Chinese New Year 2024

IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE

Chinese New Year Concert Program

17 FEBRUARY / 7.30pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Generously supported by the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, and the Li Family Trust.

WELCOME I’m so pleased to send my very best wishes to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ahead of your Chinese New Year concert.

我诚挚祝愿墨尔本交响乐团的中国新年音乐会圆满

The concert is a beautiful celebration of Chinese culture that will be brought to life through the passion and talent of the MSO musicians, soprano Cathy-Di Zhang, and conductor Xu Zhong.

尔本交响乐团各位音乐家、女高音歌唱家张滴女士

I want to say a very happy New Year to everyone celebrating the Year of the Wood Dragon. May the year ahead bring you happiness, prosperity and good luck.

And congratulations to the MSO on all your hard work, putting on what I know will be a show to remember.

成功。 本场音乐会是一场中国文化的美好庆典，汇聚了墨 以及指挥许忠先生对音乐的热爱和才华。 我谨此向庆祝龙年的各位民众致以新年的祝福。在 新的一年中，祝愿各位心想事成、万事如意、吉祥 幸福。 祝贺墨尔本交响乐团对这场演出的成功筹备，这必 将是一场令人难忘的演出。 预祝演出成功！

Break a leg.

维多利亚州州长、议员

Hon. Jacinta Allan MP Premier of Victoria

杰辛塔·艾伦 阁下 Greetings and welcome to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s 2024 Chinese New Year Concert, a momentous occasion marking our dedication to the celebration of cultural diversity through the power of music. On behalf of the Orchestra’s Board, musicians, and staff, it is with great joy and honour that we extend our warmest welcome to you.

This year holds special significance as we proudly commemorate the 12th anniversary of our Chinese New Year Concert series, and tonight, as we usher in the Year of the Dragon, we embark on a musical journey that explores the rich tapestry of Chinese and Western compositions.

Our esteemed program features captivating works by renowned composers Li Huanzhi, Zheng Qiufeng, and Liu Tieshan and Mao Yuan. These compositions will resonate alongside timeless masterpieces from the Western classical repertoire by Puccini and Dvořák. Guiding our talented musicians is the distinguished conductor Maestro Xu Zhong and joining us on this extraordinary night is the awardwinning soprano Cathy-Di Zhang.

We extend heartfelt gratitude to our MSO and East meets West supporters, partners, and donors, including the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, and the Australian Government through the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations.

As we celebrate the Year of the Dragon, we wish you all a joyous Chinese New Year, filled with good health, prosperity, and happiness. Thank you for joining us.

新年好！欢迎各位参加墨尔本交响乐团2024年新年 音乐会。本次音乐会非常重要，标志着本团致力于通 过音乐的力量，共同庆祝文化的多样性。在此，我们 谨代表乐团董事会、音乐家和工作人员，向各位表示 最热烈的欢迎。 今年是中国新年音乐会系列的12周年，因而有着格 外重要的意义。今夜，我们将在庆祝龙年的同时， 走入一场音乐之旅，深入探索中西文化融合的精彩 画卷。 今晚的节目精彩纷呈，汇集李焕之、郑秋枫、刘铁 山、茅沅、冼星海等作曲名家的优秀作品，还将呈现 普契尼、德沃夏克等西方古典不朽杰作，创造东西方 的音乐共鸣。这个盛大的音乐之夜由著名指挥家许 忠先生指挥，墨尔本交响乐团优秀的成员们演奏。 我们再次衷心感谢墨尔本交响乐团和“东西交融” 项目的所有支持者、合作伙伴和捐助方，包括中华人 民共和国驻墨尔本总领馆、中华人民共和国文旅部 以及澳大利亚政府通过澳中关系国家基金会提供的 支持。 值此龙年来临之际，我们衷心祝愿大家在新的一年 里身体健康，事业兴旺，阖家幸福，万事如意。感谢 各位前来观赏本次演出。

David Li AM Chairman Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 3

墨尔本交响乐团董事会主席 澳大利亚勋章获得者 李大伟 先生

ARTISTS

艺术家

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

墨尔本交响乐团

Li Biao conductor

李飚 指挥家

Cathy-Di Zhang soprano

张滴 女高音

PROGRAM LI Spring Festival Overture ZHENG Pamir, How Beautiful My Home Town LIU & MAO Dance of the Yao Tribes PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Oh, my dear papa) – INTERVAL – DVOŘÁK Symphony No.9 From the New World

演出曲目 李焕之 《春节序曲》 郑秋枫 《帕米尔，我的家乡多么美》 刘铁山和茅沅 《瑶族舞曲》 普契尼 《贾尼·斯基基》选段《哦，我亲爱的爸爸》 幕间休息 德沃夏克 《第九交响曲——自新世界》

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes including interval Our musical Acknowledgment of Country, Long Time Living Here by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, will be performed at these concerts.

In consideration of your fellow patrons, the MSO thanks you for silencing and dimming the light on your phone.

This concert may be recorded for future broadcast on MSO.LIVE. CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 5

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 Fraillon 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.

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 Fraillon AO

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

对原住民表示敬意 墨尔本交响乐团以音乐方式对原住 民表示敬意，音乐由原住民部落约 塔·约塔作曲家、澳大利亚勋章获 得者黛博拉·齐塔创作，以维州各 地原住民语言为特色；以音乐表示 敬 意，属全澳首创。在海伦·麦克 弗森·史密斯信托基金和联邦政府 的大力支持下，通过教科文组织澳 大 利 亚 全 国 委 员会，墨 尔 本 交 响 乐团正与慷 慨 分享 其 文化知识 的 Short Black歌剧团和原住民语言监 护人开展合作。 《对原住民表示敬意》让我们有机 会向这 片土地的传统主人表 达敬 意，我们在这片土地上，用原住民 所说的语言、用音乐所表达的管弦 语言进行表演。

恒久生活于斯 全世界只有澳大利亚可以自豪地宣称拥有全球历史最悠久的文化，自从 与原住民共同生活的历史开始以来，我们如今庆祝这一文化的时间比任 何时候都多。这片土地养育了2000多代传统的原住民，我们每天都从这 片土地上汲取能量。我们对原住民表示敬意时，就是对土地、对人民表 示同等的尊重。 作为作曲人，我擅长将我们原住民语言中的美和多样性与古典音乐的力 和动感强 度相结合。为了创作这一“对原住民表示敬 意”音乐，本曲采 用了至少十一种维多利亚州古时的语言，包括我已故祖母、约塔·约塔 部落妇女弗朗西斯·麦吉所说的语言。我在此向《对原住民表示敬意》 之歌中所代表的原住民长老和祖先、向分享其知识和技能并提供文本的语 言守护者们，致以最深的敬意。 墨尔本交响乐团能发起这一具有里程碑意义的项目，我深感骄傲，同时 也感谢乐团给我这个机会，让我不断探索，不断理解，不断找到归属， 并为此作出我的贡献。 —— 澳勋章获得者：黛博拉·齐塔

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 6

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Established in 1906, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s pre-eminent orchestra and a cornerstone of Victoria’s rich, cultural heritage.

Each year, the MSO engages with more than 5 million people, presenting in excess of 180 public events across live performances, TV, radio and online broadcasts, and via its online concert hall, MSO.LIVE, with audiences in 56 countries.

With a reputation for excellence, versatility and innovation, the MSO works with culturally diverse and First Nations leaders to build community and deliver music to people across Melbourne, the state of Victoria and around the world.

In 2023, the MSO’s Chief Conductor, Jaime Martín continues an exciting new phase in the Orchestra’s history. Maestro Martín joins an Artistic Family that includes Principal Guest Conductor, Xian Zhang, Principal Conductor in Residence, Benjamin Northey, Conductor Laureate, Sir Andrew Davis CBE, Cybec Assistant Conductor Fellow, Carlo Antonioli, MSO Chorus Director, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Soloist in Residence, Siobhan Stagg, Composer in Residence, Mary Finsterer, Ensemble in Residence, Gondwana Voices, Cybec Young Composer in Residence, Melissa Douglas and Young Artist in Association, Christian Li. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations, on whose un‑ceded lands we honour the continuation of the oldest music practice in the world.

墨尔本交响乐团 墨尔本交响乐团成立于1906年，是澳大利亚杰出的交响乐团，也是维多利亚州丰富文化遗产的基石。 乐团通过现场表演、电视、广播、在线等形式，举办180多场公共活动，每年为500多万观众献上音乐节目， 并通过在线音乐厅MSO.LIVE播放节目，观众遍布56个国家。 乐团以卓越、多样、创新而闻名于世，并与多元文化社区和原住民领袖合作，共同建设社区，向墨尔本、维多 利亚州和世界各地的民众奉献音乐节目。 2023年，乐团首席指挥杰米·马丁延续着乐团历史上激动人心的新阶段。音乐大师马丁成为乐团这个艺术大 家庭的一员，其他音乐家还包括首席客座指挥张弦、首席驻团指挥本杰明·诺西、桂冠指挥安德鲁·戴维斯 爵士、塞贝克助理指挥卡洛·安东尼奥利、MSO合唱总监沃伦·特来维尔扬-琼斯、驻团独奏家西沃恩·斯塔 格、驻团作曲家玛丽·芬斯特勒、驻团合唱团冈瓦纳合唱团、塞贝克青年驻团作曲家玛丽莎·道格拉斯、青年 艺术家协会的客座艺术家李映衡等。 墨尔本交响乐团对原住民东库林部落人民表示敬意，在其永久生活的土地上，我们对世界上最古老音乐的延续表 示敬意。

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 7

LI BIAO CONDUCTOR

李飚 指挥家

Li Biao has enjoyed a successful career as both conductor and percussion soloist. In 2019, he was named Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is the current Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra and the Artistic Director of the Tianjin Opera and Dance Theater.

李飚是一名成功的指挥家与打击乐独奏家。2019年，李飚受 任为北京交响乐团艺术总监和首席指挥。此外，李飚目前还 担任天津交响乐团音乐总监和首席指挥、天津歌舞剧院艺术 总监。

Li Biao has given performances in over 70 countries and has collaborated with many renowned orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Russian National Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the NDR Orchestra, Danish National Orchestra, Israel Symphony, Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony, China National Symphony, Beijing Symphony, Shanghai Symphony, the NCPA Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He has worked with many notable artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Jonathan Nott, Fabio Luisi, Truls Mørk and Vadim Repin. It is his mission through his work to use creative energy to show audiences the limitless potential and inherent beauty of music.

李飚至今已在70多个国家演出，与众多著名管弦乐团均有合 作，包括巴伐利亚广播交响乐团、伦敦爱乐乐团、班贝格交响 乐团、俄罗斯国家爱乐乐团、捷克爱乐乐团、北德广播交响 乐团、丹麦国家交响乐团、以色列交响乐团、李斯特室内乐 团、波兰广播交响乐团、中国交响乐团、北京交响乐团、上海 交响乐团、中国国家大剧院管弦乐团、香港管弦乐团等。李飚 合作过的著名音乐家有：姆斯蒂斯拉夫·罗斯托罗波维奇、克 里斯托夫·艾森巴赫、劳伦斯·福斯特、乔纳森·诺特、法比 奥·路易斯、楚尔斯·莫克、瓦汀·列宾等。李飚希望能够通过 自己的作品，以创意的力量为观众展现音乐无穷的潜力以及 内在的美好。

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 8

CATHY-DI ZHANG SOPRANO

张滴 女高音

Award-winning Australian soprano Cathy-Di Zhang is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. Since returning to Australia in 2019, she has sung a number of leading roles for the nation’s major performing arts organisations.

张滴是屡获殊荣的澳大利亚女高音歌唱家，毕业于英国皇家 音乐学院。自2019年返回澳后，她已为澳大利亚大型表演艺 术机构演唱了多个主要角色。

For Opera Australia, she has appeared as Micaëla in Carmen and Rosina in The Barber of Seville; for Pinchgut Opera – Amour/La folie in Rameau’s Platée and Créuse in Charpentier’s Médée; Mimi in La bohème for State Opera of South Australia; Zhu YingTai in Richard Mills’ new work The Butterfly Lovers for Victorian Opera.

In 2023, Cathy-Di sang Zerlina in Don Giovanni for Opera Australia, Zhu YingTai in The Butterfly Lovers in Singapore and returned to Opera Australia as Rosina. In 2024, she sings Euridice/Amore in Gluck’s Orphée and Musetta in La bohème for Opera Australia.

Prior to the pandemic, Cathy-Di sang the role of Mädchen in a new production of Weill’s Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny for Festival d’Aix-en-Provence under Esa-Pekka Salonen and, subsequently, for Dutch National Opera under Markus Stenz. Her other operatic roles have included Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) and Lisa (La sonnambula).

She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras throughout Europe and Asia and has performed regularly in chamber music across Italy in trio and quartet (with violin, cello and piano).

在 澳 大 利 亚 歌 剧 院 ，她 出 演 了《卡 门 》中 的 米 卡 埃 拉、 《塞维利亚理 发师》中的罗西娜；在品趣 盖歌 剧院，她分 别出演了拉莫作品《普拉蒂埃》中的爱神/疯狂以及夏庞蒂 埃作品《美狄 亚》中的克勒 修丝；在南澳歌 剧院，她出演 了《波希米 亚 人 》中的米 米；在 维多利亚歌 剧 院 ，她出演 了理查德·米尔斯新作《梁祝》中的祝英台。 2023年，张滴为澳大利亚歌剧院演唱《唐璜》中的泽尔莉 娜，在 新加坡 演唱《 梁 祝 》中的 祝 英台，然 后再 次 为澳 大 利亚歌剧院演唱了罗西娜。2024年，她将为澳大利亚歌剧 院演唱格鲁克作品《奥菲欧》中的优丽狄茜/爱神阿莫尔和 《波希米亚人》中的穆塞塔。 疫情前，张 滴曾在埃萨 - 佩卡·萨洛宁指挥下，为普罗旺斯 地区艾克斯艺术节在魏尔歌剧作品《马哈哥尼城的兴衰》 的新版本中出演了少女一角，随 后又在马库斯·施坦茨的 指挥下为荷兰国家歌剧院出演了该剧。她的其他歌剧角色 包括：《 歌 剧 世 家 》中的 费 奥 迪利吉、马斯内 作品《灰 姑 娘 》中 的 灰 姑 娘、《 贾 尼·斯 基 基 》中 的 劳 蕾 塔、《 韩 赛 尔与格莱特》中的格莱特和《梦游女》中的丽莎。 她作为独唱家与欧亚各地交响乐团均有合作，并定期在意 大利各地以三人和四人的形式（小提琴、大提琴和钢琴） 参与室内乐演出。

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 9

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PROGRAM NOTES LI HUANZHI

LIU TIESHAN & MAO YUAN

(1919–2000)

(b. 1923) (1926–2022)

Spring Festival Overture

Dance of the Yao Tribes

Li Huanzhi (李煥之) (1919–2000) is one of the best-known of China’s composers. The Spring Festival Overture (春節 序曲) is a highly typical festival piece, making much use of percussion, simple rhythmic figures, and pentatonic folk-like melodies. It was composed in 1949 and draws on a type of drum and tabor folk-music for its inspiration.

Dance of the Yao Tribe (瑶族舞曲) vividly depicts the sight of song and dance in the festive celebration of the Yao people, a minority populating Yunnan and Guangxi in China.

Lively dance rhythms in the outer sections contrast with a more soulful slower middle section.

The Spring Festival Overture (1956) provides a fitting opening to tonight’s celebration of Eastern and Western culture, as it is capable of being played on Western or traditional Chinese instruments or combinations of both.

Its composer, Li Huangzhi was an important figure in Chinese music and founded the China Central Chinese Orchestra in 1960. For listeners of Western classical music, the pentatonic flavour of Spring Festival Overture may call to mind Dvořák’s folk influenced works. The overture may have local associations but in 2007 it was one of 30 musical selections beamed back to Earth from China’s first lunarprobe satellite in time for the Lantern Festival, the formal end to the Lunar New Year holiday.

ZHENG QIUFENG

(b.1931)

Pamir, How Beautiful My Home Town

The night has fallen. Dressed up, the people gather in the moonlight beating long drums. The quiet mild theme on the strings sounds like a fair girl dancing gracefully.

With other girls joining in the dance one after another, the mood of the music gradually becomes excited. Suddenly, the bassoon and the oboe play a forceful and enthusiastic melody derived from the theme, just a group of young men, unable to restrain their emotions, rush into the crowd of dancing girls and begin to express their excitement with dance.

In the second part, in triple-time, the melody is sometimes cantabile and sometimes in a bouncy rhythm, just like a young couple in love expressing their affection to each other and looking forward to their happy future.

The third part is the recapitulation of the beginning. The people again join in the dance one after another, bouncing, spinning and singing. The atmosphere becomes more and more ardent, while the people’s enthusiasm becomes more and more unrestrained. Finally the ardent tutti drives the music to its culminant ending.

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Cathy-Di Zhang soprano

(1858–1924)

Named one of the “Top Ten Musicians in China” in 1987, Zheng Qiufeng has written many works in honour of his home country, China. Four Seasons of the Motherland is one of the most popular among his compositions, depicting the beauty of the four seasons in China. One of the most well-known songs from the suite, Pamir, How Beautiful My Home Town, with lyrics by Qu Cong, lovingly represents the season of Autumn.

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Oh, my dear papa)

Pamir is a highland region of Central Asia located in Xinjiang, China, known for its natural beauty and abundance of great mountains and rivers. Lush pastures, herds of cattle and sheep, gurgling streams and blue skies are described by the soloist in a beautiful depiction of Pamir.

Glittering woodwind solos welcome us into Pamir, with the soprano opening with a high, bird-like introduction, imitating the call of the skylark, shifting in intensity and volume as the piece continues to depict the wild skylark flying freely amongst the clouds, the stunning sights of Pamir beneath its wings.

What begins as a slow, passionate opening abruptly transitions into an upbeat 7/8 meter, dance-like rhythms and Tajik folk-song material expressing the joy and vitality of being immersed in nature. © Information compiled from notes by Yuan Tong and Qiu Chengnan

Cathy-Di Zhang soprano Puccini was the most significant Italian opera composer after Verdi. He may still be the most popular. La bohème, and the arias ‘None shall sleep’ from Turandot and ‘One Fine Day’ from Madame Butterfly have entered popular culture.

For Puccini, opera was a total theatrical experience. He spent much time working out plots and dialogue with his librettists, and even agonised over the precise moment when a curtain should fall. His concerns led him into a style known as verismo, the musical counterpart of literary realism. But it was Puccini’s essential lyricism which really made his operas stand out. Their dramatic impact derives from Puccini’s ability to compress all the emotion of a moment in a single musical statement. Puccini’s one act comic opera, Gianni Schicchi, details the fortunes of ‘businessman’ Gianni Schicchi and the Donati family.

Schicchi is summoned by relatives of the wealthy Buoso Donati to help them falsify Buoso’s will so that they, rather than the church, can inherit his money. When Schicchi arrives at Buoso’s home he promptly gets into an argument with Zita, the head of the Donati family. Schicchi then refuses to help them. Lauretta, Schicchi’s daughter, begs her father to still help the Donatis because she is in love with Rinuccio, one of the younger members of the family.

She attempts to change her father’s mind in the aria ‘O mio babbino caro’.

Giovacchino Forzano Translation: Symphony Australia/Matthew Absalom © 2009

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ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

(1841–1904)

Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 From the New World I. Adagio – Allegro molto II. Largo III. Scherzo: Molto vivace IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco Antonín Dvořák was the leading Czech composer of the late 19th century, renowned for bringing the sound of Czech folk music into the concert hall. Writing in Harper’s Magazine in 1895, he summarized a common idea of the time: “All races have their distinctively national songs, which they at once recognize as their own, even if they have never heard them before.” Many Czech, Hungarian, and Russian composers sought to discover these songs and use them in national styles of classical music.

that brings back the opening theme of the first movement, the English horn melody returns and grows warmer with strings.

The third movement, Vivace, begins with a loud falling pattern that is very similar to the second movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The music here is dancelike, inspired by Hiawatha’s wedding feast in the Longfellow poem.

The finale, Allegro con fuoco, opens with a tense rising half-step pattern in the strings, building to a powerful brass fanfare, and then a second theme in the clarinet. Dvořák brings back melodies from earlier movements before arriving at a coda and a fortissimo E-major ending. But in a final touch evoking America’s open landscapes, he adds an echoing chord that fades into silence. © Benjamin Pesetsky 2024

Americans, too, wondered if they should have classical music of their own. In 1885 the New York philanthropist Jeannette Thurber founded the National Conservatory of Music of America and in 1892 she recruited Dvořák as its director. She hoped he would help educate local musicians and spur a national style like he had in Bohemia.

In the words of the critic H. L. Mencken, he was hired to “introduce Americans to their own music.”

In New York, Dvořák met Harry T. Burleigh, a Black composer and singer, who introduced him to a variety of American folk styles. Dvořák concluded that American classical music should draw from African American spirituals as well as the indigenous music of American Indians. He wrote: “These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are the folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them.”

By 1895 Dvořák was homesick, and an economic crisis left the conservatory’s finances, and his expensive salary, in jeopardy. He returned to Europe for good, having completed two major pieces as models: the “American” String Quartet and the “New World” Symphony. The symphony was premiered by the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall on December 16, 1893, conducted by Anton Seidl, and was immediately met with acclaim.

There are actually no genuine American folk tunes in the “New World” Symphony – just the sound and spirit of them.

The middle movements were partly inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha, a fictional epic poem about American Indians. And Dvořák’s own Czech style still remains throughout the piece, even as he added American elements.

The first movement begins with a slow introduction that paints a hazy scene. Then the faster Allegro molto section introduces a bold call-and-response pattern, first heard between the horns and woodwinds. A second theme appears with the flute and oboe playing quietly together in a pentatonic (five-note) scale – something Dvořák considered an “Indian” sound. The last theme to be introduced is a lyrical flute solo reminiscent of the spiritual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, which Burleigh taught to Dvořák.

The slow movement, Largo, begins with seven mysterious chords that connect into a famous English horn solo. This, too, sounds like a traditional spiritual, but it was actually composed by Dvořák. Much of the movement develops this melody (later titled Goin’ Home). After a contrasting section

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李焕之

刘铁山和茅沅

《春节序曲》

《瑶族舞曲》

李焕之（1919–2000）是中国最著名的作曲家之一。

《瑶族舞曲》生动地描绘了中国云南与广西的少数民 族—瑶族在节日庆典中载歌载舞的情景。

(生年：1923) (1926–2022)

(1919–2000)

《春节序曲》是一首极其典型的节庆音乐作品，充分 运 用了打击乐、简洁的节奏以 及民乐的五 声音阶旋 律。该曲创作于1949年，灵感来源于民间鼓乐。 序曲的开头和结尾节奏欢快，与深情舒缓的中段形成 对比。 《春节序曲》（1956年）在今晚的东西方文化庆典中 作为开场曲目最为恰当不过，因为该曲既可以使用西 洋乐器，也可运用中国传统乐器，甚至可以两者共同 演奏。李焕之是中国音乐界的泰斗级人物，中国中央 民族乐团便由他于1960年创立。对于西方古典音乐的 听众来说， 《春节序曲》中的五声音阶可能会让人联 想到德沃夏克受到民间乐曲影响的作品。尽管乐曲本 身可能 有一定 的 地 域 色 彩，但在 20 07年， 《春 节序 曲》却成为了中国首颗探月卫星传回地球的30首音乐 选段之一，正好赶上了农历新年假期的最后一天 — 元宵节。

随着越来越多的姑娘纷纷加入舞蹈行列，音乐的情绪 逐渐高涨起来。突然出现一段由巴松管、双簧管演奏 的主题衍生旋律，热烈而欢快，恰似一群小伙子情不 自禁地闯入姑娘们的行列，欢腾舞跃起来，尽情抒发 兴奋的心情。 在第二部分，三拍子旋律时而婉转，时而跳 跃，就像 一对年轻的恋人相互表达爱慕之情，展望幸福未来。 第三部分是对开头的复述。人们再次加入舞列，欢跳 着，旋转着，气氛热烈，感 情奔放，最终 在热 情洋溢 的合奏中结束。

贾科莫·普契尼

郑秋枫

(1858–1924)

(生年：1931)

《贾尼·斯基基》选段《哦，我亲爱的爸爸》

《帕米尔，我的家乡多么美》

女高音: 张滴

女高音: 张滴 郑秋枫于1987年获得“中国十大音乐家”的称号，他创 作了许多致敬祖国的作品。声乐套曲《祖国四季》是 他最受欢迎的作品之一，描绘了中国的四季美景，其 中最著名的一首当属《帕米尔，我的家乡多么美》， 搭配瞿琮所作歌词，深情地表现了秋天这个季节。 帕米尔是中亚的高原地区，位于中国新疆，以优美的 自然风 光、美丽的山川而著称。在独奏演绎之下，肥 沃的牧场、成群的牛羊、潺潺的山泉、蔚蓝的天空， 构成了一幅帕米尔的美丽画卷。 首先是明亮的木管独奏，将我们带到帕米尔高原，女 高音以模仿云雀鸟鸣的高音开场，随着乐曲的发展不断 调整声音的力度和音量，描绘着野生云雀在云层中自由 飞翔， 飞过帕米尔的壮丽景色。 开篇缓慢而充满情感，突然转为欢快的7/8拍、舞蹈般 的节奏和塔吉克民歌素材，表现了身处大自然的快乐和 活力。 ©资料根据Yuan Tong和Qiu Chengnan笔记整理

夜幕已降临，盛装的人们聚集在月光下，敲打长鼓。 弦乐演奏着宁静温和的主题旋律，仿佛一位翩翩起舞 的少女。

普 契 尼是 继 威 尔 第之 后 最 重 要 的 意 大 利 歌 剧 作 曲 家，而且可能至今仍处于最受欢迎之列。他所创作的 《波希米亚人》以及《图兰朵》中的咏叹调《今夜无人 入睡》、 《蝴蝶夫人》中的咏叹调《美好的一天》均已 深入人心。对普契尼来说，歌剧是一种完全的戏剧体 验。他会花费大量时间与编剧一起构思情节和对白， 甚至 纠结于大幕要在精确时机落下。他所关注的问 题让他形成了一种被称为“现实主义”的风格，即与文 学现实主义相对应的音乐风格。但真正使他的歌剧脱 颖而出的，是普契尼本质上的抒情特性。普契尼能够 将某一瞬间的所有情感压缩在一段音乐中，这使他的 歌剧极具戏剧性。普契尼的单幕喜歌剧《贾尼·斯基 基》详细描述了“商人”贾尼·斯斯基 和多纳蒂家族 的命运。富商布奥索·多纳蒂的亲戚召见施基 基，让 他帮助伪造布奥索的遗嘱，以便让他们而不是教会来 继承布奥索的财产。斯斯基一到达布奥索家中，便立 即与多纳蒂家族的族长齐塔发生了争执。于是，斯斯 基拒绝了他们的请求。但斯斯基的女儿劳蕾塔却恳求 父亲继续帮助多纳蒂家，因为她爱上了多纳蒂家的一个 年轻人里努乔。在咏叹调《哦，我亲爱的爸爸》当中，劳 蕾塔正试图改变父亲想法。 乔瓦奇诺·福尔扎诺。翻译：澳大利亚交响乐团/ 马修·艾博撒隆© 2009

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德沃夏克

在纽约，德沃夏克结识了黑人作曲家兼歌手哈里·伯 利。伯利向他介绍了美国多种不同的民间音乐风格。 德沃夏克认为，美国古典音乐应借鉴非裔美国人的灵 歌以及美国印第安人的原住民音乐。他写道： “这些美 丽多变的主题就是来自大地的产物，是美国的民歌， 你们的作曲家必须对其借鉴”。

(1841–1904)

E小调第九交响曲，作品95， 《自新世界》 I. 慢板：非常快速 II. 广板 III. 小步舞曲：非常活泼 IV. 终曲：热情而狂热 安东宁·德沃 夏克是19世纪末捷克作曲家中的佼 佼 者，以将 捷 克民间音乐带入音乐 大 厅 而闻名。1895 年，他在《哈珀杂志》上发文总结了当时的一个普遍 观点： “所有民族都有其独特的民族歌曲，即使从未 听过也能立即认出这音乐属于自己的民族”。很多捷 克、匈牙利和俄罗斯作曲家都不断试图发掘这些歌曲， 以将其运用到民族风格的古典音乐中。 美国人也开始思考美国是否应该拥有属于自己的古典 音乐。1885年，纽约慈善家珍妮特·瑟伯创办了美国 国家音乐学院，并于1892年聘请德沃夏克担任院长， 希望他能够帮助培养本土音乐家，激发音乐家像他对 于波西米亚一样，创作出美国自己的民族风格。用评 论家门肯的话说就是，聘请德沃夏克是为了“帮美国人 认识美国人自己的音乐”。

1895年，德沃夏克思乡心切，加上一场经济危机使音 乐学院的财政状况和他高昂的薪水变得岌岌可危。他 返回欧洲便再也没有离开，并完成了两部重要作品： 《美国》弦乐四重奏和《新世界》交响曲。1893年12 月16日，纽约爱乐乐团在安东·塞 德尔指挥下，在卡 内基音乐厅首演了这首交响曲，立即获得好评。 实际上， 《新世界》交响曲中并没有用到真正的美国 民间曲调，只有美国的声音和精神。中间乐章的部分 灵感来自亨利·沃兹沃斯·朗费罗的作品《海华塔之 歌》— 一首关于美国印第安人的虚构史诗。德沃夏 克尽管在乐曲中加入了美国元素，但自己的捷克风格依 然贯穿始终。 第一乐章以 缓 慢 的引子开始，描绘了一 个雾 气 朦 胧 的场景。随后，较快的快板部分引入了大胆的呼应模 式，最先出现的是圆号和木管之间的呼应。第二主题 出现，长笛和双簧管以五声音阶静静演奏，这是德沃

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夏克所认为的“印第安人”音色。最后一个主题是抒 情的长笛独奏，让人联想到伯利教给德沃夏克的灵歌 《低空摇摆，甜蜜的战车》。 舒缓的“广板”以七个充满神秘感的和弦开始，接下 来 便是一段著名的英国圆号独奏。这一段乍听 起 来 也像是 传统的黑人灵歌，但 实际上是由德沃 夏克创 作的。乐章的大部分都在发展这段旋律（后被命名为 “回家”）。通过一个对比段 落，英国圆号的旋律又 回到了第一乐章的开头主题，并在弦乐的伴奏下越发 温暖。 第三乐章“活泼”以响亮的降调模式开始，与贝多芬 第九交响曲的第二乐章十分相似。这里的音乐是舞曲 式的，灵感来自朗费罗诗歌中海华塔的婚宴。 终曲“ 热 情而狂 热”以 紧张的半音 升 调 模式弦乐开 场，随后进入强劲有力的铜管合奏，之后由单簧管奏 出第二主题。德沃夏克将前几个乐章中的旋律带回， 最 后进入 尾声，以强音E大调结束。但在最末尾，他 加入了一个和弦，乐声带着回响渐渐消退，让人联想 到美国开阔的风景。 © 本杰明·裴赛斯基 2024

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MUSICIANS PERFORMING IN THIS CONCERT FIRST VIOLINS

VIOLAS

Assistant Concertmaster Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Principal Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Tair Khisambeev

Anne-Marie Johnson

Acting Assistant Concertmaster David Horowicz#

Sarah Curro

Peter Fellin Deborah Goodall Karla Hanna Lorraine Hook Kirstin Kenny Eleanor Mancini Anne Neil#

Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Kathryn Taylor Jos Jonker*

SECOND VIOLINS Robert Macindoe Associate Principal

Monica Curro

Assistant Principal Dr Mary‑Jane Gething AO#

Mary Allison Isin Cakmakçioglu Tiffany Cheng #

Freya Franzen Cong Gu

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield#

Andrew Hall Isy Wasserman Philippa West

Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Patrick Wong Roger Young

Lauren Brigden Katharine Brockman Anthony Chataway

The late Dr Elizabeth E Lewis AM#

Dr Harry Imber#

Glenn Sedgwick

Christopher Moore

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan#

William Clark Gabrielle Halloran Jenny Khafagi Fiona Sargeant Isabel Morse*

FLUTES

HORNS

Associate Principal

Principal Margaret Jackson AC#

Wendy Clarke Sarah Beggs

PICCOLO

Principal

OBOES

Abbey Edlin

Michael Pisani

Assistant Principal Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Rohan de Korte

Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Rebecca Proietto Angela Sargeant Caleb Wong Michelle Wood

Andrew and Judy Rogers#

Principal Third The late Hon Michael Watt KC and Cecilie Hall#

Acting Principal

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Ann Blackburn

Rachel Shaw

The Rosemary Norman Foundation#

COR ANGLAIS

Rachel Curkpatrick*

Gary McPherson#

TRUMPETS Shane Hooton

Guest Principal

Associate Principal Glenn Sedgwick and Dr Anita Willaton#

CLARINETS

Adam Davis^

Associate Principal

TROMBONES

Philip Arkinstall Craig Hill

Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher#

BASS CLARINET

BASSOONS

Elina Faskhi

Associate Principal

Saul Lewis

Principal

Principal

David Berlin

Andrew Young

Andrew Macleod

Jon Craven

CELLOS

Nicolas Fleury

Jack Schiller

Principal Dr Harry Imber#

Natasha Thomas

Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson#

Richard Shirley Mike Szabo

Principal Bass Trombone

TUBA

Timothy Buzbee Principal

TIMPANI

Matthew Thomas Principal

PERCUSSION Shaun Trubiano Principal

CONTRABASSOON

John Arcaro

Principal

Robert Cossom

Brock Imison

Tim and Lyn Edward#

Anna Pokorny*

Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen#

DOUBLE BASSES

Nathan Gatenby* Greg Sully*

Jonathan Coco Principal

Stephen Newton

Acting Associate Principal Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser#

HARP

Yinuo Mu Principal

Melina van Leeuwen*

Rohan Dasika

Acting Assistant Principal

Benjamin Hanlon

Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Suzanne Lee Emma Sullivan*

Correct as of 18 January 2024.

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* Denotes Guest Musician ^ Denotes MSO Academy # Position supported by

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Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria

The late Marc Besen AC and the late Eva Besen AO The Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio David Li AM and Angela Li Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Anonymous (1)

Mary Armour John and Lorraine Bates Barbara Bell in memory of Elsa Bell Bodhi Education Fund Julia and Jim Breen Jannie Brown Lynne Burgess John Coppock OAM and Lyn Coppock Perri Cutten and Jo Daniell Ann Darby in memory of Leslie J. Darby Mary Davidson and the late Frederick Davidson AM The Dimmick Charitable Trust Tim and Lyn Edward Equity Trustees Bill Fleming Dr John and Diana Frew Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner Dr Rhyl Wade and Dr Clem Gruen Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Louis J Hamon OAM Merv Keehn and Sue Harlow David Horowicz Dr Alastair Jackson AM Suzanne Kirkham The late Dr Elizabeth Lewis AM Lucas Family Foundation Dr Jane Mackenzie Gary McPherson The Mercer Family Foundation Anne Neil in memory of Murray A. Neil Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Ken Ong OAM Bruce Parncutt AO David Ponsford Professor Sam Ricketson AM and Dr Rosemary Ayton Andrew and Judy Rogers The Rosemary Norman Foundation Guy Ross Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young Brian Snape AM Dr Michael Soon Mary Waldron Janet Whiting AM Dawna Wright and Peter Riedel Igor Zambelli Anonymous (1)

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Dr Lynda Campbell Oliver Carton Janet Chauvel and the late Dr Richard Chauvel Kaye Cleary Michael Davies and Drina Staples Leo de Lange Sophie E Dougall in memory of Libby Harold Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin Kim and Robert Gearon Janette Gill R Goldberg and Family Goldschlager Family Charitable Foundation Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Jennifer Gorog C M Gray Marshall Grosby and Margie Bromilow Ian Kennedy AM & Dr Sandra Hacker AO Susan and Gary Hearst Dr Keith Higgins and Dr Jane Joshi Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann Doug Hooley Gillian Hund OAM and Michael Hund Geoff and Denise Illing Paul and Amy Jasper Sandy Jenkins John Jones Ann Lahore Qian Li Carolynne Marks Margaret and John Mason OAM H E McKenzie Dr Isabel McLean Christopher Menz and Peter Rose Ian Merrylees Suzie and Edgar Myer Dr Paul Nisselle AM Alan and Dorothy Pattison Ruth and Ralph Renard Peter and Carolyn Rendit James Ring Tom and Elizabeth Romanowski Liliane Rusek and Alexander Ushakoff The Sage Foundation Jeffrey Sher KC and Diana Sher OAM Barry Spanger Steinicke Family Caroline Stuart Robert and Diana Wilson Shirley and Jeffrey Zajac Anonymous (3)

PLAYER PATRONS $1,000+ Dr Sally Adams Helena Anderson Margaret Astbury Robbie Barker Michael Bowles & Alma Gill Allen and Kathryn Bloom

Joyce Bown Youth Music Foundation Professor Ian Brighthope Miranda Brockman Drs John D L Brookes and Lucy V Hanlon Stuart Brown Suzie Brown OAM and the late Harvey Brown Jill and Christopher Buckley Dr Robin Burns and Dr Roger Douglas Ronald and Kate Burnstein Peter A Caldwell Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt Mrs Nola Daley Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das Caroline Davies Natasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education Fund Rick and Sue Deering John and Anne Duncan Jane Edmanson OAM Diane Fisher Alex Forrest Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Chris Freelance Applebay Pty Ltd David Frenkiel and Esther Frenkiel OAM Mary Gaidzkar Simon Gaites Anthony Garvey and Estelle O’Callaghan David I Gibbs AM and Susie O’Neill Sonia Gilderdale Dr Celia Godfrey Dr Marged Goode Hilary Hall in memory of Wilma Collie David Hardy Tilda and the late Brian Haughney Cathy Henry Dr Jennifer Henry Rod Home Lorraine Hook Jenny and Peter Hordern Katherine Horwood Penelope Hughes Geoff and Denise Illing Jordan Janssen Shyama Jayaswal Basil and Rita Jenkins Emma Johnson Wendy Johnson Sue Johnston John Kaufman Angela Kayser Drs Bruce and Natalie Kellett Dr Anne Kennedy Akira Kikkawa Dr Judith Kinnear Dr Richard Knafelc and Mr Grevis Beard Tim Knaggs Dr Jerry Koliha and Marlene Krelle

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 19

Jane Kunstler Kerry Landman Kathleen and Coran Lang Bryan Lawrence Lesley McMullin Foundation Dr Jenny Lewis Phil Lewis Dr Kin Liu Andrew Lockwood Elizabeth H Loftus Chris and Anna Long John MacLeod Marshall Segan in memory of Berek Segan OBE and Marysia Segan Ian McDonald Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer Lois McKay Dr Eric Meadows Professor Geoffrey Metz Sylvia Miller Ian Morrey and Geoffrey Minter Dr Anthony and Dr Anna Morton Anthony and Karen Ho Dr Judith S Nimmo Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Susan Pelka Ian Penboss Peter Priest John Prokupets Professor Charles Qin OAM and Kate Ritchie Eli Raskin Jan and Keith Richards Roger Parker and Ruth Parker Dr Peter Rogers and Cathy Rogers OAM Dr Ronald and Elizabeth Rosanove Marie Rowland Viorica Samson P Shore Janet and Alex Starr Dr Peter Strickland Dr Joel Symons and Liora Symons Russell Taylor and Tara Obeyesekere Geoffrey Thomlinson Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher Andrew and Penny Torok Christina Turner Leon and Sandra Velik Edward & Paddy White Nic and Ann Willcock Lorraine Woolley Dr Kelly and Dr Heathcote Wright Anonymous (16)

OVERTURE PATRONS $500+ Jane Allan and Mark Redmond Mario M Anders Jenny Anderson Dr Judith Armstrong and Robyn Dalziel Doris Au

Lyn Bailey Mr Robin Batterham Dr William Birch AM Richard Bolitho Dr Robert Brook Elizabeth Brown Roger and Coll Buckle Daniel Bushaway Jungpin Chen Linda Clifton Dr John Collins Judith Cowden in memory of violinist Margaret Cowden Gregory Crew Sue Cummings Dr Oliver and Matilda Daly Suzanne Dembo Carol des Cognets Margaret Flatman Brian Florence M C Friday David and Geraldine Glenny Louise Gourlay OAM Christine Grenda Dawn Hales George Hampel AM KC and Felicity Hampel AM SC John Hill William Holder Rod Home Gillian Horwood Noelle Howell and Judy Clezy Rob Jackson Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley Peter Kempen AM John Keys Lesley King Professor David Knowles and Dr Anne McLachlan Dr Kim Langfield-Smith Pauline and David Lawton Paschalina Leach Kay Liu David Loggia Eleanor & Phillip Mancini Joy Manners Morris and Helen Margolis Sandra Masel in memory of Leigh Masel Janice Mayfield Gail McKay Shirley A McKenzie Dr Alan Meads and Sandra Boon Joan Mullumby Adrian and Louise Nelson Marian Neumann Ed Newbigin Valerie Newman Amanda O’Brien Brendan O’Donnell Jillian Pappas Phil Parker Sarah Patterson The Hon Chris Pearce and Andrea Pearce

Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk William Ramirez Geoffrey Ravenscroft Dr Christopher Rees Professor John Rickard Michael Riordan and Geoffrey Bush Fred and Patricia Russell Carolyn Sanders Dr Marc Saunders Dr Nora Scheinkestel Julia Schlapp Hon Jim Short and Jan Rothwell Short Madeline Soloveychik Tom Sykes Allison Taylor Reverend Angela Thomas Mely Tjandra Chris and Helen Trueman Rosemary Warnock Amanda Watson Michael Whishaw Deborah and Dr Kevin Whithear OAM Charles and Jill Wright Anonymous (14)

MSO GUARDIANS Jenny Anderson David Angelovich G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden Joyce Bown Patricia A Breslin Mrs Jenny Bruckner and the late Mr John Bruckner The late Ken Bullen Peter A Caldwell Luci and Ron Chambers Beryl Dean Sandra Dent Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Marguerite Garnon-Williams Drs L C Gruen and R W Wade Louis J Hamon AOM Charles Hardman Carol Hay Jennifer Henry Graham Hogarth Rod Home Lyndon Horsburgh Tony Howe Lindsay and Michael Jacombs Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James John Jones Sylvia Lavelle Pauline and David Lawton Cameron Mowat Ruth Muir David Orr Matthew O’Sullivan Rosia Pasteur Penny Rawlins

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 20

Anne Roussac-Hoyne and Neil Roussac Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead Andrew Serpell and Anne Kieni Serpell Jennifer Shepherd Suzette Sherazee Dr Gabriela and Dr George Stephenson Pamela Swansson Lillian Tarry Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock Peter and the late Elisabeth Turner Michael Ulmer AO The Hon. Rosemary Varty Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke Mark Young Anonymous (20) The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates: Norma Ruth Atwell Angela Beagley Barbara Bobbe Michael Francois Boyt Christine Mary Bridgart Margaret Anne Brien Deidre and Malcolm Carkeek The Cuming Bequest Margaret Davies Blair Doig Dixon Neilma Gantner Angela Felicity Glover The Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QC Derek John Grantham Delina Victoria Schembri-Hardy Enid Florence Hookey Gwen Hunt Family and Friends of James Jacoby Audrey Jenkins Joan Jones Pauline Marie Johnston Christine Mary Kellam C P Kemp Jennifer Selina Laurent Sylvia Rose Lavelle Peter Forbes MacLaren Joan Winsome Maslen Lorraine Maxine Meldrum Prof Andrew McCredie Jean Moore Joan P Robinson Maxwell and Jill Schultz Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE Marion A I H M Spence Molly Stephens Gwennyth St John Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian Jennifer May Teague Elisabeth Turner Albert Henry Ullin Jean Tweedie Herta and Fred B Vogel Dorothy Wood Joyce Winsome Woodroffe

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE

Glenn Sedgwick

Cecilie Hall and the Late Hon Michael Watt KC Tim and Lyn Edward Weis Family

Tiffany Cheng, Shane Hooton

FIRST NATIONS CIRCLE

Anonymous

John and Lorraine Bates Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Sascha O. Becker Maestro Jaime Martín Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence Guy Ross The Sage Foundation The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Jason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation

ADOPT A MUSICIAN Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan Roger Young

Andrew Dudgeon AM

Rohan de Korte, Philippa West

Tim and Lyn Edward John Arcaro

Dr John and Diana Frew Rosie Turner

Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Stephen Newton

Dr Mary-Jane Gething AO Monica Curro

The Gross Foundation Matthew Tomkins

Dr Clem Gruen and Dr Rhyl Wade Robert Cossom

Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Saul Lewis

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Abbey Edlin

David Horowicz

Anne‑Marie Johnson

Dr Harry Imber

Sarah Curro, Jack Schiller

Margaret Jackson AC Nicolas Fleury

Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Elina Fashki, Benjamin Hanlon, Tair Khisambeev, Christopher Moore

Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson Natasha Thomas

Anonymous

Prudence Davis Rachael Tobin

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS Life Members John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC Sir Elton John CBE Harold Mitchell AC Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Jeanne Pratt AC Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Anonymous MSO Ambassador Geoffrey Rush AC The MSO honours the memory of Life Members Marc Besen AC Mrs Eva Besen AO John Brockman OAM The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Roger Riordan AM Ila Vanrenen

MSO ARTISTIC FAMILY Jaime Martín

Chief Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Principal Conductor in Residence

Leonard Weiss

Cybec Assistant Conductor

$2,500+ (Associate) $5,000+ (Principal)

Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

$10,000+ (Maestro)

Warren Trevelyan-Jones

$20,000+ (Impresario)

MSO Chorus Director

Erin Helyard

Artist in Residence

$100,000+ (Platinum)

Artist in residence, Learning and Engagement

Christian Li

Young Artist in Association

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

Katy Abbott

Composer in Residence

Naomi Dodd

Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Xian Zhang

Gary McPherson

Artistic Ambassadors Tan Dun Lu Siqing

Eleanor Mancini

$50,000+ (Virtuoso)

Karen Kyriakou

Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher

Anne Neil

$500+ (Overture)

Hiroyuki Iwaki †

Dr Anita Collins

Rachel Shaw

The MSO welcomes your support at any level.

Donations of $2 and over are tax deductible, and supporters are recognised as follows:

$1,000+ (Player)

David Li AM and Angela Li Craig Hill

The MSO relies on your ongoing philanthropic support to sustain our artists, and support access, education, community engagement and more. We invite our supporters to get close to the MSO through a range of special events.

Conductor Laureate

The late Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Concermaster Chair

Chairman David Li AM Co-Deputy Chairs Di Jameson OAM Helen Silver AO Managing Director Sophie Galaise Board Directors Shane Buggle Andrew Dudgeon AM Martin Foley Lorraine Hook Margaret Jackson AC Gary McPherson Farrel Meltzer Edgar Myer Glenn Sedgwick Mary Waldron Company Secretary Oliver Carton

Sir Andrew Davis CBE

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

Anthony Chataway

MSO BOARD

Freemasons Foundation Victoria

First Nations Creative Chair

Learning and Engagement Creative Chair East meets West Ambassador

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Cong Gu

The Rosemary Norman Foundation Ann Blackburn

Andrew and Judy Rogers Michelle Wood

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 21

The Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation, The Angior Family Foundation, Flora & Frank Leith Trust, Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment, Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund.

TAN DUN NINE

MSO Artistic Ambassadors Tan Dun and Lu Siqing join the Orchestra for a celebratory performance, featuring Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

14 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

B O O K N OW

M S O.C O M . AU

Thank you to our Partners PRINCIPAL PARTNER

INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM PARTNER

PREMIER PARTNERS

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

VENUE PARTNER

ORCHESTRAL TRAINING PARTNER

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

EDUCATION PARTNERS

MAJOR PARTNERS Quest Southbank

Ernst & Young

MEDIA AND BROADCAST PARTNERS

East meets West Program Supporters PROGRAM SUPPORTERS

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Ministry of Culture and Tourism China

CONSORTIUM PARTNERS

SUPPORTERS

云端青少年交响乐团 Cloud Concert Youth Orchestra

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024 – 23