NOËL! NOËL! PRINCIPAL PARTNER NOËL! NOËL! Sydney and Melbourne December 2016 MEDIA PARTNER PRINCIPAL PARTNER Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director Madison Nonoa (New Zealand) Soprano Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Take control of your Brandenburg Choir PROGRAM Sydney City Recital Hall Nicolai Wachet auf! (1599) Wednesday 14 December, 5pm and 7pm (arr. Praetorius) Saturday 17 December, 5pm and 7pm financial future Anonymous Sonata à 9 Gauntlett Once, in Royal David’s City Melbourne Melbourne Recital Centre Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets Saturday 10 December, 5pm and 7:30pm in C major, RV 537 Allegro Vavilov Ave Maria Mosman (arr. A. Palmer) St Clement’s Anglican Church Friday 9 December, 7pm Traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. A. Palmer) Paddington Ola Gjeilo The Spheres from Sunrise Mass St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday 12 December, 7pm Traditional Coventry Carol Tuesday 13 December, 7pm (arr. A. Palmer) Luys de Narváez Con qué la lavare Wollongong (arr. T. Coelho) St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Thursday 15 December, 7pm Traditional God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. A. Palmer) Parramatta Rittler Ciaccona à 7 in C major St. Patrick’s Cathedral Monday 19 December, 7:30pm Ēriks Ešenvalds O Salutaris Hostia The best decisions are made when you have all the facts Mendelssohn Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Newtown St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Macquarie financial advisers provide expert To access the tools, insights and expertise you Ben Folds The Luckiest Tuesday 20 December, 7pm guidance and keep you informed, so you need to help make important decisions contact (arr. Jim Clements) can take control of your financial future a Macquarie adviser today. Adolphe Adam Cantique de Noël Chairman’s 11 with confidence. (arr. A. Palmer) Proudly supporting our guest artists. Traditional Amazing Grace Call 1800 789 789 or visit macquarie.com.au/advice The duration of this (arr. A. Palmer) concert is approximately Gruber Stille Nacht 90 minutes without macquarie.com Anonymous O Come, All Ye Faithful interval. We kindly request (arr. Willcocks) that you switch off all This information is provided by Macquarie Equities Limited ABN 41 002 574 923 AFSL 237504 (MEL) and does not take into account your objectives, electronic devices during financial situation or needs. You should consider whether it is appropriate for you. MEL is not an authorised deposit-taking institution for the purposes the performance. of the Banking Act (Cth) 1959, and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) ABN 46 008 583 542. 1 MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of MEL. take-control-of-your-financial-future-ABO-180x222mm.indd 1 6/10/2016 10:27 INFINITE PAUL'S THOUGHTS POSSIBILITIES ON CHRISTMAS On behalf of Macquarie Group, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to Noël! Noël! Christmas for me is a feeling not a date. Summer holidays are in sight, the beach This is Macquarie Group’s ninth year as Brandenburg’s principal partner and Noël! Noël! is always a becomes irresistible, and everybody’s home highlight of the annual concert season. Artist Director Paul Dyer makes this such a special occasion or nobody’s home at all. Christmas has an by creating a program with a delightful mix of joyful traditions and wonderful surprises. It continues to unmistakable charm over people. We visit old be the perfect way to celebrate the end of the concert year. friends, we get festive with food and we let our guard down. Sun showers scorch the asphalt, It is a privilege to support the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. What makes this relationship so the dress code goes out the window and we rewarding is our shared vision of infinite possibilities and commitment to the highest standards, yearn for the southerly to hit. We travel, we underpinned by specialist skills and experience. The Brandenburg continues to inspire and engage volunteer, we cook. I call this magic in the audiences all across the country by showcasing exceptional local and international musical talent. air Noël! Noël! Congratulations to Paul Dyer and the Orchestra for another magnificent year of concerts. A few things I love about Christmas Seeing the Christmas lights on as I approach home You have almost certainly heard the Hallelujah The glamour and glitter of the decorations, chorus but you may not have experienced the including the tacky ones rest of Handel’s ubiquitous Messiah. Initially Piling into the car and heading straight headed for failure, Handel worked cleverly with to the beach for a swim philanthropist Thomas Coram to stage a series of The Christmas ads and jingles benefit concerts in Foundling Hospital for orphans on TV in the 1750s. The act of charity turned quickly Seeing cases of mangoes and cherries into commercial success and the rest is history. for sale on the roadside Messiah exploded onto the London scene. I am thrilled to be opening the 2017 concert season Waking on Christmas morning and feeling with this keystone of the baroque repertoire which completely peaceful is arguably one of the greatest and most popular masterworks ever written. Resplendent young New Zealand soprano Madison Nonoa makes her Brandenburg Do not miss Handel’s Messiah. Go to the debut during this Noël! Noël! series. I will Brandenburg website, call the box office and never forget the first time I heard this glorious buy your ticket now! young voice. Merry Christmas. Switch your TV to Foxtel Arts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and tune into a broadcast concert of Noël! Noël! recorded live at St Francis of Assisi in Paddington, Sydney. This is the start of a fabulous partnership with Foxtel Arts who Bill Marynissen share a commitment to musical excellence and to 2 Head of Wealth Management, Banking and Financial Services PRINCIPAL PARTNER bringing the Brandenburg to the widest possible Paul Dyer AO 3 audience across Australia. Artistic Director and Conductor NOËL! NOËL! Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director, Conductor Madison Nonoa (New Zealand) Soprano Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir THE MUSICIANS ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS Baroque Violins Baroque Trumpet Timpani/Percussion Matt Bruce* Leanne Sullivan Brian Nixon Associate Concertmaster Rainer Saville Ben Dollman* Theorbo/Guitar Sackbut Tommie Andersson* Baroque Viola Ros Jorgensen Monique O'Dea1 Nigel Crocker Chamber Organ Brett Page Heidi Jones2 Baroque Cello Rosemary Quinn Harpsichord Paul Dyer* BRANDENBURG CHOIR Soprano Alto Bass Samantha Ellis Jonathan Borg Craig Everingham Wei Jiang Phil Butterworth Nick Gilbert Belinda Montgomery Chris Hopkins Sébastien Maury Amy Moore Mark Nowicki Philip Murray Josie Ryan Paul Tenorio Rodney Smith Anna Sandström Lauren Stephenson Tenor Adria Watkin Spencer Darby Hester Wright Miguel Iglesias Brendan McMullan Eric Peterson SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR 2017 Richard Sanchez What I think of when I think of baroque * Denotes Brandenburg Core Musician 4 1 Monique O’Dea appears courtesy of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney (staff) 2 Heidi Jones appears courtesy of SCEGGS Darlinghurst brandenburg.com.au | 1300 782 856 Paul Dyer and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra would like to warmly thank the Austrian Period Orchestra Concerto Stella Matutina for generously providing the music for the Sonata à 9 5 PRINCIPAL PARTNER MADISON AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG NONOA ORCHESTRA “...What stands out at concert after concert is the impression that this bunch of musicians is having a really good time. They look at each other and smile and laugh... there’s a warmth and sense of fun not often associated with classical performance.” Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, led by 28 flagship national arts organisations supported charismatic Artistic Director Paul Dyer, celebrates by the Australia Council for the Arts. The Orchestra the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth and began regular touring to Queensland in 2015. eighteenth centuries with excellence, flair and joy. Comprising leading specialists in informed Since its beginning, the Brandenburg has performance practice from all over Australia, the been popular with both audiences and critics. Brandenburg performs using original edition scores In 1998 The Age proclaimed the Brandenburg and instruments of the period, breathing fresh life “had reached the ranks of the world’s best and vitality into baroque and classical masterpieces period instrument orchestras”. In 2010 the UK’s – as though the music has just sprung from the Gramophone Magazine declared “the Australian composer’s pen. Brandenburg Orchestra is Australia’s finest period-instrument ensemble. Under their inspiring The Orchestra’s name pays tribute to the musical director Paul Dyer, their vibrant concerts Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, whose and recordings combine historical integrity with musical genius was central to the baroque area. electrifying virtuosity and a passion for beauty”. Celebrating their 27th anniversary in 2016, the Madison Nonoa is a soprano of Samoan-New Winner 2015, 3rd Place Winner New Zealand Brandenburg continues to deliver exhilarating The Australian proclaimed that “a concert with the Zealand and European descent. She has Young Performer of the Year 2014, Beatrice performances. Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is like stepping recently embarked on a solo international career, Webster Prize for Excellence: Most Promising back in time, as the sounds of period instruments beginning with her performances in Australia Senior Vocalist 2015, Lexus Song Quest The Brandenburg has collaborated with such resurrect baroque and classical works with with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Finalist 2016. acclaimed and dynamic virtuosi as Andreas reverence and authority”. Madison has studied classical singing, violin and Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano since five years of age and is passionate Madison has performed with the Auckland Emma Kirkby, Andreas Staier, Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Brandenburg’s 19 recordings with ABC about opera and French, German and Samoan Opera Factory, New Zealand Opera Company, Genevieve Lacey, Andrew Manze and more. Classics include five ARIA Award winners for languages.