BOLD AS BRASS - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

BOLD
AS BRASS
TEA & SYMPHONY
Friday 1 May 2015
concert diary
CLASSICAL
Bold as Brass
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BROUGHTON Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale
KATS-CHERNIN Mater
KOEHNE Albany Harbour (The Voyage)
PUCCINI arr. G Boyd Scenes from Turandot
Michael Mulcahy conductor
SSO Brass Ensemble
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Richard Gill conductor [PICTURED]
Alexander Knight baritone
SSO Sinfonia
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
Pure Magic
Thursday Afternoon Symphony
Thu 7 May 1.30pm
Emirates Metro Series
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben
Wunderhorn (Youth’s Magic Horn)
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker: Act II
(Kingdom of the Sweets)
Mark Wigglesworth conductor [PICTURED]
Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano
Randall Scarlata baritone
Fri 8 May 8pm
Romantic Visions
APT Master Series
Wagner, Bartók & Brahms
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No.3
BRAHMS orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor
Matthias Pintscher conductor [PICTURED]
Peter Serkin piano
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TEA & SYMPHONY
FRIDAY 1 MAY, 11AM
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE CONCERT HALL
BOLD AS BRASS
Michael Mulcahy conductor
SSO Brass Ensemble
BRUCE BROUGHTON (born 1945)
Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale
Fanfares
Marches
Hymns
Finale
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (born 1957)
Mater, for brass and percussion
MATTHEW HINDSON (born 1968)
Siegfried Interlude No.1
GRAEME KOEHNE (born 1956)
Albany Harbour (The Voyage)
Departure from Albany Harbour –
The Voyage: The Great Adventure – Morning Prayer
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858–1924)
Scenes from Turandot
arranged by Geoffrey Boyd
Estimated durations:
20 minutes, 6 minutes, 4 minutes,
8 minutes, 10 minutes
The concert will conclude at
approximately 12.05pm.
TODD ROSENBERG PHOTOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Michael Mulcahy
conductor
Michael Mulcahy began studying trombone with
his father, Jack Mulcahy, and completed his
studies with Baden McCarron of the SSO and
Geoffrey Bailey at the Sydney Conservatorium.
His orchestral career began in 1976 as principal
trombone of the Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra, and he subsequently held principal
positions with the Melbourne and Cologne Radio
symphony orchestras. In 1989 Georg Solti
appointed him to his current post with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; since the he has
served three CSO music directors: Daniel
Barenboim, Bernard Haitink and Riccardo Muti.
He is also principal trombone with Music of the
Baroque (Chicago), the Grand Teton Music
Festival (where he also regularly conducts) and
the Australian World Orchestra, and he has
appeared as a concerto soloist with orchestras
worldwide.
He has been Director of the Chicago Symphony
Brass since 2007, presenting annual concerts in
Chicago and producing a best-seller recording,
CSO Brass Live. His interest in conducting
was sparked in 1987 when West German Radio
invited him to direct a program of Arvo Pärt.
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Since then he has served as assistant conductor
for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and he
conducts regularly for the Music at the Millenium
and Composer Perspectives Festivals at the
Museum of Contemporary Art. Other conducting
engagements have taken him to Japan and
Denmark, and he regularly returns to Sydney to
conduct the SSO Brass Ensemble, most recently
in 2014.
Michael Mulcahy is Professor of Music at
Northwestern University and has held lecturing
and artist-in-residence posts at the Canberra
School of Music, Indiana University and Florida
State University. He has also taught and
conducted at Daniel Barenboim’s East West
Divan workshop and served as Music Director
for the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National
Music Camp.
In 2012, with Nick Byrne and Scott Kinmont,
he released the album Full Circle, a collection of
music by Australian composers.
KEITH SAUNDERS
SSO Brass Ensemble
Formed in 1997, the SSO Brass Ensemble
comprises many of Australia’s finest brass
players, drawn from the brass section of the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Varying in size from a quintet to a full brass
section of 16, the ensemble has a repertoire
that ranges from music of the Renaissance to
contemporary composers, including specially
commissioned works from Australian composers
such as Matthew Hindson, Nigel Westlake and
Ross Edwards.
In addition to performances in Sydney, the
Brass Ensemble tours regularly throughout New
South Wales and appears most seasons in the
SSO’s subscription series.
HORNS
TROMBONES
TIMPANI
Ben Jacks
Ronald Prussing
Richard Miller
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL
Geoffrey O’Reilly
Scott Kinmont
PRINCIPAL 3RD
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Euan Harvey
Marnie Sebire
Rachel Silver
Nick Byrne
Christopher Harris
TRUMPETS
David Elton
PRINCIPAL BASS TROMBONE
Iain Faragher†
TUBA
PRINCIPAL
Steve Rossé
Paul Goodchild
PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
Timothy Constable
Gabriel Fischer†
Brian Nixon
† = SSO FELLOW
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Anthony Heinrichs
Owen Morris†
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ABOUT THE MUSIC
BROUGHTON
Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale
One way to think of this piece is as a four-movement symphony
in which each movement’s title points to the spirit of its
conception. You might not, for example find it very easy to
march to Broughton’s off-centre Marches, but you’ll certainly
recognise the martial flair of the rhythms. The opening
movement, Fanfares, emerges from a six-note motif, played
in unison at the beginning. Here, too, syncopations keep the
ear off-balance. The yearning third movement evokes the world
of the American folk hymn and its main theme is based on a
pentatonic (five-note) scale. The Finale is fast and spirited, with
the percussion coming into its own!
About the composer…
Bruce Broughton writes in nearly every medium, from
soundtracks and music for video games (his score for Heart of
Darkness was the first orchestral score composed for a game)
to concert hall works in all genres. But he’s primarily known for
his work in motion pictures and television, which has earned
him Oscar and Grammy award nominations for scores such as
Silverado and The Young Sherlock Holmes, and he holds the
record as a ten-time Emmy winner. His concert works have been
performed by ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonia of London, as
well as leading chamber ensembles and soloists, and the United
States Air Force Band in Washington DC.
www.brucebroughton.com
KATS-CHERNIN Mater, for brass and percussion
In 1999 Elena Kats-Chernin was commissioned by The Song
Company to write a piece for six voices for their concert based
on the theme ‘Mother and Child’. Initially, she says, she thought
of writing a lullaby ‘but around the same time my middle son
Alex got very sick and I decided to use the Latin text “Stabat
mater”, about the loss of a child. He had just been diagnosed
with schizophrenia and the shock was very fresh.’
In the Stabat mater, Mary mourns at the foot of the cross:
At the Cross her station keeping, stood the mournful Mother
weeping, close to her Son to the last.
Kats-Chernin chose to set the text with an intricate rhythmic
pattern, the metre changing every few bars from a regular four
beats to a seven-beat pattern. This version for brass ensemble
with percussion was created for the Four Winds Festival in 2006.
It begins with a conversation between the upper voices and
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explores brassy depths when the instruments come together in
unison, maintaining momentum until the final ‘Amen’.
About the composer…
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Elena Kats-Chernin studied music
in Moscow, Sydney and Hanover. She has created works across
nearly every genre, from rags to operas, works for robotic
instruments and a full-scale choral symphony. Her music
featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic
Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and her accolades
include Sounds Australian, Green Room and Helpmann awards.
Her Russian Rag was used as Max’s theme in the 2009
claymation film Mary and Max by Oscar-winning director Adam
Elliot, and was also the theme of Late Night Live on ABC Radio
National for many years; in 2011 it was replaced by Eliza’s Aria,
from the suite from her ballet Wild Swans. In 2012 she was the
subject of an episode of the documentary series Creative Minds.
www.boosey.com/composer/elena+kats-chernin
HINDSON Siegfried Interlude No.1
BRIDGET ELLIOT
Siegfried Interlude No.1 was commissioned by the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra for performance at the launch of the 2000
season. It uses themes from Wagner’s opera Siegfried (Acts I
and II), rearranging them in different ways, at one point adopting
an almost James Bond-esque manner. Hindson was inspired
by the march that is often played as an interval theme at
performances of Siegfried in Europe, but as the reviewer for
The Globe and Mail observed when it was performed in London
in 2007, this was ‘something more fun-filled and swinging than
you’d ever heard at the Wagner festival in Bayreuth’.
About the composer…
Matthew Hindson is an extraordinarily diverse composer,
incorporating classical and more experimental electronic
influences with a unique mix of both subtlety and sudden
exuberance. As well as being performed by all the major
Australian orchestras, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los
Angeles Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic among many
others, his music has been choreographed by companies such
as the Birmingham Royal Ballet (two commissions), San
Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Japan and the Sydney Dance
Company, which toured his ballet Ellipse internationally. He is
the Chair of the Composition and Music Technology Unit at the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and from 2004 to 2010 he was
the artistic director of the Aurora Festival, dedicated to the work
of living composers. In 2006 he was made a member of the
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Order of Australia (AM). He was the Chair of the Music Board of
the Australia Council for the Arts (2009–13) and subsequently a
board member (2013–15).
www.hindson.com.au
KOEHNE Albany Harbour (The Voyage)
This work for brass ensemble and percussion was composed for
the ANZAC Day commemorations of 2009 and was premiered in
Turkey on 25 April that year, at the ANZAC Commemorative Site,
North Beach Gallipoli. It takes its inspiration for the port city
of Albany in Western Australia, from which Australian and
New Zealand troops set sail for Egypt. The three continuous
movements represent the departure, the sense of adventure
that so many of the young men initially felt at the prospect of
travel, and a concluding morning prayer.
About the composer…
For anyone who believes that the great tradition of classical
music must re-connect with a sense of contemporary vitality,
the music of Graeme Koehne attracts avid interest and
attention. In his best works, Koehne achieves that elusive
synthesis of sophisticated compositional technique, informed
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MELINDA PARENT
by a deep understanding of musical history, and a popular touch
that invests his music with emotional eloquence, visceral appeal
and aural pleasure. Through the advocacy of some of today’s
most exciting international musicians such as the conductors
Vladimir Jurowski and Kristjan Järvi, Koehne’s music is
becoming a regular presence on the international stage.
His compositions have long been among the most popular by
any Australian composer, and find a regular presence in the
established repertoire of Australian music.
www.graemekoehne.com
PUCCINI Scenes from Turandot
arranged by Geoffrey Boyd
FRANK C BANGS
Nineteenth- and early 20th-century Europe had a taste for the
exotic, which opera composers were delighted to indulge.
Delibes and Bizet turned to the Indies with Lakmé and Pearl
Fishers; Puccini looked to Japan in Madama Butterfly and to
China with the story of the beautiful but cruel Princess Turandot
who sets her many suitors a cruel test: if they can correctly
answer her three riddles they win her hand in marriage and the
throne of China; if they answer wrongly, they lose their heads.
When a mysterious foreigner outwits the princess and solves
her riddles, she is furious, and the stranger in turn sets a riddle:
if Turandot can guess his name before dawn, he will renounce
his claim on her. This provides the context for the most famous
aria from the opera: while the city is searched throughout the
night for anyone who knows his identity, the stranger exults in
his coming victory over the stone-hearted princess in ‘Nessun
dorma’ (None shall sleep).
About the composer…
Giacomo Puccini was the most significant Italian composer after
Verdi and remains one of the most popular, with operas such as
La bohème and individual numbers such as ‘One fine day’ from
Madama Butterfly and ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot, his final
opera. Puccini believed that opera should be a total theatrical
experience, which led him into the style known as verismo, with
plots that were closer to real life. The resulting romanticism
and unmawkish sentimentality of his operas have led to their
enduring appearance. But it is the lyricism of his music that
stands out: ‘Without melody, fresh and poignant, there can be
no music,’ he once said.
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MORE MUSIC
MORE FROM TODAY’S COMPOSERS
If you’d like to hear today’s Bruce Broughton piece
again, together with some other exciting new
American creations for large brass ensemble, look
for Sound the Bells!, a recording from The Bay Brass
(San Francisco), for whom Fanfares, Marches, Hymns
and Finale was composed.
HARMONIA MUNDI 807556
Elena Kats-Chernin’s Mater was originally composed
for voices, and when the Vienna Boys’ Choir visited
Australia in 2012 they commissioned from her a new
choral work using words by Dorothea Mackellar: Land
of Sweeping Plains. It’s included on the choir’s tour
album Jubilate Deo, with music ranging from Bach
and Mozart to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu.
ABC CLASSICS 476 5094
If you’re a Tea & Symphony regular, you might recall
the powerful and moving experience of hearing
didjeridu virtuoso William Barton in Kalkadungu,
which he composed in collaboration with Matthew
Hindson. That performance with the SSO is now
available on Kalkadungu: Music for Didjeridu and
Orchestra, together with pieces by William and his
mother Delmae, a singer, and two pieces by Peter
Sculthorpe.
ABC CLASSICS 476 4834
With ‘Swoon’ in the air on ABC Classic FM at the
moment, now might be the time to seek out the
gorgeous recording by SSO Principal Oboe Diana
Doherty, Souvenirs. It’s a collection of oboe adagios
that includes hits of the baroque period, the
heartbreaking slow movement from Mozart’s Gran
Partita, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, ‘Maria’ from West
Side Story, and three Australian pieces: Carl Vine’s
Love Me Sweet, Graeme Koehne’s Way Out West and
the Love Duet from Ross Edwards’ Oboe Concerto.
Broadcast Diary
May–June
abc.net.au/classic
Friday 8 May, 8pm
PURE MAGIC
Mark Wigglesworth conductor
Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano
Randall Scarlata baritone
Mahler, Tchaikovsky
Friday 15 May, 8pm
ROMANTIC VISIONS
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Peter Serkin piano
Wagner, Bartók, Brahms orch. Schoenberg
Friday 22 May, 8pm
PETER SERKIN IN RECITAL
Renaissance keyboard pieces, Nielsen,
Reger, Mozart, Beethoven
Tuesday 9 June, 9.30pm
FATHERS AND SONS
Andrew Haveron violin-director
Yelian He cello
JS Bach, CPE Bach, L Mozart, WA Mozart
SSO Radio
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ABC CLASSICS 481 0116
And if today’s Scenes from Turandot have inspired
you to hear more of Puccini, you can’t go wrong with
the budget-friendly 5-CD set Ultimate Puccini – The
Essential Masterpieces. It lives up to its name with a
generous selection of highlights from La bohème,
Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Manon Lescaut and, of
course, Turandot, including ‘Nessun dorma’. All in
top-notch performances from the Decca archives.
DECCA 478 1472
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SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HOUR
Tuesday 12 May, 6pm
Musicians and staff of the SSO talk about the life of
the orchestra and forthcoming concerts. Hosted by
Andrew Bukenya.
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SSO Live Recordings
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Live label was founded
in 2006 and we’ve since released more than two dozen
recordings featuring the orchestra in live concert
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Strauss & Schubert
Gianluigi Gelmetti conducts Schubert’s
Unfinished and R Strauss’s Four
Last Songs with Ricarda Merbeth.
SSO 200803
Sir Charles Mackerras
A 2CD set featuring Sir Charles’s
final performances with the orchestra,
in October 2007.
SSO 200705
Brett Dean
Two discs featuring the music of Brett
Dean, including his award-winning
violin concerto, The Lost Art of Letter
Writing. SSO 200702, SSO 201302
MAHLER ODYSSEY
The complete Mahler symphonies
(including the Barshai completion
of No.10) together with some of
the song cycles. Recorded in
concert with Vladimir Ashkenazy
during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
As a bonus: recordings from our
archives of Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder and
Das Lied von der Erde. Available in a handsome boxed
set of 12 discs or individually.
Mahler 1 & Songs of a Wayfarer SSO 201001
Mahler 2 SSO 201203
Mahler 3 SSO 201101
Mahler 4 SSO 201102
Mahler 5 SSO 201003
Mahler 6 SSO 201103
Mahler 7 SSO 201104
Mahler 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) SSO 201002
Mahler 9 SSO 201201
Mahler 10 (Barshai completion) SSO 201202
Song of the Earth SSO 201004
Ravel
Gelmetti conducts music by one of
his favourite composers: Maurice
Ravel. Includes Bolero.
From the archives:
Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder, Das Lied von
der Erde SSO 201204
SSO 200801
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Rare Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff chamber music with
Dene Olding, the Goldner Quartet,
soprano Joan Rodgers and Vladimir
Ashkenazy at the piano. SSO 200901
Our recording of Holst’s Planets with David Robertson.
Due for release early in 2015.
SSO Online
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the
complete Romeo and Juliet ballet
music of Prokofiev – a fiery and
impassioned performance. SSO 201205
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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
In 2013 this recording with James
Ehnes and Ashkenazy was awarded a
Juno (the Canadian Grammy). Lyrical
miniatures fill out the disc. SSO 201206
Tchaikovsky Second Piano Concerto
Garrick Ohlsson is the soloist in one
of the few recordings of the original
version of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto
No.2. Ashkenazy conducts. SSO 201301
Stravinsky’s Firebird
David Robertson conducts Stravinsky’s
brilliant and colourful Firebird ballet,
recorded with the SSO in concert in
2008. SSO 201402
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Helen Lynch AM &
Helen Bauer Chair
Richard Gill oam
Artistic Director,
DownerTenix Discovery
Paul Salteri AM &
Sandra Salteri Chair
Kirsten Williams
Associate Concertmaster
I Kallinikos Chair
Umberto Clerici has been Principal Cello
of the SSO since 2014. He has performed
as a soloist with orchestras around the
world and served as principal cello at the
Teatro Regio in Turin in his native Italy
before joining the SSO. Umberto’s chair is
generously supported by Garry and Shiva
Rich. Their son Samuel recently started
learning the cello and aspires to join the
SSO one day.
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PROGRAM, CALL (02) 8215 4625.
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SSO PATRONS
Learning & Engagement
Foundations
KEITH SAUNDERS
Australia-Korea Foundation
Crown Foundation
The Greatorex Foundation
James N Kirby Foundation
Packer Family Foundation
Ian Potter Foundation
AUSTRALIA-KOREA
F O U N D A T I O N
Commissioning Circle
Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2015 Fellows
fellowship patrons
Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albert Flute Chair
Christine Bishop Percussion Chair
Sandra & Neil Burns Clarinet Chair
In Memory of Matthew Krel Violin Chair
Mrs T Merewether OAM Horn Chair
Paul Salteri AM & Sandra Salteri Violin and Viola Chairs
Mrs W Stening Principal Patron, Cello Chair
Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey Patrons of Roger Benedict,
Artistic Director, Fellowship
June & Alan Woods Family Bequest Bassoon Chair
Anonymous Double Bass Chair
Supporting the creation of new works.
ANZAC Centenary Arts and Culture Fund
Geoff Ainsworth AM
Christine Bishop
Dr John Edmonds
Andrew Kaldor AM & Renata Kaldor AO
Jane Mathews AO
Mrs Barbara Murphy
Nexus IT
Vicki Olsson
Caroline & Tim Rogers
Geoff Stearn
Dr Richard T White
Anonymous
fellowship supporting patrons
Mr Stephen J Bell
Gary Linnane & Peter Braithwaite
Joan MacKenzie Scholarship
Drs Eileen & Keith Ong
In Memory of Geoff White
MAKE
A DIFFERENCE
tuned-up!
TunED-Up! is made possible with the generous support of
Fred Street AM & Dorothy Street
Additional support provided by:
Anne Arcus & Terrey Arcus AM
Ian & Jennifer Burton
Ian Dickson & Reg Holloway
Tony Strachan
major education donors
Bronze Patrons & above
John Augustus & Kim Ryrie
Mr Alexander & Mrs Vera Boyarsky
Bob & Julie Clampett
Howard & Maureen Connors
The Greatorex Foundation
The Ian Potter Foundation
James N Kirby Foundation
Mrs & Mr Judith A. McKernan
Mr & Mrs Nigel Price
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Through their inspired financial support,
Patrons ensure the SSO’s continued
success, resilience and growth. Join the
SSO Patrons Program today and make a
difference.
sydneysymphony.com/patrons
(02) 8215 4674
philanthropy@sydneysymphony.com
Stuart Challender
Legacy Society
Celebrating the vision of donors who are leaving
a bequest to the SSO.
Henri W Aram OAM &
Robin Aram
Stephen J Bell
Mr David & Mrs Halina Brett
Howard Connors
Greta Davis
Brian Galway
Miss Pauline M Griffin AM
John Lam-Po-Tang
Peter Lazar AM
Daniel Lemesle
Louise Miller
James & Elsie Moore
Douglas Paisley
Kate Roberts
Mary Vallentine AO
Ray Wilson OAM
Anonymous (10)
Stuart Challender, SSO Chief Conductor
and Artistic Director 1987–1991
bequest donors
We gratefully acknowledge donors who have left
a bequest to the SSO.
The late Mrs Lenore Adamson
Estate of Carolyn Clampert
Estate Of Jonathan Earl William Clark
Estate of Colin T Enderby
Estate of Mrs E Herrman
Estate of Irwin Imhof
The late Mrs Isabelle Joseph
The Estate of Dr Lynn Joseph
The Late Greta C Ryan
June & Alan Woods Family Bequest
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON
MAKING A BEQUEST TO THE SSO, PLEASE
CONTACT LUKE GAY ON 8215 4625.
Playing Your Part
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra 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.
DIAMOND PATRONS
$50,000+
The Estate of Dr Lynn Joseph
Mr Andrew Kaldor AM &
Mrs Renata Kaldor AO
In Memory of Matthew Krel
Roslyn Packer AO
Ian Potter Foundation
Paul Salteri AM & Sandra
Salteri
Mr Fred Street AM &
Mrs Dorothy Street
Mr Peter Weiss AO &
Mrs Doris Weiss
Mr Brian White AO &
Mrs Rosemary White
PLATINUM PATRONS
$30,000–$49,999
Anne & Terrey Arcus AM
Doug & Alison Battersby
The Berg Family Foundation
Tom Breen & Rachael Kohn
Mr John C Conde AO
Robert & Janet Constable
Mrs Barbara Murphy
Mrs W Stening
Kim Williams AM &
Catherine Dovey GOLD PATRONS
$20,000–$29,999
Brian Abel
Geoff Ainsworth AM
Robert Albert AO &
Elizabeth Albert
Christine Bishop
Sandra & Neil Burns
James & Leonie Furber
I Kallinikos
Helen Lynch AM & Helen
Bauer
Mrs T Merewether OAM
Rachel & Geoffrey O’Conor
Vicki Olsson
Andy & Deirdre Plummer
Garry & Shiva Rich
David Robertson & Orli
Shaham
Mrs Penelope Seidler AM
G & C Solomon in memory
of Joan MacKenzie
Geoff Stearn
Ray Wilson OAM in memory
of James Agapitos OAM
Anonymous (2) SILVER PATRONS
$10,000–$19,999
Bailey Family Foundation
Audrey Blunden
Mr Robert Brakspear
Ian & Jennifer Burton
Mr Robert & Mrs L Alison Carr
Bob & Julie Clampett
Michael Crouch AO &
Shanny Crouch
The Hon. Mrs Ashley
Dawson-Damer AM
Paul Espie
Edward & Diane Federman
Nora Goodridge
Mr Ross Grant
Ian Dickson & Reg Holloway
Estate of Irwin Imhof
Simon Johnson
Mr Ervin Katz
James N Kirby Foundation
Ruth & Bob Magid
Justice Jane Mathews AO
The Hon. Justice AJ Meagher
& Mrs Fran Meagher
Mr John Morschel
Drs Keith & Eileen Ong
Kenneth Reed AM
Mr John Symond AM
The Harry Triguboff
Foundation
Caroline Wilkinson
Anonymous (2)
BRONZE PATRONS
$5,000–$9,999
John Augustus & Kim Ryrie
Stephen J Bell
Dr Hannes & Mrs Barbara
Boshoff
Mr Alexander & Mrs Vera
Boyarsky
Peter Braithwaite &
Gary Linnane
Mr David & Mrs Halina Brett
Mr Howard Connors
Ewen Crouch AM &
Catherine Crouch
In memory of Dr Lee
MacCormick Edwards
Dr Stephen Freiberg &
Donald Campbell
Dr Colin Goldschmidt
The Greatorex Foundation
Rory & Jane Jeffes
The late Mrs Isabelle Joseph
Mr Frank Lowy AC &
Mrs Shirley Lowy OAM
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SSO PATRONS
Playing Your Part
BRONZE PATRONS CONTINUED
Robert McDougall
J A McKernan
David Maloney AM &
Erin Flaherty
R & S Maple-Brown
Mora Maxwell
William McIlrath Charitable
Foundation
Taine Moufarrige
Nexus IT
John & Akky van Ogtrop
Seamus Robert Quick
Chris Robertson &
Katharine Shaw
Rodney Rosenblum AM &
Sylvia Rosenblum
Dr Evelyn Royal
Manfred & Linda Salamon
Mrs Joyce Sproat &
Mrs Janet Cooke
Tony Strachan
David Tudehope & Liz Dibbs
Mr Robert & Mrs Rosemary
Walsh
Westpac Group
Michael & Mary Whelan Trust
In memory of Geoff White
June & Alan Woods Family
Bequest
Anonymous (2) PRESTO PATRONS
$2,500–$4,999
Mr Henri W Aram OAM
Ian Brady
Mr Mark Bryant oam
Ita Buttrose AO OBE
Mrs Stella Chen
Dr Rebecca Chin
Dr Diana Choquette &
Mr Robert Milliner
Firehold Pty Ltd
Dr Kim Frumar
Warren Green
Anthony Gregg
James & Yvonne Hochroth
Mr Roger Hudson &
Mrs Claudia Rossi-Hudson
Prof. Andrew Korda am &
Ms Susan Pearson
In memoriam
Dr Reg Lam-Po-Tang
Helen & Phil Meddings
James & Elsie Moore
Ms Jackie O’Brien
Juliana Schaeffer
Dr Agnes E Sinclair
Ezekiel Solomon AM
Mr Ervin Vidor AM & Mrs
Charlotte Vidor
Lang Walker AO & Sue Walker
Yim Family Foundation Anonymous (2)
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VIVACE PATRONS
$1,000–$2,499
Mrs Lenore Adamson
Mrs Antoinette Albert
Rae & David Allen
Andrew Andersons AO
Mr Matthew Andrews
The Hon Justice Michael Ball
David Barnes
Mr Garry Besson
Allan & Julie Bligh
Jan Bowen
Roslynne Bracher
Mrs R D Bridges OBE
Lenore P Buckle
Margaret Bulmer
In memory of RW Burley
Mrs Rhonda Caddy
Mr B & Mrs M Coles
Ms Suzanne Collins
Joan Connery OAM &
Maxwell Connery OAM
Debby Cramer & Bill Caukill
Mr John Cunningham SCM &
Mrs Margaret Cunningham
Greta Davis
Lisa & Miro Davis
Elizabeth Donati
Colin Draper & Mary Jane
Brodribb
Prof. & Mrs John Edmonds
Malcolm Ellis & Erin O’Neill
Mrs Margaret Epps
Mr Matt Garrett
Vivienne Goldschmidt &
Owen Jones
Mrs Fay Grear
In Memory of Angelica Green
Akiko Gregory
Mr & Mrs Harold &
Althea Halliday
Janette Hamilton
Mrs Jennifer Hershon
Angus Holden
Mr Kevin Holland &
Mrs Roslyn Andrews
The Hon. David Hunt AO QC &
Mrs Margaret Hunt
Dr & Mrs Michael Hunter
Mr Philip Isaacs OAM
Michael & Anna Joel
Mrs W G Keighley
Dr Andrew Kennedy
Jennifer King
Aron Kleinlehrer
Mr Andrew Korda &
Ms Susan Pearson
Mr Justin Lam
Mr Peter Lazar AM
Professor Winston Liauw
Airdrie Lloyd
Mrs Juliet Lockhart
Peter Lowry OAM &
Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM
Kevin & Deirdre McCann
Ian & Pam McGaw
Matthew McInnes
Macquarie Group Foundation
Barbara Maidment
John Mar
Renee Markovic
Mr Danny R May
I Merrick
Henry & Ursula Mooser
Milja & David Morris
Mrs J Mulveney
Mr Darrol Norman
E J Nuffield
Dr Mike O’Connor AM
Mr & Mrs Ortis
Mr Andrew C Patterson
Michael Paul
Almut Piatti
In memory of Sandra Paul
Pottinger
Dr Raffi Qasabian
Mr Patrick Quinn-Graham
Ernest & Judith Rapee
Patricia H Reid Endowment
Pty Ltd
Dr Marilyn Richardson
In memory of Katherine
Robertson
Mr David Robinson
Tim Rogers
Lesley & Andrew Rosenberg
In memory of H St P Scarlett
Mr Samuel F Sheffer
David & Alison Shilligton
Dr Judy Soper
Mrs Judith Southam
Ms Barbara Spencer
Mrs Elizabeth Squair
Catherine Stephen
The Hon. Brian Sully QC
Mrs Margaret Swanson
The Taplin Family
Dr & Mrs H K Tey
Kevin Troy
John E Tuckey
Judge Robyn Tupman
Dr Alla Waldman
Miss Sherry Wang
Westpac Banking
Corporation
Henry & Ruth Weinberg
The Hon. Justice A G Whealy
Mary Whelan & Robert
Baulderstone
Dr Richard T White
Mrs Leonore Whyte
A Willmers & R Pal
Betty Wilkenfeld
Dr Edward J Wills
Prof. Neville Wills &
Ian Fenwicke
Ann & Brooks C Wilson AM
Dr Richard Wing
Dr Peter Wong &
Mrs Emmy K Wong
Geoff Wood & Melissa Waites
Sir Robert Woods
Mr & Mrs Lindsay Woolveridge
In memory of Lorna Wright
Dr John Yu
Anonymous (12)
ALLEGRO PATRONS
$500–$999
Nikki Abrahams
Ms Jenny Allum
Katherine Andrews
Mr Peter J Armstrong
Garry & Tricia Ash
Mr & Mrs George Ball
Dr Lilon Bandler
Barlow Cleaning Pty Ltd
Barracouta Pty Ltd
Beauty Point Retirement
Resort
Mr Michael Beck
Dr Andrew Bell
Richard & Margaret Bell
Jan Biber
Minnie Biggs
G D Bolton
In memory of Jillian Bowers
R D & L M Broadfoot
Dr Peter Broughton
Dr David Bryant
Arnaldo Buch
Dr Miles Burgess
Pat & Jenny Burnett
Rosemary Campbell
Mr JC Campbell QC &
Mrs Campbell
Judy Chiddy
In memory of Beth Harpley
Mr Phillip Cornwell
Dr Peter Craswell
Mr David Cross
Phil Diment AM & Bill
Zafiropoulos
Dr David Dixon
Susan Doenau
Mrs Jane Drexler
Dana Dupere
Dr Nita Durham
John Favaloro
Mrs Lesley Finn
Ms Julie Flynn & Mr Trevor
Cook
Mrs Paula Flynn
Mr John Gaden
Clive & Jenny Goodwin
Richard Griffin AM
Dr Jan Grose
Benjamin Hasic &
Belinda Davie
Mr Robert Havard
Mrs Joan Henley
Roger Henning
SSO Vanguard
Sue Hewitt
Dr Joan-Mary Hinds
Dorothy Hoddinott AO
Bill & Pam Hughes
Ms Cynthia Kaye
Mrs Margaret Keogh
Dr Henry Kilham
Dr Joyce Kirk
Mrs Patricia Kleinhans
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Sonia Lal
L M B Lamprati
Dr Barry Landa
Elaine M Langshaw
Dr Leo & Mrs Shirley Leader
Margaret Lederman
Mrs Erna Levy
Mrs A Lohan
Mr Gabriel Lopata
Panee Low
Melvyn Madigan
Ms Jolanta Masojada
Mr Guido Mayer
Louise Miller
Patricia Miller
Kenneth Newton Mitchell
Mrs Judith Morton
Mr Graham North
Mr Sead Nurkic
Dr A J Palmer
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Dr Natalie E Pelham
Dr John Pitt
John Porter & Annie
Wesley-Smith
Mrs Greeba Pritchard
The Hon. Dr Rodney Purvis AM &
Mrs Marian Purvis
Michael Quailey
Miss Julie Radosavljevic
Renaissance Tours
Janelle Rostron
Mrs Christine Rowell-Miller
Mrs Louise Rowston
Jorie Ryan for Meredith Ryan
Mr Kenneth Ryan
Garry Scarf & Morgie Blaxill
Peter & Virginia Shaw
Judge David S Shillington
Mrs Diane Shteinman AM
Victoria Smyth
Doug & Judy Sotheren
Colin Spencer
James & Alice Spigelman
Fred & May Stein
Ashley & Aveen Stephenson
Margaret & William Suthers
Margaret Swanson
Dr Jenepher Thomas
Mrs Caroline Thompson
Mrs June Thornton
Peter & Jane Thornton
Ms Rhonda Ting
Alma Toohey
Mrs M Turkington
Gillian Turner & Rob Bishop
Ross Tzannes
Mr Robert Veel
Ronald Walledge
In memory of Denis Wallis
In memoriam JBL Watt
Miss Roslyn Wheeler
The Wilkinson Family
Edward & Yvonne Wills
Yetty Windt
Mr Evan Wong
Mrs Robin Yabsley
Anonymous (34)
SSO Patrons pages correct
as of 27 February 2015
“Together, we have an ambition to foster
a love of orchestral music in school
children of all ages, and to equip their
teachers with the skills they need to
develop this in our young people…”
A membership program for a dynamic group of
Gen X & Y SSO fans and future philanthropists
VANGUARD COLLECTIVE
Justin Di Lollo Chair
Belinda Bentley
Oscar McMahon
Taine Moufarrige
Founding Patron
Shefali Pryor
Seamus R Quick
Founding Patron
Chris Robertson &
Katherine Shaw
Founding Patrons
MEMBERS
James Armstrong
Philip Atkin
Luan Atkinson
Joan Ballantine
James Baudzus
Andrew Baxter
Adam Beaupeurt
Anthony Beresford
Andrew Botros
Peter Braithwaite
Blake Briggs
Andrea Brown
Melanie Brown
Attila Brungs
Ian Burton
Jennifer Burton
Paul Colgan
Claire Cooper
Bridget Cormack
Robbie Cranfield
Asha Cugati
Juliet Curtin
Rosalind De Sailly
Paul Deschamps
Catherine Donnelly
Alistair Furnival
Alexandra Gibson
Sam Giddings
Marina Go
Jeremy Goff
Hilary Goodson
Tony Grierson
Louise Haggerty
Rose Herceg
Francis Hicks
Peter Howard
Jennifer Hoy
Katie Hryce
Virginia Judge
Jonathan Kennedy
Aernout Kerbert
Patrick Kok
Alisa Lai
John Lam-Po-Tang
Tristan Landers
Jessye Lin
Gary Linnane
David Lo
Saskia Lo
Gabriel Lopata
Rebecca MacFarling
Robert McGrory
David McKean
Nick Nichles
Kate O’Reilly
Peter O’Sullivan
Jonathan Pease
Cleo Posa
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Sudeep Rao
Michael Reede
Chris Robertson
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Anthony Michael Schembri
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Cecilia Storniolo
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Sandra Tang
Ian Taylor
Michael Tidball
Mark Timmins
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Kim Waldock
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Yvonne Zammit
Amy Zhou
DAVID ROBERTSON
SSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY
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