THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS 8–10 MARCH 2018

CONCERT PROGRAM MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Dream of Gerontius: most to the proper functioning of our soul A Journey into the Soul – and yet which we are most inclined to forget, even though they are the basis for Elgar’s masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius our capacity for contentment and virtue.’ is regarded as one of the most powerful religious choral works ever written. The Elgar’s sweeping, dramatic, and indeed BBC called it a ‘National Monument’, whilst sensuous score opens up space for genuine ARTISTS ClassicFM labelled it ‘the most epic choral feeling and for contemplation on our own stupendousness’. mortality. What a journey this piece is! And after that journey the Angel sings the most Melbourne Symphony Orchestra But it was not all smooth sailing for Elgar. comforting words; ‘softly and gently, dearly- His choice of text, not from the Holy ransomed soul. In my most loving arms I Sir conductor Scriptures, but instead by Cardinal John now enfold thee.’ Henry Newman, initially antagonised many Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano Anglicans, who rejected the Catholic The Dream of Gerontius is an epic journey doctrine they percieved to be embedded into our soul and we are all the richer for it. Stuart Skelton tenor in the work. The poem, written after Ronald Vermeulen Nathan Berg bass-baritone Newman's conversion to Catholicism, Director of Artistic Planning explores the final journey of an old man. He Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus is nearing death, and reawakens as a soul, preparing for judgment, eventually being Warren Trevelyan-Jones chorus master, MSO Chorus sent to purgatory. For further listening we recommend: The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne What is death, what is the afterlife? Two of Sir Andrew Davis conducted an award the most existential questions we have to winning CD Recording of The Dream Christopher Watson director of music, Trinity College face in life. But do the answers provided by of Gerontius, featuring Sarah Connolly, a Victorian Roman Catholic cardinal appeal Stuart Skelton, David Soar and the BBC to a 21st century audience? Why would we Symphony Chorus and Orchestra perform The Dream of Gerontius? (Chandos CHSA 5140). Elgar The Dream of Gerontius In his book Religion for Atheists, Swiss- More British music from Sir Andrew Davis born British author and philosopher, Alain and the MSO on 20 August and 1 September de Botton gives us some compelling when, The Planets by Gustav Holst is on the arguments why Christian art can still be program, whilst lovers of choral music will relevant in today’s secularised society. relish to hear Berlioz’ Christmas oratorio ‘We are creatures of the body as well as of l’Enfance du Christ with Sir Andrew Davis, the mind, and so we require art to stir our the MSO Chorus and a cast including Sasha languid imaginations and motivate us in Cooke, Andrew Staples and Roderick ways that mere philiosophical expositions Williams on 15, 16 and 18 June 2018. cannot’, he writes. ‘Good art is the sensuous presentation of those ideas which matter

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Established in 1906, the Melbourne SIR ANDREW DAVIS CATHERINE WYN-ROGERS STUART SKELTON Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an arts leader MEZZO – SOPRANO TENOR and Australia’s longest-running professional Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Catherine Wyn-Rogers has performed Winner of the 2014 International orchestra. Engaging more than three million Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis with conductors such as , Awards for Best Male Singer and two people each year, the MSO reaches a variety is also Music Director and Principal Bernard Haitink, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Helpmann Awards, Stuart Skelton appears of audiences through live performances, Conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Sir , Zubin Mehta, Sir on the leading concert and operatic stages recordings, TV and radio broadcasts and He is Conductor Laureate of both the and Sir Andrew Davis, of the world. His repertoire encompasses live streaming. As a truly global orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the and appeared at festivals such as the BBC roles from Wagner’s Lohengrin, Parsifal, the MSO collaborates with guest artists Toronto Symphony, where he has also Proms, Aldeburgh, and the Three Choirs. Rienzi, Janáček’s Laca, Saint-Saëns’ and arts organisations from across the been named interim Artistic Director Recent recordings include The Dream Samson, Beethoven’s Florestan and world. Its international audiences include until 2020. In a career spanning more of Gerontius with Daniel Barenboim and Britten’s Peter Grimes. China, where MSO will tour in May 2018 than 40 years he has conducted virtually Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil. and Europe, where the MSO toured in 2014. Recent performances have included Tristan all the world’s major orchestras and The MSO performs a variety of concerts Catherine Wyn-Rogers began an ongoing () for the companies, and at the major ranging from core classical performances relationship with the , Opera and , festivals. Recent highlights have included at its home, Hamer Hall at Arts Centre in 1989 as Schwertleite in Lohengrin for Opéra National de Paris, Laca in a new production at Chicago Lyric. Melbourne, to its annual free concerts at Die Walküre. She has also been a regular (Jenůfa) for Bavarian State Opera, Mahler’s Melbourne’s largest outdoor venue, the Sir Andrew’s many CDs include a Messiah guest at Bavarian State Opera and English Das von der Erde with the Metropolitan Sidney Myer Music Bowl. nominated for a 2018 Grammy, Bliss’s The National Opera and worked at and Opera Orchestra and the Melbourne Beatitudes, and recordings with the Bergen Paris Opéra, among others. She appeared Symphony Orchestra, Fidelio at the BBC The MSO also works with Associate Philharmonic of Symphonies and orchestral with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Proms, Peter Grimes at Edinburgh Festival, Conductor Benjamin Northey and works by Vaughan Williams nominated last year in Mahler’s . and Siegmund (Die Walküre) at the Royal Assistant Conductor Tianyi Lu, as well for a 2018 BBC Music Magazine Award. Forthcoming performances include Opera House, Covent Garden. as with such eminent recent guest With the MSO he has just released a third Handel’s Hercules with Boston’s Handel conductors as Tan Dun, John Adams, His recordings include Beethoven’s 9th recording in the ongoing and Haydn Society. Jakub Hrůša, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Symphony with Sir Charles Mackerras and series, featuring the Alpine Symphony and Markus Stenz and Simone Young. the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and live Till Eulenspiegel. recordings of Die Walküre with both the State Opera of South Australia and Seattle Opera, as well as a new recording under the baton of Jaap van Zweden.

4 5 NATHAN BERG MELBOURNE SYMPHONY WARREN TREVELYAN-JONES THE CHOIR OF TRINITY BASS – BARITONE ORCHESTRA CHORUS MSO CHORUS MASTER COLLEGE, MELBOURNE Canadian bass-baritone Nathan Berg For more than 50 years the Melbourne Warren Trevelyan-Jones is the Head of The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne, possesses a repertoire ranging from Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been Music at St James’, King Street in Sydney is one of the finest liturgical choirs in the baroque to contemporary opera. the unstinting voice of the Orchestra’s and is regarded as one of the leading choral the Southern Hemisphere. The Choir’s He appeared as the King of Scotland choral repertoire. conductors and choir trainers in Australia. primary focus is the singing of services in Handel’s in his Salzburg Warren has had an extensive singing in the College Chapel but it also has an The MSO Chorus sings with the finest Festival debut and as First Scientist career as a soloist and ensemble singer in active concert and recording program. conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, in Giorgio Battistelli’s CO2 for his 2015 Europe, including nine years in the Choir The Choir has released several CDs, Edward Gardner, Mark Wigglesworth, debut at La Scala. of Westminster Abbey, and regular work many of them for the ABC, and their first Bernard Labadie, Vladimir Ashkenazy and with the Gabrieli Consort, Collegium recording under their current director, of He has established a reputation as a Manfred Honeck, and is committed to Vocale (Ghent), the Taverner Consort Christmas Carols, is due out in 2018. specialist in Wagner and from Melbourne developing and performing new Australian and The Kings Consort. travels to Germany to appear as Wotan and international choral repertoire. Before moving to Australia, Christopher in the Baden State Theatre production Commissions include ’s Katz Warren is also Director of the Parsons Watson Director of Music, Trinity College, of . Other forthcoming und Spatz, Ross Edwards’ Mountain Chant, Affayre, Founder and Co-Director of spent 20 years as a singer and conductor, performances include Rachmaninov’s and Paul Stanhope’s Exile Lamentations. The Consort of Melbourne and, in 2001 based in the UK. Christopher worked as The Bells in St. Louis and Lutoslawski’s with Dr Michael Noone, founded the soloist for Paul Hillier, Paul McCreesh, Recordings by the MSO Chorus have L’Espace du sommeil with the Tonhalle Gramophone award-winning group , and Trevor Pinnock, received critical acclaim. It has performed Orchestra at the Katowice Festival. Ensemble Plus Ultra. Since 2015, he has and made over 500 appearances with across Brazil and at the Cultura Inglese been regular Guest Chorus Master with the Tallis Scholars. In 2007 he made his Nathan Berg has appeared with the Boston Festival in Sao Paolo, in Kuala Lumpur with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Carnegie Hall debut with Theatre of Voices, Symphony, Chicago Symphony and Berlin the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, with Chorus. Warren is also a qualified giving the world premiere of David Lang’s Philharmonic, among others. Recent The Australian Ballet, Sydney Symphony music therapist. Pulitzer Prize-winning Little Match Girl recordings include Berg’s and Orchestra, at the AFL Grand Final and at Passion, their recording of which won a Handel’s Tamerlano. Anzac Day commemorative ceremonies. Grammy Award in 2009.

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EDWARD ELGAR Elgar and his wife were Catholics, but in Elgar was the first English composer The prelude of The Dream of Gerontius (1857-1934) his home, as in that of his parents, the to exploit the full resources of the late- presents a succession of themes from practices of his religion were not always Romantic continental musical style. key places in the work, and sets the The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 observed. He neglected the services of the Gerontius was appreciated in Germany atmosphere – ‘The weary troubled sleep of Catholic Church and probably occasionally before its acceptance in England, causing a sick man’ – for Gerontius’ first utterances. Catherine Wyn-Rogers questioned its doctrines. But he supported Richard Strauss to hail the composer as ‘the The assistants steal in a capella with ‘Kyrie mezzo-soprano (Angel) the church and remained a member all first English progressivist musician, Meister eleison’, pouring calm on the dying man’s Stuart Skelton his life. Elgar was obviously deeply drawn Elgar’. Several contemporary critics were fevered cries. These episodes strongly tenor (Gerontius) to Cardinal Newman’s poem The Dream not afraid to compare Gerontius’ handling evoke the ritual of the Catholic Church. Nathan Berg of Gerontius. He had known it for at least of a religious theme with Wagner’s Parsifal. ‘Sanctus fortis’ is an exultant outburst of bass (Priest, Angel of Agony) ten years. The poem had first appeared To realise how radical this Oratorio was faith, which could sound vulgar out of in a Jesuit publication in 1865. Interest in the 1900 English choral scene we need context. Here the somewhat Italianate At the end of the manuscript of The Dream in it was not confined to members of the to remember that this was dominated, character of Elgar’s solo vocal writing of Gerontius Elgar wrote (quoting Ruskin): Roman Catholic Church – even Newman’s apart from the obligatory Handel and is most obvious. Part One concludes ‘This is the best of me. For the rest, I ate, old antagonist, the Reverend Charles Mendelssohn, by the academic modern with a march (the section beginning I drank, I slept, I loved, I hated as another Kingsley (their quarrel was the occasion works of the like of Parry and Stanford. ‘Proficiscere…’) in which the Priest and for Newman’s Apologia pro Vita Sua) paid the Chorus of Assistants send Gerontius’ … this is what I saw, and know. This, if The ‘modernism’ of The Dream of tribute to it: ‘I read the Dream with awe and soul onwards with affirmations of faith and anything of mine, is worth your memory.’ Gerontius is most prominent in the extreme admiration. However utterly I may differ praise. At the climax the chorus is in eight Elgar’s feelings about this work help explain chromaticism of the music and in the from the entourage in which Newman’s parts, with the semi-chorus added. The why others react strongly to it: ‘I wrote it complex elaboration of the orchestral present creed surrounds the central idea, music proceeds into the far distance. out of my insidest out.’ The composer’s parts. Although many consider this choral I must feel that the central idea is as true as musical personality and his spirituality are work his greatest single composition, it is A feeling of otherworldliness dominates it is noble.’ Whatever one may feel about both fully revealed in his setting of John to instrumental music that Elgar was most the beginning of Part Two. Legato strings the quality of Newman’s prose-poetry in Henry Newman’s poem. naturally drawn, and many of his most suggest the condition of a soul wandering this work, and it is at best of uneven value telling effects in Gerontius are achieved in in space. The long dialogue with the Angel Gerontius has become a standard part of (Elgar’s abridgement omitted some of the the orchestra. English oratorio composers which follows drew Jaeger’s thoughts to the English choral repertoire, but it was not better passages), the poem’s central idea had usually made the orchestra subordinate ‘some saintly picture by a pre-Raphaelite well received at its first performance on has the power to inspire and compel. For to the voices, but Elgar integrated painter’. Here Elgar was inspired to some 3 October 1900. The circumstances were Gerontius is potentially every one of us. unfavourable. Insufficient rehearsal time orchestral and vocal textures (the semi- of his most original harmonic ideas. was one problem, and the unfamiliar, and Elgar explained his conception of Gerontius chorus is very tellingly used to provide The demons’ chorus is not the high point for those days ‘progressive’, musical idiom in a letter to his friend Jaeger (‘Nimrod’ of contrasts of choral sonority). Another sign of Newman’s verses, and although the must have contributed to the difficulties of the Enigma Variations): of the composer’s late-Romantic, post- orchestral devices Elgar uses are striking Wagnerian musical language is his use of (among others, the bells, and the flute both choir and audience. Worse was that Look here: I imagined Gerontius to leitmotives to unify the work. Although crescendo in the low register to suggest the chorusmaster, a nonconformist, was be man like us, not a priest or a saint, there are a large number of these, they ‘the deep hideous purring’ of the demons), antagonistic to this Catholic work, and but a sinner, a repentant one of course, do not force themselves on the listener’s it is possible to feel that the choral devices some members of the choir did not treat but still no end of a worldly man in his attention, but carry associations and evoke have not worn so well. In the Angelicals’ their task with due seriousness. life and now brought to book. Therefore atmosphere. The composer warns against hymn ‘Praise to the Holiest’ Elgar’s variety I’ve not filled his part with Church The Dream of Gerontius is a Catholic worrying too much with them: ‘… you of time-signatures and cross-rhythms tunes and rubbish but a good healthy, work, and, as such, occupies an isolated may be inclined to lay too much stress on achieves lightness of movement. full-blooded romantic, remembered place in the English oratorio tradition. Its the leitmotive plan because I really do it worldliness, so to speak. acceptance into that tradition proves its without thought – intuitively, I mean.’ broad appeal, yet it cannot be understood apart from its Catholic origins.

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This long text is handled with remarkable ELGAR economy. Priestly trombone chords accompany the Angel of the Agony as he The Dream of Gerontius leads the Soul to God for a short glimpse, John Henry Cardinal Newman, where Elgar instructs every instrument for published in The Oratory, January 1865. a moment to exert its fullest force. The work ends in serenity, though the final Orchestral Prelude ASSISTANTS utterance of Gerontius’ soul is preceded by Kyrie eleïson, Christe eleïson, Kyrie eleïson. a restatement of the Judgement motive. Part I Holy Mary, pray for him. The souls in Purgatory chant part of GERONTIUS All holy Angels, pray for him. the Ninetieth Psalm, and the Angel’s Jesu, Maria—I am near to death, farewell merges into an echo of the And Thou art calling me; I know it now. Choirs of the righteous, pray for him. chorus of Angelicals. Not by the token of this faltering breath, . . . . . © David Garrett This chill at heart, this dampness All Apostles, all Evangelists, pray for him. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra first performed on my brow,— The Dream of Gerontius on 9 November 1940 under the All holy Disciples of the Lord, pray for him. (Jesu, have mercy! Mary, pray for me!) direction of Bernard Heinze. The soloists were Dorothy All holy Innocents, pray for him. Helmrich, Heddle Nash and Harold Williams. The ‘Tis this new feeling never felt before All holy Martyrs, all holy Confessors, Orchestra’s most recent performances, under Richard (Be with me, Lord, in my extremity) Hickox, took place on 19-21 April 2007 with Fiona Janes, All holy Hermits, all holy Virgins, Anthony Dean Griffey and Joshua Bloom. That I am going, that I am no more. 'Tis this strange innermost abandonment, All ye Saints of God, pray for him. (Lover of souls! great God! I look to Thee,) GERONTIUS This emptying out of each constituent Rouse thee, my fainting soul, And natural force, and play the man; by which I come to be. And through such waning span Pray for me, O my friends; a visitant Of life and thought as still has to be trod, Is knocking his dire summons Prepare to meet thy God. at my door, And while the storm of that bewilderment The like of whom, to scare me and to daunt, Is for a season spent, Has never, never come to me before; And, ere afresh the ruin on me fall, . . . . . Use well the interval. So pray for me, my friends, who have not strength to pray.

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10 11 ASSISTANTS GERONTIUS And, crueller still, THE PRIEST Be merciful, be gracious; spare him, Lord. Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus, A fierce and restless fright begins to fill Proficiscere, anima Christiana, Be merciful, be gracious; Lord, deliver him. De profundis oro te, The mansion of my soul. de hoc mundo! And, worse and worse, From the sins that are past; Miserere, Judex meus, Go forth upon thy journey, Christian soul! Parce mihi, Domine. Some bodily form of ill From Thy frown and Thine ire; Go from this world! Go, in the Name of God Firmly I believe and truly Floats on the wind, From the perils of dying; The Omnipotent Father, who created thee! God is Three, and God is One; with many a loathsome curse From any complying Go, in the Name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, And I next acknowledge duly Tainting the hallow’d air, Son of the living God, who bled for thee! With sin, or denying Manhood taken by the Son. and laughs, and flaps Go, in the Name of the Holy Spirit, who His God, or relying And I trust and hope most fully Its hideous wings, On self, at the last; In that Manhood crucified; And makes me wild with horror and dismay. Hath been pour'd out on thee! From the nethermost fire; And each thought and deed unruly O Jesu, help! pray for me, Mary, pray! Go, in the name Do to death, as He has died. Some Angel, Jesu! Such as came to Thee From all that is evil; Of Angels and Archangels; in the name Simply to His grace and wholly In Thine own agony. . . . From power of the devil; Of Thrones and Dominations; in the name Light and life and strength belong, Mary, pray for me. Joseph, pray for me. Thy servant deliver, Of Princedoms and of Powers; And I love, supremely, solely, Mary, pray for me. and in the name For once and for ever. Him the holy, Him the strong. Of Cherubim and Seraphim, go forth! By Thy Birth, and by Thy Cross, Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus, ASSISTANTS Go, in the name of Patriarchs and Prophets; Rescue him from endless loss; De profundis oro te, Rescue him, O Lord, in this his evil hour, And of Apostles and Evangelists, By Thy death and burial, Miserere, Judex meus, As of old so many by Thy gracious power:— Parce mihi, Domine. Of Martyrs and Confessors; in the name Save him from a final fall; . . . . Noe from the waters in a saving home; Of holy Monks and Hermits; in the name By Thy rising from the tomb, And I hold in veneration, (Amen) For the love of Him alone, Of holy Virgins; and all Saints of God, By Thy mounting up above, . . . . Job from all his multiform and Holy Church, as His creation, fell distress; Both men and women, go! By the Spirit’s gracious love, And her teachings, as His own. (Amen) Go on thy course; Save him in the day of doom. And I take with joy whatever . . . . Moses from the land of bondage And may thy place to-day Now besets me, pain or fear, and despair; be found in peace, And with a strong will I sever (Amen) And may thy dwelling be the Holy Mount All the ties which bind me here. . . . . David from Goliath and the Of Sion:—through the [Same, through Adoration aye be given, wrath of ; Christ] our Lord. With and through the angelic host, (Amen) . . . . —so to show To the god of earth and heaven, . . . . 20 minute interval . . . .  Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Thy power, Rescue this Thy servant in his evil hour. Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus, De profundis oro te, Miserere, Judex meus, GERONTIUS Mortis in discrimine. Novissima hora est; and I fain would sleep. I can no more; for now it comes again, The pain has wearied me. . . . That sense of ruin, which is worse than pain, Into Thy hands, That masterful negation and collapse O Lord, into Thy hands . . . Of all that makes me man...... Please turn your page quietly.

12 13 Part II ANGEL ANGEL SOUL SOUL OF GERONTIUS My work is done, All hail, my child! Dear Angel, say, I went to sleep; and now I am refresh'd, My task is o'er, My child and brother, hail! what wouldest Why have I now no fear at meeting Him? thou? A strange refreshment: for I feel in me And so I come, Along my earthly life, the thought of death An inexpressive lightness, and a sense Taking it home, And judgment was to me most terrible. SOUL Of freedom, as I were at length myself, For the crown is won, . . . . . I would have nothing but to speak with thee And ne'er had been before. How still it is! Alleluia, For speaking’s sake. For evermore. ANGEL I hear no more the busy beat of time, I wish to hold with thee My Father gave It is because No, nor my fluttering breath, Conscious communion; Then thou didst fear, that now thou nor struggling pulse; In charge to me though I fain would know dost not fear, Nor does one moment differ from the next. This child of earth A maze of things, Thou hast forestall’d the agony, and so . . . . . E’en from its birth, were it but meet to ask, For thee the bitterness of death is passed. This silence pours a solitariness To serve and save, And not a curiousness. Also, because already in thy soul Into the very essence of my soul; Alleluia, ANGEL The judgment is begun. And the deep rest, And saved is he...... so soothing and so sweet, This child of clay You cannot now Hath something too of sternness To me was given, Cherish a wish which ought A presage falls upon thee, as a ray not to be wish’d. and of pain. To rear and train Straight from the Judge, expressive of thy lot...... By sorrow and pain SOUL That calm and joy uprising in thy soul Another marvel: some one has me fast In the narrow way, Then I will speak. I ever had believed Is first-fruit to thee of thy recompense, Within his ample palm; Alleluia, That on the moment when And heaven begun...... From earth to heaven. the struggling soul A uniform Quitted its mortal case, forthwith it fell SOUL And gentle pressure tells me I am not SOUL Under the awful Presence of its God, [Now that the hour is come, my fear is fled; Self-moving, but borne forward on my way. It is a member of that family There to be judged and sent And at this balance of my destiny, And hark! I hear a singing; yet in sooth Of wondrous beings, who, to its own place. ere the worlds were made, Now close upon me, I can forward look I cannot of that music rightly say What lets me now from going to my Lord? Millions of ages back, With serenest joy.] Whether I hear, or touch, or taste the tones. have stood around But hark! upon my sense Oh, what a heart-subduing melody! ANGEL The throne of God. Comes a fierce hubbub, Thou art not let; but with extremest speed . . . . . which would make me fear Art hurrying to the Just and Holy Judge. Could I be frighted. I will address him. Mighty one, my Lord, . . . . . My Guardian Spirit, all hail!

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14 15 ANGEL Their hosts, gave, Ha! ha! ANGEL We are now arrived Triumphant still, Dread of hell-fire, There was a mortal, who is now above Close on the judgment-court; And still unjust, Of the venomous flame, In the mid glory: he when near to die, that sullen howl Each forfeit crown A coward’s plea. Was given communion with the Is from the demons who assemble there. To psalm-droners, A coward's plea Crucified,— . . . . . And canting groaners, Give him his price, Such, that the Master's very wounds were stamp'd Hungry and wild, to claim their property, To every slave, Saint though he be Upon his flesh; and, from the agony And gather souls for hell. Hist to their cry. And pious cheat, Saint though he be, Which thrill’d through body and soul And crawling knave, Ha! ha! in that embrace, SOUL Who lick’d the dust From shrewd good sense Learn that the flame of the Everlasting Love How sour and how uncouth a dissonance! Under his feet. He’ll slave for hire; Doth burn ere it transform. . . . Ha! ha! DEMONS ANGEL And does but aspire ANGEL Low-born clods It is the restless panting of their being; To the heaven above . . . Hark to those sounds! Of brute earth, Like beasts of prey, who, With sordid aim, They come of tender beings angelical, They aspire caged within their bars, And not from love. Least and most childlike of the sons of God. In a deep hideous purring have their life, To become gods, Ha! ha! By a new birth, And an incessant pacing to and fro. CHOIR OF ANGELICALS And an extra grace, SOUL Praise to the Holiest in the height, DEMONS And a score of merits, I see not those false spirits; shall I see And in the depth be praise: The mind bold As if aught My dearest Master, when I reach His In all His words most wonderful; Could stand in place And independent, throne? Most sure in all His ways! Of the high thought, The purpose free, . . . . . To us His elder race He gave To battle and to win, And the glance of fire So we are told, Without the chastisement of pain, Of the great spirits, Must not think ANGEL Without the soil of sin. The powers blest, To have the ascendant. Yes,—for one moment thou The younger son He will’d to be What’s a saint? shalt see thy Lord. The lords by right, A marvel in his birth: One whose breath . . . . . The primal owners, Spirit and flesh His parents were; Of the proud dwelling Doth the air taint One moment; but thou knowest not, His home was heaven and earth. my child, And realm of light,— Before his death; The Eternal bless’d His child, and arm'd, What thou dost ask: that sight of the Dispossess’d, A bundle of bones, And sent him hence afar, Most Fair Aside thrust, Which fools adore, To serve as champion in the field Will gladden thee, but it will pierce Ha! ha! Of elemental war. Chucked down thee too. Chuck'd down When life is o’er. To be His Viceroy in the world Of matter, and of sense; By the sheer might . . . . . SOUL Upon the frontier, towards the foe, Of a despot’s will, Virtue and vice, Thou speakest darkly, Angel; and an awe A resolute defence. Of a tyrant’s frown A knave’s pretence, Falls on me, and a fear lest I be rash. Of a tyrant's frown, ‘Tis all the same; Who after expelling Please turn your page quietly.

16 17 ANGEL ANGEL ANGEL SOUL We now have pass'd the gate, And now the threshold, as we traverse it, Thy judgment now is near, for we are come I go before my Judge . . . and are within Utters aloud its glad responsive chant. Into the veilèd presence of our God. Voices of Assistants on Earth The House of Judgment. [Be merciful, be gracious; spare him, Lord...... CHOIR OF ANGELICALS SOUL Be merciful, be gracious; Lord, deliver him.] Praise to the Holiest in the height, I hear the voices that I left on earth. SOUL And in the depth be praise: ANGEL The sound is like the rushing of the wind— In all His words most wonderful; ANGEL . . . Praise to His Name! Most sure in all His ways! The summer wind—among the lofty pines. It is the voice of friends around thy bed, . . . . . O loving wisdom of our God! . . . . . Who say the "Subvenite" with the priest. When all was sin and shame, O happy, suffering soul! for it is safe, Hither the echoes come; before the Throne A second Adam to the fight Consumed, yet quicken'd, CHOIR OF ANGELICALS And to the rescue came. Stands the great Angel of the Agony, by the glance of God. Glory to Him; who evermore O wisest love! that flesh and blood The same who strengthen'd Him, what time [Alleluia! Praise to His Name!] By truth and justice reigns; Which did in Adam fail, He knelt Who tears the soul from out its case, Should strive afresh against their foe, Lone in that garden shade, bedew'd with SOUL And burns away its stains! blood. Should strive and should prevail; Take me away, and in the lowest deep And that a higher gift than grace That Angel best can plead with Him for all There let me be, ANGEL Should flesh and blood refine, Tormented souls, the dying and the dead. And there in hope the lone They sing of thy approaching agony, God's Presence and His very Self, Angel of the Agony night-watches keep, Which thou so eagerly didst question of. And Essence all-divine. Jesu! by that shuddering dread which Told out for me...... O generous love! that He who smote fell on Thee; There, motionless and happy in my pain, In man for man the foe, Jesu! by that cold dismay which Lone, not forlorn,— CHOIR OF ANGELICALS The double agony in man sicken'd Thee; There will I sing my sad perpetual strain, [Praise to the Holiest in the height.] For man should undergo; Jesu! by that pang of heart which Until the morn. And in the garden secretly, thrill'd in Thee; There will I sing, and soothe my stricken And on the cross on high, breast, SOUL Jesu! by that mount of sins which crippled Thee; Which ne'er can cease My soul is in my hand: I have no fear,— Should teach His brethren and inspire To suffer and to die. Jesu! by that sense of guilt which To throb, and pine, and languish, till possest . . . . . [Praise to the Holiest in the height, stifled Thee; Of its Sole Peace. But hark! a grand, mysterious harmony: And in the depth be praise: Jesu! by that innocence which There will I sing my absent Lord and It floods me like the deep and solemn sound In all His words most wonderful; girdled Thee; Love:— Of many waters. Most sure in all His ways! Jesu! by that sanctity which reign'd in Thee; Take me away, . . . . . etc.] Jesu! by that Godhead which That sooner I may rise, and go above, was one with Thee; And see Him in the truth of everlasting day. Jesu! spare these souls which . . . . . are so dear to Thee, [Souls] who in prison, calm and patient, wait for Thee; Hasten, Lord, their hour, and bid them come to Thee, To that glorious Home, where they shall ever gaze on Thee. Please turn your page quietly.

18 19 Yes! I want to make a difference SOULS IN PURGATORY CHOIR OF ANGELICALS to the community by supporting the MSO’s Month of Giving. Lord, Thou hast been our refuge; [Praise to the Holiest in the height, in every generation; And in the depth be praise: Name

Before the hills were born, and the world . . . . . Address was: from age to age Thou art God. To us His elder race He gave Bring us not, Lord, very low: for Thou hast To battle and to win, said, Come back again, ye sons of Adam. Without the chastisement of pain, . . . . . Without the soil of sin.] Phone Come back, O Lord! how long: and be [Amen.] Enclosed is my contribution of: entreated for Thy servants. $50 $100 $150 [Amen.] Other

WE ARE THE SOUND OF OUR CITY. CREDIT CARD ANGEL VISA Mastercard AMEX Softly and gently, dearly-ransom'd soul, Please charge in full In my most loving arms I now enfold thee, $ or Show Please charge monthly instalments of And o'er the penal waters, as they roll, I poise thee, and I lower thee, $ and hold thee. (number of payments per year) And carefully I dip thee in the lake, your love Cardholder And thou, without a sob or a resistance, Dost through the flood thy rapid passage take, Card number Sinking deep, deeper, into the dim for MSO.

distance. At over 100 years old, the MSO has been around for nearly Expiry Angels, to whom the willing task is given, as long as Melbourne. We want to continue to be here for you, Signature Shall tend, and nurse, and lull thee, as and all of Melbourne, year after year, season after season. thou liest; (If you prefer to charge by phone, please contact Garry Stocks on 8646 1551) And Masses on the earth, and prayers in heaven, CHEQUE ENCLOSED (payable to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd) Shall aid thee at the throne of the Most Highest. EFT TO NAB ACCOUNT MSO Fund Farewell, but not for ever! brother dear, BSB 083 004 Account 89 393 2381 Be brave and patient on thy bed of (include your name and 'Month of Giving' sorrow; Donate today in payment description) Swiftly shall pass thy night of trial here, ONLINE at mso.com.au/give And I will come and wake thee on the mso.com.au/give morrow. I am interested in leaving a legacy of wonderful music for years to come: [Farewell. Farewell.] I have made a gift to the MSO in my Will I would consider including the MSO in my Will and would like more information

PLEASE RETURN TO MSO’s Month of Giving GPO Box 9994 Melbourne VIC 3001 20 All gifts over $2 are fully tax-deductible MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Sir Andrew Davis SECOND VIOLINS CELLOS OBOES HORNS TIMPANI Chief Conductor Matthew Tomkins David Berlin Jeffrey Crellin Xiaoming Han* Adam Jeffrey Benjamin Northey Principal Principal Principal Guest Principal Lady Potter AC CMRI# Associate Conductor # # The Gross Foundation MS Newman Family Thomas Hutchinson Saul Lewis Tianyi Lu Robert Macindoe Rachael Tobin Associate Principal Principal Third PERCUSSION Assistant Conductor Associate Principal Associate Principal Ann Blackburn Abbey Edlin Robert Clarke Hiroyuki Iwaki Monica Curro Nicholas Bochner The Rosemary Norman Nereda Hanlon and Principal Conductor Laureate Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Foundation# Michael Hanlon AM# (1974-2006) John Arcaro Danny Gorog and Miranda Brockman Trinette McClimont # # Tim and Lyn Edward Lindy Susskind Geelong Friends of the MSO# COR ANGLAIS FIRST VIOLINS Rebecca Luton* Robert Cossom Mary Allison Rohan de Korte Michael Pisani # Alexander Morton* Timothy Hook* Dale Barltrop Isin Cakmakcioglu Andrew Dudgeon Principal Concertmaster Tiffany Cheng Keith Johnson TRUMPETS HARP Sophie Rowell Freya Franzen Sarah Morse CLARINETS Concertmaster Geoffrey Payne* Anonymous# Yinuo Mu # Angela Sargeant David Thomas The Ullmer Family Foundation Guest Principal Principal Cong Gu Principal Michelle Wood Shane Hooton Zoe Black* # Melina van Leeuwen* Guest Associate Andrew Hall Andrew and Theresa Dyer Philip Arkinstall Associate Principal # Concertmaster Andrew and Judy Rogers Associate Principal DOUBLE BASSES William Evans ORGAN Peter Edwards Isy Wasserman Craig Hill Steve Reeves Rosie Turner Assistant Principal Philippa West Calvin Bowman* Principal BASS CLARINET Kirsty Bremner Patrick Wong TROMBONES Andrew Moon Sarah Curro Jon Craven Roger Young Associate Principal Brett Kelly Michael Aquilina# Principal MSO BOARD Michael Loftus-Hills* Sylvia Hosking Principal Peter Fellin Chairman Lynette Rayner* Assistant Principal Richard Shirley BASSOONS Michael Ullmer Deborah Goodall Damien Eckersley Mike Szabo Lorraine Hook VIOLAS Benjamin Hanlon Jack Schiller Principal Bass Trombone Principal Managing Director Anne-Marie Johnson Suzanne Lee Christopher Moore Elise Millman Sophie Galaise Kirstin Kenny TUBA Principal Stephen Newton Associate Principal Di Jameson# Sophie Galaise and Timothy Buzbee Board Members Ji Won Kim Natasha Thomas Fiona Sargeant Clarence Fraser # Principal Andrew Dyer Eleanor Mancini Lyndon Watts* Associate Principal Esther Toh* Scott Watson* † Mark Mogilevski Danny Gorog Lauren Brigden Michelle Ruffolo CONTRABASSOON David Krasnostein Mr Tam Vu and FLUTES David Li Kathryn Taylor Dr Cherilyn Tillman Brock Imison # Prudence Davis Michael Aquilina Principal Hyon-Ju Newman Katharine Brockman Principal Aaron Barnden* Christopher Cartlidge Anonymous# Helen Silver AO # Oksana Thompson* Michael Aquilina Wendy Clarke Margaret Jackson AC Anthony Chataway Associate Principal Company Secretary Gabrielle Halloran Sarah Beggs Oliver Carton Trevor Jones Cindy Watkin PICCOLO Elizabeth Woolnough Andrew Macleod Principal # Position supported by Caleb Wright * Guest Musician Isabel Morse* † Courtesy of University of Kansas

22 23 MSO CHORUS LIST THE CHOIR OF TRINITY Tom Griffiths Elizabeth Tindall Tony Barnett COLLEGE Repetiteur Fabienne Steve Burnett Vandenburie Peter Campbell SOPRANO SOPRANO 'We are the Tara Zamin John Cleghorn Phoebe Edwards Julie Arblaster Keaton Cloherty Beatrice Hart ALTO Aviva Barazani Daniel Comarmond Kate Kirby music makers, Eva Butcher Satu Aho James Dipnall Grace Neville Veryan Croggon Ruth Anderson David Floyd Ruby Smith and we are the Catherine Folley Carolyn Baker Simon Gaites Phoebe Thomson Susan Fone Catherine Bickell David Henley Alexandra dreamers of Carolyn Francis Cecilia Björkegren Lyndon Horsburgh Toussaint-Jackson Camilla Gorman Kate Bramley Jessop Maticevski Marion Wilson Jillian Graham Jane Brodie Shumack dreams.' ALTO Emma Hamley Elize Brozgul Michael Mobach – Arthur O'Shaughnessy Juliana Hassett Serena Carmel Jean-Francois Ravat Clara Daley Penny Huggett Alexandra Chubaty Asher Reichman Hannah Johns Naomi Hyndman Katharine Daley Eliza Kelly Tania Jacobs Nicola Eveleigh BASS Stephanie Gwen Kennelly Jill Giese Maurice Amor Macindoe Clancye Milne Debbie Griffiths Alexandras Phillipa McQuin Catriona Nguyen- Ros Harbison Bartaska Emma Warburton Robertson Sue Hawley Richard Bolitho Come dream with us TENOR Caitlin Noble Jennifer Henry Daniel Brinsmead by adopting your own Karin Otto Kristine Hensel David Brown William Carr MSO musician! Tiffany Pang Sara Kogan- Paul Alexander Jonathan Glenning Tanja Redl Lazarus Chantler Oliver Hendriks Roger Dargaville Support the music and the orchestra you Natalie Reid Joy Lukman George McPharlin Ted Davies love while getting to know your favourite Mhairi Riddet Helen MacLean Daniel Riley Phil Elphinstone player. Honour their talent, artistry and Jo Robin Christina McCowan Christopher Andrew Ham Roache life-long commitment to music, and Elizabeth Rusli Rosemary McKelvie Andrew Hibbard become part of the MSO family. Natalia Salazar Alison Ralph BASS Jillian Samuels Mair Roberts Joseph Hie Adopt Principal Harp, Yinuo Mu, Jemima Sim Kerry Roulston Jordan Janssen Sean Cutter or any of our wonderful Shu Xian Annie Runnalls Gary Levy Joshua musicians today. Erdelyi-Götz Freja Soininen Lisa Savige Vern O'Hara Chiara Stebbing Alexander Owens Zac Hamilton- Libby Timcke Russell mso.com.au/adopt Emily Swanson Stephen Pyk Jenny Vallins Paul McDonald Liam Straughan TENOR Matthew Toulmin Alexandra Maurice Wan Amerides Simon Wright Ned Wright-Smith Maciek Zielinski

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MSO PATRON MAESTRO Andrew and ASSOCIATE Allan and Evelyn Bill and Sandra Burdett Dr Anne Kennedy John So PATRONS $10,000+ Theresa Dyer PATRONS $2,500+ McLaren Peter Caldwell Julie and Simon Kessel Dr Michael Soon The Honourable Linda Tim and Lyn Edward Don and Anne Joe Cordone Kerry Landman Lady Southey AC Dessau AC, Governor Kaye and David Birks Dandolo Partners Mr Bill Fleming Meadows Andrew and William and Jennifer Steinicke of Victoria Mitchell Chipman Will and Dorothy John and Diana Frew Marie Morton FRSA Pamela Crockett Magdalena Leadston Dr Peter Strickland Sir Andrew and Bailey Bequest Susan Fry and Annabel and Rupert Beryl Dean Andrew Lee Pamela Swansson PLATINUM PATRONS Lady Davis Anne Bowden Don Fry AO Myer AO Dominic and Dr Anne Lierse Jenny Tatchell $100,000+ Danny Gorog and Bill Bowness Sophie Galaise and Sue and Barry Peake Natalie Dirupo Gaelle Lindrea Frank Tisher OAM and Lindy Susskind Lynne Burgess Marc Besen AC and Clarence Fraser Mrs W Peart Marie Dowling Andrew Lockwood Dr Miriam Tisher Robert & Jan Green Oliver Carton Eva Besen AO Geelong Friends Graham and John and Anne Duncan Violet and Jeff The Hon. Rosemary Hilary Hall, in memory John and Lyn Coppock John Gandel AC and of the MSO Christine Peirson Kay Ehrenberg Loewenstein Varty of Wilma Collie Miss Ann Darby, Pauline Gandel Jennifer Gorog Ruth and Ralph Renard Jaan Enden Elizabeth H Loftus Leon and Sandra Velik Nereda Hanlon and in memory of The Gross Foundation HMA Foundation S M Richards AM and Valerie Falconer and Chris and Anna Long Sue Walker AM Michael Hanlon AM Leslie J. Darby David and Angela Li Louis Hamon OAM M R Richards the Rayner Family The Hon Ian Macphee Elaine Walters OAM Suzanne Kirkham Natasha Davies, MS Newman Family Hans and Petra Henkell Tom and Elizabeth in memory of AO and Mrs Julie and Gregory Walters The Cuming Bequest for the Trikojus Foundation Hartmut and Ruth Romanowski Keith Falconer Macphee Edward and Ian and Education Fund Anthony Pratt Hofmann Jeffrey Sher QC and Amy & Simon Feiglin Eleanor and Paddy White Jeannie Paterson Merrowyn Deacon The Pratt Foundation Jack Hogan Diana Sher OAM Grant Fisher and Phillip Mancini Nic and Ann Willcock Lady Potter AC CMRI Sandra Dent Joy Selby Smith Doug Hooley Diana and Helen Bird Dr Julianne Bayliss Marian and Elizabeth Proust AO Peter and Leila Doyle Ullmer Family Jenny and Brian Snape AM Barry Fradkin OAM In memory of Terry Wills Cooke Xijian Ren and Qian Li Lisa Dwyer and Foundation Peter Hordern Dr Norman and and Dr Pam Fradkin Leigh Masel Lorraine Woolley Glenn Sedgwick Dr Ian Dickson Anonymous (1) Dr Alastair Jackson Dr Sue Sonenberg Applebay Pty Ltd Ruth Maxwell Richard Ye Helen Silver AO and Jane Edmanson OAM Dr Elizabeth A Lewis Geoff and Judy David Frenkiel and Jenny McGregor AM Panch Das and Harrison Young Dr Helen M Ferguson VIRTUOSO AM Steinicke Esther Frenkiel OAM and Peter Allen Laurel Young-Das Maria Solà Mr Peter Gallagher and PATRONS $50,000+ Norman Lewis Elisabeth Wagner David Gibbs and Glenda McNaught Anonymous (20) Profs. G & G Dr Karen Morley in memory of Brian and Susie O'Neill Ian Morrey and Di Jameson Stephenson, in honour Dina and Ron Dr Phyllis Lewis Helena Worsfold Merwyn and Geoffrey Minter TRUSTS AND David Krasnostein and of the great Romanian Goldschlager Peter Lovell Peter and Susan Yates Greta Goldblatt Patricia Nilsson FOUNDATIONS Pat Stragalinos musicians George Louise Gourlay OAM Lesley McMullin Anonymous (8) Colin Golvan QC and Laurence O'Keefe and Harold Mitchell AC Enescu and Peter and Collier Charitable Foundation Dr Deborah Golvan Christopher James Kim Williams AM Dinu Lipatti Lyndsey Hawkins Fund Mr Douglas and Mrs PLAYER PATRONS George Golvan QC Alan and Gai and David Taylor Susan and Gary Hearst Crown Resorts Rosemary Meagher $1,000+ and Naomi Golvan Dorothy Pattison IMPRESARIO Juliet Tootell Colin Heggen, in Foundation and David and Dr Marged Goode Margaret Plant PATRONS $20,000+ Alice Vaughan memory of Marjorie David and Cindy the Packer Family Helen Moses Prof Denise Grocke AO Kerryn Pratchett Harry and Drysdale Heggen Abbey Foundation Michael Aquilina Dr Paul Nisselle AM Max Gulbin Peter Priest Michelle Wong Rosemary and Christa Abdallah The Cybec Foundation The John and Jennifer The Rosemary Dr Sandra Hacker AO Treena Quarin Jason Yeap OAM James Jacoby Dr Sally Adams The Marian and Brukner Foundation Norman Foundation and Mr Ian Kennedy Eli Raskin Anonymous (1) Jenkins Family Mary Armour E.H. Flack Trust Mary and Frederick Ken Ong, in memory AM Raspin Family Trust Foundation Arnold Bloch Leibler Freemasons Davidson AM of Lin Ong Jean Hadges Bobbie Renard PRINCIPAL C W Johnston Family Philip Bacon AM Foundation Victoria Rachel and the late Bruce Parncutt AO Michael and Peter and PATRONS $5,000+ John Jones Marlyn and Peter Gandel Philanthropy Hon. Alan Goldberg Jim and Fran Pfeiffer Susie Hamson Carolyn Rendit George and Bancroft OAM The Scobie and Claire AO QC Christine and Mark Pzena Investment Paula Hansky OAM Dr Rosemary Ayton Grace Kass Adrienne Basser Mackinnon Trust Margaret Jackson AC Armour Charitable Fund Merv Keehn and and Dr Sam Ricketson Irene Kearsey and M Prof Weston Bate and The Harold Mitchell Andrew Johnston John and Mary Barlow Andrew and Sue Harlow Joan P Robinson J Ridley Janice Bate Foundation Mimie MacLaren Barbara Bell, in Judy Rogers Tilda and Brian Cathy and The Ilma Kelson Janet Bell The Pratt Foundation John and Lois McKay memory of Elsa Bell Rae Rothfield Haughney Peter Rogers Music Foundation David Blackwell OAM The Robert Salzer Stephen and Max and Jill Schultz Anna and John Doug and Kloeden Foundation Michael F Boyt Foundation Caroline Brain Mr Tam Vu and Holdsworth Elisabeth Scott Bryan Lawrence Patricia Brockman Sidney Myer MSO Prof Ian Brighthope Dr Cherilyn Tillman Penelope Hughes Martin and Ann and George Dr John Brookes Trust Fund David and The Hon. Michael Watt Basil and Rita Jenkins Susan Shirley Littlewood Suzie Brown OAM and Telematics Trust Emma Capponi QC and Cecilie Hall Stuart Jennings Penny Shore John and Harvey Brown International Music May and James Chen Lyn Williams AM Dorothy Karpin Dr Sam Smorgon Margaret Mason Roger and Col Buckle and Art Foundation Wendy Dimmick Anonymous (2) Brett Kelly and AO and Mrs Minnie H E McKenzie Jill and Christopher Andrew Dudgeon AM Cindy Watkin Smorgon Buckley

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ARTIST CHAIR ADOPT A Cello MSO International CONDUCTOR’S Profs. Gabriela and BENEFACTORS MUSICIAN CHAIRS Rohan de Korte Touring CIRCLE George Stephenson The MSO relies on your ongoing Andrew Dudgeon AM Harold Mitchell AC Pamela Swansson Associate Principal Second Current Conductor’s philanthropic support to sustain MSO Regional Lillian Tarry Conductor Chair Violin Chair Cello Circle Members our artists, and support access, Michelle Wood Touring Dr Cherilyn Tillman Benjamin Northey Matthew Tomkins Jenny Anderson education, community engagement Andrew and Creative Victoria Mr and Mrs R P Anthony Pratt The Gross Foundation David Angelovich and more. We invite our suporters Theresa Dyer Freemasons Trebilcock Orchestral Principal Viola Chair Foundation Victoria G C Bawden and L de Michael Ullmer to get close to the MSO through a Leadership Chair Chris Moore Double Bass The Robert Salzer Kievit Ila Vanrenen range of special events. Joy Selby Smith Di Jameson Stephen Newton Foundation Lesley Bawden The Hon. Rosemary Sophie Galaise and The MSO welcomes your support Cybec Assistant Principal Cello Chair The Pizzicato Effect Joyce Bown Varty Clarence Fraser at any level. Donations of $2 and Conductor Chair David Berlin Anonymous Mrs Jenny Brukner Mr Tam Vu over are tax deductible, and Tianyi Lu MS Newman Family Oboe Collier Charitable Fund and the late Mr John Marian and Terry Wills The Cybec Foundation Foundation Ann Blackburn The Marian and E.H. Brukner Cooke supporters are recognised as follows: The Rosemary Flack Trust Ken Bullen Mark Young Associate Principal Flute Chair $1,000+ Norman Foundation Schapper Family Peter A Caldwell Anonymous (24) Concertmaster Chair Prudence Davis Luci and Ron (Player) French Horn Foundation Sophie Rowell Anonymous Chambers Abbey Edlin Scobie and Claire The MSO gratefully $2,500+ The Ullmer Family Principal Beryl Dean Nereda Hanlon and Mackinnon Trust acknowledges (Associate) Foundation Timpani Chair Sandra Dent Michael Hanlon AM Supported by the the support of the 2018 Soloist in Lady Potter AC CMRI Hume City Council’s Lyn Edward following Estates: $5,000+ Residence Chair Percussion Alan Egan JP (Principal) Associate Principal Community Grants Angela Beagley Anne-Sophie Mutter John Arcaro Gunta Eglite Second Violin Program Neilma Gantner $10,000+ Marc Besen AC and Tim and Lyn Edward Mr Derek Grantham Monica Curro Sidney Myer Free Gwen Hunt (Maestro) Eva Besen AO Danny Gorog and Concerts Marguerite Garnon- PROGRAM Audrey Jenkins Cybec Young Lindy Susskind Supported by the Williams $20,000+ BENEFACTORS Joan Jones late Sidney Myer Drs L C Gruen & R W (Impresario) Composer in First Violin Pauline Marie Cybec 21st Century and the University of Wade Residence Sarah Curro Johnston $50,000+ Australian Composers Melbourne Louis Hamon OAM Ade Vincent Michael Aquilina Joan Jones (Virtuoso) Carol Hay The Cybec Foundation Program C P Kemp First Violin Tony Howe $100,000+ The Cybec Foundation THE MAHLER Peter Forbes MacLaren CHAIRMAN’S Kathryn Taylor Laurence O'Keefe and East Meets West SYNDICATE Joan Winsome Maslen (Platinum) CIRCLE Michael Aquilina Supported by the Li Christopher James David and Kaye Birks Lorraine Maxine Family Trust Audrey M Jenkins The MSO Conductor’s Circle is Marc Besen AC and Second Violin Mary and Frederick Meldrum Meet The Orchestra John Jones our bequest program for members Eva Besen AO Freya Franzen Davidson AM Prof Andrew McCredie Made possible by George and Grace who have notified of a planned The Gross Foundation Anonymous Tim and Lyn Edward Miss Sheila Scotter The Ullmer Family Kass gift in their Will. Harold Mitchell Second Violin John and Diana Frew AM MBE Foundation Mrs Sylvia Lavelle Foundation Andrew Hall Francis and Robyn Marion A I H M Spence MSO Audience Pauline and David Enquiries David and Angela Li Andrew and Hofmann Molly Stephens Access Lawton P (03) 8646 1551 Harold Mitchell AC Judy Rogers The Hon Dr Barry Jennifer May Teague Crown Resorts Cameron Mowat E [email protected] MS Newman Family Jones AC Jean Tweedie Viola Foundation Rosia Pasteur Foundation Dr Paul Nisselle AM Herta and Fred B Vogel Lauren Brigden Elizabeth Proust AO Lady Potter AC CMRI Packer Family Dorothy Wood Mr Tam Vu and Maria Solà Joy Selby Smith Foundation Penny Rawlins Dr Cherilyn Tillman The Hon Michael Watt MSO Building Joan P Robinson ◊ The Cybec Foundation QC and Cecilie Hall Signifies Adopt an MSO Viola Capacity Neil Roussac The Pratt Foundation Musician supporter The Ullmer Family Chris Cartlidge Gandel Philanthropy Anne Roussac-Hoyne Foundation Michael Aquilina (Director of Suzette Sherazee Michael Ryan and Anonymous (1) Cello Philanthropy) Wendy Mead Miranda Brockman MSO Education Anne Kieni-Serpell and Geelong Friends Supported by Mrs Andrew Serpell of the MSO Margaret Ross AM and Dr Ian Ross Jennifer Shepherd

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John Brockman OAM* Life Member The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC* Life Member

Sir Elton John CBE GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT PARTNERSGOVERNMENT PARTNERS PARTNERS Life Member Lady Potter AC CMRI Life Member Ila Vanrenen* Life Member PREMIER PARTNERS VENUE PARTNER Lady Potter has been a subscriber, Patron, PREMIER PARTNERSPREMIER PARTNERS VENUE PARTNER VENUE PARTNER Geoffrey Rush AC Ambassador and staunch ally of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra both personally and as a Life Governor of The Ian Potter Foundation.

She has been a keen supporter of our MAJOR PARTNERSMAJOR PMARTNERSAJOR PARTNERS EDUCATIONEDU PARTNERSCATIONEDU PCARTNERSATION PARTNERS education programs, instrument appeals, and through The Ian Potter Foundation, the 2014 European tour, which acted as a catalyst to successfully raise further funds for the tour. SUPPORTINGSUP PPORTINGARTNERSSUPPORTING PARTNERS PARTNERS Today, she sponsors the Timpani Chair, for which two promising young musicians have recently auditioned.

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