ProgramSATURDAY 6 OCTOBER | 7.30pm

Melbourne Symphony OrchestraTan Dun conductor

Lei Xu soprano

Huiling Zhu mezzo-soprano

Leonardo Gramegna tenor

Shenyang bass-baritone

Tan Weiwei vocalist

Batubagen vocalist

Yining Chen pipa soloist and dancer

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ChorusWarren Trevelyan-Jones chorus master

Tan Dun Buddha PassionAUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

MSO joint commission with Dresdner Musikfestspiele, New York Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Running time: Approx. two hours, including a 20-minute interval.

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Established in 1906, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an arts leader and Australia’s oldest professional orchestra. Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis has been at the helm of MSO since 2013. Engaging more than 4 million people each year, the MSO reaches diverse audiences through live performances, recordings, TV and radio broadcasts and live streaming. Its international audiences include China, where MSO has performed in 2012, 2016 and most recently in May 2018, Europe (2014) and Indonesia, where in 2017 it performed at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Prambanan Temple.

The MSO performs a variety of concerts ranging from symphonic performances at its home, Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne, to its annual free concerts at Melbourne’s largest outdoor venue, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

TAN DUN CONDUCTOR

World-renowned artist and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. A winner of today’s most prestigious honours including GRAMMY® and Academy Awards, Grawemeyer Award, Bach Prize, Shostakovich Award, and Italy’s Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, Tan Dun’s music has been played throughout the world by leading orchestras, opera houses, international festivals, and on radio and television. As a conductor, Tan Dun’s most recent season included a five-city tour in Germany with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, as well as engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic and at the Venice Biennale. This season, he will also conduct Orchestre National de Lyon in their tour to China. As a global cultural leader, Tan Dun uses his creativity to raise awareness of environmental issues and to protect cultural diversity. Tan Dun is currently the Honorary Chair of Carnegie Hall’s China Advisory Council and served as “Cultural Ambassador” for the World EXPO Shanghai.

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LEI XU SOPRANO

HUILING ZHU MEZZO-SOPRANO

Lei Xu is earning equal attention both from Western and Eastern opera worlds. In 2016, Ms. Xu made her debut solo concert with Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall. In 2014, she was featured in Houston Grand Opera’s production of Bound, composed by Huang Ruo, in which she sang the leading role, Diane. Other leading roles Ms. Xu has sung include Pamina in the legendary stage director Peter Brook’s award winning production of Une Flûte Enchantée in Paris and Mimì in La Bohème at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She was the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Nashville Symphony, and performed as soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Santa Cruz Symphony.

A native of Nantong, China, Ms. Xu holds a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor’s degree from The Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She was a member of The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program from 2009–2013.

Huiling Zhu studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and received her doctoral degree from the Hochschule für Musik, Stuttgart. Her opera repertoire includes Carmen (Carmen), Werther (Charlotte), Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella) and Rigoletto (Maddalena). Besides opera, Ms. Zhu is also an outstanding concert singer and has given Lieder recital in Germany, Japan, Belgium, Switzerland, UK and the USA. She made her opera debut in China in 2013, as Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffmann produced by NCPA Beijing. In April 2017, she delivered a triumphant debut as Carmen with Yang Yang and the China National Opera.

Huiling Zhu is a winner of the Elisa-Meyer Vocal Competition and Timmendorfer Strand Music Festival Singing Competition in Germany, and the Nagasaki Music Competition in Japan. Since 2008, she has been the artistic director of the charitable foundation Stiftung Chinesische Nachwuchskünstler e. V. Hamburg (Germany).

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LEONARDO GRAMEGNA TENOR

SHENYANG BASS-BARITONE

Leonardo Gramegna studied at the Conservatorio di Musica in Bari and made his debut singing Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots at the Festival della Valle d’Itria. Recently he attracted the attention of audiences and critics singing Ismaele in Verdi’s Nabucco. Other roles include Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto, Rodolfo in La Bohème, and the title role in Verdi’s Otello.

Leonardo performs concerts and recitals around the world, including within the walls of the forbidden city of Xi’An with the Xi’An Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tan Dun; Oriental Dreams at the Moscow International House of Music; and performances at the Niigata Concert Hall Ryutopia, Ginza’s Oji Hall in Tokyo, and recently at Vienna’s Musikverein.

His recordings include Salomé by Richard Strauss, and Proserpine by G. Paisiello. He is currently voice teacher at the “Tito Schipa” Conservatory of Lecce in Ceglie Messapica.

Chinese-born Shenyang studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and went on to graduate from Julliard. He was propelled into the spotlight in 2007 when he was crowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Performance highlights include the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Masetto in Don Giovanni under Sir Andrew Davis at the Metropolitan Opera. Concert appearances have played a pivotal role in Shenyang’s career, including with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Shenyang embodies a bridge between the cultures of East and West, breathing life into the vocal treasures of his native heritage. He has been Artist in Residence with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra where he performed varied programmes with conductor Long Yu including works by Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninov and Mahler. In 2015, Shenyang and the Stradivari Quartet presented Schubert’s Die Winterreise in a specially-commissioned arrangement at Shanghai’s Symphony Hall to exceptional critical acclaim.

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TAN WEIWEI VOCALIST

BATUBAGEN VOCALIST

Tan Weiwei’s music crosses over freely between rock and folk, and she is known as the queen of folk-rock in China. Recently, she combined Huayin Laoqiang opera, an operatic tradition from Shaanxi province, with rock music, premiering the piece Huayin Laoqiang Opera: Boastful Cry at the nationally broadcast CCTV New Year’s Gala.

Tan Weiwei studied at the Sichuan Music Conservatory and graduated top of her class. She has since toured both in China and internationally. Career highlights include a performance at the MSO’s 2017 Chinese New Year concert, and premiering a work composed by Tan Dun at the Grand Opening Gala of Shanghai Disneyland in 2016.

Her TV appearances include I am a Singer, where her pieces ‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘Ulanbator’s Night’ were selected as best live music performance of the year. Her recordings include the albums Heart of Grassland and 3. In 2011, she was named Best Chinese Female Singer at the 11th China Music Media Awards.

Batubagen grew up in Inner Mongolia and learned Khoomei overtone singing when he was sheep farming in his early years. He furthered his studies with Khoomei Master Aodusurong, and joined Hanggai Band in 2006 as Morin Khuur (Horsehead fiddle) player and overtone vocalist.

An outstanding Morin Khuur player, Batubagen’s musical style pays homage to traditional music while exploring modern possibilities with a unique understanding of the instrument’s timbre and performance styles. Batubagen has performed with Hanggai Band internationally in music festivals including Roskilde, Lowlands, Fuji Rock, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, and Sydney Festival.

Batubagen has led Hanggai Band to two national musical awards in China, including the National Champion of Chinese popular reality music show Sing My Song in 2015, and the Best Folk Musician of the 11th Chinese Music Media Award in 2011.

Batubagen will return to Melbourne with the full Hanggai Band line-up at the MSO's 2019 Chinese New Year.

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YINING CHEN PIPA SOLOIST & DANCER

Enrolled in Beijing Dance Academy in 2016, Chen Yining has studied music and dance since young. In 2008, she won the Special Gold Award in Chinese music, and Gold Award in dance in the “Star and Torch” Competition.

In 2010, she won top prize in the Children’s group of the First Liuqin Competition. From 2010 to 2016, she studied in the Middle School Affiliated to Beijing Dance Academy. As a student there, she took part in the dance drama The Book of Songs by China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater, and was lauded for her performance in China Arts. In 2017, she won First Prize in the Fifteenth Beijing Dance Competition. Her original choreography includes The Swordwoman, Nezha and Chasing Dream.

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

For more than 50 years the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been the unstinting voice of the Orchestra’s choral repertoire. The MSO Chorus sings with the finest conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, Mark Wigglesworth, Bernard Labadie, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Manfred Honeck, and is committed to developing and performing new Australian and international choral repertoire.

Commissions include Brett Dean’s Katz und Spatz, Ross Edwards’ Mountain Chant, and Paul Stanhope’s Exile Lamentations. Recordings by the MSO Chorus have received critical acclaim. It has performed across Brazil and at the Cultura Inglese Festival in Sao Paolo, with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, at the AFL Grand Final and at Anzac Day commemorative ceremonies.

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WARREN TREVELYAN-JONES MSO CHORUS MASTER

Warren Trevelyan-Jones is the Head of Music at St James’, King Street in Sydney and is regarded as one of the leading choral conductors and choir trainers in Australia. Warren has had an extensive singing career as a soloist and ensemble singer in Europe, including nine years in the Choir of Westminster Abbey, and regular work with the Gabrieli Consort, Collegium Vocale (Ghent), the Taverner Consort, The Kings Consort, Dunedin Consort, The Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars.

Warren is also Director of the Parsons Affayre, Founder and Co-Director of The Consort of Melbourne and, in 2001 with Dr Michael Noone, founded the Gramophone award-winning group Ensemble Plus Ultra. Warren is also a qualified music therapist.

PROGRAM NOTES

TAN DUN Buddha Passion

A Dunhuang mural entitled Nirvana is gradually revealed: a reclining Buddha occupies the entire stage, reposeful with eyes half closed. Behind him are his disciples, who will be characters in the following acts. Accompanied by music, the mural dissolves and the characters walk out elegantly from the mural, with Little Prince, the Bird of All Lives, and the Bodhi Tree leading the way. Act One begins.

Act One: The Bodhi Tree

An ancient chorale chants at the foot of the Himalayas. Little Prince and a group of boys are frolicking with birds. A bird falls from the sky. The saddened Prince asks who could ease his sorrow. All of a sudden, the sky opens up a crack and the voice of Mantra is heard: “Be at peace. Place the poor dead bird on one side of the scale. Cut a piece of thy own flesh and place it on the other. If the scale balances, thou shall be pacified.” The boys execute Mantra’s decree for the Prince, but surprisingly, the scale does not balance. Mantra reappears and tells Little Prince that all lives – tiny as an ant or giant as a dinosaur – are equal. With that being true, the Prince ought to place his entire body on the scale in order to achieve balance. Little Prince is enlightened. He walks towards a Bodhi tree as lotus flowers manifest with his every step. He meditates under the tree for 49 days and becomes Buddha. The dead bird revives, hovers around Buddha,

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and identifies itself as the Bird of All Lives sent by the Mantra. The Ode to Compassion: Equality (Created from and inspired by Buddha’s Light Prayers by Master Hsing Yun) rises, lauding “men shall love all creatures and all shall be in harmony” and celebrates the dawn of enlightenment.

Act Two: The Deer of Nine Colours

The beautiful Deer of Nine Colours and her sisters are strolling along a mysterious lake when they hear a plea for help. Against her sisters’ wishes, the Deer of Nine Colours rushes to save the Drowning Man, who recognises that his saviour is the very creature the King has been fervently pursuing.

Alerted by the Man’s malignancy, the Deer requests him not to disclose her whereabouts or he “shall reap what he sows”. The Man swears that he will never betray her. Back in the city, the King promises an enticing reward for whomever can capture the Deer of Nine Colours: “Most precious creature, her skin will make women glow, her horns and bones will increase men’s longevity, whoever discloses her whereabouts, the king hereby offers a hefty reward – millions of gold and numerous jewels and endless land.” Tempted by the promised reward, the Man betrays his saviour and leads the King and his guards to capture the Deer of Nine Colours. The Deer cries out desperately to Buddha for help, but is

Photo credit: Duhuang Academy (Photographer: Wu Jian)

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stabbed to death by the Man. When the King and his guards learn that the Deer once rescued the Man from drowning, they shed regretful tears. The Ode to Compassion: Karma (Created from and inspired by Buddha’s Light Prayers by Master Hsing Yun) rises as karma befalls the Drowning Man, who cramps, rots, and dies slowly beside the dead Deer of Nine Colours.

Act Three: A Thousand Arms and A Thousand Eyes

In a magnificent palace, the Emperor enjoys a hallucinatory apsara dance performed by his three daughters – Miaoyin (alto), Miaoshan (soprano), and Miaoqing (pipa soloist/dancer). Suddenly, a Court Guard rushes in to report that a woman is in urgent need of a pair of arms and eyes to save her from dying. No one volunteers to help except for Miaoshan — the fairest of the three daughters: “Parents gave me my eyes and arms. Buddha gave me my heart and soul.” In order to save the lives of the dying mother and her baby, she willingly decides to offer her eyes and arms. Out of love for his daughter the Emperor voices his strong objection. A father and daughter’s love runs long and deep in tears. Eventually Miaoshan convinces her father and gives over her fairest eyes and arms in a solemn ritual – kneeling in a circle around her, the chorus watches Miaoshan as she floats above them shedding her eyes and arms. The funereal music begins: Ode to Compassion: Sacrifice (Created from and inspired by Buddha’s Light Prayers by Master Hsing Yun). In the midst of the wild dance, rises as a sculpture of Bodhisattva with a thousand arms and

a thousand eyes, her arms caress our human wounds and her eyes watch out for our human suffering. The ritual continues as all dance passionately.

INTERVAL

Act Four: Zen Garden

Inside Songshan Mountain, where Zen Buddhism originated, nature’s water music is heard accompanied by awe-inspiring visuals. Monks meditate and chant the Mantra of Nine, contemplating the philosophy of life. Master Monk (i.e. Daman Hongren, the fifth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism) teaches his disciples to listen for sounds in silence and observe forms with no shape. A Woodcutter (i.e. the future Huineng, the sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism) passes by and begins to speak about his unusual understanding of Zen. Provoked Monks rush in and challenge the Woodcutter to a Kungfu combat. Master Monk pacifies them by stating his wish to “hear everyone’s own understanding of Zen. That has been understood from each individual’s life practice and meditation”. Woodcutter and Master Monk engage in a lively philosophical debate: “the body is a Bodhi tree” vs. “Bodhi in essence is not a tree”; “the mind is a clear mirror” vs. “the mind/mirror is inherently without form”; “clean the mirror/mind often to free it from dust” vs. “the mirror/mind cannot gather dust since there is originally never a thing”. After the debate, Master Monk is deeply moved and tries to convince Woodcutter to stay and meditate with him and his disciples. The Ode of Compassion: Zen Dreams (Created from and inspired by Dajian Huineng and Monk Wuchao poems) rises amid organic music and sounds of water, wind, and stone.

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Act Five: Heart Sutra

Under a rare total solar eclipse, a Fire Ballet manifests in the desert of the Mountain of Flames. A Minstrel Monk named Kongxian returns to Dunhuang when he encounters Nina, a dying woman from the West. Kongxian chants mantras and revives her by sacrificing his very last drop of water to give to her. He finds baby silkworms and pupae woven in Nina’s hair, as Nina explains that after her hometown silkworms died away from an unexplained epidemic, she went on a journey to Suzhou to collect these species. But now, she is afraid she will not be able to complete her journey home to the opposite end of the Silk Road. In the bitter cold of the night, Kongxian and Nina huddle together for survival in order to warm themselves, but Nina dies in Kongxian’s arms… To commemorate this tragic encounter that occurred during Kongxian’s arduous journey of bringing the Heart Sutra from the West to the East, the Monks pick up their ancient musical instruments and join together with Kongxian in The Ode to Compassion: The Heart Sutra (Translated by Master Xuanzang).

Act Six: Nirvana

The mural Nirvana reappears onstage, recalling the Prologue. Buddha solemnly tells his disciples that he would soon enter Nirvana. Everyone weeps, however Buddha speaks calmly and compassionately, wittily imparting his wisdom on life and the other shore: “The scenery in life is as beautiful as poems and paintings.” The inspired disciples engage in a lively exchange with Buddha on the philosophy of

life and the human mind. In grief, the disciples request whether they can ask one last question, and Buddha agrees. The disciples ask Buddha, “Are you God?” Buddha answers, “No, I am not.” “Are you the Son of God?” “No, I am not.” “Are you sent by God?” “No, I am not.” “Please enlighten us: what are you?” “I am… awake…” as Buddha closes his eyes and leaves for Nirvana. Moon and sun disappear. Mountains and rivers shudder. All goes into darkness. Bells toll. The Ode to Compassion: Heaven Earth Mankind rises, accompanied by a shining moon.

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Celebrating Tan Dun: MSO Artistic Ambassador

Tonight the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra proudly appoints Maestro Tan Dun as MSO Artistic Ambassador. This rare and prestigious appointment acknowledges the connection between Maestro Tan and the MSO, and celebrates his extraordinary contribution to classical music.

As a composer and conductor Tan Dun is one of the greatest living artists. His work seamlessly weaves together Eastern and Western classical traditions. From the Academy Award®-winning score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to radically experimental compositions for organic materials such as water, paper and wind, Tan Dun has again and again been proven as one of the truly compelling musical forces of this era.

Maestro Tan’s connection with the MSO began in 2013 with a performance of Martial Arts Trilogy. A year later, he returned to conduct the Australian

premiere of his Concerto for String Orchestra and The Triple Resurrections. Since then Tan has been very closely associated with the MSO’s annual Chinese New Year concert which he will again conduct in 2019.

Tan Dun’s latest masterpiece, Buddha Passion (which will receive its Australian premiere tonight) was commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Dresdner Musikfestspiele, New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

When asked about his relationship with the MSO, Tan Dun says:

“ The high quality of the musicians is why I return and why it is always a pleasure to work with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. As a conductor and a composer I can achieve everything I want with this fine orchestra and I am deeply honoured to accept the title of MSO Artistic Ambassador.”

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Sir Andrew Davis Chief Conductor

Benjamin Northey Associate Conductor Anthony Pratt#

Tianyi Lu Cybec Assistant Conductor

Tan Dun Artistic Ambassador

Hiroyuki Iwaki Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

FIRST VIOLINS

Dale Barltrop Concertmaster

Sophie Rowell Concertmaster The Ullmer Family Foundation#

Peter Edwards Assistant Principal John McKay and Lois McKay#

Kirsty BremnerSarah Curro Michael Aquilina#

Peter FellinDeborah GoodallLorraine HookAnne-Marie JohnsonKirstin KennyJi Won KimEleanor Mancini Chisholm & Gamon#

Mark Mogilevski Michelle RuffoloKathryn Taylor Michael Aquilina#

Aaron Barnden*Zoe Black*Amy Brookman*Karla Hanna*Madeleine Jevons*Nicholas Waters*Christine Wang*

SECOND VIOLINS

Matthew Tomkins Principal The Gross Foundation#

Robert Macindoe Associate Principal

Monica Curro Assistant Principal Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind#

Mary AllisonIsin CakmakciogluTiffany ChengFreya FranzenCong GuAndrew HallIsy WassermanPhilippa WestPatrick WongRoger YoungJacqueline Edwards*Susannah Ng*

VIOLAS

Christopher Moore Principal Di Jameson#

Fiona Sargeant Associate Principal

Lauren Brigden Mr Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman#

Katharine BrockmanChristopher Cartlidge Michael Aquilina#

Anthony Chataway Dr Elizabeth E Lewis AM#

Gabrielle Halloran Maria Solà#

Trevor Jones Cindy WatkinElizabeth WoolnoughCaleb WrightWilliam Clark*Beth Condon*Ceridwen Davies*

CELLOS

David Berlin Principal MS Newman Family#

Rachael Tobin Associate Principal

Nicholas Bochner Assistant Principal

Miranda Brockman Geelong Friends of the MSO#

Rohan de Korte Andrew Dudgeon#

Keith JohnsonSarah MorseAngela Sargeant Maria Solà#

Michelle Wood Andrew and Theresa Dyer#

Eliza Sdraulig*

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DOUBLE BASSES

Steve Reeves Principal

Andrew Moon Associate Principal

Sylvia Hosking Assistant Principal

Damien EckersleyBenjamin HanlonSuzanne LeeStephen Newton Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser#

Shannon Birchall*Grace Elliot*Vivian Siyuan Qu*Esther Toh*

FLUTES

Prudence Davis Principal Anonymous#

Wendy Clarke Associate Principal

Paula Rae* Guest Associate Principal

Sarah Beggs

PICCOLO

Andrew Macleod Principal

OBOES

Jeffrey Crellin Principal

Thomas Hutchinson Associate Principal

Ann Blackburn The Rosemary Norman Foundation#

Annabelle Farid*

COR ANGLAIS

Michael Pisani Principal

CLARINETS

David Thomas Principal

Philip Arkinstall Associate Principal

Craig Hill

BASS CLARINET

Jon Craven Principal

BASSOONS

Jack Schiller Principal

Elise Millman Associate Principal

Natasha ThomasJenna Schijf*

CONTRABASSOON

Brock Imison Principal

HORNS

Sydney Braunfeld*† Guest Principal

Saul Lewis Acting Associate Principal

Abbey Edlin Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Trinette McClimontAlexander Morton*

TRUMPETS

Shane Hooton Associate Principal

William EvansRosie Turner John and Diana Frew#

TROMBONES

Brett Kelly Principal

Richard Shirley Tim and Lyn Edward#

Mike Szabo Principal Bass Trombone

TUBA

Timothy Buzbee Principal

TIMPANI**

Christopher Lane

PERCUSSION

Robert Clarke Principal

John Arcaro Tim and Lyn Edward#

Robert CossomRobert Allan*Shanie Klas*

HARP

Yinuo Mu Principal

Julie Raines*

# Position supported by

* Guest Musician

** Timpani Chair position supported by Lady Potter AC CMRI

† Courtesy of Orchestra Victoria

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

CHORUS MASTER

Warren Trevelyan-Jones

REPETITEUR

Tom Griffiths

SOPRANO

Eva ButcherElla Dann-LimonSamantha DaviesMichele De CourcyCatherine FolleySusan FoneCamilla GormanEmma HamleyPenny HuggettTania JacobsGwen KennellyAnna KidmanClancye MilneCaitlin NobleTiffany PangTanja RedlNatalie ReidJanelle RichardsonMhairi RiddetJo RobinElizabeth RusliNatalia SalazarJemima Sim Shu XianEmily SwansonFabienne VandenburieIvy Weng

ALTO

Satu AhoRuth AndersonCatherine BickellCecilia BjörkegrenKate BramleySerena CarmelNicola EveleighLisa FaulksJill GieseRos HarbisonSue HawleyJennifer HenryKristine HenselSara Kogan-LazarusJoy LukmanHelen MacLeanChristina McCowanStephanie MitchellMair RobertsHelen RommelaarKerry RoulstonLisa SavigeLibby TimckeJenny Vallins

TENOR

James AllenSteve BurnettPeter CampbellJohn CleghornKeaton ClohertyGeoffrey CollinsJames DipnallSimon GaitesDavid HenleyLyndon HorsburghJessop Maticevski ShumackMichael MobachJean-Francois RavatNathan Guan Kiat Teo

BASS

Maurice AmorAlexandras BartaskaRichard BolithoRoger DargavillePeter DeaneAndrew HamJordan JanssenEvan LawsonGary LevyVern O'HaraAlexander OwensLiam StraughanTom TurnbullMaurice WanFoon WongSimon Wright

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SUPPORTERS

MSO PATRON

The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Gandel PhilanthropyThe Gross Foundation Harold Mitchell FoundationDavid and Angela LiHarold Mitchell ACMS Newman Family FoundationLady Potter AC CMRIJoy Selby SmithThe Cybec FoundationThe Pratt FoundationThe Ullmer Family FoundationAnonymous (1)

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS

Associate Conductor Chair Benjamin Northey Anthony Pratt Orchestral Leadership Joy Selby SmithCybec Assistant Conductor Chair Tianyi Lu The Cybec FoundationAssociate Concertmaster Chair Sophie Rowell The Ullmer Family Foundation2018 Soloist in Residence Chair Anne-Sophie Mutter Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AOYoung Composer in Residence Ade Vincent The Cybec Foundation

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS

Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program The Cybec FoundationEast Meets West Supported by the Li Family TrustMeet The Orchestra Made possible by The Ullmer Family FoundationMSO Audience Access Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family FoundationMSO Building Capacity Gandel Philanthropy (Director of Philanthropy)MSO Education Supported by Mrs Margaret Ross AM and Dr Ian RossMSO International Touring Supported by Harold Mitchell ACMSO Regional Touring Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, The Robert Salzer Foundation, AnonymousThe Pizzicato Effect (Anonymous), Collier Charitable Fund, The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust, Scobie and Claire Mackinnon Trust, Supported by the Hume City Council’s Community Grants ProgramSidney Myer Free Concerts Supported by the Myer Foundation and the University of Melbourne

PLATINUM PATRONS $100,000+

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel The Gross Foundation David and Angela LiMS Newman Family Foundation

Anthony Pratt The Pratt FoundationLady Potter AC CMRIJoy Selby SmithUllmer Family Foundation Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+

Di Jameson David Krasnostein and Pat StragalinosHarold Mitchell ACKim Williams AM

IMPRESARIO PATRONS $20,000+

Michael Aquilina The John and Jennifer Brukner FoundationMary and Frederick Davidson AMMargaret Jackson ACAndrew JohnstonMimie MacLarenJohn and Lois McKay Maria SolàAnonymous (1)

MAESTRO PATRONS $10,000+

Kaye and David BirksMitchell ChipmanTim and Lyn EdwardDanny Gorog and Lindy Susskind Robert & Jan GreenHilary Hall, in memory of Wilma CollieThe Hogan Family Foundation Peter Hunt AM and Tania de Jong AMInternational Music and Arts FoundationSuzanne Kirkham

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The Cuming BequestGordan Moffat AMIan and Jeannie PatersonElizabeth Proust AOXijian Ren and Qian LiGlenn SedgwickHelen Silver AO and Harrison YoungGai and David TaylorJuliet TootellAlice VaughanHarry and Michelle WongJason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation

PRINCIPAL PATRONS $5,000+

Christine and Mark ArmourJohn and Mary BarlowBarbara Bell, in memory of Elsa BellStephen and Caroline BrainProf Ian BrighthopeDavid Capponi and Fiona McNeilMay and James ChenChisholm & GamonJohn and Lyn CoppockWendy DimmickAndrew Dudgeon AM Andrew and Theresa Dyer Mr Bill FlemingJohn and Diana FrewSusan Fry and Don Fry AOSophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Geelong Friends of the MSO R Goldberg and FamilyLeon GoldmanJennifer GorogHMA FoundationLouis Hamon OAMNereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM

Hans and Petra HenkellHartmut and Ruth HofmannDoug HooleyJenny and Peter HordernDr Alastair Jackson AMRosemary and James JacobyDr Elizabeth A Lewis AMNorman Lewis, in memory of Dr Phyllis LewisPeter LovellLesley McMullin FoundationMr Douglas and Mrs Rosemary MeagherMarie Morton FRSADr Paul Nisselle AMThe Rosemary Norman Foundation Ken Ong, in memory of Lin OngBruce Parncutt AO Jim and Fran PfeifferPzena Investment Charitable FundRae RothfieldMax and Jill SchultzJeffrey Sher QC and Diana Sher OAMDiana and Brian Snape AMProfs. G & G Stephenson, in honour of the great Romanian musicians George Enescu and Dinu LipattiTasco PetroleumMr Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman The Hon. Michael Watt QC and Cecilie HallLyn Williams AMAnonymous (5)

ASSOCIATE PATRONS $2,500+

Dandolo PartnersWill and Dorothy Bailey Bequest

David Blackwell OAMAnne BowdenBill BownessJulia and Jim BreenLynne BurgessOliver CartonAnn Darby, in memory of Leslie J. DarbyNatasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education FundMerrowyn DeaconSandra DentPeter and Leila DoyleDuxton VineyardsLisa Dwyer and Dr Ian DicksonJaan EndenDr Helen M FergusonMr Peter Gallagher and Dr Karen MorleyDina and Ron GoldschlagerColin Golvan AM QC and Dr Deborah GolvanLouise Gourlay OAMSusan and Gary HearstColin Heggen, in memory of Marjorie Drysdale HeggenJenkins Family FoundationJohn JonesGeorge and Grace KassIrene Kearsey and M J RidleyThe Ilma Kelson Music FoundationBryan LawrenceJohn and Margaret MasonH E McKenzieAllan and Evelyn McLarenAlan and Dorothy PattisonSue and Barry PeakeMrs W PeartGraham and Christine PeirsonJulie and Ian ReidRalph and Ruth RenardPeter and Carolyn Rendit

SUPPORTERS

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S M Richards AM and M R RichardsTom and Elizabeth RomanowskiDr Michael SoonPeter J StirlingJenny TatchellFrank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam TisherAnonymous (5)

PLAYER PATRONS $1,000+

David and Cindy AbbeyChrista AbdallahDr Sally AdamsMary ArmourAustralian Decorative and Fine Arts SocietyDr Rosemary Ayton and Dr Sam RicketsonMarlyn and Peter Bancroft OAMAdrienne BasserJanice Bate and the Late Prof Weston BateJanet H BellJohn and Sally BourneMichael F BoytPatricia BrockmanDr John BrookesStuart BrownSuzie Brown OAM and Harvey BrownRoger and Col BuckleJill and Christopher BuckleyShane BuggleJohn CarrollAndrew Crockett AM and Pamela CrockettPanch Das and Laurel Young-DasBeryl DeanRick and Sue DeeringDominic and Natalie DirupoJohn and Anne Duncan

Jane Edmanson OAMValerie Falconer and the Rayner Family in memory of Keith FalconerGrant Fisher and Helen BirdElizabeth FosterBarry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam FradkinApplebay Pty LtdDavid Frenkiel and Esther Frenkiel OAMDavid Gibbs and Susie O’NeillJanette GillGreta Goldblatt and the late Merwyn GoldblattGeorge Golvan QC and Naomi GolvanDr Marged GoodeProf Denise Grocke AOMax GulbinDr Sandra Hacker AO and Mr Ian Kennedy AMJean HadgesMichael and Susie HamsonPaula Hansky OAMMerv Keehn & Sue HarlowTilda and Brian HaughneyAnna and John HoldsworthPenelope HughesBasil and Rita JenkinsChristian and Jinah JohnstonDorothy KarpinBrett Kelly and Cindy WatkinDr Anne KennedyJulie and Simon KesselKerry LandmanDiedrie LazarusWilliam and Magdalena LeadstonDr Anne LierseGaelle LindreaDr Susan Linton

Andrew LockwoodElizabeth H LoftusChris and Anna LongThe Hon Ian Macphee AO and Mrs Julie MacpheeEleanor & Phillip ManciniAnnette MaluishIn memory of Leigh MaselWayne McDonaldRuth MaxwellDon and Anne MeadowsIan Morrey and Geoffrey Minternew U MilduraWayne and Penny MorganAnne NeilPatricia NilssonLaurence O’Keefe and Christopher JamesKerryn PratchettPeter PriestTreena QuarinEli RaskinRaspin Family TrustJoan P RobinsonAndrew and Judy RogersCathy and Peter RogersPeter Rose and Christopher MenzLiliane RusekMartin and Susan ShirleyPenny ShoreDr Sam Smorgon AO and Mrs Minnie SmorgonDr Norman and Dr Sue SonenbergLady Southey ACGeoff and Judy SteinickeJennifer SteinickeDr Peter StricklandPamela SwanssonAnn and Larry TurnerDavid Valentine

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Mary Valentine AOThe Hon. Rosemary VartyLeon and Sandra VelikDavid and Yazni VennerSue Walker AMElaine Walters OAM and Gregory WaltersEdward and Paddy WhiteNic and Ann WillcockMarian and Terry Wills CookeLorraine WoolleyRichard YeAnonymous (16)

THE MAHLER SYNDICATE

David and Kaye BirksMary and Frederick Davidson AMTim and Lyn EdwardJohn and Diana FrewFrancis and Robyn HofmannThe Hon Dr Barry Jones ACDr Paul Nisselle AMMaria Solà The Hon Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall

COMMISSIONS 2018

All the World’s a Stage Iain Grandage Commissioned by Mary Davidson in honour of her husband Frederick Davidson AM, on occasion of their 50th wedding anniversaryClarinet Concerto Paul Dean Commissioned by Andrew Johnston and premiered by the MSO to mark the 65th Wedding Anniversary of Andrew Johnston’s parents, Stephanie and David JohnstonMissed Tales III – The Lost Mary Finsterer Commissiond by Kim Williams AM

Snare Drum Award test piece 2018 Commissioned by Tim and Lyn Edward

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE

Current Conductor’s Circle MembersJenny AndersonDavid AngelovichG C Bawden and L de KievitLesley BawdenJoyce BownMrs Jenny Brukner and the late Mr John BruknerKen BullenPeter A CaldwellLuci and Ron ChambersBeryl DeanSandra DentLyn EdwardAlan Egan JPGunta EgliteMr Derek GranthamMarguerite Garnon-WilliamsDrs Clem Gruen and Rhyl WadeLouis Hamon OAMCarol HayTony HoweLaurence O’Keefe and Christopher JamesAudrey M JenkinsJohn JonesGeorge and Grace KassMrs Sylvia LavellePauline and David LawtonCameron MowatDavid OrrRosia PasteurElizabeth Proust AOPenny RawlinsJoan P RobinsonNeil Roussac

Anne Roussac-HoyneSuzette SherazeeMichael Ryan and Wendy MeadAnne Kieni-Serpell and Andrew SerpellJennifer ShepherdProfs. Gabriela and George StephensonPamela SwanssonLillian TarryDr Cherilyn TillmanMr and Mrs R P TrebilcockMichael UllmerIla VanrenenThe Hon. Rosemary VartyMr Tam VuMarian and Terry Wills CookeMark YoungAnonymous (27)The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates:Angela BeagleyNeilma GantnerThe Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QCGwen HuntAudrey JenkinsJoan JonesPauline Marie JohnstonJoan JonesC P KempPeter Forbes MacLarenJoan Winsome MaslenLorraine Maxine MeldrumProf Andrew McCredieMiss Sheila Scotter AM MBEMarion A I H M SpenceMolly StephensJennifer May TeagueJean TweedieHerta and Fred B VogelDorothy Wood

SUPPORTERS

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TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

Collier Charitable FundCrown Resorts Foundation and the Packer Family FoundationThe Cybec FoundationThe Marian and E.H. Flack TrustFreemasons Foundation VictoriaGandel PhilanthropyThe International Music and Arts FoundationThe Scobie and Claire Mackinnon TrustThe Harold Mitchell FoundationThe Sidney Myer MSO Trust FundThe Pratt FoundationThe Robert Salzer FoundationTelematics TrustAnonymous

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Life MembersJohn Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel Life MembersSir Elton John CBE Life MemberLady Potter AC CMRI Life MemberMrs Jeanne Pratt AC Life MemberGeoffrey Rush AC Ambassador

The MSO honours the memory ofJohn Brockman OAM Life MemberThe Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Life MemberIla Vanrenen Life Member

MSO BOARD

ChairmanMichael Ullmer

Managing DirectorSophie Galaise

Board MembersAndrew DyerDanny GorogMargaret Jackson ACDi JamesonDavid KrasnosteinDavid LiHyon-Ju NewmanGlenn SedgwickHelen Silver AO

Company SecretaryOliver Carton

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

The MSO welcomes your support at any level. Donations of $2 and over are tax deductible, and supporters are recognised as follows:

$1,000+ (Player)$2,500+ (Associate)$5,000+ (Principal)$10,000+ (Maestro)

$20,000+ (Impresario)$50,000+ (Virtuoso)$100,000+ (Platinum)

The MSO Conductor’s Circle is our bequest program for members who have notified of a planned gift in their Will.

Enquiries P (03) 8646 1551 | E philanthropy@mso.com.au

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Media And Broadcast Partners

Principal Partner

Government Partners

Premier Partners Major Partners

Venue Partner Education Partners

Supporting Partners

The CEO InstituteQuest Southbank Bows for StringsErnst & Young

Trusts And Foundations

Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund, The Gross Foundation, MS Newman Family Foundation, The Ullmer Family Foundation, Erica Foundation Pty Ltd

The Observership Program