SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GALA CONCERTS
Quintessential Rodgers and Hammerstein with permission of ORiGiN Theatrical on behalf of R&H Theatricals
SATURDAY 25TH JUNE, 2016 7.00PM
SUNDAY 26TH JUNE, 2016 2.30PM
BOWRAL MEMORIAL HALL BENDOOLEY STREET
Patrons: Ann Carr-Boyd, Dr Andrew Ford OAM, Richard Gill AO
THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The orchestra was formed in 2014 due to interest in establishing a symphony orchestra in the region. Musicians from the Southern Highlands and surrounding districts rehearse on Sunday evenings. The SHSO has become a significant feature of the cultural life of the Southern Highlands.
NICHOLAS HAMMOND - Host
Nicholas made his Broadway debut at age eleven as Sir Michael Redgrave’s son in The Complaisant Lover. Since then he has worked continuously on stage and on film in New York, London, Los Angeles, and Australia. His love of musical theatre began when he was taken to see Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in their final performance in My Fair Lady, little knowing Dame Julie would be playing his governess in The Sound of Music four years later. The music of Rodgers and Hammerstein has always been a part of his life, and the lives of these two brilliant collaborators have always fascinated him. Nicholas was given rare access at the Library of Congress in Washington to their letters and notes for the creation of Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, Oklahoma, and The Sound of Music. As an award-winning screenwriter and playwright himself, Nicholas finds the creative process and the many twists and turns before the final, brilliant result in the R and H musicals to be inspiring to anyone who is passionate about a creative life in the performing arts. It was a great pleasure and privilege to be asked to host this event, and no doubt the wonderful singers and musicians assembled here will give the audience a chance to once again be reminded of the genius of these two artists. Nicholas is a proud member of American Equity, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Australian Actor’s Equity.
ALLAN STILES - Conductor
The orchestra will be conducted by Dr Allan Stiles, who has conducted orchestras, bands, choirs, and theatre productions over many years. He formed the Western Youth Orchestra (now the Northern Sydney Youth Orchestra) and the Beecroft Chamber Orchestra, which became The Beecroft Orchestra. He has also conducted various operas and musicals for the Hurstville Light Opera Company, the Hills Musical Society, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, and the Parramatta Musical Comedy Company. He enjoyed decades of conducting orchestras, bands, and theatrical productions while a teacher for the NSW Department of Education at French’s Forest, The King’s School, Holy Cross College, and Pymble Ladies College. He has also played in orchestras both in Sydney and London. Conducting studies were with Robert Miller and later as part of his MMus at UNSW. As a musicologist he has catalogued the works of Alfred Hill for his PhD thesis and has published many previously unavailable works by Australian composers. In 2015 he was the music director for Oklahoma, presented by the Highlands Theatre Group.
JUDITH ROUGH – Soprano
Judith studied voice at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where she won the Blanche Campbell Memorial Scholarship, The Eastman School of Music USA and the Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music, USA. She has extensive experience as a soloist in concert and oratorio, having performed most of the major soprano repertoire with various choirs and orchestras in Sydney, most recently Bach’s Mass in B minor, Haydn's Paukenmesse, Bach’s Sleepers Awake and Messiah. She has recently had the pleasure and challenge of performing solo cantatas by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Porpora. In the USA Judith has performed as a recitalist, and as soloist and ensemble member with the professional chamber choirs Voces Novae et Antiquae and The Lady Chapel Singers, recording with them and touring in the USA and Europe. She sang with the Mainline Opera Guild, and performed opera as part of the music education programme in Philadelphia schools. She worked as resident cantor and soloist for historic St David’s Episcopal Church, Devon, USA, and as professional soloist at St Martin’s Episcopal Church, Radnor. Judith performs regularly in concert and recital in and around Sydney. Performances in 2014 included a performance at Government House in Hobart in the presence of the Governor of Tasmania, Opera Afloat in Association with Sydney's Vivid festival, Bach’s solo cantata Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen with the Highlands Sinfonia, Messiah with Sutherland Shire Choral Society celebrating their 40th anniversary, and recitals at St Stephen’s Uniting Church Macquarie Street with organist Mark Quarmby (works by Porpora and Handel) and at St Jude’s Anglican Church Bowral with pianist John Martin (“An Afternoon with the Late Romantics”) as part of their classical music concert series. In 2015 she again performed with the Highlands Sinfonia and in recital at St Stephen’s and St Jude’s along with other concert performances. In November 2015 she performed Strauss’s Four Last Songs with the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra.
LOTTE LATUKEFU – Mezzo-soprano
Lotte has recently taken up the role of Music Program Director at Excelsia College in Sydney. She is well known internationally as a researcher within the field of Higher Music Education and Performance-led research and has made a major contribution to these fields. She learns and performs new repertoire for voice on an ongoing basis and since 2006 has premiered, nationally and internationally, 15 new Australian compositions as well as publishing research on the preparation and performance of new work.
ANNA BOOTH - Soprano
Anna is a singer/songwriter currently in her final semester at Excelsia College in Macquarie Park where she is studying for a Bachelor of Music, majoring in contemporary vocals. She took up vocal lessons at age 16, which inspired her to become involved in the world of Musical Theatre. She landed a lead role in both Looking Glass Productions’ Jesus Christ Superstar in 2007, and Cats in 2008. She began writing her own music and developed her own pop/folk style. She commenced her studies at Excelsia College in 2013. Anna Booth currently lives in Sydney.
RICHARD LANE - Dramatic Tenor
Heldentenor Richard Lane was born in Australia and has appeared in concert with many organisations in New South Wales as a soloist including: Opera in the Valley, Jamberoo; Opera Afloat on Sydney Harbour and Opera in the Vineyards. He also performed with the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra in their Classical Spectacular and was the Tenor soloist for Beethoven’s Symphony No.9. He was the featured soloist for the Australian Movie Soundtrack Gabriel. His repertoire spans the major tenor roles of Puccini, Britten, Verdi, Wagner, Strauss and Beethoven, including Peter Grimes, Ariadne auf Naxos, Florestan from Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Die Walkure, Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Canio in Il Pagliacci and the tenor soloist for Verdi’s Requiem. He has performed in Operatic Galas and Recitals in Cardiff, Wales. Richard’s coaches and teachers have included Reginald Byers, Rita Hunter, Stephen Mould, Joshua Hecht, Sharolyn Kimmorley, Horst Hoffman, Tony Legge and Thais Taras. Richard was recently based in Cardiff, where he studied with Dennis O’Neill at the International Academy of Voice, Cardiff University. He experienced master classes with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Josephine Bairstow, Della Jones, Carlo Rizzi, Jonathon Fisher, Susan Bullock, Antony Negus, Graeme Clark, Elisabette Mattos, Robin Stapleton, Richard Bonynge and Joesph Rolleau. Richard is the current recipient the Kathy Avdiev YMF Award, Veolia Arts Trust Award and a 2014 Accessible Arts Grant.
STEPHEN WHEATLEY – Baritone
Stephen is a highly experienced singer and stage performer and has been a familiar and much-loved soloist in concerts by the Southern Highlands Concert Band. He possesses a Diploma in Opera and Musical Theatre gained at the NSW Conservatorium of Music and continues to enjoy a flourishing career in musical and drama theatre. We are delighted that Stephen is singing in these gala events and we know that our audiences will enjoy his rich baritone voice and sensitive delivery.
RODGERS and HAMMERSTEIN
Arguably the greatest American musical theatre writing partnership of the 20th century, the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein became famous for creating a number of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, initiating what is considered the “Golden Age” of musical theatre. Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) started his composing career in collaborations with lyricist Lorenz Hart creating a series of musical comedies that epitomised the wit and sophistication of Broadway in its heyday. Prolific on Broadway, in London and in Hollywood from the '20s into the early '40s, Rodgers & Hart wrote more than 40 shows and film scores. Throughout the same era Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), librettist/lyricist, revived the operetta art form in collaborations with such preeminent composers as Sigmund Romberg and Jerome Kern. Having established distinguished careers with these other collaborators, Rodgers and Hammerstein then joined forces to create the most consistently fruitful and successful partnership in American musical theatre. Oklahoma!(1943), the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, representing a unique fusion of Rodgers' musical comedy and Hammerstein's operetta. It marked a milestone in the development of the American musical and was followed by several others, including Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Me and Juliet (1953), Pipe Dream (1955), Cinderella (1957), Flower Drum Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). The program for our concert features songs from all these musicals. Collectively, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s oeuvre earned their creators 35 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Grammy Awards and 2 Emmy Awards. In the 21st century their legacy continues to flourish as their music is performed around the world by professionals and amateurs alike, giving testament to the enduring popularity of their musicals.
QUINTESSENTIAL RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
South Pacific Overture Introduction of Nicholas Hammond by the President of the SHSO Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Oklahoma) baritone People Will Say We’re in Love (Oklahoma) soprano and baritone Mister Snow (Carousel) soprano If I Loved You (Carousel) soprano and baritone Soliloquy (Carousel) tenor Nicholas Hammond Come Home (Allegro) tenor I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy (South Pacific) mezzo Younger Than Springtime (South Pacific) tenor Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) baritone Oklahoma (Oklahoma) soloists and chorus
INTERVAL Refreshment will be available from the Supper Room.
The King and I Overture Nicholas Hammond I Have Dreamed (The King and I) soprano and tenor No Other Love (Me and Juliet) soprano and tenor Everybody’s Got a Home But Me (Pipe Dream) mezzo The Next Time It Happens (Pipe Dream) mezzo and baritone In My Own Little Corner (Cinderella) mezzo You Are Beautiful (Flower Drum Song) tenor Love Look Away (Flower Drum Song) soprano I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song) soprano Nicholas Hammond The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music) soprano My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music) mezzo and soprano Edelweiss (The Sound of Music) baritone Climb Every Mountain (The Sound of Music) soprano It’s a Grand Night for Singing (State Fair) soloists and chorus Nicholas Hammond
RECEPTION There will be a post- performance reception to which all are invited. FLUTES FIRST VIOLINS Zoe Andrews Jillian Bridge – Leader Roma Dix Sarah Caddy Rebecca Coulter OBOE and COR ANGLAIS Alexandra Dening Michellé Biasutti Sophia Hans David Mee CLARINETS Allan Rooke Mark Biasutti Emily Sinden Adrienne Bradney-Smith Sarah Tomlinson Gerald Power SECOND VIOLINS BASS CLARINET Rebecca Michael – Principal Richard Gawned Rosemary Eddowes Anne Graham BASSOON Howard Lesslie Melissa Reyder Maggie Loo Phoebe Staats Kate Malone Michelle Mulvihill HORNS Lesley Staats Elizabeth Dalton Ian McQuillan VIOLAS Gay Scanlon Timothy Senior – Principal Xanthe Herps TRUMPETS Catherine Kerr Fay Craig Roger Lavers Robert George Quentin Woods Julian Paviour CELLOS TROMBONE Catherine Barnett – Principal John Thompson David Archer Ross Sadler Sarah Hick William Short Lisa Kawai
TUBA DOUBLE BASS David Ricketts Louis Ameneiro – Principal Sam Malone TIMPANI / PERCUSSION Paul Blackstone BASS GUITAR Eliza-Jane Corley April Butcher
KEYBOARD Wind and brass players are listed Rhonda Langford alphabetically. After the string principals, players are also listed alphabetically. CHORUS
Annette Alchin David Archer Beth Atkins Eric Conley Gillian Dunstan John Corley Barbara Handley John Darcy Jill Larsen Robert Dunstan Judith Mee Ian O’Farrell Desley O’Farrell Robert Smith Jan Rigley John Thompson Christine Tilley Paula Thompson Répétiteur: Rhonda Langford Leonie Walters
ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT
President Mrs Jenette Stiles AAICD Vice-President Mr Gerald Power Secretary Mr Douglas Pritchard JP, FCA Treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Dalton Musical Director Dr Allan Stiles Orchestra Manager Ms Roma Dix OAM Librarian Mrs April Butcher Members: Mr Peter Glass JP Dr Allan Beavis OAM
FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA
Become a supporter of the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra. The aim of the Friends is to promote the appreciation of fine music in the community and surrounding districts by supporting the organisation of concerts and fundraising. Please join our mailing list by completing the enclosed flyer and leave it in the Friends box at the front of the Hall.
Enquiries: 0416 380 567 Email: [email protected]
SPONSORSHIP
The experience of enjoying live symphonic music is unique to every member of our audience, yet each of you plays an important role in ensuring that this live music experience continues. To support your Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra through sponsorship or donations, which are Tax Deductable, please contact the President on 0416 380 567.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Nicholas Hammond and the soloists who have donated their time for these gala events.
Support from the following is gratefully acknowledged: Artemis Wines (sponsor), Southern Highlands Concert Band, The Highlands Sinfonia, Luke Menteith, Wingecarribee Shire Council, Colin Fox (ABCFM), ABC Illawarra, Southern Highlands Welcome Centre, Southern Highlands News, BDCU Alliance Bank, Photo and Finish, The Bookshop Bowral, Hypercet Printing, Van Til Flowers, LattéLife, Highlands FM, and 2ST.
Special thanks to Ted Chaplin at R and H for the posters.
Thanks to the volunteers who assisted with front of house, and refreshments at the interval and the reception.
2016 CONCERT SERIES
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September Ann Carr-Boyd - Fandango Brahms - Violin Concerto Soloist Scott Stiles from the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Borodin – Symphony No.2
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th November Alfred Hill - Celebrations Overture Bruch - Col Nidrei - Soloist Markus Hartstein Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6
See our website at: www.shso.org.au
Join our mailing list to be kept informed by completing the enclosed flyer.
NEW PLAYERS ARE WELCOME.
Contact: Allan Stiles on 0415 309 760 or Roma Dix on 0432 466 882.