ARABIAN NIGHTS - Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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CONCERT HALL, QPAC

M U S I C O F L O V E A N D I N T R I G U E

NIGHTSARABIAN

19 + 20 FEB 2021

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CONTENTS

SUPPORTING YOUR ORCHESTRA

MUSICIANS AND MANAGEMENT

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE ORCHESTRA

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DEFINITION OF TERMS 4LISTENING GUIDE

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the traditional custodians of Australia. We acknowledge the cultural diversity of Elders, both past and recent, and the significant contributions that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made to Queensland and Australia.

To ensure an enjoyable concert experience for everyone, please remember to turn off your mobile phones and all other electronic devices. Please muffle coughs and refrain from talking during the performance.

WELCOME

IN THIS CONCERT

Conductor Johannes Fritzsch

PROGRAM

FRI 19 FEB & SAT 20 FEBRimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 42' Ravel La valse 12'

Welcome to our first Maestro concert for 2021, a concert of exotic sounds and diverse influences. I can’t tell you how happy I am to be able to join my fellow musicians in welcoming you back to our wonderful QPAC Concert Hall – we are so delighted to be back on stage and performing for you once again.

This concert will see us perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s inimitable Scheherazade – a symphonic suite composed in 1888 and inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales.

In the tales, the beautiful Scheherazade marries a sultan (who has vowed to put each of his wives to death after the first night) and tells him stories night after night – each left without an ending – so that the sultan will have to wait until the following night to hear how the story ends, and so delay her execution by another day.

I’ve been lucky enough to perform this work a number of times, but I am still in awe of the imagery Rimsky-Korsakov’s music evokes and the way he uses the solo violin to depict Scheherazade and her beautiful, story-weaving magic.

The other work being performed is Ravel’s La Valse, a choreographic poem for orchestra which has been described as a tribute to the waltz. Leading us into the fray once more is our much-loved and respected Conductor Laureate Johannes Fritzsch. I hope you enjoy the concert and that you will join us as often as you can throughout our 2021 season.

Rebecca Seymour First Violin

Relive this concert on ABC Classic on Saturday 13 March, 12noon.

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IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE ORCHESTRA

WHO SITS WHEREOrchestras sit in sections based on types of instruments. There are four main sections in the symphony orchestra (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion) and sometimes a keyboard section.

STRINGSThese instruments produce sound by bowing or plucking stretched strings.

First / Second ViolinViolaCelloDouble BassHarp

WOODWINDWind instruments produce sound by being blown into.

Flute / PiccoloClarinet / E-flat Clarinet / Bass ClarinetOboe / Cor AnglaisBassoon / Contrabassoon

BRASSBrass players create sound by vibrating their lips. When this vibration is pushed through large brass tubes, it can create significant noise.

French HornTrumpet Trombone / Bass TromboneTuba

PERCUSSIONThese instruments create sound by being struck or, for the harp, plucked or strummed. Some instruments just make a sound; others play particular notes.

Timpani, Bass drum, Snare drum, Cymbals,Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Tam-tam, Triangle, Sleigh Bells.

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WHO’S ON STAGE TODAY

CONCERTMASTER Warwick Adeney

CO-CONCERTMASTER Natsuko Yoshimoto

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Alan Smith

VIOLIN 1 Rebecca Seymour * Shane Chen Lynn Cole Ann Holtzapffel Joan Shih Brenda Sullivan Jason Tong Stephen Tooke Claire Tyrell Brynley White Sonia Wilson

VIOLIN 2 Gail Aitken ~ Wayne Brennan ~ Jane Burroughs ^ Katie Betts Faina Dobrenko Simon Dobrenko Matthew Hesse Delia Kinmont Natalie Low Tim Marchmont Neridah Oostenbroek Nicholas Thin Helen Travers Harold Wilson

VIOLA Imants Larsens ~ Yoko Okayasu >> Martin Alexander Charlotte Burbrook de Vere Gregory Daniel Nicole Greentree Bernard Hoey Kirsten Hulin-Bobart Li-Ping Kuo Graham Simpson Nicholas Tomkin

CELLO Matthew Kinmont = Matthew Jones + Tim Byrne Kathryn Close Deborah Davis Andre Duthoit Kaja Skorka Min Jin Sung Craig Allister Young

DOUBLE BASS Phoebe Russell ~ Dušan Walkowicz >> Anne Buchanan Justin Bullock Paul O’Brien Ken Poggioli Chloe Williamson

FLUTE Alison Mitchell ~ Hayley Radke >> Stephanie Vici

PICCOLO Kate Lawson *

OBOE Huw Jones ~ Sarah Meagher >> Alexa Murray

COR ANGLAIS Vivienne Brooke *

CLARINET Brian Catchlove = Kate Travers

BASS CLARINET Nicholas Harmsen *

BASSOON Nicole Tait ~ David Mitchell >> Evan Lewis

CONTRABASSOON Claire Ramuscak *

FRENCH HORN Nicholas Mooney = Ian O’Brien * Vivienne Collier-Vickers Ryan Humphrey Lauren Manuel

TRUMPET Richard Madden = Mark Bremner Richard Fomison

TROMBONE Jason Redman ~ Ashley Carter >>

BASS TROMBONE Matthew McGeachin ^

TUBA Thomas Allely *

TIMPANI Tim Corkeron *

PERCUSSION David Montgomery ~ Josh DeMarchi >> Zach Brankovich Jacob Enoka Fraser Matthew Angus Wilson

HARP Jill Atkinson * Lucy Reeves

~ Section Principal = Acting Section Principal >> Associate Principal + Acting Associate Principal * Principal ^ Acting Principal


DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms appear in bold the first time they appear.

Joie de vivre literally translated from French means “joy of living.” In music, this is used to describe music that is cheerful and upbeat.

Lilting rhythm something that is ‘lilting’ is musical or rhythmic. When using ‘lilting’ to describe music, it is happy and sweet, and swings musically along.

Synaesthesic a person who experiences a perceptual phenomenon, whereby as they experience the stimulation of one sensory pathway, an additional pathway is activated. In composer Rimsky-Korsakov's case, it is believed he saw different colours when hearing different notes or keys.

Theme the melodic subject or idea of a musical composition. A theme is usually a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. As an example, think of the ‘da da da dunnn’ that appears throughout Beethoven’s famous Symphony No.5.

Movement a symphony is often divided up into different sections, called movements. Each section may be played at a different speed to the previous, but each carry an overall theme of the symphony throughout.

PROGRAM | ARABIAN NIGHTS 5Pictured: Dušan Walkowicz & Phoebe Russell


LISTENING GUIDE

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)Scheherazade – Symphonic Suite, Op.35

I. Largo e maestoso – Lento – Allegro non troppo (The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship) II. Lento (The Story of the Kalender Prince) III. Andantino quasi allegretto (The Young Prince and the Young Princess) IV. Allegro molto – Vivo – Allegro non troppo e maestoso – Lento (Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior – Conclusion)

Scheherazade is one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s most brilliant orchestral works – ‘a kaleidoscope of fairytale images and designs’ in which, with surprisingly modest forces (adding to the traditional orchestra only piccolo, cor anglais, harp and a generous complement of percussion instruments) the composer convinces us of the exotic colour of the Orient.

The work’s unifying thread is the intricate violin solo supported only by the harp, which represents Scheherazade telling tales for 1001 nights to stave off her execution by the Sultan who, convinced of the infidelity of all women, had vowed to slay each of his wives after the first night. The theme soothes the suite’s thunderous opening and embarks upon the tale of the Sea and Sinbad’s Ship. For Rimsky-Korsakov, a synaesthesic, the choice of E major for the billowing cello figures can have been no accident: to his ears it represented dark blue.

A cajoling melody played by solo bassoon represents the Kalender (or ‘beggar’) Prince in the second movement. The affinity of the two themes in the third movement (for violin, then flute and clarinet) suggest a Young Prince and Princess perfectly matched in temperament. The fourth movement is a curious elision of the Festival in Bagdad and the tale of the shipwreck: triangle and tambourines accompany the lively carnival cross-rhythms, and the mood builds in intensity before all is swamped by the return of the sea theme. But it is Scheherazade who has the last word, her theme emerging in gentle triumph over her bloodthirsty husband.

Adapted from a note by Yvonne Frindle © 1998


Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)La valseJust as Milhaud’s La Création du monde could be looked on as a French composer’s snapshot of American jazz, La Valse is a peculiarly French retrospective view of the Viennese waltz.

Ravel had a great love for the Viennese waltz, and in particular its lilting rhythm and joie de vivre. In 1906, he had begun a homage to Johann Strauss II, at one stage entitled Wien (Vienna). This was never completed, and in 1911, following Schubert’s precedent (and Schubert’s use of a French title) he composed his Valses nobles et sentimentales.

After service in the First World War, Ravel wished to renew the successes he had enjoyed with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes before the war. He rewrote Wien under the title La Valse, completing it in the summer of 1920, by which time he was living outside Paris, at Montfort l’Amaury in a house called Le Belvédere. He subtitled La Valse ‘a choreographic poem’. Diaghilev did not take the hint, and the work was first performed as an orchestral piece at the Concerts Lamoureux in December 1920. It was eventually established in the ballet repertoire by Ida Rubinstein’s troupe, with a series of productions in 1928, 1931 and 1934.

La Valse has been criticised by some as a ‘pastiche’, but Ravel’s own comments on the work suggest that he was trying to do something subtler than simply apeing the Strauss family: ‘I had intended this as a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, linked in my mind with the impression of a fantastic and fatal whirling.’

The score bears the following preface:

Through rifts in eddying clouds waltzing couples can be glimpsed. The clouds disperse little by little; one makes out an immense hall filled with a whirling crowd. The scene progressively lightens. The light of the chandeliers bursts forth. An Imperial Court about 1855.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Johannes FritzschConductor LaureateJohannes Fritzsch was appointed Conductor Laureate of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in November 2014, after his seven years tenure as their Chief Conductor. Since 2018, Johannes has held the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

From 2006 – 2013 he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Oper Graz, Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester (Austria). Prior to his appointment in Graz, Johannes held the position of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Staatsoper Nürnberg.

From 1993 until 1999, he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Städtische Bühnen and the Philharmonic Orchestra in Freiburg.

Johannes was born in 1960 in Meissen, near Dresden, Germany, where he completed his musical education. He has conducted many leading orchestras, both within Germany and internationally. He regularly conducts the major Australasian orchestras as well as leading productions for Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, West Australian Opera and State Opera of South Australia.

In January 2015, Johannes was appointed Adjunct Professor, The Conservatorium of Music, School of Creative Arts and Media at the University of Tasmania; in June 2019, he joined the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University as Professor of Opera and Orchestral Studies.

Over the past twenty years, Johannes has given many Masterclasses for the German conductor training and development organisation Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrates. Similarly, he was active and enthusiastic in the training of conducting participants selected to take part in Symphony Services’ International Conductor Development Program.

In 2017, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra invited him to design and lead the newly founded Australian Conducting Academy.

In 2021, he conducts Die Wildschütz in Dresden, the Auckland Philharmonia and the Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmanian and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.

© Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2021


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Music lovers who support an individual musician’s role within the Orchestra. We thank you.

MUSIC CHAIR SUPPORTERS

CONCERTMASTERWarwick Adeney Prof Ian Frazer AC and Mrs Caroline Frazer Estate of Barbara Jean Hebden Cathryn Mittelheuser AM John Story AO and Georgina Story

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTERAlan Smith Arthur Waring

FIRST VIOLINShane Chen Jessica Read

Lynn Cole Parascos Eagles Family

Ann Holtzapffel Aitken Whyte Lawyers

Rebecca Seymour Dr John H. Casey

Joan Shih Simon Mills

Brenda Sullivan Heidi Rademacher and In Memory of Hans Rademacher Anonymous

Stephen Tooke Tony and Patricia Keane

Brynley White Graeme Rosewarne and Jim O’Neill

Sonia Wilson Wei Zhang & Ping Luo

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SECTION PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLINGail Aitken Dr John H. Casey

Wayne Brennan David Miller

SECOND VIOLINKatie Betts John Story AO and Georgina Story

Jane Burroughs Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row

Faina Dobrenko The Curavis Fund

Simon Dobrenko The Curavis Fund

Delia Kinmont Dr Colin and Mrs Noela Kratzing

Natalie Low Dr Ralph and Mrs Susan Cobcroft

Tim Marchmont Support a Musician Today

Nicholas Thin Simon Mills

Helen Travers Elinor and Tony Travers Wei Zhang & Ping Luo

Harold Wilson Dr Michael Daubney

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ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL VIOLAYoko Okayasu Dr Damien Thomson and Dr Glenise Berry

VIOLACharlotte Burbrook de Vere Dr Pamela Greet and Mr Nicholas Beaton

Nicole Greentree Shirley Leuthner

Bernard Hoey Desmond B Misso Esq.

Kirsten Hulin-Bobart CP Morris

Jann Keir-Haantera Mrs Helen Sotiriadis

Graham Simpson Alan Galwey

Nicholas Tomkin Alan Symons

SECTION PRINCIPAL CELLOMatthew Kinmont (Acting) Dr Julie Beeby David Miller Arthur Waring

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CELLOHyung Suk Bae John Story AO and Georgina Story

CELLOKathryn Close Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row

Andre Duthoit Anne Shipton

Matthew Jones MJ Bellotti

Kaja Skorka Robin Spencer Anonymous

Craig Allister Young Di Jameson

SECTION PRINCIPAL DOUBLE BASSPhoebe Russell Sidney Irene Thomas (In Memory)

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL DOUBLE BASSDusan Walkowicz John Story AO and Georgina Story

DOUBLE BASSAnne Buchanan Dr Betty Byrne Henderson AM

Justin Bullock Michael Kenny and David Gibson

Paul O’Brien Graeme Rosewarne and Jim O’Neill

Ken Poggioli Anonymous

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ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FLUTEHayley Radke Desmond B Misso Esq.

PRINCIPAL PICCOLOKate Lawson Dr James R Conner

SECTION PRINCIPAL OBOEHuw Jones Prof Ian Gough AM and Dr Ruth Gough

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL OBOESarah Meagher Sarah and Mark Combe

OBOEAlexa Murray Guy and Kathleen Knopke Dr Les and Mrs Pam Masel

PRINCIPAL COR ANGLAISVivienne Brooke CP Morris

SECTION PRINCIPAL CLARINETIrit Silver Arthur Waring

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CLARINETBrian Catchlove (Acting) The K&D / S&R Anketell Foundation

CLARINETKate Travers Dr Julie Beeby

PRINCIPAL BASS CLARINETNicholas Harmsen John Story AO and Georgina Story

SECTION PRINCIPAL BASSOONNicole Tait In Memory of Margaret Mittelheuser AM

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL BASSOONDavid Mitchell John and Helen Keep

BASSOONEvan Lewis In Memory of Dr Vicki Knopke CP Morris

PRINCIPAL CONTRABASSOONClaire Ramuscak CP Morris

SECTION PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORNMalcolm Stewart Arthur Waring

PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORNIan O’Brien David Miller and Rosslyn Walker

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORNVacant Dr Pamela Greet and Mr Nicholas Beaton

FRENCH HORNVivienne Collier-Vickers Ms Marie Isackson

Lauren Manuel Dr John H Casey

SECTION PRINCIPAL TRUMPETRichard Madden (Acting) Mrs Andrea Kriewaldt Elinor and Tony Travers

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL TRUMPETPaul Rawson (Acting) Dr Pamela Greet and Mr Nicholas Beaton

SECTION PRINCIPAL TROMBONEJason Redman Frances and Stephen Maitland OAM RFD

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SECTION PRINCIPAL PERCUSSIONDavid Montgomery Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION Josh DeMarchi Dr Graham and Mrs Kate Row

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Music lovers who have supported your Orchestra over the last 12 months. We thank you.

ANNUAL GIVING

ALLEGRO ($100,000-$249,999)Tim Fairfax ACTim Fairfax Family FoundationProf. Ian Frazer AC and Mrs Caroline Frazer

CON BRIO ($50,000-$99,999)Arthur Waring

INTERMEZZO ($20,000-$49,999)Philip Bacon GalleriesIan and Cass GeorgeMalcolm and Andrea Hall-BrownGB & MK IlettJellinbah GroupCathryn Mittelheuser AMCP MorrisTrevor & Judith St Baker Family FoundationJohn Story AO and Georgina StoryAnonymous (1)

GRAZIOSO ($10,000-$19,999)Dr John H. Casey Frances and Stephen Maitland OAM RFDMorgans FoundationJustice Anthe PhilippidesDr Graham and Mrs Kate Row Judith SackIain G SaulStack Family FoundationAnonymous

VIVACE ($5,000-$9,999)Dr Philip Aitken and Dr Susan UrquhartAssociate Professor John Allan and Dr Janet AllanThe K&D / S&R Anketell FoundationDavid and Judith BealDr Julie BeebyJoseph and Veronika ButtaDr Ralph and Mrs Susan CobcroftDr James R ConnerProfessor Paul and Ann Crook Chris and Sue FreemanProf. Ian Gough AM and Dr Ruth Gough Dr Pamela Greet and Mr Nicholas BeatonPeggy Allen HayesIn Memory of Dr Vicki KnopkeDr Colin and Mrs Noela KratzingMrs Andrea KriewaldtRosslyn Walker and David MillerDesmond B Misso Esq.Peterson FamilyHeidi Rademacher In Memory of Hans RademacherGraeme Rosewarne and Jim O’NeillAlan Symons and In Memory of Bruce Short, Kevin Woodhouse and Graham WebsterSidney Irene Thomas (In Memory)Elinor and Tony TraversNoel and Geraldine WhittakerR. M. WylieAnonymous (1)

PRESTO ($2,500-$4,999)ADFAS BrisbaneProf. Margaret BarrettWilliam and Erica BattTrudy BennettConstantine CaridesElene CaridesSarah and Mark CombeE Dann & P McNicolJustice Martin DaubneyDr Edgar Gold and Dr Judith GoldWill and Lorna HeaslopTony and Patricia KeaneJohn and Helen KeepShirley LeuthnerProf. Andrew and Mrs Kate ListerDr Les and Mrs Pam MaselLoraine McLarenIn Memory of Jolanta MetterSimon MillsColin NevilleSiganto FoundationJessica ReadDr Margaret SorokaJohn and Jenny StollDr Damien Thomson and Dr Glenise BerryProf. Hans Westerman and In Memory of Mrs Frederika WestermanThe Curavis FundMargaret and Robert WilliamsWei Zhang & Ping LuoQSO Anonymous (7)

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STRETTO ($1,000 -$2,499)Aitken Whyte LawyersJulieanne AlroeJill AtkinsonEmeritus Professor Cora V. BaldockDr Geoffrey Barnes and In Memory of Mrs Elizabeth BarnesJohn and Bonnie BauldDr Sheena L. BurnellCatherine CarterDrew and Christine CastleyGreg and Jacinta ChalmersRobert ClelandT.C. and M.R. CooneyDr Peter Hopson & Julie CrozierDr Michael DaubneyMrs I. L. DeanLaurie James DeaneNara Dennis and Monty WainMiss Marianne EhrhardtMrs Susan EllisMrs Elva EmmersonMary Lyons and John FardonLoani FoxcroftColin and Ann GallagherAlan GalweyGardiner Family FoundationD J GardinerPaul and Irene GarrahyLea and John GreenawayBarbara HartiganMrs. L. A. HudsonIn Memory of Barbara CrowleyMs Marie IsacksonDi JamesonAinslie JustMichael Kenny and David GibsonPieter & Sally Le RouxLynne and Francoise LipSusan MabinElizabeth MacintoshMr Greg and Mrs Jan MarshBelinda McKay and Cynthia ParrillJohn and Julienne McKennaJennifer McVeighAnnalisa and Tony MeikleIn Memory of Harry MilesPeter and Jill Millroy

B and D MooreHoward and Katherine MunroJohn and Robyn MurrayRon and Marise NilssonToni PalmerParascos Eagles Family Ian PatersonG & B RobinsJoan RossCath ScullyBruce and Sue ShepherdAnne ShiptonKW Sommerfeld and FamilyHelen SotiriadisRobin SpencerCraig Whitehead and Gabrielle ShepherdI S and H WilkeyAnonymous (71)

TUTTI ($500-$999) Myra AlderCaroline AnsellChrista ArmbrusterAlison ArmstrongMr Roger BagleyManus BoyceDr Betty Byrne Henderson AMJean ByrnesMrs Georgina ByromPeter and Tricia CallaghanW R and H CastlesDr Alice Cavanagh Ian and Penny CharltonRoger CraggMr Gerry CrooksDr Beverley Czerwonka-LedezTerry and Jane DaubneyDr C. DavisonProf. John and Mrs Denise ElkinsDr Chris Elvin and Dr Nancy LiyouPaul EvansDr Garth and Mrs Floranne EversonMrs Camilla GebauersGraeme and Jan GeorgeEmeritus Professors Catherin Bull AM and Dennis Gibson AO

Wendy GreenM. J. HardingCarmel HarrisDr Alison M HollowayMr John Hornibrook Lynn HuLynette HunterMonika JandaJulie-Anne JonesMrs Meryl KerrisonAndrew KopittkeV. LayneRobert LeesM. LejeuneRachel LeungLesley LlukaJim and Maxine MacmillanGary & Gayle MartinDr Masanori MatsumotoTimothy Matthies and Chris BonnilyErin McKennaDr Tom MooreHamilton NewtonT & M.M. ParkesTina PreviteraDr John Ratcliffe & Dr Helen KerrJohn B Reid AO and Lynn Rainbow ReidDr Phelim ReillyNeil W Root and Trevor J RowsellJill Rowan Ms Kathryn RussellRolf and Christel SchaferMs Antonia SimpsonAlison StanfordDr Eddie Street AM Barb and Dan StylesViviane TollidayK. Trent and P. Reed Tanya VianoJohn and Sharon WattersonPeter J WattsRichard and Helen WilsonPeter & Jeanette YoungDr Jan ZomerdijkAnonymous (141)

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Visionary supporters whose regular, lifetime giving exceeds $10,000. We thank you.

LIFETIME GIVING

PLATINUM ($500,000+)Tim Fairfax ACTim Fairfax Family Foundation Prof. Ian Frazer AC and Mrs Caroline FrazerHarold Mitchell ACDr Peter Sherwood Arthur WaringDIAMOND ($250,000-$499,999)Philip Bacon GalleriesCathryn Mittelheuser AMTrevor & Judith St Baker Family FoundationPATRON ($100,000-$249,999)Estate of Barbara Jean HebdenDi JamesonJellinbah GroupCP Morris John B Reid AO and Lynn Rainbow ReidDr Graham and Mrs Kate RowMrs Beverley June SmithJohn Story AO and Georgina StoryGreg and Jan WanchapNoel and Geraldine WhittakerAnonymous (2)MAESTRO ($50,000-$99,999)Dr Philip Aitken and Dr Susan UrquhartDr Julie BeebyDr John H. CaseyMalcolm and Andrea Hall-BrownPeggy Allen HayesThe John Villiers TrustMrs Andrea KriewaldtFrances and Stephen Maitland OAM RFDDesmond B Misso Esq.In Memory of Mr and Mrs J.C. OverellJustice Anthe PhilippidesSYMPHONY ($20,000-$49,999)Associate Professor John Allan and Dr Janet AllanDavid and Judith BealJoseph and Veronika ButtaMrs Roslyn CarterDr Ralph and Mrs Susan CobcroftDr James R ConnerMrs I. L. DeanIan and Cass GeorgeProf. Ian Gough AM and Dr Ruth GoughDr Pamela Greet and Mr Nicholas BeatonWill and Lorna HeaslopLeonie HenryGB & MK IlettMs Marie IsacksonTony and Patricia KeaneJohn and Helen KeepMichael Kenny and David GibsonDr Les and Mrs Pam MaselPage and Marichu MaxsonMorgans Foundation

Queensland Conservatoriaum Griffith UniversityIan PatersonHeidi Rademacher In Memory of Hans RademacherAnne ShiptonAlanSymons& In Memory of Bruce Short, Kevin Woodhouse & Graham WebsterStack Family FoundationDr Damien Thomson and Dr Glenise BerryElinor and Tony TraversR. M. WylieAnonymous (2) CONCERTO ($10,000-$19,999)Dr Geoffrey Barnes and In Memory of Mrs Elizabeth BarnesProf. Margaret BarrettTrudy BennettDr John and Mrs Jan BlackfordKay BryanDr Betty Byrne Henderson AMConstantine CaridesElene CaridesSarah and Mark CombeMrs Ruth CoxJustice Martin DaubneyTony Denholder and Scott GibsonMrs Elva EmmersonSophie GalaiseAlan GalweyEmeritus Professors Catherin Bull AM and Dennis Gibson AODr Edgar Gold and Dr Judith GoldDr Edward C. GrayLea and John GreenawayDr Alison M HollowayTrevor and Wendy JacksonIn Memory of Dr Vicki KnopkeDr Colin and Mrs Noela KratzingM. LejeuneShirley LeuthnerProf. Andrew and Mrs Kate ListerIn Memory of Jolanta MetterRosslyn Walker and David MillerMrs Rene Nicolaides OAM and the late Dr Nicholas Nicolaides AMMr Jordan and Mrs Pat Pearl In Memory of Pat RichesNeil W Root and Trevor J RowsellGraeme Rosewarne and Jim O’NeillIain G SaulBruce and Sue ShepherdSiganto FoundationJohn and Jenny StollSidney Irene Thomas (In Memory)Dr Geoffrey TrimProf. Hans Westerman and In Memory of Mrs Frederika WestermanThe Curavis FundMargaret and Robert WilliamsAnonymous (7)

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HOW HAS QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IMPACTED YOU? I don’t remember there being a single day (from early childhood) when music was not a vital part of my life and constantly in my head. Encouraged very much as a child in a musical household, I won a place in a professional London choir at the age of 9 and have played and performed (though not professionally) ever since. I have been a regular concert goer and listener from an early age and even though the quality of recorded music is now so good, it can stand no proper comparison with the thrill of live music. This is particularly true of orchestral music; the enforced absence of concert going in the last year has only served to underline and reinforce just what a total experience it is to be part of a live performance of great music superbly played, which is my experience with QSO. To see the musicians living their experience and communicating with one another as they play is a dimension that the very best recording just can’t get close to!!

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU TO SUPPORT QSO? The Orchestra brings an indescribably beautiful and utterly essential element to my life which would be very much the poorer without it. Supporting the musicians, has the additional benefit of bringing me just that little bit closer to the orchestra and to the musicians as real personalities and not just people playing instruments.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THOSE CONSIDERING SUPPORTING QSO? Do so without hesitation. Not only do you help bring all of this wonderful music to life for the benefit of the community, you will become far more involved in the music, the musicians and the life of the orchestra.

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PATRON His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE Johannes Fritzsch

CELLO Matthew Kinmont = Hyung Suk Bae >> Kathryn Close Andre Duthoit Matthew Jones Kaja Skorka Craig Allister Young

DOUBLE BASS Phoebe Russell ~ Dušan Walkowicz >> Anne Buchanan Justin Bullock Paul O’Brien Ken Poggioli

FLUTE Alison Mitchell ~ Hayley Radke >>

PICCOLO Kate Lawson*

OBOE Huw Jones~ Sarah Meagher >> Alexa Murray

COR ANGLAIS Vivienne Brooke*

CLARINET Irit Silver~ Brian Catchlove+ Kate Travers

BASS CLARINET Nicholas Harmsen*

VIOLIN 1 Rebecca Seymour* Shane Chen Lynn Cole Ann Holtzapffel Joan Shih Brenda Sullivan Stephen Tooke Brynley White Sonia Wilson

VIOLIN 2 Gail Aitken ~ Wayne Brennan ~ Katie Betts Jane Burroughs Faina Dobrenko Simon Dobrenko Delia Kinmont Natalie Low Tim Marchmont Nicholas Thin Helen Travers Harold Wilson

VIOLA Imants Larsens ~ Yoko Okayasu >> Charlotte Burbrook de Vere Nicole Greentree Bernard Hoey Kirsten Hulin-Bobart Jann Keir-Haantera Graham Simpson Nicholas Tomkin

~ Section Principal= Acting Section Principal>> Associate Principal + Acting Associate Principal* Principal ^ Acting Principal

BASSOON Nicole Tait~ David Mitchell >> Evan Lewis

CONTRABASSOON Claire Ramuscak*

FRENCH HORN Malcolm Stewart ~ Ian O’Brien* Vivienne Collier-Vickers Lauren Manuel

TRUMPET Richard Madden = Paul Rawson+

TROMBONE Jason Redman~ Ashley Carter >>

TUBA Thomas Allely*

HARP Jill Atkinson*

TIMPANI Tim Corkeron*

PERCUSSION David Montgomery~ Josh DeMarchi >>

CONCERTMASTER Warwick Adeney

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Alan Smith

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chris Freeman AM Chair Rod Pilbeam Deputy Chair Prof Margaret Barrett Mary Jane Bellotti Emma Covacevich Tony Denholder Simon Gallaher Valmay Hill Tony Keane John Keep

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Lisa Meyers Director – People and Culture Barb Harding Payroll & HR Coordinator

Timothy Matthies Director - Artistic Planning Michael Sterzinger Manager - Artistic Planning Murray Walker Coordinator - Artistic Planning Judy Wood Manager – Community and Education Celia Casey Coordinator – Community and Education Programs Callum Kennedy Coordinator - Education Program

Peter Laughton Director – Performance Services Murray Free Acting Orchestra Manager Isabel Hart Operations Assistant Vince Scuderi Production Manager Stephen Birt Production Coordinator Nadia Myers Orchestra Librarian Chan Luc Assistant Librarian Timothy Tate Assistant Librarian

Toni Palmer Director - Development Julie Mullen Manager - Philanthropy

Matthew Hodge Director - Sales and Marketing Renée Jones Manager - Marketing Rachel Churchland Coordinator - Public Relations and Digital Marketing TJ Wilkshire Coordinator – Marketing Joel Tronoff Digital Content Producer Michael Hyde Senior Manager - Sales Liz Thomas Manager - Ticketing Services Mike Ruston Coordinator - Ticketing Services Tatiana Anikieff Ticketing Services Officer Laura Pineda Cardona Ticketing Services Officer Katie Smith Ticketing Services Officer

QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

PO Box 3567, South Bank, Queensland 4101 T: (07) 3840 7444 W: qpac.com.au

CHAIR Professor Peter Coaldrake AO

DEPUTY CHAIR Leigh Tabrett PSM

TRUST MEMBERS Dr Sally Pitkin Dare Power Georgina Richters Susan Rix AM Leanne de Souza

CHIEF EXECUTIVE John Kotzas

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Queensland Performing Arts Trust is a statutory body of the State of Queensland and is partially funded by the Queensland Government

The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for Communities and Housing, Minister for Digital Economy and Minister for the Arts.

QPAC respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Lands across Queensland and pays respect to their ancestors who came before them and to Elders past, present and emerging.

Patrons are advised that the Performing Arts Centre has EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES, a FIRE ALARM system and EXIT passageways. In case of an alert, patrons should remain calm, look for the closest EXIT sign in GREEN, listen to and comply with directions given by the inhouse trained attendants and move in an orderly fashion to the open spaces outside the Centre.

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PARTNERS

Government Partners Principal Partner

Industry Collaborators

Major Partners

Premier Partners Education Partners

Supporting PartnerMaestro Series – Supporting Partner

Trusts and Foundations Accommodation Partners

CINEMATIC SAT 24 APR 3PM & 7.30PM Concert Hall, QPAC

Conductor and Host Nicholas Buc

INCLUDES MUSIC FROM Giacchino The Incredibles Silvestri The Avengers Toprak Captain Marvel and more

MUSICAL LANDSCAPESSUN 28 FEB 11AM Concert Hall, QPAC

Conductor Umberto Clerici Host Guy Noble Soloist Warwick Adeney, violin

Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) J.Strauss, Jr On the Beautiful Blue Danube Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending and more

MUSICAL THEATRE GALASAT 15 MAY 3PM & 7.30PM

Conductor and Host Guy Noble Soloists Lorina Gore, soprano Simon Gleeson, tenor

Llyod Weber The Phantom of the Opera Schönberg Les Misérables Lopez & Lopez Frozen and more

COMING UP

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