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SEPTEMBER The Soldier’s Tale Cocktail Hour Fri 27 Sep, 6pm COCKTAIL HOUR WITH THE FELLOWS Sat 28 Sep, 6pm STRAVINSKY Ragtime Sun 29 Sep, 3pm BARTÓK String Quartet No.3 Sydney Opera House, LUTOSŁAWSKI Dance Preludes Utzon Room STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale: Suite Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows

OCTOBER The Four Seasons Meet the Music Thu 10 Oct, 6.30pm VIVALDI AND PIAZZOLLA Kaleidoscope PIAZZOLLA arr. Desyatnikov Fri 11 Oct, 7pm The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Sat 12 Oct, 7pm VIVALDI The Four Seasons Sydney Opera House Andrew Haveron violin-director

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Sun 13 Oct, 1pm Sun 13 Oct, 2.45pm A SYDNEY SYMPHONY FAMILY EVENT Sydney Opera House VIVALDI The Four Seasons Andrew Haveron violin-director Christian Li violin

Donald Runnicles conducts Thursday Afternoon Symphony Bruckner Symphony No.7 Thu 17 Oct, 1.30pm Emirates Metro Series MUSIC OF INSPIRATION Fri 18 Oct, 8pm MESSIAEN Les offrandes oubliées Great Classics (The Forgotten Offerings) Sat 19 Oct, 2pm BRUCKNER Symphony No.7 Sydney Opera House Donald Runnicles conductor

Abercrombie & Kent Donald Runnicles Conducts Masters Series Fauré’s Requiem Wed 23 Oct, 8pm MUSIC OF INSPIRATION Fri 25 Oct, 8pm Sat 26 Oct, 8pm R STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration R STRAUSS Four Last Songs Sydney Opera House FAURÉ Requiem Donald Runnicles conductor Erin Wall soprano Samuel Dundas baritone Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

A Paris Happening Tea & Symphony Fri 25 Oct, 11am TEA & SYMPHONY WITH THE FELLOWS Sydney Opera House Find your Art MILHAUD The Creation of the World Discover the best in IBERT Chamber Concertino, for alto saxophone Arts entertainment from and orchestra DEBUSSY arr. Sachs Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Australia and beyond. IBERT Divertissement Roger Benedict conductor Nicholas Russoniello saxophone Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows

Mendelssohn and Martinů Cocktail Hour Fri 25 Oct, 6pm Call 131 787 COCKTAIL HOUR Sat 26 Oct, 6pm VILLA-LOBOS Duo for oboe and bassoon Sydney Opera House, Channel 133 Foxtel MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No.2 Utzon Room MARTINŮ Nonet Musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra WELCOME

Welcome to the Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series. Readers of these little missives will know I like to let every Masters Series performance take me away to a favourite part of the world. I expect tonight’s program – and the various Russian connections and origins of Messrs Medtner, Volodin and Ashkenazy – to stir fond memories of an A&K cruise on the Volga some years ago. I’m equally sure tonight’s program will have a special resonance for the very lucky and deserved winner of our early bird subscriber prize: a bespoke A&K Northern European journey from Medtner’s beloved London to Volodin’s St Petersburg via Ashkenazy’s adopted Iceland. But what I’m assured will really carry us all away tonight is Vladimir Ashkenazy’s realisation of Holst’s The Planets. Of course, every Sydney Symphony Orchestra performance is an almost otherworldly musical experience, tonight’s just promises to be especially so. Not that I’m in any hurry to travel into space myself, other than in my imagination, content for now to be opening new frontiers in luxury adventure here on Earth. In any case, I’m told by friends with greater knowledge of musicology than I can claim that Gustav Holst’s inspiration for The Planets was less astronomical or extra-terrestrial than astrological. Holst’s portrait of the planets recalls, for me, an afternoon spent wandering among the heavenly instruments of Jaipur’s famous Jantar Mantar – the UNESCO World Heritage listed architectural observatory built by the Maharajah Sawai Jai Singh in the 18th century, and one of the highlights of our new Essential India journey. Envisioned and built on a vast scale, Jai Singh’s structures track celestial wonders, both astronomical and astrological, with separate gauges dedicated to each of the 12 constellations of the Zodiac alongside more rational instruments that provided some of the earliest and most accurate observations of the heavens. Like Holst’s Planets, Jai Singh’s Jantar Mantar is the inspired work of an enquiring mind open to new perspectives, the kind of mindset that in my experience derives most from both great music and great travel. Enjoy your listening and exploring!

Sujata Raman Regional Managing Director Australia & Asia Pacific Abercrombie & Kent 2019 CONCERT SEASON

ABERCROMBIE & KENT MASTERS SERIES WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, 8PM FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER, 8PM SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER, 8PM

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE CONCERT HALL The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

Holst’s Planets Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Masterworks

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Alexei Volodin piano Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Saturday’s concert will be broadcast NIKOLAI MEDTNER (1880–1951) live on ABC Classic and again on 28 November at 8pm. Piano Concerto No.1 Allegro – Pre-concert talk by Natalie Shea in the Tranquillo, meditamente (Theme and Variations) – Northern Foyer at 7.15pm. Tempo I – Estimated durations: 34 minutes; Coda: Allegro molto 20 minute interval; 51 minutes.

INTERVAL The concert will conclude at approximately 9.50pm. GUSTAV HOLST (1874–1934) n n n n n n n n The Planets Cover image: Vladimir Ashkenazy Mars, the Bringer of War (Photo by Keith Saunders) Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic THE ARTISTS © KEITH SAUNDERS KEITH ©

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor

Russian-born Vladimir Ashkenazy inherited his Laureate of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and musical gift from both sides of his family: his of the NHK Orchestra, Tokyo, and Principal Guest father David was a professional light music Conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. pianist and his mother Evstolia (née Plotnova) Previous posts included Music Director of the was daughter of a chorus-master in the Russian European Union Youth Orchestra and Chief Orthodox church. He first came to prominence in Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. the 1955 Chopin Festival in Warsaw and after He maintains strong links with the Cleveland winning the 1956 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie-orchester Brussels. He established himself as one of the Berlin. premier pianists of the 20th century before Ashkenazy maintains his devotion to the piano, turning to conducting. these days mostly in the recording studio. Recent Vladimir Ashkenazy first came to Australia, as recordings include Bach’s French Suites. His a pianist, in 1969. Since then he has conducted discography also records his work as a conductor, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in subscription including direction of Rachmaninoff’s orchestral concerts and composer festivals. He was the music. Milestone recordings include 50 Years on orchestra’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Decca – a box-set celebrating his long-standing Advisor from 2009 to 2013. In July 2018, he relationship with the label. became the orchestra’s very first Conductor Beyond performing and conducting Ashkenazy Laureate. has been involved in many TV projects, inspired by Vladimir Ashkenazy’s associations with other a vision of reaching as wide an audience as orchestras include the Philharmonia Orchestra possible. Vladimir Ashkenazy most recently (London) which made him their Conductor appeared with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Laureate in 2000, and with whom he will appear in 2018. November. Vladimir Ashkenazy is also Conductor

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Alexei Volodin piano

Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and Volodin regularly appears in recital and has technical brilliance, Alexei Volodin possesses an performed in venues including the Vienna extraordinarily diverse repertoire from Beethoven Konzerthaus, Barcelona’s Palau de la Música, the and Brahms through Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov Mariinsky Theatre, Paris’ Philharmonie, Alte Oper and Prokofiev to Scriabin, Shchedrin and Medtner. Frankfurt, Tonhalle Zürich and Madrid’s Auditorio Highlights of the 19/20 season include concerts Nacional de Música. This season he appears in the with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di International Piano Series at the Southbank Centre, Santa Cecilia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Japan Wigmore Hall and the Meesterpianisten Series at Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonisches the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as recitals Staatsorchester Hamburg, Royal Philharmonic in Bratislava, Ostrava, Den Haag, Oxford and and St Petersburg Philharmonic orchestras, and Winnipeg. Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, working with Born in 1977 in Leningrad, Alexei Volodin studied conductors Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, at Moscow’s Gnessin Academy and later with Eliso Kent Nagano, Pietari Inkinen and Robert Trevino. Virsaladze at the Moscow Conservatoire. In 2001, He will also appear with the Winnipeg Symphony he continued his studies at the International Piano Orchestra for a special project performing a cycle Academy Lake Como and gained international of Beethoven concertos and the Choral Fantasy. recognition following his victory at the International A regular artist at festivals, Volodin has Géza Anda Competition in Zürich in 2003. performed at the Kaposvár International Chamber Music Festival, Festival Les nuits du Château de la Moutte, Variations Musicales de Tannay, Bad Kissingen Sommer Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron, Les Rencontres Musicales d’Évian, Festival La Folle Journée, The White Nights Festival in St Petersburg, St. Magnus International Festival and the Moscow Easter Festival.

7 Brett Weymark Artistic and Music Director Elizabeth Scott Music Director, VOX Claire Howard Race Assistant Chorus Master Sydney Philharmonia Choirs presents the art of choral singing at the highest standard, and develops the talents of those with a passion for singing in Sydney and beyond. Founded in 1920, it has become Australia’s finest choral organisation and performs regularly at the Sydney Opera House. Led by Music Director Brett Weymark since 2003, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs comprises of four regular choirs that perform a range of repertoire from choral classics to musical theatre and commissions by Australian composers. It presents its own annual season and collaborates with leading conductors, soloists and orchestras in Australia and overseas. In 2002, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs was the first Australian choir to sing at the BBC Proms (Mahler’s Eighth Symphony under Simon Rattle), returning again in 2010. The choirs perform in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s subscription series every year. In 2018 Sydney Philharmonia Choirs performed in Beethoven Mass in C, The Bernstein Songbook, Verdi’s Requiem, The Last Days of Socrates, Beethoven Nine and Last Night of the Proms. This year they have sung in Peter Grimes in Concert and will also sing in Fauré’s Requiem and Mahler’s Klagende Lied under Simone Young. Highlights of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs own concert series this year include Bach and Mozart at Easter, Music from the Movies, Dvořák’s Requiem, and Messiah in December as well as PopUp Sing, their free singing workshops held at Carriageworks and Riverside Theatre. For more information visit sydneyphilharmonia.com.au

Elizabeth Scott Chorus Master and Off-Stage Conductor Luke Byrne Rehearsal Pianist and Off-Stage Organ

SOPRANO Annabel Jeffery Amelia Shaw ALTOS Olivia Robinson Miriam Alperovich Miriam Jeffery Katherine Stein Jasmin Borsovszky Lara Rogerson-Wood Mirei Ballinger Timothea Lau Katherine Thompson Gabrielle Cadenhead Jaimie Wolbers Denea Bascombe Stephanie Macindoe Narelle Vance Perry Lucy Cantrill William Yaxley Lucy Bruton Atalya Masi Chelsea Wallis Karen Cortez Nicollette Burr Kate Moloney Dorothy Wu Sophie Funston Kit Nam Cheung Stephanie Mooney Vesna Hatezic Lucy Devine Charlotte Moore Cara Hitchins Aija Draguns Amelia Myers Rachel Maiden Alison Hardy Maya Schwenke Ines Obermair

8 Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951) Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.33 Allegro - Tranquillo, meditamente (Theme and Variations) - Tempo I - Coda: Allegro molto Like his compatriot and friend Rachmaninoff, Medtner was, at the outset, a pianist who composed. He was born in Moscow to a family of Danish extraction on his father’s side and German on his mother’s, and while they were Russian first and foremost the Medtner’s Nikolai Medtner maintained a strong sense of their Western European, and especially German, heritage. Medtner’s great-grandfather had known Goethe, IN BRIEF and German literature was of immense importance to Medtner’s work Medtner, a friend and as a prolific composer of songs. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory from 1892, inevitably somewhat in the shadow of contemporary of Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin; at the turn of the century he resolved to was one of the last great concentrate on composition, reserving his considerable gifts as a composer-pianists. He left Russia pianist for performances of his own work. in the wake of the Revolution, but The 1890s saw a wave of artistic activity in Russia in which artists remained deeply infused with and entrepreneurs such as Léon Bakst, Alexandre Benois and Sergei both his own inherited culture and Diaghilev first made their mark. In the new century this promising that of Western Europe, namely atmosphere supported Medtner’s first published works, and he Germany. His First Piano enjoyed considerable support in his native Moscow. Sadly audiences Concerto, written between 1914 and critics were less enthusiastic when he travelled to Germany to and 1918 is a monumental work perform in 1904. This was part of the tragedy of Medtner’s life: he left that rethinks the form of Soviet Russia in 1921 but failed to make much headway in either Beethoven’s concertos, and Germany or France, and he spent his later life in Britain, where there combines virtuoso pyrotechnics was greater enthusiasm for his work, but ended up largely subsisting with deep, heart-felt emotion. on the charity of well-wishing friends. The irony is that Medtner’s innately conservative style, insistence on formal clarity and love of Russian folklore would have been more than acceptable in the Soviet Union (to whose political ideal he was not committed), whereas he attempted to establish himself in cities like Berlin and Paris where modernist experiment or ironic neo-classicism dominated. And the position of Romantic pianist-composer was well and truly taken by Rachmaninoff, whose generosity to Medtner included financial support for the latter’s book The Muse and Fashion, published in 1935. Dedicated to his mother, the first of Medtner’s three piano concertos – his only orchestral works – was composed during the years of the World War I and the Russian Revolution and was premiered, with the composer at the keyboard, in Moscow in May 1918. The piece displays several elements of Medtner’s musical personality. It ranges widely in its emotional language, and features breathtaking feats of virtuoso writing and moments of magical introspection for the piano (while, it must be said, using a fairly limited orchestral palette). Formally it pays homage to the concertos of Beethoven, of whom Medtner was an unashamed devotee, but with a nod to Liszt, whose B minor Piano Sonata paves the way for Medtner’s approach to

9 10 classical sonata design in this work. Like Liszt, Medtner telescopes the The piece ranges traditional multi-movement form into one unbroken span that widely in its nevertheless falls into clearly defined sections. The opening emotional language, establishes straightaway that this will be a forceful and bravura piece with its alternation of heroic gestures from piano and orchestra, and and features the subsequent brilliant elaboration of the piano over a long-breathed breathtaking feats of and supple main theme whose recurring triplet figure becomes of virtuoso writing and major importance. A second, more even-tempered theme follows in moments of magical contrast. Corresponding to both the conventional ‘slow movement’ and the central development section of a sonata-form piece is a introspection for the theme and variations section, in which Medtner conjures a variety of piano. realms, from glittering fairy-tale sounds to passages of extraordinary rhythmic organisation. Like his idol, Beethoven, Medtner frequently uses complex counterpoint to generate tension, though the imminent recapitulation of the opening themes is signalled in part by a shamelessly open-hearted ‘big tune’. The recapitulation, which reprises elements rather than whole swaths of the opening section, introduces a coda (corresponding to a classical finale) out of which Medtner draws wave upon wave of high-keyed emotion and overwhelming sound before a brilliant finish.

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Medtner’s First Piano Concerto requires an orchestra of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, strings and solo piano. This is the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s first performance of the work.

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Gustav Holst (1874–1934) The Planets, Op.32 Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic The Planets must be one of the most influential musical works of the Gustav Holst 20th century. Russell Crowe and his cohorts in Gladiator seemed that bit more craggily determined thanks to a score that reminded us of IN BRIEF Mars. At the close of Neptune, Holst invents the fade-out. The Holst’s masterpiece was iridescent opening of Jupiter foreshadows the work of John Adams, composed during the years of and for many years Anglicans have sung its big central tune as the World War I. Holst, with his interest patriotic hymn, I vow to thee my country. in non-European mysticism, As a repository of orchestral special effects and memorable tunes, intended not so much to depict the piece has certainly earned its pop status, but its very popularity the actual planets so much as to and the imitations it has spawned have disadvantaged it and its suggest their astrological composer. We need to make an effort to hear the work with fresh ears attributes, and the effect of those and to remind ourselves that this was very radical music for its time. on us mortals. Thus each of the Moreover, we should note that it is atypical of its composer. An artist of seven movements has a strongly great integrity, Holst refused to imitate the piece to ensure his own individual character, ranging from status, so that we sadly hear little of his other work, even though much the sheer brute force of Mars or of it is of the same quality as The Planets. Saturn, through the delicate Holst, like his great friend Vaughan Williams, was of a generation beauty of Venus and Neptune, educated at London’s Royal College of Music which rejuvenated British and the energy and humour of music through the study of Tudor music and the collection of folk song. Mercury, Jupiter or Uranus, The young Holst was at first a Wagnerian, and his early works show this influence in their opulence and richly chromatic harmony. After some years as a professional trombonist – playing on occasion under that master orchestrator Richard Strauss – Holst decided in 1903 to devote himself to composition. In practice, though, this meant beginning his It is hard not to see career as an outstanding teacher at St Paul’s Girls School, Morley Mars as grimly College, and later the RCM. In the first decade of the century he also prophetic of the became drawn to eastern mysticism, particularly that of Hinduism, which led, indirectly, to his development of a much leaner harmonic carnage of the first style. hi-tech war.

13 Bars 37-63 of Holst’s manuscript for Mars

14 Planned in 1913 and composed between 1914 and 1917, the seven movements of The Planets are less about depicting large balls of gas and rock than about each planet’s astrological significance. Given the outbreak of the First World War at the time, it is hard not to see Mars as grimly prophetic of the carnage of the first hi-tech war. Where a composer like Mahler uses military music for an ambiguously thrilling effect, Holst takes pains to make his music simply inhuman: the opening three note theme traces the tritone, an unstable interval often called ‘the devil in music’. The relentlessly repeated rhythm, or ostinato, is no simple march, having five beats to a bar. The harmony is bitonal, that is, it superimposes chords of two different keys to give it its sense of unrelieved dissonance, especially at the shattering climax.

15 Venus, the Bringer of Peace of course offers a complete contrast: the orchestration is sweet and languorous and the harmony, while still frequently bitonal, uses chords which avoid direct clashes of adjacent notes, creating subtle voluptuousness. Framed by slow sections, the piece moves through a slightly faster section and a contrasting animato. Mercury on the other hand is rather like a symphonic scherzo: short, fast and orchestrated with the utmost delicacy. At the heart of the suite, Jupiter is an orchestral tour de force. The glittering fast music with which it opens is busy but crystal clear; its theme, like that of Mars, is based on a three-note motive, but here it is completely and solidly diatonic. The Planets was first planned during a holiday in Spain, so we shouldn’t be surprised to hear certain Iberian sounds and rhythms in the dance music which follows. This is interrupted by a fanfare of repeated chords, which ushers in the quiet statement of the celebrated maestoso theme. The quintessentially British tune may seem out of place in a celebration of the Bringer of Jollity – it is hardly thigh-slappingly funny. Curiously, too, it doesn’t reach a full close: what should be the second last chord sets off an echo of the shimmering sounds of the opening. The tune does, however, stride through tumultuous last pages of the movement. If Jupiter’s big tune was a reminder that joy is fleeting,Saturn makes this very clear in its portentous, deathward tread and ever more disturbing brass chords. Uranus, however, casts a spell in music as innocent as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Taking his cue from Debussy’s Sirènes, Holst imbues Neptune with the mystery of wordless, offstage female voices. With its translucent scoring and the hypnotic use of repeated chord patterns, the work ends as perhaps no other had before, fading imperceptibly into night and silence.

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Holst’s The Planets requires a large orchestra of 4 flutes (including piccolo and alto flute), 3 oboes (3rd doubling bass oboe), cor anglais, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani (2 players), percussion, celesta, 2 harps, organ, strings and Female Chorus. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra first performed Holst’s The Planets in October 1942 under William Cade and most recently in March 2015 with David Robertson conducting and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.

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Be enraptured by Behzod Abduraimov’s compelling artistry in Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Piano Concerto No.1 and experience the sweeping emotions of Rachmaninoff’s second symphony.

Lionel Bringuier conductor Behzod Abduraimov piano

8 & 9 November Sydney Opera House

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David Robertson Donald Runnicles Vladimir Ashkenazy Andrew Haveron THE LOWY CHAIR OF CHIEF PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR LAUREATE CONCERTMASTER CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC CONDUCTOR SUPPORTED BY VICKI OLSSON DIRECTOR

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Patron Administration Her Excellency the Honourable EXECUTIVE Ilmar Leetberg Artist Liaison Manager Margaret Beazley ao qc Emma Dunch Chief Executive Officer Governor of New South Wales Alyssa Lim Publicity Manager Sarah Falzarano Director of Finance Marta Marcos Head of Copywriting Richard Hemsworth Director of Operations Rosie Marks-Smith Orchestra Personnel Board of Directors Aernout Kerbert Director of Orchestra Manager Management Terrey Arcus am Chairman Alastair McKean Library Manager Luke Nestorowicz Director of Marketing Geoff Ainsworth am Rachel McLarin Orchestra Personnel Manager Andrew Baxter Raff Wilson Director of Artistic Planning Kees Boersma Lynn McLaughlin Head of CRM Ewen Crouch am Mary-Ann Mead Librarian Ross Chapman Production Manager Emma Dunch CEO Lars Mehlan Head of Corporate Relations Catherine Hewgill Mihka Chee External Affairs Manager The Hon. Justice AJ Meagher Tom Niall Marketing Associate Callum Close Philanthropy Manager Karen Moses Alex Norden Operations Manager John Vallance Ian Colley Customer Analyst Aeva O’Dea Office Administrator Geoff Wilson Meg Collis Philanthropy Coordinator Lauren Patten Philanthropy Officer Kerry-Anne Cook Associate Director of Operations & Touring Minerva Prescott Accountant Council Pim den Dekker Head of Customer Service Andrea Reitano Digital Marketing Coordinator and Ticketing PATRON EMERITUS Genevieve Scott Stage Manager Michael Dowling Customer Service The Hon Dame Marie Bashir ad cvo Elissa Seed Production Coordinator Representative Indah Shillingford Design Lead COUNCIL MEMBERS Jennifer Drysdale Head of Philanthropy Andrea Shrewsbury Marketing Project Manager Brian Abel Douglas Emery Marketing Manager Doug Battersby Acting Director, Sydney Emma Ferrer Accounts Assistant Peter Silver Christine Bishop Symphony Presents Dr Rebecca Chin Meera Gooley Head of Digital Marketing Laura Soutter Payroll Officer John C Conde ao Victoria Grant Librarian The Hon. John Della Bosca Brendon Taylor Production Coordinator Tess Herrett Marketing Associate Alan Fang Ruth Tolentino Finance Manager Hannah Fink and Andrew Shapiro Michel Maree Hryce In-House Counsel, Sam Torrens Artistic Planning Manager Erin Flaherty People & Culture Dr Stephen Freiberg Philip Jameson Chief of Staff Simonette Turner Orchestra Personnel Manager Robert Joannides Meklit Kibret Community Engagement Officer Stephen Wilson Senior Customer Service Manager Simon Johnson Gary Linnane Patricia Laksmono External Affairs Officer Amy Zhou Graphic Designer Helen Lynch am David Maloney am Danny May Jane Morschel Dr Eileen Ong Andy Plummer Deirdre Plummer Seamus Robert Quick Paul Salteri am Sandra Salteri Juliana Schaeffer Fred Stein oam Mary Whelan Brian White ao Rosemary White HONORARY COUNCIL MEMBERS Ita Buttrose ac obe Donald Hazelwood ao obe Yvonne Kenny am Wendy McCarthy ao Dene Olding am Leo Schofield am Peter Weiss ao

Concertmasters Emeritus

Donald Hazelwood AO OBE Dene Olding AM

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

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

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Jennifer Fulton Alexander & Rosemary Roche Alexandra & Axel Buchner Dr Leo Leader & Mrs Shirley Leader Dr Greg Gard & Lesley & Andrew Rosenberg Darren Buczma Cheok F Lee Dr Joanne Grimsdale Christine Rowell-Miller Anne Cahill oam Catherine Leslie Irene & John Garran Jorie Ryan for Meredith Ryan Lorraine Cairnes & Peter Moffitt Erna Levy Ray & Lindy Gerke Kenneth Ryan Eric & Rosemary Campbell Liftronic Pty Ltd Stephen Gillies & Jo Metzke Hon Justice Ronald Sackville ao Mary Carter Joseph Lipski Clive & Jenny Goodwin & Mrs Pam Sackville Freda Cassen Anne Loveridge Marilyn & Max Gosling In memory of H St P Scarlett C Cathels Panee Low Andrea Govaert & Solange Schulz P C Chan Wik Farwerck George & Mary Shad Callum Close & James Tolhurst Lyon Family In memory of Angelica Green Kathleen Shaw Alison Clugston-Cornes Elaine MacDonald Robert Green Peter & Virginia Shaw Brian Cohen Frank Machart Geoffrey Greenwell Alison Shillington & Meg Isabelle Collis Melvyn Madigan Akiko Gregory the late David Shillington In memory of Beth Harpley Silvana Mantellato Harry & Althea Halliday Dr Evan Siegel Dom Cottam & Kanako Imamura Molly McConville Kim Harding & Irene Miller Margaret Sikora lan Creighton Alastair McKean V Hartstein Marlene & Spencer Simmons Robin & Wendy Cumming Margaret McKenna Donald Hazelwood ao obe & Maureen Smith John & Jill Curtin Ross McNair & Robin Richardson Helen Hazelwood Barbara & Bruce Solomon Katarina Cvitkovic I Merrick Jennifer Hershon Anthoula Danilatos Judith Southam John Mitchell Sue Hewitt Geoff & Christine Davidson Donna St Clair Kenneth Newton Mitchell Dr Lybus Hillman Fred Stein oam Christie & Don Davison Alan Hauserman & Janet Nash Michelle Hilton, in memory of my Catherine Stephen Mark Dempsey & Jodi Steele father, Emil Hilton Dr Vera Stoermer Anne Dineen John R Nethercote Dorothy Hoddinott ao Rosemary Swift Dr David Dixon Graham North Georgina Horton D P Taranto & A J Cassidy Grant & Kate Dixon Kate Parsons Dr Brian Hsu & Mrs Felicity Hsu M Teh Marion Dixon Dr Kevin Pedemont Dr Michael & Mrs Penny Hunter Mildred Teitler Lili Du Tobias Pfau In memory of Geoffrey Israel Jonathan Teperson Camron Dyer & Richard Mason Erika & Denis Pidcock Beth Jackson & John Griffiths Dr Jenepher Thomas Ron Dyer oam & Dorothy Dyer Dr Michael Pidcock Margaret Johnston H M Tregarthen John A Easton & Glenda C Easton Jane Purkiss Dr Owen Jones & Margaret Epps Gillian Turner & Rob Bishop The Hon. Dr Rodney Purvis am qc Vivienne Goldschmidt John Favaloro Helen Twibill & Mrs Marian Purvis Fran & Dave Kallaway Suzanne & Ross Tzannes am Dr Roger Feltham Leslie Kennedy Carole Ferguson Dongming & Jiyi Ren Dr John Vallance Kim & Graham Richmond Anna-Lisa Klettenberg Mary Vallentine ao E Fidler Megan Rofe Justin Lam John & Akky van Ogtrop Lesley Finn Beatrice Lang Mr & Mrs Waddington Barbara Fogarty Catherine H Rogers Peter Lazar am Ronald Walledge Arlene Goldman Peter & Heather Roland Robert Lee In memory of Denis Wallis Sharon Goldschmidt Agnes Ross The Levins Family Foundation In memory of Don Ward Dr Leo Gothelf Kaye Russell Benjamin Li Jerry Whitcomb Carole A P Grace Peter & Edith Ryba A Lohan Dr Peter White Richard Griffin am & Jay Griffin Justin Schaffer Dr Linda Lorenza Peter Williamson Peter & Yvonne Halas William Sewell Michael & Hilary Lunzer A L Willmers & R Pal Christopher Harris Daniela Shannon Barbara Maidment Michael Harvey Dr Edward J Wills Diane Shteinman am John & Sophia Mar Sandra Haslam Margaret Wilson Ian & Jan Sloan Anna & Danny Marcus Dr Richard Wing Robert Havard Alexandra Martin Rosemary Heal Charles Soloman Dr Peter W Wong Jennifer Spitzer Danny May In memory of Lorna Wright James Henderson Robert Spry Kevin McCann am & R Yabsley Roger Henning & Anton Enus Deidre McCann Lynette Hilton Dr Vladan Starcevic Ian & Pam McGaw $500+ Prof Ken Ho & Mrs Tess Ho Cheri Stevenson Evelyn Meaney John & Livia Aboud Sally Hochfeld Ian Taylor Keith Miller Phillip Alexander & Geoff Hogbin Pam & Ross Tegel Dr Robert Mitchell Elizabeth Steel Andrew & Carmella Hollo Ludovic Theau Henry & Ursula Mooser Heather & Peter Andrews Suzzanne & Alexander Houghton Daryl & Claire Thorn Nick & Juliet Andrews Howard Morris Heather & Malcom Hughes Alma Toohey Luke Arnull P Muller Philip Jameson Kathryn J Turner Judith Mulveney Garry & Tricia Ash Dr Mary Johnsson Kristina Vesk oam Janet & Michael Neustein Lauren Atmore Michael Jones Yvonne Newhouse & John Bagnall Scott & Ellie Kable Lynette Walker Henry Brender Paul Balkus Karanikas Family Holdings Pty Ltd June Walpole Darrol Norman & Sandra Horton The Hon. Chief Justice Bathurst Beverly Katz & Anthony Larkum Edward West J E Norman & G V Norman & Mrs Bathurst In memory of Pauline Keating Robert Wheen Professor Mike O’Connor am Jan Bell Kim & Megan Kemmis Dr Peter White Judith Olsen Chris Bennett M Keogh In memory of JB Whittle Mr & Mrs Ortis Susan Berger Dr Henry Kilham P & B Williamson In memory of Sandra Paul Baiba Berzins Jennifer King In memory of Trevor Williamson Christina Pender The Hon. Michael Black ac qc & Susan Kitchin & John Woolford Don & Heather Wilson Stephen Perkins Mrs Margaret Black Margaret Kyburz Marianna Wong Peter & Louise Black Almut Piatti Sonia Lal Sue Woodhead Dr John I Pitt Jane Blackmore Tania Lamble In memory of Olwen Woolcott Greeba Pritchard Richard Bloor Eugen Lamotte & Duncan George Dr Raffi Qasabian & Kees Boersma & Kirsty McCahon Patrick Lane Dawn & Graham Worner Dr John Wynter Stephen Booth The Laing Family Juliana Wusun Patrick Quinn-Graham Ian & Barbara Brady Elaine M Langshaw Paul Wyckaert Ernest & Judith Rapee Libby Braybrooks Dr Allan Laughlin L D & H Y In memory of Katherine R D & L M Broadfoot Olive Lawson Joyce Yong Robertson Dr Tracy Bryan Antoinette le Marchant Helga & Michele Zwi

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

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

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Sydney Symphony Fellowship The Fellowship program receives generous support from Paul Salteri am & Sandra Salteri and the Estate of the late Helen MacDonnell Morgan. Fellowship Artistic Director, Roger Benedict is supported

by Warren & Marianne Lesnie. ANTHONY GEERNAERT PHOTO: fellowship patrons Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albert Violin Fellow Black, Morgan-Hunn & Stening Oboe Fellow Christine Bishop Percussion Fellow Sandra & Neil Burns Clarinet Fellow Carolyn Githens Double Bass Fellow Dr Gary Holmes & Dr Anne Reeckmann Horn Fellow In memory of Matthew Krel Violin Fellow Warren & Marianne Lesnie Trumpet Fellow The Ross Trust Double Bass Fellow In memory of Joyce Sproat Viola Fellow In memory of Mrs W Stening Cello Fellow June & Alan Woods Family Bequest Bassoon Fellow

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2019 Fellows

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Commissions 2019

Each year – both alone and in collaboration with other orchestras worldwide – the Sydney Symphony Orchestra commissions new works for the mainstage concert season. These commissions represent Australian and international composers, established and new voices, and reflect our commitment to the nurturing of orchestral music.

STEVE REICH Music for Ensemble and Orchestra Premiered February 2019 Commissioned with the support of Dr Stephen Freiberg & Donald Campbell

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Bassoon Concerto Help spark a lifetime Premiering 28, 29, 30 November 2019 love of music and support Commissioned with the support of Geoff Stearn the Orchestra’s future.

PLEASE DONATE TODAY

(02) 8215 4674 [email protected]

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Sydney Symphony Bequest Society Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vanguard We recognise the generosity and vision of donors who help to Sydney Symphony Vanguard is an adventurous way to secure a bright future for the Sydney Symphony by making demonstrate your commitment to supporting a secure future a bequest. The Sydney Symphony Bequest Society honours for orchestral music and live performance. A membership the legacy of Stuart Challender, the Sydney Symphony program for the musically curious, Vanguard is your ticket to Orchestra’s renowned Chief Conductor from 1987 until his join the Sydney Symphony community. untimely death in 1991. In addition to those listed below, VANGUARD COLLECTIVE Ben Sweeten we also acknowledge those who wish to remain anonymous. Justin Di Lollo Chair Ian Taylor Warwick K Anderson Dr John Lam-Po-Tang Taine Moufarrige Lena Teo Henri W Aram OAM & Robin Aram Dr Barry Landa Founding Patron Robyn Thomas Timothy Ball Peter Lazar AM Chris Robertson & Katherine Shaw Russell Van Howe & Simon Beets Dr Rosemary Barnard Daniel Lemesle Founding Patrons Dr Danika Wright Stephen J Bell Ardelle Lohan Paul Colgan Jane Wurth Christine Bishop Dr Linda Lorenza Oscar McMahon Judith Bloxham Mary McCarter David & Halina Brett Louise Miller Shefali Pryor R Burns James & Elsie Moore VANGUARD MEMBERS David Churches & Helen Rose Barbara Murphy Howard Connors Duncan & Wendy Abernethy Greta Davis Douglas Paisley Laird Abernethy Glenys Fitzpatrick Jane Purkiss Gabrielle Aimes Dr Stephen Freiberg Kate Roberts Attila Balogh Dr Richard Spurway Vic & Katie French Andrew Baxter Jennifer Fulton Rosemary Swift Dr Victoria Beyer Brian Galway Mary Vallentine AO Geoffrey Greenwell Ray Wilson OAM Daniel Booth Pauline M Griffin AM Dawn & Graham Worner Dr Andrew Botros Christie Brewster Nikki Brown Chloe Burnett Sandra Butler Alicia Cabrera Jacqueline Chalmers Dharma Chandran Dr Rebecca Chin Tanya Costello Alex Cowie Anthony Cowie Peter Creeden Paul Deschamps Paul & Rachelle Edwards Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra Roslyn Farrar Chief Conductor and Artistic Director 1987–1991 Matthew Garrett & Courtney Thomason We gratefully acknowledge those who have left a Rob Gaunt bequest to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sam Giddings The Estate of the late Ross Adamson Kathryn Higgs The Estate of the late Douglas Vincent Agnew Katie Hryce The Estate of the late Dr Alison Margaret Burrell Virginia Judge The Estate of the late Carolyn Clampett Aernout Kerbert The Estate of the late Jonathan Earl William Clark Robert Larosa The Estate of the late Martha Danos Kate Lavender The Estate of the late Roma Valeria Joy Ellis Carl McLaughlin The Estate of the late Paul Louis de Leuil Sabrina Meier The Estate of the late Colin T Enderby The Estate of the late Mrs E Herrman Adrian Miller The Estate of the late Irwin Imhof Jemma Morris The Estate of the late Isabelle Joseph Alex Nicholas The Estate of the late Dr Lynn Joseph Timothy Nicholls & James Camilleri The Estate of the late Matthew Krel Joel Pinkham The Estate of the late Helen MacDonnell Morgan Seamus Robert Quick The Estate of the late Greta C Ryan Katie Robertson The Estate of the late Foster Smart Alvaro Rodas Fernandez The Estate of the late Joyce Sproat Wouter Roesems June & Alan Woods Family Bequest We are proud to acknowledge Rachel Scanlon those donors who have IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON MAKING A Cassandra Scott given in support of our work BEQUEST TO THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, PLEASE Mischa Simmonds over the last twelve months. CONTACT OUR PHILANTHROPY TEAM ON 8215 4674. Tim Steele (1 September, 2019)

25 SALUTE

PRINCIPAL PARTNER GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

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

PREMIER PARTNER

PLATINUM PARTNER MAJOR PARTNERS

TECHNOLOGY PARTNER FOUNDATIONS

GOLD PARTNERS

SILVER PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS

COMMUNITY & INDUSTRY PARTNERS

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