1 Welcome

Moving into our thirteenth season, Omega Ensemble has come of age and entered its teens! If childhood is about magic, the 2018 Concert Season introduces mystery, love, romance and passion. We are proud to continue to perform our Virtuoso Series in the stunning City Recital Hall, alongside our Master Series at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Our 2018 Season is all about relationships, intimacy and connections, between our artists, our audience and the music itself.

David Rowden Maria Raspopova Founder and Co-Artistic Director Co-Artistic Director

2 Season Calendar

Concert Date and Time Venue Pg

O Miss Brill - An Australian Premiere Sun 18 Feb, 7:00pm Art Gallery of New South Wales 21

M Summer Winds: From Beethoven to Ravel Sun 25 Feb, 2:30pm Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 15

O Four Winds Festival Fri 30 Mar, 5:00pm Bermagui, NSW 21

V Eternal Quartets: Messiaen and Schubert Wed 11 Apr, 7:30pm City Recital Hall 7

O Annual Fundraising Gala Wed 23 May, 7:00pm University Union and Schools Club 21

M Fairy Tales: Schumann, Bruch and Borodin Sun 17 Jun, 2:30pm Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 16

V Love: Weber and Franck Wed 18 July, 7:30pm City Recital Hall 8

V Joy: Farrenc and Beethoven Tue 25 Sept, 7:30pm City Recital Hall 11

M Vocalise: Rachmaninoff and Poulenc Sun 21 Oct, 2:30pm Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 17

V Momentum: Schubert and Mendelssohn Tues 13 Nov, 7:30pm City Recital Hall 12

M Maria Raspopova in Recital Sun 2 Dec, 2:30pm Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 18

M = Master Series V = Virtuoso Series O = Other Performance

Composer Index

Malcolm Arnold 15 15, 18 Olivier Messiaen 7

Johann Sebastian Bach 18 Edward Elgar 8 Ian Munro 17

Samuel Barber 7 Louise Farrenc 11 Francis Poulenc 17

Ludwig van Beethoven 11, 15 César Franck 8 Sergei Rachmaninoff 17, 18

Alexander Borodin 16 Samuel Hogarth 16 15

Gerard Brophy 8 Elena Kats-Chernin 11 Eric Satie 18

David Bruce 12 18 7, 11, 12

Max Bruch 16 Carl Maria von Weber 8 Robert Schumann 16

Frédéric Chopin 18 12 Paul Taffanel 15

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5 Neil Thompson, viola Eternal Quartets Messiaen and Schubert

... some of Australia’s finest string and wind players.

Sydney Arts Guide

Virtuoso Series Wednesday 11 April 2018 City Recital Hall

Pre-concert talk 6:45pm Performance 7:30pm Duration 110 mins (incl. interval)

Program Samuel Barber

David Rowden, Alexandra Osborne, Maria Raspopova, Paul Stender. Paul Raspopova, Osborne, Maria Alexandra Rowden, David Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Olivier Messiaen Three quartets of time, mortality and Quatuor pour la fin du temps eternity. (Quartet for the End of Time)

Franz Schubert Death and music have always available in the camp. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, made an unlikely couple. But Schubert’s Death and the D.810 “Death and the Maiden” perhaps no two composers Maiden was one of his last have directly reflected on works, written as he suffered their own mortality more than from a long illness. Both pieces Schubert and Messiaen. are not just reflections of Written and premiered in mortality, but an affirmation the dead of winter whilst of life. Messiaen was a prisoner of Also included is a rare war at a Nazi Stalag Camp, presentation of Samuel Quartet for the End of Time Barber’s Adagio for Strings not only presents Messiaen’s rendered in the original string spiritual resilience, but also the quartet version. A staple unlikely combination of piano, piece with orchestras since its clarinet, violin and cello. This premiere, this work becomes unusual instrumentation was personal in its original a reflection of the resources chamber form.

7 Love Weber and Franck

... a smorgasbord of chamber music... played by first-rate musicians.

The Daily Telegraph

Virtuoso Series Wednesday 18th July 2018 City Recital Hall

Pre-concert talk 6:45pm Performance 7:30pm Duration 120 mins (incl. interval)

Special Guest

Lloyd Van't Hoff, clarinet Hoff, Van't Lloyd Lloyd Van't Hoff, clarinet Winner of the Young Performer of the Year Awards (2015) Music inspired by romance, created with love, and presented with passion. Program Where words have failed, the program is young-blood Edward Elgar music has been the language clarinettist (and winner of Romance for Bassoon and Strings of friends, lovers and admirers the Young Performer of the in D minor, Op. 62 from afar. In a program of Year Awards in 2015) Lloyd dedications, declarations and Van’t Hoff joining Co-Artistic Carl Maria von Weber a wedding or two, these are Director David Rowden in a Quintet for Clarinet and works created out of great love. performance of Australian Strings in B flat Major, Op. 34 composer Gerard Brophy’s We From Franck's endearing Gerard Brophy Two Boys Together. Violin and Piano Sonata, We Two Boys Together (2017) composed and performed at This is an evening filled with a friend’s wedding to Elgar’s passion and tenderness and César Franck lyrical Romance for Bassoon musical friendships. Sonata for Violin and Piano and Strings. Also featured in in A Major

8 Alexandra Osborne, violin Veronique Serret, violin Joy Farrenc and Beethoven

... [Veronique] Serret’s playing is flawless.

Time Out Sydney

Virtuoso Series Tuesday 25 September 2018 City Recital Hall

Pre-concert talk 6:45pm Performance 7:30pm Duration 110 mins (incl. interval)

Featured Artist Veronique Serret, violin David Rowden, clarinet Rowden, David

Program Works of new beginnings. Franz Schubert Notturno in E flat major, Op. 148 Acclaimed violinist Veronique for other female composers Serret and Co-Artistic Director to come. Also included in the Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, Op. Maria Raspopova join forces program is Schubert’s Notturno, 24, “Spring” for a powerful presentation of which is a gift of melody in all Beethoven’s Spring Sonata. its glory. Louise Farrenc This work for violin and piano The evening concludes with Nonet in E flat Major, Op. 38 celebrates new directions in one of Australia’s favourite music bridging the Classical Elena Kats-Chernin composers, Elena Kats-Chernin and Romantic periods. Russian Rag and one of her most treasured (Nonet arrangement by the A turning point in her career, works, Russian Rag, mixing composer for Omega Ensemble) the premiere of Louise Farrenc’s the popular rag style with exuberant Nonet allowed her Russian flavours in a special to receive pay equal to her arrangement for Omega male counterparts. A trailblazer Ensemble.

11 Momentum Schubert and Mendelssohn

...an impeccable sense of balance.

Limelight Magazine

Virtuoso Series Tuesday 13 November 2018 City Recital Hall

Pre-concert talk 6:45pm Performance 7:30pm Duration 110 mins (incl. interval)

Special Guest Howard Penny, cello

Howard Penny, cello. Photo: Lucia Possas Lucia Photo: cello. Penny, Howard Appearing courtesy of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

Three revolutionary quintets. Program Guest cellist Howard Penny With some of his most sober, David Bruce joins Omega Ensemble in a tragic writing, like Schubert, "Gumboots" for Clarinet performance of Schubert’s Mendelssohn’s quintet displays and String Quartet (2008) ultimate String Quintet in a continually evolving style at [Australian Premiere] C major. the end of the composer's life, Franz Schubert freeing himself from classical Scored unusually for two String Quintet in C major, embellishments and pursuing violins, viola and two cellos, D. 956, “Cello Quintet” dramatic expression. and completed during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the This performance also includes Felix Mendelssohn ‘Cello Quintet’ ranks among the Australian premiere of String Quintet No. 2 in the composer’s greatest British composer David Bruce’s B flat major, Op. 87 accomplishments. Even at the Gumboots, for clarinet and end of his career Schubert string quartet - a tender and revolutionised the art of writing delightful piece celebrating the for strings in a small ensemble. rejuvenating power of dance.

12 Paul Stender, cello Sally Walker, flute Summer Winds From Beethoven to Ravel

... eloquence and mastery... the tapestry of Australia’s concert life.

Sydney Arts Guide

Master Series Sunday 25 February 2018 Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

Performance 2:30pm Duration 105 mins (incl. interval)

Program Claude Debussy

Michael Dixon, horn Michael Dixon, “Syrinx”, for Solo Flute

Paul Taffanel A musical voyage for winds with Wind Quintet in G minor panoramic summer views of Ludwig van Beethoven Duo for Bassoon and Clarinet Sydney Harbour. Maurice Ravel Set sail in a discovery of the which draw out the deeply Le Tombeau de Couperin mystical and mythical with personal and reflective music a celebration of all things dedicated to friends Ravel Malcolm Arnold woodwind. had lost during World War I. Three Shanties for Wind Also included is Paul Taffanel’s Quintet, Op. 4 Get to know the flute up revealing Wind Quintet which close and personal through highlights all of the wind Debussy’s famous solo flute instruments. At the centre- piece, Syrinx with its haunting piece of this nautically-themed melodies that explore the full concert is Malcolm Arnold’s range of the instrument. witty and delightful Sea Also featured is Ravel’s striking Shanties. Composed in 1943 Le Tombeau de Couperin in these pieces are as much fun a sublime and rarely-heard for the performer as they are arrangement for woodwinds for the listener.

15 Fairy Tales Schumann, Bruch and Borodin

... not a single foot wrong... distinguished playing throughout.

Limelight Magazine

Master Series Sunday 17 June 2018 Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

Performance 2:30pm Duration 100 mins (incl. interval)

Special Guest Samuel Hogarth, composer/piano Samuel Hogarth, piano/composer Samuel Hogarth,

Program Musical tales of old and new. Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) Enter a world of magical Omega. Also featured are for Clarinet, Viola moments and refreshing Bruch’s Eight Pieces for and Piano, Op. 132 musical interpretations in a Clarinet, Viola, and Piano. celebration of music old and Written when he was 70 years Samuel Hogarth new. At the centrepiece of this old, these characteristic Trio (2018) concert is Schumann’s Fairy pieces are full of joy, passion [Australian Premiere] Tales. and lamentation as Bruch's Max Bruch lush and mellow sound Composed late in life after Eight Pieces for Clarinet, world of Romanticism was a period of dark depression Viola and Piano, Op. 83 being replaced by a new he was inspired by the young compositional language. spirit of Brahms who had come Alexander Borodin to visit him and gave him the Concluding this concert is String Quartet No. 2 in D major incentive to compose. Borodin’s String Quartet No.2. It was composed for his wife to Also included is Samuel celebrate their anniversary and Hogarth’s brand-new Trio is based on a reflection of their for clarinet, cello, and piano first meeting. composed especially for

16 Vocalise Rachmaninoff and Poulenc

... only the combined forces of Lee Abrahmsen and the Omega Ensemble could present such an emotional rendering...

CutCommon Magazine

Master Series Sunday 21 October 2018 Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

Performance 2:30pm Duration 85 mins (no interval)

Featured Artist

Lee Abrahmsen, Abrahmsen, Lee soprano Lee Abrahmsen, soprano

The beauty of the voice and the piano. Program Francis Poulenc Francis Poulenc’s wartime set This concert also includes Selected Chansons, of songs was composed shortly the premiere of a new work Banalités and Poemes after he was demobilised as from Australian composer, Ian the result of the treaty between Munro. “I have been writing Sergei Rachmaninoff France and Adolf Hitler. Hôtel songs to words by the great Selections from Banalités is one of Poulenc’s Australian poet Judith Wright 14 Romances, Op.34 most popular works; and this for almost as long as I have Ian Munro concert presents five different, been writing music, so much A Forest of Birds but very characteristic moods. have her words meant to me, [Australian Premiere] with their innate lyricism yet Best known for his virtuosic deep, often troubling concerns, piano skills, Rachmaninoff's for the land and its life, the vocal works are stunning people, justice and love. These representations of some of the songs, written for Omega, finest melodic writing to be reflect a similar passion for found. Wright by their dedicatee and commissioner, Norma Hawkins.”

17 Maria Raspopova in Recital From Bach to Satie

... beautiful reading... a pianist who could play anything.

Limelight Magazine

Master Series Sunday 2 December 2018 Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

Performance 2:30pm Duration 90 mins (no interval)

Featured Artist Maria Raspopova, piano Maria Raspopova, piano Raspopova, Maria

Program An exploration of works for piano from Claude Debussy the Baroque to the Bourgeois. Claire de Lune

Co-Artistic Director and pianist play anything”. Frédéric Chopin Maria Raspopova performs in Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 This finely balanced program the most intimate of chamber of music includes Debussy’s Eric Satie music settings: as solo pianist. deeply intimate and Trois Gymnopédies In this program she displays her lyrical Claire De Lune and fine ability to play technically Rachmaninoff’s piano reludeP Franz Liszt demanding works as well as in G minor, Op.23, No.5. The Grandes études de Paganini No.3 draw out subtle shadings of program also includes Chopin’s in G sharp minor, “La campanella” colour from the piano. Maria’s epic and dramatic Ballade in Sergei Rachmaninoff playing has been praised for G minor, the virtuosic Etude Prelude No. 5 in G minor, Op. 23 its “beautiful reading, finely de Paganini by Franz Liszt crafted for maximum emotional contrasted by ’s Johann Sebastian Bach impact,” and she has been delightful Trois Gymnopédies. Partita in C minor, BWV 826 hailed as “a pianist who could

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Resonate Series Miss Brill – An Australian Premiere

Sunday 18 February 2018 | Art Gallery of New South Wales

Based on a short story by Katherine Mansfield, with a libretto by Craig Brush and music by Ben Hoadley, the opera tells the story of a day in the life of a lonely spinster living in a seaside town in regional France in the 1920s. Along with music by Glinka and Beethoven, this will be a wonderful combination of great music and great art.

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Four Winds Festival Omega at Bermagui

Friday 30 March 2018 | Bermagui, NSW

Omega make their performance debut at the beautiful Four Winds Festival at Bermagui's open-air amphitheatre surrounded by 30 acres of open and wooded parkland, home to frogs that sing along.

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Annual Fundraising Gala Save the Date

Wednesday 23 May 2018 | University Union and Schools Club

A highlight of every concert season, the Annual Fundraising Gala brings together our supporters, the Ensemble and distinguished guests for an evening of fine dining and beautiful music. Tickets to the Gala will be available early in 2018.

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21 Tickets and Booking Information

Virtuoso Series

City Recital Hall 2-12 Angel Place Single Tickets Sydney NSW 2000 Full/Adult Concession Under 30 Student

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From our Chairman

I am delighted that the growth of The (invitation only) Artistic Chamber music is close to Omega Ensemble continues into its Directors’ Circle, reaches out to my heart; it is the essence thirteenth year. That growth brings our most generous patrons and of all great music-making. an increased need for financial provides them with exciting private The musicians of the Omega support in addition to box office performance opportunities Ensemble share their passion revenue. for the personal and intimate I hope you will join me, and the communication of chamber In 2017 we established the members of the Council and the music with one another and Chairman’s Council and the Artistic Circle, in continuing to embrace their audiences in magical Directors’ Circle to continue our and support the Omega’s settings. I am delighted to efforts to grow our philanthropic Ensemble’s performance of support Omega Ensemble and corporate support base. The transformative chamber music. and to be its Patron. Chairman’s Council comprises distinguished leaders in business, Simone Young am medicine, law and the arts. Omega Ensemble Patron Each member has very generously Robert Titterton MArtsMgt agreed to share their experience Chairman and expertise with us.

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Mr Robert Titterton (Chairman) Violin Flute Ms Karen O’Flynn Ms Amanda Armstrong Mr Geoffrey White OAM & Dr Neville Rowden Mrs Sally White Mr Shane Simpson AM Viola Bassoon Mrs Mary Anne Terry The Hon. George Palmer AM QC Drs Jane & Neville Rowden Drs Jane & Neville Rowden

Cello Clarinet Artistic Director’s Circle Mr & Mrs Richard and Mr & Mrs Chris and Ingrid Latham Alison Morgan Mr & Mrs David and Virginia Creer Mrs Kyril Agnew Ms Sandra Hutcheson Drs Jane & Neville Rowden Mr Mark Wakely & Mr Steven Alward Dr Anthony White AM and Mr Michael Crouch AC Mrs Doffy White Piano Mrs Kerry Jones The Hon. Mary Finn Drs Jane & Neville Rowden The Hon. Jane Mathews AO Ms Janne Ryan Dr Jane Rowden Mrs W.G.Keighley – In memory of Keighley Quist

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Maestoso $10,000+ Professor John Snowdon AM and Emeritus Professor David Wilcken and Mrs Libby Snowdon Professor Bridget Wilcken AM Mrs W.G.Keighley – In memory of Keighley Quist Professor Gillian Straker & Anonymous (1) Ms Nellie Robertson The Hon. Jane Mathews AO Dr Jenepher Thomas Da Capo $250+ Anonymous (1) Mr Peter Weiss AO Ms Anita Austin Maestri $5,000+ Mr Geoffrey White OAM Mr & Mrs Gary and Joanna Barnes Mrs Kyril Agnew Dr Anthony White AM and Mrs Catherine Corver Mrs Doffy White Mr Mark Wakely & Mr Steven Alward Mr & Mrs Robin and Wendy Cumming Dr Nicholas Wilcken & Ms Susan Want Mr & Mrs Bruce and Mary Anne Terry Mr & Mrs Charles and Mr Cameron Williams Anne Edmondson Mr Bernard Coles QC Anonymous (1) The Hon. Mary Finn Virtuosi $1,000+ Professor Zoltán H Endre Encore $500+ Mr Andrew Andersons AO Mr Andrew Fox-Smith Emeritus Professor Christine Mr Paul Blacket SC & Mr Randell Heyman Alexander and the late Professor Mrs Cristl Blacket Peter Alexander Mr Ian Latham Mr Bernard Coles SC Mr & Mrs Ian and Adrienne Bailey Mr & Mrs Robert and Tessa Phillips Mr & Mrs David and Virginia Creer Mr Stephen Burley Mr & Mrs Terrance & Shirley Plowright Mr David Emanuel Mr & Mrs Roberto and Ofelia Brozky Ms Irene Poinkin Mr Stuart Glenn Mr John Sydney Smith and Ms Lynette Reynolds Mr & Mrs Chris and Ingrid Latham Ms Nola Charles Mr Greg Robertson Mr & Mrs John & Jo-Ann Negrine Mr & Mrs Alan and Phillippa Clark Lady Heather Rossiter Ms Karen O'Flynn Mr Shane Simpson AM Mr & Mrs Max and Josette Staples The Hon. George Palmer AM QC Mr Philip Stern Mrs Lindsay Wanstall In Memory of Katherine Robertson Mr & Mrs Tom and Dalia Stanley Anonymous (2) Ms Petrina Slaytor Dr Geoff & Mrs Renee Symonds

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30 Credits

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