2023 IMPACT REPORT AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
“The Australian Haydn Ensemble is not to be missed.” New York Concert Review Inc, Carnegie Hall, 2023.
Australian Haydn Ensemble performs at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 16 October 2023.
YOUR SUPPORT IN 2023 HELPED US MAKE OUR DÉBUT AT CARNEGIE HALL. THANK YOU.
“IN 2023, AHE BEGAN A NEW DECADE, WITH A SEASON THAT ILLUMINATES THE MUSIC AND TRADITIONS OF THE 18TH CENTURY.”
AHE has ambitious plans for our second decade. Thank you for being part of our journey so far.
2023 was a big year of growth and success. It included our incredibly exciting début tour to the United States, with nine performances that drew rave reviews and standing ovations at every single location including Carnegie Hall, New York, and at the opening of the new Australian Embassy in Washington, DC.
We are all so proud of this achievement that even significantly larger organisations would have found challenging. We certainly could not have done it without your encouragement and financial support. The rapturous receptions we received everywhere were so inspiring to us all.
AHE has reached a whole new level of success in the last two years. There was our Haydn’s Times of Day marathon at the Adelaide Festival 2022, our incredible Haydn’s Creation at the Canberra International Music Festival and in Sydney, Beethoven’s Eroica and Beethoven’s Seventh, Haydn Speaks with John Bell. We also performed in the stunning small
halls of regional NSW and re-launched our Australian Haydn Academy and AHE Young Artist program.
We believe we have the potential to see AHE ranked among the world’s best in period instrument performance.
Our second decade is even more ambitious. AHE is currently in a period of growth and consolidation, moving from a start-up to a flourishing small to medium not-for-profit company. Our strategy is to steadily grow AHE's artistic activities while enhancing artistic reputation. We are creating a sustainable organisation while maintaining our energy and passion, which naturally communicates itself to our audiences in everything we do and everywhere we go.
Thank you for supporting another year of incredible music.
Skye McIntosh Artistic Director
2023 AHE TOURING OVERVIEW
We are very proud of the growth of our regional touring program, thanks to your help.
February Haydn’s Sun & Mendelssohn's Stars AHE String Quartet Armidale, Berry, Canberra, Burrawang, Sydney, ADCH
April The Mozarts, The Haydns & The Bear AHE Orchestra with Roland Peelman (conductor), Jacqueline Porter (soprano) & Andrew Goodwin (tenor)
June Die Stille Nacht Vivaldi, Telemann & Biber AHE Baroque Ensemble with David Greco (baritone) & Melissa Farrow (flute)
Canberra International Music Festival , Sydney, ADCH
Port Macquarie, Wyong, Sydney, Canberra, Berry, Bowral, ADCH
August Beethoven’s Seventh AHE Septet Bathurst, Canberra, Parramatta, Sydney, Windsor, Robertson, Lake Macquarie, ADCH
October United States Tour AHE Orchestra San Diego, Orange County, New York, Washington, Morristown, Annapolis, Columbia
December Haydn’s Times of Day AHE Orchestra with Daniel Yeadon (cello) & Laura Vaughan (baryton)
4 musicians 6 concerts 842 audience
29 musicians 3 concerts 688 audience
8 musicians 6 concerts 1636 audience
7 musicians 9 concerts 1714 audience 1 new venue in 2023
19 musicians 9 concerts 2260 audience 8 new venues in 2023
Canberra, Sydney, ADCH 19 musicians 3 concerts 798 audience
AHE's 2023 concert programs can be found here: www.australianhaydn.com.au/program-notes
Australian Haydn Ensemble on tour in the United States, October 2023.
86 musicians 36 concerts 7938 audience
2023 AHE EDUCATION OVERVIEW
We are building our education program to reach more emerging musicians across the country, thanks to your help.
February AHE String Quartet Masterclasses
March AHA Young Artists
New England Conservatorium of Music, Armidale
16 participants 4 AHE tutors 2 education workshops
Week of Workshops & Concert Surry Hills 5 emerging artists 2 AHE tutors 1 week of education workshops 1 concert 26 audience
September AHE String Quartet Weekend of Workshops & Concert
September Australian Haydn Ensemble Spring Academy
Three days of workshops & Concert
Northern Rivers Conservatorium of Music, Lismore
22 participants 4 AHE tutors
2 education workshops 1 concert 100 audience
Central Coast Conservatorium of Music, Gosford 30 participants 8 AHE tutors 5 education workshops 1 concert 50 audience
October Oboe Masterclasses Surry Hills 4 participants 1 AHE tutor 4 masterclasses
October United States Tour Masterclasses & Workshops
San Diego, Orange County, New York
194 participants 19 musicians 8 education workshops
December AHE Orchestral Internship Canberra, Sydney 1 orchestral intern 6 rehearsals 2 concerts
272 participants
28 workshops
39 AHE musicians
AHE Academy Spring Intensive participants at Central Coast Conservatorium, Gosford, September 2023.
NSW regional towns visited in 2023: Armidale, Bathurst, Berry, Bowral, Burrawang, Gosford, Lake Macquarie, Lismore, Parramatta, Robertson, Port Macquarie, Windsor, Wyong
Australian Haydn Ensemble in rehearsal for the Beethoven's Seventh tour, August 2023.
Australian Haydn Ensemble performing The Mozarts, The Haydns & The Bear at City Recital Hall, April 2023.
AHE IMPACT
With artistic impact at the heart of everything we do, our second decade centres consolidation and growth, based on these four strategic pillars:
1. Artistic Excellence and Impact
2. Enlightening Collaborations
3. Grow and Educate Audiences
4. Build a Resilient Company
Amplify vibrant, compelling programming and richly engaging performances of Classical and late Baroque era music performed by Australia’s leading historical specialists.
Exciting artistic collaborations, high-quality international guest artists and long-term community partnerships across metro and regional Australia, and internationally, that welcome audiences both existing and new.
Relentless commitment to investing in our future by building our digital capacity, our education programs and building opportunities for our musicians.
Strengthen philanthropic focus and management depth to build on this unique moment in AHE’s history.
AHE is financially sustained by diverse income streams, and the AHE board and management team work hard to ensure every dollar received has a tangible impact on our artistic and organisational growth and stability. AHE ensures that our diverse audiences have the opportunity to hear our music around the world in concert halls and online.
Spring Academy feedback
“The baroque dance was great fun and well taught.” (flute student)
“The orchestral program was incredible. Just playing with strings is such a treat for me as there are none where I live, so hearing that beautiful sound was an amazing experience.” (harpsichord student)
Audience feedback
“I really appreciate the thought and time that must be given to planning and playing the concerts as programmed.”
“I schedule other things to fit with AHE concerts.”
“I loved the intimacy and shared appreciation of the music, musicians and the audience.”
“A moment of rare bliss.”
“An exciting, wonderful addition to the nation’s musical life. The concerts are imbued with both intense scholarship and inherent musicality.”
Reviewers were enthusiastic
“This was superlative playing of what must be music in its purest form.…” LIMELIGHT
“The Australian Haydn Ensemble is clearly a treasure” CLASSIKON
1/2
“The six members of the Ensemble were in sparkling form for a programme that both moved and uplifted in equal measure. And if Greco was the star of the show, his co-star was undoubtedly Melissa Farrow” LIMELIGHT
1/2
“Australian Haydn Ensemble’s magnificent seven nail a stripped back Beethoven classic.” LIMELIGHT
“This is their first American presence. Let it not be the end.” CONCERT ON NET
“Superb ensemble playing.” BLOGCRITICS
“...the Australian Haydn Ensemble is not to be missed” NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW
Australian Haydn Ensemble performs at the Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, 18 October 2023.
Melissa Farrow, Principal Flute, American Australian Association performance in New York, October 2023.
Karina Schmitz Viola by Francis Beaulie, 2011, Montreal after Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, 1793, Milan
OUR PATRONS
Our patrons enable us to continue presenting wonderful concerts. We are so grateful to everyone who supports us and cannot thank you enough. Patron categories are named after famous eighteenthcentury patrons who supported and commissioned many of Haydn's, Mozart's and Beethoven’s works we know and love today. Where would we be without them?
PATRON
Professor the Honourable Dame
Marie Bashir AD CVO
FOUNDING PATRON
The late Dr Timothy Pascoe AM
CHAIR’S CIRCLE
Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM & Angela Belgiorno-Zegna
Mark Burrows AO
Sherry & the late Tom Gregory
Peter & Lisa Macqueen
Karin Keighley
Kevin McCann AO & Deirdre
McCann
Ian & Pam McGaw
The late Dr Timothy Pascoe AM & the late Eva Pascoe
Peter Young AM & Susan Young Anonymous (1)
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Emalyn Foundation
Adrian Maroya
Jon & Susanne North
WALDSTEIN
$10,000–$14,999
David & Anne Eustace Foundation
Carolyn Fletcher AM Philanthropy Initiative Australia, a giving fund of the APS Foundation
VAN SWIETEN
$5,000–$9,999
Richard Fisher AM & Diana Fisher
Reg & Kathie Grinberg
Anthony Strachan
The Hon. Anthony Whealy K.C. & Annie Whealy Anonymous (1)
GALITZIN
$1,000 - $4,999
Antoinette Albert
Martin & Ursula Armstrong
Mark Bethwaite AM & Jill
Bethwaite
Clive Birch
Jan Bowen AM FRSN
Keith & Louise Brodie
Dr Andrew Byrne & Andrew Gill
Lloyd Capps & Mary Jo Capps
AM
George H. Clark
Robert & Carmel Clark
Dr Terry & Julie Clarke
Jean Cockayne
Peter & Prudence Davenport
Robert & Jane Diamond
Alison Dunn
Jeremy & Kate Eccles
Ron & Suellen Enestrom
David, Katrina & Madeline Evans
Ralph Evans AO & Maria Evans
John Fairfax AO & Libby Fairfax
Bunny Gardiner-Hill
Prof Pru Goward AO
Sharon Green
Jamie Hardigg
The Hon Don Harwin
Elizabeth Howard
Sarah de Jong
Dr Gerard Joseph
David Kent OAM & Angela Kent
David Maloney AM & Erin
Flaherty
Garth Mansfield OAM & Margaret Mansfield OAM
Paul & Anne Masi
Rod & Diane McAllery
Paula McLean
Trevor Parkin
Nick Payne
Susan Perrin-Kirby
Peter & Libby Plaskitt
David & Elizabeth Platt
Keith & Robyn Power
Michael & Anna Rennie
Robert & Myriame Rich
Deidre Rickards
Greg & Wendy See
Peter & Vivienne Skinner
David & Isabel Smithers
Kay Vernon
Lady Meriel Wilmot-Wright
Anonymous (8)
LOBKOWITZ
$500–$999
Patricia Adey
John Baird
Jeffrey Bridger
Dr Sylvia Cardale
Lynette Casey
Dr Michael & Dr Colleen
Chesterman
Wendy Cobcroft
Richard & Cynthia Coleman
Dr Nola Cooke
Matt Costello & Bernie Heard
Todd Denney & Jacqui Smith
Sandra Duggan
Dr Meredith Edwards
Dr Marguerite Foxon
Stephen & Jill Goggs
Diccon & Liz Loxton
Dr Jacqueline Milne
Beverley Northey
Paul O'Donnell
David & Jill Townsend
Ailsa Veiszadeh
Dr Margot Woods
Anonymous (5)
RAZUMOWSKY
$50–$499
Rosemary Adams
Glenn & Jillian Albrecht
Phil Alt
Catherine Andrews
Ann Armstrong
Wayne Arthur
James Ashburner
Tanya Bailey
Anna-Rosa Baker
Dr Susan Ballinger
Robin Bass
Pam Behncke
Peter Benjamin
David Biggs
John Biggs
Walter Bilas & Phillip Sadler
Peter Bodor KC & Sally Bodor
Nicolette Bramley
Russell Burgess & Judith Cain
Alan Coates
Jon Collings
Sean Conkey & Tegan
Redinbaugh
Christine Cooper
Catherine Cowper
Susan Cox
Peter Cumines
David Cummins
Dr John Dearn
Dr Robert Dingley
Gabrielle Donovan
Giles & Heather Edmonds
Garry Feeney & Wendy
Sanderson
Mary Finn
Ivan Foo & Ron Gouder
Stephen Gates
Pamela Gibbins
Jean Gifford
Rosemary Greaves
Peter Green
Kate Guilfoyle
Lesley Harland
Alan Hauseman & Janet Nash
Dr Judith Healy
Meredith Hellicar
Jenni Hibbard
Ann Hoban
Julia Hoffman
Neil Hyden
Dave Jordan & Louise Walsh
Brendan Joyce
Pauline Junankar
Poss Keech
Heather Kenway
Siew-Ean Khoo
Chris Kuan
Pastor de Lasala OAM
Claude Lecomte
Ting Lee
Yuan Lim
Cookie Lloyd
Alison Lockhart
John Ma
Terry & Catherine McCullagh
Peter McDonald
Joanne McGrath
Paul & Betty Meyer
Ian Milne
Richard & Joan Milner
Jan Marie Muscio
Heather Nash
Helen Neville
Dee O'Brien
Henry O'Connor
Louise Owen
Stefan Pantzier
James & Doreen Payne
Catherine Peel
Sarah Pitt
Dr Lesley Potter
Joan Pratt
Anne Quinane
Frans Rammers
Dr Geoff Randal
Heather Reid
Anthony Robinson
Lucile Roe
Jennifer Rose-Innes
Edward Schloegl
Adele Schonhardt
Ian Scott
Dr John Sheehy
Ian Sheldrick
Dr Richard Sippe
Keith & Janet Stanistreet
Dr Rupert Summerson
Augusta Supple
Susan Tanner
Cathy Thompson-Brown
Sarah Turvey
Jeremy Wainwright
Anthony Wallis
John Walmsley
Dr Frances Whalan
Kim & Catherine Williams
Dr Ann Young
In Memory of Dr Michael McGrath Anonymous (36)
This listing is correct as of 7 March 2024, and we gratefully recognise all donations received since 1 January 2023.
Daniel Yeadon Cello by William Forster II, 1781, London .
GREAT REASONS TO SUPPORT US
When you make a donation to the Australian Haydn Ensemble you help us to:
// 1
Bring beautiful music to more people in our cities, regional Australia and beyond.
// 2
Introduce the joy of period instruments and historically informed practice to young musicians.
// 3
Give new life to the music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and lesser known composers like Boccherini and CPE Bach.
// 4
Bring audiences into the sound world originally created by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
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5
Ensure rarely performed chamber arrangements of works by Beethoven and Mozart are played again, sometimes for the first time since the nineteenth century, bringing delight to new audiences.
// 6
Continue to build on our considerable success!
Melissa Farrow Flute by Martin Wenner, c.2013, Singen after Carlo Palanca, c.1750, Turin
PARTNERS
BOARD
Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM (Chair)
Jan Bowen AM FRSN
Carolyn Fletcher AM
Harriet Lenigas
Adrian Maroya
Kevin McCann AO
Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director)
Jon North
Vivienne Skinner
Peter Young AM
FOUNDING PATRON
Dr Timothy Pascoe AM
SUPPORTERS GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
PATRON
Professor the Honorable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
STAFF
Skye McIntosh – Artistic Director
Jacqui Smith – Chief Executive Officer
Alison Dunn – Marketing and Communications Director
Emma Murphy – Financial Controller
Janine Hewitt – Accountant
Stephen Bydder – Administrator
Marguerite Foxon – Front of House and Administrator*
Arnold Klugkist – Artistic Operations
Richard Bratby – Program Notes
Photography – Helen White, Oliver Miller
Graphic Design – Yolanda Koning
*In Kind Support
The Australian Haydn Ensemble acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live, work and perform. We pay our respects to musicians and Elders past, present, and emerging.
ABN 26 202 621 166
The Australian Haydn Ensemble Inc. was incorporated as an Association in NSW on 12 April 2012, and has Deductible Gift Recipient status. Gifts to the Australian Haydn Ensemble Inc. Donation Fund are tax deductible. Details on how to make your contribution can be found here: www.australianhaydn.com.au/donate
Please contact Jacqui Smith, Chief Executive Officer, for more information: E: jacqui.smith@australianhaydn.com.au | 1800 334 388 (Freecall) | australianhaydn.com.au
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