MSO 2012 Program by Ian Wheaton

2012 SEASON MARKING OUR RETURN TO ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, HAMER HALL

CONTENTS 1

WELCOME TO 2012

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012

BENEFITS OF BOOKING A SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION

33 – 34

NEW SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION BOOKING FORM 2012

SPOILT FOR CHOICE

4–5

A SPECTACULAR RETURN

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS 2012

6–7

MASTER SERIES THURSDAY

36 – 37

YOUR YEAR IN MUSIC (PHOTO)

8–9

MASTER SERIES FRIDAY

MONTHLY GUIDE

SATURDAY NIGHT SYMPHONY

40 – 42

JANUARY – FEBRUARY

12 – 13

SATURDAY MATINEES

43 – 44

MARCH

14 – 15

GREAT CLASSICS ON MONDAYS

45 – 47

APRIL – MAY

16 – 17

MSO AT THE MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE

48 – 49

JUNE

18 – 19

METROPOLIS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL

JULY

20 – 21

MSO POPS

52 – 53

AUGUST

MELBOURNE TOWN HALL PROMS

SEPTEMBER

MONASH SERIES

55 – 57

OCTOBER

MSO CHAMBER MUSIC

58 – 59

NOVEMBER

GEELONG SERIES

60 – 61

DECEMBER

26 – 27

EARS WIDE OPEN

SUPPORT THE MSO

ARE YOU A FULL-TIME STUDENT?

WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE MSO

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY

SINGLE TICKET PRICES

CHOOSE YOUR OWN

SPONSORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

HOW TO BUY YOUR SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION

10 – 11

HOW TO USE YOUR MSO 2012 SEASON GUIDE This season guide is your conducted tour of the Orchestra’s year in music.

1 CONCERT SERIES: PAGE 6 – 27 A series-by-series guide to the concert year. See what’s on offer in high-value Season Pass subscriptions.

2 CALENDAR COMPANION: PAGE 39 – 61 Discover in-depth information about concerts the Orchestra will perform in 2012 – all in chronological order.

TADAAKI OTAKA PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR

3 CALENDAR LIFTOUT: THE YEAR AT A GLANCE Your overview of the MSO's 2012 performance schedule, concert by concert.

4 BOOKING FORM: PAGE 33 – 34 Ready to book? You’ll find all the information you’ll need right here. If you have internet access, you may book your tickets online, by visiting mso.com.au If you are already an MSO Season Pass subscriber, you’ll find your on-line password on the front page of your booking form. You can also book in person at the MSO Box Office at 3 Driver Lane, Melbourne (just behind the GPO) or call (03) 9929 9600.

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BENJAMIN NORTHEY PATRICIA RIORDAN ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR CHAIR

WELCOME TO 2012 Your year in music and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s journey back to Hamer Hall in August 2012 starts right here. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is presenting a thrilling season of musical entertainment for you in 2012, running the gamut from the greats of the symphonic repertoire to music from Broadway and the silver screen and collaborations with leading popular artists. This is the year in which your Orchestra returns to Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, as its extensive renovation is unveiled. You’ll find significant enhancements in the foyers, wider seating in the auditorium and many acoustic improvements. Of course we continue to perform across the city – from Melbourne Town Hall to Monash University – in Geelong and regional Victoria, for audiences of all ages. Wherever you choose to enjoy the work of the Orchestra, you’ll find that we’re dedicated to presenting musical entertainment at the very highest level. With every event you choose to attend in your year of music, you’ll find the MSO ready to offer consistently memorable musical experiences. With all good wishes

MATTHEW VANBESIEN MANAGING DIRECTOR MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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BENEFITS OF BOOKING A SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performs in a range of venues around Melbourne and Geelong. A series is simply a group of these performances which you purchase together as a Season Pass subscription, saving up to 35% on the price of tickets to single events. You can choose from one of the series we’ve already created for you (these are on pages 6 – 27) or make one of your own (to find out how, go to page 30).

REWARDS FOR SEASON PASS SUBSCRIBERS Your Season Pass subscription to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra includes exciting privileges designed exclusively for you. These include:

SECURE YOUR SEATS YEAR AFTER YEAR By purchasing a package to one of the series we’ve created for you, you secure your seats for all your concerts, and can renew them year after year.*

NO SERVICE CHARGES Season Pass subscribers pay the series price and nothing more! There are no service charges for additional concert tickets, and you don’t even pay fees for the first two exchanges.

SAVE ON EXTRA TICKETS When you buy any extra tickets to MSO events, you receive the Season Pass subscriber discount of 10%.

NO CHARGE FOR LOST OR FORGOTTEN TICKETS If you lose or misplace your tickets, then call us to arrange for replacement tickets, free! Simply contact the MSO Box Office on (03) 9929 9600 and we will be happy to help you.

TICKET EXCHANGES The MSO offers a flexible Season Pass subscriber exchange policy. If your plans change and you cannot attend a performance, simply exchange your tickets 24 hours prior to the performance by phone, fax, or in person. (Some conditions apply – please refer to Terms and Conditions of Sale at mso.com.au)

MOVE TO THE HEAD OF THE QUEUE Season Pass subscribers can purchase additional tickets before any seats go on sale to the general public.

PERSONAL ATTENTION MSO Box Office Representatives offer personal attention: • At the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Box Office, 3 Driver Lane, Melbourne, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm • At the customer service desk at each MSO performance • By phone on (03) 9929 9600, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm

GEELONG PASS SUBSCRIBERS For all your ticketing enquiries please contact Geelong Performing Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm, phone (03) 5225 1200.

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS AND OFFERS Your Season Pass subscriber card gives you access to many great discounts and special offers from participating organisations, shops and restaurants. For a full list of benefits please visit mso.com.au

*Secure Your Seats applies to Master Series, Saturday Night Symphony, Saturday Matinees, great classics on monday, MSO at the Melbourne Recital Centre, MSO Pops, Melbourne Town Hall Proms, and Monash and Geelong Series.

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SPOILT FOR CHOICE? There are many exciting events for you in the 2012 season. We’ve harvested some of these ’not to be missed’ performances here; you’ll find full details as you look through this guide.

SENSATIONAL 2012 EVENTS FEBRUARY DOCTOR WHO SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR

JUNE DEBORAH VOIGT IN CONCERT

OCTOBER THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Ben Foster conductor

“Ms. Voigt, clearly in her prime, is astonishing. Her sound is at once earthen and gleaming ... Simply glorious.” – The New York Times

Erik Ochsner conductor Kaitlyn Lusk soloist Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

FEBRUARY SYMPHONY AT THE MOVIES WITH MICHAEL PARKINSON Guy Noble conductor

One of the great singers of our time, Deborah Voigt combines musical intelligence with a stunningly rich voice to create unforgettable performances. Joined by one of today’s leading conductors, Voigt brings to Melbourne a panoramic survey of music by Wagner and Strauss, for one night only.

NOVEMBER ROMEO AND JULIET A celebration in words and music of the world’s favourite love story.

JUNE THE PLANETS: A JOURNEY IN MUSIC AND FILM

Benjamin Northey conductor John Bell director Members of The Bell Shakespeare Company

Alexander Shelley conductor Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus UK filmmaker Duncan Copp, renowned for his stunning films about the wonders of science, developed this breathtaking visual production in conjunction with NASA, and it’s been thrilling audiences worldwide ever since. It’s an awesome synthesis of great music and rich visual spectacle.

John Bell is joined by members of Bell Shakespeare and the MSO for this unique experience in words and music. Together, the Orchestra and Bell Shakespeare bring you the play’s dramatic highlights and the beautiful music by Tchaikovsky, Delius and Prokofiev inspired by the world’s greatest love story.

Who better to present a night of great music from the silver screen than the world’s favourite interviewer, Sir Michael Parkinson? For the first time, the TV legend joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra live on stage to guide you through the golden age of cinema. Sharing stories from 35 years of interviewing movie stars, Parkinson introduces music he loves from film classics, including Casablanca, Ben-Hur, Goldfinger and many more.

For these Melbourne premiere stage and screen events, you’ll see Hamer Hall turned into a cinema deluxe, as we screen Part One of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, with Howard Shore’s Oscar®-winning score performed live on stage by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Sir Andrew Davis conductor Deborah Voigt soprano

A musical celebration with the Doctor on the big screen and a host of monsters including Daleks, Cybermen and The Silence invading the venue.

MSO Season Pass subscribers have priority access to these events. Please see opposite page for details.

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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra makes its debut in Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautifully refurbished concert hall in this special three-concert festival, conducted by Markus Stenz.

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A SPECTACULAR RETURN A THREE-CONCERT PROGRAM CELEBRATING THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S RETURN TO ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, HAMER HALL, AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER CONCERT VENUE The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra makes its debut in Melbourne’s beautifully refurbished concert hall in this special three-program festival, conducted by Markus Stenz. Act 1 Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August Act 2 Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 August Act 3 Wednesday 22 August A much-loved figure in Melbourne’s musical life, Markus Stenz was the Orchestra’s Chief Conductor from 1998 to 2004. Renowned for his sense of musical adventure and podium panache, he is the perfect maestro to welcome the MSO’s audiences back to the Hall. The first concert is an epic exploration of orchestral sonority, culminating in Mahler’s spectacular hymn to nature, love and faith. The second program features a superb cast of soloists in a concert performance of Act 1 of Wagner’s mighty Die Walküre. In keeping with the surprise piece Stenz used to perform at the end of many of his programs – which he called Act 3 – details about the third concert will be kept secret until the night of the performance. But we promise it will put the Hamer Hall acoustic renovations through their paces!

ACT 1 MAHLER’S THIRD Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Markus Stenz conductor Fiona Sargeant viola Petra Lang mezzo-soprano Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus National Boys Choir of Australia Dean Intimate Decisions Adès/Rosner Polaris AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Mahler Symphony No.3

ACT 2 BEETHOVEN AND WAGNER

ACT 3 MYSTERY PROGRAM Wednesday 22 August at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 August at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Members of the Australian Youth Orchestra

Markus Stenz conductor Stuart Skelton tenor (Siegmund) Meagan Miller soprano (Sieglinde) Daniel Sumegi bass (Hunding)

Program to be announced at the performance. In keeping with the surprise piece Stenz conducted at the end of many of his programs – which he called Act 3 – details about the third concert will be kept secret until the night of the performance.

Beethoven Symphony No.6 Pastoral Wagner Die Walküre: Act I

The Orchestra for this concert will feature the MSO and members of the Australian Youth Orchestra. This special performance is available to you only if you purchase tickets to Act 1 and Act 2.

MARKUS STENZ CONDUCTOR

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ADULT CONCESSION

PREMIUM $270 $220

A RESERVE $200 $170

B RESERVE $170 $120

C RESERVE $110 $90

MSO Season Pass subscribers have exclusive access to these concerts until 5 December 2011.

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Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Romeo and Juliet inspired some of my favourite music. What an exciting collaboration it will be to explore those connections with Bell Shakespeare in November! WILMA SMITH HAROLD MITCHELL AC CONCERTMASTER CHAIR

MASTER SERIES THURSDAY

MASTER SERIES THURSDAY Thursday night is the night for great musical entertainment with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. From the magical opening bars of Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in your first concert to Mozart’s beautiful Symphony No.40 in the final program, Master Series Thursday offers you the world’s leading conductors and soloists in a rich and exciting selection of great classical music.

1 SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

4 GRIEG CONCERTO

7 DURUFLÉ REQUIEM

Thursday 15 March at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall

Thursday 30 August at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Thursday 15 November at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Matthias Pintscher conductor Kolja Blacher violin

Sir Andrew Davis conductor Piers Lane piano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Tadaaki Otaka conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano Deborah Humble mezzo-soprano José Carbó baritone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Stravinsky Violin Concerto Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

2 MAHLER WITH EMMA MATTHEWS Thursday 14 June at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall

Grainger Marching Song of Democracy Grieg Piano Concerto Grainger Brigg Fair Delius Brigg Fair Grainger Danny Deever Grainger The Bride’s Tragedy AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Grainger Tribute to Foster

Donald Runnicles conductor Julian Rachlin violin Emma Matthews soprano

5 TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 Mahler Symphony No.4

Louis Langrée conductor Jian Wang cello

3 PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Dvorˇák Overture: Carnival Dvorˇák Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 Pathétique

Thursday 26 July at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall Tugan Sokhiev conductor Nicholas Angelich piano Balakirev Islamey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Mussorgsky arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Duruflé Requiem

8 IAN BOSTRIDGE SINGS MOZART AND SCHUBERT Thursday 6 December at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Thursday 20 September at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Bernard Labadie conductor Ian Bostridge tenor Mozart Symphony No.31 Paris Mozart Ballet music and arias from Idomeneo Schubert Orchestral songs Mozart Symphony No.40

6 ROMEO AND JULIET A celebration in words and music of the world’s favourite love story. The MSO and Bell Shakespeare combine forces to bring you the narrative and dramatic highlights of the play to the music of Tchaikovsky, Delius and Prokofiev. Thursday 1 November at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Benjamin Northey conductor John Bell director Members of The Bell Shakespeare Company PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH

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ADULT CONCESSION

PREMIUM $800 $675

A RESERVE $676 $540

B RESERVE $526 $426

C RESERVE $350 $300

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In recent years, concerts with Bernard Labadie have been major events in Melbourne’s musical life. To have him return in the company of one of the world’s great singers, Ian Bostridge, for a superb classical program, is a very exciting prospect. ROY THEAKER ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

MASTER SERIES FRIDAY

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MASTER SERIES FRIDAY With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Friday evenings can mean a lot more than just the end of the working week. Over eight exciting programs from March to December, great soloists and conductors perform with the Orchestra in music ranging from Ravel’s Bolero to a special program celebrating the power of the world’s most enduring love story, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

1 SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

4 BOLERO

7 ROMEO AND JULIET

Friday 16 March at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall

Friday 20 July at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall

A celebration in words and music of the world’s favourite love story.

Matthias Pintscher conductor Kolja Blacher violin

Tadaaki Otaka conductor Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

The MSO and Bell Shakespeare combine forces to bring you the narrative and dramatic highlights of the play to the music of Tchaikovsky, Delius and Prokofiev.

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Stravinsky Violin Concerto Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

2 BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST Friday 25 May at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall Bramwell Tovey conductor/piano Deborah Humble mezzo-soprano Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Lambert The Rio Grande Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

3 MAHLER WITH EMMA MATTHEWS Friday 15 June at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall Donald Runnicles conductor Julian Rachlin violin Emma Matthews soprano Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 Mahler Symphony No.4

Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No.2 Ravel Shéhérazade Ravel Piano Concerto in G Ravel Bolero

Friday 2 November at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

5 GRIEG CONCERTO

Benjamin Northey conductor John Bell director

Friday 31 August at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Members of The Bell Shakespeare Company

Sir Andrew Davis conductor Piers Lane piano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Grainger Marching Song of Democracy Grieg Piano Concerto Grainger Brigg Fair Delius Brigg Fair Grainger Danny Deever Grainger The Bride’s Tragedy AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Grainger Tribute to Foster

6 STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY Friday 14 September at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

8 IAN BOSTRIDGE SINGS MOZART AND SCHUBERT Friday 7 December at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Bernard Labadie conductor Ian Bostridge tenor Mozart Symphony No.31 Paris Mozart Ballet music and arias from Idomeneo Schubert Orchestral songs Mozart Symphony No.40

Andrew Litton conductor Stephen Hough piano Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 Prokofiev Symphony No.7

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ADULT CONCESSION

PREMIUM $776 $653

A RESERVE $676 $540

B RESERVE $526 $426

C RESERVE $350 $300

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SATURDAY NIGHT SYMPHONY YOUR WEEKENDS NEVER SOUNDED BETTER – SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE MSO IS BACK! The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, partnered with leading soloists and conductors, takes you on a musical journey from the biblical spectacle of Belshazzar’s Feast to the crystal clear beauty of Grieg’s Piano Concerto.

1 BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST

3 GRIEG CONCERTO

5 DURUFLÉ REQUIEM

Saturday 26 May at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall

Saturday 1 September at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Saturday 17 November at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Bramwell Tovey conductor/piano Deborah Humble mezzo-soprano Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Sir Andrew Davis conductor Piers Lane piano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Tadaaki Otaka conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano Deborah Humble mezzo-soprano José Carbó baritone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Grainger Marching Song of Democracy Grieg Piano Concerto Grainger Brigg Fair Delius Brigg Fair Grainger Danny Deever Grainger The Bride’s Tragedy AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Grainger Tribute to Foster

Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Lambert The Rio Grande Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

2 BOLERO Saturday 21 July at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall

4 TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE

Tadaaki Otaka conductor Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Saturday 22 September at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Louis Langrée conductor Jian Wang cello

Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No.2 Ravel Shéhérazade Ravel Piano Concerto in G Ravel Bolero

Dvorˇák Overture: Carnival Dvorˇák Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 Pathétique

Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Duruflé Requiem

6 IAN BOSTRIDGE SINGS MOZART AND SCHUBERT Saturday 8 December at 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Bernard Labadie conductor Ian Bostridge tenor Mozart Symphony No.31 Paris Mozart Ballet music and arias from Idomeneo Schubert Orchestral songs Mozart Symphony No.40

PRICES FOR SIX-CONCERT SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION

ADULT CONCESSION 10

PREMIUM $615 $486

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A RESERVE $531 $417

B RESERVE $420 $327

C RESERVE $282 $237

How charming – so soon after our return to Hamer Hall – to be performing music of Percy Grainger with Sir Andrew Davis. The orchestra and choristers alike enjoy working with him and, of course, Grainger’s music is always percussively gratifying! ROBERT COSSOM PERCUSSION

SATURDAY NIGHT SYMPHONY

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SATURDAY MATINEES Superb musical entertainment that gets you home before dark – that’s the promise of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Saturday Matinees. Over six unforgettable concerts, you’ll be taken from the romantic panorama of Respighi’s Pines of Rome to the reaches of the outer galaxy in our special multimedia presentation of Holst’s The Planets.

ˇ ÁK 1 BEETHOVEN AND DVOR

3 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND PINES OF ROME

Saturday 19 May at 2pm Melbourne Town Hall

Saturday 14 July at 2pm Melbourne Town Hall

Andrew Grams conductor Andreas Haefliger piano

David Robertson conductor David Thomas clarinet

Brahms Tragic Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Dvorˇák Symphony No.7

Beethoven Symphony No.5 Dean Amphitheatre Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra Respighi Pines of Rome

2 THE PLANETS: A JOURNEY IN MUSIC AND FILM Saturday 2 June at 2pm Melbourne Town Hall

6 OHLSSON PLAYS BRAHMS Saturday 24 November at 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Tadaaki Otaka conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 Strauss Don Juan Strauss Death and Transfiguration

4 PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION Saturday 28 July at 2pm Melbourne Town Hall

Alexander Shelley conductor Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Tugan Sokhiev conductor Nicholas Angelich piano

Mozart Symphony No.41 Jupiter Holst The Planets A special presentation, featuring astronomical visual presentation by filmmaker Duncan Copp, using footage from NASA space probes and the Hubble space telescope.

Balakirev Islamey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Mussorgsky arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

5 STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY

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Saturday 15 September at 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Andrew Litton conductor Stephen Hough piano Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 Prokofiev Symphony No.7

’Turned everything he touched into musical gold... a searing combination of technical prowess and intellectual rigour.’ THE AGE

GARRICK OHLSSON FEATURED ARTIST

PRICES FOR SIX-CONCERT SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION

ADULT CONCESSION 12

PREMIUM $570 $445

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A RESERVE $531 $417

B RESERVE $420 $327

C RESERVE $282 $237

Our June matinee is a great concert for the whole family. Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony is joyous and vibrant, and Holst’s The Planets is very exciting and colourful, showcasing all the instruments of the orchestra – including the alto flute! WENDY CLARKE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FLUTE

SATURDAY MATINEES

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Richard Strauss wrote so beautifully for strings, and Death and Trans guration is such a glorious piece, so I am really looking forward to the November program with our Principal Guest Conductor, Tadaaki Otaka. PHILIPPA WEST SECOND VIOLIN

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great classics on mondays From Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony to the dashing adventures portrayed in Strauss’ Don Juan, great classics on mondays offers musical riches beyond compare with your Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. With each concert starting at 6.30pm, there’s plenty of time to catch up with friends over a meal or a drink. What a great way to start the week!

ˇ ÁK 1 BEETHOVEN AND DVOR Monday 21 May at 6.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

3 ORGAN CLASSICS AT TOWN HALL

5 STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY Monday 17 September at 6.30pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Monday 25 June at 6.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

Andrew Grams conductor Andreas Haefliger piano Brahms Tragic Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Dvorˇák Symphony No.7

2 THE PLANETS: A JOURNEY IN MUSIC AND FILM Monday 4 June at 6.30pm Melbourne Town Hall Alexander Shelley conductor Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Mozart Symphony No.41 Jupiter Holst The Planets A special presentation, featuring astronomical visual presentation by filmmaker Duncan Copp, using footage from NASA space probes and the Hubble space telescope.

Andrew Litton conductor Stephen Hough piano

Sir Andrew Davis conductor Cameron Carpenter organ

Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 Prokofiev Symphony No.7

Bach orch. Sir Andrew Davis Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582 Poulenc Organ Concerto Brahms Symphony No.2

6 OHLSSON PLAYS BRAHMS Monday 26 November at 6.30pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

4 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND PINES OF ROME Monday 16 July at 6.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

Tadaaki Otaka conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano

David Robertson conductor David Thomas clarinet

Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 Strauss Don Juan Strauss Death and Transfiguration

Beethoven Symphony No.5 Dean Amphitheatre Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra Respighi Pines of Rome

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ADULT CONCESSION

PREMIUM $570 $445

A RESERVE $531 $417

B RESERVE $420 $327

C RESERVE $282 $237

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The Recital Centre is such a beautiful venue in which to perform, and in these three programs we are partnered with exceptional artists in programs designed perfectly for the Hall’s acoustics. I can’t wait! JUSTIN WILLIAMS VIOLA

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at the MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE One of Australia’s supreme venues for music, the Melbourne Recital Centre plays host to three Melbourne Symphony Orchestra programs tailor-made for enjoyment in this beautiful space. These concerts, which include Mozart’s exquisite Posthorn Serenade and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, will provide some of the year’s greatest musical experiences – plus easy parking and great new dining options.

1 BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO Thursday 22 March at 8pm Saturday 24 March at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre Kolja Blacher violin/director Haydn Symphony No.6 Le Matin Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Beethoven Violin Concerto

2 EMPEROR CONCERTO

3 MOZART SERENADE

The final program in Olli Mustonen’s three-year survey of the Beethoven piano concertos with the MSO.

Featuring Wilma Smith and Matthew Tomkins

Thursday 19 April at 8pm Saturday 21 April at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre Olli Mustonen piano/director Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Mustonen Jehkin Iivana Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor

Thursday 2 August at 8pm Saturday 4 August at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre Reinhard Goebel conductor Wilma Smith violin Matthew Tomkins violin Mozart Serenade No.9 Posthorn Mozart Concertone for Two Violins Mozart Idomeneo: Passacaglia/Chaconne

PRICES FOR THREE-CONCERT SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION

ADULT CONCESSION

PREMIUM $315 N/A

A RESERVE $264 $210

B RESERVE $219 $174

C RESERVE $165 $132

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Photograph by Luke Ratray

EIGHTH BLACKBIRD

NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE “eighth blackbird play like musicians possessed; excited by the new... they take wing, soaring on an upthrust of precision-tooled virtuosity.” – BBC Music Curated by eighth blackbird A Grammy Award-winning, Chicago-based sextet, eighth blackbird combines the finesse of a finely-honed string quartet with the energy of a rock band and the theatricality of a circus troupe. In Metropolis, eighth blackbird joins the MSO on a memorable road-trip across the music of the United States. There are vistas both epic and intimate, taking in – among others – Steve Reich’s pulsating New York and the Dystopia of Michael Gordon’s Los Angeles.

1 ON A WIRE

2 COMING TOGETHER

3 WAVES

Friday 27 April at 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Wednesday 2 May at 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Saturday 5 May at 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

eighth blackbird Timothy Weiss conductor Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

eighth blackbird Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Norman Unstuck AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Higdon On a Wire AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Kernis Musica Celestis AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Gordon Dystopia AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Bermel Tied Shifts AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Adams Shaker Loops Reich Double Sextet Glass Music in Similar Motion AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

eighth blackbird Timothy Weiss conductor Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

This concert will also include a new work commissioned as part of the MSO’s Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program.

Adams Dark Waves AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Reich Music for 18 Musicians This concert will also include a new work commissioned as part of the MSO’s Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program. This concert will be preceded by a FREE performance featuring eighth blackbird in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall to celebrate the centenary of John Cage.

This concert will be followed by a free late-night Fractured Jam with eighth blackbird in the stalls foyer of the Melbourne Recital Centre, featuring music by Missy Mazzoli, Marc Mellits, David Lang and Louis Andriessen.

MORE METROPOLIS Throughout the Festival, the Melbourne Recital Centre presents concerts and talks with leading international and Australian ensembles, including Syzygy Ensemble and Ensemble Offspring. The public spaces will be animated by sound installations, late night events and free performances. Hear, learn and engage with the amazing new music. Look for more information soon online and in your email inbox.

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ONE RESERVE $99 $90 $39

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From the world’s hottest trumpeter to a jiving, jumping Christmas celebration with Human Nature, MSO Pops brings you an exciting world of music at Arts Centre, Melbourne. MSO POPS IS PROUDLY PRESENTED BY MERCEDES-BENZ

P O P S 1 CHRIS BOTTI

2 WEST SIDE STORY

Saturday 10 March at 7pm Sunday 11 March at 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre

Saturday 20 October at 7pm Sunday 21 October at 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Five-time Grammy nominee, trumpeter Chris Botti is one of America’s highestselling jazz instrumentalists, with four No.1 albums, three gold records and an unprecedented two platinum DVDs to his name.

Benjamin Northey conductor

His cool, romantic blending of jazz and pop has cemented his position as one of the jazz world’s most popular talents. Chris Botti with the MSO – sophisticated and seductive entertainment – is a must for any true romantic. “A virtuoso…Never less than breathtaking” – Billboard Magazine

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic film and winner of ten Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. The MSO plays Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialogue intact. This classic romantic tragedy, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, is one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals, and features Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents.

3 HUMAN NATURE – THIS IS CHRISTMAS Saturday 22 December at 7pm Sunday 23 December at 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall After their recent smash hit appearances with the MSO, Human Nature return to the Hamer Hall stage with the Orchestra for this special yuletide treat. This is Christmas will include I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Silent Night, Away in a Manger plus all their Motown and Las Vegas classics, with the harmonious soulful treatment that makes Human Nature one of the most successful groups in Australian music history. This is Christmas – unforgettable festive entertainment!

Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is not a part of MSO Pops but MSO Pops Season Pass subscribers can add this concert at 10% off regular prices.

DOCTOR WHO SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR Saturday 4 February at 2pm and 7pm Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Inspired by the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ben Foster, will premiere Murray Gold’s amazing music from the last two seasons of the legendary BBC series. Featuring large-screen presentations of key moments and specially edited sequences highlighting Matt Smith’s performance as the Doctor, the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular

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will introduce a host of live monsters to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. In an Australian first, you’ll encounter the Doctor’s adversaries such as Daleks, Cybermen, Judoon, Clockwork Robots and Scarecrows alongside his latest adversaries, the Silence. With guest presenters to be announced shortly, you can expect a time-travelling musical celebration like no other! For Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular prices, please see page 64.

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PREMIUM $339 $285

A $278 $225

B $225 $180

C $180 $150

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MELBOURNE TOWN HALL PROMS These four Friday evening concerts take place in a delightfully relaxed atmosphere, featuring spoken introductions from the stage and a great end-of-the-week vibe. The world famous Melbourne Town Hall organ takes centre stage in Poulenc’s glorious Organ Concerto, while the series concludes with one of the world’s favourite orchestral showpieces, Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

1 TOGNETTI PLAYS MENDELSSOHN Friday 2 March at 7.30pm Melbourne Town Hall Richard Tognetti violin/director Nigel Westlake conductor (Missa Solis) Simon Casey treble Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Beethoven Coriolan: Overture Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Westlake Missa Solis – Requiem for Eli

ˇ ÁK 2 BEETHOVEN AND DVOR

4 ENIGMA VARIATIONS

Friday 18 May at 7.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

Featuring music celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Melbourne International Festival of Brass

Andrew Grams conductor Andreas Haefliger piano

Friday 28 September at 7.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

Brahms Tragic Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Dvorˇák Symphony No.7

Christopher Seaman conductor Radovan Vlatkovic horn Øystein Baadsvik tuba

3 ORGAN CLASSICS AT TOWN HALL

Kodály Peacock Variations Mozart Horn Concerto No.2 Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto Elgar Enigma Variations

Friday 22 June at 7.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH

Sir Andrew Davis conductor Cameron Carpenter organ Bach orch. Sir Andrew Davis Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582 Poulenc Organ Concerto Brahms Symphony No.2

Ticketholders can enjoy a free 30-minute recital before each concert on the Town Hall organ, commencing at 6.30pm.

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B RESERVE $240 $190

C RESERVE $160 $130

MONASH SERIES

1 EMPEROR CONCERTO

3 MOZART SERENADE

The final program in Olli Mustonen’s three-year survey of the Beethoven piano concertos with the MSO.

Featuring Wilma Smith and Matthew Tomkins

Friday 20 April at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton Olli Mustonen piano/director Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Mustonen Jehkin Iivana Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor

2 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND PINES OF ROME Friday 13 July at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton David Robertson conductor David Thomas clarinet Beethoven Symphony No.5 Dean Amphitheatre Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra Respighi Pines of Rome

Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University is one of Melbourne’s finest concert halls, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s five-concert series offers musical events right at home in this beautiful acoustic. Whether it’s the grandeur of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto or the splendour of Respighi’s Pines of Rome, the Monash Series presents the same superb musical entertainment heard in the MSO’s city concerts – with free on-site parking.

Friday 3 August at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton Reinhard Goebel conductor Wilma Smith violin Matthew Tomkins violin Mozart Serenade No.9 Posthorn Mozart Concertone for Two Violins Mozart Idomeneo: Passacaglia/Chaconne

4 DURUFLÉ REQUIEM Friday 16 November at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton Tadaaki Otaka conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano Deborah Humble mezzo-soprano José Carbó baritone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

’The extraordinary tenor voice of Ian Bostridge, colouring the words with such brilliantly-communicated and easeful comprehension, was breathtaking.’ THE SCOTSMAN

Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Duruflé Requiem

IAN BOSTRIDGE FEATURED ARTIST

5 ALL-STAR MESSIAH Friday 14 December at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton Bernard Labadie conductor Karina Gauvin soprano Robin Blaze counter-tenor Ian Bostridge tenor Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Handel Messiah

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ADULT CONCESSION SCHOOLS

A RESERVE $320 $250 $105

B RESERVE $250 $210 $85

C RESERVE $175 $135 $75

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MSO CHAMBER MUSIC The Chamber Series features musicians from the MSO on four Sundays at 11am in Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank. The programs explores the richness and depth of the chamber repertoire in works as diverse as a Vivaldi concerto for winds and a luscious string sextet by a legendary composer for the movies. In Soloists’ Choice, Kolja Blacher and Garrick Ohlsson – two of the world’s great instrumentalists – combine music for solo instruments with chamber works in which they will be joined by musicians from the MSO. These events are available to MSO Season Pass subscribers at 10% off the regular single ticket price.

CHAMBER SERIES 1 SHOSTAKOVICH QUINTET Sunday 25 March at 11am Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Kirstin Kenny violin Patrick Wong violin Katie Betts viola Sharon Draper cello Robert Cossom percussion Louisa Breen piano

Philip Arkinstall clarinet Jon Craven bass clarinet Brock Imison bassoon Saul Lewis horn Leigh Harrold piano

David Berlin cello Sharon Draper cello Michelle Wood cello Korngold String Sextet Schubert String Quintet

Ligeti Six Bagatelles Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds Vivaldi Chamber Concerto in G minor for flute, oboe and bassoon Janácˇek Mládí

Kraft Music for String Quartet and Percussion Lam …Like Water Shostakovich Piano Quintet

Sunday 7 October at 11am Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Lerida Delbridge violin Roy Theaker violin Matthew Tomkins violin Philippa West violin Katharine Brockman viola Justin Williams viola

Sunday 13 May at 11am Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Andrew Macleod flute/piccolo Michael Pisani oboe

Sunday 11 November at 11am Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Wilma Smith violin Fiona Sargeant viola Rohan de Korte cello Philip Arkinstall clarinet Donald Nicolson piano

3 SCHUBERT QUINTET

2 WIND POWER

4 THE SOLDIER’S TALE

Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale: Suite (arranged for clarinet, violin and piano) Hindemith Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Brahms Piano Quartet No.3

SOLOISTS’ CHOICE MENDELSSOHN OCTET Wednesday 28 March at 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre Kolja Blacher violin Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

BRAHMS QUINTET Tuesday 27 November at 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

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Garrick Ohlsson piano Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Bach Partita No.2 Berio Sequenza No.8 Bach Partita No.3 Mendelssohn Octet

Brahms Two Rhapsodies Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Brahms Piano Quintet

PRICE FOR EACH SOLOISTS' CHOICE CONCERT

ADULT CONCESSION

GENERAL ADMISSION $49 $39

GEELONG SERIES The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, in company with great conductors and soloists from around the world, presents these five Friday evening concerts in Costa Hall. Whether it’s the rich orchestral colours of Pictures at an Exhibition, or the passionate emotional landscape of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony, this series offers performances of distinction to the people of Geelong and its fine concert hall.

1 BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO

4 TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE

Friday 23 March at 8pm Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

Friday 21 September at 8pm Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

Kolja Blacher violin/director

Louis Langrée conductor Jian Wang cello

Haydn Symphony No.6 Le Matin Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Beethoven Violin Concerto

Dvorˇák Overture: Carnival Dvorˇák Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 Pathétique THIS CONCERT IS SUPPORTED BY POWERCOR

2 MOZART’S JUPITER AND THE PLANETS

5 OHLSSON PLAYS BRAHMS

Friday 1 June at 8pm Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

Friday 23 November at 8pm Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

Alexander Shelley conductor Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Tadaaki Otaka conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 Strauss Don Juan Strauss Death and Transfiguration

Mozart Symphony No.41 Jupiter Holst The Planets

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’Wang’s tone is wonderfully mellow and is projected with rhetorical force and expressive intensity… superbly rewarding playing…’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Friday 27 July at 8pm Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

JIAN WANG

Tugan Sokhiev conductor Nicholas Angelich piano

FEATURED ARTIST

Balakirev Islamey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Mussorgsky arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Ticketholders can enjoy pre-concert talks one hour prior to each performance.

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ADULT CONCESSION SCHOOLS

A RESERVE $350 $290 $105

B RESERVE $300 $250 $85

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EARS WIDE OPEN MORE THAN THE MUSIC Ears Wide Open is an interactive 80-minute journey into music, live on stage, conducted and presented by Australia’s most charismatic musical personality, Richard Gill. Join thousands of other Melbourne music lovers and learn more about your favourite music – including immortal symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven – and take your listening enjoyment to a new level. If you love great classical music, and want to know more, don’t miss Ears Wide Open.

EARS WIDE OPEN 1

EARS WIDE OPEN 2

EARS WIDE OPEN 3

Introducing: Brahms Tragic Overture

Introducing: Beethoven Symphony No.5

Introducing: Mozart Symphony No.40

Tuesday 3 April at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Wednesday 6 June at 6:30pm Melbourne Town Hall

Wednesday 28 November at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Presented as part of the MSO’s Education Week.

BRETT KELLY

RICHARD GILL

PRINCIPAL TROMBONE

CONDUCTOR

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GENERAL ADMISSION $48 $36

Richard Gill is a national treasure and his Ears Wide Open series is a must for anyone wanting to learn more about music. STEPHEN NEWTON DOUBLE BASS

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ARE YOU A FULL-TIME STUDENT? THEN UPBEAT IS FOR YOU! HOW DOES IT WORK? It’s a concert ticket package for all full-time students. Attend MSO concerts for the cost of a movie ticket and enjoy the benefits of being a Season Pass susbscriber! To purchase an UPBEAT Season Pass subscription, choose any three concerts* from this 2012 Season brochure (up to two tickets per concert). You can also buy tickets to additional concerts at the same special price. Just go to mso.com.au to book, and send us a copy of your student ID, by: • Fax to (03) 9929 9601 • Mail to GPO Box 2992, Melbourne, VIC, 3001 • Scan and email to boxoffice@mso.com.au

Or you can collect your ticket package at your first concert. Just bring your ID to the MSO’s Customer Service Desk and your ticket package will be waiting for you.

QUESTIONS ABOUT UPBEAT?

A special UPBEAT price is also available for teachers and parents accompanying children under the age of 18.

*Upbeat seating is subject to availability and is at the discretion of the MSO.

ENJOY THE MANY BENEFITS OF BEING A SEASON PASS SUBSCRIBER! • • • •

Call the MSO Box Office on (03) 9929 9600, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm

Please note some conditions apply; refer to Terms and Conditions of Sale available at mso.com.au

No waiting for concerts to go on sale No additional charges Season Pass subscriber discount card Free exchanges between concerts

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FULL-TIME STUDENTS $45 $15

TEACHERS & PARENTS $90 $30

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is redefining what it means to engage with our community and facilitate a life-long interest in music and learning, presenting informative and musically-broadening concert presentations for audiences of all ages.

Our inaugural Education Week in June 2011 saw more than 10,000 school children, teachers, parents and families engage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – many for the very first time. Planning for our 2012 Education Week from 5 to 9 June is well advanced; and among many other events, MSO Associate Conductor Benjamin Northey will again conduct Classic Kids and be joined by UK music educator Paul Rissmann to present more informative and interactive performances for Primary and Secondary school students in our Meet the Orchestra and Meet the Music concerts.

We are also continually exploring new ways to integrate live performance, education and communication technology, with our highly popular iPhone and iPad App, MSO Learn. This cleverly takes the inner workings of the Orchestra into the pockets of tens of thousands of individuals throughout the world, while our digital learning resource Double Planet for VCE Music students and their teachers will provide the foundations for our Up Close and Musical series.

We recognise that music education plays a vital role in encouraging self-confidence and participation, in relationship building and social inclusion, as well as the training of great musicians and new audiences. The Pizzicato Effect at Meadows Primary School is just one example of a high impact program designed to create new learning pathways for children; and together with a number of presenting partners like the City of Melbourne’s ArtPlay and Federation Square we will continue to offer hugely rewarding and enjoyable musical experiences. Join us in 2012 as MSO musicians work alongside new and diverse audiences of all ages.

STUDENTS ARRIVE AT THE MELBOURNE TOWN HALL DURING EDUCATION WEEK

A DIGITAL INTRODUCTION TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

STUDENTS AT MEADOWS PRIMARY SCHOOL LEARNING THE VIOLIN

BENJAMIN NORTHEY TEACHES A CLASSIC KIDS AUDIENCE MEMBER TO CONDUCT THE ORCHESTRA

MUSICIANS OF THE MSO ARTPLAY ENSEMBLE

BENJAMIN NORTHEY AND PAUL RISSMANN PRESENT MEET THE MUSIC

PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORM WITH THE ORCHESTRA DURING EDUCATION WEEK

For more information on our 2012 Education and Community Outreach programs, and to register for your copy of the Education and Community Outreach brochure, please email customerservice@mso.com.au, indicating ‘Education 2012’ in the subject line.

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN YOUR TAILOR-MADE CONCERT SEASON Choose the MSO experiences you want on the days and times that work for you!

Concerts in both Melbourne and Geelong are available as part of a Choose Your Own package, including Deborah Voigt In Concert and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (see pages 49 and 55). Choose six or ten concerts* and create your own personalised concert package. You make great savings on the cost of single tickets – up to $388 – and, if something comes up, you have the option to exchange your tickets for another date. This exchange service is only available to you if you purchase an MSO Season Pass subscription. Choose Your Own packages also give you: • Priority access to special events • First choice of seats in the renovated Hamer Hall after the needs of set series Season Pass subscribers have been met • Exclusive discounts • The option to pay by instalment with no downpayment • Many other benefits only available to Season Pass subscribers

Once you’ve selected the concerts you wish to attend, all you need to do is choose one of these easy booking options: • Book online at mso.com.au by Friday 2 December 2011 and receive a complimentary $50 voucher, which you can use towards purchasing additional tickets to any MSO concerts in 2012 • Call the MSO Box Office on (03) 9929 9600 during business hours • Visit the MSO Box Office at 3 Driver Lane, Melbourne to book in person • Complete the booking form located on pages 33 and 34 of the brochure and mail to the MSO Box Office GPO Box 2992, Melbourne 3000 or fax to (03) 9929 9601

Please refer to Terms and Conditions of Sale at mso.com.au for further details. In offering you flexibility in your choice of concerts in this package, we are not able to offer renewable seating. We will endeavour to allocate the best seating available to you, but your seating may vary from concert to concert.

Please note that at least 50% of concerts selected as part of a Choose Your Own Season Pass subscription need to take place prior to 31 July 2012.

*Please note that Mystery Program from A Spectacular Return is only available when you purchase A Spectacular Return as a three-concert package. Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, Symphony at the Movies with Michael Parkinson and Symphony of Legends: Video Games Unplugged cannot be included in the Choose Your Own selection but they are available at 10% off to Choose Your Own Season Pass subscribers.

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A RESERVE $531 $417

B RESERVE $420 $327

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C RESERVE $282 $237

CHOOSE YOUR OWN 10 SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION

ADULT CONCESSION

A RESERVE $790 $620

B RESERVE $630 $480

C RESERVE $420 $350

HOW TO BUY YOUR SEASON PASS SUBSCRIPTION THERE ARE FIVE WAYS TO PURCHASE A SEASON PASS: • IN PERSON Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Box Office, 3 Driver Lane, Melbourne Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm Please note that your booking may not be processed immediately.

• ONLINE Season Passes may be purchased or renewed online at mso.com.au

• BY PHONE Call the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Box Office on (03) 9929 9600 Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm

• BY FAX Please complete the order form located on pages 33 and 34 and fax to: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Box Office on (03) 9929 9601

• BY MAIL Please complete the order form located on pages 33 and 34 of the brochure and mail it to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Box Office, GPO Box 2992, Melbourne, VIC, 3001 All orders are processed in sequence according to the date of receipt. To secure best available seats, you should place your order as early as possible. Due to popularity, some series, concerts and/or sections of the auditorium may have limited seating.

FREE GIFT VOUCHER

PAYMENT

Book your 2012 Season Pass online by Friday 2 December 2011 at mso.com.au and receive a free $50 gift voucher towards a future MSO ticket purchase. The voucher is valid for the purchase of single concert tickets to a concert taking place within the Orchestra’s 2012 season and is redeemable only in person at the MSO Box Office or by mail.

You can pay by cheque, money order, cash (in person only) or with major credit cards.* Cheques should be made payable to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd.

No refunds will be issued in the event that you redeem the vouchers for tickets with lesser monetary value than the value of the vouchers.

SUBSCRIBER GROUP BOOKINGS Telephone (03) 9929 9600 for further details regarding group bookings. Please note group subscription bookings cannot be exchanged.

GEELONG SEASON PASS SUBSCRIBERS Special conditions apply for Geelong Season Pass Subscribers. For bookings and further details, please contact the Geelong Performing Arts Centre on (03) 5225 1200.

INDIVIDUAL CONCERT TICKETS MSO Season Pass Subscribers receive a 10% discount off the full price of MSO season single tickets.

*Except Diners Club Card Please refer to Terms and Conditions of Sale at mso.com.au for further details.

CONCESSIONS Concessions are available to all beneficiaries of means-tested age, invalid, supporting parent and unemployed benefits, all full-time students, and to anyone aged 20 and under with a valid ID for 2012. Seniors Card concessions are only available for the Chamber Series and Melbourne Town Hall Proms. If you are booking concession subscriptions online, please contact the MSO Box Office on (03) 9929 9600 and supply your concession details. Alternatively, details can be: • Faxed to (03) 9929 9601 • Mailed to GPO Box 2992, Melbourne, VIC, 3001 • Scanned and emailed to boxoffice@mso.com.au

PAYMENT OPTIONS When placing your order, you may opt to pay in full or in four equal instalments deducted from your credit card in 2012 on the following dates: • 10 February • 23 March • 4 May • 15 June Instalment payments are only available if you pay by credit card. NO payment will be deducted when you place your booking.

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012 Tadaaki Otaka Principal Guest Conductor Benjamin Northey Patricia Riordan Associate Conductor Chair

FIRST VIOLINS

CELLOS

BASSOONS

Wilma Smith Harold Mitchell AC Concertmaster Chair Roy Theaker Associate Concertmaster Michael Kisin Principal Peter Edwards Assistant Principal Kirsty Bremner MSO Friends Chair Sarah Curro Lerida Delbridge Peter Fellin Deborah Goodall Lorraine Hook Kirstin Kenny Eleanor Mancini Anne Martonyi Mark Mogilevski Alison Rayner Michelle Ruffolo Kathryn Taylor

David Berlin Principal Sarah Morse Associate Principal Nicholas Bochner Assistant Principal Miranda Brockman Rohan de Korte Sharon Draper Joan Evans Keith Johnson Angela Sargeant Michelle Wood

Rolf Kuhlmann Principal Elise Millman Associate Principal Natasha Thomas

SECOND VIOLINS Matthew Tomkins Principal Robert Macindoe Associate Principal Monica Curro Assistant Principal Mary Allison Isin Cakmakcioglu Cong Gu Andrew Hall Rachel Homburg Christine Johnson Philip Lajta David Shafir Isy Wasserman Philippa West Patrick Wong Roger Young

DOUBLE BASSES Steve Reeves Principal Andrew Moon Associate Principal Sylvia Hosking Assistant Principal Damien Eckersley Benjamin Hanlon Suzanne Lee Stephen Newton

Katharine Brockman Principal Fiona Sargeant Associate Principal Trevor Jones Assistant Principal Katie Betts Lauren Brigden Christopher Cartlidge Simon Collins Gabrielle Halloran Cindy Watkin Justin Williams Caleb Wright

Brock Imison Principal

HORNS Andrew Bain Principal Geoff Lierse Associate Principal Saul Lewis Principal Third Trinette McClimont Rachel Silver

TRUMPETS Geoffrey Payne Principal Shane Hooton Associate Principal William Evans Julie Payne

FLUTES Prudence Davis Principal Wendy Clarke Associate Principal Sarah Beggs

TROMBONES Brett Kelly Principal Kenneth McClimont Associate Principal Michael Bertoncello

PICCOLO Andrew Macleod Principal

BASS TROMBONE Eric Klay Principal

OBOES Jeffrey Crellin Principal Vicki Philipson Associate Principal Michael Pisani

COR ANGLAIS Geoffrey Dodd Principal

VIOLAS

CONTRABASSOON

CLARINETS David Thomas Elisabeth Murdoch Principal Clarinet Chair Philip Arkinstall Associate Principal Craig Hill

TUBA Timothy Buzbee Principal

TIMPANI Christine Turpin Principal

PERCUSSION Robert Clarke Principal John Arcaro Robert Cossom

HARP Julie Raines Principal

BASS CLARINET Jonathan Craven Principal

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5 ADDITIONAL SINGLE TICKETS AT 10% OFF MSO Season Pass subscribers receive a 10% discount off the full price of MSO single tickets. Please note that individual concert tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded. Please refer to event prices in your season brochure, visit mso.com.au or call us on (03)9929 9600 to calculate your ticket prices. Concert

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CONCESSION ENTITLEMENTS Concessions: available to all beneficiaries of means-tested age, invalid, supporting parent and unemployment benefits, full-time students and to anyone aged 20 or under, with a valid ID for 2012. Please attach photocopied proof of eligibility or note all pension numbers and details of benefits received.

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS 2012 Jonathan Grieves-Smith MSO Chorus Master

MSO CHORUS REPETITEUR Tom Griffiths

MSO CHORUS MEMBERS Lyndon Abbott Aleksandra Acker Bronte Allen Philippa Allen James Allen Maurice Amor Ruth Anderson Julie Arblaster Sheila Baker Richard Barber Tony Barnett David Bennett Nicole Beyer Catherine Bickell Cecilia Björkegren Kate Bramley Emily Brink Jane Brodie Rosemarie Brown David Brown Elize Brozgul Sarah Bullen Steve Burnett Eva Butcher Eirlys Chessa Thea Christodoulou Alexandra Chubaty Barry Clarke John Cleghorn Richard Corboy Roger Creed Veryan Croggon Georgette Cutler Timothy Danks Roger Dargaville Samantha Davies Ted Davies James Dipnall Phil Elphinstone Chermelle Engel Laura Fahey Marcel Favilla Trevor Finlayson

Rita Fitzgerald Catherine Folley Susan Fone Annelies Fraeyman Tom Francart Jill Giese Rashika Gomez Camilla Gorman Jillian Graham Debbie Griffiths Tom Griffiths Andrew Ham Theis Hansen Ros Harbison Juliana Hassett Sue Hawley Kristine Hensel Andrew Hibbard Daniel House Jordina Howell Penny Huggett Jasmine Hulme Naomi Hyndman Tania Jacobs David Jaffe Colette James Gwen Kennelly Sherryn Kew Katherine Kibbey Wayne Kinrade Symon Kohut Miriam Lang Ingrid Leibbrandt John Lester Colin MacDonald Helen MacLean James Macnae Brigid Maher Stephen Makin Tim March Rosemary McKelvie Dominic McKenna Chris McLeod Alan McNab Simon Milton Clare Mitchell Michael Mobach Lynne Muir

Emily Nathan Lucy Neville Zoe Nikakis Susie Novella Carolyn O’Brien Philip O’Byrne Vern O’Hara Louise O’Loughlin Shaunagh O’Neil Siobhan Ormandy Anne Payne Leah Phillips Andrew Pogson Douglas Proctor Joe Rabar Alison Ralph Tanja Redl Jo Robin Sue Robinson Alexandra Rockman Chantal Roddy Kerry Roulston Annie Runnells Jonathan Sanders Fiona Scarlett Ruth Shand Lauren Simpkins Malcolm Sinclair Helen Staindl Jessie Swan Libby Timcke Elizabeth Tindall Katherine Tomkins Matthew Toulmin Norma Tovey Marcus Travaglia Kat Turner Jenny Vallins Elena Varshavskaya Ian Vitcheff Rachael Wagstaff James Walcott Emma Warburton Michiko Weinmann Matthew Williams Chris Wilson Foon Wong Allan Yap

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MONTHLY GUIDE Your month-by-month companion to what’s happening in the 2012 season starts here. See the incredible line-up of concerts all year round. You can purchase a Season Pass subscription to secure your seats (see page 31), or purchase tickets to individual concerts.

Individual tickets to the following concerts are on sale from Thursday 6 October 2011: • Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular • Symphony at the Movies with Michael Parkinson • Symphony of Legends: Video Games Unplugged • The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Tickets to all other 2012 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concerts are on sale from Monday 5 December 2011. Tickets for 2012 education events, including Education Week, are on sale from January 2012. MSO Season Pass subscribers receive the benefit of priority access to individual tickets. See page 31 for details on how to become an MSO Season Pass subscriber.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or would like assistance in choosing a concert, our Box Office staff are here to help. Please call (03) 9929 9600 Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, or visit them at 3 Driver Lane, Melbourne (behind the GPO building). For tickets to MSO concerts in Costa Hall, Geelong please call the Geelong Performing Arts Centre on (03) 5225 1200 or visit at 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm.

CONCESSIONS Concessions are available to all beneficiaries of means-tested age, invalid, supporting parent and unemployed benefits and to all full-time students, and to anyone aged 20 and under with a valid ID for 2012.

If you are booking concession tickets online, please ensure that you have your concession information with you when attending a performance. Please refer to Terms and Conditions of Sale at mso.com.au for further details. For more information, to buy your 2012 tickets and for Terms and Conditions of Sale visit mso.com.au. To see individual concert ticket prices, please go to page 64 of this brochure.

RUSH HOUR TICKETS If you would like to attend MSO concerts at the last minute, a limited number of Rush Hour tickets will be available one hour prior to the start of each concert for only $40. Subject to availability. Students can access Rush Hour tickets for only $20 on presentation of their valid student ID. Subject to availability.

Seniors Card concessions are only available for concerts in the Chamber and Melbourne Town Hall Proms series.

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Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 4 February 2012 I 2pm & 7pm Book on 13 61 00 or visit mso.com.au

JANUARY – FEBRUARY CYBEC 21ST CENTURY AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS PROGRAM Saturday 28 January at 6.30pm Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank

A free public performance, in which the MSO plays newly commissioned works by four young Australian composers. SUPPORTED BY THE CYBEC FOUNDATION

Music by Lisa Illean, Catherine Sullivan, Simon Charles and Daniel Portelli

DOCTOR WHO SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR Saturday 4 February at 2pm and 7pm Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre See opposite page for details.

THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS THE SIDNEY MYER FREE CONCERTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE RUSSIAN RHAPSODY

RISING STAR

Wednesday 15 February at 7pm Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Wednesday 22 February at 7pm Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Simon Hewett conductor Antoinette Halloran soprano

Diego Matheuz conductor Ian Munro piano

Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Letter Scene Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Kodály Dances of Galánta Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

Russian music thrills us with its audacious colours, exuberant force and intense emotions. These features abound in the masterpieces by two greats of Russian Romanticism featured in this opening Bowl season program. Highlights include Rachmaninov’s scintillating Symphonic Dances and the heart-rending Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece, Eugene Onegin.

KALKADUNGU Saturday 18 February at 7pm Sidney Myer Music Bowl Benjamin Northey conductor William Barton didjeridu/electric guitar Copland El salon México Hindson/Barton Kalkadungu Sibelius Symphony No.2

Venezuela has gained fame as the epicentre of a new energy in the world of classical music. Diego Matheuz is the latest star to emerge from this powerhouse, and at just 26, is bringing his combination of Latin flair and technical mastery to the world’s leading orchestras. This concert is your chance to experience one of today’s rising musical personalities in a program of sumptuous, powerful classics. And don’t miss Australian master pianist Ian Munro in Liszt’s exciting concerto.

FOUR SOUTH AMERICAN SEASONS Saturday 25 February at 7pm Sidney Myer Music Bowl Diego Matheuz conductor Kristian Winther violin Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Suite No.2 Marquez Danzon No.2 Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Moncayo Huapango The new sensation among international conductors, Venezuela’s Diego Matheuz, here brings us a celebration of Latin American music. The passion, tunefulness and earthy spirit of this music is encapsulated in the tango, of which composer Astor Piazzolla is recognized as the master. His masterpiece, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, is the Latin equivalent of Vivaldi’s famous work, and for it Matheuz will be joined by sensational young Australian violinist, Kristian Winther. The concert culminates in a blaze of rhythmic energy with Moncayo’s jubilant Huapango. PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH

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The evocation of places inspires this rich program of musical landscapes. At its centre is the exciting concerto for William Barton, showcasing his charismatic musicianship in an inspiring celebration of indigenous culture. The concert opens with a vivid depiction of a sleazy Mexican bar and concludes with Sibelius’ sweeping impression of his native Finland. BOOK AND LISTEN AT mso.com.au

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Who better to present a night of great music from the silver screen with the MSO than the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite interviewer, Sir Michael Parkinson?

Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 11 February at 7pm Book on 13 61 00 or visit mso.com.au

MARCH TOGNETTI PLAYS MENDELSSOHN

BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO

Friday 2 March at 7.30pm Melbourne Town Hall

Thursday 22 March at 8pm Saturday 24 March at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Richard Tognetti violin/director Nigel Westlake conductor (Missa Solis) Simon Casey treble Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Beethoven Coriolan: Overture Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Westlake Missa Solis – Requiem for Eli Two great creative forces of Australian music combine in this concert event of enduring inspiration. Taking the role of “lead violin,” Richard Tognetti brings his trademark imagination to the tuneful favourite, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Then Nigel Westlake, Australia’s brilliant composer of film music (including award-winning scores for Babe and Miss Potter, and the Imax spectaculars Antarctica and Solarmax) introduces his new masterpiece, a work of exultant, universal power born out of profound tragedy.

SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE Thursday 15 March at 8pm Friday 16 March at 8pm Melbourne Town Hall Matthias Pintscher conductor Kolja Blacher violin Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Stravinsky Violin Concerto Berlioz Symphonie fantastique This concert includes two exuberant musical fantasies, conjured up from the imagination of their composers. We know The Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Walt Disney’s magical Fantasia, and in the Symphonie fantastique, we luxuriate in the composer’s indulgent contemplation of the ups and downs of love. Acting as a sorbet between them is Stravinsky’s sparkling Violin Concerto.

SYMPHONY AT THE MOVIES WITH MICHAEL PARKINSON Saturday 11 February at 7pm Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Friday 23 March at 8pm Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong Kolja Blacher violin/director Haydn Symphony No.6 Le Matin Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Beethoven Violin Concerto Kolja Blacher is the complete musician, recognised around the world as a superb violinist and dynamic leader. In this concert, Blacher guides the orchestra through a musical journey encompassing the grace of Haydn’s early symphony, the intensity of Shostakovich and the poetry of Beethoven’s glorious Violin Concerto.

MENDELSSOHN OCTET Wednesday 28 March at 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre Kolja Blacher violin Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Bach Partita No.2 Berio Sequenza No.8 Bach Partita No.3 Mendelssohn Octet One of the great violinists of our time, Kolja Blacher takes on three peaks of the solo violin repertoire in the first half of this program: two of Bach’s partitas, and Berio’s Sequenza, which redefined the instrument’s technical possibilities, while paying homage to Bach. Blacher then joins musicians from the MSO for one of the miracles of chamber music, Mendelssohn’s glorious Octet, written when he was just 16.

SHOSTAKOVICH QUINTET Sunday 25 March at 11am Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Kirstin Kenny violin Patrick Wong violin Katie Betts viola Sharon Draper cello Robert Cossom percussion Louisa Breen piano Kraft Music for String Quartet and Percussion Lam …Like Water Shostakovich Piano Quintet The New York Times describes Bun-Ching Lam’s music as ‘alluringly exotic.’ Her …Like Water, featuring Robert Cossom on vibraphone, is the haunting centrepiece to this Chamber Series program. The first work is by William Kraft, for many years principal timpanist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The concert concludes with music of tremendous emotional power, Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet of 1940.

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POWERCOR REGIONAL TOURING Wednesday 28 March at 8pm Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat Thursday 29 March at 8pm West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul Friday 30 March at 8pm Frankston Arts Centre Matthew Wood conductor Philip Arkinstall clarinet Beethoven Egmont: Overture Mozart Clarinet Concerto Dvorˇák Symphony No.9 From the New World For full details, visit mso.com.au from January 2012

Saturday 10 March at 7pm Sunday 11 March at 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre See over page for details.

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BOTTI Five-time Grammy nominee, trumpeter Chris Botti is one of America’s highest-selling jazz instrumentalists, with four No.1 albums, three gold records and an unprecedented two platinum DVDs to his name.

“A virtuoso…Never less than breathtaking” Billboard Magazine

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Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre 10 March at 7pm, 11 March at 2pm Book on 1300 182 183 or visit theartscentre.com.au or mso.com.au

APRIL – MAY EARS WIDE OPEN 1

EMPEROR CONCERTO

Tuesday 3 April at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Thursday 19 April at 8pm Saturday 21 April at 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Conducted and presented by Richard Gill Introducing: Brahms Tragic Overture ‘I could not refuse my melancholy nature the satisfaction of composing an overture to a tragedy', Brahms wrote of his Tragic Overture. If you want to know more about this beautiful music, join Richard Gill and the MSO for Ears Wide Open, an interactive 80minute journey into music.

Friday 20 April at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton

The culmination of a special three-year collaboration between the MSO and Finnish pianist, composer and conductor, Olli Mustonen, this concert is a showcase of Mustonen’s prodigious musical intelligence and talent.

Olli Mustonen piano/director Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Mustonen Jehkin Iivana Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor

SYMPHONY OF LEGENDS: VIDEO GAMES UNPLUGGED April 2012 See over page for details.

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