Simply breathtaking Sydney is a breathtaking place – with beautiful vistas, inspiring people and an endlessly fascinating and vibrant way of life. For 85 years, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra has performed music that flows through the heart of our great city, with the world’s greatest musical artists. In 2018 we begin another season of beautiful, inspiring, fascinating and vibrant music-making in the Sydney Opera House. Choose a package of concerts you’ll love and feel the music of your Sydney with your Orchestra.
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Keith Saunders
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Contents
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Why Subscribe?
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Pre-Designed Package or Create Your Own package?
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Special Offers in 2018
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Useful Dates
10–27 2018 Season Concerts 28
2018 Special Events
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Create Your Own Packages
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Pre-Designed Packages:
EVENING SERIES
APT Master Series — 32 Emirates Metro Series — 34 Mondays @ 7 — 36 Kaleidoscope — 37 Meet the Music — 38 Cocktail Hour — 39 Mozart in the City — 40 International Pianists in Recital — 41 Playlist — 42
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DAYTIME SERIES
Family Concerts — 43 Thursday Afternoon Symphony — 44 Tea & Symphony — 46 Great Classics — 48
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Venue, Pricing & Terms
Venue Seat Maps — 50 Pre-Designed Package prices — 51 Create Your Own package prices — 52 Terms & Your Privacy — 53
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Meet Your Orchestra
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Index of Music & Artists
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2018 At-a-Glance Calendar
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Welcome to 2018 Simply breathtaking...
I still remember walking along the Circular Quay concourse on the way to rehearse my first-ever SSO concerts – back in 2003 and long before I became chief conductor of this fine orchestra. That first glimpse of the Sydney Opera House, standing there on the Harbour in the sunlight, simply took my breath away. And I knew that if what happens inside the House is anything compared to that stunning image I was in for an incredible musical experience. Since then, I’ve explored and fallen in love with Sydney, and the connection between this beautiful harbour city, your Orchestra and the 340,000 or so music lovers who see us each year just gets stronger every time I come to work. The world-class virtuosity of the musicians, the variety of music we perform and the infectious enthusiasm of our people mirrors Sydney beautifully. So in 2018 we present another season of breathtaking music. In the first concerts of the year, I’m joined by a truly great pianist and friend, Emanuel Ax, playing the timeless music of Mozart. The amazing Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and an old friend Edo de Waart returns to conduct Beethoven’s Ninth. I’m excited to be conducting two programs featuring Brahms’s Fourth, his Double Concerto and his mighty First Piano Concerto. And if you like something different there are the incredible Taikoz drummers, a dazzling program of Spanish Flamenco music with Juan Carmona, musical theatre showstoppers by Bernstein, and programs for our youngest subscribers in our Family Concerts.
Jay Fram
These concerts – in fact all our concerts – have the power to take your breath away. Not only that, they’ll restore your faith in the very best of humanity, let you imagine bigger things, and refresh your mind and soul. So join us in 2018 – I can’t wait to share it with you.
David Robertson The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
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Your Package Options You can choose a package with the convenience of set dates, or create your own package with the concerts that most appeal to your taste.
1. Pre-designed package Pre-designed packages range from 3 to 9 concerts with fixed dates in one prepared package.
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Tea & Symphony
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Great Classics
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Family Concerts
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Mondays @ 7
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International Pianists in Recital
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Playlist
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APT Master Series
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Meet the Music (Wednesday)
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Mozart in the City
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Meet the Music (Thursday)
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APT Master Series
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Emirates Metro Series
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Kaleidoscope
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APT Master Series
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Kaleidoscope
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20% off your second series Add any new and additional package to your order by Friday 31 October and the second series will be discounted by 20%. Available online or call (02) 8215 4600 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm). See Multi-pack Discounts in terms and conditions for all details, p.53
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Are you 30 or under? If you’re 30 or under on 1 January 2018, you can enjoy a package of concerts for as little as $37 per concert with seats in the C-reserve. Come with someone paying full price and you can sit together in their chosen reserve, subject to availability. See Youth Subscriptions in terms and conditions for all details, p.53
Croatia courtesy of Emirates, Keith Saunders, Christie Brewster
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October
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Renewal Priority closes The exclusive priority booking window for renewing subscribers closes. Any unrenewed seats may become available to new subscribers.
Stuart Challender Talk SSO Artist in Residence Brett Dean will present the 2017 Stuart Challender Talk in the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. Call us to book: (02) 8215 4600 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm).
20% off your 2nd Series closes Add any new and additional package to your order and the second series will be discounted by 20%. Available online or call: (02) 8215 4600 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm). See Multi-pack Discounts in terms and conditions for all details, p.53
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Emanuel Ax
A Mozart Celebration
Dramatic Mozart
Seductive Mozart
We begin the 2018 Season by celebrating the genius of Mozart.
Thu 1 Feb, 1.30pm
Mon 5 Feb, 7pm
EMIRATES METRO SERIES
APT MASTER SERIES
Fri 2 Feb, 8pm Sat 3 Feb, 2pm
Wed 7 Feb, 8pm
“Emanuel Ax makes a glorious sound at the piano, glowing with evenness and balance.” THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
MOZART Don Giovanni: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449 MOZART Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 MOZART Symphony No.40 David Robertson conductor Emanuel Ax piano Late 1787. The previous year Mozart had lost his father, now he’d been offered a mere part-time post in the Viennese court. But tragedy and setbacks couldn’t prevent ambitious masterpieces flowing from his pen. His opera Don Giovanni had been an instant hit in Prague. The great G minor symphony (No.40) with its poignant opening melody is an absolute success. It’s deliciously gloomy and propelled with irrepressible genius. The famous D minor piano concerto echoes the demonic world of Don Giovanni. The spirited K449 concerto is an oasis in a concert filled with drama.
MOZART Così fan tutte: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.16 in D, K451 MOZART Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K453 MOZART Symphony No.39 David Robertson conductor Emanuel Ax piano There’s a frisky mood in the overture to Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte, with exchanges between woodwinds and strings setting the scene for the love exchanges on stage. It’s the perfect amuse bouche for two of Mozart’s most distinctive concertos. In 1784, Mozart bought a clever starling that could whistle (a bit off key) the beginning of the finale of Piano Concerto No.17. Mozart jotted down the tune – “That was nice!” – and his enjoyment of his pet can be heard in this concerto, full of Mozart’s hallmark drama and singing melodies. His Symphony No.39 is both subtle and rich – a work of Classical genius.
These concerts are available in the following Pre-Designed Packages, or in a Create Your Own package, p.31 ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony p.44 ww Emirates Metro Series p.34 ww Great Classics p.48
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Lisa Marie Mazzucco (Ax)
Sydney audiences and critics raved after Emanuel Ax performed Beethoven’s piano concertos with us back in 2014. In 2018 he brings his authority as a master of Classical style back to Sydney, performing six of the great Mozart concertos – two in each of three different programs – alongside Mozart’s final three symphonies, conducted by David Robertson. Join us and experience Ax’s towering musical intelligence, artistic sensitivity and supreme joy in performance.
FEBRUARY
David Robertson
François Leleux
Kaoru Watanabe
Magnificent Mozart
Mozart and the French Connection
Taikoz and the SSO
APT MASTER SERIES
Thu 22 Feb, 7pm
Thu 22 Feb, 6.30pm Fri 23 Feb, 8pm Sat 24 Feb, 8pm
Fri 9 Feb, 8pm Sat 10 Feb, 8pm MOZART The Marriage of Figaro: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.19 in F, K.459 MOZART Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat, K595 MOZART Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) David Robertson conductor Emanuel Ax piano
Jay Fram (Robertson); Uwe Arens/Sony Classical (Leleux); Yuki Kokubo (Taikoz)
The break-neck pace of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro overture sets the scene for the ‘bedrooms and hallways’ intrigue that follows. You get the same feeling from the Piano Concerto No.19 – the clever fugues and witty fun found in his comic operas. Our Mozart Celebration ends with the last of his piano concertos and his final symphony. Concerto K595 has (perhaps prophetically?) a heartbreaking, elegiac quality, as if he’s being dragged reluctantly onto the dance floor. The last word goes to the brilliant ‘Jupiter’ Symphony – muscular, joyous and radiant.
City Recital Hall
Fri 23 Feb, 11am FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite DEBUSSY arr. Silvestrini Rhapsody for cor anglais MOZART Wind Serenade in E flat, K375 BIZET Symphony in C François Leleux conductor, oboe and cor anglais One of the great oboists of our time, François Leleux is “a fearless, flawless player…His sound is plush and enormous”. (The Herald, Scotland) Previously he’s joined us as guest principal oboe, and most recently as soloist and director. In 2018 we’ll experience his gifts as a conductor. He’s chosen the spritely wind serenade that was played under Mozart’s window in Vienna and surrounded it with the exquisite sounds of French music. There’s Fauré’s lyrical music for Maeterlinck’s lovers, and the exuberance of Bizet’s Symphony in C. And an arrangement of Debussy’s saxophone rhapsody will display Leleux’s sublime cor anglais playing.
BRITTEN The Prince of the Pagodas: Highlights WATANABE Dreams LEE & CLEWORTH Cascading Waterfall CLEWORTH Waves SKIPWORTH New Work Premiere Gerard Salonga conductor Taikoz Riley Lee shakuhachi Kaoru Watanabe shinobue, taiko East meets West when drumming ensemble Taikoz performs with the SSO. From the meditative sounds of the flute-like shakuhachi and shinobue to the thunder of the odaiko drums – Japanese instruments combine with a Western orchestra in music that’s primal and extraordinary. Highlights from Britten’s Balinese ballet The Prince of the Pagodas provide the connecting thread, interwoven with Eastern soundscapes performed by Taikoz. And sound realms collide in bold new music by Lachlan Skipworth.
These concerts are available in the following Pre-Designed Packages, or in a Create Your Own package, p.31 ww APT Master Series p.32
ww Mozart in the City p.40 ww Tea & Symphony p.46
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FEBRUARY–MARCH
AN SSO FAMILY CONCERT
Lisa Batiashvili
Simon Tedeschi
Nelson Freire
Heaven is Closed
Who Needs a Conductor Anyway?
Nelson Freire plays the Emperor
An SSO Family Concert
Beethoven & Wagner
Sun 11 Mar, 2pm
APT MASTER SERIES
Wed 28 Feb, 6.30pm Thu 1 Mar, 1.30pm EMIRATES METRO SERIES
Fri 2 Mar, 8pm R STRAUSS Don Juan PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 KATS-CHERNIN Heaven is Closed R STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel Dmitri Slobodeniouk conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin In Richard Strauss’s Don Juan the notorious seducer is run through in a duel. Reckless folk hero Till Eulenspiegel meets his end on the gallows. Strauss’s vivid and entertaining music paints perfect pictures of two anti-heroes for whom heaven was closed. The music of Elena Kats-Chernin (Eliza’s Aria, Russian Rag) is wryly humorous, sometimes manic, always playful. Heaven might be closed, but it’s a blissful, colourful place. When Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili performed Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto in London in 2016, the Financial Times praised her “surprisingly delicate performance, memorable above all for the icy whisperings of the middle movement”.
Featuring highlights from the great piano concertos by...
TCHAIKOVSKY, BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, RACHMANINOFF and MOZART, with GERSHWIN’s Rhapsody in Blue Roger Benedict conductor Simon Tedeschi piano What happens if there’s no conductor? Isn’t a solo pianist enough? Why can’t everyone just play how they like? (And seriously, how hard can conducting be, anyway?) Celebrated Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi actually has no idea, but with the musicians of the SSO and a handful of famous concertos he’ll put these and other questions to the test. A captivating concert for curious minds and ears. Suitable for ages 5+ and their families.
Wed 14 Mar, 8pm Fri 16 Mar, 8pm Sat 17 Mar, 8pm BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) WAGNER Orchestral highlights from The Ring Donald Runnicles conductor Nelson Freire piano Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire is one of the master pianists of our time. And in 2018 he returns to Sydney to play Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ concerto – music to draw equally on his “pianistic firepower” (Gramophone) and musical insight. It’s heroic, thrilling music, with a slow movement of exquisite, floating tranquillity. The heroic mood continues when Donald Runnicles, one of the great Wagnerian interpreters, conducts highlights from Wagner’s epic Ring cycle. With The Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried’s Funeral March and more, it’s a chance to enjoy Wagner’s magnificent orchestral writing – without the singers!
These concerts are available in the following Pre-Designed Packages, or in a Create Your Own package, p.31 ww Meet the Music (Wed) p.38 ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony p.44 ww Emirates Metro Series p.34
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Sammy Hart/DG (Batiashvili); Loribelle Spirovski (Tedeschi); Benjamin Ealovega (Freire)
Batiashvili plays Prokofiev
MARCH
Timothy Constable
Anne Sofie von Otter
David Drury
Bach and Beethoven
Anne Sofie von Otter sings Schubert
David Drury in Recital
Cocktail Hour
With Mahler Ten
Sat 17 Mar, 6pm
PRESENTING PARTNER
Utzon Room JS BACH trans. Constable Violin Partita in B minor, for marimba CONSTABLE Quintet for vibraphone and string quartet: Rondo, Timelapse BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 (Razumovsky No.1)
Christie Brewster (Musicians of the SSO); Mats Bäcker (Von Otter)
Musicians of the SSO The relaxed charm of our Cocktail Hour chamber music series begins with the spotlight on the marimba – a bigger cousin of the xylophone – in breathtaking music by Bach (originally for solo violin) that will be amazing to see and hear. Then Timothy Constable’s creativity and virtuosity will be on show in the first instalment of his new Quintet. Beethoven was in his musical prime in 1806, with great symphonies and concertos in his wake. Now he yearned to deploy his impressive ‘public’ style in intimate music for string quartet. In his Razumovsky quartets, dedicated to his patron, the added urgency brought by increasing deafness contributes to a quartet of a strikingly new kind.
One Circular Quay by Wanda
Thu 22 Mar, 1.30pm EMIRATES METRO SERIES
Fri 23 Mar, 8pm Sat 24 Mar, 2pm SCHUBERT Rosamunde: Romanze SCHUBERT Songs with orchestra: orch. Reger Gretchen am Spinnrade orch. Britten Die Forelle orch. Reger Im Abendrot orch. Anon An Sylvia orch. Berlioz Erlkönig MAHLER Symphony No.10 (completed by Deryck Cooke) Donald Runnicles conductor Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano The surviving drafts of Mahler’s final, unfinished symphony paint a deeply human picture of anxiety, and anguish – as well as undying love and serenity. At the end, a message to his unfaithful wife Alma: “To live for you! To die for you!” Anne Sofie von Otter, a superb Schubert interpreter, will sing orchestral versions of his songs ranging from the eerie drama of the Erl-King, to the cautionary tale of The Trout.
Fri 23 Mar, 11am JS BACH arr. Dupré/Drury Cantata No.29: Sinfonia JS BACH Organ Chorales: ‘O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross’ ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ MENDELSSOHN Organ Sonata No.3 GUILMANT March on a Theme by Handel DURUFLÉ Scherzo, Op.2 VIERNE Berceuse VIERNE Carillon de Westminster David Drury organ David Drury is an Australian legend of the organ, and his previous recitals on the Sydney Opera House grand organ have been eagerly booked out. In this recital, he presents some of the most beautiful and uplifting music for the organ. Covering nearly 300 years, he begins with Bach – brilliantly inventive and soulful – journeys through the Romantic period with a regal and fleet-of-foot sonata by Mendelssohn, and concludes with colours and rhythms of the French pioneers. Come and hear how this one instrument can equal the effect of a full orchestra.
These concerts are available in the following Pre-Designed Packages, or in a Create Your Own package, p.31 ww Cocktail Hour p.39
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Todd Gibson-Cornish
Masaaki Suzuki
Musicians of the SSO
Mozart and Mendelssohn
Beethoven’s Mass in C
Marsalis and Korngold Cocktail Hour
APT MASTER SERIES
Fri 6 Apr, 11am
Wed 11 Apr, 8pm Fri 13 Apr, 8pm Sat 14 Apr, 8pm
R STRAUSS Capriccio: Sextet MOZART Bassoon Concerto, K191 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4, Italian
HAYDN Symphony No.95 BEETHOVEN Mass in C
City Recital Hall
Roger Benedict conductor Todd Gibson-Cornish bassoon Two of music’s most famous prodigies – Mozart and Mendelssohn – and the SSO’s youngest principal player, Todd Gibson-Cornish, are the stars in this sublime program. Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto will be a showcase for Todd’s dexterity and the chocolatey tones of his instrument. Mendelssohn’s popular Italian Symphony was literally a musical postcard from his Grand Tour in the 1830s – light, airy and brimming with charm. Against all this youthful exuberance stands the curtainraiser from Strauss’s opera Capriccio: dreamy, atmospheric chamber music overheard by the characters on stage.
Masaaki Suzuki conductor Sara Macliver soprano Anna Dowsley mezzo-soprano Benjamin Bruns tenor Christian Immler bass Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Masaaki Suzuki made his SSO debut in 2016 with Haydn’s choral masterpiece, The Creation. Now he’s back with more Haydn (one of the great London symphonies) and another choral masterpiece, Beethoven’s Mass in C. The Mass was commissioned by Haydn’s patron, Prince Esterházy, who was expecting something like Haydn. But when he heard the new piece he didn’t know what to make of it: “My dear Beethoven, what is this that you have done?” The incandescent vocal lines, sincerity of expression and potent drama in Beethoven’s music have since found a place in music lovers’ hearts.
Sat 14 Apr, 6pm Utzon Room MARSALIS Meeelaan – Bassoon Quintet KORNGOLD String Sextet Musicians of the SSO Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis’s Meeelaan is just the kind of music to enjoy with a cocktail in hand. This quintet, eclectic and sophisticated, makes the bassoon its hero, with the blues jostling jazz, sassy tango rhythms, and a hint of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Some cocktail! Erich Korngold astonished Vienna as a ‘wonder child’ composer of the early 20th century – his up-to-date version of the late Romantic style was just the thing for Hollywood, where he later made his name (think The Adventures of Robin Hood) and won two Oscars. His sextet for strings, composed when he was 17, is elegant and melodic, with a sensual slow movement.
These concerts are available in the following Pre-Designed Packages, or in a Create Your Own package, p.31 ww Mozart in the City p.40 ww Tea & Symphony p.46
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Christie Brewster (Gibson-Cornish); Marco Borggreve (Suzuki); Keith Saunders (Musicians of the SSO)
Thu 5 Apr, 7pm
MAY
Matthew Wilkie
John Wilson
Yulianna Avdeeva
Playlist with Matthew Wilkie
The Bernstein Songbook
Yulianna Avdeeva in Recital
A Musical Theatre Celebration
Tue 1 May, 6.30pm City Recital Hall Program to include...
ELGAR Romance for bassoon ZELENKA Hipocondrie – Concerto for 7 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9: Largo – Allegretto
Anthony Geernaert (Wilkie); Sim Canetty-Clarke (Wilson); Christine Schneider (Avdeeva)
Matthew Wilkie bassoon The bassoon might have its comic moments in the orchestra, but its contribution is far richer and more varied, as Matthew Wilkie has been revealing in his many years as the orchestra’s lead bassoon (he still plays in the orchestra, now as Principal Emeritus). Matthew will introduce a program that combines featured moments for the bassoon with music of deep personal significance – from baroque composer Zelenka to Shostakovich. Meet Matthew, hear this wonderful instrument, and enjoy a drink at the bar with the musicians afterwards.
Thu 10 May, 6.30pm Fri 11 May, 8pm Sat 12 May, 8pm BERNSTEIN Highlights from: On the Town Wonderful Town On the Waterfront Candide West Side Story and more! John Wilson conductor Lorina Gore soprano Kim Criswell mezzo-soprano Julian Ovenden tenor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs “New York, New York! It’s a wonderful town!” Take a whirl along Broadway with the absolute best of Leonard Bernstein’s songs from the musicals you know and love. From the cosmopolitan top of town with Candide’s “Glitter and be Gay” to the gritty alleys with West Side Story’s “Maria”, this music fizzes with joy, irresistible lyrics and indelible tunes. Inspired by the fabulous voices of Lorina Gore, Kim Criswell and Julian Ovenden you’ll be singing and dancing all the way home.
Mon 14 May, 7pm City Recital Hall CHOPIN Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.posth. Nocturne in E flat, Op.55 No.2 Fantasy in F minor, Op.49 Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 Four Mazurkas, Op.7 Polonaise in A flat, Op.53 LISZT La lugubre gondola, S200 Unstern! – Sinistre, S208 R.W. – Venezia, S201 Sonata in B minor, S178 Since Yulianna Avdeeva won the Warsaw Chopin Piano Competition in 2010, she has established a glittering reputation, appearing with top orchestras and as a recitalist worldwide. And she’s renowned as a Chopin interpreter, with an enthusiastic fan-base in the composer’s homeland, Poland. In her debut Sydney recital, Avdeeva places the poetry and drama of Chopin alongside music by his friend and contemporary, Liszt. Three pieces from towards the end of Liszt’s life – dark and austere – precede the virtuosity and musical drama of his B minor sonata.
These concerts are available in the following Pre-Designed Packages, or in a Create Your Own package, p.31 ww Playlist p.42
ww Meet the Music (Thu) p.38 ww Kaleidoscope p.37
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Lukáš Vondráček
SSO Brass Ensemble
Daniel de Borah
Spirit of Delight
Royal Fireworks
Vondrácˇek plays Prokofiev
SSO Brass Ensemble
Mozart and the Piano
APT MASTER SERIES
Fri 18 May, 11am
Thu 24 May, 7pm
JS BACH orch. Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3 ELGAR Symphony No.2 John Wilson conductor Lukáš Vondráček piano Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.3 was his calling card as a concert pianist. And its exhilarating virtuosity, matched with memorable tunes and almost Romantic gestures, make this showpiece a firm favourite. Elgar’s Second Symphony is equally ambitious and attractive, but he was aiming for “high and pure joy” rather than brilliance. The deaths of his friends, notably Jaeger (of Nimrod fame) had rocked him, but any sadness in the music is retrospective. Nobility gives way to ghostly soundscapes before finding solace, peace and the “Spirit of Delight”. To begin, there’s Elgar’s take on music by the composer who “heals and pacifies all men and all things”: Bach.
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HANDEL arr. Howarth Music for the Royal Fireworks ELGAR arr. Kreines Enigma Variations: Nimrod SSO Brass Ensemble Those magicians of the SSO Brass Ensemble once again take to the Sydney Opera House stage with a program of brilliant and moving music that will touch the heart. You’ll hear horns, trumpets, cornet, flugelhorn, trombones, euphonium, tuba! (With a friend or two from the percussion section.) And together they’ll delight you with a program that ranges from the baroque spectacle of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks to the glowing warmth and power of Elgar’s famous Nimrod from the Enigma Variations. Enjoy the top brass of your SSO!
City Recital Hall SUK String Serenade MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467 Andrew Haveron violin-director Daniel de Borah piano As a student at the Prague Conservatory, Joseph Suk had a reputation for writing gloomy, melancholy music. His Serenade for strings arose from a suggestion (from his teacher Dvořák, no less) to lighten up a bit – and what a sunny, dancing work it is! It sets the perfect mood for Australian pianist Daniel De Borah to play a favourite piano concerto by Mozart – K467 – which took on a glamorous patina when it was used in the 1967 Swedish movie Elvira Madigan. With its noble beginning, dream-like slow movement and the hi-jinks of its finale, it’s the perfect partner for Suk’s Serenade. A concert of sweet delights.
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Irene Kim (Vondráček); Keith Saunders (SSO Brass Ensemble)
Wed 16 May, 8pm Fri 18 May, 8pm Sat 19 May, 8pm
JUNE
SPECIAL EVENT
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Tchaikovsky
Musicians of the SSO
SSO Percussion Stars
Grieg and Villa-Lobos Cocktail Hour
SPECIAL EVENT
Thu 14 Jun, 8pm Fri 15 Jun, 8pm Sat 16 Jun, 8pm KALINNIKOV Symphony No.1 (1895) TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Stefan Höderath/DG (Mutter); Keith Saunders (SSO Percussion, Musicians of the SSO)
David Robertson conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin It’s the Special Event of 2018 and we’re thrilled to welcome back “the queen of the violin” Anne-Sophie Mutter, playing Tchaikovsky’s brilliant Violin Concerto – adored by audiences. Anne-Sophie Mutter is a fond friend of the SSO and Sydney audiences to whom she feels a special closeness: “It’s this intensely listening crowd. And if they like something, they’re not shy about it, which, as an artist, I really like.” In another special treat, David Robertson will introduce Sydney audiences to the sweeping, Romantic sounds of Kalinnikov’s first symphony, composed just two years after Tchaikovsky’s death. So don’t be shy – join the SSO and one of the world’s great classical artists to experience this radiant and lyrical program.
Fri 15 Jun, 11am WESTLAKE Kalabash KOPETZKI Le Chant du Serpent NISHIMURA Padma in Meditation GRAINGER Arrival Platform Humlet GRAINGER Random Round MIKI Marimba Spiritual MÁRTA Doll’s House Story SSO Percussionists Consider this: pianists have 88 keys to work with but percussionists have literally thousands of tones, sounds and effects at their disposal. And not just the familiar drums, cymbals and melodic instruments – anything that can be struck, stroked or shaken is fair game in the percussion section! For the SSO’s amazing percussionists, versatility, agility and imagination are their watchwords. From thrillingly explosive booms and clashes, to comfortingly meditative rhythms, and melodic tunes on marimbas, they’ll take you on a surprising journey through fascinating realms of sound.
Sat 16 Jun, 6pm Utzon Room VILLA-LOBOS Duo for oboe and bassoon GRIEG From Holberg’s Time (Holberg Suite) VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas brasileiras No.1 Musicians of the SSO The exotic rhythms and moods of his native Brazil give the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos seductive colour. An equally exotic cocktail would go very well with his rhapsodic conversation between oboe and bassoon. And his blend of ‘universal’ Bach and Brazilian colours and textures is the secret to the popularity of his Bachianas brasileiras No.1 – featuring no fewer than eight cellos! Grieg’s Holberg Suite evokes a previous century and celebrates Ludvig Holberg, the father of Scandinavian literature, with memorable harmonies and energetic, dancelike rhythms.
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JUNE–JULY
SPECIAL EVENT
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Verdi’s Requiem
Simon Trpčeski
A Night at the Speakeasy
Simon Trpcˇeski in Recital
Rhapsody in Blue
VERDI Requiem
SPECIAL EVENT
Fri 29 Jun 8pm Sat 30 Jun 8pm Featuring…
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
Oleg Caetani conductor Angel Blue soprano Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano Diego Torre tenor Jérôme Varnier bass Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
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Think Giuseppe Verdi, think opera – Rigoletto, La Traviata, Aida… He wrote almost nothing else. But among the masterpieces for the stage is an “opera in ecclesiastical vestments”, his Requiem. Although it follows the shape of a Requiem mass, Verdi never intended this powerful and deeply human music for church use but as a public memorial to one of Italy’s national heroes, the poet Manzoni. And he sets the scene with unerring dramatic instinct: heartfelt outpourings of grief, transcendent devotion and – when he reaches the mighty “Dies irae” – sheer terror as more than 100 instrumentalists and 120 singers thunder into the hall.
Knock three times and tell them George sent you! Then enter the shady world of the 1920s speakeasy for an evening of moonshine and martinis in a transformed concert hall.
GERSHWIN songs and other 1920s hits Guy Noble conductor and compere George Gershwin piano roll
Witness a ghostly George Gershwin performing ‘live’ with the full orchestra, playing Rhapsody in Blue courtesy of piano roll technology. And Guy Noble will set the mood with the sounds of the foxtrot, Charleston and tango. Also on the menu, hits of the era, including I Got Rhythm, Someone to Watch Over Me, Embraceable You and Cab Calloway’s Minnie the Moocher. So don’t mooch about! Get in early for the sassiest nights of the year.
Mon 2 Jul, 7pm City Recital Hall GRIEG From Holberg’s Time MENDELSSOHN Songs without Words: Selection RIMSKY-KORSAKOV trans. Gilson Scheherazade Simon Trpčeski piano Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski proved in his first appearances with the SSO that he’s a true virtuoso of spectacular resources. And on his return to Sydney in 2018 he’s offering a recital that will showcase his lyrical and dramatic gifts. You can hear the original piano version of Grieg’s suite of dances “in olden style” – a tribute to Ludvig Holberg “the Molière of the North” – and highlights from Mendelssohn’s most distinctive contribution to the piano repertoire: tiny gems in which the piano gets to sing. Then, in an amazing feat, all the colours of an orchestra will flow from Trpčeski’s fingers in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade – its sumptuous fantasy distilled in a version for solo piano.
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Keith Saunders (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs & Speakeasy); Lube Saveski (Trpčeski)
Thu 21 Jun, 6.30pm Sat 23 Jun, 2pm Mon 25 Jun, 7pm
JULY
Stephen Hough
Emma Sholl
Benjamin Beilman
Spirit Realms – Sacred and Profane
Mozart’s Fantastic Flute
Pictures at an Exhibition
Thu 12 Jul, 7pm
APT MASTER SERIES
Hough plays Rachmaninoff
Wed 4 Jul, 6.30pm Thu 5 Jul, 1.30pm Fri 6 Jul, 11am* EDWARDS Earth Spirit Songs – Symphony No.2 *RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini *MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.5, Reformation
Sim Canetty-Clarke (Hough); Anthony Geernaert (Sholl); Giorgia Bertazzi (Beilman)
Julian Kuerti conductor Celeste Lazarenko soprano Stephen Hough piano The inspiration for Ross Edwards’ symphony for soprano and orchestra came while he was in Europe – surrounded by the landscapes of his cultural heritage but far from home. In his much-loved dance-chant style, Edwards combines the spiritual with the visceral. The “Rach Pag” is perfect for virtuoso Stephen Hough with its devilish piano pyrotechnics and “that” memorable tune. And the Reformation Symphony features a blazing finale – based on the hymn “A mighty fortress is our God”.
City Recital Hall SCHUBERT Overture in B flat MOZART Flute Concerto in G, K313 MOZART Symphony No.36 (Linz) Andrew Haveron violin-director Emma Sholl flute Our Associate Principal Flute Emma Sholl is the star in one of Mozart’s delightful flute concertos. This is music that sparkles and dances – as much fun to hear as it is to play. You’d have no idea that Mozart claimed to dislike the instrument! The concerto is framed by a jaunty overture from Schubert and Mozart’s highspirited Symphony No.36. Mozart had arrived in Linz to be told that his host had organised a concert for him. A symphony was needed and, not having one in his luggage, Mozart had four days in which to write a new one! The result is a miracle of invention that gives no hint of the composer’s rushed circumstances.
Stephen Hough’s performances are supported by the Berg Family Foundation.
Wed 18 Jul, 8pm Fri 20 Jul, 8pm Sat 21 Jul, 8pm RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Festival Overture HIGDON Violin Concerto Australian premiere
MUSSORGSKY orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Giancarlo Guerrero conductor Benjamin Beilman violin Young American firebrand Benjamin Beilman is praised for his stylishness and breathtaking brilliance. But so far Australian audiences have heard him only in recital. In 2018 he makes his SSO debut playing the Pulitzer Prizewinning concerto by Jennifer Higdon. This captivating music is a tour de force for both orchestra and soloist, veering between astonishing virtuosity and pastoral lyricism (think Lark Ascending). In Ravel’s vivid orchestration, Pictures at an Exhibition has become an audience favourite – a stimulating promenade around a gallery of musical vignettes, each with its own story or mood.
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JULY–AUGUST
Musicians of the SSO
Ludovic Morlot
Steven Osborne
Debussy and Shostakovich
Spanish Nights
Steven Osborne in Recital
Sat 21 Jul, 6pm
Thu 2 Aug, 1.30pm
Mon 6 Aug, 7pm
Utzon Room
EMIRATES METRO SERIES
City Recital Hall
Cocktail Hour
Musicians of the SSO The modern concert harp was born in Paris and we’re featuring this elegant instrument in three chamber pieces from the same milieu. The lyricism of Ibert’s Interludes makes a perfect introduction. Debussy’s Sonata resounds with dreamy effects and pastoral images as an ailing, aging composer recalls the music of his youth. And Massenet’s gift for utterly swoon-worthy music is there in Sous les tilleuls (Under the linden trees). Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8 is among his most heard chamber works – often used in film and television. This is topical music and a revelation of personal emotion – haunting, tragic, shot with grim humour and deeply affecting.
Fri 3 Aug, 8pm Sat 4 Aug, 2pm DEBUSSY Gigues (from Images) J ANDERSON The Imaginary Museum – Piano Concerto Australian premiere
FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra DEBUSSY Ibéria (from Images) Ludovic Morlot conductor Steven Osborne piano If the thought of Spain intoxicates your senses, this is your concert! Debussy’s Ibéria paints a vivid picture of Spain – languor and seduction, dancing and fiestas. In the same mood – Falla’s intoxicating Nights in the Gardens of Spain, featuring British pianist Steven Osborne. You’ll also hear Julian Anderson’s new concerto, which exploits Osborne’s stylistic versatility, from Bach to jazz. With its short, contrasting sections, it’s as if “the piano is being taken on an imaginary journey to many different locations”.
DEBUSSY Estampes PROKOFIEV Sonata No.6 (War Sonata 1) DEBUSSY Images, Series 2 PROKOFIEV Sonata No.8 (War Sonata 3) Steven Osborne piano This recital by Scottish pianist Steven Osborne promises to be a breathtaking experience of amazing sound and colour. Osborne offers a fascinating contrast between the delicate, sensual and evocative images of gardens and falling rain of Debussy and the gripping fury and darkness in two of Prokofiev’s War Sonatas. As he takes you on an oscillating journey between dreams and nightmares, you’ll be equally shocked by this music of exquisite beauty and extraordinary power. “Rarely do you witness such textural detail, so delicately balanced…a masterclass in the true beauty of pianism.” (THE SCOTSMAN, 2016)
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Keith Saunders (Musicians of the SSO); Lisa Marie-Mazzucco (Morlot); Benjamin Ealovega (Osborne)
IBERT Two Interludes for flute, violin and harp DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola and harp MASSENET arr. Leonard Scènes alsaciennes: Sous les tilleuls SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.8
AUGUST–SEPTEMBER
Simone Young
Alban Gerhardt
Alexander Gavrylyuk
Mahler Six
Brahms Revelation: Symphony No.4
Brahms Revelation: Favourite Concertos
Wed 22 Aug, 6.30pm
APT MASTER SERIES
Simone Young Conducts
APT MASTER SERIES
Wed 8 Aug, 8pm Fri 10 Aug, 8pm Sat 11 Aug, 8pm BRITTEN Les Illuminations MAHLER Symphony No.6 Simone Young conductor Steve Davislim tenor
Kaupo Kikkas (Gerhardt); Mika Bovan (Gavrylyuk)
Arthur Rimbaud’s near-surreal poetry – suggesting modern life and vices – was the inspiration for the young Britten’s song cycle Les Illuminations. We welcome back Steve Davislim for what promises to be an exciting collaboration with conductor Simone Young. The tragic march of the first movement of Mahler Six sets the music in motion towards something dark – but what? When he wrote it, Mahler was basking in success and a happy home life. Does this epic symphony’s journey through light and shadow foreshadow the personal tragedies that would come soon enough? Like a crystal ball, the music swirls with the deep emotions of a man obsessed with fate.
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Fri 24 Aug, 8pm Sat 25 Aug, 2pm ELGAR Serenade for strings DEAN Cello Concerto Premiere BRAHMS Symphony No.4 David Robertson conductor Alban Gerhardt cello Brett Dean is a trailblazing Australian composer, celebrated for music that draws deeply on the European heritage of classical music. His new concerto is for Alban Gerhardt, increasingly recognised as a master cellist and making a welcome return to Sydney for this premiere event. Dean’s music demands careful listening but rewards with intense emotion and drama. Brahms, too, invites careful listening, especially in his Fourth Symphony, with its bold gestures and marvellous unfolding variations. This music lends itself to the insight and command of a conductor like David Robertson, capable of shaping its vast conception and revealing its beauties in the concert hall.
Wed 29 Aug, 8pm Fri 31 Aug, 8pm Sat 1 Sep, 8pm Mon 3 Sep, 7pm BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Double Concerto BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 David Robertson conductor Andrew Haveron violin Umberto Clerici cello Alexander Gavrylyuk piano This program highlights Brahms the composer-of-concertos, but there’s a symphony lurking in the background too. After a rip-roaring overture, hear the concerto that Brahms wrote as a peace offering to his estranged friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. The defiant opening leads to a conversation between violin and cello – the ice thaws and friendship is restored. Brahms’s monumental first piano concerto emerged from his attempts to write a symphony – the work of a composer who struggled with the legacy of Beethoven, “that giant marching along behind me”.
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SEPTEMBER
Juan Carmona
Musicians of the SSO
Catherine Hewgill
Sinfonia Flamenca
Bruch and Dvorˇák
Playlist with Catherine Hewgill
Cocktail Hour
Traditional Flamenco CARMONA orch. Reguagui Sinfonia Flamenca
Sat 8 Sep, 6pm
Tue 11 Sep, 6.30pm
Utzon Room
City Recital Hall
BRUCH String Quintet in E flat DVOŘÁK String Quintet No.2
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Musicians of the SSO
Australian premiere
David Robertson conductor Juan Carmona Septet Seductive, vibrant and mesmerising. Flamenco is the centuries-old Spanish sound and spectacle that draws you, irresistibly, into a vortex of romance, anguish and passion wrapped in music and dance. Now one of its greatest exponents, guitarist Juan Carmona, comes to the Sydney Opera House with his Flamenco troupe for the first time. Carmona’s group – guitars, double bass, flute, percussion, singer and dancer – will present a dazzling and authentic display of traditional Flamenco in the first half. Then they’ll join David Robertson and the SSO in Carmona’s colourful Sinfonia Flamenca. Lose yourself in the exhilarating rhythms of Spain.
The Cocktail Hour series gives a rare opportunity to hear unusual combinations of instruments, since we can draw on musicians from the whole orchestra. This program presents two quintets for strings, with Bruch adding a second viola to the standard string quartet and Dvořák adding a double bass. Bruch’s String Quintet in E flat will appeal to anyone who loves his warm and generous G minor Violin Concerto. It’s a late work that virtually disappeared, being first performed in public, to great effect, in 2008, nearly a century after the composer’s death. Dvořák’s quintet has a youthful freshness – sometimes energetic, sometimes tranquil, and full of unforgettable melodies.
JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.3 VIVALDI Double Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 531: 1st movement MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.5, Reformation: Andante Catherine Hewgill cello Umberto Clerici cello Katie Hewgill is a much-loved stalwart of the orchestra she joined in 1989. Her beloved cello has been coming to work for longer than that – the instrument was made in 1729 by Carlo Tononi. And Katie begins her playlist in the same decade with Bach’s Third Brandenburg. There’s more baroque music with Vivaldi’s virtuoso showcase for two cellos. But it’s not all dazzle: the gentle, songlike third movement from Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony is like a musical plea for peace. These are just some of the pieces that have inspired Katie during her career and which she will introduce on the night. Join us at the bar after the concert for a drink with the musicians.
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Molina Visuals (Carmona); Anthony Geernaert (Hewgill)
Thu 6 Sep, 6.30pm Fri 7 Sep, 8pm Sat 8 Sep, 8pm
SEPTEMBER
AN SSO FAMILY CONCERT
Tom Thum
Benjamin Grosvenor
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Thum Prints
Benjamin Grosvenor in Recital
Ashkenazy’s Romeo and Juliet
An SSO Family Concert
Steinbacher plays Bruch
Sun 16 Sep, 2pm HAMILTON & TOM THUM Thum Prints – A Concerto Contradiction for beatboxer and orchestra
Conan Whitehouse (Thum); Sophie Wright/Decca (Grosvenor); Keith Saunders (Ashkenazy)
Gordon Hamilton conductor Tom Thum beatboxer In this concert the musicians of the SSO meet beatboxer Tom Thum, a magnificently talented dude with an inexhaustible vocal inventory of glorious and weird noises. They say Tom has an “orchestra inside his mouth” – and with composer Gordon Hamilton, he’s taken it to the next level by smooshing together a real-life orchestra with all the surprising possibilities of beatboxing. Come and discover some wild and amazing sounds when we perform their new concerto (sorry, contradiction!) Thum Prints. Suitable for ages 5+ and their families
Mon 17 Sep, 7pm City Recital Hall JS BACH French Suite No.5 MOZART Sonata in B flat, K333 DEBUSSY trans. Borwick & Copeland Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun GRANADOS Two pieces from Goyescas RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit Still in his mid-20s, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is a rising star on the world’s concert stages. In his SSO debut, he offers two distinct sound worlds: cheerful effervescence courtesy of Bach and Mozart, and the poetry and atmosphere that came from France and Spain at the turn of the 20th century. Debussy’s orchestral Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun is so exquisitely seductive, it’s no surprise that pianists have wanted to play it too. Granados – inspired by the paintings of the young Goya – captures the “essence” of Spain in music that’s moody, elegant and full of colour. And Grosvenor ends with the spinetingling sounds of Ravel’s famously virtuosic Gaspard de la Nuit.
APT MASTER SERIES
Wed 19 Sep, 8pm Fri 21 Sep, 8pm Sat 22 Sep, 8pm TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Arabella Steinbacher violin Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture captures all the emotions, quarrels and climaxes of Shakespeare’s play in gorgeous, dramatic music. Prokofiev also found inspiration in Shakespeare’s tragic love story, composing an unforgettable ballet that brought the great tradition of Tchaikovsky into the 20th century. Ashkenazy’s selections will highlight the drama and emotion of this great tragedy. The stunning German violinist Arabella Steinbacher makes a welcome return to the SSO with a Romantic showstopper – Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, 150 years old and still topping the listener polls.
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SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER
SSO Fellows
Gautier Capuçon
Brett Dean
Mozart and Wagner
Tchaikovsky Cello Favourites
The Last Days of Socrates
Cocktail Hour
Ashkenazy conducts Strauss
Haydn’s Philosopher
Sat 22 Sep, 6pm
Thu 27 Sep, 1.30pm
Thu 11 Oct, 1.30pm
Utzon Room
EMIRATES METRO SERIES
EMIRATES METRO SERIES
Fri 28 Sep, 8pm Sat 29 Sep, 2pm
Fri 12 Oct, 8pm
2018 SSO Fellows Imagine waking on your birthday to the sound of 13 musicians – performing a new piece composed just for you. Such was Cosima Wagner’s delight when she woke to the intimate strains of the Siegfried Idyll – her husband’s surprise gift based on themes from his Ring cycle. The SSO Fellows – the elite young musicians who are mentored by SSO musicians – will begin their own Cocktail Hour concert by performing it in its original version. You can finish your cocktail to the sounds of Max Reger’s dreamy Lyric Andante and a fresh arrangement for nine musicians of Mozart’s elegant Sinfonia concertante for four winds – a version in which all the players become soloists.
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile R STRAUSS Symphonia domestica Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Gautier Capuçon cello Gautier Capuçon returns to the SSO to perform the much-loved Rococo Variations. This is Tchaikovsky in ‘Mozartian’ mode, taking inspiration from his 18th-century idol, to create music that marries Romantic inspiration with Classical elegance. As an extra treat, he’ll perform Tchaikovsky’s Andante cantabile – eloquent music said to have moved Tolstoy to tears. Then Ashkenazy opens the front door of the Strauss home for an orchestral “day in the life” in Symphonia domestica. There are themes for Mama, Papa and Baby – capturing the all-toorecognisable chaos and blissful tranquilities of domestic life.
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusina – Overture HAYDN Symphony No.22 (The Philosopher) DEAN The Last Days of Socrates Brett Dean conductor Peter Coleman-Wright baritone Andrew Goodwin tenor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Socrates is the subject of an oratorio by SSO Artist in Residence Brett Dean, with words by Australian poet Graeme William Ellis. Dean creates a vivid sound world to depict the philosopher’s trial and death, with shrieking accusations and swirling clouds of doubt. Wisdom is given the final, haunting voice against the unbending masses. Dean pairs his oratorio with the Haydn symphony that someone in the 18th century (not the composer!) thought sounded like a philosophic dialogue: exotic cors anglais and horns in a musical question-and-answer.
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Keith Saunders (SSO Fellows); Catherine Pluchart (Capuçon); Bettina Stoess (Dean)
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll REGER Lyric Andante MOZART arr. Roman Benedict Grand Nonet (after K297b)
OCTOBER
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Edo de Waart
Caitlin Hulcup
Thibaudet plays the Egyptian Concerto
Beethoven Nine
French Fellowship
Ode to Joy
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella
Thu 25 Oct, 1.30pm
Fri 26 Oct, 11am
With Sibelius 2 APT MASTER SERIES
Wed 17 Oct, 8pm Fri 19 Oct, 8pm Sat 20 Oct, 8pm
Jesse Willems (de Waart)
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian) SIBELIUS Symphony No.2
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Fri 26 Oct, 8pm Sat 27 Oct, 2pm HAYDN Symphony No.104 (London) BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral)
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
Edo de Waart conductor Amanda Majeski soprano Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano Kim Begley tenor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
It has been five years since Sydneysiders have enjoyed the poetic touch and boundless technique of French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. In 2018 he returns to perform Saint-Saëns’ Egyptian Concerto. Saint-Saëns found inspiration in the exotic sights and sounds he experienced while holidaying on the Nile. Sibelius wrote part of his most popular symphony, the Second, in the Italian Alps in winter – but as in all his music, the grandeur of the Nordic landscape is never far away. Debussy’s ground-breaking daydream of a faun finds a sensuous musical equivalent for the poem by Mallarmé.
If ever a piece of classical music would make you jump on the furniture in ecstasy, this is it! Beethoven’s awe-inspiring Ninth Symphony has accompanied the world’s great celebrations and prayers for peace, with its ‘Ode to Joy’ climax shouting for all humanity to join together. Its message resounds as loudly today as it did two centuries ago. Haydn’s final symphony, like Beethoven’s, comes as a grand summation of his work. With its arresting opening and closing gestures, it paves the way for an unforgettable, full-throttle experience in the Concert Hall.
POULENC Suite française RAVEL Three Poems by Stéphane Mallarmé STRAVINSKY Pulcinella: Suite Roger Benedict conductor Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano 2018 SSO Fellows & SSO Musicians Roger Benedict, Artistic Director of the SSO Fellowship program, has devised an appealing Frenchflavoured concert with a neoclassical theme. Poulenc’s Suite française was written for a play set in the royal court of 16th-century France and he gives a chic twist to antique dances from the time. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella – commissioned for the Ballets Russes as a tribute to commedia dell’arte – does the same thing: cunningly reworking music from the 18th century and infusing it with modern genius. In between the theatre of these delightful pieces, Australian mezzo-soprano Caitlin Hulcup will join the Fellows to perform Ravel’s intoxicating songs based on poems by the symbolist Stéphane Mallarmé.
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OCTOBER–NOVEMBER
AN SSO FAMILY CONCERT
Kees Boersma
Illustration by Leslie Greener
David Robertson and the SSO
Playlist with Kees Boersma
The Happiness Box
Beethoven Seven
An SSO Family Concert
Rhythm and Energy
Tue 30 Oct, 6.30pm
Sun 4 Nov, 2pm
Wed 7 Nov, 6.30pm
MARKS The Happiness Box Based on the book by David Griffin and illustrated by Leslie Greener
DEAN Engelsflügel (Wings of Angels) MACMILLAN Percussion Concerto No.2
Program to include…
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1: 1st movement PIAZZOLLA Contrabajissimo R STRAUSS Metamorphosen Kees Boersma double bass Our Dutch-born Principal Double Bass Kees Boersma has enjoyed a fantastically rich career with prestigious orchestras and ensembles around the world. So it’s not surprising he’s chosen a playlist that reflects his European musical foundations with music by Beethoven and an intimate arrangement of Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen. Written near the end of World War II, the powerful and profound Metamorphosen stands today, says Kees, as ‘the greatest musical study on the futility of war’. But it’s not all serious, you’ll also hear music like Contrabajissimo by Tango king Astor Piazzolla – an alluring mix of infectious rhythms and “contrabass” virtuosity! Join Kees and the musicians at the bar afterwards!
Iain Grandage conductor Jay Laga’aia narrator The Happiness Box is the inspiring story of three friends – a lizard, a monkey and a frog – who find a magical box and embark on a journey through the jungle to discover the secret of happiness. The story was written in secret in 1942 by two Australian Prisoners of War in Changi (David Griffin and Leslie Greener) to lift the spirits of the interned children. Now Australian film composer Bryony Marks (Please Like Me, Barracuda) has captured the wonder of the friends’ adventure in a musical celebration of humour, courage and friendship. Much-loved children’s TV presenter Jay Laga’aia will narrate this wonderful story.
Australian premiere
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 David Robertson conductor Claire Edwardes percussion
Thu 8 Nov, 1.30pm PADEREWSKI Overture MACMILLAN Percussion Concerto No.2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 David Robertson conductor Claire Edwardes percussion
Fri 9 Nov, 11am PADEREWSKI Overture BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 David Robertson conductor
Suitable for children aged 5+ and their families.
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Steven Godbee (Boesma); Leslie Greener (Illustration)
City Recital Hall
SPECIAL EVENT
Claire Edwardes
Renaud Capuçon
Prokofiev Five
European Tour Farewell Concert
Robertson Conducts
Beethoven’s Seventh is the most visceral and thrilling of his symphonies. Its rhythms are utterly obsessive, relentless, propulsive – there’s no let-up! Even when it slows down, the music’s unstoppable pulse and red-blooded vitality are compelling.
Keith Saunders (Robertson); Monty Coles (Edwardes); Mat Hennek (Capuçon)
Beethoven’s Seventh is the cornerstone for a set of three programs conducted by David Robertson, and the theme of rhythmic vitality is picked up in music featuring leading Australian percussionist Claire Edwardes (Wed, Thu). James Macmillan’s Veni, Veni Emmanuel has become on of the most popular percussion concertos today. His equally thrilling second concerto has been compared to New York at rush hour – all colour and energy. Composed for David Robertson and the SSO, Brett Dean’s Wings of Angels (Wed) takes a big orchestra and gives it hushed and flighty music, full of whispering effects and delicate colours. Or you can discover music by Paderewski – concert pianist, composer and Polish prime minister. His Overture (Thu, Fri) is a vignette of the Polish soul – filled with Romantic fervour and lilting folk dances.
Mon 12 Nov, 7pm PADEREWSKI Overture MACMILLAN Percussion Concerto No.2 PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5 David Robertson conductor Claire Edwardes percussion When Prokofiev premiered his Fifth Symphony in 1945, it caught the mood of the time, not just in Soviet Russia but the world – so much so it earned him a place on the cover of Time magazine. Enter a world of unforgettable melodies and energetic rhythms reminiscent of his Romeo and Juliet ballet. That rhythmic vitality is picked up in music by Scottish composer James Macmillan. Claire Edwardes considers his Veni, Veni Emmanuel the best percussion concerto to date. Now she brings her affinity to his Second Percussion Concerto – a high-energy tour de force! The concert begins with an early overture by Paderewski – concert pianist, composer, Polish prime minister, and one of the few classical music figures to make the cover of Time twice!
SPECIAL EVENT
Fri 16 Nov, 8pm Sat 17 Nov, 8pm DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture KORNGOLD Violin Concerto MAHLER Symphony No.5 David Robertson conductor Renaud Capuçon violin David Robertson and your SSO will be heading off on tour and in this concert we get to enjoy some of what’s on the bill. Dvořák’s cheerful Carnival Overture raises the curtain with gusto. Then it’s music by two Viennese masters. As an exile from Europe, Korngold achieved fame (and fortune) as a Hollywood composer. His luscious Violin Concerto weeps with longing for a lost world, while echoing his opulent film scores of the 30s and 40s. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is more tempestuous. The opening funeral march leads us to perhaps his most famous movement – the tender Adagietto for harp and strings, said to be a “declaration of love” for his wife Alma – before a brilliant and ecstatic finale.
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2018 Special Events In a year of great concerts, there are Special Events you simply cannot afford to miss.
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8PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
APT Master Series
Andrew Haveron
Keith Saunders
Concertmaster
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Concert details 1. Seductive Mozart / 7 Feb AND Magnificent Mozart / 9 & 10 Feb
Package Options
The APT Master Series is available as four Pre-Designed Packages:
p.10
MOZART Così fan tutte: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.16 in D, K451 MOZART Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K453 MOZART Symphony No.39
4-BLUE 4-RED PACK PACK
6 PACK
WED • FRI • SAT
SEDUCTIVE MOZART – WEDNESDAY 9 PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
Robertson conductor • Ax piano
MAGNIFICENT MOZART – FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MOZART The Marriage of Figaro: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.19 in F, K.459 MOZART Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat, K595 MOZART Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) Robertson conductor • Ax piano
2. Nelson Freire plays the Emperor /14–17 Mar p.12
N/A
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) WAGNER Highlights from The Ring: Ride of the Valkyries,
Forest Murmurs, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Siegfried’s Funeral March, Brünnhilde’s Immolation Runnicles conductor • Freire piano
3. Beethoven’s Mass in C / 11–14 Apr
p.14
HAYDN Symphony No.95 • BEETHOVEN Mass in C Suzuki conductor • Macliver soprano • Dowsley mezzo-soprano Bruns tenor • Immler bass • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Enjoy stirring masterpieces and captivating rarities in the Sydney Opera House. Key Subscriber Benefits
4. Spirit of Delight / 16–19 May
p.16
N/A
JS BACH orch. Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3 ELGAR Symphony No.2 Wilson conductor • Vondráček piano
5. Pictures at an Exhibition / 18 –21 Jul
p.19
Full Seats 4-Blue 4-Red 6 pack 9 pack Prem. $ 465 $ 448 $ 650 $ 943
Guerrero conductor • Beilman violin p.21
BRITTEN Les Illuminations MAHLER Symphony No.6 Young conductor • Davislim tenor
7. Brahms Concertos / 29, 31 Aug, 1 Sep
$ 406 $ 398 $ 568 $ 826
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$ 338 $ 330 $ 468 $ 684
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$ 275 $ 262 $ 380 $ 554
D
$ 219
$ 210 $ 306 $ 443
Concession Seats 4-Blue 4-Red 6 pack 9 pack Prem. $ 419 $ 404 $ 584 $ 851
Robertson conductor • Haveron violin Clerici cello • Gavrylyuk piano p.23
N/A
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite Ashkenazy conductor • Steinbacher violin
9. Thibaudet plays the Egyptian Concerto / 17–20 Oct
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p.21
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Double Concerto BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1
8. Ashkenazy’s Romeo and Juliet / 19–22 Sep
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests Up to 3 free exchanges (9 Pack) Up to 2 free exchanges (6 Pack) 1 free exchange (4 Packs)
N/A
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Festival Overture HIGDON Violin Concerto Australian premiere MUSSORGSKY orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition 6. Mahler Six / 8 –11 Aug
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$ 247 $ 234 $ 343 $ 502
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$ 219
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DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian) SIBELIUS Symphony No.2 Saraste conductor • Thibaudet piano 2 0 1 8
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F R I D AY
8PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Emirates Metro Series
Fenella Gill
Keith Saunders
Cello
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Package Options
Concert details 1. Dramatic Mozart / 2 Feb
The Emirates Metro Series is available as three Pre-Designed Packages:
MOZART Don Giovanni: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449 MOZART Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 MOZART Symphony No.40
4-BLUE PACK
Robertson conductor • Ax piano
4-RED PACK
FRIDAY
p.10
8 PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
2. Heaven is Closed / 2 Mar
p.12
R STRAUSS Don Juan PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 KATS-CHERNIN Heaven is Closed R STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel Slobodeniouk conductor • Batiashvili violin
3. Anne Sofie von Otter sings Schubert / 23 Mar p.13 SCHUBERT Rosamunde: Romanze SCHUBERT Songs with orchestra: orch. Reger Gretchen am Spinnrade orch. Britten Die Forelle orch. Reger Im Abendrot orch. Anon An Sylvia orch. Berlioz Erlkönig MAHLER Symphony No.10 (completed by Deryck Cooke)
Your Orchestra with world-class artists performing music from the heart of the repertoire.
Runnicles conductor • Von Otter mezzo-soprano
Key Subscriber Benefits 4. Spanish Nights / 3 Aug
p.20
DEBUSSY Gigues (from Images) J ANDERSON The Imaginary Museum – Piano Concerto
Australian premiere FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra DEBUSSY Ibéria (from Images) Morlot conductor • Osborne piano
• • • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests Up to 3 free exchanges (8 Pack) 1 free exchange (4 Packs)
Full 5. Brahms Four / 24 Aug
p.21
ELGAR Serenade for strings DEAN Cello Concerto Premiere BRAHMS Symphony No.4 Robertson conductor • Gerhardt cello
6. Tchaikovsky Cello Favourites / 28 Sep
p.24
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile for cello and strings R STRAUSS Symphonia domestica Ashkenazy conductor • Capuçon cello
7. The Last Days of Socrates / 12 Oct
p.24
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusina – Overture HAYDN Symphony No.22 (The Philosopher) DEAN The Last Days of Socrates Australian premiere Dean conductor • Coleman-Wright baritone • Goodwin tenor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
8. Beethoven Nine / 26 Oct
p.25
HAYDN Symphony No.104 (London) BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral) Waart conductor • Majeski soprano • Hulcup mezzo-soprano Begley tenor • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
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$ 431
$ 414
$ 776
A
$ 381
$ 373
$ 693
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$ 313
$ 305
$ 566
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$ 250
$ 237
$ 445
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$ 202
$ 193
$ 365
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8 pack
Prem.
$ 389
$ 374
$ 702
A
$ 343
$ 335
$ 625
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$ 282
$ 275
$ 513
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$ 224
$ 211
$ 405
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$ 202
$ 193
$ 365
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$ 148
$ 148
$ 296
Concession
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MONDAY
Mondays @ 7 Early evening concerts on Mondays – enjoy brilliant music and keep your weekends free. Euan Harvey Horn Mondays @ 7 are available as two Pre-Designed Packages:
PACK
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Concert details
Packages
1. Seductive Mozart / 5 Feb
p.10
MOZART Così fan tutte: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.16 in D, K451 MOZART Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K453 MOZART Symphony No.39 Robertson conductor • Ax piano
2. Verdi’s Requiem / 25 Jun
p.18
N/A
VERDI Requiem Caetani conductor • Blue soprano • Carby mezzo-soprano Torre tenor • Varnier bass • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
3. Brahms Concertos / 3 Sep
p.21
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Double Concerto BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 Robertson conductor • Haveron violin Clerici cello • Gavrylyuk piano
4. Prokofiev Five / 12 Nov
p.27
PADEREWSKI Overture MACMILLAN Percussion Concerto No.2 PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5 Robertson conductor • Edwardes percussion
3 pack
4 pack
Concession 3 pack 4 pack
Prem.
$ 332
$ 448
$ 298
$ 404
A
$ 296
$ 398
$ 267
$ 358
B
$ 243
$ 330
$ 219
$ 298
C
$ 191
$ 262
$ 171
$ 234
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$ 155
$ 210
$ 155
$ 210
Youth <30
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$ 111
$ 148
Key Subscriber Benefits
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Full Seats
F R I & S AT
8PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
FRI • SAT
Kaleidoscope Japanese drums, Broadway showstoppers and Spanish Flamenco – an exciting world of music.
Kaleidoscope is available as one Pre-Designed Package:
PACK
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Available as a 3-concert package 1. Taikoz and the SSO / 23–24 Feb
p.11
BRITTEN The Prince of the Pagodas: Highlights WATANABE Dreams LEE & CLEWORTH Cascading Waterfall CLEWORTH Waves SKIPWORTH New Work Premiere Salonga conductor • Taikoz • Lee shakuhachi Watanabe shinobue, taiko
2. The Bernstein Songbook / 11–12 May
p.15
BERNSTEIN Highlights from: On the Town, Wonderful Town, On the Waterfront, Candide, West Side Story and more! Wilson conductor • Gore soprano • Criswell mezzo-soprano Ovenden tenor • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
3. Sinfonia Flamenca / 7–8 Sep
p.22
Traditional Flamenco CARMONA orch. Reguagui Sinfonia Flamenca Australian premiere Robertson conductor • Juan Carmona Septet
Taikoz
Yuki Kokubo
3 Pack Pricing
Key Subscriber Benefits
Seats
Full
Concession
Premium
$ 314
$ 283
A
$ 279
$ 251
B
$ 225
$ 203
C
$ 179
$ 160
Youth <30
—
$ 111
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WED • THU
WED OR THU
6.30P M / SY DN E Y OP E RA HOUS E
Meet the Music Great classics with modern and homegrown masterpieces in each concert to inspire and delight.
Meet the Music is available as two Pre-Designed Packages: PACK or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
Available in two separate 4-concert packages: WEDNESDAY PACKAGE
THURSDAY PACKAGE
1. Heaven is Closed 28 Feb
p.12
R STRAUSS Don Juan PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 KATS-CHERNIN Heaven is Closed R STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel Slobodeniouk conductor Batiashvili violin
2. Spirit Realms – Sacred & Profane / 4 Jul p.19 EDWARDS Earth Spirit Songs – Symphony No.2 RACHMANINOFF
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
MENDELSSOHN
Double Bass
3. Brahms Four / 22 Aug
p.21
ELGAR Serenade for strings DEAN Cello Concerto Premiere BRAHMS Symphony No.4 Robertson conductor Gerhardt cello
DEAN Engelsflügel (Wings of Angels) Australian premiere MACMILLAN
• • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests 1 free exchange
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Percussion Concerto No.2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 Robertson conductor Edwardes percussion
Wednesday 4 Pack Seats Full $ 414 Premium $ 364 A $ 296 B $ 238 C $ 194 D — Youth <30
BRITTEN The Prince of the Pagodas: Highlights
WATANABE Dreams LEE & CLEWORTH
Cascading Waterfall CLEWORTH Waves SKIPWORTH New Work Premiere Salonga conductor Taikoz • Lee shakuhachi Watanabe shinobue, taiko
2. The Bernstein Songbook 10 May p.15 BERNSTEIN Highlights from: On the Town, Wonderful Town, On the Waterfront, Candide, West Side Story and more! Wilson conductor • Gore soprano Criswell mezzo-soprano Ovenden tenor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
3. Verdi’s Requiem / 21 Jun
p.18
VERDI Requiem
4. Beethoven Seven / 7 Nov p.26
Key Subscriber Benefits
p.11
Concession $ 374 $ 328 $ 266 $ 214 $ 194 $ 148
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Caetani conductor • Blue soprano Carby mezzo-soprano Torre tenor • Varnier bass Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
4. Sinfonia Flamenca / 6 Sep p.22 Traditional Flamenco CARMONA orch. Reguagui Sinfonia
Flamenca Australian premiere Robertson conductor Juan Carmona Septet
Thursday 4 Pack Seats Full $ 431 Premium $ 381 A $ 313 B $ 250 C $ 202 D — Youth <30
Concession $ 389 $ 343 $ 282 $ 224 $ 202 $ 148
Keith Saunders
Jaan Pallandi
Symphony No.5, Reformation Kuerti conductor Lazarenko soprano • Hough piano
1. Taikoz and the SSO 22 Feb
6PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
SATURDAY
S AT U R D AY
Cocktail Hour Sip a cheeky cocktail at sunset with soulquenching chamber music in the Utzon Room. Cocktail Hour is available as two Pre-Designed Packages:
3-BLUE PACK
3-RED PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
Concert details
Packages
1. Bach and Beethoven / 17 Mar
p.13
JS BACH trans. Constable Violin Partita in B minor, for marimba CONSTABLE Quintet for vibraphone and string quartet: Rondo, Timelapse BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 (Razumovsky No.1) Musicians from the SSO
2. Marsalis and Korngold / 14 Apr
p.18
MARSALIS Meeelaan – Bassoon Quintet / KORNGOLD String Sextet Musicians from the SSO
3. Grieg and Villa-Lobos / 16 Jun
p.17
VILLA-LOBOS Duo for oboe and bassoon GRIEG From Holberg’s Time (Holberg Suite) VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas brasileiras No.1 Musicians from the SSO
4. Debussy and Shostakovich / 21 Jul
p.20
IBERT Two Interludes for flute, violin and harp DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola and harp MASSENET arr. Leonard Scènes alsaciennes: Sous les tilleuls SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.8 Musicians from the SSO
5. Bruch and Dvorˇák / 8 Sep
p.22
BRUCH String Quintet in E flat / DVOŘÁK String Quintet No.2 Musicians from the SSO
6. Mozart and Wagner / 22 Sep
Claire Herrick Violin
p.24
Christie Brewster
Program to include… WAGNER Siegfried Idyll / REGER Lyric Andante MOZART arr. Roman Benedict Grand Nonet (after K297b) 2018 SSO Fellows
Key Subscriber Benefits
3 Pack Pricing Seats
Full / Concession
General Admission
$ 201 per person
• Up to 1 free exchange
Cocktail Bar from 5.30pm
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T H U R S D AY
7 P M / C I T Y R E C I TA L H A L L
Mozart in the City Take Mozart as your cue for these short, intimate orchestral concerts in the heart of the city. Mozart in the City is available as one Pre-Designed Package:
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
PACK
Available as a 4-concert package 1. Mozart and the French Connection / 22 Feb
p.11
FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite DEBUSSY arr. Silvestrini Rhapsody for cor anglais and orchestra MOZART Wind Serenade in E flat, K375 BIZET Symphony in C Leleux conductor, oboe and cor anglais
2. Mozart and Mendelssohn / 5 Apr
p.14
R STRAUSS Capriccio: Sextet MOZART Bassoon Concerto, K191 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4, Italian Benedict conductor • Gibson-Cornish bassoon
Todd GibsonCornish
3. Mozart and the Piano / 24 May
p.16
SUK String Serenade MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467 Haveron violin-director • De Borah piano
Principal Bassoon
4. Mozart’s Fantastic Flute / 12 Jul
p.19
SCHUBERT Overture in B flat MOZART Flute Concerto in G, K313 MOZART Symphony No.36 (Linz) Haveron violin-director • Sholl flute
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Seats
Full
Concession
Premium
$ 328
$ 296
A
$ 288
$ 260
B
$ 256
$ 230
C
$ 216
$ 194
Youth <30
—
$ 148
• • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests 1 free exchange
Note: Youth packages are C-reserve, or seated with full-paying companion in other reserves. See Terms and Conditions on page 53.
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4 Pack Pricing
7 P M / C I T Y R E C I TA L H A L L
MONDAY
M O N D AY
International Pianists in Recital Four virtuosos, four intimate recitals, and the poetry and power of the piano. International Pianists in Recital is available as one Pre-Designed Package:
Benjamin Grosvenor
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
PACK
Piano
Available as a 4-concert package 1. Yulianna Avdeeva in Recital / 14 May
p.15
CHOPIN Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.posth. • Nocturne in E flat, Op.55 No.2 Fantasy in F minor, Op.49 • Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 Four Mazurkas, Op.7 • Polonaise in A flat, Op.53
LISZT
La lugubre gondola, S200 • Unstern! – Sinistre, S208 R.W. – Venezia, S201 • Sonata in B minor, S178
2. Simon Trpcˇeski in Recital / 2 Jul
p.18
GRIEG From Holberg’s Time MENDELSSOHN Songs without Words: Selection RIMSKY-KORSAKOV trans. Gilson Scheherazade 3. Steven Osborne in Recital / 6 Aug
p.20
DEBUSSY Estampes PROKOFIEV Sonata No.6 (War Sonata 1) DEBUSSY Images, Series 2 PROKOFIEV Sonata No.8 (War Sonata 3) 4. Benjamin Grosvenor in Recital / 17 Sep
p.23
JS BACH French Suite No.5 MOZART Piano Sonata in B flat, K333 DEBUSSY trans. Borwick & Copeland Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun GRANADOS Two pieces from Goyescas RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
Sophie Wright/Decca
4 Pack Pricing
Key Subscriber Benefits
Seats
Full
Concession
Premium
$ 328
$ 296
A
$ 288
$ 260
B
$ 256
$ 230
C
$ 216
$ 194
Youth <30
—
$ 148
• • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests 1 free exchange
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TUESDAY
TUESDAY
6.30PM / CITY RECITAL HALL
Playlist Meet three SSO musicians in these friendly and informal personally curated concerts. Then join us at the bar! Playlist is available as one Pre-Designed Package:
PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
Available as a 3-concert package 1. Playlist with Matthew Wilkie / 1 May
p.15
Program to include... ELGAR Romance for bassoon and orchestra ZELENKA Hipocondrie – Concerto for 7
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9: Largo – Allegretto Wilkie bassoon
2. Playlist with Catherine Hewgill / 11 Sep
p.22
Program to include... JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.3 VIVALDI Double Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 531: 1st movement
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.5, Reformation: Andante Hewgill cello • Clerici cello
Kees Boersma Principal Double Bass
3. Playlist with Kees Boersma / 30 Oct
p.26
Program to include... BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1: 1st movement PIAZZOLLA Contrabajissimo R STRAUSS Metamorphosen Boersma double bass
Key Subscriber Benefits
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3 Pack Pricing Seats
Full / Concession
Allocated Seating
$ 111 per person
S Y D N E Y S Y M P H O N Y . C O M
Steven Godbee
• Renewable seats • Priority for seat change requests • 1 free exchange
2PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
Family Concerts Three brilliant and inspiring concerts for 5–12 year olds to share with their families. Family Concerts are available as one Pre-Designed Package:
PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
Available as a 3-concert package 1. Who Needs a Conductor Anyway? / 11 Mar
p.12
Featuring highlights from the great piano concertos by... TCHAIKOVSKY, BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, RACHMANINOFF and MOZART, with GERSHWIN’s Rhapsody in Blue Benedict conductor • Tedeschi piano
2. Thum Prints / 16 Sep
p.23
HAMILTON & TOM THUM Thum Prints – A Concerto Contradiction for beatboxer and orchestra Hamilton conductor • Tom Thum beatboxer 3. The Happiness Box / 4 Nov
p.26
MARKS The Happiness Box Based on the book by David Griffin and illustrated by Leslie Greener Grandage conductor • Laga’aia narrator
Key Subscriber Benefits
• Renewable seats • Priority for seat change requests • 1 free exchange
Christie Brewster
3 Pack Pricing Seats Allocated Seating
Full / Concession
Come early or stay afterwards for the Kids Activity Zone.
$ 93 per person 2 0 1 8
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T H U R S D AY
1.30PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Thursday Afternoon Symphony
David Elton Keith Saunders
Principal Trumpet
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1. Dramatic Mozart / 1 Feb
Package Options
Thursday Afternoon Symphony is available as three Pre-Designed Packages:
N/A
p.10
MOZART Don Giovanni: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449 MOZART Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 MOZART Symphony No.40
4 PACK
Robertson conductor • Ax piano
2. Heaven is Closed / 1 Mar
p.12
5 PACK
THURSDAY
Concert details
9 PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
N/A
R STRAUSS Don Juan PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 KATS-CHERNIN Heaven is Closed R STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel Slobodeniouk conductor • Batiashvili violin
3. Anne Sofie von Otter / 22 Mar sings Schubert
N/A
p.13
SCHUBERT Rosamunde: Romanze SCHUBERT Songs with orchestra: orch. Reger Gretchen am Spinnrade orch. Britten Die Forelle orch. Reger Im Abendrot orch. Anon An Sylvia orch. Berlioz Erlkönig MAHLER Symphony No.10 (completed by Deryck Cooke) Runnicles conductor • Von Otter mezzo-soprano
4. Spirit Realms – Sacred & Profane / 5 Jul
p.19
N/A
EDWARDS Earth Spirit Songs – Symphony No.2 RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.5, Reformation
Key Subscriber Benefits
Kuerti conductor • Lazarenko soprano • Hough piano
5. Spanish Nights / 2 Aug
N/A
p.20
DEBUSSY Gigues (from Images) J ANDERSON The Imaginary Museum – Piano Concerto
Australian premiere FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra DEBUSSY Ibéria (from Images) Morlot conductor • Osborne piano
6. Tchaikovsky Cello Favourites / 27 Sep
p.24
N/A
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile for cello and strings R STRAUSS Symphonia domestica Ashkenazy conductor • Capuçon cello
7. The Last Days of Socrates / 11 Oct
p.24
N/A
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusina – Overture HAYDN Symphony No.22 (The Philosopher) DEAN The Last Days of Socrates Australian premiere
p.25
N/A
HAYDN Symphony No.104 (London) BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral) Waart conductor • Majeski soprano • Hulcup mezzo-soprano Begley tenor • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
9. Beethoven Seven / 8 Nov
p.26
N/A
DEAN Engelsflügel (Wings of Angels) Australian premiere MACMILLAN Percussion Concerto No.2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 Robertson conductor • Edwardes percussion
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• • • • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests Up to 3 free exchanges (9 Pack) Up to 2 free exchanges (5 Pack) 1 free exchange (4 Pack)
Full Seats
4 pack
5 pack
9 pack
Prem.
$ 433
$ 509
$ 872
A
$ 376
$ 452
$ 767
B
$ 309
$ 368
$ 628
C
$ 254
$ 292
$ 505
D
$ 204
$ 239
$ 411
Seats
4 pack
5 pack
9 pack
Prem.
$ 389
$ 458
$ 786
A
$ 339
$ 408
$ 691
B
$ 279
$ 331
$ 567
C
$ 230
$ 264
$ 453
D
$ 204
$ 239
$ 411
Youth
$ 148
$ 185
$ 333
Concession
Dean conductor • Coleman-Wright baritone • Goodwin tenor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
8. Beethoven Nine / 25 Oct
Afternoons by the harbour shared with friends and favourite music.
S E A S O N
Note: No concession rate for D-reserve packages. For D-reserve locations, see page 50. Youth packages are C-reserve, or seated with full-paying companion in other reserves. See Terms and Conditions on page 53.
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F R I D AY
11AM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Tea & Symphony
Lerida Delbridge
Keith Saunders
Assistant Concertmaster
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Package Options
Concert details 1. Mozart and the French Connection / 23 Feb
Tea & Symphony is available as three Pre-Designed Packages:
FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite DEBUSSY arr. Silvestrini Rhapsody for cor anglais and orchestra MOZART Wind Serenade in E flat, K375 BIZET Symphony in C
4-BLUE PACK
Leleux conductor, oboe and cor anglais
2. David Drury in Recital / 23 Mar
4-RED PACK
FRIDAY
p.11
8 PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
p.13
JS BACH arr. Dupré Cantata No.29: Sinfonia JS BACH Organ Chorales: ‘O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross’
& ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ MENDELSSOHN Organ Sonata No.3 GUILMANT March on a Theme by Handel DURUFLÉ Scherzo, Op.2 VIERNE Berceuse & Carillon de Westminster Drury organ
3. Mozart and Mendelssohn / 6 Apr
p.14
R STRAUSS Capriccio: Sextet MOZART Bassoon Concerto, K191 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4, Italian Benedict conductor • Gibson-Cornish bassoon
4. Royal Fireworks: SSO Brass Ensemble / 18 May
p.16
Program to include...
HANDEL arr. Howarth Music for the Royal Fireworks ELGAR arr. Krienes Enigma Variations: Nimrod SSO Brass Ensemble
5. SSO Percussion Stars / 15 Jun
p.17
WESTLAKE Kalabash KOPETSKY Le Chant du Serpent NISHIMURA Padma in Meditation GRAINGER Arrival Platform Humlet GRAINGER Random Round MIKI Marimba Spiritual MÁRTA Doll’s House Story
Delightful mornings of music shared with friends over a welcoming cup of tea. Key Subscriber Benefits
SSO Percussionists
6. Spirit Realms – Sacred & Profane / 6 Jul
p.19
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.5, Reformation
• • • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests Up to 3 free exchanges (8 Pack) 1 free exchange (4 Packs)
Kuerti conductor • Hough piano
Full 7. French Fellowship / 26 Oct
p.25
POULENC Suite française RAVEL Three Poems by Stéphane Mallarmé STRAVINSKY Pulcinella: Suite Benedict conductor • Hulcup mezzo-soprano 2018 SSO Fellows
8. Beethoven Seven / 9 Nov
p.26
MACMILLAN Percussion Concerto No.2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7
Seats
4-Blue
4-Red
8 pack
Prem.
$ 252
$ 488
A
$ 220
$ 424
B
$ 184
$ 352
C
$ 152
$296
Note: C-reserve seating for Tea & Symphony is located behind the stage and in the Upper Circle. See Venue Map on page 50. See Terms and Conditions on page 53.
Robertson conductor
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S AT U R D AY
2PM / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Great Classics Umberto Clerici
Keith Saunders
Principal Cello
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S Y D N E Y S Y M P H O N Y . C O M
Package Options
1. Dramatic Mozart / 3 Feb
Great Classics is available as two Pre-Designed Packages:
p.10
MOZART Don Giovanni: Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449 MOZART Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 MOZART Symphony No.40
4 PACK
Robertson conductor • Ax piano
SATURDAY
Concert details
7 PACK
or include any concert in a Create Your Own package, p.31 and p.52
3. Anne Sofie von Otter sings Schubert / 24 Mar p.13
N/A
SCHUBERT Rosamunde: Romanze SCHUBERT Songs with orchestra: orch. Reger Gretchen am Spinnrade orch. Britten Die Forelle orch. Reger Im Abendrot orch. Anon An Sylvia orch. Berlioz Erlkönig MAHLER Symphony No.10 (completed by Deryck Cooke) Runnicles conductor • Von Otter mezzo-soprano
2. Verdi’s Requiem / 23 Jun
Enjoy Saturday afternoons by the harbour with breathtaking concerts.
p.18
VERDI Requiem Caetani conductor • Blue soprano • Carby mezzo-soprano Torre tenor • Varnier bass • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
4. Spanish Nights / 4 Aug
p.20
N/A
DEBUSSY Gigues (from Images) J ANDERSON The Imaginary Museum – Piano Concerto Australian premiere FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra DEBUSSY Ibéria (from Images) Morlot conductor • Osborne piano
5. Brahms Four / 25 Aug
p.21
ELGAR Serenade for strings DEAN Cello Concerto Premiere BRAHMS Symphony No.4 Robertson conductor • Gerhardt cello
Key Subscriber Benefits
• • • •
Renewable seats Priority for seat change requests Up to 3 free exchanges (7 Pack) 1 free exchange (4 Packs)
Full Seats
4 pack
7 pack
Premium
$ 434
$ 703
A
$ 384
$ 619
B
$ 318
$ 511
C
$ 252
$ 410
D
$ 204
$ 332
Seats
4 pack
7 pack
Premium
$ 390
$ 633
A
$ 346
$ 557
B
$ 286
$ 459
C
$ 228
$ 368
D
$ 204
$ 332
Youth
$ 148
$ 259
Concession 6. Tchaikovsky Cello Favourites / 29 Sep
p.24
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile for cello and strings R STRAUSS Symphonia domestica Ashkenazy conductor • Capuçon cello
7. Beethoven Nine / 27 Oct
p.25
N/A
HAYDN Symphony No.104 (London) BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral) Waart conductor • Majeski soprano • Hulcup mezzo-soprano Begley tenor • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
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Venue Seating Maps Sydney Opera House
City Recital Hall
Bennelong Point, Sydney
2 Angel Place, Sydney
Upper Circle
Y
Level 3
V–Z
Mid Circle L
DO O R 7
DOO R 1 4
K
Front Circle
Level 2
Q–U
Premium Circle DOOR 6
A
A
U
Box
Upper Gallery
DO O R 1
Stalls
Z
Q–S V–W
Lower Gallery (or Choir)
Level 1
STAGE
Gallery Box
Gallery
F
DOOR 9
V–W
Behind the Stage
DO O R 2
Q–S
tra Box Orches
Y
AA–EE
DOO R 1 0
STAGE
E
Level 1
X Orches tra Box
DOOR 3
DOOR 1 1
A
A
Front Stalls
D
Level 3
W
Level 3
DOO R 4
DOOR 1 2
Level 2
Mid Stalls
C
Circle Boxes
V
Level 1
Circle Boxes
DOO R 5
Premium Stalls
B
Level 2
P
X
DOOR 1 3
DOO R 8
Boxes
Circle
Gallery Access
Premium
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Access
Premium
A-Reserve
A-Reserve
B-Reserve B-Reserve
C-Reserve
C-Reserve
D-Reserve These maps are for the majority of SSO concerts. Special Events may have alternative and additional seating zones. When a concert includes a choir, patrons may be relocated to other seats in an equivalent zone or to the Upper Circle of the Concert Hall.
Access
Information
ww If you would like to book wheelchair or disabled
ww For more information regarding access
access spaces at either venue, please call us on (02) 8215 4600, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm.
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or disabled services at our venues, visit sydneysymphony.com/access
S Y D N E Y S Y M P H O N Y . C O M
Pricing Pre-Designed Packages FULL PRICE
2018 Packages
APT Master Series
No. of Seating Reserve concerts Page in pack Prem. A B C
Evening
Seating Reserve D
Prem.
A
B
C
D
C-Res*
943
826
684
554
443
851
746
617
502
443
333
650
568
468
380
306
584
510
422
343
306
222
448
398
330
262
210
404
358
298
234
210
148
465
406
338
275
219
419
366
305
247
219
148
776
693
566
445
365
702
625
513
405
365
296
414
373
305
237
193
374
335
275
211
193
148
431
381
313
250
202
389
343
282
224
202
148
448
398
330
262
210
404
358
298
234
210
148
332
296
243
191
155
298
267
219
171
155
111
Wed
414
364
296
238
194
374
328
266
214
194
Thu
431
381
313
250
202
389
343
282
224
202
p.32
Emirates Metro Series p.34
Mondays @ 7
p.36
Meet The Music
p.38
Kaleidoscope
p.37
314
279
225
179
283
251
203
160
111
Mozart in the City
p.40
328
288
256
216
296
260
230
194
148
Int. Pianists in Recital
p.41
328
288
256
216
296
260
230
194
148
Playlist
p.42
111
Cocktail Hour
p.39
201
Thursday Afternoon Symphony
Daytime
YOUTH <30
CONCESSION PRICE
p.44
Tea & Symphony
p.46
Great Classics
p.48
Family Concerts
p.43
Add on Special Events Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Tchaikovsky A Night at the Speakeasy: Rhapsody in Blue European Tour Farewell Concert
872
767
628
505
411
786
691
567
453
411
333
509
452
368
292
239
458
408
331
264
239
185
433
376
309
254
204
389
339
279
230
204
148
488
424
352
296
252
220
184
152
703
619
511
410
332
633
557
459
368
332
259
434
384
318
252
204
390
346
286
228
204
148
No concessions
93
FULL PRICE
CONCESSION PRICE
Seating Reserve
Seating Reserve
Page Platinum Prem.
A
B
C
D
199
175
145
115
99
p.18
152
132
112
92
p.27
132
112
92
78
p.17
148
225
Platinum Prem.
A
B
C
D
199
158
131
104
99
72
152
119
101
83
72
62
132
101
83
70
62
225
* Youth <30 prices are for C-reserve seats. See page 53 for all Terms. ** If you add 1, 2 or 3 Special Events to your Pre-Designed Package, SSO Box Office will adjust your price accordingly. There is no Concession saving for Platinum, Premium or D-reserve.
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Pricing Create Your Own Prices vary depending on which concerts you choose. Seating available from Premium to C-reserve. With this grid, you can calculate the total price of your Create Your Own package(s)
1. 2. 3.
How many concerts in your pack? 4, 6 or 8? Now choose your concerts from the 2018 season on the grid below by adding up the individual concert prices listed below for a complete package total. Multiply your total by how many people you’d like to order for.
GROUP #2 GROUP #3
Tea & Symphony
GROUP #4
Classical & Kaleidoscope Concerts
GROUP #1
Concerts
Seating Reserve
4 PACK
6 PACK
8 PACK
Prem.
99
96
94
A
90
88
86
B
72
71
69
C
55
53
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ww Taikoz & the SSO — p.11 ww Heaven is Closed — p.12 ww Beethoven’s Mass in C — p.14 ww The Bernstein Songbook — p.15 ww Pictures at an Exhibition — p.19 ww Spanish Nights — p.20
ww Mahler Six — p.21 ww Brahms Revelation: Symphony No.4 — p.21 ww Tchaikovsky Cello Favourites — p.24 ww The Last Days of Socrates — p.24 ww Prokofiev Five — p.27
ww Anne Sofie von Otter sings Schubert: with Mahler Ten — p.13 ww Spirit of Delight — p.16 ww Spirit Realms – Sacred and Profane — p.19
ww Brahms Revelation: Favourite Concertos — p.21 ww Sinfonia Flamenca — p.22 ww Beethoven Seven — p.26 ww European Tour Farewell Concert — p.27
Prem.
116
114
111
A
99
96
94
B
81
79
77
C
69
67
66
ww Dramatic Mozart — p.10 ww Seductive Mozart — p.10 ww Magnificent Mozart — p.11 ww Nelson Freire plays the Emperor — p.12 ww Verdi’s Requiem — p.18
ww A Night at the Speakeasy, Rhapsody in Blue — p.18 ww Ashkenazy’s Romeo & Juliet — p.23 ww Thibaudet plays the Egyptian Concerto — p.25 ww Beethoven Nine: Ode to Joy — p.25
Prem.
134
131
128
A
116
114
111
B
99
96
94
C
81
79
77 167
Prem. A B C
ww Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Tchaikovsky — p.17
ww Mozart and the French Connection — p.11 ww David Drury in Recital — p.13 ww Mozart and Mendelssohn — p.14 ww Royal Fireworks — p.16
ww SSO Percussion Stars — p.17 ww Spirit Realms – Sacred and Profane — p.19 ww French Fellowship — p.25 ww Beethoven Seven — p.26
City Recital Hall ww Mozart in the City — p.11, p.14, p.16, p.19 ww International Pianists in Recital — p.15, p.18, p.20, p.23 ww Playlist — p.15, p.22, p.26 ww Family Concerts — p.12, p.23, p.26
All concerts
37
175
171
154
151
147
128
125
122
101
99
97
Prem.
63
62
60
A
55
53
52
B
46
45
44
C
38
37
36
Prem. A B C
84 75 66 56
83 73 65 55
81 71 63 54
ww Cocktail Hour — p.13, p.14, p.17, p.20, p.22, p.24
All concerts
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RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS
CONCESSIONS
To be eligible to renew your seats, you must submit your renewal by FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2017. If we cannot accommodate your request, we will contact you to discuss other options. If you do not renew your subscription by this date, your seats may be released and become available to others.
Concession subscriptions are available on selected packages 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 sent until such proof is supplied.
You can: ww renew your current Pre-Designed or Create Your Own subscription with no changes, or ww request a change to your seating, number of seats you require or series (subject to availability), or ww transfer your seats to another patron if you know you’ll be away. Simply request a transfer form from the box office before FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2017.
REFUNDS Refunds are not available, except as specified in the Entertainment Code of Fair Practice. The 20% deposit on subscription bookings is not refundable.
MULTI-PACK DISCOUNTS Any new and additional package from the 2018 season onwards will be discounted 20% up to 31 OCTOBER 2017. Discount applies to full-price Premium to C-reserve packages only. This discount does not apply for pre-existing multiple package renewals.
ADDITIONAL CONCERTS Subscribers are entitled to 10% discount on extra single tickets to 2018 Season concerts. Single tickets become available to subscribers ahead of the general public from MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2017. 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 before FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2017. Special Event Concerts in 2018 are: ww Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Tchaikovsky – 14, 15, 16 June. ww A Night at the Speakeasy: Rhapsody in Blue – 29, 30 June.
CHANGE OF ARTIST OR PROGRAM
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Commissioned Works in the 2018 Season
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Each year – both alone and in collaboration with other orchestras worldwide – the SSO commissions new works for the mainstage concert season. These commissions represent Australian and international composers, established and new voices, and reflect our commitment to the nurturing of orchestral music as a living art form.
JULIAN ANDERSON The Imaginary Museum – Piano Concerto 2, 3, 4 August Australian premiere Composed for pianist Steven Osborne. Commissioned by the BBC, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Principal Double Bass Kees Boersma with SSO Council Chair Patrons
BRETT DEAN Cello Concerto 22, 24, 25 August Premiere Composed for cellist Alban Gerhardt. Commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the generous support of Geoff Ainsworth am and Johanna Featherstone.
LACHLAN SKIPWORTH New Work for taiko drums and orchestra 22, 23, 24 February Premiere Composed for Taikoz and the SSO. Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the generous support of Geoff Stearn.
Inspiring performances require not just great music-making on stage, but also an engaged community of people who love to support our wonderful musicians. This season we are asking you to support exactly what you love most by joining the SSO Patrons Program. Our Patrons are regularly invited to a number of special events and behind-the-scenes opportunities throughout the year.
The SSO Patrons Program is our way of saying thank you for your generosity, but above all it is about being connected with your Orchestra.
Previous Commissions We are also delighted to be performing again works that have been composed for the SSO in previous seasons:
Join today by making a tax-deductible gift of $250 or more and help bring our concerts to life.
BRETT DEAN Engelsflügel (Wings of Angels) – Music for orchestra (2014) 7 November and on tour in Europe Composed for David Robertson and the SSO. Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Contact Claire Whittle on (02) 8215 4650 or philanthropy@sydneysymphony.com
ROSS EDWARDS
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Keith Saunders
Earth Spirit Songs – Symphony No.2 (1998) 4, 5 July Composed for soprano Yvonne Kenny and the SSO. Commissioned by Andrew Kaldor am as a special gift for his wife Renata Kaldor ao.
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Your Orchestra David Robertson
Andrew Haveron
The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
Concertmaster
Supported by Emirates
Supported by Vicki Olsson
Brett Dean Artist in Residence
Supported by Geoff Ainsworth am and Johanna Featherstone
FIRST VIOLINS
Sun Yi Associate Concertmaster
Kirsten Williams
Lerida Delbridge
Associate Concertmaster
Assistant Concertmaster
Fiona Ziegler Jenny Booth Assistant Concertmaster
Brielle Clapson
Sophie Cole
Amber Davis
Claire Herrick
SECOND VIOLINS
Georges Lentz
Nicola Lewis
Emily Long
Alexandra Mitchell
Alexander Norton
Anna Skálová
Léone Ziegler Kirsty Hilton Principal
Marina Marsden Principal
Marianne Edwards
Emma Jezek
Rebecca Gill
Emma Hayes
Shuti Huang
Monique Irik
Wendy Kong
Stan W Kornel
Benjamin Li
Roger Benedict
Tobias Breider
Anne Louise Comerford
Justin Williams
Sandro Costantino
Rosemary Curtin
Jane Hazelwood
Principal
Principal
Associate Principal
Assistant Principal
Umberto Clerici
Catherine Hewgill
Edward King
Principal
Principal
Assistant Principal
Associate Principal VIOLAS
Nicole Masters
Maja Verunica
Graham Hennings
Leah Lynn Assistant Principal
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Stuart Johnson
Kristy Conrau
Justine Marsden
Fenella Gill
Felicity Tsai
Timothy Nankervis
Amanda Verner
Elizabeth Neville
Leonid Volovelsky
Christopher Pidcock
S Y D N E Y S Y M P H O N Y . C O M
Adrian Wallis David Wickham
Associate Principal
Jay Fram (Robertson); Daniela Testa (Haveron); Bettina Stoess (Dean)
CELLOS
DOUBLE BASSES CHAIR PATRONS
David Robertson
The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Kees Boersma Alex Henery Principal
Principal
David Campbell
HARP
FLUTES
Steven Larson
Richard Lynn Jaan Pallandi
Andrew Haveron
PICCOLO
Kees Boersma
OBOES
Vicki Olsson Chair
SSO Council Chair
Francesco Celata Karen Moses Chair Benjamin Ward
Louise Johnson
Emma Sholl Associate Principal
Carolyn Harris
Principal COR ANGLAIS
Rosamund Plummer
Diana Doherty
Principal
Principal
CLARINETS
BAS S C L A R I N E T
Umberto Clerici
Garry & Shiva Rich Chair
Kristy Conrau
James Graham am & Helen Graham Chair
Timothy Constable
Justice Jane Mathews ao Chair
Lerida Delbridge Shefali Pryor
David Papp
Associate Principal
Alexandre Oguey
Francesco Celata
Principal
Associate Principal
Christopher Tingay
Craig Wernicke Principal
Simon Johnson Chair
Diana Doherty
John C Conde ao Chair BASSOONS
CONTRABASSOON
HORNS
Carolyn Harris
Dr Barry Landa Chair
Jane Hazelwood Todd Matthew Gibson-Cornish Wilkie Principal
Fiona McNamara
Principal Emeritus
Noriko Shimada
Ben Jacks Principal
Principal
Geoffrey O’Reilly Principal 3rd
TRUMPETS
Bob & Julie Clampett Chair in memory of Carolyn Clampett
Claire Herrick
Mary & Russell McMurray Chair
Catherine Hewgill
The Hon. Justice AJ & Mrs Fran Meagher Chair
Scott Kinmont Euan Harvey
Marnie Sebire
Rachel Silver
David Elton Principal
Paul Goodchild
Anthony Heinrichs
Associate Principal TROMBONES
BASS TROMBONE TUBA
Audrey Blunden Chair
Leah Lynn
SSO Vanguard Chair with lead support from Seamus R Quick & Taine Moufarrige
Nicole Masters
Nora Goodridge Chair
Elizabeth Neville Yosuke Matsui
Ronald Prussing
Scott Kinmont
Principal
Associate Principal
Nick Byrne
Christopher Harris
Steve Rossé Principal
Principal
Ruth & Bob Magid Chair
Shefali Pryor
Emma & David Livingstone Chair
Keith Saunders (All musicians)
TIMPANI
PERCUSSION
Mark Robinson
Rodney Rosenblum Memorial Chair
Emma Sholl
Robert & Janet Constable Chair Richard Miller Principal
Mark Robinson Rebecca Assistant Principal Lagos Timpani/Tutti Percussion
Timothy Constable
Kirsten Williams I Kallinikos Chair
Principal
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2018 Repertoire & Artists COMPOSER
WORK
DATE
COMPOSER
J Anderson JS Bach
The Imaginary Museum – Piano Concerto AP Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, BWV 1048 French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816 Two Organ Chorales: ‘O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross’; ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 Violin Partita in B minor, BWV 1002, for marimba Cantata No.29: Sinfonia, for organ
2, 3, 4 Aug 11 Sep 17 Sep 23 Mar
Haydn
Mass in C Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor): 2nd movement Symphony No.1: 1st movement Symphony No.7 Symphony No.9 (Choral) String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 (Razumovsky No.1) Highlights from: On the Town; Wonderful Town; On the Waterfront; Candide; West Side Story; and other musical theatre works Symphony in C Academic Festival Overture Double Concerto in A minor for violin and cello, Op.102 Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15 Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98 Les Illuminations The Prince of the Pagodas: Highlights Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 String Quintet in E flat Sinfonia Flamenca AP
11, 13, 14 Apr 14, 16, 17 Mar 11 Mar 30 Oct 7, 8, 9 Nov 25, 26, 27 Oct 17 Mar 10, 11, 12 May
JS Bach orch. Elgar JS Bach trans. Constable JS Bach arr. Dupré/Drury Beethoven
Bernstein Bizet Brahms
Britten Bruch Carmona orch. Reguagui Chopin
Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 Fantasy, Op.49 Four Mazurkas, Op.7 Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.posth. Nocturne in E flat, Op.55 No.2 Polonaise in A flat. Op.53 Cleworth* Waves Constable* Quintet for vibraphone and string quartet: Rondo, Timelapse P Dean* Cello Concerto P Engelsflügel (Wings of Angels), for orchestra The Last Days of Socrates – Oratorio Debussy Gigues (from Images for orchestra) Ibéria (from Images for orchestra) Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Sonata for flute, viola and harp Estampes, for piano Images for piano, Series 2 Debussy trans. Borwick Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, for piano & Copeland Debussy arr. Silvestrini Rhapsody for cor anglais and orchestra (after the Saxophone Rhapsody) Duruflé Scherzo for organ, Op.2 Dvořák Carnival Overture String Quintet No.2 in G, B.49 (Op.77) Edwards* Earth Spirit Songs – Symphony No.2 for soprano and orchestra Elgar Romance for bassoon and orchestra String Serenade in E minor, Op.20 Symphony No.2 Elgar arr. Kreines Enigma Variations: Nimrod, for brass choir Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite Gershwin A selection of hit songs by Gershwin and his contemporaries Gershwin orch. Grofe Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue: Finale Grainger Arrival Platform Humlet, for percussion Random Round, for percussion Granados Goyescas: Los requiebros; El Fandango de candil Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor: 1st movement From Holberg’s Time (Holberg Suite), for strings From Holberg’s Time (Holberg Suite), for piano Guilmant March on a Theme by Handel Hamilton* Thum Prints – A Concerto Contradiction for beatboxer and orchestra & Tom Thum* Handel arr. Howarth Music for the Royal Fireworks, for brass ensemble
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16, 18, 19 May 17 Mar 23 Mar
22, 23, 24 Feb 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3 Sep 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3 Sep 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3 Sep 22, 24, 25 Aug 8, 10, 11 Aug 22, 23, 24 Feb 19, 21, 22 Sep 8 Sep 6, 7, 8 Sep 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 22, 23, 24 Feb 17 Mar 22, 24, 25 Aug 7 Nov 11, 12 Oct 2, 3, 4 Aug 2, 3, 4 Aug 17, 19, 20 Oct 21 Jul 6 Aug 6 Aug 17 Sep 22, 23 Feb 23 Mar 16, 17 Nov 8 Sep 4, 5 Jul 1 May 22, 24, 25 Aug 16, 18, 19 May 18 May 2, 3, 4 Aug 22, 23, 24 Feb 29, 30 Jun 29, 30 Jun 11 Mar 15 Jun 15 Jun 17 Sep 11 Mar 16 Jun 2 Jul 23 Mar 16 Sep 18 May
WORK
Symphony No.22 (The Philosopher) Symphony No.95 Symphony No.104 (London) Higdon Violin Concerto AP Hummel Introduction, Theme and Variations for oboe and orchestra Ibert Two Interludes for flute, violin and harp Kalinnikov Symphony No.1 in G minor (1895) Kats Chernin* Heaven is Closed Kopetzki Le Chant du Serpent, for percussion Korngold Violin Concerto String Sextet Lee* & Cleworth* Cascading Waterfall Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 La lugubre gondola, S200 R.W. – Venezia, S201 Unstern! – Sinistre, S208 MacMillan Percussion Concerto No.2 AP Mahler Symphony No.5 Symphony No.6 Symphony No.10 (completed by Deryck Cooke) Marks* The Happiness Box (based on the book by David Griffin and Leslie Greener) Marsalis Meeelaan – Bassoon Quintet Márta Doll’s House Story, for percussion Massenet arr. Leonard Scènes alsaciennes: Sous les tilleuls, for trio Symphony No.4, Italian Mendelssohn Symphony No.5, Reformation Symphony No.5, Reformation: Andante The Fair Melusina – Overture The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Organ Sonata No.3 Songs without Words, for piano: Selection Miki Marimba Spiritual Mozart Così fan tutte: Overture Don Giovanni: Overture The Marriage of Figaro: Overture Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191 Flute Concerto in G, K313 Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449 Piano Concerto No.16 in D, K451 Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K453 Piano Concerto No.19 in F, K.459 Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467 Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467: 2nd movement Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat, K595 Symphony No.36 in C, K425 (Linz) Symphony No.39 in E flat, K543 Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550 Symphony No.41 in C, K551 (Jupiter) Piano Sonata in B flat, K333 Wind Serenade in E flat, K375 Mozart Grand Nonet arr. Roman Benedict (after Sinfonia concertante, K297b) Mussorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Nishimura Padma in Meditation, for percussion Paderewski Overture Piazzolla Contrabajissimo – Tango Poulenc Suite française Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 Romeo and Juliet: Suite from the ballet Symphony No.5 Violin Concerto No.2 Piano Sonata No.6 (War Sonata 1) Piano Sonata No.8 (War Sonata 3) Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2: 1st movement Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Reger Lyric Andante Rimsky Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade, for piano trans. Gilson Saint Saëns Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian) Schubert Overture in B flat Rosamunde: Romanze
S Y D N E Y S Y M P H O N Y . C O M
DATE 11, 12 Oct 11, 13, 14 Apr 25, 26, 27 Oct 18, 20, 21 Jul 24 Feb 21 Jul 14, 15, 16 Jun 28 Feb; 1, 2 Mar 15 Jun 16, 17 Nov 14 Apr 22, 23, 24 Feb 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 7, 8, 12 Nov 16, 17 Nov 8, 10, 11 Aug 22, 23, 24 Mar 4 Nov 14 Apr 15 Jun 21 Jul 5, 6 Apr 4, 5, 6 Jul; 11 Sep 4, 5, 6 Jul; 11 Sep 11, 12 Oct 7 Apr 23 Mar 2 Jul 15 Jun 5, 7 Feb 1, 2, 3 Feb 9, 10 Feb 5, 6 Apr 12 Jul 1, 2, 3 Feb 5, 7 Feb 5, 7 Feb 9, 10 Feb 1, 2, 3 Feb 24 May 11 Mar 9, 10 Feb 12 Jul 5, 7 Feb 1, 2, 3 Feb 9, 10 Feb 17 Sep 22, 23 Feb 22 Sep 18, 20, 21 Jul 15 Jun 8, 9, 12 Nov 30 Oct 26 Oct 16, 18, 19 May 19, 21, 22 Sep 12 Nov 28 Feb; 1, 2 Mar 6 Aug 6 Aug 11 Mar 4, 5, 6 Jul 17 Sep 26 Oct 22 Sep 18, 20, 21 Jul 2 Jul 17, 19, 20 Oct 12 Jul 22, 23, 24 Mar
° = SSO musician * = Australian artist P = Premiere AP = Australian Premiere
COMPOSER
WORK
DATE
Schubert orch. Anon Schubert orch. Britten Schubert orch. Berlioz Schubert orch. Reger Schubert orch. Reger Shostakovich
An Sylvia Die Forelle Erlkönig Gretchen am Spinnrade Im Abendrot Symphony No.9: Largo – Allegretto String Quartet No.8 Symphony No.2 New Work P Don Juan Symphonia domestica Till Eulenspiegel Capriccio: Sextet Metamorphosen (septet version realised by Rudolf Leopold) Pulcinella: Suite String Serenade in E flat, Op.6 Piano Concerto No.1: 1st movement Rococo Variations Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
22, 23, 24 Mar 22, 23, 24 Mar 22, 23, 24 Mar 22, 23, 24 Mar 22, 23, 24 Mar 1 May 21 Jul 17, 19, 20 Oct 22, 23, 24 Feb 28 Feb; 1, 2 Mar 27, 28, 29 Sep 28 Feb; 1, 2 Mar 5, 6 Apr 30 Oct
Andante cantabile, arranged for cello and strings Flamenco with the Juan Carmona Septet Berceuse for organ, Op.31 No.19 Carillon de Westminster, from Organ Suite No.3, Op.54 Requiem Bachianas brasileiras No.1, for 8 cellos Duo for oboe and bassoon Double Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 531: 1st movement Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Siegfried: Forest Murmurs Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey; Siegfried’s Funeral March; Brünnhilde’s Immolation (orchestral) Siegfried Idyll (original chamber version) Dreams Kalabash, for percussion Hipocondrie – Concerto for 7
27, 28, 29 Sep 6, 7, 8 Sep 23 Mar 23 Mar
Sibelius Skipworth* R Strauss
Stravinsky Suk Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Traditional Vierne
Verdi Villa Lobos Vivaldi Wagner Watanabe Westlake* Zelenka
CONDUCTORS
DATE
Vladimir Ashkenazy
19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 Sep
Roger Benedict°
11 Mar; 5, 6 Apr; 26 Oct
Oleg Caetani
21, 23, 25 Jun
Edo de Waart
25, 26, 27 Oct
Brett Dean* Artist in Residence
11, 12 Oct
Iain Grandage*
4 Nov
Giancarlo Guerrero
18, 20, 21 Jul
Gordon Hamilton*
16 Sep
26 Oct 24 May 11 Mar 27, 28, 29 Sep 19, 21, 22 Sep 14, 15, 16 Jun
21, 23, 25 Jun 16 Jun 16 Jun 11 Sep 14, 16, 17 Mar 14, 16, 17 Mar 14, 16, 17 Mar 22 Sep 22, 23, 24 Feb 15 Jun 1 May
SOLOISTS
DATE
Sergio Aranda, Flamenco dancer
6, 7, 8 Sep
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
14 May
Emanuel Ax, piano Lisa Batiashvili, violin Kim Begley, tenor Benjamin Beilman, violin Angel Blue, soprano Kees Boersma, double bass, presenter° Benjamin Bruns, tenor Gautier Capuçon, cello Renaud Capuçon, violin Catherine Carby, mezzo-soprano* Juan Carmona, Flamenco guitar Paco Carmona, Flamenco guitar Umberto Clerici, cello° Ian Cleworth, Artistic Director Taikoz* Peter Coleman Wright, baritone* Kim Criswell, mezzo-soprano Steve Davislim, tenor*
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 Feb 28 Feb; 1, 2 Mar 25, 26, 27 Oct 18, 20, 21 Jul 21, 23, 25 Jun 30 Oct 11, 13, 14 Apr 27, 28, 29 Sep 16, 17 Nov 21, 23, 25 Jun 6, 7, 8 Sep 6, 7, 8 Sep 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3, 11 Sep 22, 23, 24 Feb 11, 12 Oct 10, 11, 12 May 8, 10, 11 Aug
Daniel de Borah, piano* Anna Dowsley, mezzo-soprano* David Drury, organ* Claire Edwardes, percussion* El Bachi, double bass Nelson Freire, piano Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano* Alban Gerhardt, cello George Gershwin, piano roll Todd Gibson Cornish, bassoon° Andrew Goodwin, tenor* Lorina Gore, soprano Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Andrew Haveron, violin° Catherine Hewgill, cello, presenter° Stephen Hough, piano* Caitlin Hulcup, mezzo-soprano* Christian Immler, bass Jay Laga’aia, narrator* Celeste Lazarenko, soprano* Riley Lee, shakuhachi* François Leleux, oboe, cor anglais Sara Macliver, soprano* Amanda Majeski, soprano Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Guy Noble, compere* Steven Osborne, piano Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Julian Ovenden, tenor Domingo Patricio, flute Emma Sholl, flute° Arabella Steinbacher, violin Simon Tedeschi, piano* Kike Terrón, percussion Jean Yves Thibaudet, piano Tom Thum, beatboxer* Diego Torre, tenor Simon Trpčeski, piano Jérôme Varnier, bass Lukáš Vondráček, piano Kaoru Watanabe, shinobue, taiko Matthew Wilkie, bassoon, presenter°
24 May 11, 13, 14 Apr 23 Mar 7, 8, 12 Nov 6, 7, 8 Sep 14, 16, 17 Mar 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3 Sep 22, 24, 25 Aug 29, 30 Jun 5, 6 Apr 11, 12 Oct 10, 11, 12 May 17 Sep 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3 Sep 11 Sep 4, 5, 6 Jul 25, 26, 27 Oct 11, 13, 14 Apr 4 Nov 4, 5 Jul 22, 23, 24 Feb 22, 23, 24 Feb 11, 13, 14 Apr 25, 26, 27 Oct 14, 15, 16 Jun 29, 30 Jun 2, 3, 4, 6 Aug 22, 23, 24 Mar 10, 11, 12 May 6, 7, 8 Sep 12 Jul 19, 21, 22 Sep 11 Mar 6, 7, 8 Sep 17, 19, 20 Oct 16 Sep 21, 23, 25 Jun 2 Jul 21, 23, 25 Jun 16, 18, 19 May 22, 23, 24 Feb 1 May
Andrew Haveron° Concertmaster
24 May; 12 Jul
Julian Kuerti
4, 5, 6 Jul
François Leleux
22, 23, 24 Feb
Ludovic Morlot
2, 3, 4 Aug
Guy Noble*
29, 30 Jun
David Robertson Chief Conductor
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 Feb; 14, 15, 16 Jun; 19, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31 Aug; 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 Sep;7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17 Nov
Donald Runnicles
14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 Mar
Gerard Salonga
22, 23, 24 Feb
Jukka Pekka Saraste
17, 19, 20 Oct
ENSEMBLES & CHOIRS
DATE
Dmitri Slobodeniouk
28 Feb; 1, 2 Mar
2018 SSO Fellows
22 Sep; 26 Oct
Masaaki Suzuki
11, 13, 14 Apr
John Wilson
10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19 May
Simone Young*
8, 10, 11 Aug
Cocktail Hour Chamber Ensembles (SSO) Juan Carmona Septet (Flamenco troupe) Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
17 Mar, 14 Apr, 16 Jun, 21 Jul, 8 Sep 6, 7, 8 Sep 11, 13, 14 Apr; 11, 12 May; 23, 25 Jun; 11, 12 Oct; 25, 26, 27 Oct 18 May 15 Jun 22, 23, 24 Feb
SSO Brass Ensemble SSO Percussionists Taikoz (Taiko drumming ensemble)
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February
2018 At-a-Glance Day
Concert
Composers
Series Page
01–03
Dramatic Mozart
MOZART
ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony 44 ww Emirates Metro Series 34 ww Great Classics 48
05–07
Seductive Mozart
MOZART
ww Mondays @ 7 ww APT Master Series
36 32
09–10
Magnificent Mozart
MOZART
ww APT Master Series
32
22–23
Mozart and the French Connection
FAURÉ, DEBUSSY arr. Silvestrini, MOZART, BIZET
ww Mozart in the City ww Tea & Symphony
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March
22–24 Taikoz and the SSO
BRITTEN, WATANABE, LEE & ww Meet the Music (Thu) CLEWORTH, CLEWORTH, SKIPWORTH ww Kaleidoscope
28, 01–02
Heaven is Closed
R STRAUSS, PROKOFIEV, KATS-CHERNIN
ww Meet the Music (Wed) ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Emirates Metro Series
38 44 34
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Who Needs a Conductor Anyway?
TCHAIKOVSKY, BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, RACHMANINOFF, MOZART, GERSHWIN
ww Family Concerts
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14–17
Nelson Freire plays the Emperor
BEETHOVEN, WAGNER
ww APT Master Series
32
17
Bach and Beethoven
JS BACH trans. Constable, CONSTABLE, BEETHOVEN
ww Cocktail Hour
39
SCHUBERT, MAHLER
ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Emirates Metro Series ww Great Classics
44 34 48
JS BACH, MENDELSSOHN, GUILMANT, DURUFLÉ, VIERNE
ww Tea & Symphony
46
R STRAUSS, MOZART, MENDELSSOHN
ww Mozart in the City ww Tea & Symphony
40 46
22–24 Anne Sofie von Otter
sings Schubert
June
May
April
23
David Drury in Recital
05–06 Mozart and Mendelssohn 11–14
Beethoven’s Mass in C
HAYDN, BEETHOVEN
ww APT Master Series
32
14
Marsalis and Korngold
MARSALIS, KORNGOLD
ww Cocktail Hour
39
01
Playlist with Matthew Wilkie
ELGAR, ZELENKA, SHOSTAKOVICH
ww Playlist
42
10–12
The Bernstein Songbook
BERNSTEIN
ww Meet the Music (Thu) ww Kaleidoscope
38 37
14
Yulianna Avdeeva in Recital
CHOPIN, LISZT
ww International Pianists in Recital
41
16–19
Spirit of Delight
JS BACH, PROKOFIEV, ELGAR
ww APT Master Series
32
18
Royal Fireworks
HANDEL, ELGAR
ww Tea & Symphony
46
24
Mozart and the Piano
SUK, MOZART
ww Mozart in the City
40
14–16
Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Tchaikovsky
KALINNIKOV, TCHAIKOVSKY
ww Special Event
28
15
SSO Percussion Stars
WESTLAKE, KOPETSKY, NISHIMURA, ww Tea & Symphony GRAINGER, MIKI, MÁRTA
16
Grieg and Villa-Lobos
VILLA-LOBOS, GRIEG
ww Cocktail Hour
39
21–25
Verdi’s Requiem
VERDI
ww Meet the Music (Thu) ww Mondays @ 7 ww Great Classics
38 36 48
GERSHWIN
ww Special Event
28
29–30 A Night at the Speakeasy
60
38 37
S Y D N E Y S Y M P H O N Y . C O M
46
November
October
September
August
July
* = Performed in Tea & Symphony † = Performed in Meet the Music Day
Concert
Composers
Series Page
2
Simon Trpcˇeski in Recital
GRIEG, MENDELSSOHN, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
ww International Pianists in Recital
41
4–6
Spirit Realms – Sacred and Profane
EDWARDS, RACHMANINOFF*, MENDELSSOHN*
ww Meet the Music (Wed) ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Tea & Symphony*
38 44 46
12
Mozart’s Fantastic Flute
SCHUBERT, MOZART
ww Mozart in the City
40
18–21
Pictures at an Exhibition
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, HIGDON, MUSSORGSKY orch. Ravel
ww APT Master Series
32
21
Debussy and Shostakovich
IBERT, DEBUSSY, MASSENET arr. Leonard, SHOSTAKOVICH
ww Cocktail Hour
39
2–4
Spanish Nights
DEBUSSY, J ANDERSON, FALLA
ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Emirates Metro Series ww Great Classics
44 34 48
6
Steven Osborne in Recital
DEBUSSY, PROKOFIEV
ww International Pianists in Recital 41
8–11
Mahler Six
BRITTEN, MAHLER
ww APT Master Series
32
22–25
Brahms Revelation – Symphony No.4
BRAHMS
ww Meet the Music (Wed) ww Emirates Metro Series ww Great Classics
38 34 48
29–31 1–3
Brahms Revelation – Favourite Concertos
BRAHMS
ww APT Master Series ww Mondays @ 7
32 36
6–8
Sinfonia Flamenca
TRADITIONAL FLAMENCO CARMONA orch. Reguagui
ww Meet the Music (Thu) ww Kaleidoscope
38 37
8
Bruch and Dvorˇák
BRUCH, DVOŘÁK
ww Cocktail Hour
39
11
Playlist with Catherine Hewgill
JS BACH, VIVALDI, MENDELSSOHN
ww Playlist
42
16
Thum Prints
HAMILTON & TOM THUM
ww Family Concerts
43
17
Benjamin Grosvenor in Recital
JS BACH, MOZART, DEBUSSY trans. Borwick & Copeland, GRANADOS, RAVEL
ww International Pianists in Recital
41
19–22
Ashkenazy’s Romeo and Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY, BRUCH, PROKOFIEV
ww APT Master Series
32
22
Mozart and Wagner
WAGNER, REGER, MOZART arr. Roman Benedict
ww Cocktail Hour
39
27–29
Tchaikovsky Cello Favourites
TCHAIKOVSKY, R STRAUSS
ww Emirates Metro Series ww Great Classics
34 48
11–12
The Last Days of Socrates
MENDELSSOHN, HAYDN, DEAN
ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Emirates Metro Series
44 34
17–20
Thibaudet plays the Egyptian Concerto
DEBUSSY, SAINT-SAËNS, SIBELIUS
ww APT Master Series
32
25–27
Beethoven Nine
HAYDN, BEETHOVEN
ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Emirates Metro Series ww Great Classics
44 34 48
26
French Fellowship
POULENC, RAVEL, STRAVINSKY
ww Tea & Symphony
46
30
Playlist with Kees Boersma
BEETHOVEN, PIAZZOLLA, R STRAUSS ww Playlist
4
The Happiness Box
MARKS
ww Family Concert
43
7–9
Beethoven Seven
DEAN†, MACMILLAN, PADEREWSKI*, BEETHOVEN*
ww Meet the Music (Wed) † ww Thursday Afternoon Symphony ww Tea & Symphony*
38 44 46
12
Prokofiev Five
PADEREWSKI, MACMILLAN, PROKOFIEV
ww Mondays @ 7
36
16–17
European Tour Farewell Concert
DVOŘÁK, KORNGOLD, MAHLER
ww Special Event
28
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42
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