Your 2016 Season by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

New concerts New packages New opportunities

Your 2016 Season

join us in 2016

Welcome

to the 2016 Season! One of the things I love about music is its ability to reveal something new, to offer fresh insights – something we haven’t heard before. This year, we celebrate that spirit of exploration and discovery. You’ll see we’ve introduced four new concert series: Family Concerts, SSO at Carriageworks – featuring dynamic contemporary music, At the Movies and the Playlist series. We’ve invited truly outstanding artists to share their passion for some cherished favourites – and we’ll be introducing a few works that I’m sure will become favourites in turn. There are so many highlights to mention. We’ll welcome back a dear friend, Vladimir Ashkenazy, to conduct a survey of Beethoven symphonies and concertos throughout the year – music that continues to burst with freshness, vigour and inspiration. Among my personal highlights, I’m so looking forward to conducting Olivier Messiaen’s monumental From the Canyons to the Stars for you. The music was inspired by the vast Bryce and Zion canyons in Utah, which have been perfectly captured in spectacular images by photographer Deborah O’Grady. This will be more than a concert, this will be an incredible musical ‘happening’. Then there’s the legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman returns to conduct and play. And at the end of the year, our next opera experience will be a jewel from my native America: Gershwin’s deeply brilliant Porgy and Bess with all its showstopper arias and choruses. And I really can’t go past mentioning my friend, Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang, who will perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto and a recital in the Concert Hall in June. All I can say is, get in early! I invite you to explore all the music in our 2016 Season. I speak for all the musicians in saying that it’s your enjoyment that drives us as artists and we’ve crafted a season we hope will stimulate, inspire and enchant you.

David Robertson The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

What’s inside

4–22

February–December

Subscription Packages Classical

23–49

contents

The Concerts

From the top shelf, straight up and with pedigree • • • • • • • • •

APT Master Series....................................................................................................24 Emirates Metro Series....................................................................................... 26 Great Classics.............................................................................................................. 28 Thursday Afternoon Symphony............................................................ 30 Mondays @ 7.................................................................................................................. 32 Tea & Symphony....................................................................................................... 34 Meet the Music............................................................................................................. 36 Mozart in the City...................................................................................................... 37 International Pianists in Recital............................................................ 38

Symphony Plus

Shaken and stirred! Your Orchestra with a twist of... • • • • • • •

Subscribers enjoy savings of up to 33% Best available seats Seat exchange privileges Seat renewal, upgrades & priority Dining & parking discounts and more!

Choose Your Own

Just the way you like it... • Connoisseur’s Selection..................................................................... 48–49 including Special Events • Signature Selection ................................................................................. 48–49

how to Subscribe • • • • • •

Why Subscribe? ..............................................................................................50–51 Venues & Booking Form ......................................................................52–54 Terms & Privacy ....................................................................................................... 55 Your Orchestra ............................................................................................... 58–59 2016 Artists & Repertoire ................................................................. 60–61 2016 Calendar index ................................................................................62–63

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Why Subscribe?

Kaleidoscope ................................................................................................................ 40 At the Movies.................................................................................................................. 41 Family Concerts – for 6–12 year olds ........................................... 42 Playlist – for newcomers to classical music ....................... 43 SSO at Carriageworks – for contemporary music fans ................................................................ 44 Cocktail Hour – Utzon Room Chamber Music .................................................................... 45 Special Events in 2016 .......................................................................... 46–47

february

Beethoven

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Garrick Ohlsson

Ashkenazy’s Beethoven Celebration

Beethoven Alive

Beethoven Triumphant

Ludwig van Beethoven is the sun of the musical universe – the composer around whom we imagine all others revolve and from whom we mark all others’ distance. We marvel at his revolutionary fervour, his heroic quests into territory dangerous or beautiful. We listen in awe to the vast emotional range of his music, from deep despair to exalted joy, overcoming phenomenal personal odds. And his light still scintillates nearly 200 years after his death – a galaxy of works shining bright, transfixing audiences and music makers.

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

APT Master Series

Thu 4 Feb | 1.30pm

Wed 10 Feb | 8pm Fri 12 Feb | 8pm Sat 13 Feb | 8pm

Vladimir Ashkenazy returns to conduct all nine Beethoven symphonies. He’ll be joined by pianists Nobuyuki Tsujii, Jayson Gillham and Garrick Ohlsson for the three last piano concertos, and by James Ehnes for the Violin Concerto.

Tea and Symphony

Fri 5 Feb | 11am* complimentary morning tea from 10am

Great Classics

Sat 6 Feb | 2pm Mondays @ 7

Mon 8 Feb | 7pm BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1* BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7* Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Brace yourself! Three awesome symphonies back to back! Beethoven the symphonist is born with his invigorating ‘Grande Simphonie’ in 1800 – the dawn of a new century and the dawn of his symphonic career. The same vitality is there in the fraternal twins – the Seventh and Eighth symphonies – ebullient passion, infectious dancing rhythms, playful ideas bursting with humour.

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Symphony No.4 Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano The ‘Emperor’ Concerto is perfectly named – shrouded in majestic spirit, crowned with the genius of its creator, and requiring a commanding supremacy from its soloist. The Fourth Symphony takes us on a more cheerful, witty, lyrical ride, thanks to Beethoven’s hallmark distinctiveness and invention.

‘Garrick Ohlsson was...a magisterial presence, despatching the colossal workload of notes in the first movement with the sort of calm efficiency that allowed the music to tell its own story.’ Harriet Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald, 2012

concerts

James Ehnes

Garrick Ohlsson in Recital

Beethoven Ascendant

Serenade

International Pianists in Recital

Special Event

Tea and Symphony

Mon 15 Feb | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place GRANADOS Goyescas MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Premier Partner Credit Suisse

Fri 19 Feb | 11 am

Wed 17 Feb | 8pm Thu 18 Feb | 8pm Fri 19 Feb | 8pm

complimentary morning tea from 10am

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor James Ehnes violin These three concerts represent a true alignment of the stars! Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Beethoven’s Fifth – with its unmistakable four-note opening, romantic intensity and luminous passion. Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes returns with the noblest of violin concertos. Sit back and surrender to the mighty sound of the orchestra in full flight. Spectacular!

R STRAUSS Serenade in E flat for 13 winds MOZART Violin Rondo in B flat, K269 R STRAUSS Metamorphosen MOZART Violin Rondo in C, K373 James Ehnes violin-director 2016 SSO Fellows The talented 2016 SSO Fellows – the elite young guns of the SSO’s emerging artists program – are worthy to appear with an artist of James Ehnes’s calibre. The Mozart pieces featuring James Ehnes are light-hearted, classically graceful and elegant. By contrast Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen is an anguished, impassioned response to his homeland’s devastation in World War II, a profound expression of sorrow and suffering. And his gentle Serenade for Winds shows a 17-year-old’s already ample gift for melody and rich harmonic colouring.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Garrick Ohlsson has become a favourite with SSO piano enthusiasts. His recitals blend supreme virtuosity and masterly restraint to create joyous musicmaking. Goyescas, by lateRomantic Spanish composer Enrique Granados, was inspired by the paintings of Francesco Goya. The most famous of the six pieces is ‘The Lover and the Nightingale’; all six blend a lace-like delicacy and charming melodies in music that occasionally recalls Liszt and Chopin, with a lilting Iberian appeal. The startling originality of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with its promenades and vignettes is best revealed in his original piano version, a remarkable feat for a pianist.

Mozart & Strauss

february–march

Wynton Marsalis

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Leila Josefowicz

Wynton Marsalis and his Band

Wynton Marsalis and the SSO

Scheherazade

Special Event

Kaleidoscope

Meet the Music

Wed 24 Feb | 8pm

Fri 26 Feb | 8pm Sat 27 Feb | 8pm

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

An evening of jazz standards Wynton Marsalis trumpet Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Finally! After nearly three decades, the legendary 17-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra finds its way to Sydney, led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Their take on jazz classics and jazz-meets-the-classics fills halls right across America and Europe. See them do their thing in the spotlight – without the SSO – in this one-night-only special event.

‘Late in the night…Marsalis set down his trumpet, sighed and said, “Man; that was pleasant.” With this, he summed up what the audience had been feeling for the entire concert.’ Jazz Times, 2014

Her Story Continues

Swing Symphony

BERNSTEIN Fancy Free – Ballet BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue and Riffs MARSALIS Swing Symphony

Australian premiere

David Robertson conductor Wynton Marsalis trumpet Francesco Celata clarinet Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra The name Marsalis is up there with some of the most famous and loved in the genre. In these concerts, Wynton Marsalis and his acclaimed Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra team up with David Robertson and his Sydney orchestra in a jazz tour de force. Swing Symphony ‘follows the evolution of swing to the modern, to the current time. And the attitude of the piece is that all the eras of swing are always present… It is perpetually new; it revives itself; it’s a timeless rhythm. A swing rhythm doesn’t age.’ Simply unmissable for jazz fans and lovers of smoking hot trumpet.

Wed 2 Mar | 6.30pm Thu 3 Mar | 1.30pm Emirates Metro Series

Fri 4 Mar | 8pm RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade ADAMS Scheherazade.2 – Dramatic Symphony for violin and orchestra Australian premiere

David Robertson conductor Leila Josefowicz violin Rimsky-Korsakov’s sumptuous symphonic suite takes inspiration from the legendary Persian queen Scheherazade, who evades her honeymoon execution by spinning enchanting tales for the Sultan – for 1001 nights! American composer John Adams takes a different tack, opening a contemporary musical window onto the oppression of women through history. David Robertson shows us two examples of powerful women testing their endurance, character and changing their destiny – thoughtprovoking, vividly coloured music.

concerts

David Robertson

Brett Dean, Artist in Residence

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

From the Canyons to the Stars

Crossing the Threshold

Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Recital

APT Master Series

SSO at Carriageworks

International Pianists in Recital

Wed 9 Mar | 8pm Fri 11 Mar | 8pm Sat 12 Mar | 8pm

Sun 13 Mar | 5pm Bay 17, Carriageworks

Mon 14 Mar | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

DEAN Pastoral Symphony ILLEAN New work Premiere GRISEY 4 Songs for Crossing the Threshold

MESSIAEN Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (20 Contemplations of the Christ Child)

MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) with visual production by Deborah O’Grady David Robertson conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Brett Dean’s Pastoral Symphony continues the tradition of great classical works celebrating Nature – think of Beethoven’s own Pastoral and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. But being of our time, Dean’s birdsong celebration also conveys his sense of loss and the ‘soulless noise’ as the natural world is overtaken by our modern way of life. We’ll look forward to a brand new work from Australian composer Lisa Illean. French composer Gérard Grisey’s 4 Songs demonstrates his command of sound and feeling to explore the space between life and death – ominous yet seductive, unsettling yet peaceful, poignant and powerful.

Messiaen’s reflection on the childhood of Jesus is a mammoth work for solo piano and a feat of mental and physical stamina for French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Listen for the composer’s trademark birdcalls and Hindu and Balinese rhythms in this landmark of 20th-century music, one which encompasses moments of dazzling frenzy and profound meditative calm.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Olivier Messiaen took the sights and sounds of the magnificent Bryce Canyon in Utah as his inspiration for this defining work of the 20th century. As a musician who could perceive sounds as colours, Messiaen paints vivid musical pictures, from the ancient geological layers in the depths of the canyons to songbirds and the stars in the indigo sky. From the Canyons to the Stars is vast in time, space and ambition (it is perhaps the most difficult ‘piano concerto’ ever written). And this awe-inspiring music is made even more incredible with projected scenery by noted American photographer Deborah O’Grady.

David Robertson conductor Jessica Aszodi soprano

march–APRIL

Lerida Delbridge

James Morrison

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Lerida’s Playlist

James Morrison Presents

Heavenly Creatures

An SSO Family Concert

Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn

Playlist

Family Concerts

Mozart in the City

Tue 15 Mar | 6.30pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Sun 20 Mar | 2pm

Thu 31 Mar | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Music by Mendelssohn, Fauré, Copland, Mahler and Bach, and including VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending Andrew Haveron violin-director Lerida Delbridge violin Welcome to Playlist – our brand new series at Angel Place. These one-hour informal concerts are perfect for newcomers to classical music. You’ll meet and get to know members of the SSO as they curate a program – a Playlist – of music that has inspired them, changed them and made them laugh, dance or cry. After the concert, join us at the bar and meet the musicians!

In this concert Assistant Concertmaster Lerida Delbridge shares her story and introduces us to the music that opened her heart and mind to the power of orchestral music. Stay tuned for Lerida’s conversation with Director of Artistic Planning Benjamin Schwartz – youtube.com/sydneysymphony

Family fun and jazzy hits from Dixieland to Duke Ellington, and beyond. Benjamin Northey conductor James Morrison jazz trumpet and presenter Leading Australian jazz-man James Morrison has wowed audiences for decades. In the very first of our new series of family concerts, he’ll introduce youngsters to all the amazing sounds you can make with a symphony orchestra – and some new sounds you didn’t think were possible! With some roof-raising jazz hits including ‘Basin Street Blues’ and a funky rendition of ‘Birdland’, this fun and informal concert will have the kids dancing in the aisles. Suitable for children 6+ and their families

BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture HAYDN Te Deum for the Empress Marie Thérèse MOZART Litany of the Blessed Sacrament, K243 Brett Weymark conductor Jacqueline Porter soprano Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Andrew Goodwin tenor David Greco baritone Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Beethoven’s overture marks his heroic entry onto the Viennese stage – its arresting opening and brilliant ending heralding the ballet spectacle to come. Haydn’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Litany use voices with dramatic and glorious effect. This is splendid, soul-nourishing music by the supreme Classical masters. Hear more of Haydn’s music for voices when we perform his Creation in May.

concerts

Christoph von Dohnányi is one of the world’s most distinguished and decorated conductors – hailed throughout Europe and America for his towering musical intelligence and his mastery in an astonishing breadth of orchestral and operatic repertoire. In these concerts, he makes his very welcome Australian debut. Christoph von Dohnányi

Strings Attached Cocktail Hour

Romantic Memories Dohnányi conducts Bruckner

Dohnányi conducts Brahms An Australian First

Cocktail Hour • Chamber Music

APT Master Series

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

Sat 9 Apr | 6pm

Wed 6 Apr | 8pm Fri 8 Apr | 8pm Sat 9 Apr | 8pm

Thu 14 Apr | 1.30pm

Cocktails from 5.30pm

Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for string quartet BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C minor, Op.104 Musicians of the SSO

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Carolin Widmann violin Alban Berg dedicated his Violin Concerto to ‘the memory of an angel’, the beautiful Manon Gropius (daughter of Mahler’s widow Alma and architect Walter Gropius) who died from polio at 18. Intense, sensitive and deeply heartfelt, the music is an eloquent and uplifting attempt to make sense of unutterable loss. Bruckner’s Fourth is a Romantic masterpiece that echoes a world of mediæval splendour. Perhaps his most popular symphony, its expansive vision, blazing climaxes and mighty hall-filling sound provide the perfect musical antidote to any melancholy we might still be feeling.

Fri 15 Apr | 8pm Great Classics

Sat 16 Apr | 2pm LUTOSŁAWSKI Funeral Music BERG Seven Early Songs BRAHMS Symphony No.2 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Camilla Tilling soprano Witold Lutosławski pays homage to Béla Bartók, a composer he revered, with his gripping and expressive Funeral Music for ten strings. Alban Berg resurrected seven youthful musings for his charming set of orchestrated songs – a bit Brahmsian in their lyricism and recalling Richard Strauss in their lavish climaxes and lush romantic yearning. Brahms’s Second Symphony provides a joyful contrast – full of relaxed confidence, expansive gestures and heart-warming melodies, it ends in a terrific burst of sunlight from the trombones.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

This year’s trio of Cocktail Hour concerts features chamber music by Stravinsky – a perfect counterpoint to the three big Stravinsky ballets we play in August. His string quartet pieces from the 1920s dance with an air of eccentricity. In one of them he fondly remembers a music hall clown he saw in London with jerky, offbeat patterns and musical jokes. Beethoven had his tongue firmly in cheek when he arranged an early piano trio as a string quintet, lifting it from ‘abject misery to moderate respectability’. The sublime result has since played a key role in Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music.

BERG Violin Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No.4, Romantic

Emirates Metro Series

APRIL–MAY

Brett Weymark

Heavenly Creatures

Babe – Pig at the Symphony

Leningrad Symphony

Film with Live Orchestra

Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky

Tea and Symphony

At the Movies

Meet the Music

Fri 22 Apr | 11 am

Fri 29 Apr | 7pm Sat 30 Apr | 7pm

Wed 4 May | 6.30pm

Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn

complimentary morning tea from 10am

BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture HAYDN Te Deum for the Empress Marie Thérèse MOZART Litany of the Blessed Sacrament, K243 MOZART Ave verum corpus, K618 Brett Weymark conductor Jacqueline Porter soprano Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Andrew Goodwin tenor David Greco baritone Sydney Philharmonia Choirs In this morning concert we begin with the overture by Beethoven that marked his heroic entry onto the Viennese stage – its arresting opening and brilliant ending heralding the ballet spectacle to come. Haydn’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Litany use voices with dramatic and glorious effect, while the serenity of the Ave verum corpus brings the program to a heavenly close. This is splendid, soul-nourishing music by the supreme Classical masters.

Narek Hakhnazaryan

A screening of the family favourite Babe with NIGEL WESTLAKE’s score played by the SSO Nigel Westlake conductor The little pig who wanted to be a sheepdog makes his way to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall! The film was an international hit and winner of eight Academy Awards, but it was Australian composer Nigel Westlake who gave Babe his musical voice. Watch the film and listen for the classical motifs, most notably Babe’s ‘If I had words’, which draws on that famous tune from Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ’ Symphony. You’ll also hear highlights of much-loved music by Grieg, Fauré and Bizet.

Emirates Metro Series

Fri 6 May | 8pm Great Classics

Sat 7 May | 2pm P STANHOPE New Work for cello and orchestra Premiere TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.7, Leningrad Oleg Caetani conductor Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Following the success of Jandamarra in 2014, we’ve commissioned an exciting new piece from Australian composer Paul Stanhope. It makes a pair with Tchaikovsky’s ornate variations for cello and orchestra – a died-in-the-wool Romantic paying homage to his beloved Mozart. Dmitri Shostakovich’s famous Leningrad Symphony portrays his home city in the grip of its terrible siege during World War II – defiant, mournful, victorious and riveting from the very first note. Music doesn’t get much more powerful than this.

concerts

Bernard Labadie

Scott Kinmont

Frank Woodley

Haydn’s Creation

Winds of Change

The Composer is Dead

APT Master Series

Cocktail Hour • Chamber Music

Family Concerts

Wed 11 May | 8pm Fri 13 May | 8pm Sat 14 May | 8pm

Sat 14 May | 6pm

Sun 22 May | 2pm

Cocktails from 5.30pm

Mondays @ 7

Mon 16 May | 7pm HAYDN Die Schöpfung (The Creation) Sung in German

Haydn’s oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation) is one of his crowning achievements – every bit as magnificent and uplifting as Handel’s Messiah or Bach’s St Matthew Passion. One of the world’s leading interpreters of Baroque and Classical music, Canadian Bernard Labadie makes his SSO debut conducting a cast of angels and mortals. A truly glorious musical experience awaits.

An SSO Family Concert

Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House JS BACH now attrib. CPE Bach Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 1036 GESUALDO arr. Sadler Madrigals Book V, for brass quintet STRAVINSKY Wind Octet Musicians of the SSO One night in 1922 Stravinsky dreamed he was at a concert. He said he couldn’t remember the sounds when he woke up, but he did remember the ensemble – a wind octet – and set out to write the music that would fill the gap in his dream. A world away from the intensity of his Ballets Russes scores, the Octet is neoclassical Stravinsky, with perfect form, clean lines and sparkling colours. Music by Gesualdo scored for brass brings the sound of the high Renaissance to this concert and a trio sonata from the Bach household will showcase the SSO flutes.

STOOKEY & SNICKET The Composer is Dead Toby Thatcher conductor Frank Woodley narrator and The Inspector Ok, we have one dead composer – and a whole orchestra of suspects! Inspector Frank Woodley – best known as half of the comedy duo Lano and Woodley – will cast a quizzical eye over the Strings, and those suspicious-looking coves in the Brass. He will probe the Percussionists, and as for the Winds’ alibi… No one leaves the Concert Hall till we solve the mystery! With words by best-selling children’s author Lemony Snicket, The Composer is Dead is a brilliant musical whodunit for the whole family – and a wonderful introduction to the symphony orchestra.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Bernard Labadie conductor Lydia Teuscher soprano (Gabriel, Eve) Allan Clayton tenor (Uriel) Neal Davies baritone (Raphael, Adam) Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Cocktail Hour

Suitable for ages 6+ and their families

MAY–JUNE

Rick Miller

Roger Benedict

Lang Lang

Rick’s Playlist

Mozart at Night

The Lang Lang Effect

Playlist

Mozart in the City

Tue 24 May | 6.30pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Thu 2 Jun | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Music by JS Bach, Beethoven, Wagner and Stravinsky, and including MOZART Serenata notturna, K239

MOZART Serenata notturna, K239 SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night BRITTEN Les Illuminations

Lang Lang is no stranger to Sydney audiences, having made his sensational SSO debut in 2004. And every visit since then has been held up as a highlight of the cultural calendar. No wonder. The Chinese superstar performs for royalty, presidents, World Cup finals, Olympic Games, with rock stars, opera divas and of course the world’s leading orchestras – his ability to touch audiences from all walks of life seems to be without limitation.

Principal Timpani Rick Miller – the ‘father’ of the SSO – has a fan base who demand to sit near the kettle drums just to catch some of his infectious joy. In this concert he’ll share that joy with us as he introduces pieces that have gathered special meaning for him over a lifetime of music-making. Stay tuned for Rick’s conversation with Director of Artistic Planning Benjamin Schwartz – youtube.com/sydneysymphony

Roger Benedict conductor Brenton Spiteri tenor Night time can be a time when things come alive – colourful festivities, or the dreams and fantasies bursting from imagination. There’s nothing sleepy about Mozart’s ‘Nocturnal Serenade’. Night time was party time and this lively, entertaining and humorous music would have had all the guests charmed. Arnold Schoenberg’s sensual, mysterious Transfigured Night follows a poem by Richard Dehmel in which forbidden lovers meet in the forest at midnight. In his song cycle Les Illuminations, Benjamin Britten finds vivid music to enhance the fantastic, colourful imagery of Arthur Rimbaud’s extraordinary, near surreal poems. Spellbinding!

What is it about Lang Lang that people love? Of course there’s the breathtaking technical command and delicate grace. There’s a flair and flamboyance that makes him a joy to watch. But perhaps, above all, it’s his innate and obvious love of the music.

concerts

SSO Brass Ensemble

Lang Lang in Recital

Lang Lang plays Grieg

SSO Brass play West Side Story

Special Event

Tea and Symphony

Premier Partner Credit Suisse

Fri 10 Jun | 11am

Wed 8 Jun | 8pm

Fri 10 Jun | 8pm Sat 11 Jun | 8pm

complimentary morning tea from 10am Program to include…

GRIEG Peer Gynt: Suite No.1 TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor

TURNAGE Out of Black Dust WILLIAMS Music for Brass BERNSTEIN arr. Crees West Side Story: Suite

Manuel López-Gómez conductor Lang Lang piano

James Sommerville conductor SSO Brass Ensemble

TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons JS BACH Italian Concerto CHOPIN Scherzos

“The ‘Lang Lang effect’ is credited with inspiring China’s 40 million classical piano students and, in 2009, he was listed in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.” The Guardian

The SSO Brass players are set to prove they’re just as capable as the full orchestra when it comes to conveying the infectious dances and melting ardour of West Side Story. British composer Mark Anthony Turnage was inspired by Led Zeppelin’s song ‘Black Dog’ in Out of Black Dust. And there’s a concert work by preeminent film-composer John Williams – ‘The piece attempts to spotlight, separately and together, the diverse groups forming the ensemble…trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas… and I hope in some small way it might capture some of the brilliant spirit of “my friends pictured within.”’ Enjoy the SSO at its brassy best.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Lang Lang will perform with the SSO in Grieg’s triumphant Piano Concerto, and in a solo recital that takes in Tchaikovsky’s kaleidoscopic Seasons, Bach’s exuberant Italian Concerto and four miraculous scherzos by Chopin. Come to both the recital and the orchestral concert and experience the pianist the New York Times called ‘the hottest artist on the classical music planet’.

JUNE–JULY

Errol Flynn

Jonathan Biss

Vadim Gluzman

Hollywood Rhapsody

Channel Crossings

Romantic Fantasies

Kaleidoscope

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

APT Master Series

Fri 17 Jun | 8pm Sat 18 Jun | 8pm

Thu 23 Jun | 1.30pm

Including highlights from…

RASKIN Laura HERRMANN Psycho, Citizen Kane KORNGOLD The Adventures of Robin Hood STEINER Casablanca RÓZSA Ben Hur ...and many more John Wilson conductor It’s thanks to Hollywood that many of us experienced the incredible power of orchestral music for the first time. The movies have given us some of the most poignant, thrilling and uplifting musical moments of our lives. Think of Herrmann’s stabbing strings in Psycho; the sweeping romance of Max Steiner’s music for Casablanca, and the darting, parrying scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold that accompanied Australian-born superstar Errol Flynn. Enjoy an evening of brilliant music from the golden age of Hollywood.

Ravel & Vaughan Williams

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Fri 24 Jun | 8pm

Wed 29 Jun | 8pm Fri 1 Jul | 8pm Sat 2 Jul | 8pm

Great Classics

Mondays @ 7

Sat 25 Jun | 2pm

Mon 4 Jul | 7pm

BAX Tintagel RAVEL Piano Concerto in G VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)

SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Emirates Metro Series

John Wilson conductor Jonathan Biss piano Englishman Arnold Bax evokes the world of Celtic legend with his tone poem portraying King Arthur’s Cornish cliff-top castle Tintagel – you can almost taste the spray from surging seas and feel the epic passions. Across the Channel, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G captures the mood of Paris in the Jazz Age – chic, capricious and seductive. Vaughan Williams’ A London Symphony is a vivid picture of the brooding skies, the magisterial buildings of Empire, the quirky tones of Londoners. The landmarks are easily recognisable in this musical reverie – let the music take you there.

Rafael Payare conductor Vadim Gluzman violin In these concerts the acclaimed Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman will be performing on the 1690 ‘Auer’ Stradivarius, once owned by violinist Leopold Auer, to whom Tchaikovsky had originally dedicated his concerto. (There’s a delicious irony in this, since Auer initially refused to play it and Tchaikovsky ended up dedicating it to someone else!) This is an extraordinary opportunity to hear Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto played on a legendary instrument. Berlioz’s spectacular and ‘fantastical’ symphony has its own extraordinary story, in which unrequited love and druginduced visions both play a part.

concerts

Pastorale

Cocktail Hour

Amy Dickson

Lars Vogt

Mahler 4

From Paris to Prague

Sounds of Heaven

Mozart on the Move Cocktail Hour • Chamber Music

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

Mozart in the City

Sat 2 Jul | 6pm

Thu 7 Jul | 1.30pm

Cocktails from 5.30pm

Emirates Metro Series

Thu 14 Jul | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Fri 8 Jul | 8pm

Tea and Symphony

Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House STRAVINSKY Pastorale (1933) BEETHOVEN Septet in E flat, Op.20 Musicians of the SSO

Sat 9 Jul | 2pm Mondays @ 7

Mon 11 Jul | 7pm EDWARDS Frog and Star Cycle Premiere MAHLER Symphony No.4 Lothar Koenigs conductor Sylvia Schwartz soprano Amy Dickson saxophone Colin Currie percussion Ross Edwards is one of Australia’s preeminent composers, whose distinctive ‘dancing-chanting’ style brings a spirit of sacred contemplation and hypnotic energy to the concert hall. You can expect something transcendent from his new double concerto, composed for Australian saxophonist Amy Dickson and Scottish percussionist Colin Currie. Mahler’s Fourth Symphony finds its own transcendence – a child’s vision of ‘heaven hung with violins’.

Fri 15 Jul | 11 am complimentary morning tea from 10am

MOZART Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme) Symphony No.38 (Prague) Lars Vogt piano-director A French piano virtuoso, Madame Jenamy, visits from Paris, bringing a whiff of cosmopolitan excitement to stuffy Salzburg. The 21-year-old Mozart is inspired to write a piano concerto greater than any he’d written before – flourishing and expressive. Ten years later, Mozart heads to Prague to experience first hand the wildly popular success of his latest opera. And while he’s there he conducts his grandest symphony to date, the brilliant and propulsive ‘Prague’ Symphony. Mozart at his very best – music from a genius with places to go!

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

In this concert we have two pieces written in the springtime of their composers’ lives. Originally a vocalise – a song without words – Stravinsky’s Pastorale is a charming, rustic cameo, its sinuous violin melody running over the gentle rhythms of a wind quartet. Beethoven’s Septet was an instant hit, and has never really fallen off the classical hit parade. Its relaxed grace, colourful harmonies and sweet dialogues make it very easy to love.

Great Classics

JULY–SEPTEMBER

David Robertson

Christian Tetzlaff

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Rite of Spring – Primal

The Firebird – Ravishing

At the Movies

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

APT Master Series

Fri 29 Jul | 7pm Sat 30 Jul | 7pm

Thu 4 Aug | 1.30pm

Wed 10 Aug | 8pm Fri 12 Aug | 8pm Sat 13 Aug | 8pm

Film with Live Orchestra

A screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark with JOHN WILLIAMS’ score played by the orchestra Nicholas Buc conductor The legendary Indiana Jones must find the Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the clutches of the evil Nazis. On his quest, he traverses the world from the depths of the South American jungle to the sands of Egypt, surviving snakes, doublecrossers, booby traps and beautiful women at every turn. It’s the ultimate adventure movie with a score to match from the equally legendary John Williams. Rated PG. © 1981 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.

Emirates Metro Series

Fri 5 Aug | 8pm Great Classics

Sat 6 Aug | 2pm REICH The Desert Music STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring David Robertson conductor Synergy Vocals Steve Reich’s Desert Music sets the poetry of William Carlos Williams, with several profound images at play. The orchestra – as a metaphor for civilisation, struggling to harmonise – seeks to resolve its natural tendency for disunity and discord. In this music the desert is a place of light, a place of destruction where atomic bombs were tested, an ancient place of spiritual enlightenment… It’s an apt and fascinating prelude to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, the ballet that shocked viewers with its primal, pagan choreography and inspired a riot at its premiere in 1913. Brutal, brilliant, mystical and explosive, The Rite of Spring shone a bright headlight into the 20th century.

SCULTHORPE Sun Music I SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No.1 STRAVINSKY The Firebird – Ballet David Robertson conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Fantastically evocative music by three 20th-century composers who were putting themselves on the musical map... The young Stravinsky ended up with the Firebird commission almost by accident but his intoxicating ballet score was an immediate hit, its gorgeous colours and exotic effects introducing Russia’s newest master. Szymanowski gave the world the first modern violin concerto and it shares with Firebird the same opulence and magical use of colour. Ravishing! Peter Sculthorpe, in his first SSO commission in 1965, captured the implacable brightness of the Australian sun, with a compelling musical language that laid the foundation for a new and distinctive Australian sound.

concerts

Tan Dun

Pink Martini

David Drury

Petrushka – Immortal

Pink Martini with the SSO

David Drury in Recital

Meet the Music

Kaleidoscope

Tea and Symphony

Wed 17 Aug | 6.30pm

Fri 16 Sep | 8pm Sat 17 Sep | 8pm

complimentary morning tea from 10am

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

Thu 18 Aug | 1.30pm Tea and Symphony

Fri 19 Aug | 11 am* complimentary morning tea from 10am

GYGER Acquisition* Premiere TAN DUN The Wolf – Double Bass Concerto STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911)* David Robertson conductor Alex Henery double bass

Eclectic and exotic songs in jazz-classical style. Toby Thatcher conductor Pink Martini Pink Martini are a 15-piece band from Oregon USA who describe themselves as a ‘little orchestra’. Now they meet the big orchestra of the SSO. Their style crosses classical, jazz, lounge, and Latin genres to create heart warming, starry-eyed, toe-tapping versions of favourite songs that you’ll know and love.

‘Performing live, they can make you feel as if you’ve been invited to one of Holly Golightly’s parties… You never know who you’ll meet next.’ The Telegraph, UK. 2015

Fri 23 Sep | 11am JS BACH Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 JG WALTHER Concerto in B minor, after Signor Meck MENDELSSOHN Organ Sonata No.2 REGER Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, Op.135b David Drury organ Watching David Drury at the console of the Concert Hall organ, you could think he looks like a man who’s driving a space shuttle at lift-off. The arms and feet furiously dancing across the multitude of keys, stops and pedals, the awesome size of the instrument, and its breathtaking voices – whether thunderous or tender – needed to reach the heavens with devotion or inspiration. In this program, Drury brings his masterful skill and insight to music that celebrates the richness and diversity of the great German organ tradition.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Elliott Gyger takes inspiration from a scene in The Rite of Spring: ‘The Acquisition of the Earth by Dancing.’ The idea of acquiring the earth, with its sinister overtones, has given him a springboard for his latest orchestral work. There’s also something sinister to the story of Petrushka, Stravinsky’s ‘immortal and unhappy hero’. But Stravinsky’s music for this fairground tale frames tragedy with vibrant colour. Tan Dun, whose music made such a powerful impact in the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has composed a concerto for an uncommon soloist.

German Organ Music

SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER

Nelson Freire

Nelson Freire plays Schumann

Toby Thatcher, Assistant Conductor

Nelson Freire in Recital

Mad About Mozart

APT Master Series

International Pianists in Recital

Mozart in the City

Wed 21 Sep | 8pm Fri 23 Sep | 8pm Sat 24 Sep | 8pm

Mon 26 Sep | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Thu 6 Oct | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

JS BACH Partita No.4 in D, BWV 828 BEETHOVEN Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 SHOSTAKOVICH Three Fantastic Dances RACHMANINOFF 2 Preludes from Op.32 CHOPIN 2 Mazurkas from Op.33 Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

VERBEY Shadow MOZART Symphony No.28 HINDSON The Rave and the Nightingale

Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony

BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture SCHUMANN Piano Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No.2 Marcelo Lehninger conductor Nelson Freire piano Few pianists are as widely admired as Brazilian Nelson Freire. And his return to Australia features a concerto perfectly suited to both the poetry and the virtuosity of his art. From its imposing opening and dreamy main theme to its bravura conclusion, Schumann’s rhapsodic Piano Concerto was music from the heart, composed for his new wife to play. Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony is equally heartfelt – it has an air of opulence and glamour but at the same time its expansive gestures and neverending melodies sing with honesty and soulful Russian melancholy. Add Beethoven in dramatic mode and you have a powerful evening of music.

Nelson Freire has a modest, poetic brilliance that speaks for itself without spectacle, and the solo recital is the perfect way to experience his supreme artistry. This program offers two of the great piano masterworks – Beethoven’s Op.111 sonata and the fourth of Chopin’s ballades – and sets off with Bach’s majestic keyboard partita in D. Miniatures from three pianistcomposers dance in between in a sublime program that will demonstrate Freire’s wide expressive range as well as his shining sensitivity, refinement and intelligence.

Toby Thatcher conductor Goldner String Quartet Our Assistant Conductor Toby Thatcher has chosen an engaging Mozart symphony as the centrepiece in this concert of fascinating contrasts. Either side are pieces for string quartet and orchestra, featuring the Goldner Quartet, led by our concertmaster Dene Olding. Dutch composer Theo Verbey takes us into a glimmering nocturnal world, while Australian Matthew Hindson finds inspiration in Schubert’s great final string quartet for an imagined encounter between the 19th and 21st centuries.

concerts

Jayson Gillham

Back to the Future

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Beethoven Heroic

At the Movies

Family Concerts

APT Master Series

Fri 7 Oct | 7pm Sat 8 Oct | 7pm

Sun 9 Oct | 2pm

Wed 12 Oct | 8pm Fri 14 Oct | 8pm Sat 15 Oct | 8pm

Film with Live Orchestra

An SSO Family Concert

A screening of Back to the Future with ALAN SILVESTRI’s score played by the Orchestra Nicholas Buc conductor

Rated PG Back to the Future™ & © Universal Studios and U-Drive Joint Venture

Australian premiere

Toby Thatcher conductor Sydney Children’s Choir If you think you know The Pied Piper of Hamelin, think again. Michael Morpurgo (author of War Horse), wanted to tell the traditional, rather creepy, story in a new, uplifting way that would resonate with children but remain true to the old German folk tale. One of English composer Colin Matthews’ many achievements is his orchestration of Debussy’s piano preludes. And we knew that when we commissioned him to create this new orchestral work for children, he would bring a similar gift for musical colour to this enchanting storytelling. Suitable for age 6+ and their families

Mondays @ 7

Mon 17 Oct | 7pm BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 Symphony No.3, Eroica Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Jayson Gillham piano From the depths of despair over the loss of his hearing, Beethoven gathered himself together to create some of his greatest and most innovative music. In the Fourth Piano concerto his soloist begins alone – unprecedented! – and Beethoven sets an uncharacteristically tender mood against fierce orchestral drama. He may have had Napoleon in mind when he wrote his ‘heroic’ symphony, but Beethoven himself emerges supreme in the Eroica – a pinnacle of poetic invention and unadulterated musical power.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Back to the Future has become a cherished family classic. So fix up your flux capacitor and set the dials on your DeLorean to the Sydney Opera House to join Marty McFly and Doc Brown on this fantastic adventure on the big screen. The Orchestra performs Alan Silvestri’s dazzling score live, including almost 20 minutes of new music created especially for this production.

COLIN MATTHEWS The Pied Piper of Hamelin

OCTOBER–NOVEMBER

Nobuyuki Tsujii

Jayson Gillham

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Beethoven Pastoral

Jayson Gillham in Recital

Beethoven Finale

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

International Pianists in Recital

APT Master Series

Thu 20 Oct | 1.30pm

Mon 24 Oct | 7pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Wed 26 Oct | 8pm Fri 28 Oct | 8pm Sat 29 Oct | 8pm

Emirates Metro Series

Fri 21 Oct | 8pm Great Classics

Sat 22 Oct | 2pm BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 Symphony No.6, Pastoral Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Nobuyuki Tsujii piano Vladimir Ashkenazy introduces Sydney audiences to Nobuyuki Tsujii, blind from birth, who’ll perform Beethoven’s dramatic Third Piano Concerto in what will be a truly astonishing feat of concentration and communication between conductor and orchestra. Tsujii achieved a sensational gold-medal win in the 2009 Van Cliburn competition and enjoys a huge following in his native Japan. Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony teems with the sounds of the countryside, birdsong, frolicking peasants and an ominous thunderstorm. Nature distilled into music that always delights.

JS BACH Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 HANDEL Chaconne in G, HWV 435 BEETHOVEN Sonata in C, Op.53 (Waldstein) SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op.13 To say that young AustralianBritish pianist Jayson Gillham is always up for a challenge would be putting it mildly. This recital will draw on every ounce of his virtuosity and stamina. He begins with two Baroque masterpieces by Bach and Handel – refined rhythmic pulse and sensitive dynamic shading placed alongside to sublime effect. Then things erupt with the Romantic intensity of one of Beethoven’s most popular sonatas – the ‘Waldstein’ – with its propulsive rhythms, sparkling oscillations and a contemplative slow movement. Schumann’s rich and poetic symphonic studies are a vast set of variations in which the piano rivals the orchestra in brilliance and range of expression.

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.2 Symphony No.9, Choral Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Christiane Oelze soprano Fiona Campbell mezzo-soprano Steve Davislim tenor Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Two symphonies make the perfect finale to our epic survey of Beethoven with Vladimir Ashkenazy. In the Second Symphony, we hear the young composer assured of his powers, driven with ambition, blooming with inventiveness. In the Ninth, Beethoven shouts for ‘joy’, proclaiming freedom with his blazing climax (the ‘Ode to Joy’), enjoining all men to be brothers. It’s a message that rings down the ages and will resound in every heart at these concerts.

concerts

Alexandre Oguey

Pinchas Zukerman

Alexandre’s Playlist

Zukerman plays Tchaikovsky and Mozart

Zukerman and Mendelssohn

Playlist

Special Event

Tea and Symphony

Tue 1 Nov | 6.30pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Premier Partner Credit Suisse

Fri 11 Nov | 11am

Thu 10 Nov | 8pm Fri 11 Nov | 8pm Sat 12 Nov | 8pm

complimentary morning tea from 10am

Music by Bach, Haydn, Martin, Schoenberg and Schubert, and including RAVEL Mother Goose: The Enchanted Garden Toby Thatcher conductor

After the concert, join us at the bar and meet the musicians! Stay tuned for Alexandre’s conversation with Director of Artistic Planning Benjamin Schwartz – youtube.com/sydneysymphony

Pinchas Zukerman violin-director Pinchas Zukerman returns to Sydney to make more glorious music, this time in a program of music by Tchaikovsky and Tchaikovsky’s favourite composer: Mozart. The concert begins in a dream-like oasis of exquisite violin beauty, cooled by lyrical breezes and filled with gossamer-delicate passages. There’s one more spotlight for the violin with Mozart’s ‘Strassburger’ concerto, showing all the elegance and vitality that Tchaikovsky so admired. Fate wakes us from the dream in Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, revealing the crushing, emotional undercurrents of Tchaikovsky’s turbulent life.

Pinchas Zukerman violin-director Amanda Forsyth cello Angela Cheng piano 2016 SSO Fellows It’s a celebration of youth when members of the Zukerman Trio join forces with the talented SSO Fellows to play Mendelssohn’s Octet – an astonishing masterpiece from a 16-year-old genius, bursting with vivacity. The concert begins with one of Mendelssohn’s most popular chamber works – music for singing violin and cello with rippling piano. This might be the work of a 30 year old but he’s lost none of his youthful inspiration!

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Though a member of the oboe family, the cor anglais has a deeper, often mournful sound. Principal Cor Anglais Alexandre Oguey shares the music that has inspired him from his early days in his native Switzerland to today, and some of the works also showcase this distinctive instrument.

TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir d’un lieu cher: Mélodie Sérénade mélancolique MOZART Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K216 (Strassburger) TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4

MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No.1 Octet for strings

‘...the breadth of sound, the warmth of the vibrato, the powerful bow arm technique and the capacity to unfold the melody endlessly, like a great river that never ceases.’ Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald, 2013

NOVEMBER–December

Alfred Walker

Brett Dean, Artist in Residence

Dedications

Oblique Strategies

Porgy and Bess

Meet the Music

SSO at Carriageworks

Special Event

Wed 16 Nov | 6.30pm

Sun 20 Nov | 5pm Bay 17, Carriageworks

Premier Partner Credit Suisse

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

Thu 17 Nov | 1.30pm Emirates Metro Series

Fri 18 Nov | 8pm LUTOSŁAWSKI Sacher Variation for solo cello Symphony No.3 DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor Brett Dean conductor Alisa Weilerstein cello Cellists all want to play what many regard as the greatest concerto for their instrument, Dvorˇák’s, with its rich range of emotions. Great cellists who have played it include Mstislav Rostropovich, for whom Lutosławki wrote his Sacher Variation, and now the sensational young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Artist in Residence Brett Dean gives the orchestra its head in Lutosławski’s brilliant Symphony No.3 – a work that offers fascinating contrasts between freedom and control, chance and structure, individual and group.

ANDERSON New Work Premiere NORMAN Try DEAN 11 Oblique Strategies GARSDEN New Work Premiere REICH Clapping Music RZEWSKI Les Moutons de Panurge Brett Dean conductor Steve Reich’s Clapping Music is the ultimate in minimalism: two musicians making music with their bodies, phasing in and out of unison. Rzewski plays a similar game, telling the players: ‘Stay together as long as you can, but if you get lost, stay lost.’ This is a concert that’s all about the quest for perfection and the joys of human fallibility. There’s the beauty of trial and error, and the delight when serendipity leads the creative soul to an oblique strategy…

Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall

Sat 26 Nov | 7pm Thu 1 Dec | 7pm Fri 2 Dec | 7pm Sat 3 Dec | 7pm GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess David Robertson conductor Alfred Walker bass-baritone Porgy Nicole Cabell soprano Bess Eric Greene baritone Crown Julia Bullock soprano Clara Jermaine Smith tenor Sportin’ Life Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chief Conductor David Robertson brings us Gershwin’s masterpiece – Jazz, Spiritual and Broadway meeting in a musical drama of enormous emotional power, Porgy and Bess. Its unforgettable characters sing such beloved showstoppers as Summertime, It ain’t necessarily so, I got plenty o’ nuthin’ and Bess, you is my woman now. David Robertson says, ‘Porgy and Bess [has] some of the greatest tunes that have ever been written, and with the profound understanding of how humans experience love and loss, joy and sadness, in a way that no opera has surpassed.’

CLASSICAL

2016 packages

Packages range from 3 to 9 concerts on every day of the week with set dates and programs, or choose-your-own options.

WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY OR SATURDAY AT 8PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

APT Master Series The SSO’s flagship series, featuring renowned musical stars performing music from the heart of the repertoire.

Add these Special Events Add 1, 2 or 3 Special Events to your package and save 10%, 15% or 20% on all three. Choose from: ■■ Beethoven Ascendant: Ashkenazy & Ehnes ■■ Wynton Marsalis and His Band ■■ Lang Lang in Recital ■■ Lang Lang plays Grieg ■■ Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky ■■ Porgy & Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall See page 47 for details.

New in 2016

Introductory Offer

Add one of these brand new packages to your order. Appealing prices, no fees and priority seating! ■■ At the Movies, p41 ■■ Family Concerts, p42 ■■ Playlist, p43 ■■ SSO at Carriageworks, p44 ■■ Cocktail Hour, Chamber Music, p45

Add a second series and save 20%. Choose from: ■■ Meet the Music, p36 ■■ Mozart in the City, p37 ■■ Piano Recital Series, p38 See Multi-pack discounts, page 55 for details.

Available as 9, 6, 4A or 4B concert package Artists

Beethoven Triumphant

Page 4

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Beethoven Symphony No.4

Ashkenazy, conductor Ohlsson, piano

4A 4B

CLASSICAL

Program

10–13 Feb

From the Canyons to the Stars

Page 7

Messiaen From the Canyons to the Stars with visual production by Deborah O’Grady

Robertson, conductor Aimard, piano

9–12 Mar

Romantic Memories

Page 9

Berg Violin Concerto Bruckner Symphony No.4

6–9 Apr

Dohnányi, conductor Widmann, violin

Haydn’s Creation

Page 11

Haydn Die Schöpfung (The Creation) Sung in German

Labadie, conductor Vocal soloists Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Romantic Fantasies

Page 14 29 Jun–2 Jul

Shostakovich Festive Overture Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Payare, conductor Gluzman, violin

The Firebird – Ravishing

Page 16 10–13 Aug

Sculthorpe Sun Music I SzymanoWski Violin Concerto No.1 Stravinsky The Firebird – Ballet (1910)

Nelson Freire plays Schumann

Page 18 21–24 Sep

Beethoven Coriolan Overture Schumann Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2

Beethoven Heroic

Page 19

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Beethoven Symphony No.3, Eroica

11–14 May

12–15 Oct

Beethoven Finale

Page 20

Beethoven Symphony No.2 Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Choral)

Lehninger, conductor Freire, piano

Ashkenazy, conductor Gillham, piano

Ashkenazy, conductor Vocal soloists Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

26–29 Oct

Pricing

New in 2016

9 concert pack

4A & 4B concert packs

6 concert pack

Seating

Full

Concession

Full

Concession

Full

Concession

Premium

$972 $828 $711 $495 $369 —

$873 $747 $639 $450 $369 $315

$660 $564 $480 $354 $252 —

$594 $510 $432 $318 $252 $210

$452 $384 $328 $248 $176 —

$408 $344 $296 $224 $176 $140

A B C D Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 3 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

Up to 2 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Robertson, conductor Tetzlaff, violin

1 free exchange Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

■■

Note: No concession rate for D-reserve packages. For D-reserve locations, see page 52. Youth packages are C-reserve, or seated with full-paying companion in other reserves. See Terms and Conditions page 55.

FRIDAY AT 8PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Emirates Metro Series Eight more reasons to look forward to the best night of the week. Spend it in the company of world-class stars, enjoying your favourite music at the Sydney Opera House. Introductory Offer Add a second series and save 20%. Choose from: ■■ Meet the Music, p36 ■■ Mozart in the City, p37 ■■ Piano Recital Series, p38

See Multi-pack discounts, page 55 for details.

New in 2016 Add one of these brand new packages to your order. Appealing prices, no fees and priority seating! ■■ At the Movies, p41 ■■ Family Concerts, p42 ■■ Playlist, p43 ■■ SSO at Carriageworks, p44 ■■ Cocktail Hour, Chamber Music, p45

Available as 8, 4A or 4B concert package Artists

Scheherazade

Page 6

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Adams Scheherazade.2

Robertson, conductor Josefowicz, violin

CLASSICAL

Program

4 Mar

Dohnányi conducts Brahms

Page 9 15 Apr

Lutosławski Funeral Music Berg Seven Early Songs Brahms Symphony No.2

Leningrad Symphony

Page 10 6 May

P Stanhope New work for cello and orchestra Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Shostakovich Symphony No.7, Leningrad

Channel Crossings

Page 14 24 Jun

Bax Tintagel Ravel Piano Concerto in G Vaughan Williams A London Symphony

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Page 15

Edwards Frog and Star Cycle Mahler Symphony No.4

Koenigs, conductor Schwartz, soprano Dickson, saxophone Currie, percussion

The Rite of Spring – Primal

Page 16

Reich The Desert Music Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Robertson, conductor Synergy Vocals

Dohnányi, conductor Tilling, soprano

8 Jul

Caetani, conductor Hakhnazaryan, cello

Wilson, conductor Biss, piano

5 Aug

Beethoven Pastoral

Page 20

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Beethoven Symphony No.6, Pastoral

Ashkenazy, conductor Tsujii, piano

21 Oct

Dedications

Page 22

Lutosławski Sacher Variation Lutosławski Symphony No.3 Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor

18 Nov

Dean, conductor Weilerstein, cello

New in 2016

8 concert pack Seating

Full

Premium A

4A & 4B concert packs

Concession

Full

$864

$776

$440

$396

$736

$664

$380

$344

$632

$568

$320

$288

$440

$400

$248

$224

$328

$168

—

$280

—

$140

Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 3 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

Concession

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Pricing

1 free exchange Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

■■

SATURDAY AT 2PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Great Classics Saturday afternoon is your time to relax and what better way than on the world’s finest harbour, in the world’s finest opera house, with the world’s finest musicians.

Introductory Offer Add a second series and save 20%. Choose from: ■■ Meet the Music, p36 ■■ Mozart in the City, p37 ■■ Piano Recital Series, p38 See Multi-pack discounts, page 55 for details.

Available as 7 or 4 concert package Artists

Beethoven Alive

Ashkenazy, conductor

Page 4

BeethoveN Symphony No.1 Symphony No.8 Symphony No.7

6 Feb

Dohnányi conducts Brahms

Page 9 16 Apr

Lutosławski Funeral Music Berg Seven Early Songs Brahms Symphony No.2

Leningrad Symphony

Page 10 7 May

P Stanhope New work for cello and orchestra Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Shostakovich Symphony No.7, Leningrad

Channel Crossings

Page 14 25 Jun

Bax Tintagel Ravel Piano Concerto in G Vaughan Williams A London Symphony

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Page 15

Edwards Frog and Star Cycle Mahler Symphony No.4

Koenigs, conductor Schwartz, soprano Dickson, saxophone Currie, percussion

The Rite of Spring – Primal

Page 16

Reich The Desert Music Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Robertson, conductor Synergy Vocals

CLASSICAL

Program

Dohnányi, conductor Tilling, soprano

9 Jul

Caetani, conductor Hakhnazaryan, cello

Wilson, conductor Biss, piano

6 Aug

Beethoven Pastoral

Page 20

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Beethoven Symphony No.6, Pastoral

Ashkenazy, conductor Tsujii, piano

22 Oct

Pricing 7 concert pack

4 concert pack

Full

Concession

Full

Concession

Premium

$651

$588

$388

$348

$567

$511

$336

$304

$462

$413

$268

$240

$392

$350

$208

$188

$301

$164

—

$245

—

$140

Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 3 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

1 free exchange Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

■■

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Seating

THURSDAY AT 1.30PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Thursday Afternoon Symphony The best of our evening programs in nine mid-week matinees. Make a day of it with lunch by the Harbour and a concert then home before the rush.

Available as 9, 5 or 4 concert package Artists

Beethoven Alive

Ashkenazy, conductor

4 Feb

Beethoven Symphony No.1 Symphony No.8 Symphony No.7

Scheherazade

Page 6

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Adams Scheherazade.2

3 Mar

Dohnányi conducts Brahms

Page 9 14 Apr

Lutosławski Funeral Music Berg Seven Early Songs Brahms Symphony No.2

Channel Crossings

Page 14 23 Jun

Bax Tintagel Ravel Piano Concerto in G Vaughan Williams A London Symphony

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Page 15

Edwards Frog and Star Cycle Mahler Symphony No.4

Koenigs, conductor Schwartz, soprano Dickson, saxophone Currie, percussion

The Rite of Spring – Primal

Page 16

Reich The Desert Music Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Robertson, conductor Synergy Vocals

4 Aug

Wilson, conductor Biss, piano

Petrushka – Immortal

Page 17 18 Aug

Gyger Acquisition Tan Dun The Wolf – Double Bass Concerto Stravinsky Petrushka (1911)

Beethoven Pastoral

Page 20

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Beethoven Symphony No.6, Pastoral

Dedications

Page 22

Lutosławski Sacher Variation Lutosławski Symphony No.3 Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor

17 Nov

Robertson, conductor Henery, double bass

Ashkenazy, conductor Tsujii, piano

Dean, conductor Weilerstein, cello

Pricing 9 concert pack

5 concert pack

4 concert pack

Seating

Full

Concession

Full

Concession

Full

Concession

Premium

$810 $684 $594 $450 $369 —

$729 $612 $531 $405 $369 $315

$475 $405 $340 $270 $215 —

$430 $365 $305 $245 $215 $175

$392 $332 $280 $220 $180 —

$352 $300 $252 $200 $180 $140

A B C D Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 3 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

Up to 2 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Dohnányi, conductor Tilling, soprano

20 Oct

Robertson, conductor Josefowicz, violin

7 Jul

CLASSICAL

1 Page 4

Program

1 free exchange Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

■■

MONDAY AT 7PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Mondays @7 With a convenient starting time of 7pm, this series is perfect if your weekends are full and you want some music to inspire you all week long!

Available as a 5 or 3 concert package Artists

Beethoven Alive

Ashkenazy, conductor

Page 4

Beethoven Symphony No.1 Symphony No.8 Symphony No.7

8 Feb

Haydn’s Creation

Page 11

Haydn Die Schöpfung (The Creation) Sung in German

Labadie, conductor Vocal soloists Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Romantic Fantasies

Page 14

Payare, conductor Gluzman, violin

4 Jul

Shostakovich Festive Overture Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Page 15

Edwards Frog and Star Cycle Mahler Symphony No.4

Koenigs, conductor Schwartz, soprano Dickson, saxophone Currie, percussion

Beethoven Heroic

Page 19

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Beethoven Symphony No.3, Eroica

Ashkenazy, conductor Gillham, piano

16 May

11 Jul

CLASSICAL

Program

17 Oct

Pricing

New in 2016

5 concert pack

3 concert pack

Full

Concession

Full

Concession

$550

$495

$339

$306

$470

$425

$288

$258

$400

$360

$246

$222

$295

$265

$186

$168

$210

$132

—

$175

—

$105

Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 2 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

■■

1 free exchange

■■

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Seating Premium

FRIDAY AT 11AM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Tea and Symphony Enjoy a cup of tea with friends, a delightful one-hour morning concert – and perhaps lunch by the Harbour. Nothing better!

Available as 8, 4A or 4B concert package Artists

Beethoven Alive

Ashkenazy, conductor

Page 4 5 Feb

Beethoven Symphony No.1 Symphony No.7

Serenade: Mozart & Strauss

Page 5 19 Feb

Mozart Violin Rondos, K269 & K373 R Strauss Metamorphosen R Strauss Serenade in E flat for 13 winds

Heavenly Creatures

Page 10 22 Apr

Beethoven Prometheus Overture Haydn Te Deum Mozart Litany, K243 & Ave verum corpus

SSO Brass play West Side Story

Page 13

Turnage Out of Black Dust Williams Music for Brass Bernstein/Crees West Side Story: Suite

10 Jun

5 Page 15

From Paris to Prague Mozart on the Move Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 (Jeunehomme) Mozart Symphony No.38 (Prague)

Petrushka – Immortal

Page 17

Gyger Acquisition Tan Dun The Wolf – Double Bass Concerto Stravinsky Petrushka

7 Page 17 23 Sep

Ehnes, violin-director 2016 SSO Fellows

Weymark, conductor Vocal soloists Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Somerville, conductor SSO Brass Ensemble

Vogt, piano-director

15 Jul

19 Aug

CLASSICAL

Program

David Drury in Recital German Organ Music

Robertson, conductor Henery, double bass

Drury, organ

JS Bach Prelude and Fugue, BWV532 JG Walter Concerto in B minor, after S.Meck Mendelssohn Organ Sonata No.2 Reger Fantasia and Fugue, Op.135b

Zukerman and Mendelssohn

Page 21

Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 Mendelssohn Octet for strings

Pricing 8 concert pack

4A & 4B concert packs

Seating

Full

Premium

$440

$236

$376

$220

$304

$180

$264

$140

Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 3 free exchanges Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

11 Nov

Zukerman, violin-director Cheng, piano Forsyth, cello 2016 SSO Fellows

1 free exchange Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests

■■

Note: C-reserve seating for Tea and Symphony is located behind the stage and in the upper circle.

WEDNESDAY AT 6.30PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Meet the Music Meet orchestral classics, modern masterpieces and some new Australian compositions. Experience unexpected harmonies and fascinating contrasts in these accessible, early evening concerts.

Introductory Offer

Add a second series and save 20%. Choose from: ■■ Meet the Music, p36 ■■ Mozart in the City, p37 ■■ Piano Recital Series, p38 See Multi-pack discounts, page 55 for details.

Program

Artists

pricing

Scheherazade

Page 6

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade ADAMS Scheherazade.2

Robertson, conductor Josefowicz, violin

4 concert pack

2 Mar

Leningrad Symphony

4 May

Caetani, conductor P Stanhope New work for cello and orchestra Hakhnazaryan, cello Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Shostakovich Symphony No.7, Leningrad

Petrushka – Immortal

Page 17 17 Aug

Gyger Acquisition Tan Dun The Wolf – Double Bass Concerto Stravinsky Petrushka (1911)

Dedications

Page 22

Lutosławski Sacher Variation Lutosławski Symphony No.3 Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor

Page 10

16 Nov

New in 2016

Robertson, conductor Henery, double bass

Dean, conductor Weilerstein, cello

Seating

Full

Concession

Premium

$340

$308

$300

$272

$260

$236

$192

$172

$148

—

$140

Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

THURSDAY AT 7PM city recital hall angel place

CLASSICAL

Mozart in the City Relax in this oasis of unparalleled bliss – four one-hour concerts in the heart of the city with the sublime elegance of Mozart at the heart of each program. Come straight after work, or make a night of it!

Artists

Heavenly Creatures

Page 8 31 Mar

Beethoven Prometheus Overture Haydn Te Deum Mozart Litany, K243

Weymark, conductor Vocal soloists Sydney Philharmonia

Mozart at Night

Page 12

Mozart Serenata notturna, K239 Schoenberg Transfigured Night Britten Les Illuminations

2 Jun

3 Page 15

From Paris to Prague Mozart on the Move

14 Jul

Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 (Jeunehomme) Mozart Symphony No.38 (Prague)

Mad about Mozart

Page 18

Verbey Shadow Mozart Symphony No.28 Hindson The Rave and the Nightingale

6 Oct

Benedict, conductor Spiteri, tenor Vogt, piano-director

pricing 4 concert pack Seating

Full

Concession

Premium

$284

$256

$252

$228

$220

$200

$188

$168

—

$140

Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Thatcher, conductor Goldner String Quartet

Note: Youth packages are C-reserve, or seated with full-paying companion in other reserves. See Terms and Conditions page 55.

Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Program

monday AT 7PM city recital hall angel place

International Pianists in Recital Presented bY

No orchestra – just the power of one! Hear four of the world’s leading piano virtuosos in these intimate recitals.

Add these Special Events

New in 2016

Add 1, 2 or 3 Special Events to your package and save 10%, 15% or 20% on all three. Choose from: ■■ Beethoven Ascendant: Ashkenazy & Ehnes ■■ Wynton Marsalis and His Band ■■ Lang Lang in Recital ■■ Lang Lang plays Grieg ■■ Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky ■■ Porgy & Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall

See page 47 for details.

1 Page 5

Page 7 14 Mar

3 Page 18

Page 20 24 Oct

See Multi-pack discounts, page 55 for details.

pricing

Garrick Ohlsson in Recital

Granados Goyescas Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

4 concert pack

Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Recital

Messiaen Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (20 Contemplations on the Christ Child)

Nelson Freire in Recital

JS Bach Partita No.4 in D, BWV 828 Beethoven Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 Shostakovich Three Fantastic Dances Rachmaninoff 2 Preludes from Op.32 Chopin 2 Mazurkas from Op.33 Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

26 Sep

Add a second series and save 20%. Choose from: ■■ Meet the Music, p36 ■■ Mozart in the City, p37

Program

15 Feb

Introductory Offer

Jayson Gillham in Recital

JS Bach Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 Handel Chaconne in G, HWV 435 Beethoven Sonata in C, Op.53 (Waldstein) Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op.13

Seating

Full

Concession

Premium

$304

$272

$268

$240

$232

$208

$196

$176

—

$140

Youth Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

Note: Youth packages are C-reserve, or seated with full-paying companion in other reserves. See Terms and Conditions page 55.

SYMPHONY PLUS

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT 8PM Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Kaleidoscope

Wynton Marsalis

Kaleidoscope is now three concerts, with jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra topping the bill!

Pink Martini

New in 2016

Add these Special Events

Introductory Offer

Add one of these brand new Add 1, 2 or 3 Special Events to your package and packages to your order. save 10%, 15% or 20% on all three. Choose from: Appealing prices, no fees ■■ Beethoven Ascendant: Ashkenazy & Ehnes and priority seating! ■■ Wynton Marsalis and His Band ■■ At the Movies, p41 ■■ Lang Lang in Recital ■■ Family Concerts, p42 ■■ Lang Lang plays Grieg ■■ Playlist, p43 ■■ Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky ■■ SSO at Carriageworks, p44 ■■ Porgy & Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall ■■ Cocktail Hour, Chamber See page 47 for details. Music, p45

1 Page 6

Artists

pricing

Wynton Marsalis and the SSO Swing Symphony

Robertson, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet Jazz at Lincoln Center Band

3 concert pack

Hollywood Rhapsody

Page 14

Herrmann Psycho, Citizen Kane Steiner Casablanca Korngold Robin Hood and many more...

Pink Martini with the SSO

Page 17

Popular hits in the eclectic and exotic style of Pink Martini

16, 17 Sep

See Multi-pack discounts, page 55 for details.

Program

BERNSTEIN Fancy Free – Ballet 26, 27 Feb Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Marsalis Swing Symphony

17, 18 Jun

Add a second series and save 20%. Choose from: ■■ Meet the Music, p36 ■■ Mozart in the City, p37 ■■ Piano Recital Series, p38

Wilson, conductor

Seating Premium

Full

Concession

$324

$291

$276

$249

$237

$213

$165

$150

—

$105

Youth

Thatcher, conductor Pink Martini

Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

Note: Youth packages are C-reserve, or seated with full-paying companion in other reserves. See Terms and Conditions page 55.

New in 2016

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT 7PM

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

SYMPHONY PLUS

At the Movies Nothing compares to watching your favourite movies on the big screen at the Sydney Opera House with a live orchestra playing the score!

Babe

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Back to the Future

Artists

pricing

Babe – Pig at the Symphony

Westlake, conductor

3 concert pack

Page 10

Score by Nigel Westlake

29–30 Apr

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Page 16

Score by John Williams

Buc, conductor

29–30 Jul

Back to the Future

Page 19

Score by Alan Silvestri

Buc, conductor

Seating

Full

Concession

Premium

$297

$267

$240

$237

$213

$159

$144

Key Subscriber Benefits

Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Program

7–8 Oct

New in 2016

SUNDAY AT 2PM

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Family Concerts Three brilliant and fun programs for the 6–12 year old(s) in your family. Plant the seed for a life-time love of orchestral music as you listen together.

“I’m a father of four, so I know what incredible joy you have when you introduce your children to the miracle of music.” David Robertson

Program

Artists

pricing

James Morrison Presents

Thatcher, conductor Morrison, jazz trumpet

3 concert pack

Page 8

Family fun and jazzy hits from Dixieland to Duke Ellington and beyond

seating allocated

20 Mar

The Composer is Dead

Page 11

Stookey & Snicket The Composer is Dead

Thatcher, conductor Woodley, narrator/The Inspector

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Thatcher, conductor Sydney Children’s Choir

22 May

Page 19 C Matthews The Pied Piper of Hamelin 9 Oct

Key Subscriber Benefits

$87 per person Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

New in 2016

TUESDAY AT 6.30PM

CITY RECITAL HALL ANGEL PLACE

SYMPHONY PLUS

Playlist Here’s a perfect introduction to classical music. One-hour informal concerts where a member of the SSO curates a unique program – a Playlist – of music that has inspired them and shaped their life. Join us at the bar and meet the musicians after every concert!

Artists

pricing

Lerida’s Playlist

Haveron, violin-director Delbridge, violin

3 concert pack

Page 8 15 Mar

Music by Mendelssohn, Fauré, Copland, Mahler and Bach, and including VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending

Rick’s Playlist

Page 12 24 May

Music by JS Bach, Beethoven, Wagner and Stravinsky, and including MOZART Serenata notturna, K239

Alexandre’s Playlist

Page 21

Music by Bach, Haydn, Martin, Schoenberg and Schubert, and including RAVEL Mother Goose: The Enchanted Garden

1 Nov

seating allocated Key Subscriber Benefits

Thatcher, conductor

$99 per person Up to 1 free exchange ■■ Renewable seats ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Program

New in 2016

SUNDAY AT 5PM

bay 17 | CARRIAGEWORKS

SSO at Carriageworks Chief Conductor David Robertson and Artist in Residence Brett Dean have curated two concerts with audacious, thought-provoking music from composers of our time. The story of music is one of eternal invention. Put yourself on a trajectory of discovery on the music-time continuum.

Brett Dean

Kirsty Hilton and Ben Jacks

Program

Artists

pricing

Crossing the Threshold

Robertson, conductor Aszodi, soprano

2 concert pack

Page 7 13 Mar

Dean Pastoral Symphony IlLean New work Grisey 4 Songs for Crossing the Threshold

Oblique Strategies

Page 22

Anderson New work Norman Try Dean 11 Oblique Strategies Garsden New work Reich Clapping Music Rzewski Les Moutons de Panurge

20 Nov

Seating General Admission

Dean, conductor ■■

Up to 1 free exchange

$60

saturday at 6pm UTZON ROOM | SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

SYMPHONY PLUS

Cocktail bar from 5.30pm

Cocktail Hour The Cocktail Hour offers three relaxed, earlyevening chamber music concerts, curated by the musicians of the SSO in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House. Enjoy a ‘Roving Russian’ cocktail from the bar and an hour of music – as a complete experience, or as a prelude to your APT Master Series concert on the same evening.

Artists

pricing

Strings Attached

Musicians of the SSO

3 concert pack

Page 9

STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for string quartet BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C minor, Op.104

Seating + drink

9 Apr

Winds of Change

Page 11 14 May

JS Bach/CPE Bach Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 1036 GESUALDO/Kinmont Madrigals Book V, for brass quintet STRAVINSKY Wind Octet

Pastorale

Page 15

Stravinsky Pastorale (1933) Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op.20

Musicians of the SSO

General Admission

■■

Musicians of the SSO

$147

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Program

Up to 1 free exchange

2 Jul

special events Premier Partner Credit Suisse presents these spectacular events

Special Events Why not add a flourish to your year of concerts with these Special Events? These exceptional artists and projects will be the highlights of Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural calendar. Bring your friends, make a night of it!

Nicole Cabell sings in Porgy and Bess

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Add these concerts to your order to get the best seats and great savings ahead of the general public.

Credit Suisse is proud to present Beethoven Ascendant, Lang Lang in Recital, Lang Lang plays Grieg, and Zukerman plays Mozart and Tchaikovsky.

Lang Lang

Pinchas Zukerman

As a subscriber you can purchase tickets to these events at an exclusive discount and before their public release, ensuring you get the best seats available. Add 1 of these events to your package(s) and save 10% on the full single ticket prices.

Beethoven Ascendant p5

Wynton Marsalis & his Band p6

Wed 17, Thu 18, Fri 19 Feb | 8pm

Wed 24 Feb | 8pm

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Seating

Full

Platinum

Add 2 of these events to your package(s) and save 15% on the full single ticket price to them.

Premium

Add 3 of these events to your package(s) and save 20% on the full single ticket price to all three. These discounts are valid for Premium to C-reserve tickets and only when you book your subscription. The prices shown are full price. Price adjustments for 1, 2 or 3 events will be made by the SSO Box Office. Platinum reserve is not discounted at any concert. Seating for these concerts will be finalised after the subscription renewal period.

Concession

Seating

Full

Concession

$175

N/A

Premium

$134

N/A

$159

N/A

$109

$98

$145

$131

$119

$107

$89

$80

$89

$80

$69

$62

Lang Lang in Recital p13

Lang Lang plays Grieg p13

Wed 8 Jun | 8pm

Fri 10, Sat 11 Jun | 8pm

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Seating

Full

Concession

Seating

Full

Concession

Platinum

$199

N/A

Platinum

$199

N/A

Premium A

$169

N/A

Premium

$169

N/A

$149

$134

$149

$134

$129

$116

$129

$116

$99

$89

$99

$89

Porgy and Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall p22

Thu 10, Fri 11, Sat 12 Nov | 8pm

Sat 26 Nov, Thu 1, Fri 2, Sat 3 Dec | 7pm

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

Seating

Full

Concession

Seating

Full

Concession

Platinum

$175

N/A

Premium

$195

N/A

Premium

$159

N/A

$165

$149

$145

$131

$119

$107

$139

$125

$89

$80

$109

$98

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky p21

special events

Special Subscriber Offer

Wynton Marsalis

CREATE YOUR OWN SEASON When you know exactly what you want, or need to fit your concerts around your busy schedule, these options are perfect!

Connoisseur’s Selection Choose 4, 6 or 8 concerts from the entire Season, including all the Special Event concerts; or

Signature Selection Choose 4, 6 or 8 concerts from the Season concerts – but not including Special Events.

Connoisseur and Signature Selection subscribers enjoy the same range of benefits, such as free ticket exchange privileges and best available seating, as fixed series subscribers. You just like to choose – and we understand that.

8 Packs: Up to 3 free exchanges ■■ 6 packs: Up to 2 free exchanges ■■ 4 packs: 1 free exchange ■■ Priority for seat change requests ■■

1. Connoisseur’s Selection

2. signature Selection

special events may be included

Without Special Event concerts

Seating

Premium

$560

$756

$912

$460

$654

$364

$296

Seating

Premium

$480

$660

$840

$824

$400

$588

$720

$528

$672

$328

$486

$568

$426

$560

$256

$360

$424

CHOOSE YOUR OWN

Key Subscriber Benefits:

Concerts in our Family, SSO at Carriageworks, Playlist or Cocktail Hour series work out cheaper if you do not include them your Selection. Consider adding a second inexpensive package if you wish to see these concerts.

■■

Call one of our friendly customer service staff on 8215 4600 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm) Visit sydneysymphony.com, click on LIVE CHAT and type your query for a rapid response (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm) Email info@sydneysymphony.com

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

If you need assistance deciding your concerts:

Start choosing your concerts.

exclusive benefits

Why Subscribe?

Renewal Deadline Friday 18 September 2015

Enrich your concert experience early bird deals

Year-Round Benefits

Hello Budapest!

■■ ■■

Purchase your 2016 subscription before Monday 31 August 2015 and you’ll be in the draw to win two Business Class flights to Budapest, flying Emirates,the proud Principal Partner of the SSO. Depending on dates, the winner will also enjoy two premium tickets to see the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra at the magnificent Hungarian State Opera House. See page 57 for more details

■■

Terms and conditions apply – see sydneysymphony.com. Authorised under NSW Permit Number: LTPS/15/04632

■■

Special Events

■■ ■■

Add 1, 2 or 3 Special Events to your package and save 10%, 15% or 20% on all three. Choose from:

■■

See page 47 for details.

Special Package Benefits

Ticket exchange privileges: relax when something crops up in the diary. You can easily exchange your tickets for another concert. See our Terms, p55 for details. Priority seating: enjoy the best seats ahead of the general public, and in many cases renewable from year to year. Priority access: exchange tickets or buy additional single tickets with a 10% discount before they go on sale to the general public from 27 November. First opportunity when special events arise throughout the season. Instalment plans: Choose 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6-part payment plans between August and January 2016. No fees: avoid booking and venue fees for subscriptions. Parking discounts: Save $5 every time you park at Wilson Sydney Opera House Car Park or Angel Place Car Park under City Recital Hall with a Wilson Platinum Card. Dining & retail discounts: The SSO Subscriber card entitles you to discounts at Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen, Aria, ABC shops and a host of cultural partners. SSO Live CDs: Take $5 off each CD. Visit sydneysymphony.com/shop Fly for less on Emirates: Emirates offers SSO subscribers a 10% discount on all its published fares – including special offers. When booking your next trip, visit www.emirates.com/au/sso Terms and conditions apply.

7 or more concerts

5- or 6-concert packages

Best Value!

Great value!

3- or 4-concert packages

Saving over cost of single tickets

Up to 33%

Up to 29%

Up to 28%

Number of free ticket exchanges*

Yes

Same seat renewal. Or seat upgrade priority over smaller package holders.

Yes Except Connoisseur & Signature

Seat upgrade opportunities

Number of entries in the Early Bird Emirates prize to Budapest.

10%

Renewable package from year to year

Savings & priority on extra tickets to all SSO events.

*Visit Terms & Conditions on page 55 for comprehensive details of ticket exchange privileges.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Beethoven Ascendant: Ashkenazy & Ehnes ■■ Wynton Marsalis and His Band ■■ Lang Lang in Recital ■■ Lang Lang plays Grieg ■■ Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky ■■ Porgy & Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall ■■

The best prices: Save up to 33% on single event prices

venue seating maps All Sydney Symphony Orchestra concerts are at the Sydney Opera House or City Recital Hall Angel Place unless otherwise indicated. If you would like to book wheelchair or disabled access spaces at either venue, please call us on (02) 8215 4600, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm.

For more information regarding access or disabled services at our venues, visit sydneysymphony.com

Sydney Opera House

Stalls Boxes Circle Gallery Wheelchair Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve

City Recital Hall Angel Place

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Wheelchair Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve

When a concert includes a choir we may need to relocate patrons to other seats in an equivalent seating reserve or to the upper circle of the Concert Hall.

2016 booking form Note Blue shaded Kaleidoscope used as sample only Wed Thu Fri

Sat

Kaleidoscope

N/A N/A

APT Master Series Emirates Metro Series Great Classics Thursday Afternoon Symphony

No. of concerts

FULL Prem

CONCESSION C

Prem

Youth

Subtotal

$324

$276

$237

3$165

$291

$249

1 $213

$150

$105

$ 708

N/A

$972

$828

$711

$495

$369

$873

$747

$639

$450

$315

N/A

$660

$564

$480

$354

$252

$594

$510

$432

$318

$210

N/A

4A / 4B

$452

$384

$328

$248

$176

$408

$344

$296

$224

$140

$864

$736

$632

$440

$328

$776

$664

$568

$400

$280

4A / 4B

$440

$380

$320

$248

$168

$396

$344

$288

$224

$140

$651

$567

$462

$392

$301

$588

$511

$413

$350

$245

$388

$336

$268

$208

$164

$348

$304

$240

$188

$140

$810

$684

$594

$450

$369

$729

$612

$531

$405

$315

$475

$405

$340

$270

$215

$430

$365

$305

$245

$175

$392

$332

$280

$220

$180

$352

$300

$252

$200

$140

$550

$470

$400

$295

$210

$495

$425

$360

$265

$175

$339

$288

$246

$186

$132

$306

$258

$222

$168

$105

$340

$300

$260

$192

$148

$308

$272

$236

$172

$140

$440

$376

$304

$264

4A / 4B

$236

$220

$180

$140

Fridays only Saturdays only

Thursdays only

Mondays @ 7

Mondays only

Meet the Music

Wednesdays only

venues & booking

PACKAGE

Simply cut out this form and use it to choose any number of concerts and series. For further assistance with making your selection, please call (02) 8215 4600.

Tea & Symphony

Fridays only

Mozart in the City

Thursdays only

$284

$252

$220

$188

$256

$228

$200

$168

$140

Int. Pianists in Recital

Mondays only

$304

$268

$232

$196

$272

$240

$208

$176

$140

Kaleidoscope

N/A N/A

$324

$276

$237

$165

$291

$249

$213

$150

$105

At the Movies

N/A N/A

$297

$267

$237

$159

$267

$240

$213

$144

$105

Family Concerts

Sundays only

$87

Playlist

Tuesdays only

$99

SSO at Carriageworks

Sundays only

$60

Cocktail Hour

Saturdays only

$147

TOTAL

CONNOISSEUR'S SELECTION – May include Special Events. We do not recommend including Family, SSO at Carriageworks, Playlist or Cocktail Hour concerts – we suggest adding these small, inexpensive packs to your order in the top section of this form. Concert name

Date

Number of tickets / Reserve / Price

Subtotal

1 2 3 4

Premium $560

A $460

B $364

C $296

Premium $756

A $654

B $528

C $426

Premium $912

A $824

B $672

C $560

5 6 7 8

Total

SIGNATURE SELECTION – Season concerts only. We do not recommend including Family, SSO at Carriageworks, Playlist or Cocktail Hour concerts – we suggest adding these small, inexpensive packs to your order in the top section of this form. Concert name

Date

Number of tickets / Reserve / Price

Subtotal

1 2 3 4

Premium $480

A $400

B $328

C $256

Premium $660

A $588

B $486

C $360

Premium $840

A $720

B $568

C $424

5 6 7 8

Total Subscribers may purchase tickets for Special Event concerts before their release to the general public. Subscribers save

SPECIAL EVENTS – 10%, 15% or 20% on full-priced Special tickets. Visit sydneysymphony.com/specials to verify your discount pricing or call (02) 8215 4600. Concert

Date

Reserve (Platinum, Prem, A, B, C)

No. of tickets

Subtotal $ $ $ $

Total

Yes, I want to support the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Donations over $2 are tax deductible. My tax-deductible gift is $

Grand Total

contact details Part of the joy of attending concerts is sharing the music with others. The person who accompanies you to Sydney Symphony Orchestra concerts can also share the benefits of subscribing. Simply enter their details below so that we can send your companion a subscriber card. If you have more than one companion and need more space, please attach additional information. Subscriber Please amend contact details if necessary. Title

Mrs

First name

Office Use Only CSR Date Day Pkg. Payment options Full 20%

Waitlist Reserve

Seated

Partial

Your companion Dr

Initial

Title

Mrs

First name

Initial

Last name

Street address

Suburb

Postcode

Suburb

Postcode

Daytime tel.

Evening tel.

Daytime tel.

Evening tel.

Mobile

Date of birth (for a birthday surprise)

I wish to claim a concession as a: Pensioner Full-time student

Youth (30 & under)

I wish to claim a concession as a: Pensioner Full-time student

P lease email me Stay Tuned for news, special offers and information about concerts I am a member of Emirates Skywards frequent flyer program www. skywards.com I would like to receive more information about the benefits of the Skywards program

Youth (30 & under)

Please email me Stay Tuned for news, special offers and information about concerts Please enclose photocopied proof of age and/or student card and/or pension details. Special assistance: please attach your requirements to this booking form if you require special seating.

Payments Please select your payment amount otherwise the full amount will be charged. I wish to pay the full amount now. Insert grand total on previous page. I wish to pay a 20% non-refundable deposit on my subscription package(s) now (option available before 4 December 2015 only). Credit card balances will automatically be deducted on 8 January 2016. Cash or cheque payments will have the balance invoiced and due on 8 January 2016. I wish to pay in 2 equal instalments.* The balance will be automatically deducted on 8 January 2016. 6 equal instalments.* Only available for subscriptions received before 31 August 2015. Payments will be automatically I wish to pay in 5 deducted on the first Friday of each month. *Only available for credit card purchases. Tickets will be posted once final payment has been received. Payment Details Please tick ONE of the following payment methods: Cheque payable to Sydney Symphony Orchestra (please staple to form) Cash (do not mail, please pay at Sydney Symphony Orchestra Box Office) Visa

Diners

Name on card

Card number

Expiry date Cardholder's signature

Mastercard

Amex

Post U se the enclosed reply paid envelope or our FREEPOST address: Sydney Symphony Subscriptions Reply Paid 4338 Sydney NSW 2001 No stamp required if mailed from within AUS PHONE

(02) 8215 4600

Fax

ALL forms to (02) 8215 4660

In Person

locktower Square C Cnr Argyle & Harrington Streets The Rocks, Sydney (enter from Argyle Street) Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm

Your tickets will be mailed to you as soon as possible after your order has been processed and payment has been received in full. Please refer to your brochure for a summary of our subscription fulfilment process. If you have further questions, please call (02) 8215 4600 (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm).

Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement You can find the full Terms & Conditions and detailed Privacy Policy at sydneysymphony.com, or call (02) 8215 4600. Subscriptions to Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) performances are subject to the SSO’s Conditions of Sale and to the requirements of the venue at which the performances are presented. The SSO will issue you with your own personal subscriber number which will appear on your subscriber card. Please record this number to quote in any further correspondence or contact with the SSO regarding your tickets.

RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS To be eligible to renew your seats, you must submit your renewal by FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2015. If we cannot accommodate your request, we will contact you to discuss options. If you do not renew your subscription before this date, your seats may be released and become available to others. You can: ■■ renew your subscription with no changes, or ■■ request a change to your seating, number of seats or series (subject to availability), or ■■ transfer your seats to another patron. Simply request a transfer form from the box office before FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2015. ■■ In the majority of series, only full-pack subscribers are guaranteed the same seats for the concerts each season.

NEW SUBSCRIBERS New subscribers are offered the best available seats after existing subscribers have been allocated their seats. Tickets will be sent as soon as possible after we receive payment in full.

YOUTH SUBSCRIBERS Available to people aged 30 years or under on 1 January 2016. Proof of age must be supplied when booking and may be required before admission to each concert. Youth subscriptions are seated in C-reserve unless accompanied by a full-price adult subscription in another reserve, in which case the youth and full-priced subscriptions will be seated together, subject to availability. One full-price subscription allows for one youth subscription seated in the same reserve. Additional youth subscriptions require additional full-price subscriber purchases for companion seating. Youth prices detailed on renewal forms are full-price until proof of concession is provided, when the concessionary rate will be applied.

PROCESSING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

Payment by credit card, cheque, money order or cash must accompany your booking. Cash payments can be made in person at the SSO, Clocktower Square, cnr Argyle & Harrington streets, The Rocks. If you choose an instalment payment plan your first deposit is non-refundable after initial payment is processed. Subsequent payments will be deducted from your credit card on the first Friday of each month. All payments completed in January 2016. Final credit card deduction on 8 January 2016. Once we receive your order and payment in full, we will mail your subscription pack (including tickets, subscriber card, concert diary and diary stickers). If you have elected to pay in instalments, your tickets will be mailed to you after the balance of your payment is paid. Credit card transactions will be automatically deducted at this time without further notice from us. If you have paid by cheque, we will mail you a reminder to pay each instalment.

CONCESSIONS Concession subscriptions are available to current holders of means-tested Australian pensions (Aged, Disability, Veterans’ Affairs, Supporting Parent) and to Australian full-time students. Proof of concession eligibility must be supplied when booking and may be required before admission to each concert. Tickets will not be posted until such proof is supplied.

REFUNDS Any monies due to subscribers as a result of the SSO being unable to satisfy ticket requests will be refunded automatically. In other cases, refunds are not available, except as specified in the Live Performance Australia Ticketing Code of Practice.

CHANGE OF ARTIST OR PROGRAM The SSO reserves the right to vary, substitute or withdraw advertised programs, artist, venue and seating arrangements, and to vary prices.

EXCHANGES Subscribers may exchange tickets from Friday 27 November. Alternatively, subscription tickets may be exchanged up to two working days before the performance for which tickets were originally issued. Depending on your package and frequency of exchanges, you may be liable to pay a $5/ticket fee plus an upgrade cost – the full single ticket price of the concert to which you are moving less your 10% subscriber saving. 1. Subscribers in Master Series 9, Metro 8, Connoisseur 8, Signature 8, Tea & Symphony 8 and Great Classics 7 are entitled to three (3) exchanges with no fee. Subsequent changes will incur fees and upgrades. 2. Subscribers in Master Series 6, Connoisseur 6, Signature 6, Mondays @ 7 and Thursday Afternoon Symphony 5 are entitled to two (2) exchanges with no fee. Subsequent changes will incur fees and upgrades.

3. Subscribers in Metro 4A or B, Tea & Symphony 4A or B, Master Series 4, Great Classics 4, Thursday Afternoon Symphony 4, Kaleidoscope, At the Movies, Connoisseur 4, Signature 4, Meet the Music, Mozart in the City, International Pianists in Recital, Playlist, Family Concerts, SSO at Carriageworks and the Cocktail Hour series are entitled to one (1) exchange with no fee. Subsequent changes will incur fees and upgrades. ■■

■■

Exchanges may not be available for all concerts and are subject to the availability. Exchanges can only be processed through the SSO’s Box Office during business hours. Fees and upgrade costs are payable at the time your exchange is made. If you request an exchange into an improved seating reserve, you will be liable for the upgrade costs of moving to that reserve. We cannot refund if you move to a lesser reserve. Subscribers cannot exchange into Special Events and Galas without upgrade costs.

To avoid or minimise any exchange fees you may wish to consider choosing a flexible Connoisseur’s or Signature Selection package instead of a fixed series.

MULTI-PACK DISCOUNTS The 20% introductory savings on a second subscription package is valid only for Mozart in the City, Meet the Music and International Pianists in Recital in the first year of purchase. You must subscribe to another series to be eligible.

ADDITIONAL CONCERTS Subscribers are entitled to 10% discount on extra single tickets to 2016 Season concerts. Single tickets become available to subscribers ahead of the general public from Friday 27 November. The subscriber discount does not extend to Commercial concerts outside the core season. Subscribers can add Special Event concerts and save 10% on one Special Event, 15% discount for 2 Special Event concerts and 20% discount for 3 Special Event concerts. Add these extra Special Event concerts in your booking form from 4 August. Special Event Concerts in 2016 are: ■■ Beethoven Ascendant – 17, 18, 19 February ■■ Wynton Marsalis and His Band – 24 Feb ■■ Lang Lang in Recital – 8 June ■■ Lang Lang plays Grieg – 10, 11 June ■■ Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky – 10, 11, 12 November ■■ Porgy and Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall – 26 Nov, 1, 2, 3 Dec

If you have any questions about these terms and conditions, please call the SSO on (02) 8215 4600. General terms and conditions for sale can be seen in full at sydneysymphony.com/terms or requested by calling (02) 8215 4600, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm.

Personal information collection statement for Subscribers The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). We collect and hold your personal information, that is, information about you such as your name, contact details and records of our dealings with you. We collect this information for the purpose of providing our products and services, seeking support, otherwise engaging with you as one of our contacts, and generally running the Orchestra. We collect your personal information directly from you unless it would be impracticable or unreasonable to do so. If you do not provide us with all of the information we require, we may be unable to provide you with our products or services, or otherwise engage with you. We may also collect personal information from other sources. We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is accurate.

We hold your personal information on a secure database located in Sydney, New South Wales. During the course of undertaking our business we may disclose your personal information to third parties, such as related organisations, business partners, our service providers, professional advisers and government and related authorities. The third parties to whom we disclose personal information may have their facilities located in other countries. We may use your personal information in order to provide you with information about activities and events that may be of interest to you, or to request your support for the Orchestra. You may opt out of receiving our communications at any time by using opt out provided in each of our communications, or by contacting our Privacy Officer directly on the details provided below.

Our Privacy Policy sets out in more detail our approach to managing your personal information. In particular, it explains how you may seek to access and/or correct the personal information that we hold about you, as well as how to make a complaint about a breach of our obligations under the Privacy Act, and how we will deal with complaints.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

After 4 August 2015, we will process orders by the date in which they are received for each series category. The categories are prioritised as follows: 1. Renewing full pack without change requests. 2. Renewing full pack with change requests. 3. New full-pack orders. 4. Renewing Connoisseur’s and Signature Selection and part-pack orders. 5. New Connoisseur’s and Signature Selection and part-pack orders.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

We encourage you to view our Privacy Policy at sydneysymphony.com or contact us to have a copy provided to you. If you have any questions, comments or complaints about how we handle your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer. Privacy Officer (02) 8215 4600 Mon–Fri 9am–5pm privacy@sydneysymphony.com

salute The Sydney Symphony Orchestra applauds the leadership role our partners play and their commitment to excellence, innovation and creativity. PRINCIpal partner

government partners

premier partner

platinum partner

major partners

GOLD partners

silver partners

vanguard partner

foundations

regional tour partner

marketing partner

philanthropy

You’re invited to become a Patron. As a registered charity, we rely on the critical support of our patrons. Patrons help us keep ticket prices affordable, allow us to tackle ambitious artistic projects, subsidise our performances in the community and sustain our education programs that introduce thousands of children to classical music every year. Patrons are invited on exclusive behind-the-scenes journeys. Patrons attend social functions and develop personal relationships with the musicians. Patrons gain exclusive access to the Patrons Lounge at concerts. Patrons enjoy priority ticket exchange benefits and they can call our VIP ticketing line. Above all, Patrons make a difference. If you believe in your Orchestra, become a Patron with a tax-deductible gift of $250 or more. Become a Patron today. Contact Patrons Executive Sarah Morrisby on (02) 8215 4674 or philanthropy@sydneysymphony.com.

sydneysymphony.com/patrons

Jane Mathews & Timothy Constable, percussionist. You too can support the musicians of your SSO.

EARLY BIRDS DREAM OF BUDAPEST Subscribe by Monday 31 August to be in the draw to win Business Class flights to beautiful Budapest, flying with Emirates, the proud Principal Partner of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

SSO Subscribers Fly For Less

The lucky winner and their partner will enjoy Emirates’ award-winning Business Class, which features new-generation seating with aisle access for every seat, a digital widescreen inflight entertainment system with more than 2,000 channels, gourmet food and wine and generous luggage allowances including 40kg in Business Class.

When booking your next trip, visit

Emirates offers SSO subscribers a 10% discount on all its published fares – including special offers.

www.emirates.com/au/sso

Depending on dates, the winner and their partner will also receive two premium tickets to a concert by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, resident at the Hungarian State Opera House.

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Budapest, Hungary’s picturesque capital, stands astride the Danube River, full of magnificent buildings and sites that reveal its rich history from Roman times – a delight to explore. Modern Budapest is renowned for its splendid shopping, restaurants, cafes and as a diverse cultural hub.

Simply purchase your 2016 SSO subscription before Monday 31 August 2015 to enter the draw. For full terms and conditions visit sydneysymphony.com/terms or call (02) 8215 4600. Authorised under NSW Permit Number: LTPS/15/04632

Terms and conditions apply.

sydney symphony orchestra

David Robertson The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Supported by Emirates

Andrew Haveron Concertmaster

Dene Olding Concertmaster

toby thatcher Assistant Conductor supported by Premier Partner Credit Suisse, Rachel & Geoffrey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Conor & Symphony Services International

FIRST VIOLINS

Sun Yi Associate Concertmaster

Kirsten Williams Associate Concertmaster

Lerida Delbridge Assistant Concertmaster

Fiona Ziegler Assistant Concertmaster

Jenny Booth

Brielle Clapson

Sophie Cole

Amber Davis

Claire Herrick

SECOND VIOLINS

Georges Lentz

Nicola Lewis

Emily Long

Alexandra Mitchell

Alexander Norton

LĂŠone Ziegler

Kirsty Hilton Principal

Marina Marsden Principal

Marianne Broadfoot Associate Principal

Emma Jezek Assistant Principal

Maria Durek

Emma Hayes

Shuti Huang

Stan W Kornel

Benjamin Li

Nicole Masters

Philippa Paige

Maja Verunica

Tobias Breider Principal

Anne Louise Comerford Associate Principal

Justin Williams Assistant Principal

Sandro Costantino

Rosemary Curtin

Jane Hazelwood

Graham Hennings

Stuart Johnson

Catherine Hewgill Principal

Leah Lynn Assistant Principal

Kristy Conrau

Fenella Gill

VIOLAS

Roger Benedict Principal

CELLOS

Justine Marsden

Felicity Tsai

Amanda Verner

Leonid Volovelsky

Umberto Clerici Principal

Timothy Nankervis

Elizabeth Neville

Christopher Pidcock

Adrian Wallis

David Wickham

DOUBLE BASSES

Emma Sholl Associate Principal

Christopher Tingay

Alex Henery Principal

Neil Brawley Principal Emeritus

David Campbell

PICCOLO

OBOES

Carolyn Harris

Rosamund Plummer Principal

Diana Doherty Principal

BASS CLARINET

BASSOONS

Craig Wernicke Principal

Matthew Wilkie Principal

Fiona McNamara

Steven Larson

Shefali Pryor Associate Principal

David Papp

CONTRABASSOON

HORNS

Noriko Shimada Principal

Ben Jacks Principal

TRUMPETS

Marnie Sebire

Rachel Silver

TUBA

TIMPANI

Steve Rossé Principal

Richard Miller Principal

David Elton Principal

Paul Goodchild Associate Principal

Anthony Heinrichs

Louise Johnson Principal

Janet Webb Principal

COR ANGLAIS

CLARINETS

Alexandre Oguey Principal

Lawrence Dobell Principal

Francesco Celata Associate Principal

Robert Johnson Principal

GeoffREY O’Reilly Principal 3rd

Euan Harvey

Ronald Prussing Principal

BASS TROMBONE

Scott Kinmont Associate Principal

Nick Byrne

Christopher Harris Principal

PERCUSSION

Mark Robinson Assistant Principal Timpani/ Tutti Percussion

Rebecca Lagos Principal

Timothy Constable

Commissioned works in the 2016 season DIANA DOHERTY Principal Oboe John C Conde ao Chair

SHEFALI PRYOR Associate Principal Oboe Mrs Barbara Murphy Chair

Roger Benedict Principal Viola Kim Williams am & Catherine Dovey Chair

Jane Hazelwood Viola Bob & Julie Clampett Chair in memory of Carolyn Clampett

Emma Sholl Associate Principal Flute Robert & Janet Constable Chair

Kees Boersma Principal Double Bass SSO Council Chair

Catherine Hewgill Principal Cello The Hon. Justice aj & Mrs Fran Meagher Chair

Janet Webb Principal Flute Helen Lynch am & Helen Bauer Chair

UMBERTO Clerici Principal Cello Garry & Shiva Rich Chair

Robert Johnson Principal Horn James & Leonie Furber Chair

Kirsten Williams Associate Concertmaster I Kallinikos Chair

Timothy Constable Percussion Justice Jane Mathews ao Chair

Leah Lynn Assistant Principal Cello SSO Vanguard Chair With lead support from Seamus R Quick, Taine Moufarrige & Chris Robertson & Katherine Shaw

JOHN ADAMS Scheherazade.2 2, 3, 4 Mar Australian premiere Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the generous support of Geoff Ainsworth am and Johanna Featherstone. ROSS EDWARDS Frog and Star Cycle 7, 8, 9, 11 Jul Premiere Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the generous support of Andrew Kaldor am and Renata Kaldor ao. ELLIOTT GYGER Acquisition 17, 18, 19 Aug Premiere

DEBORAH O’GRADY Visual production for Messiaen’s From the Canyons to the Stars 9, 11, 12 Mar Australian premiere Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, St Louis Symphony, Cal Performances (UC Berkeley), Washington Performing Arts Society and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. PAUL STANHOPE New Work for cello and orchestra 4, 6, 7 May Premiere Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the generous support of Vicki Olsson.

Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

The SSO has also commissioned new works from the following composers for the SSO at Carriageworks series (13 Mar, 20 Nov):

COLIN MATTHEWS The Pied Piper of Hamelin 9 Oct Australian premiere

NATASHA ANDERSON, ALEXANDER GARSDEN, LISA ILLEAN

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

DAVID ROBERTSON The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

Lawrence Dobell Principal Clarinet Anne Arcus & Terrey Arcus am Chair

Benjamin Ward

TROMBONES

CHAIR PATRONS

Lerida Delbridge Assistant Concertmaster Simon Johnson Chair

Richard Lynn

FlUTES

your orchestra

Kees Boersma Principal

HARP

Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Elizabeth Neville Cello Ruth & Bob Magid Chair BRETT DEAN Artist in Residence Supported by Geoff Ainsworth am and Johanna Featherstone

2016 Repertoire COMPOSER WORK DATE Adams

Scheherazade.2 – Dramatic Symphony for violin and orchestra AP

Anderson* New Work P

2, 3, 4 Mar 20 Nov

JS Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: 15 Mar 1st movement

COMPOSER WORK DATE Haydn

Symphony No.90: 1st movement

1 Nov

Te Deum for the Empress Marie Thérèse

31 Mar; 1, 22 Apr

Die Schöpfung (The Creation) Sung in German 11, 13, 14, 16 May Hindson*

The Rave and the Nightingale

6 Oct

Matthew Passion, BWV 244: ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott’

24 May

Illean* New Work P

13 Mar

Lutosławski

Funeral Music

14, 15, 16 Apr

Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: Sinfonia

1 Nov

Sacher Variation for solo cello

16, 17, 18 Nov

Italian Concerto, BWV 971

8 Jun

Symphony No.3

16, 17, 18 Nov

Partita No.4 in D, BWV 828

26 Sep

Mahler

Symphony No.4

7, 8, 9, 11 Jul

Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532

23 Sep

Symphony No.5: Adagietto

15 Mar

Toccata in C minor, BWV 911

24 Oct

Marsalis

Swing Symphony AP

25, 26, 27 Feb

JS Bach attrib. CPE Bach Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 1036

14 May

Martin

Concerto for 7 winds and timpani: highlight

1 Nov

JS Bach orch. Webern

Ricercar from Musical Offering

1 Nov

C Matthews & Morpurgo

The Pied Piper of Hamelin AP

9 Oct

Bax

Tintagel

23, 24, 25 Jun

Mendelssohn

Sinfonia No.9 (Swiss): 1st movement

15 Mar

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture

21, 23, 24 Sep

Octet for strings

11 Nov

The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

31 Mar; 1, 22 Apr

Piano Trio No.1

11 Nov

Piano Concerto No.3

20, 21, 22 Oct

Organ Sonata No.2

23 Sep

Piano Concerto No.4

12, 14, 15, 17 Oct

Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles (From the Canyons to 9, 11, 12 Mar the Stars) – visual production by Deborah O’Grady

Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor)

10, 12, 13 Feb

Violin Concerto

17, 18, 19 Feb

Symphony No.1

4, 5, 6, 8 Feb

Symphony No.2

26, 28, 29 Oct

Symphony No.3, Eroica

12, 14, 15, 17 Oct

Symphony No.4

Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (20 Contemplations on the Christ Child)

14 Mar

Mozart

Ave verum corpus, K618

22 Apr

Litany of the Blessed Sacrament, K243

31 Mar; 22 Apr

10, 12, 13 Feb

Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme)

14, 15 Jul

Symphony No.5

17, 18, 19 Feb

Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K216 (Strassburger) 10, 11, 12 Nov

Symphony No.6, Pastoral

20, 21, 22 Oct

Violin Rondo in B flat, K269

19 Feb

Symphony No.7

4, 5, 6, 8 Feb

Violin Rondo in C, K373

19 Feb

Symphony No.8

4, 6, 8 Feb

Serenata notturna, K239

24 May; 2, 3 Jun

Symphony No.9 (Choral)

26, 28, 29 Oct

Symphony No.28

6 Oct

Symphony No.9 (Choral): Scherzo

24 May

Symphony No.38 (Prague)

14, 15 Jul

Septet in E flat, Op.20

2 Jul

Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition (piano)

15 Feb

String Quintet in C minor, Op.104

9 Apr

Norman

Try

20 Nov

Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 (Waldstein)

24 Oct

Rachmaninoff

Symphony No.2

21, 23, 24 Sep

Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111

26 Sep

2 Preludes, Op.32 No.10 & No.12

26 Sep

Berg

Seven Early Songs

14, 15, 16 Apr

Ravel

Mother Goose: Interlude – Enchanted Garden

1 Nov

Violin Concerto

6, 8, 9 Apr

Piano Concerto in G

23, 24, 25 Jun

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

29 Jun; 1, 2, 4 Jul

Reger

Fantasia and Fugue in D minor for organ, Op.135b 23 Sep

Bernstein

Fancy Free – Ballet

25, 26, 27 Feb

Reich

Clapping Music

20 Nov

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

25, 26, 27 Feb

The Desert Music

4, 5, 6 Aug

Bernstein arr. Crees

West Side Story: Suite for brass ensemble

10 Jun

Rimsky-Korsakov

Scheherazade

2, 3, 4 Mar

Brahms

Symphony No.2

14, 15, 16 Apr

Britten Les Illuminations

2, 3 Jun

Bruckner

Symphony No.4

6, 8, 9 Apr

Chopin

Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

26 Sep

2 Mazurkas, Op.33 No.1 & No.4

26 Sep

Scherzos (complete)

8 Jun

Copland

Appalachian Spring: Shaker Theme

15 Mar

Rzewski Les Moutons de Panurge

20 Nov

Schoenberg

Transfigured Night

2, 3 Jun

Chamber Symphony No.1: highlight

1 Nov

Schubert

Symphony No.2: Finale

1 Nov

Schumann

Piano Concerto

21, 23, 24 Sep

Symphonic Etudes, Op.13 (with posth. variations) 24 Oct

Sculthorpe*

Sun Music I

10, 12, 13 Aug

Dean*

11 Oblique Strategies, for solo cello

20 Nov

Shostakovich Festive Overture

29 Jun; 1, 2, 4 Jul

Pastoral Symphony

13 Mar

Symphony No.7, Leningrad

4, 6, 7 May

Dvořák

Cello Concerto in B minor

16, 17, 18 Nov

Three Fantastic Dances, for piano

26 Sep

Edwards*

Frog and Star Cycle P

7, 8, 9, 11 Jul

Silvestri

Back to the Future – film with live orchestra

Fauré

Requiem: Pie Jesu

15 Mar

P Stanhope* New Work for cello and orchestra P

4, 6, 7 May

7, 8 Oct

Garsden* New Work P

20 Nov

Stookey & Snicket

The Composer is Dead

22 May

Gershwin Porgy and Bess – Opera in the Concert Hall

26 Nov; 1, 2, 3 Dec

R Strauss

Metamorphosen

19 Feb

Gesualdo

Music for brass ensemble

14 May

Serenade in E flat for 13 winds

19 Feb

Stravinsky

The Firebird – Ballet (1910)

10, 12, 13 Aug

Petrushka (1911)

17, 18, 19 Aug

The Rite of Spring (1913)

4, 5, 6 Aug

The Soldier’s Tale: 3 Dances & Dance of the Devil 24 May

Pastorale (1933)

Stravinsky

Three Pieces for string quartet

9 Apr

Wind Octet

14 May

Granados

Goyescas

15 Feb

Grieg

Peer Gynt: Suite No.1

10, 11 Jun

Piano Concerto in A minor

10, 11 Jun

Grisey

4 Songs for Crossing the Threshold

13 Mar

Gyger* Acquisition P

17, 18, 19 Aug

Handel

24 Oct

Chaconne in G, HWV 435

2 Jul

2016 artists COMPOSER WORK DATE

Soloists DATE

Szymanowski

Violin Concerto No.1

10, 12, 13 Aug

Allan Clayton, tenor

11, 13, 14, 16 May

Tan Dun

The Wolf – Double Bass Concerto

17, 18 Aug

Colin Currie, percussion

7, 8, 9, 11 Jul

Tchaikovsky

Francesca da Rimini

10, 11 Jun

Neal Davies, bass-baritone

11, 13, 14, 16 May

Symphony No.4

10, 11, 12 Nov

Steve Davislim, tenor*

26, 28, 29 Oct

Rococo Variations, for cello and orchestra

4, 6, 7 May

Lerida Delbridge, violin°

15 Mar

Violin Concerto

29 Jun; 1, 2, 4 Jul

Amy Dickson, saxophone*

7, 8, 9, 11 Jul

Sérénade mélancolique

10, 11, 12 Nov

David Drury, organ*

23 Sep

Souvenir d’un lieu cher: Mélodie

10, 11, 12 Nov

James Ehnes, violin

17, 18, 19 Feb

The Seasons

8 Jun

Amanda Forsyth, cello

11 Nov

Turnage

Out of Black Dust

10 Jun

Nelson Freire, piano

21, 23, 24, 26 Sep

Vaughan Williams

A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)

23, 24, 25 Jun

Jayson Gillham, piano*

12, 14, 15, 17, 24 Oct

The Lark Ascending

15 Mar

Vadim Gluzman, violin

29 Jun; 1, 2, 4 Jul

Verbey

Schaduw (Shadow)

6 Oct

Andrew Goodwin, tenor*

31 Mar; 22 Apr

JG Walther

Concerto in B minor, after Signor Meck, for organ 23 Sep

David Greco, baritone*

31 Mar; 1, 22 Apr

Westlake*

Babe – film with live orchestra

28, 29, 30 Apr

Eric Greene, baritone

26 Nov; 1, 2, 3 Dec

J Williams

Music for Brass

10 Jun

Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello

4, 6, 7 May

Raiders of the Lost Ark – film with live orchestra 29, 30 Jul

Andrew Haveron, violin°

15 Mar 17, 18 Aug

Leila Josefowicz, violin

2, 3, 4 Mar

Lang Lang, piano

8, 10, 11 Jun

Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

24, 25, 26, 27 Feb

James Morrison, jazz trumpet & presenter*

20 Mar

CONDUCTORS DATE

Christiane Oelze, soprano

26, 28, 29 Oct

Vladimir Ashkenazy

4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 Feb; 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29 Oct

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

10, 12, 13, 15 Feb

Jacqueline Porter, soprano*

31 Mar; 22 Apr

Roger Benedict° Principal Viola

2, 3 Jun

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, baritone

26, 28, 29 Oct

Nicholas Buc*

29, 30 Jul; 7, 8 Oct

Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano*

31 Mar; 22 Apr

Oleg Caetani

4, 6, 7 May

Sylvia Schwartz, soprano

7, 8, 9, 11 Jul

Brett Dean* Artist in Residence

16, 17, 18, 20 Nov

Jermaine Smith, tenor

26 Nov, 1, 2, 3 Dec

Christoph von Dohnányi

6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 Apr

Brenton Spiteri, tenor

2, 3 Jun

James Ehnes

19 Feb

Christian Tetzlaff, violin

10, 12, 13 Aug

Andrew Haveron° Concertmaster

15 Mar

Lydia Teuscher, soprano

11, 13, 14, 16 May

Lothar Koenigs

7, 8, 9, 11 Jul

Camilla Tilling, soprano

14, 15, 16 Apr

Bernard Labadie

11, 13, 14, 16 May

Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano

20, 21, 22 Oct

Marcelo Lehninger

21, 23, 24 Sep

Lars Vogt, piano

14, 15 Jul

Manuel López-Gómez

10, 11 Jun

Alfred Walker, bass-baritone

26 Nov; 1, 2, 3 Dec

Benjamin Northey*

20 Mar

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

16, 17, 18 Nov

Rafael Payare

29 Jun; 1, 2, 4 Jul

Carolin Widmann, violin

6, 8, 9 Apr

David Robertson Chief Conductor

25, 26, 27 Feb; 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13 Mar; 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 Aug; 26 Nov; 1, 2, 3 Dec

Frank Woodley, narrator*

22 May

Pinchas Zukerman, violin

10, 11, 12 Nov

James Sommerville

10 Jun

Toby Thatcher* Assistant Conductor

22 May; 15, 16, 17 Sep; 6 Oct; 9 Oct; 1 Nov

Lars Vogt

14, 15 Jul

Nigel Westlake*

28, 29, 30 Apr

ENSEMBLES & CHOIRS DATE

Brett Weymark*

31 Mar; 22 Apr

Cocktail Hour Chamber Ensembles (SSO)

9 Apr, 14 May, 2 Jul

John Wilson

16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 Jun

Goldner String Quartet

6 Oct

Pinchas Zukerman

10, 11, 12 Nov

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

24, 25, 26, 27 Feb

Pink Martini

15, 16, 17 Sep

Sydney Children’s Choir

9 Oct

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

31 Mar, 22 Apr; 11, 13, 14, 16 May; 26 Nov, 1, 2, 3 Dec

* = Australian composer P = Premiere AP = Australian premiere

° = SSO musician * = Australian artist

SSO Brass Ensemble

10 Jun

Soloists DATE

SSO Fellows (2016)

19 Feb; 11 Nov

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

9, 11, 12, 14 Mar

Synergy Vocals

4, 5, 6 Aug

Jessica Aszodi, soprano*

13 Mar

Zukerman Trio

11 Nov

Jonathan Biss, piano

23, 24, 25 Jun

Julia Bullock, soprano

26 Nov; 1, 2, 3 Dec

Nicole Cabell, soprano

26 Nov; 1, 2, 3 Dec

Fiona Campbell, mezzo-soprano*

26, 28, 29 Oct

Francesco Celata, clarinet°

25, 26, 27 Feb

Angela Cheng, piano

11 Nov

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

Alex Henery, double bass°

2016 concert calendar Date Concert

Composers Series Page

February 4 Beethoven Alive Beethoven

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.4

Beethoven Alive

Beethoven

Tea & Symphony

p.4

Beethoven Alive

Beethoven

Great Classics

p.4

Beethoven Alive

Beethoven

Mondays @ 7

p.4

10, 12, 13

Beethoven Triumphant

Beethoven

APT Master Series

p.4

Garrick Ohlsson in Recital

Granados, Mussorgsky

International Pianists in Recital

p.5

17, 18, 19

Beethoven Ascendant

Beethoven

Special Event

p.5

Serenade: Mozart & Strauss

Mozart, R Strauss

Tea & Symphony

p.5

Wynton Marsalis and His Band

Jazz standards

Special Event

p.6

26, 27

Wynton Marsalis and the SSO: Swing Symphony

Bernstein, Marsalis

Kaleidoscope

p.6

March 2 Scheherazade: Her Story Continues Rimsky-Korsakov, Adams

Meet the Music

p.6

Scheherazade: Her Story Continues

Rimsky-Korsakov, Adams

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.6

Scheherazade: Her Story Continues

Rimsky-Korsakov, Adams

Emirates Metro Series

p.6

9, 11, 12

From the Canyons to the Stars

Messiaen

APT Master Series

p.7

Crossing the Threshold Dean, Illean, Grisey

SSO at Carriageworks

p.7

Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Recital

Messiaen

International Pianists in Recital

p.7

15 Lerida’s Playlist

Mendelssohn, Fauré, Copland, Vaughan Williams, JS Bach, Mahler

Playlist

p.8

James Morrison Presents: An SSO Family Concert

Jazz favourites

Family Concerts

p.8

Heavenly Creatures: Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn

Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn

Mozart in the City

p.8

April 6, 8, 9 Romantic Memories: Dohnányi conducts Bruckner Berg, Bruckner

APT Master Series

p.9

Cocktail Hour

p.9

14 Dohnányi conducts Brahms: An Australian First Lutosławski, Berg, Brahms

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.9

15 Dohnányi conducts Brahms: An Australian First Lutosławski, Berg, Brahms

Emirates Metro Series

p.9

16 Dohnányi conducts Brahms: An Australian First Lutosławski, Berg, Brahms

Great Classics

p.9

Heavenly Creatures: Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn

Tea & Symphony

p.10

29, 30

Babe – Pig at the Symphony

Cocktail Hour: Strings Attached

Stravinsky, Beethoven

Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn

At the Movies

p.10

May 4 Leningrad Symphony: Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky Stanhope, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

Meet the Music

p.10

6 Leningrad Symphony: Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky

Stanhope, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

Emirates Metro Series

p.10

7 Leningrad Symphony: Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky

Stanhope, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

Great Classics

p.10

11, 13, 14

Haydn’s Creation

Haydn

APT Master Series

p.11

Cocktail Hour: Winds of Change

Bach, Stravinsky

Cocktail Hour

p.11

Haydn’s Creation

Haydn

Mondays @ 7

p.11

The Composer is Dead: An SSO Family Concert

Stookey and Snicket

Family Concerts

p.11

Rick’s Playlist

Beethoven, Stravinsky, Mozart

Playlist

p.12

June 2 Mozart at Night Mozart, Schoenberg, Britten

Mozart in the City

p.12

8 Lang Lang in Recital

Tchaikovsky, JS Bach, Chopin

Special Event

p.13

10 Lang Lang plays Grieg

Grieg, Tchaikovsky

Special Event

p.13

Williams, Turnage, Bernstein arr. Crees

Tea & Symphony

p.13

11 Lang Lang plays Grieg

Grieg, Tchaikovsky

Special Event

p.13

17, 18

Hollywood Rhapsody

Herrmann, Steiner, Korngold and others

Kaleidoscope

p.14

Channel Crossings: Ravel & Vaughan Williams

Bax, Ravel, Vaughan Williams

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.14

Channel Crossings: Ravel & Vaughan Williams

Bax, Ravel, Vaughan Williams

Emirates Metro Series

p.14

Channel Crossings: Ravel & Vaughan Williams

Bax, Ravel, Vaughan Williams

Great Classics

p.14

Romantic Fantasies: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz

APT Master Series

p.14

SSO Brass plays West Side Story

Date Concert

Composers Series Page

July 1, 2 Romantic Fantasies: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz

APT Master Series

p.14

Cocktail Hour: Pastorale

Stravinsky, Beethoven

Cocktail Hour

p.15

Romantic Fantasies: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz

Mondays @ 7

p.15

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Edwards, Mahler

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.15

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Edwards, Mahler

Emirates Metro Series

p.15

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Edwards, Mahler

Great Classics

p.15

Mahler 4: Sounds of Heaven

Edwards, Mahler

Mondays @ 7

p.15

From Paris to Prague: Mozart on the Move

Mozart

Mozart in the City

p.15

From Paris to Prague: Mozart on the Move

Mozart

Tea & Symphony

p.15

29, 30

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Film with Live Orchestra

Williams

At the Movies

p.16

August 4 The Rite of Spring – Primal Reich, Stravinsky

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.16

The Rite of Spring – Primal

Reich, Stravinsky

Emirates Metro Series

p.16

The Rite of Spring – Primal

Reich, Stravinsky

Great Classics

p.16

10, 12, 13

The Firebird – Ravishing

Sculthorpe, Szymanowski, Stravinsky

APT Master Series

p.16

Petrushka – Immortal

Gyger, Tan Dun, Stravinsky

Meet the Music

p.17

Petrushka – Immortal

Gyger, Tan Dun, Stravinsky

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.17

Petrushka – Immortal

Gyger, Stravinsky

Tea & Symphony

p.17

September 16, 17 Pink Martini with the SSO Various popular hits

Kaleidoscope

p.17

APT Master Series

p.18

Freire plays Schumann: Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony

Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninoff

23 David Drury in Recital: German Organ Music

JS Bach, JG Walther, Mendelssohn, Reger Tea & Symphony

p.17

23, 24

Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninoff

p.18

Freire plays Schumann: Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony

26 Nelson Freire in Recital

APT Master Series

JS Bach, Beethoven, Shostakovich, International Pianists in Recital Rachmaninoff, Chopin

p.18

Mozart in the City

p.18

7, 8

Back to the Future: Film with Live Orchestra

Silvestri

At the Movies

p.19

The Pied Piper of Hamelin: An SSO Family Concert

C Matthews

Family Concerts

p.19

12, 14, 15

Beethoven Heroic

Beethoven

APT Master Series

p.19

Beethoven Heroic

Beethoven

Mondays @ 7

p.19

Beethoven Pastoral

Beethoven

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.20

Beethoven Pastoral

Beethoven

Emirates Metro Series

p.20

Beethoven Pastoral

Beethoven

Great Classics

p.20

Jayson Gillham in Recital

JS Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Schumann

International Pianists in Recital

p.20

26, 28, 29

Beethoven Finale

Beethoven

APT Master Series

p.20

November 1 Alexandre’s Playlist Haydn, JS Bach, Martin, Schoenberg, Schubert, Ravel

Playlist

p.21

10 Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky, Mozart

Special Event

p.21

11 Zukerman and Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn

Tea & Symphony

p.21

11, 12 Zukerman plays Mozart & Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky, Mozart

Special Events

p.21

16 Dedications: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Lutosławski, Dvořák

Meet the Music

p.22

17 Dedications: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Lutosławski, Dvořák

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

p.22

18 Dedications: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Lutosławski, Dvořák

Emirates Metro Series

p.22

20 Oblique Strategies

Anderson, Norman, Dean, Garsden, Reich, Rzewski

SSO at Carriageworks

p.22

Gershwin

Special Event

p.22

Special Event

p.22

Porgy and Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall

December 1, 2, 3 Porgy and Bess: Gershwin’s Opera in the Concert Hall Gershwin

sydneysymphony.com 2016 Your SSO

October 6 Mad about Mozart Verbey, Mozart, Hindson

Purchase your season tickets today

BOOK ONLINE at SYDNEYSYMPHONY.COM

Post

Web

SSO Box Office Reply Paid 4338 Sydney NSW 2001 (No postage stamp required if mailing within Australia)

sydneysymphony.com

Call

Clocktower Square Cnr Argyle & Harrington Streets The Rocks, Sydney (enter from Argyle Street)

(02) 8215 4600 Mon–Fri | 9am–5pm

Fax (02) 8215 4660

Email info@sydneysymphony.com

Visit

Like us on Facebook facebook.com/sydneysymphony Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/sydsymph View our photos on Instagram instagram.com/sydneysymphonyorchestra Watch us on YouTube youtube.com/sydneysymphony Download our free app through iTunes (iOS) or Google Play (Android)

PHOTOGRAPHY Main orchestra and audience photography: Keith Saunders Guest artist photography: Giorgia Bertazzi, Marco Borggreve, Devon Cass, Ben Ealovega, Andreas Garrels, Andy Holdsworth, Yuji Hori, Julian Kingma, Chris Lee, Cheryl Mazak, Keith Major, Clay Patrick McBride, Pier Andrea Morolli, Christian Mushenko, Neda Navaee, Garth Oriander, Frank Stewart, Nana Watanabe, Xun-Chi. Errol Flynn (The Adventures Of Robin Hood): Warner Bros/The Kobal Collection. Babe: Universal/The Kobal Collection. Pied Piper of Hamelin Illustrations © 2011 Emma Chichester Clark, from THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN written by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark, Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Ltd, London SE11 5HJ, www.walker.co.uk. DESIGN Christie Brewster (Senior Graphic Designer), Tessa Conn EDITORIAL Simon Crossley-Meates, Yvonne Frindle, Phillip Sametz PRINT Immij NSW