. our regional communities continues in 2013, from our self-inflicted cacophony into a world 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 of harmony. with our wonderful and inspiring state orchestra. of other musical events that the true range world class orchestra. and strength of the Queensland symphony As musicians, we take every concert as orchestra is seen. And while this feast will our artistic vibrancy and appeal is at the core an occasion to draw our audience into this satisfy the tastes of all those who already of our success and I encourage your continued transformation. 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 For our 2013 season we have an exciting Video Games Unplugged which will engage program of works we know and love, and some those who have never before experienced treasures to discover that will surely become new the power and passion of an orchestra and favourites. Be seduced. 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 Johannes Fritzsch season, what a remarkable asset the Qso is to Chief Conductor 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!” Noord-Hollands Dagblad Gold Coast bus available 7 Maestro series Maestro Series 8 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
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