Peer Gynt Saturday 17 March 2.30pm Federation Concert Hall YOUR NEWS, Hobart EVERY DAY. 1 MATINEE Marko Letonja conductor GRIEG June Tyzack chorusmaster Peer Gynt, abridged Sue-Ellen Paulsen cello Act 1, Prelude Antony Ernst director Halling Ryk Goddard Peer Gynt, Narrator Ingrid’s Lament Lisa McCune Åse, Woman in Green, Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green Solveig In the Hall of the Mountain King John Xintavelonis Narrator, Troll King, Dance Bøyg, Button-moulder, The Lean One Peer Gynt chased by Trolls TSO Chorus Peer Gynt and the Bøyg Åse’s Death GULDA Morning Mood Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra Arabian Dance Ouverture – Solveig’s Song Idylle – Peer Gynt’s Homecoming Cadenza – Night Scene Menuett – Song of the Churchgoers Finale alla marcia Solveig’s Lullaby and Finale Duration 30 mins Duration 60 mins INTERVAL This concert will end at approximately 4.30 pm. Duration 20 mins Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra concerts are broadcast and streamed throughout Australia and around the world by ABC Classic FM. We would appreciate your cooperation NIGHTLY AT 6PM (CC) in keeping coughing to a minimum. Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off. 18 19 Marko Letonja is Chief Conductor and June Tyzack became Chorusmaster of the Sue-Ellen Paulsen studied at the Queensland Currently artistic director of the Royal Danish Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Symphony TSO Chorus in 2001 following a career in Conservatorium of Music where she had Orchestra in Copenhagen, Antony Ernst Orchestra, Music Director of the Orchestre Sydney with Opera Australia and the Opera lessons with Richard Dedecius. As an started as a dramaturg and assistant director Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Music Studio of the Sydney Conservatorium. undergraduate she appeared as soloist with Opera Australia, where he worked with Director of the Bremen Philharmonic Under her direction, the TSO Chorus has with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Neil Armfield, Barrie Kosky, Jim Sharman, Graeme Murphy, and Baz Luhrmann, Orchestra from the start of the 2018-19 given performances in Hobart and regional Queensland Conservatorium Orchestra among others. His career took him to the season. Born in Slovenia, he studied at the Tasmania, and through her initiative, and Queensland Youth Orchestra. In 1980 Semperoper Dresden and Deutsche Oper Academy of Music in Ljubljana and the collaboration with interstate choirs has she won the ABC Concerto Competition am Rhein in Düsseldorf, working with such Vienna Academy of Music. He was Music resulted in performances with Sydney (now the Young Performers Award) and Director of the Slovenian Philharmonic directors as Willi Decker, Marco Arturo Philharmonia Choirs, Victorian Opera, was awarded a scholarship enabling her to Orchestra from 1991 to 2003 and Music Adelaide Festival Chorus, West Australian Marelli, Christof Loy, Stein Winge and Adolf pursue postgraduate study in Vienna with Dresen. Returning to Australia, he completed Director and Chief Conductor of both the Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and in André Navarra. Her professional career a doctorate on the operas of Janácˇek, and Symphony Orchestra and the Opera in Basel Hong Kong with the WASO Chorus and began in Armidale with the New England directed a production of Salome for Opera from 2003 to 2006. He was Principal Guest Hong Kong Philharmonic. She has been String Quartet. She assumed her current Australia before moving into orchestra artistic Conductor of Orchestra Victoria in 2008 and chorusmaster of the Australian International position with the Tasmanian Symphony management. In 2005 he was appointed made his debut with the TSO the following Symphony Orchestra Institute and the Orchestra in 1986. Since then she has been artistic planning manager of the Auckland year. He took up the post of Chief Conductor Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival and in guest principal with the Sydney Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand, and Artistic Director of the TSO at the start of 2014 was assistant to the conductor for the Adelaide Symphony and Australian Chamber where he was responsible for the New 2012. He has worked with many orchestras in production of Handel’s Orlando for Hobart Orchestra. An experienced soloist, she Zealand premières of several major works Europe including the Munich Philharmonic, Baroque. More recently, she has devised has performed concertos by Shostakovich, including Strauss’ Elektra. In 2011 he was Vienna Symphony, Berlin Radio Orchestra, and directed cutting-edge TSO Chorus named artistic planning manager of the Walton, Mills and Ligeti among many others Mozarteum Orchestra and the Orchestra programs for a number of festivals, including Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and is featured as soloist on several of the Filarmonica della Scala, Milan. He has also in the Speigeltent for Ten Days on the Island, in France, one of the French national TSO’s Australian Composer Series CDs. worked in many renowned opera houses Mona Foma, Dark Mofo, Synaesthesia and orchestras. A highlight of this period was A strong advocate for contemporary music, such as the Vienna State Opera, Berlin Synaesthesia+. In 2016 she was Director the production of the recent award-winning she has commissioned and premièred many State Opera, La Scala Milan, Semper Oper for Bach’s St Matthew Passion and last recording of Berlioz’ Les Troyens. He has new Australian works including one written Dresden and the Grand Théâtre de Genève. year facilitated a group of TSO choristers also worked as dramaturg and director with Recent engagements include Der Ring des to perform in the Mitsingkonzert in the especially for her by Andrew Ford. She has Bell Shakespeare, Oper Frankfurt, Teatro Nibelungen for the Royal Swedish Opera, Berlin Philharmonie. In January for Mofo, recently recorded the Schumann piano Maestranza Seville; and is much in demand Boris Godunov for the Bavarian State Opera she directed TRUCE, an a cappella choral trios with the Kingfisher Trio (ABC Classics). as a writer, translator, cultural tour leader and and Le nozze di Figaro for the Grand Théâtre program that roamed the Museum of Old She is lecturer in cello at the Tasmanian lecturer, including a series of very successful de Genève. and New Art (Mona). Conservatorium of Music. seminars for the Wagner Society in NSW. 20 21 Ryk Goddard presents the highest rated and Lisa McCune is best known for her role as John Xintavelonis has enjoyed an extensive The TSO Chorus is an auditioned group of most listened to breakfast show in Tasmania ‘Maggie Doyle’ in the police drama Blue career in corporate entertainment, stage, over 80 voices that was founded in 1992 for ABC Radio Hobart. He has also presented Heelers which made her a household name radio and television for over 20 years. He is to present concert performances of opera. for Classic FM, ABC Radio Melbourne and and delivered her four Gold Logie Awards for currently playing the Lion in the Australian Since then, the repertoire has broadened to embrace masses, requiems and symphonies Sydney. His radio career began with a 20-part Most Popular Personality. Lisa most recently touring production of The Wizard of Oz, and for chorus and orchestra, as well as a diverse comedy series Blogdaddy, commissioned for appeared in the ABC series Ex PM and The has previously appeared as Stewpot in Opera array of sacred and secular a cappella works. ABC Radio National. Ryk has presented with Warriors. Her other screen credits include, Australia’s South Pacific, Dick Woollnough/ The TSO Chorus recently returned to its It’s a Date where she starred opposite TSO for RACT Symphony under the Stars Dee Anthony in The Boy From Oz for The opera roots with the Helpmann Award- Peter Helliar and earned herself an AACTA and narrated many Family Classics concerts Production Co, Mitch in The Threepenny winning performance of Wagner’s Tristan Award Nomination for Best Performance in including a very special performance of Opera for Malthouse and the Sydney Theatre and Isolde (2016), Bizet’s Carmen (2017) and, a Television Comedy, the ABC miniseries Peter and the Wolf at Risdon Prison. He Company, Spider/Lord Savage in Jeckyll this year, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. In The Divorce, Network Ten’s Reef Doctors, has collaborated with Virtuosi Tasmania & Hyde for TML in Korea, Mr Braithwaite addition to concerts with the TSO, highlights which she produced alongside Jonathan to present an acclaimed statewide tour of in Billy Elliot: The Musical for Universal/ in recent years include performances with M Shiff, the UK/Australian co-production the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, West Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale and worked Working Title, and Pumbaa in The Lion King Tripping Over, the telemovie Hell has Australian Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide with cellist Jane Tallon to create Brahms’ Life, for Disney Theatrical Productions in Perth, Harbour Views, the ABC series Rake, Sea Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and Love Letters which was recorded for Classic Melbourne and Shanghai. His television Patrol, Blood Brothers, The Little Death, Little the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. With FM. Ryk is a sought-after actor and writer credits include The Kettering Incident Fish, Two Twisted, MDA and The Potato a reputation for innovative performances working mainly in television. Acting credits (Foxtel), Winners and Losers (7 network), Factory. Her stage credits include Machu under the direction of Chorusmaster June Tricky Business (Nine network), Dance include Rosehaven, The Kettering Incident Picchu for the Sydney Theatre Company Tyzack, the TSO Chorus commenced the year Academy (ABC), City Homicide (7 network) and the lead role in The First Fagin, which and the State Theatre Company of South with two performances in Mofo, maintaining and John Safran’s Race Relations (ABC). His its distinctive presence at Mona (previous premièred at the Melbourne International Australia, the Opera Australia and Gordon performances include Mofo, Dark Mofo Film Festival in 2012. He has two TV series Frost Organisation production of The King film credits include A Journey Through Time and Synaesthesia).