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When I Fall in Love
An Evening with Chris Botti
Fri 16 March 8pm
Sat 17 March 8pm
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Friday 16 March, 8pm
Saturday 17 March, 8pm
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When I Fall in Love:
An Evening with Chris Botti
Chris Botti TRUMPET
Andy Ezrin KEYBOARDS
Lisa Fischer VOCALS
Caroline Campbell VIOLIN
Leonardo Amuedo GUITAR
Richie Goods BASS
Billy Kilson DRUMS
Brett Kelly CONDUCTOR
Venice
When I Fall in Love
Chopin’s Prelude in C minor
Pre-concert talk by John Foster
at 7.15pm in the Northern Foyer.
Visit sydneysymphony.com/talk-bios
for speaker biographies.
The Look of Love
You Are Not Alone (Chris Botti and his band)
Emmanuel
INTERVAL
Adagio from Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez
The Very Thought of You
Italia
Cinema Paradiso
Indian Summer
Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep)
from Puccini’s opera Turandot
My Funny Valentine (Chris Botti and his band)
See page 13 for songwriter and arranger credits.
The concert will conclude at
approximately 10pm.
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Chris Botti
Since the release in 2004 of his critically acclaimed CD
When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti (pronounced boat-tee) has
become the biggest-selling American instrumental artist.
His success has crossed over to audiences usually
reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with
the American Public Broadcasting Service has led to four
Number 1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold,
Platinum and Grammy Awards.
Over the past three decades, he has recorded and
performed with the best in music, including Frank
Sinatra, Sting, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Paul Simon,
Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell
and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
Hitting the road for 250-plus days per year, Chris and
his incredible band have performed with many of the
finest symphony orchestras and at some of the world’s
most prestigious venues and events, including the World
Series and Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony.
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A Gershwin Tribute
GERSHWIN
Cuban Overture
Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin Songbook
Catfish Row – Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
Bramwell Tovey conductor-piano
Tracy Dahl soprano
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ABOUT THE MUSIC
The Trumpet Sings
One evening when he was eight years old, Chris Botti
turned on the television to watch The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson. Up until then Botti had been learning piano,
but he was immediately struck by the performance of the
show’s long-time resident bandleader, Doc Severinsen.
‘Doc Severinsen was perhaps one of the greatest trumpet
players ever,’ says Botti. ‘I had been playing piano – my
Mom wanted me to be a pianist – and I turned on The
Tonight Show, and there was Doc Severinsen with a trumpet.
It was flashy, it was cool, and I thought, “Hey, I could try
that”.’ And so began Botti’s lifelong love affair with the
trumpet, the instrument he has dubbed ‘the ultimate
ex-wife’, so consummate is his dedication to its demands.
A few years later, Botti heard a recording of Miles Davis
playing My Funny Valentine, an experience that would have
a profound impact on his style and the future direction
of his career. ‘Literally three notes into that song, that
sound…that quality…that melancholy, haunting thing
that Miles had, resonated with me so strongly that I knew
I wanted to live in New York and I knew I wanted to play
jazz – instantaneously.’
Following studies at Indiana University (whose other
notable musical alumni include Leonard Slatkin, Michael
Brecker, Joshua Bell and Booker T. Jones), Botti played in
the backing band of Frank Sinatra. Sinatra’s 1955 Capitol
Records collaboration with Nelson Riddle, In the Wee Small
Hours, has been acknowledged by Botti – and most critics –
as one of the greatest records ever made. Consisting
entirely of ballads, it is regarded as one of the first ‘concept’
albums, its melancholy mood sustained by Sinatra’s
considered phrasing and Riddle’s filigree arrangements
and orchestration.
In 1985 Botti fulfilled his childhood dream and moved to
New York, where he studied with Woody Shaw and worked
as a pop session musician, recording and touring with
artists such as Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and many others.
It was around this time that he became acquainted with the
music of Sting, whose group he joined in 1999 and whom
he has since credited with exposing the sound of his
trumpet to the world and ‘single-handedly giving me a
career’. He came to Sting’s music relatively late – postPolice – and cites the song ‘Fragile’ as having provided an
introduction to his friend’s work.
Chris Botti has collaborated with many top-flight vocalists,
including Michael Bublé (whom he has described as Frank
On Sting…
He is my best friend. I would not
be sitting here, speaking with
you about my career; I wouldn’t
have a career – I wouldn’t have a
real career – had he not been in
my corner. I have never met an
individual who is as loyal and as
much of a friend as he can be…
ten years ago, he said, ‘Chris, if
you leave your career for two
years and join my band, I will
break the sound of your trumpet
to the world, and you will have a
lot of fans who don’t even know
about jazz.’ And that is exactly
what happened, so I can never
repay him for what he has done
for me – he is just the greatest.
CHRIS BOTTI
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©RA / LEBRECHT MUSIC & ARTS
_ Frank Sinatra in The Tender
Trap, 1955, the same year he
released the Nelson Riddle
collaboration, In the Wee Small
Hours – one of the greatest
records ever made, says Botti.
On performing with a
symphony orchestra…
Sinatra’s heir apparent), Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and –
thanks to some studio wizardry – the late Dean Martin.
‘To this day I try to sculpt my sound to be the jazz musician
that singers will turn to,’ he has said.
It’s perhaps not surprising that Botti has such a strong
affinity with singers, given the early influence exerted upon
him by Miles Davis, who forged one of the most distinctive
and personal voices in jazz. Arranger Gil Evans, who
collaborated with Davis on the albums Birth of the Cool,
Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain, once said
that a large part of Davis’s gift was ‘the creation of sound…
he can put his own substance, his own flesh on a note and
then put that note exactly where it belongs’. Like that of
Davis, Botti’s sound has an intimacy that speaks to
audiences in a fashion usually only found in the
performances of the finest vocalists, and his collaborations
with singers might be considered duets rather than
accompaniments. His choice of repertoire bears this out,
consisting largely of some of the most beloved songs in the
canon: When I Fall in Love, The Very Thought of You, ‘Ave
Maria’, ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’, and even the great
operatic tenor aria Nessun Dorma. However they are not
always songs in the conventional sense: ‘Flamenco
Sketches’, from Davis’ landmark 1959 album Kind of Blue,
for example, has no melody or lyric and consists of five
chords upon which the soloist is free to improvise.
Nonetheless, it is a perfect vehicle for Botti, allowing him
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…standing there and playing
in front of an orchestra is the
greatest feeling ever. I love
doing just shows with my band,
but every time we play with an
orchestra…for the audience,
there is just nothing like it.
Because you get this threedimensional quality; it’s very
sophisticated and we really put
a lot of effort into hiring the
best arrangers and having a
real romantic-ish night of music,
and it’s my favourite. When an
orchestra is great…then it is
perfect.
CHRIS BOTTI
JAN PERSSON / JAZZSIGN/LEBRECHT MUSIC & ARTS
_ Hearing Miles Davis would
have a profound impact on
Chris Botti’s style.
Miles Davis in Copenhagen,
1964.
to communicate with listeners in just as immediate and
direct a manner as the most personal song.
Botti’s jazz credentials are impeccable, but his musical
sensibilities extend beyond the boundaries imposed by
those who feel compelled to categorise music. He and his
band move effortlessly between styles and genres to occupy
a territory somewhere among jazz, pop and classical music;
in a Botti concert or album, jazz standards are likely to rub
shoulders with opera arias and movie themes. He employs
his polished technique – and the finest arrangers – in
pursuit of an atmosphere of romantic sophistication such
as that he admires in Sinatra’s In the Wee Small Hours.
Botti is also a fan of Ennio Morricone, whose ability to
evoke mood has elevated so many films, including Once
Upon a Time In America (‘Deborah’s Theme’, heard in Botti’s
2007 album Italia), The Mission (‘Gabriel’s Oboe’, also from
Italia) and Cinema Paradiso (on which Botti duetted with
cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Boston). In the same vein is Emmanuel,
an instrumental track from Michel Colombier’s 1970
concept album Wings, the late film composer’s
contemporary cantata for large symphony orchestra and
several dozen vocalists. (Interestingly, trumpeter Herb
Alpert, whose A&M Records financed the project, also
performed on the album, alongside jazz trombonist Kai
Winding and singers Rita Coolidge and Bill Medley.) The
piece was specially arranged for Botti and violinist Lucia
Micarelli by Jeremy Lubbock.
On his favourite part
of the job…
Probably surrounding myself
and being able to keep the level
of musicians in my band. They
are all multi-Grammy Award
winners – very, very famous –
and they have really honed their
craft as individual artists.
CHRIS BOTTI
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TCHAIKOVSKY
at the ballet
The Sydney Symphony performs orchestral
highlights from two of Tchaikovsky’s great ballets:
Nutcracker and Swan Lake.
Also on the program...
GOLIJOV Last Round
FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Andrew Grams conductor | Louis Lortie piano
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Kalkadungu
After sold-out concerts in 2008, William Barton
returns to Sydney with his didjeridu to play his
collaboration with Matthew Hindson, Kalkadungu.
MOZART Symphony No.31 (Paris)
MACKEY Stumble to Grace – Piano Concerto
(Australian premiere)
BARTON & HINDSON Kalkadungu
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
David Robertson conductor
William Barton didjeridu
Orli Shaham piano
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Botti’s mournful trumpet also brings out the true cante
jondo soul of the Adagio from Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez,
which he linked with ‘Fragile’ in the company of Sting (on
lute), Yo-Yo Ma and guitarist Dominic Miller in Boston.
Botti’s career came full circle in 2011 when he performed
My Funny Valentine at the White House with Herbie
Hancock, whose recording of the song with Miles Davis
sparked Botti’s desire to move to New York and play jazz
more than 30 years before. He is married to his career and
his craft, the demands of which have not diminished over
the years: he practises every day, come hail, rain or shine
(his ‘ex-wife’ of choice is a 1939 Martin Committee largebore trumpet). And, despite his success and accolades, he
still gets nervous before a concert. ‘It’s the ultimate test, the
number one hurdle – to go back and forth from the classical
music and the jazz music to really playing rock…and to still
at the end of the night have an upper register that is free and
open. That is the thing that makes me more nervous than
anything else: the miserable, monophonic, ancient trumpet.’
Having played with so many of the biggest names and
most talented musicians in the business, is there anybody
that he would still like to work with? Botti says that if there
is one singer he would love to work with one day, it’s
former Genesis front man Peter Gabriel. Hope you’re
listening, Sydney Symphony.
On success…
…it didn’t come overnight…
I remember not that long ago –
12, 15 years ago – in San
Francisco, we played a gig
where my band outnumbered
the audience. There were six
people in my band and four in
the audience. And now we do
two or three nights in San
Francisco Symphony [Davies
Hall] and it’s sold out, 3000 a
night. So it’s the ascent that
makes the real journey – you
feel grateful for what you’ve got.
CHRIS BOTTI
PROGRAM NOTES
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Music Credits
Please note that the artists reserve the right to vary the program on the
night.
Venice Chris Botti & Dean Parks, arrangement by Gil Goldstein |
When I Fall in Love Edward Heyman & Victor Young, arr. Gil Goldstein,
orchestration by Brad Dechter | Prelude in C minor, Op.28 No.20
Frédéric Chopin, arr. Vince Mendoza | The Look of Love Burt Bacharach
& Hal David, arr. Brad Dechter | You Are Not Alone Robert Kelly |
Emmanuel Michel Colombier, arr. Jeremy Lubbock & Brad Dechter |
Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
Joaquín Rodrigo, arr. Gil Goldstein | The Very Thought of You Ray
Noble, arr. Chris Botti Band, orch. Brad Dechter | Italia David Foster &
Chris Botti with lyrics by Lorenzo ‘Jovanotti’ Cherubini, arr. Gil Goldstein,
additional arr. Brad Dechter | Cinema Paradiso Andrea Morricone &
Ennio Morricone, arr. Brad Dechter, Gil Goldstein & Jorge Calandrelli |
Indian Summer Mark Goldenberg, arr. Brad Dechter & Frank Bennett |
Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep) from the opera Turandot
Giacomo Puccini arr. Jeremy Lubbock | My Funny Valentine Richard
Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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MORE MUSIC
Chris Botti Discography
This is Chris Botti (2011)
With Andrea Bocelli, Paula Cole, Katharine McPhee,
Lucia Micarelli, Dominic Miller, Sting and the late
Dean Martin.
Label: Decca Records
Live in Boston (2009)
With the Boston Pops Orchestra and guest artists
including Josh Groban, Lucia Micarelli, Steven Tyler
and Yo-Yo Ma.
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Bobby Colomby
Italia (2007)
With Andrea Bocelli, Paula Cole and Dean Martin.
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Bobby Colomby
Live with Orchestra and Special Guests (2007)
With Jill Scott, Paula Cole, Burt Bacharach, Renee
Olstead, Paul Buchanan, Gladys Knight and Sting.
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Jim Gable, Bobby Colomby
To Love Again: The Duets (2005)
With Michael Bublé, Paula Cole, Gladys Knight
and Sting.
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Bobby Colomby
When I Fall in Love (2004)
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Jeff Lorber, Bobby Colomby,
Brian Bromberg
A Thousand Kisses Deep (2003)
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Steve Lindsey
December (2002)
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Richard Marx, Bobby Colomby
Night Sessions (2001)
Label: Columbia.
Produced by: Kipper
Slowing Down the World (1999)
Label: Verve/GRP Records.
Produced by: Andy Snitzer, Chris Botti,
Kevin Killen, Paul Joseph Moore
Midnight Without You (1997)
Label: Verve Forcast.
Produced by: Andy Snitzer, Chris Botti,
Kevin Killen, Paul Joseph Moore
First Wish (1995)
Label: Verve Forcast.
Produced by: Chris Botti, Kevin Killen
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Brett Kelly CONDUCTOR
Brett Kelly regularly conducts the Melbourne, Sydney,
Adelaide, Tasmanian, Queensland and West Australian
symphony orchestras, as well as orchestras in New Zealand,
and productions for Australia’s leading contemporary opera
company, ChamberMade Opera. He is also Principal
Trombone of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, a post he
has held since 1981.
He studied conducting with the distinguished AustrianRomanian conductor Robert Rosen and then undertook
advanced study in Europe including with the then chief
conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek.
Between 1989 and 2004, he was Artistic Director and Chief
Conductor of The Academy of Melbourne, a highly regarded
chamber orchestra formed from his colleagues in the MSO,
and since 2003 he has been Music Advisor and Resident
Conductor of ChamberMade Opera. He has conducted the
premiere productions of The Cockatoos, Sarah de Jong and
Sarah Carradine’s opera based on the novel by Patrick White
(Victorian Opera) and Andrew Schultz’s opera The Children’s
Bach, after the book by Helen Garner (ChamberMade). In
addition he has conducted the scores for numerous films,
including most recently Legend of the Guardian, Cloudstreet,
Sanctum, Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia and Happy Feet II.
Brett Kelly’s recordings include the Rodrigo guitar
concertos with Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, nominated for
a 2006 Aria Award, and his work on The Hive by Nicolas Vines
(Chambermade Opera, 2006) saw him nominated for a Green
Room Award as Best Conductor of Opera.
In addition to performing with the MSO, Brett Kelly has
been a member of the contemporary music ensembles
Flederman, The Seymour Group and Elision. He is also an
experienced radio broadcaster, has presented leadership
programs for companies such as Boeing and ANZ, and
directed intensive conducting courses for Symphony
Australia.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Andrew Ezrin KEYBOARDS
Born and raised in Boston, Andy Ezrin began playing piano at
ten and was performing professionally by age 12. He studied
at Boston University, Tanglewood Institute, Oberlin College
Conservatory, and at the University of Miami.
Since then he has performed extensively around the world,
including recording and touring since 1989 with the Grammy
Award-winning vocal jazz group New York Voices. He has
performed at major international jazz festivals, including
Montreux, North Sea, Montreal and Live Under the Sky in
Japan; as well as appearing at Carnegie Hall (featured soloist
with the Count Basie Orchestra, Chris Botti and Linda Eder),
Lincoln Center, Boston Symphony Hall (with the Boston Pops)
and at the United Nations.
In addition to touring with Chris Botti as a permanent band
member, he has toured with Joe Jackson, Rickie Lee Jones and
Patti Austin. He has 12 trio recordings under his own name
including Tactile, Zoom: Love Junket (a jazz organ/multi-keyboard
trio record) and Silent Movies, a solo piano CD of original
compositions. His most recent release, on his own label, is
What Speaks to Me.
Andy Ezrin’s compositions can be heard on television
and radio as well as film, and he has performed on the Rosie
O’Donnell Show, Late Night with David Letterman and
The Tony Danza Show. He was recently keyboardist and
associate musical director for Hot Feet, the Earth Wind and
Fire Broadway musical, as well as musical director for singing
sensation Linda Eder. He has also recorded and toured with
renowned singer-songwriter Christopher Cross, as well as
Broadway icon Chita Rivera and German Cabaret artist Ute
Lemper.
Lisa Fischer VOCALS
Lisa Fischer is a Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, and
one of the most successful session vocalists and backup
singers of her generation, known for her impressive range.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, she attended the Music and Art
High School and Queens College in New York City.
Career highlights include touring with Luther Vandross
(accompanying him on nearly all his tours), Chaka Khan, The
Rolling Stones and Tina Turner. In 1991, she made a solo LP,
So Intense, and the song ‘How Can I Ease the Pain’ won her a
Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. Lisa Fischer
worked with Chris Botti on Sting’s If on a Winter’s Night…
project and says, ‘I’m so blessed and happy to be a part of his
melodic and beautiful world…it’s like playing in a sand box
every night!’
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Caroline Campbell VIOLIN
Caroline Campbell has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland
Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra and many other orchestras, and appeared in venues
such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. She has been
nicknamed ‘violinist to the stars’, playing duets with Sting,
Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Garth Brooks and Julio
Iglesias. She has performed with Chris Botti throughout the
United States and in tours worldwide, and appears on his
CD, Impressions.
In film, she has performed on the soundtracks for
Spiderman, Pirates of the Caribbean, and recorded solo violin
for Jennifer Aniston’s movie Wanderlust. And in addition to
performing John Corigliano’s Red Violin concerto, she recently
gave the first performance of Theodore Shapiro’s Suite for
violin and orchestra from The Devil Wears Prada with the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Caroline Campbell studied violin with David Cerone and
Donald Weilerstein at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is
a graduate of Stanford University. In 2010 she released her
debut CD, Truly, Simply, Deeply.
Leonardo Amuedo GUITAR
Leonardo Amuedo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He
learned his first guitar chords with his brother when he
was four years old, and by the age of 17 he was playing with
top musicians in Uruguay such as Osvaldo and Hugo
Fattoruso (OPA group), Mariana Ingold, Urbano Moraes
Fernando Cabrera, and Mateo. In 1984 he received The Best
Guitarist of the Year award in Uruguay.
In 1990 he moved to the Netherlands, and in 2002 to Rio
de Janeiro. Since then he has recorded and performed with
world-renowned artists such as João Bosco, Caetano Veloso,
Gilson Peranzzetta, Mauro Senise, Armando Marçal (Pat
Metheny group), Wagner Tiso, Alejandro Sanz, Jane Monheit,
Simone, Marcio Montarroyos, Leny Andrade, Hermeto
Pascoal, Oscar Castro, Neves, Andre Mehmari, Herbie
Hancock, Billy Hart, Maria Schneider, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dianne
Reeves, Chris Botti, Vince Mendoza, Marcus Miller, Ivan Lins,
Maria Gadu and Alex Acuña (Weather Report).
From 2002 to 2010 Leonard Amuedo was a member of
Ivan Lins’ band and was awarded two Latin Grammy Awards
for his work on the 2005 Album of the Year Cantando Historias
and the 2009 Best Brazilian Pop Album Ivan Lins and the
Metropole Orchestra.
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Richie Goods BASS
The youngest person ever inducted into the Pittsburgh Jazz
Hall of Fame, bassist Richie Goods got an early start playing
at clubs while still attending the Pittsburgh performing arts
high school, CAPA. After graduating from the jazz program
at Berklee College of Music, he moved to New York City,
where he studied under jazz luminaries Ron Carter and Ray
Brown.
Richie Goods made a name for himself through recording
and touring with a variety of jazz and popular artists, ranging
from Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band,
Mulgrew Miller and Milt Jackson, to Brian McKnight, DJ
Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Whitney Houston and Christina
Aguilera. His extensive discography includes the platinum
and Grammy Award-winning albums of Alicia Keys and
Common.
Most recently, he has become the bass player for the
Headhunters and The Lenny White band. When not on tour,
he can be found in his studio, producing records for his
company, RichMan Productions. His latest project is a debut
solo album with his Fusion/Funk band, Nuclear Fusion,
recorded live at New York City’s Zinc Bar.
Billy Kilson DRUMS
Billy Kilson is one of the most versatile and explosive
drummers on the music scene today. His unique energetic
style captivates audiences worldwide, and he frequently brings
down the house both as a sideman and as the front man of
his band, BK Groove, a quartet of some of the top musicians
in jazz.
He has a reputation as a versatile drummer, with accolades
from the traditional jazz community, smooth jazz enthusiasts
and music fans of various genres. His sideman career has
seen him perform all over the world with artists such as
Hank Jones, Dave Holland, Ahmad Jamal, Bob James and
many more. And as a member of Chris Botti’s band, he has
performed before fans of Sting, Josh Groban, and Earth Wind
and Fire.
In addition to his success as a sideman in concert and on
recordings, Billy Kilson composes and performs his own
music. Influenced by the jazz, funk and fusion of his youth,
he composed his first recording, While Ur Sleepin’, and
formed BK Groove. His reputation has ensured BK Groove
collaborations with musicians such as Kenny Davis, James
Genus, Henry Hey, Mike Sim, George Colligan, Steve Wilson,
Antonio Hart and others. His follow-up project, Pots & Pans,
garnered rave reviews.
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MUSICIANS
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Principal Conductor
and Artistic Advisor
supported by Emirates
Dene Olding
Concertmaster
Nicholas Carter
Associate Conductor
supported by Premier Partner
Credit Suisse
FIRST VIOLINS
VIOLAS
FLUTES
TRUMPETS
Kirsten Williams
Anne-Louise Comerford
Imants Larsens*
Robyn Brookfield
Graham Hennings
Stuart Johnson
Justine Marsden
Tara Houghton°
Roger Benedict
Tobias Breider
Sandro Costantino
Jane Hazelwood
Felicity Tsai
Leonid Volovelsky
Janet Webb
Rosamund Plummer
David Elton
John Foster
Andrew Evans°
Paul Goodchild
Anthony Heinrichs
Associate Concertmaster
Fiona Ziegler
Assistant Concertmaster
Jennifer Booth
Sophie Cole
Amber Davis
Georges Lentz
Nicola Lewis
Alexander Norton
Léone Ziegler
Dene Olding
Concertmaster
Sun Yi
Principal Piccolo
Kate Rockstrom*
Emma Sholl
Carolyn Harris
TROMBONES
OBOES
Diana Doherty
Rachel Cashmore†
Shefali Pryor
David Papp
Alexandre Oguey
Katherine Lukey
CELLOS
Assistant Concertmaster
Leah Lynn
CLARINETS
Julie Batty
Marianne Broadfoot
Brielle Clapson
Jennifer Hoy
Alexandra Mitchell
Assistant Principal
Lawrence Dobell
Craig Wernicke
Kirsty Hilton
Susan Dobbie
Principal Emeritus
Stan W Kornel
Emma Hayes
Biyana Rozenblit
Alexandra D’Elia°
Emily Qin°
Lucy Warren†
Marina Marsden
Emma West
Assistant Principal
Maria Durek
Shuti Huang
Benjamin Li
Emily Long
Nicole Masters
Philippa Paige
Maja Verunica
Tim Dowling*
Ronald Prussing
Nick Byrne
Fenella Gill
Timothy Nankervis
Christopher Pidcock
Adrian Wallis
Mee Na Lojewski*
Catherine Hewgill
Kristy Conrau
Elizabeth Neville
David Wickham
DOUBLE BASSES
Kees Boersma
Richard Lynn
David Murray
Benjamin Ward
Douglas Rutherford†
Alex Henery
Neil Brawley
Principal Emeritus
David Campbell
Steven Larson
TUBA
Principal Bass Clarinet
Francesco Celata
Christopher Tingay
BASSOONS
Matthew Wilkie
Fiona McNamara
Roger Brooke
Noriko Shimada
Principal Contrabassoon
Scott Frankcombe*
Steve Rossé
TIMPANI
Richard Miller
PERCUSSION
Rebecca Lagos
Mark Robinson
Colin Piper
HARP
Louise Johnson
HORNS
Ben Jacks
Lee Bracegirdle
Sharn McIver†
Jenny McLeod°
Robert Johnson
Geoffrey O’Reilly
Principal 3rd
Marnie Sebire
Euan Harvey
To see photographs of the full roster of permanent musicians
and find out more about the orchestra, visit our website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/SSO_musicians
If you don’t have access to the internet, ask one of our
customer service representatives for a copy of our Musicians flyer.
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Principal Bass Trombone
Principal Cor Anglais
Associate Concertmaster
SECOND VIOLINS
Scott Kinmont
Christopher Harris
Bold = Principal
Italics = Associate Principal
* = Guest Musician
° = Contract Musician
† = Sydney Symphony Fellow
Grey = Permanent member of the
Sydney Symphony not appearing
in this concert
The men of the Sydney
Symphony are proudly
outfitted by Van Heusen.
JOHN MARMARAS
THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
Founded in 1932 by the Australian Broadcasting
Commission, the Sydney Symphony has evolved
into one of the world’s finest orchestras as
Sydney has become one of the world’s great
cities.
Resident at the iconic Sydney Opera House,
where it gives more than 100 performances each
year, the Sydney Symphony also performs in
venues throughout Sydney and regional New
South Wales. International tours to Europe,
Asia and the USA have earned the orchestra
worldwide recognition for artistic excellence,
most recently in the 2011 tour of Japan and
Korea.
The Sydney Symphony’s first Chief
Conductor was Sir Eugene Goossens, appointed
in 1947; he was followed by Nicolai Malko, Dean
Dixon, Moshe Atzmon, Willem van Otterloo,
Louis Frémaux, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zdeněk
Mácal, Stuart Challender, Edo de Waart and,
most recently, Gianluigi Gelmetti. The
orchestra’s history also boasts collaborations
with legendary figures such as George Szell,
Sir Thomas Beecham, Otto Klemperer and
Igor Stravinsky.
The Sydney Symphony’s award-winning
education program is central to its
commitment to the future of live symphonic
music, developing audiences and engaging
the participation of young people. The Sydney
Symphony promotes the work of Australian
composers through performances, recordings
and its commissioning program. Recent
premieres have included major works by Ross
Edwards, Liza Lim, Lee Bracegirdle, Gordon
Kerry and Georges Lentz, and a recording of
works by Brett Dean was released on both the
BIS and Sydney Symphony Live labels.
Other releases on the Sydney Symphony
Live label, established in 2006, include
performances with Alexander Lazarev, Gianluigi
Gelmetti, Sir Charles Mackerras and Vladimir
Ashkenazy. The orchestra has recently
completed recording the Mahler symphonies,
and has also released recordings with Ashkenazy
of Rachmaninoff and Elgar orchestral works
on the Exton/Triton labels, as well as numerous
recordings on the ABC Classics label.
This is the fourth year of Ashkenazy’s tenure
as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
Sydney
Symphony
Board
John C Conde ao Chairman
Terrey Arcus am
Ewen Crouch
Ross Grant
Jennifer Hoy
Rory Jeffes
Andrew Kaldor
Irene Lee
David Livingstone
Goetz Richter
David Smithers am
Sydney Symphony Staff
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MARKETING & ONLINE COORDINATOR
Rory Jeffes
Kaisa Heino
EXECUTIVE TEAM ASSISTANT
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Lisa Davies-Galli
Lucy McCullough
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS
Varsha Karnik
DATA ANALYST
DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING
Jonathon Symonds
Artistic Administration
Box Office
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION MANAGER
Elaine Armstrong
ARTIST LIAISON MANAGER
Ilmar Leetberg
RECORDING ENTERPRISE MANAGER
Philip Powers
Sydney
Symphony
Council
Geoff Ainsworth am
Andrew Andersons ao
Michael Baume ao
Christine Bishop
Ita Buttrose ao obe
Peter Cudlipp
John Curtis am
Greg Daniel am
John Della Bosca
Alan Fang
Erin Flaherty
Dr Stephen Freiberg
Donald Hazelwood ao obe
Dr Michael Joel am
Simon Johnson
Yvonne Kenny am
Gary Linnane
Amanda Love
Helen Lynch am
Joan MacKenzie
David Maloney
David Malouf ao
Julie Manfredi-Hughes
Deborah Marr
The Hon. Justice Jane Mathews ao
Danny May
Wendy McCarthy ao
Jane Morschel
Greg Paramor
Dr Timothy Pascoe am
Prof. Ron Penny ao
Jerome Rowley
Paul Salteri
Sandra Salteri
Juliana Schaeffer
Leo Schofield am
Fred Stein oam
Gabrielle Trainor
Ivan Ungar
John van Ogtrop
Peter Weiss am
Mary Whelan
Rosemary White
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MARKETING ASSISTANT
Peter Czornyj
Education Programs
HEAD OF EDUCATION
Kim Waldock
EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM MANAGER
Mark Lawrenson
MANAGER OF BOX OFFICE SALES &
OPERATIONS
Lynn McLaughlin
MANAGER OF BOX OFFICE OPERATIONS
Tom Downey
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
Steve Clarke – Senior CSR
Michael Dowling
Derek Reed
John Robertson
Bec Sheedy
COMMUNICATIONS
EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Rachel McLarin
HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
Yvonne Zammit
Library
PUBLICIST
LIBRARIAN
Katherine Stevenson
Anna Cernik
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Victoria Grant
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Mary-Ann Mead
ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT
DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER
Ben Draisma
Publications
PUBLICATIONS EDITOR & MUSIC
PRESENTATION MANAGER
Yvonne Frindle
DEVELOPMENT
Aernout Kerbert
HEAD OF CORPORATE RELATIONS
ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Leann Meiers
Christopher Lewis-Todd
CORPORATE RELATIONS
ORCHESTRA COORDINATOR
Julia Owens
Georgia Stamatopoulos
CORPORATE RELATIONS
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Stephen Attfield
Kerry-Anne Cook
HEAD OF PHILANTHROPY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
TECHNICAL MANAGER
Caroline Sharpen
Derek Coutts
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Tim Dayman
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Ian Spence
STAGE MANAGER
Peter Gahan
SALES AND MARKETING
DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING
Mark J Elliott
PHILANTHROPY, PATRONS PROGRAM
Ivana Jirasek
PHILANTHROPY, EVENTS & ENGAGEMENT
Amelia Morgan-Hunn
BUSINESS SERVICES
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
John Horn
FINANCE MANAGER
Ruth Tolentino
ACCOUNTANT
Minerva Prescott
MARKETING MANAGER, SUBSCRIPTION SALES
Simon Crossley-Meates
A/SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER, SALES
Matthew Rive
ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
Emma Ferrer
PAYROLL OFFICER
Geoff Ravenhill
MARKETING MANAGER, BUSINESS RESOURCES
Katrina Riddle
HUMAN RESOURCES
ONLINE MARKETING MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Eve Le Gall
Anna Kearsley
SYDNEY SYMPHONY PATRONS
Maestro’s Circle
Peter Weiss am – Founding President & Doris Weiss
John C Conde ao – Chairman
Geoff Ainsworth am & Vicki Ainsworth
Tom Breen & Rachael Kohn
In memory of Hetty & Egon Gordon
Andrew Kaldor & Renata Kaldor ao
Roslyn Packer ao
Penelope Seidler am
Mr Fred Street am & Mrs Dorothy Street
Westfield Group
Brian & Rosemary White
Ray Wilson oam in memory of the late James Agapitos oam
Sydney Symphony Leadership Ensemble
Lynn Kraus, Sydney Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Shell Australia Pty Ltd
James Stevens, CEO, Roses Only
Stephen Johns, Chairman, Leighton Holdings,
and Michele Johns
David Livingstone, CEO, Credit Suisse, Australia
Alan Fang, Chairman, Tianda Group
Macquarie Group Foundation
John Morschel, Chairman, ANZ
Andrew Kaldor, Chairman, Pelikan Artline
Directors’ Chairs
01
02
03
04
01 Roger Benedict
Principal Viola
Kim Williams am &
Catherine Dovey Chair
02 Lawrence Dobell
Principal Clarinet
Anne Arcus & Terrey Arcus am Chair
03 Diana Doherty
Principal Oboe
Andrew Kaldor &
Renata Kaldor ao Chair
05
06
07
08
09
10
04 Richard Gill oam
Artistic Director Education
Sandra & Paul Salteri Chair
08 Colin Piper
Percussion
Justice Jane Mathews ao Chair
05 Jane Hazelwood
Viola
Veolia Environmental Services Chair
09 Shefali Pryor
Associate Principal Oboe
Rose Herceg Chair
06 Catherine Hewgill
Principal Cello
Tony & Fran Meagher Chair
10 Emma Sholl
Associate Principal Flute
Robert & Janet Constable Chair
07 Elizabeth Neville
Cello
Ruth & Bob Magid Chair
For information about the Directors’
Chairs program, please call
(02) 8215 4619.
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PLAYING YOUR PART
The Sydney Symphony gratefully acknowledges the music lovers who donate to
the orchestra each year. Each gift plays an important part in ensuring our
continued artistic excellence and helping to sustain important education and
regional touring programs. Donations of $50 and above are acknowledged on our
website at sydneysymphony.com/patrons
Platinum Patrons
$20,000+
Silver Patrons
$5,000–$9,999
Brian Abel
Geoff Ainsworth am &
Vicki Ainsworth
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Tom Breen & Rachael Kohn
Sandra & Neil Burns
Mr John C Conde ao
Robert & Janet Constable
Dr Bruno & Mrs Rhonda Giuffre
In memory of Hetty & Egon Gordon
Ms Rose Herceg
Mrs E Herrman
Mr Andrew Kaldor &
Mrs Renata Kaldor ao
D & I Kallinikos
James N Kirby Foundation
Justice Jane Mathews ao
Mrs Roslyn Packer ao
Dr John Roarty oam in memory of
Mrs June Roarty
Paul & Sandra Salteri
Mrs Penelope Seidler am
Mrs W Stening
Mr Fred Street am &
Mrs Dorothy Street
Mr Peter Weiss am &
Mrs Doris Weiss
Westfield Group
Mr Brian & Mrs Rosemary White
Ray Wilson oam in memory of
James Agapitos oam
Kim Williams am & Catherine Dovey
June & Alan Woods Family Bequest
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Mrs Helen Graham
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William McIlrath Charitable Foundation
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$10,000–$19,999
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Mrs Joan MacKenzie
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Bronze Patrons
$2,500 – $4,999
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Mr Robert Milliner
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In memory of the late Dora &
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Mrs Margaret Hunt
Dr & Mrs Michael Hunter
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In Memory of Bernard MH Khaw
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& Josh Cilento
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Juliana Schaeffer
Mr & Mrs Jean-Marie Simart
Catherine Stephen
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The Hon Brian Sully qc
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Andrew & Isolde Tornya
Gerry & Carolyn Travers
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Geoff Wood & Melissa Waites
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Anonymous (12)
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Ita Buttrose ao obe
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The Hon. Justice J C & Mrs Campbell
Mr Percy Chissick
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To find out more about becoming
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contact the Philanthropy Office
on (02) 8215 4625 or email
[email protected]
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PRINCIPAL PARTNER
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
The Sydney Symphony is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
PREMIER PARTNER
The Sydney Symphony is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW
COMMUNITY PARTNER
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CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
ORCHESTRA NEWS |MARCH 2012
❝
I immediately
had a ‘thing’
for it.
❞
CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
Shiny instrument of choice
For Principal Bass Trombone Chris Harris, playing
his instrument is a team thing.
‘I don’t do my hair. I don’t own a
brush.’ Chris Harris’ voice comes
crackling down the line as he
explains the dishevelled hairstyle
he’s sporting in his photo. ‘Yeah,
I took that photo myself.’ It’s an
intense gaze that’s staring back,
wouldn’t you agree? It somewhat
belies the musician. Or does it?
Principal bass trombone of the
Sydney Symphony, Chris speaks
straight and true. ‘I chose the bass
trombone because it was the one
shiny “instrument of choice” at
school that wasn’t being used.’
School was in South Africa. ‘I’d
already played normal [tenor]
trombone, but the bass made
a bigger and warmer sound. I
immediately had a “thing” for it.’
For a beginner on the trombone,
the quality of an instrument is
important. ‘It’s an instrument
that’s very easily damaged by
kids. If you put a ding in the slide
and it doesn’t work properly, that
can make a huge difference. The
mechanism has to work.’
Luckily for beginner-Chris, his
school instrument was no obstacle
to success. Now a member of the
Sydney Symphony for 18 years,
Chris describes his role in the
orchestra: ‘In the section, I’m in
a very close partnership with the
tuba. We often play in unison, or
in octaves.’ The bass trombone
acts like a link between the rest
of the trombones and the tuba.
‘It’s a team thing. The bass trombone has a much more direct
sound than the tuba, which is
more enveloping, and warm and
fuzzy.’ Overall, the brass section
is responsible for rhythmic drive
and harmonic foundation. ‘The
trombone adds an amazing brilliance of colour to the bottom end
of the sound.’
Unsurprisingly, composers like
Mahler and Wagner hold a special
place in Chris’ affections, from
the quiet, sublime chorales to the
incredibly powerful passages of
emotion. ‘But Mozart also wrote
beautifully for the trombone –
it’s really nicely voiced. There’s
always a nice ring to the sound.
I love playing Mozart.’
‘The hardest thing about my
job is whatever you do, you’re
always going to be heard. And the
easy things are the hardest things
to do well, like delicate moments
after long periods of not playing.’
So how does Chris relax? Well,
the hairstyle says it all really –
surfing of course!
Orchestra Online
Your Say
Greetings from
HISTORICAL TIMELINE Birthday
Facebook
One of our 80th anniversary celebration projects in
2012 is the development of an interactive historical
timeline that will show our history in images,
documents, audio and video since 1932 and into
the future. Our plan is to give our community and
the world at large a way to discover more about landmark Sydney Symphony events and performances
and some of the personalities who’ve shaped the
orchestra over the generations.
The timeline will be launched with our new
website later this year and we’ll be adding more
detail in the future.
Audience members and former musicians are
invited play a part in building this timeline into a
rich and valuable resource. So if you know of any
events, images or stories that you think should be
part of the timeline and would like to contribute,
visit sydneysymphony.com/80years/timeline_
contributions for more information.
Happy birthday Sydney
Symphony! Only two years
younger than me. I have
been dating you since we
were both teenagers in the
70s and the attraction has
never worn off.
Janet Dixon-Hughes
Beethoven 9 – from the
surveys
‘This was the most
amazing performance of
Beethoven’s Ninth. It was a
brilliant event. Just magic.
Congratulations Vladimir
for being a brilliant
conductor and a warm
human being.’
‘The performance was
something that will remain
in my memory for many
moons!! I will certainly be
back for more!!’
‘We had one of the most
memorable nights, the
choir was magnificent.
We are looking forward
to attending more often –
thank you.’
And we’re only guessing,
but suspect that there were
some younger ‘groovers’
in the audience that week:
‘It was totally awesome.
The Sydney Symphony
should do more with the
Sydney Philharmonia
Choir. It was completely
awesome.’
We like to hear from you.
Write to [email protected]
or Bravo! Reply Paid 4338, Sydney NSW 2001.
We celebrated the beginning of the 2012 season in February with a gala
performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
In the thrilling finale to the evening we were joined by Sydney Philharmonia
Choirs in fine form and soloists Lorina Gore, Sally-Anne Russell, James
Egglestone and Michael Nagy.
Celebrating after the gala performance of Beethoven 9:
the Sydney Symphony’s patron (and one of our loyal
concertgoers), Her Excellency Professor Marie
Bashir AC CVO, Governor of NSW (left), with
Squadron Leader David Glasson ADC and Patricia
Lovejoy.
Proud sponsor of the
Sydney Symphony
in their 80th year
of timeless entertainment
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Community Focus
The Score
Nothing but the piano
George Maltabarow (left), Managing Director of Ausgrid, wishing the Sydney Symphony
a happy birthday after our recent Beethoven 9 concerts – with Janet Webb, Principal Flute,
and Amanda Maltabarow (right).
COMMUNITY TIX
One long-standing Sydney Symphony partner has devised a
new program to help bring great orchestral music to the wider
community.
Do you remember your first
symphony orchestra concert?
Perhaps someone helped you give
orchestral music a try – a relative,
a friend, a teacher – and that’s
why you’re part of the Sydney
Symphony community today.
Or was there, perhaps, a lowlevel anxiety in handing over
precious pennies saved for your
ticket? What if you didn’t enjoy
it? Value for money has always
been important. Wouldn’t it be
great if you could ‘try before you
buy’?
Ausgrid’s community partnership with the Sydney Symphony
means you can do just that.
Under the new Community Tix
program, 80 people will be able
to head along to a Masters Series
or Kaleidoscope concert at a
discounted rate before choosing
to buy a subscription, the
classical equivalent of a season
pass.
Coinciding with the Sydney
Symphony’s 80th birthday, the
Community Tix program provides
two-for-one priced tickets to the
first 40 people who enter each
month on the Sydney Symphony
website. Details will be advertised
in community newspapers each
month.
Ausgrid Managing Director
George Maltabarow said its
partnership with the Sydney
Symphony was designed to help
more people gain access to the
arts.
“We are very proud to provide
direct support to the Orchestra
so it can continue to enrich the
lives of so many Australians,”
Mr Maltabarow said.
The first concert to feature in
the Community Tix program is
When I Fall in Love: An Evening
with Chris Botti, which opens
the Kaleidoscope series in midMarch.
Visit sydneysymphony.com/communitytix for more information
Each season the Sydney Symphony presents four concerts
that don’t involve the orchestra
at all. The series is International
Pianists in Recital, supported
by Theme & Variations, and it
presents four leading pianists
in programs drawn from the
rich repertoire of music for solo
piano – just one musician, seated
at the ‘monarch of instruments’,
painting pictures for the ears and
taking us on astonishing musical
journeys. The series has a dedicated following, often filling the
1200-seat City Recital Hall at
Angel Place. What’s the attraction?
First there are the individual
artists: from brilliant newcomers, such as Behzod Abduraimov,
making his Australian debut this
year, to pianists well-known to
Sydney audiences, such as Piers
Lane. Then there are the programs. Our recitalists bring all
their imagination and musical
insight to planning their programs. For some the motivation
is a desire to tell stories in music,
others make programs that are
historically illuminating, some
will choose a monumental work
that fills the entire evening.
Others, such as Abduraimov, take
the Mozartian approach: finding
the perfect balance between
appealing to connoisseurs and
simply allowing everyone in the
hall (performer included!) to have
fun and enjoy all the brilliant
possibilities of the piano.
Behzod Abduraimov
Mon 26 March | 7pm
Andreas Haefliger
Mon 14 May | 7pm
Piers Lane
Mon 20 August | 7pm
Angela Hewitt
Mon 24 September | 7pm
Behzod Abduraimov
CODA
INSTRUMENT ACQUISITION
Late last year we received another
significant donation towards our
Sydney Symphony String Instrument
Fund. This will allow the purchase
of another violin and cello to
improve, and better match, the
overall sound of our string section.
Various international violinmakers
in London and Chicago have helped
us source 11 violins and four cellos
to ‘audition’ in the orchestra.
Each instrument is identified only
by a number, ensuring greater
impartiality in the assessment
process – think of it as the
instrument equivalent of a blind
tasting. Stay tuned for more news
about our final selection.
ANNIVERSARY COMPOSITION
PRIZE WINNER
At the end of February we
announced the winner of our
80th anniversary composition prize:
Elliott Gyger. His prize-winning
work, on air, dialogue for orchestra,
was inspired by a photograph
of the Australian Broadcasting
Commission’s first studio orchestra
(just 17 musicians), and celebrates
the Sydney Symphony’s origins
and close links to broadcasting.
Vladimir Ashkenazy will conduct
the premiere performances on 22,
23 and 24 March in our Fireworks
and Fantasy program.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Music-loving celebrities from
Australia and abroad have been
wishing us happy birthday via
YouTube. So far, the videos include
greetings from Hugh Jackman,
Roger Federer, Andrew Denton,
Peter Sculthorpe and John Bell,
with videos from Katie Noonan,
Eddie Perfect and others still to come.
Check out the full playlist here:
bit.ly/HappyBirthdaySSO
LEADERSHIP ENSEMBLE
We welcome new Leadership
Ensemble members James Stevens,
CEO of Roses Only; Shell (Australia);
Stephen Johns, Chairman of Leighton
Holdings and Michele Johns.
SSONIC
In February we launched a brand
new program for music lovers under
35 – SSONIC. If you or someone you
know fits the bill, the program offers
the chance to experience Sydney
Symphony concerts in a fresh way. The
prices are unbeatable and the packages
offer flexibility to suit a youthful
lifestyle. Find out more on our website:
sydneysymphony.com/ssonic
OBOE MASTERCLASS
NEW ARRIVALS
Sydney Symphony trumpeter
Anthony Heinrichs and his wife
Bridget Bolliger welcomed a son,
Luca Raphael, into the world on
31 January. And cellist Tim Nankervis
and wife Jacqui were also delighted
to announce the arrival of their little
girl Mietta Susan on 2 February.
Congratulations all!
BRAVO EDITOR Genevieve Lang
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