QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEASON 2017 VENGEROV RAY CHEN PIERS LANE CARMEN ANNIVERSARY IN-CONCERT CELEBRATION ALONDRA DE LA PARRA Music Director QSO, ALONDRA + VENGEROV 18 NOVEMBER 2017 7.30PM Concert Hall, QPAC Join us for an end of season spectacular. Conductor Alondra de la Parra Hear Brahms’ great Violin Concerto in QSO Music Director the hands of the unique Vengerov, and witness a truly unsurpassable event. Violin Maxim Vengerov ADD TO This grand evening concludes with the QSO Artist-in-Residence SUBSCRIPTION exhilarating sounds of Daphnis et Chloé, a full- Brahms Violin Concerto BUY NOW & blooded performance featuring the might of the Dutilleux Métaboles SAVE 26%* QSO and The Australian Voices. Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Suites 1 & 2 The Artist-in-Residence program is supported by the T & J St Baker Charitable Trust. The QSO Music Director is proudly supported by Timothy Fairfax AC. *Saving based on A Reserve single ticket price Co-presented by QSO and QPAC qso.com.au INON BARNATAN CONTENTS 4 Maestro Series 11 Carmen In-Concert 12 Morning Masterworks Series 16 Choral Series 19 Vengerov In Recital 19 QSO Chamber Players 20 Music on Sundays Series 24 WorldBeat Concerts 26 QSO Community 28 The QSO Advantage 30 Composers and Artists 31 2017 Concert Calendar 32 Meet the Musicians 34 How to Book 36 Subscription Pricing 37 Booking Form COVER Alondra de la Parra, QSO Music Director Photography Oscar Turco VESSELINA Wardrobe MaxMara KASAROVA Makeup Estėe Lauder qso.com.au EST. 1947 It’s our 70thBIRTHDAY celebrate with us! In this special year, join us for an exciting range of events and activities to remember and honour QSO’s proud history. We want to especially thank our audiences who have been with us throughout this journey. There will be opportunities for you to share your memories of QSO, for past supporters to reconnect with us, and for new audiences to discover the cultural icon that is QSO, our great state orchestra. To open QSO’s 2017 performance season, and mark the commencement of our celebrations, QSO performs Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture on Saturday 18 February under the baton of QSO Music Director Alondra de la Parra. This overture was the first work performed at the QSO’s inaugural concert in 1947. qso.com.au/70 2 qso.com.au SEASON 2017 Music Director’s WELCOME and I have invited two of my most acclaimed predecessors back to the QSO for this season, Johannes Fritzsch and Muhai Tang — welcome to you both! I am honoured to be following these artists on the podium. In this first season, I have designed a diverse program sourced from many traditions and styles over several centuries. MAXIM There are treasures and delights throughout. VENGEROV In particular, my highlights in 2017 must QSO Artist-in-Residence 2017 include Vesselina Kasarova’s debut in Australia; she is one of the great Carmens QSO welcomes one of the world’s of our time, a truly mesmerising operatic greatest violinists, Maxim Vengerov, legend. Superstar composer Phillip Glass as Artist-in-Residence for 2017. Together Heroes of all kinds have provided rich celebrates his 80th birthday in 2017 and we with the QSO, the legendary Vengerov and necessary sources of inspiration have partnered with several international will present extraordinary performances, for the great composers. During my first orchestras to commission his long from a Queensland-first solo concert year as Music Director, the Queensland anticipated Symphony No.11, a landmark hall recital to a full scale concert of Symphony Orchestra presents some of event. One of Brisbane’s favourite soloists, truly magnificent and compelling music the finest heroes in symphonic music, Piers Lane celebrates his 40th anniversary including one of his signature works, with masterpieces such as Mahler’s with the QSO in 2017 and brings us his the great Brahms Violin Concerto. Titan, Berlioz’s Harold and Tchaikovksy’s acclaimed Moszkowski Piano Concerto. Manfred to Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Strauss’ Notable debuts include the Russian Experience live, the international autobiographical Ein Heldenleben and wunderkind pianist Alexander Malofeev, phenomenon that is Maxim Vengerov. Bizet’s unforgettable Carmen. nicknamed ‘The Bomb’ — come and hear him detonate as we present Rachmaninov’s For 2017, it is my great pleasure to invite Second Concerto together — and Miloš a star-studded roster of celebrated soloists Karadaglic´, the world’s most exciting and conductors, many new to the QSO MAXIM VENGEROV + guitarist, well known to Australian audiences and Australia, to showcase these ALONDRA DE LA PARRA through recordings and broadcasts. outstanding works. Wed 22 Feb 5.30pm Together, we present Howard Shore’s new QSO Studio, South Bank QSO is extremely proud to present our Guitar Concerto, an Australian premiere. See page 9. 2017 Artist-in-Residence, the sensational It is also my great pleasure to present violinist and conductor Maxim Vengerov. music from the Americas. With special VENGEROV IN RECITAL His violin playing is beyond compare. introductions of masterpieces by fellow Thur 23 Feb 7.30pm Not only will we be performing Brahms’ Mexican composers, Chávez, Revueltas See page 19. Violin Concerto together, you will also get and Márquez, this repertoire deserves a to hear this extraordinary violinist in his place in every orchestra’s core repertoire. SPECIAL EVENT first Queensland solo recital. And look out QSO, ALONDRA + VENGEROV I am sure this will be a thrilling new for the opportunity to hear Maxim Vengerov Sat 18 Nov 7.30pm conduct a special premiere event later in experience for you, our audience. See inside cover. the year. I encourage you to join with the QSO to celebrate our 70 years in 2017! My special relationship and musical rapport The Artist-in-Residence program is supported by the T & J St Baker Charitable Trust. with the musicians of the QSO increases Con cariño, Alonda de la Parra Co-presented by QSO and QPAC. with each visit and I am so excited to begin Proudly supported by UQ. my Music Director role in the QSO’s 70th QSO Music Director anniversary year. We have a number of The QSO Music Director is proudly celebratory events and concerts lined up supported by Timothy Fairfax AC. 3 Paul O’Brien, QSO Double Bass Irit Silver, QSO Section Principal Clarinet Josh DeMarchi, QSO Associate Principal Percussion qso.com.au 2017 promises the greatest of musical adventures with QSO’s Music Director Alondra de la Parra as your guide — a year of powerful and stunning orchestral music. See and hear the best soloists from across the world on your doorstep. Experience the new, the extraordinary, the beloved, the passionate. Nothing can match QSO live. 5 SEASON 2017 1 SEASON 2 OPENER! maestro Concert Hall, QPAC Develop a greater understanding of the music you are about to hear. Pre-concert talks at 6.30pm Alondra de la Parra Leslie Howard QSO, ALONDRA QSO, FRITZSCH AND MAHLER 1 AND HOWARD SAT 18 FEB 7.30PM SAT 11 MAR 7.30PM Also Morning Masterworks Fri 17 Feb* Conductor Alondra de la Parra Conductor Johannes Fritzsch Piano Zhang Zuo (Zee Zee) Piano Leslie Howard Australian debut, QSO exclusive Koda´ly Dances of Galánta Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Liszt Piano Concerto No.2 Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1* Liszt Totentanz Mahler Symphony No.1 Titan* Strauss Ein Heldenleben QSO’s Music Director Alondra de la Parra QSO welcomes the leading international opens Season 2017 with the next instalment Liszt specialist of our time, Leslie of her epic Mahler cycle. The Titan, a work Howard, making a rare return to his home of brilliance and extraordinary scale, set country to perform live in concert. This the composer on his journey as the great stellar evening, under the baton of QSO symphonist; this is the perfect entrée for Conductor Laureate Johannes Fritzsch, a Mahler odyssey. Add Mendelssohn’s culminates with Strauss’ epic tone-poem glittering jewel of a concerto in the hands Ein Heldenleben, a monumental piece that of young pianist Zhang Zuo, and the grand demands your attention! Tannhäuser Overture, and you can expect an evening of power, sparkle and spectacle. The Tannhäuser Overture marks the commencement of QSO’s 70th anniversary celebrations in 2017 and was the first work performed at the QSO’s inaugural concert in 1947 in the Brisbane City Hall. IN CONVERSATION WITH MAXIM VENGEROV + ALONDRA DE LA PARRA 22 February The QSO Music Director is proudly Sunshine Coast bus available supported by Timothy Fairfax AC. to Maestro Series concerts. Details page 35. Presented in association with QPAC. 6 qso.com.au 3 QSO 4 5 CO-COMMISSIONED PREMIERE Alexander Malofeev Pablo Ferrández Muhai Tang QSO, GLASS AND QSO, HAYDN QSO WITH RACHMANINOV AND SIBELIUS MUHAI TANG SAT 22 APR 7.30PM FRI 19 MAY 7.30PM SAT 10 JUN 7.30PM Also Morning Masterworks Fri 21 Apr* Conductor Alondra de la Parra Conductor Robert Trevino Conductor Muhai Tang Piano Alexander Malofeev Cello Pablo Ferrández Piano Inon Barnatan Australian debut, QSO exclusive Both Australian debut, QSO exclusive Australian debut, QSO exclusive Glass Symphony No.11* Dvorˇák Carnival Overture Chindamo Palimpsest Australian premiere Haydn Cello Concerto in C Schumann Piano Concerto Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2* Sibelius Symphony No.2 Brahms Symphony No.1 What better demonstration of QSO’s Double debuts for Australia! QSO As part of QSO’s 70th anniversary relationship with the world’s most introduces you to Maestro Robert celebration, we have enticed our former famous living composer, than to Trevino, an emerging force on the Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor, participate in this premiere performance international music scene, and multi- Muhai Tang, back from Europe and of his Symphony No.11, in partnership award winning cellist Pablo Ferrández, Asia to honour our Concert Hall stage with orchestras in Austria and Turkey, a musician of pure heart and soul for one special night.