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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Principal Conductor
Nicholas Carter \
Principal Guest
Conductor and
Artistic Adviser
Jeffrey Tate \
Artist-in-Association
Pinchas Zukerman \
VIOLINS
Elizabeth Layton**
(Guest Concertmaster)
Shirin Lim**
(Acting Associate
Concertmaster)
Janet Anderson*
(Acting Principal 1st
Violin)
Michael Milton*
(Principal 2nd Violin)
Lachlan Bramble~
(Associate Principal
2nd Violin)
Minas Berberyan
Gillian Braithwaite
Julia Brittain
Hiliary Bruer
Nadia Buck
Jane Collins
Judith Coombe
Alison Heike
Danielle Jacquillard
Julie Newman
Alexander Permezel
Simone Slattery
Kemeri Spurr
VIOLAS
Imants Larsens**
Linda Garrett~
(Guest Associate
Principal)
Martin Butler
Lesley Cockram
Anna Hansen
Cecily Satchell
CELLOS
Ewen Bramble**
(Acting Section
Principal)
Gemma Phillips~
(Acting Associate
Principal)
Sarah Denbigh
Christpher Handley
David Sharp
DOUBLE BASSES
David Schilling**
Harley Gray~
(Acting Associate
Principal)
Jacky Chang
David Phillips
FLUTES
Geoffrey Collins**
Lisa Gill
Julia Grenfell
PICCOLO
Julia Grenfell*
OBOES
Joshua Oates**
(Guest Section
Principal)
Renae Stavely
Peter Duggan
COR ANGLAIS
Peter Duggan*
CLARINETS
Dean Newcomb**
Darren Skelton
Mitchell Berick
E FLAT CLARINET
Darren Skelton*
** denotes Section
Leader
~
denotes Associate
Principal
* denotes Principal
Player
denotes Musical
Chair Support
\ denotes Conductors’
Circle Support
Correct at time of print
ASO BOARD
MEMBERS
Colin Dunsford AM
(Chair)
Vincent Ciccarello
Geoffrey Collins
Col Eardley
Byron Gregory
David Leon
Chris Michelmore
Andrew Robertson
ASO MANAGEMENT
BASSOONS
Mark Gaydon**
Leah Stephenson
Jackie Newcomb
CONTRA BASSOON
Jackie Newcomb*
HORNS
Adrian Uren**
Alex Miller
Philip Paine*
Emma Gregan
TRUMPETS
Owen Morris**
Martin Phillipson~
Gregory Frick
TROMBONE
Cameron Malouf **
Ian Denbigh
BASS TROMBONE
Howard Parkinson*
TUBA
Peter Whish-Wilson*
TIMPANI
Robert Hutcheson*
PERCUSSION
Steven Peterka**
Gregory Rush
Amanda Grigg
HARP
Suzanne Handel*
EXECUTIVE
Vincent Ciccarello
- Managing Director
Guy Ross - Chief
Operating Officer
Ashlyn Cooper
- Executive
Administrator
ARTISTIC
Simon Lord - Director,
Artistic Planning
Stevan Pavlovic
- Artistic Administrator
Emily Gann
- Learning &
Community
Engagement
Coordinator
MARKETING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Paola Niscioli
- Director, Marketing &
Development
Fiona Whittenbury
- Corporate
Partnerships Manager
Alexandra Bassett
- Donor Relations
Manager
Dani Lupoi
- Development
Assistant
Tom Bastians
- Customer Service
Manager
Kate Lees - Publicist
Principal Partner
Kane Moroney
- Audience
Development
Coordinator
Michelle Robins
- Publications &
Communications
Coordinator
Annika Stennert
- Marketing
Coordinator
FINANCE AND HR
Louise Williams
- Manager, People &
Culture
Katherine Zhang
- Accountant
Karin Juhl
- Accounts Coordinator
Sarah McBride
- Payroll Coordinator
Emma Wight
- Administrative
Assistant
OPERATIONS
Karen Frost
- Orchestra Manager
David Khafagi
- Orchestra
Coordinator
Naomi Gordon
- Production & Venue
Coordinator
Bruce Stewart
- Orchestral Librarian
Declan Smith
- Production & Venue
Assistant
FRIENDS OF THE ASO
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Alison Campbell
- President
Liz Bowen
- Immediate Past
President
Alyson Morrison and
John Pike
- Vice Presidents
Judy Birze
- Treasurer/Secretary
John Gell
- Assistant Secretary/
Membership
Broadcast Partner
World Artist Partners
Corporate Partners
Airline Partner
Media Partners
Corporate Club
Birnie Sanders Hotel
Brokers
Haigh’s Chocolates
Hickinbotham Group
Normetals
Peregrine Travel
Poster Impact
Quest Hotels
San Remo Macaroni Co.
Pty Ltd
SEAgas
Size Music
Foundations
Thyne Reid
Foundation
Correct at time of print
Classics Unwrapped presented in association with ABC Classic FM
ABC Classic FM was first broadcast from Adelaide in January 1976. In its 40th birthday
year ABC Classic FM is proud to partner with the ASO for this sparkling series of
concerts that invites you to share some of the best loved classical music.
This concert runs for approximately one hour (with no interval).
This concert will be recorded by ABC Classic FM for delayed broadcast.
Major Partners
Friends
Government Support
The ASO is assisted by the Australian Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
The Orchestra is funded by the Government of South Australia
through Arts SA.
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Classics
Unwrapped:
Big Egos,
Big Music
Wed 17 Aug 2016 ADELAIDE TOWN HALL
Season
PROGRAM
Guy Noble Conductor / Presenter
Do you know any composers? They may seem quiet
and reserved… until you hear their music. It takes a
certain conceit to believe you require a whole orchestra
to express yourself. Tonight we meet eight of the tallest
poppies in classical music. These guys are kind of a big
deal – and don’t they know it!
Wagner: Lohengrin: Act III: Prelude
Richard Wagner has to be first. He took his composing very seriously and
even dressed up for the occasion in expensive silks and satins. He would
enter his studio like it was some kind of sacred sanctuary and then sit down
to write the most ambitious operas (words and music) that had ever been
attempted. This man had no problems with self-belief, and you can hear it in
this Prelude, which sizzles with confidence and brash exuberance.
Bernstein arr. Mason: West Side Story (excerpt)
Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic personality who wanted to do
everything: conduct, compose, write, educate. He’d be directing the New
York Philharmonic one night, and go to a Jimi Hendrix show the next. His
eclectic musical tastes found a perfect outlet in West Side Story: Latin, jazz,
pop and classical music all crammed into one amazing score.
Mahler: Symphony No 5: Adagietto
Gustav Mahler also juggled composing with conducting. His life was already
full… and then he fell in love with Alma, another composer. He wrote
her this Adagietto, a love letter without words, and sent it to her, and she
understood. She agreed to marry him, even though it would mean sacrificing
her own musical career for his.
Beethoven: Symphony No 5: Allegro
Most pictures of Beethoven portray him with a grumpy scowl – but tonight we
meet him in a merry mood. He has just defeated Fate (the famous ‘knockknock-knock-knock’ that begins this symphony), and that calls for a big, loud
celebration. Beethoven pulls out all the stops to end as emphatically as he
can, using trombones in a symphony for the first time and hammering out
36 consecutive C major chords. He was going deaf, and he wanted to hear
something.
Guy Noble
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
With his long hair, charming nature and prodigious talent, Franz Liszt was
destined to be a celebrity. Everything about his playing and composing was
dramatic. In this piece, Mephisto’s alluring fiddle-playing has Faust dancing
into the night with a lady he’s just met. Liszt’s own seductive performances
at the piano reportedly had a similar effect – women would lovingly collect
locks of his hair, dregs of his coffee and even his cigar stubs.
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Mozart, by all accounts, was an entertaining person to be around – restless
and lively as a child. Music was a never-ending source of wonder and delight
for him, and listening to his music can make anyone feel young again.
Mozart’s quick, transparent changes of mood can also be heard – just listen
to all the sudden contrasts in this Overture.
Strauss: Don Juan (excerpt)
With a dash and a flying leap, Richard Strauss burst onto the scene as a
25-year-old with this incredibly vivid orchestral portrait of Don Juan. A
carefree man who took everything in his stride, composing seemed almost
too easy for Strauss. This piece captures the itinerant life of Don Juan
perfectly, following him on his various adventures until destiny finally catches
up.
Sibelius: Karelia Suite: March
Jean Sibelius is the odd composer out here, a private man who liked to be
alone in nature, and one who found it increasingly difficult to write the music
he wanted (he was effectively silent for the last 30 years of his life). But you
won’t hear much of that in this movement from Karelia, a jaunty march
whose catchy, optimistic tune quickly made it a Finnish favourite.
Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
That would be the end, but Wagner’s ego demands another hearing! And
there’s no stopping those Valkyries once they get going…
© David John Lang 2016
COMING UP
Classics
Unwrapped
3
Guy Noble is a conductor,
broadcaster, pianist, writer and
producer who loves most genres of
music and has played, conducted
or talked about most of them. He
regularly conducts the ASO, SSO,
MSO, WASO, TSO and QSO and
has worked with the Canberra
Symphony Orchestra, the
Auckland Philharmonia, the Hong
Kong and Malaysian Philharmonic
orchestras. He has been Musical
Director and Musical Supervisor
of many major musicals including
Phantom of the Opera, Sunset
Boulevard, South Pacific, Man of
La Mancha, Gypsy, and The Music
of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Conductor
James. Recent performances
include Great Opera Hits for
Opera Australia (Sydney Opera
House), From Vienna With Love
with Conchita Wurst (Sydney
Symphony) and The Last Night of
the Proms (Sydney Symphony).
He has recorded 12 CDs for
ABC Classics and also presents
the classical audio programs on
Qantas, Air China and China
Airlines.
He was the host of the Breakfast
show on ABC Classic FM from
1999-2001 and is still a regular
guest presenter on the network.
He writes a regular column for
Limelight Magazine and has
worked with a wide variety of
international and local artists
including Harry Connick Jnr,
Ben Folds, The Beach Boys, The
Whitlams, The Pointer Sisters,
Human Nature, Dianne Reeves,
Glenn Frey, Randy Newman,
Michael Bolton, Maggie Beer
and Simon Bryant, and Clive
Wed 02 Nov 6.30PM
ADELAIDE TOWN HALL
Guy Noble
Conductor / Presenter
Classics Unwrapped Virtual Reality
Concert online now!
For Classics Unwrapped #3, you get to decide the program!
This digital project is part of the ASO’s world-leading partnership
with Adelaide-based company Jumpgate VR who first captured
this footage during the ASO’s Classics Unwrapped concert at
the Adelaide Town Hall in May 2015 using a small camera tree
comprising 16 GoPro cameras.
From 1-30 September, vote for the pieces you like best at
aso.com.au, and be artistic director for an evening in this
dynamic, interactive concert format.
The final program will only be announced on the night, so come along to
see if your selections made the cut, and enjoy an evening of Adelaide’s
favourites.
View it on the ASO’s YouTube channel or ASO Facebook!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlNCAGWtwE
COMING UP
Master 6: Romantic Concerto
Fri 09 Sep 8pm
& Sat 10 Sep 6.30pm
ADELAIDE TOWN HALL
Nicholas Carter
Conductor
Alexei Volodin
Piano
James Ledger Hollow Kings
Mozart Symphony No 40
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2