2020 Sidney Myer Free Concerts

2020

SIDNEY MYER FREE CONCERTS 5, 8 & 14 February

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Welcome A message from the Minister for Creative Industries

A message from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl concerts are a summer favourite for music lovers from all walks of life. Each year tens of thousands of people pack a picnic — and the Bowl — for a fantastic program of music as the sun goes down.

On behalf of the MSO, thank you for joining us at our 2020 Sidney Myer Free Concert Series presented in association with the University of Melbourne and Arts Centre Melbourne.

These free annual concerts are a gift of the Myer family and I acknowledge their continuing generosity and outstanding commitment to Victoria’s cultural life.

This year, the MSO has dedicated its first concert to those affected by the devastating bushfires across Australia.

In partnership with the Red Cross, funds raised on the night will support impacted communities and I encourage you to contribute if you can.

The Hon Martin Foley MP Minister for Creative Industries

This year’s concerts showcase a number of world premieres, and include marvellous music from Australia and abroad. From Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman Overture of 1843 to our 2020 Composer in Residence, Deborah Cheetham AO’s new work, Long Time Living Here, created just last year, these concerts span the impressive breadth of orchestral music.

Today more than ever, music demonstrates that it is integral to our lives – bringing us together with our friends, family and community to share in the healing powers that it so readily provides.

As Hans Christian Andersen said, ‘Where words fail, music speaks’ and through the MSO’s language of music, our thoughts are with everyone affected by the bushfires.

May these concerts bring comfort and beauty in these challenging times.

Michael Ullmer AO Chairman Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

In association with

Sidney Myer MSO Trust

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A message from Arts Centre Melbourne

B U S H F I R E A PPE A L

Welcome to another summer of great outdoor free concerts featuring the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in our much-loved Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

The performance on 5 February is dedicated to those affected by the bushfires. The Australian Red Cross will be collecting donations to assist their emergency teams supporting thousands of people in evacuation and recovery centres across the country.

While Victoria’s bushfires have had significant impact on all our lives over recent weeks, we are pleased to once again welcome the community to one of the city’s great outdoor events.

The tradition of these concerts overlooking the spectacular Bowl, bringing together family and friends for the remarkable experience of live orchestral music, are a highlight of the season at this iconic venue.

Donations can also be made at redcross.org.au/mso

I hope you enjoy tonight’s concert featuring great music and performers.

And don’t forget the dedicated Melbourne Symphony Orchestra box office which operates in Hamer Hall, where you can find out more about the 2020 season and purchase tickets to another remarkable orchestral concert.

Enjoy.

Claire Spencer Chief Executive Arts Centre Melbourne

Cover image Jayden Ostwald

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AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE MSO

MELBOURNE YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Wednesday 5 February / 7.30pm

Saturday 8 February / 6pm

ARTISTS

ARTISTS

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Tianyi Lu conductor Emily Sun violin Deborah Cheetham Yorta Yorta soprano

Melbourne Youth Orchestra Brett Kelly conductor

Presented by Alice Keath

REPERTOIRE

REPERTOIRE

DEBORAH CHEETHAM* (born 1964) Acknowledgement of Country: Long Time Living Here

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

(1840–1893) Romeo and Juliet

JEAN SIBELIUS

MSO COMMISSION

Deborah Cheetham Yorta Yorta soprano JORDAN MOORE^ (born 1994) A Call to Adventure

[6']

[27']

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK (1884–1904) Symphony No.9 From the New World

[40']

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[9’]

[7’]

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

[20']

All timings listed are approximate.

(1922–2004) To Kill a Mockingbird Suite (1918–1990) Candide Overture

Interval

* Composer in Residence ^ Cybec Young Composer in Residence

(1865–1957) Spring Song (1895 version)

ELMER BERNSTEIN

WORLD PREMIERE OF AN MSO COMMISSION

MATTHEW HINDSON (born 1968) Violin Concerto: Australian Postcards Emily Sun violin

[19’]

[4’]

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

LA DOLCE VITA

Saturday 8 February / 7.30pm

Friday 14 February / 7.30pm

ARTISTS

ARTISTS

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey conductor Katie Noonan soprano Shauntai Batzke Wiradjuri soprano e.motion21 dancers Yaron Lifschitz and Elizabeth McDonnell director / choreographer

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey conductor MSO Horn Quartet Nicolas Fleury Saul Lewis Abbey Edlin Trinette McClimont

Presented by Jacinta Parsons

Presented by Mairi Nicolson

REPERTOIRE

REPERTOIRE

DEBORAH CHEETHAM* (born 1964) Acknowledgement of Country: Long Time Living Here

RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883) The Flying Dutchman: Overture

[11']

ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903–1978) Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

[9']

RICHARD MILLS (born 1949) Island Signal / Island Song

[15']

MSO COMMISSION

Shauntai Batzke Wiradjuri soprano ANTONIN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Carnival Overture

[10']

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) The Miraculous Mandarin: Suite

[20']

MSO Horn Quartet

Interval

[20']

Interval

[20']

[26']

OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879–1936) Fountains of Rome

[15']

OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

[26']

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (born 1957) Wild Swans: Concert Suite Katie Noonan soprano e.motion21 dancers MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1931) La Valse

WORLD PREMIERE OF AN MSO COMMISSION

[13'] These performances will be broadcast on ABC Classic.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a leading cultural figure in the Australian arts landscape, bringing the best in orchestral music and passionate performance to a diverse audience across Victoria, the nation and around the world.

Each year the MSO engages with more than 5 million people through live concerts, TV, radio and online broadcasts, international tours, recordings and education programs.

The MSO is a vital presence, both onstage and in the community, in cultivating classical music in Australia.

The nation’s first professional orchestra,

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the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been the sound of the city of Melbourne since 1906.

The MSO regularly attracts great artists from around the globe including AnneSophie Mutter, Lang Lang, Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson, while bringing Melbourne’s finest musicians to the world through tours to China, Europe and the United States.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we perform and would like to pay our respects to their Elders and Community both past and present.

Benjamin Northey conductor

Tianyi Lu conductor

Benjamin Northey is Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor in Residence of the MSO.

Tianyi Lu is the Principal Conductor of the St. Woolos Sinfonia in the UK, Female-Conductor-in-Residence with the Welsh National Opera and recently a Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. She was also the MSO's Cybec Assistant Conductor for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Winner of the 2019 Limelight Magazine Australian Artist of the Year award, Northey appears regularly as guest conductor with all major Australian and New Zealand symphony orchestras, Opera Australia, New Zealand Opera and State Opera South Australia. His international appearances include concerts with London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong, Tokyo and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestras, the National Orchestra of Colombia and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.

Northey is a strong advocate for music

by Australian composers. He has a progressive and diverse approach to repertoire having collaborated with a broad range of artists including Pinchas Zukerman, Maxim Vengerov and AnneSofie von Otter, as well as KD Lang, Tim Minchin and James Morrison.

His awards include the 2001 Symphony Australia Young Conductor of the Year, the prestigious 2010 Melbourne Prize Outstanding Musician’s Award and multiple awards for his many recordings with ABC Music.

In 2019, Tianyi made her debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Upcoming performances include conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She has also worked with the Dallas Opera, Auckland Philharmonia, Gulbenkian Orchestra, HallĂŠ Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Tianyi began conducting studies at the University of Auckland with Uwe Grodd and Karen Grylls where she completed her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours, before studying with John Hopkins at the University of Melbourne.

Tianyi was awarded Distinction for her Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama studying with David Jones in 2015.

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Emily Sun violin

Katie Noonan soprano

‘Possessed of a superb talent’ (The Advertiser), with ‘a perfect balance of expressivity and formidable strength’ (The Australian), violinist Emily Sun is in demand internationally for her compelling interpretations. As a soloist, Emily has performed with Sydney, Canberra, Tasmania, Queensland and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, as well as with orchestras in UK, Europe, USA and Asia.

She performed at Buckingham Palace alongside Maxim Vengerov for HRH Prince of Wales, and at the Royal Palace of Brussels in the presence of the King and Queen of Belgium.

Over the past 20 years, five-time ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan has proven herself one of Australia’s most hardworking, versatile and prolific artists.

As a teen, Emily shot to national fame in the award-winning documentary ‘Mrs Carey’s Concert’. She is the ABC Artistin-Residence and her debut album will be released on ABC Classics in 2021.

Emily’s international prizes include the ABC Young Performers Award and the UK Royal Overseas League Commonwealth Musician of the Year.

Emily studied in Sydney with Dr Robin Wilson, and with Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music London where she now serves on the faculty. She was further mentored by Pinchas Zukerman and Augustin Dumay.

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Named one of the greatest Australian singers of all time by the Herald Sun, Katie has produced more than a dozen albums over her career with seven platinum records under her belt and 25 ARIA award nominations that span diverse genres.

Katie has performed for royalty, national and international leaders, and blazed a trail for young women artists.

Music, for Katie, is a lifelong lesson, a generous act of giving, and a means to change the world.

e.motion21 dancers e.motion21 is an independent notfor-profit organisation that provides Australian-first evidence-based programs for children and adults living with Down syndrome. Their vision is to enhance lives and change perceptions of Down syndrome within society through innovative and specialised programs in dance, fitness, education and employment. At e.motion21 this is called Moving Bodies and Moving Boundaries.

Moving bodies: providing programs to individuals living with Down syndrome in supportive and social environments tailored to meet their specific learning needs.

Moving boundaries: engaging positively with individuals, families and communities through programs, performances and media to uncover new potential, promote understanding and raise expectations. e.motion21 believes in an inclusive future where people with Down syndrome and intellectual disability are active contributors to society economically, socially and creatively. They Move Bodies, Move Boundaries, Move Minds. This is what e.motion21 stands for, and how they are making Australia a better place.

The MSO and e.motion21 enjoy a sustained partnership founded in mutual learning and artistic respect. Celebrating world-class orchestral music, dance, creativity and fun, the organisations have worked together since December 2017 to explore and develop as artists. MSO musicians are inspired in their music-making by the spontaneity and authenticity of e.motion21’s unique artists. Dancers are inspired to explore and express emotion through movement to classical music, often working directly with individual musicians and their instruments developing true and trusting relationships.

Wild Swans is the culmination of these months of collaboration and learning. Through the powerful and dynamic creative lens of Circa Contemporary Circus' creatives Yaron Lifschitz (Creative Director) and Elizabeth McDonnell (choreography and design), artists from MSO and e.motion21 come together to present a work which transcends boundaries, challenges pre-conceptions, entertains and empowers.

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Your MSO Xian Zhang

Principal Guest Conductor

Benjamin Northey Principal Conductor in Residence

Nicholas Bochner

Cybec Assistant Conductor

Sir Andrew Davis Conductor Laureate

Hiroyuki Iwaki

Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

FIRST VIOLINS Dale Barltrop Concertmaster

Sophie Rowell Concertmaster

The Ullmer Family Foundation#

Tair Khisambeev

Assistant Concertmaster

Peter Edwards

Assistant Principal

Kirsty Bremner Sarah Curro

Michael Aquilina#

Peter Fellin Deborah Goodall Lorraine Hook Anne-Marie Johnson Kirstin Kenny Eleanor Mancini Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Kathryn Taylor Michael Aquilina

#

SECOND VIOLINS Matthew Tomkins

Principal The Gross Foundation#

Robert Macindoe Associate Principal

Monica Curro

Assistant Principal Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind#

Mary Allison

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Isin Cakmakcioglu Tiffany Cheng Freya Franzen Cong Gu Andrew Hall Isy Wasserman Philippa West Patrick Wong Roger Young

Angela Sargeant Maria Solà#

Michelle Wood

Michael Aquilina#

DOUBLE BASSES Damien Eckersley Benjamin Hanlon Frank Mercurio and Di Jameson#

Suzanne Lee Stephen Newton

VIOLAS

Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser#

Christopher Moore Principal Di Jameson#

Christopher Cartlidge Associate Principal Michael Aquilina#

FLUTES Prudence Davis Principal Anonymous#

Lauren Brigden Katharine Brockman Anthony Chataway

Wendy Clarke

Associate Principal

Dr Elizabeth E Lewis AM

#

Gabrielle Halloran Maria Solà#

Trevor Jones Anne Neil#

Fiona Sargeant Maria Solà

#

Sarah Beggs

Sophia Yong-Tang#

PICCOLO Andrew Macleod

Principal John McKay and Lois McKay#

Cindy Watkin

OBOES

CELLOS

Jeffrey Crellin

David Berlin

Thomas Hutchinson

Principal MS Newman Family#

Rachael Tobin

Associate Principal

Nicholas Bochner Assistant Principal Anonymous#

Miranda Brockman

Geelong Friends of the MSO#

Rohan de Korte

Andrew Dudgeon#

Keith Johnson

Principal

Associate Principal

Ann Blackburn

The Rosemary Norman Foundation#

COR ANGLAIS Michael Pisani Principal

CLARINETS David Thomas Principal

Barbara Bell, in memory of Elsa Bell#

Philip Arkinstall

Sarah Morse

Craig Hill

Maria Solà

#

Associate Principal

BASS CLARINET

TIMPANI**

Jon Craven

PERCUSSION

Principal

BASSOONS Jack Schiller Principal

Elise Millman

Associate Principal

Natasha Thomas

Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson#

CONTRABASSOON Brock Imison Principal

HORNS Nicolas Fleury Principal

Saul Lewis

Principal Third The Hon Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall#

Abbey Edlin

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Trinette McClimont Rachel Shaw TRUMPETS Owen Morris Principal

Shane Hooton

Associate Principal

William Evans Rosie Turner

John and Diana Frew#

TROMBONES Richard Shirley

Tim and Lyn Edward#

Mike Szabo

Principal Bass Trombone

TUBA Timothy Buzbee Principal

John Arcaro

Tim and Lyn Edward#

Robert Cossom

Drs Rhyll Wade and Clem Gruen#

HARP Yinuo Mu Principal

GUEST MUSICIANS

appearing across the Sidney Myer Free Concert series

Violins Aaron Barnden Zoe Black Jacqueline Edwards Cameron Jamieson Madeleine Jevons Michael Loftus-Hills Violas Ceridwen Davies Isabel Morse Mariette Reefman Heidi von Bernewitz

Saxophone Justin Kenealy Horns Josiah Kop Peter Luff Trombones Jessica Buzbee Robert Collins Liam O’Malley* Matthew Van Emmerik Timpani Brent Miller Percussion Robert Allan Shanie Klas Scott Weatherson Lara Wilson Harp Delyth Stafford Keyboards Louisa Breen Leigh Harrold Donald Nicolson

Cellos Kalina Krusteva-Theaker Anna Pokorny Eliza Sdraulig Zoe Wallace Double Basses Rohan Dasika Tim Dunin Vivian Qu Siyuan Giovanni Vinci Oboe Emmanuel Cassimatis Bassoon Colin Forbes-Abrams

# Position supported by ** Timpani Chair position supported by Lady Potter AC CMRI * Appears courtesy of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra 11

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Alexander Shelley conductor

An Alpine Symphony THURSDAY 5 MARCH / 7.30pm SATURDAY 7 MARCH / 2pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Alexander Shelley conductor Alexandra Dariescu piano

From the Alps to Antarctica, let us take you from mountaintop to the world’s end.

Featuring the world premiere of Gordon Hamilton’s Far South (composed in Antarctica), R. Strauss’ majestic An Alpine Symphony, and Grieg’s Piano Concerto, this adventurous concert brings the great outdoors to the concert stage.

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THE BRAVERY TO BE YOU We teach students to think, feel and create in a way only they can.

The Melbourne Conservatorium is the proud Premier Education and Research Partner of the MSO.

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Acknowledging Country In the first project of its kind in Australia, the MSO has developed a musical Acknowledgment of Country with music composed by Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham AO, featuring Indigenous languages from across Victoria. Generously supported

by Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the MSO is working in partnership with Short Black Opera and Indigenous language custodians who are generously sharing their cultural knowledge.

The Acknowledgement of Country allows us to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we perform in the language of that country and in the orchestral language of music.

The Musical Acknowledgement of Country will be performed by its composer, Deborah Cheetham AO, on 5 February, and by Short Black Opera principal artist Shauntai Batzke on 8 February.

Boon Wurrung language generously supplied by Aunty Carolyn Briggs and the Boon Wurrung Foundation.

Australian National Commission for UNESCO United Nations Educational, ScientiďŹ c and Cultural Organization

About Long Time Living Here In all the world, only Australia can lay claim to the longest continuing cultures and we celebrate this more today than in any other time since our shared history began. We live each day drawing energy from a land which has been nurtured by the traditional owners for more than 2000 generations. When we acknowledge country we pay respect to the land and to the people in equal measure.

As a composer I have specialised in coupling the beauty and diversity of our Indigenous languages with the power and intensity of classical music.

In order to compose the music for this Acknowledgement of Country Project I have had the great privilege of working with no fewer than eleven ancient languages from the state of Victoria, including the language of my late Grandmother, Yorta Yorta woman Frances McGee. I pay my deepest respects to the elders and ancestors who are represented in these songs of acknowledgement and to the language custodians who have shared their knowledge and expertise in providing each text.

I am so proud of the MSO for initiating this landmark project and grateful that they afforded me the opportunity to make this contribution to the ongoing quest of understanding our belonging in this land. — Deborah Cheetham AO 15

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A SSE T SERVICING | A SSE T MANAGEMENT

Supporters MSO PATRON The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Gandel Philanthropy The Gross Foundation Di Jameson Harold Mitchell Foundation David Li AM and Angela Li Harold Mitchell AC MS Newman Family Foundation Lady Potter AC CMRI The Cybec Foundation The Pratt Foundation The Ullmer Family Foundation Anonymous (1)

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS Cybec Assistant Conductor Chair Nicholas Bochner The Cybec Foundation Concertmaster Chair Sophie Rowell The Ullmer Family Foundation 2020 Mid-Season Gala Artist Nicola Benedetti CBE is supported by Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Young Composer in Residence Jordan Moore The Cybec Foundation

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program The Cybec Foundation East meets West Supported by the Li Family Trust Meet the Orchestra Made possible by The Ullmer Family Foundation MSO Audience Access Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation MSO Building Capacity Gandel Philanthropy (Director of Philanthropy) Di Jameson (External Relations Manager) MSO Education Supported by Mrs Margaret Ross AM and Dr Ian Ross MSO International Touring Supported by Harold Mitchell AC, The Ullmer Family Foundation, The Pratt Foundation MSO Regional Touring Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, Robert Salzer Foundation, Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment The Pizzicato Effect (Anonymous), The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust, Scobie and Claire Mackinnon Trust, Supported by the Hume City Council’s Community Grants Program Sidney Myer Free Concerts Supported by the Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund and the University of Melbourne

Musical Acknowledgment of Countries Supported by the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Commission for UNESCO

PLATINUM PATRONS $100,000+ Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC The Gross Foundation Di Jameson David Li AM and Angela Li MS Newman Family Foundation The Pratt Foundation Lady Potter AC CMRI Ullmer Family Foundation Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+ Harold Mitchell AC

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Hilary Hall, in memory of Wilma Collie Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM The Hogan Family Foundation Peter Hunt AM and Tania de Jong AM Suzanne Kirkham David Krasnostein AM and Pat Stragalinos Ian and Jeannie Paterson Elizabeth Proust AO Xijian Ren and Qian Li Glenn Sedgwick Gai and David Taylor Harry and Michelle Wong Anonymous (1)

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Supporters HMA Foundation Louis Hamon OAM Hans and Petra Henkell Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann Doug Hooley Jenny and Peter Hordern Dr Alastair Jackson AM Rosemary and James Jacoby Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Norman Lewis, in memory of Dr Phyllis Lewis Peter Lovell Mr Douglas and Mrs Rosemary Meagher Marie Morton FRSA Anne Neil Dr Paul Nisselle AM The Rosemary Norman Foundation Ken Ong, in memory of Lin Ong Jim and Fran Pfeiffer Dr Rosemary Ayton and Dr Sam Ricketson Jeffrey Sher QC and Diana Sher OAM Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young Brian Snape AM and the late Diana Snape Tasco Petroleum The Hon. Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen Lyn Williams AM Jason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation Sophia Yong-Tang Anonymous (5)

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MSO PATRON COMMISSIONS Snare Drum Award test piece 2019 Commissioned by Tim and Lyn Edward

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Current Conductor’s Circle Members Jenny Anderson David Angelovich

G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden Joyce Bown Mrs Jenny Brukner and the late Mr John Brukner Ken Bullen Peter A Caldwell Luci and Ron Chambers Beryl Dean Sandra Dent Lyn Edward Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Mr Derek Grantham Marguerite GarnonWilliams Drs Clem Gruen and Rhyl Wade Louis Hamon OAM Carol Hay Graham Hogarth Rod Home Tony Howe Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Audrey M Jenkins John Jones George and Grace Kass Mrs Sylvia Lavelle Pauline and David Lawton Cameron Mowat David Orr Matthew O’Sullivan Rosia Pasteur Elizabeth Proust AO Penny Rawlins Joan P Robinson Neil Roussac Anne Roussac-Hoyne Suzette Sherazee Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead Anne Kieni-Serpell and Andrew Serpell Jennifer Shepherd Profs. Gabriela and George Stephenson

Pamela Swansson Lillian Tarry Dr Cherilyn Tillman Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock Michael Ullmer AO The Hon. Rosemary Varty Mr Tam Vu Marian and Terry Wills Cooke OAM Mark Young Anonymous (29) The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates: Angela Beagley Neilma Gantner The Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QC Gwen Hunt Audrey Jenkins Joan Jones Pauline Marie Johnston C P Kemp Peter Forbes MacLaren Joan Winsome Maslen Lorraine Maxine Meldrum Prof Andrew McCredie Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE Marion A I H M Spence Molly Stephens Jennifer May Teague Albert Henry Ullin Jean Tweedie Herta and Fred B Vogel Dorothy Wood

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HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

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MSO BOARD Chairman Michael Ullmer AO Deputy Chairman David Li AM Managing Director Sophie Galaise Board Directors Andrew Dudgeon AM Danny Gorog Lorraine Hook Margaret Jackson AC Di Jameson David Krasnostein AM Hyon-Ju Newman Glenn Sedgwick Helen Silver AO Company Secretary Oliver Carton

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A GIFT TO MELBOURNE Each year the Sidney Myer Music Bowl hosts two major events that symbolise the musical life of the Bowl in the heart of Melbourne – in February, the Sidney Myer Free Concerts, and Carols by Candlelight in December.

Sidney Myer (1878–1934), an enthusiastic though not accomplished musician himself, loved all forms of music, but none more so than open-air free concerts.

Through his philanthropic generosity and gratitude to the city in which were built his great department stores, the concerts were first held in the summer of 1929 and 1930, at the height of the Depression, in the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Sidney died suddenly in 1934 on his way to chair a meeting of the Centenary of Victoria Musical Festival. In his Will he provided for annual performances by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra which he had been instrumental in forming.

And so, in February 1959, the Free Concerts found a permanent home in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, here in the natural amphitheatre of the King’s Domain.

Sidney’s greatest pleasure was seeing people enjoy outdoor concerts. We hope that everyone tonight experiences that same musical joy.

Stephen Shelmerdine Chairman, Estate of Late Sidney B. Myer

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