Immerse yourself...SEASON

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Welcome to an exciting new season of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra!

I am overjoyed to be continuing my work with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and to share in the cultural life and evolution of this great state.

Culture and tradition might be defined as a dialogue between our past and our future; culture being the sum of our past and tradition what we hold most dear and choose to keep. Our connection with the past enables us to shape our own cultural evolution.

The tradition of great classical music presents us with a pure reflection of this dialogue. The 2011 Queensland Symphony Orchestra season brings you repertoire spanning more than three centuries, performed on instruments built upon technology spanning more than four centuries. The orchestra’s violins, some of which were built while Mozart lived in Vienna, converse seamlessly with our gleaming newly acquired rotary trumpets. Music that stimulated the senses of our ancestors speaks again to us in 2011, in Queensland, enhanced by the magnificence of a great modern concert hall. Will we feel the music as did past generations?

How much of our social context will we bring to our understanding?

Here we continue the dialogue.

Across age and culture, time and space, great music does not discriminate.

In May 2011, when we perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in the concert hall of QPAC, the same celebrated symphony may be performed by different orchestras around the world to audiences who afterwards discuss the concert in languages foreign to us while sharing food and drink that may be exotic to us. Music connects people.

Be our guest. Let the musicians of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra escort you through time and space. Immerse yourself in the music and be part of our cultural dialogue.

Johannes Fritzsch Chief Conductor

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Penelope Wensley aoGovernor of Queensland Patron of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has long claimed a special place in the hearts of Queensland music lovers, but is winning increasing acclaim from national and intemational audiences, as an orchestra of distinctive character and style, delivering consistently fine perfomances, enhanced by sensitive direction and imaginative programming.

The 2011 season offers more of the entertaining mix of classical and modern compositions that has become the orchestra’s hallmark, promising exciting and memorable performances for audiences to enjoy and savour long after the last notes have been played.

Anna Bligh Premier of Queensland

Welcome to the 2011 season for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Over the year you will hear works which showcase the full glory of every section and every performer.

As Queensland’s largest performing arts company, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra plays more than 100 live performances each year to more than 100,000 people.

I acknowledge the great work of Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch. We are very fortunate to have an artist of his standing leading our state orchestra.

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra is a vital force in our artistic and cultural scene, and from 2012, will move to a new home which will place it right at the heart of our cultural precinct at South Bank.This project will receive $9 million in Federal funding matched by $3 million from my Government.

I look forward to new forms of musical collaboration and creativity, along with the outstanding performances we have come to expect from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Greg WanchapChairman

With strong leadership and a diligent group of staff and musicians, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra is well placed to offer a musically exciting and challenging season, one that promises concerts that will engage and delight. Our Chief Conductor, Johannes Fritzsch, continues to inspire our orchestra to sublime performances and we are pleased to continue our work with him. We hope that you will join us as we travel the state or play in our home venue, sharing our music and the passion that brings it to fruition.

Patrick Pickett csmChief Executive Officer

An orchestral performance is the culmination of superior talent, dedicated craftsmanship and honest hard work. Some parts of the performance are obvious, such as the well-loved and time-honoured compositions, the delicately crafted instruments and the musicians who bring the music to life. I truly believe that this quality of playing continues to set our orchestra apart as an artistic force to be dealt with.

The unsung heroes of our performances include the people backstage and those who run the company; paying the bills, selling the tickets, taking care of our musicians and preparing business plans to ensure our future. The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has dedicated players on and off the stage, and in 2011 we will all be working together to make your concert experience one to remember. At the end of the day, that’s what we strive to achieve.

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Maestro 6

Choral Classics 13

Thursday Morning Masterworks 17

Gala 20

Music On Sundays 22

20/21 26

International artists 28

Touring 29

Competition 30

Randy Newman 31

Education 32

QSO and our community 38

Play Your Part 40

Musicians 42

Season Tickets 44

Corporate Partners 47

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The QSO’s Maestro concerts comprise our flagship series...

Featuring outstanding international conductors and soloists at the peak of prestigious international careers and outstanding younger artists whose stars are in the ascendant. Experience the magnificent synergy between Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch and the QSO in music as diverse as Respighi and Mahler. The Maestro series features its traditional ten Friday or Saturday evenings in 2011 with a free year-end bonus concert. Eleven powerful reasons to subscribe!

MAESTRO SERIES

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MAESTRO 4: Grieg’s Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky Maps the Human Heart8pm, 30 April 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Marco ZuccariniPiano Michael Endres

Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.7Grieg Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

Two perennial favourites with freshly minted insights from conductor Marco Zuccarini and pianist Michael Endres, whose pianism the influential Fanfare magazine has compared to Richter’s and Brendel’s. In his hands, Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, one of his few large scale works, radiates warmth and lyricism from first note to last. No composer maps the human heart or reveals private emotions as truthfully, or beautifully, as Tchaikovsky, even in a masterpiece as grand and powerful as his Fifth Symphony. In total contrast, Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7 is a homage to the spirit of Johann Sebastian Bach, which also conveys the vastness and exotic flavours of his native Brazil. .

MAESTRO 5: Mahler 6

Mahler’s Dark Night of the Soul8pm, 04 June 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschViolin Natalia LomeikoViola Yuri Zhislin

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K.364Mahler Symphony No.6

Mahler’s Sixth Symphony presents an ideal opportunity to display the impressive synergy achieved with the QSO and Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch. Even by Mahler’s own standards, this searingly personal drama generates relentlessly maintained tension, from the grim opening march to the finale, where audiences are swept along on the wildest ride you’ll ever experience in a concert hall, towards the abyss…. Firstly, music which produced a very different kind of frenzy: husband and wife duo Natalia Lomeiko, violin and Yuri Zhislin, viola, reprise their sensational 2010 performance of Mozart’s brilliant Sinfonia Concertante, K.364, to delight with duet playing at the highest level. Perfection!

MAESTRO 6: Beethoven 7

Beethoven’s Apotheosis of the Dance8pm, 25 June 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Eivind AadlandPiano Sergio Tiempo

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde Liszt Piano Concerto No.1Beethoven Symphony No.7

The QSO reaches fever pitch under the baton of Eivind Aadland, in Wagner’s exploration of the agony and ecstasy of extreme passion, from alpha to omega. Argentinian firebrand and Martha Argerich favourite, Sergio Tiempo, hailed as one of the most thought-provoking pianists of his generation, unleashes his stylish panache and bravura on Liszt’s revolutionary Piano Concerto No. 1, where rarely has so much virtuosity been concentrated into one concerto. Finally, abandon yourself to Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony - dubbed by Wagner “the apotheosis of the dance”- whose intoxicating joy and energy, climaxing in the orgiastic final movement, never fail to inspire an equally frenzied and heartfelt ovation.

Gold Coast bus available

MAESTRO 1: Pines of Rome

The Spirit of Italy8pm, 12 February 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschViolin Rudolf Koelman

Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini OvertureRespighi Roman FestivalsPaganini Violin Concerto No.2Respighi Pines of Rome

The QSO launch their 2011 season with the dazzling overture to Berlioz’s opera Benvenuto Cellini, inspired by the life of the roistering adventurer, sculptor, goldsmith, and murderer! Paganini’s violin virtuosity was so miraculous that people suspected him to be an apostle of the devil. Soloist and former leader of the Royal Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Rudolf Koelman, whose Edison Award-winning recording of his Second Concerto was praised by Gramophone magazine as “bold, dashing and passionate”, boasts an even more illustrious mentor: Jascha Heifetz. From a reputed practitioner of the dark arts, to the dazzling sunlight and two of Respighi’s greatest orchestral extravaganzas, both brilliantly depicting ancient Rome in all its imperial splendour.

Gold Coast bus available

MAESTRO 2: An American in Paris

The Jazz Influence8pm, 05 March 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschCello Mats Rondin

Gershwin An American in Paris Gulda Cello Concerto Prokofiev Symphony No.5

No one has captured the texture, ambience and essential joie de vivre of the City of Light in the 1920s as vividly as George Gershwin in his jazz-influenced An American in Paris. Pianist, composer, mystic and guru Friedrich Gulda was also equally at home in the realms of jazz and Viennese classics. His Cello Concerto is a riotous “collision” between Viennese charm, jazz and a marching band and produces audible chuckles from the audience. Swedish cellist Mats Rondin, whose recordings regularly receive critical accolades, makes his QSO debut. Then, let Johannes Fritzsch and the Orchestra reach out and embrace you in the excitement and epic span of Sergei Prokofiev’s noble Fifth Symphony, dedicated to the “spirit of man”.

MAESTRO 3: Mahler 5

From Darkness to Light8pm, 09 April 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Muhai TangViolin Jack Liebeck

Dvorák Violin Concerto, op. 53Mahler Symphony No.5

The QSO’s Mahler odyssey has seen playing reach new levels, and in the centenary year of the composer’s death, Conductor Laureate, Muhai Tang, who has nurtured the QSO’s Mahler tradition, leads a performance of Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony, which traces a huge arc from darkness and turbulence to the heady optimism and humour of the finale, and the tender, exquisitely poignant adagietto, used in Visconti’s film Death in Venice and the initial inspiration for many people’s love of Mahler’s music. From Vienna to the sunlit meadowlands of Bohemia and Dvorák’s lyrical Violin Concerto, the work which helped dynamo soloist, Jack Liebeck, clinch the 2010 Classical Brit Award for Young British Performer.

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MAESTRO 10: Mahler 4

Celestial Visions8pm, 05 November 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Eivind AadlandPiano Cédric TiberghienSoprano Natalie Peluso

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor Mozart “Ch’io mi scordi di te?”, K.505Mahler Symphony No.4

Two of the brightest stars in the international circuit appear separately and combine their artistry. Cédric Tiberghien, whose playing regularly has audiences enraptured and critics diving for the thesaurus in search of new superlatives, performs one of Mozart’s only two piano concertos in a minor key, No. 20 in D minor, whose demonic and intense qualities transcend the traditional emotional boundaries of the eighteenth century. He then joins Natalie Peluso in Mozart’s greatest concert aria, Ch’io mi scordi di te? Natalie is then soloist in the sublime finale to Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, an ecstatic hymn to childhood innocence, a sun-lit world where shadows are banished.

MAESTRO 11: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Towards a New Era8pm, 26 November 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschViolin Li Chuanyun

Beethoven Consecration of the House Overture Mendelssohn Violin ConcertoStrauss Symphonia Domestica

To anticipate its arrival at its new home in grand style, the QSO and Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch perform Beethoven’s 'Consecration of the House' Overture, written for a new Viennese theatre. Experience the magic spell woven by Li Chuanyun, whose playing the usually stern Fanfare magazine described as ”overwhelming virtuosity coupled with heroic dash and élan” in the gossamer textures of Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto. Only Richard Strauss’ creative alchemy could transform mundane domesticity into musical gold: a day in the life of the Strauss family demands one of the largest orchestras ever assembled. Never before has the QSO’s Maestro series ended with such raucous and enjoyable hijinks!

MAESTRO 7: Beethoven and Bruckner

Bruckner’s Cathedral of Sound8pm, 15 July 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschPiano Duncan Gifford

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2Bruckner Symphony No. 5

In one of the musical high points of 2011, Johannes Fritzsch confirms his credentials as a fine Brucknerian in the mighty Fifth Symphony. Bruckner was humble and deeply religious and his massive symphonies are inevitably compared to Gothic cathedrals. Like the faith of the people who constructed those cathedrals, Bruckner’s sonorities move heaven and earth, as well as audiences. To open the concert, Duncan Gifford, hailed internationally as a major artist of his generation, makes a welcome return to Australia to conclude the QSO’s Beethoven piano concerto series with the Concerto No 2, a work of elegance, poise and refinement.

MAESTRO 8: Symphonie fantastique

Turmoil and Passion8pm, 13 August 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Guillaume TourniaireTenor Steve Davislim

Franck Le Chasseur mauditChausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer Op.19 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Passion rules! When Hector Berlioz’s stormy love affair with Irish actress, Harriett Smithson, turned sour, the result was one broken French heart and the Symphonie fantastique, the ultimate Gothic musical phantasmagoria, which has been keeping audiences on the edge of their seats for almost 200 years. Australian tenor, Steve Davislim, whose singing The Guardian hailed as “awesome”, joins podium dynamo Guillaume Tourniaire in Ernst Chausson’s exquisitely dreamy and deeply moving rumination on love and loss, Poème de l’amour et de la mer. César Franck’s tone poem depicts a man whose passion for hunting, even on the Sabbath, earned him eternal damnation.

MAESTRO 9: Rachmaninov Symphony 2

Russian Romance8pm, 17 September 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Edvard TchivzhelPiano Nikolai Demidenko

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto is not so much a concerto as a mortal struggle between soloist and piano. Nikolai Demidenko makes a much anticipated return to remind QSO audiences that he’s a force of nature, whose incendiary technique and dazzling virtuosity are the only things which can tame this extraordinary work. In the masterful hands of Russian maestro Edvard Tchivzhel, Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony promises a very different musical journey. Few romantic works tug at the audience’s heartstrings more insistently than this intense work, with its seemingly endless flow of gorgeous melodies, luxuriant orchestral textures and kaleidoscopic moods, ranging from the exquisite melancholy of the adagio to the joyous exuberance of the finale. A musical experience on no account to be missed!

Gold Coast bus available

Maestro series subscribers pay for

ten concerts, but get 11 in 2011!

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Choral Classics

Three choral masterpieces, each completely contrasted but each occupying a special place in our hearts, whatever our religious beliefs and providing true balm for the soul. Be uplifted by the splendour of Handel’s Messiah, moved by the solemn grandeur of Brahm’s A German Requiem and consoled by the sweet poignancy of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. Each performance in this exciting addition to the QSO’s 2011 line-up promises to be one of the unforgettable musical experiences of the year.

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CHORAL CLASSICS 1: Fauré Requiem

Brilliance and Consolation7pm, 25 March 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Nicholas BraithwaiteSoprano Millica IlicBaritone Douglas McNicolChoir Brisbane Chorale

Mozart Wind Serenade No.11 in EbHaydn Symphony No.104 ‘London’Fauré Requiem

Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem consciously avoids apocalyptic visions, theatrical effects and the prospect of divine wrath, offering instead gentleness and intimacy, radiant with consolation. Mozart’s wind serenades usually provided the backdrop to the rustle of taffeta and the clink of champagne flutes. While they whispered high society gossip, Salzburg’s periwigged beau monde missed some of his most beautiful music, like the E flat Wind Serenade, a magically charming work, showcasing a kaleidoscope of mischievous wit, refined melancholy and exuberance. Haydn’s London Symphony, one of his grandest, also marked the glorious culmination of his symphonic career. The QSO is delighted to welcome back Maestro Nicholas Braithwaite in this wonderful program.

CHORAL CLASSICS 2: Brahms Requiem

Brahms’ Radiant Requiem7pm, 19 November 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschSoprano Nicole CarBaritone David WakehamChoir Brisbane Chorale

Mozart Symphony No.40Brahms Ein Deutches RequiemA German Requiem

The G minor key signature of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, the central panel in his final symphonic trilogy, is often the hallmark of his most intense and dramatic works, in this case also one of his most sublime, where the Classical and the Romantic converge. Johannes Brahms was no musical radical but he broke new ground when he composed a Requiem based not on the traditional Roman Catholic liturgy for the dead but on Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible. Brahms’ Requiem is his most profound and overtly emotional composition, a work of melting radiance which fuses stoic resignation with a personal affirmation in God’s grace. In an interesting aside, Brahms owned the original manuscript of the Mozart No. 40, which he treasured greatly.

CHORAL CLASSICS 3: Handel Messiah

“...All Of Heaven Before Me”7pm, 3 December 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Rita PaczianSoprano Dorothee JansenMezzo-soprano Deborah HumbleTenor Henry ChooBass David HibbardChoir Brisbane Chorale

Handel (arr. Mozart) Messiah

Handel declared “I think I did see all of heaven before me” when he composed Messiah. More than 250 years later, audiences of all faiths, or none, are uplifted by this greatest of all oratorios, whose performances are as much an emotional journey as a musical event. Internationally recognized baroque specialist, Rita Paczian, directs an all–star cast and the audience has the opportunity to savour a rare performance of Mozart’s brilliant and ingenious arrangement of this immortal score. Music to touch the soul and the perfect culmination to a year of music making!

CHORAL CLASSICS

Hearing issues?We hear you! QPAC has a Sennheiser infra-red personal audio system for hearing impaired patrons. Book this when you book your tickets.

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Morning concerts, a convenient time to enjoy greatly loved classics

A delicious morning tea isn’t the only heavenly part of this popular series which promises a fine selection of musical stars. Convivial, civilised and utterly irresistible!

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In 2011 Eivind Aadland joins the Queensland Symphony Orchestra as Principal Guest Conductor for five highly anticipated concerts featuring renowned artists and diverse repertoire.

Eivind Aadland is one of Scandinavia’s most respected conductors. He has been Music Director of the European Union Chamber Orchestra, Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and maintains a regular relationship with many leading European Orchestras, including the Bergen Philharmonic, Stavanger Symphony, WDR Köln, SWR Stuttgart, RSO Berlin, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse and the Oslo Philharmonic.

An acclaimed violinist and protégé of Yehudi Menuhin, Eivind later studied conducting with Jorma Panula and was mentored by Mariss Jansons. As a prolific recording artist, Aadland has championed works by many Swedish and Norwegian composers for release on a number of prestigious labels, including BIS and Hyperion. We eagerly anticipate a new musical partnership and development of our artistic vision into the future with Maestro Aadland as Principal Guest Conductor.

MASTERWORkS 1: Haydn Trumpet Concerto

Bold and Brassy!11am, 17 March 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Mats RondinHorn Alex MillerTrumpet Sarah Wilson

Mozart Horn Concerto No.3Haydn Trumpet ConcertoDvorák Symphony No.5

Experience the dazzling musicianship of two young musicians in fiendishly demanding works of furiant rhythms. French horn virtuoso Alex Miller performs Mozart’s Horn Concerto No 3, a cascade of golden sounds, from its reflective Romanze central movement to its rollicking “hunting” style finale. Then, the QSO’s Section Principal Trumpet, Sarah Wilson, assumes the limelight in Haydn’s brilliant Trumpet Concerto. Finally, Mats Rondin conducts Dvorák’s superb Fifth Symphony, a genial, open-hearted work, suffused with enchantingly alfresco melodies and lyrical beauty, which leads us through the sunlit uplands of the composer’s native Bohemia.

MASTERWORkS 2: Beethoven’s 5th

The Ultimate Adrenaline Rush11am, 19 May 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschClarinet Paul Dean

Liszt Les PréludesWeber Clarinet Concerto in F minorBeethoven Symphony No.5

Franz Liszt’s most popular symphonic poem Les Préludes was inspired by the poetic meditations of French Romantic poet Lamartine and its score is prefaced with the words “what is life but a series of preludes to that unknown hymn…” The virtuoso clarinetist, who was described by the London Sunday Times as “the excellent Paul Dean” performs Weber’s F minor Concerto, which showcases the clarinet in music ranging from rhapsodic expressiveness to virtuosic brilliance. Finally, the symphony whose first four notes have been sending a frisson down the spines of audiences whether they’re hearing them for the first or hundred and first time – the great power of this piece resonates through time.

MASTERWORkS 3: The Organ Symphony

Hail the King of Instruments!11am, 16 June 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Eivind AadlandViolin Josef SpacekOrgan Christopher Wrench

Bruch Scottish Fantasy, op.46Saint–Saëns Symphony No.3 ‘Organ’

Homage to the king of instruments! Saint–Saëns Organ Symphony is the grandest of his compositions and like all his works, it is suave and full of elegant Gallic melodies but also justly famous for its earth-trembling finale with solo concert organ, two pianists and huge orchestra. Josef Spacek, hailed internationally for his charismatic playing, brings his own unique touch to Max Bruch’s other great work for violin and orchestra, the gloriously tuneful Scottish Fantasy, which uses folk themes as raw material from which to develop brilliant and exciting writing for the violin alternating with passages of tender and sometimes passionate expression.

Gold Coast bus available

MASTERWORkS 4: Tchaikovsky Symphony 4

Autumn's Dance11am, 10 Nov 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Eivind AadlandPiano John Fisher

Grieg In AutumnLiszt TotentanzTchaikovsky Symphony No.4

Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, Maestro Eivind Aadland takes us on a visit to his homeland in Edvard Grieg’s charming concert overture In Autumn, before keyboard wizard John Fisher fearlessly walks on the dark side in Franz Liszt’s graphic Totentanz, Dance of Death, whose diabolical intensity comes from its variations on the Dies Irae theme in the Roman Catholic mass for the dead. Few other composers could sublimate personal anguish, emotional turmoil and spiritual crisis into a work as compellingly dramatic yet beautiful as Peter Tchaikovsky did in his Fourth Symphony, one of the great emotional and inspiring musical journeys.

Gold Coast bus available

THuRSDAY MORNING MASTERWORkS

Be one of the first twenty subscribers and we’ll send you an invitation to an exclusive lunch with our CEO, Patrick Pickett and our Chief Conductor, Johannes Fritzsch. Enjoy a delicious meal in the company of music lovers.

A fifth symphony captures the unique voice of a mature composer and in 2011 QSO presents Fifths from Prokofiev (Maestro 2), Dvorák (Thursday Morning Masterworks 1), Mahler (Maestro 3), Tchaikovsky (Maestro 4), Beethoven (Thursday Morning Masterworks 2) and Bruckner (Maestro 7). Buy all six Fifths as a Choose Your Own subscription package (details in the subscription section).

Thursday Morning Masterworks is proudly co-produced by QPAC.

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GALA

GALA 1: A Ballet Spectacular

Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Dancers of Queensland Ballet16 April 2011 Performance 1 2pm Performance 2 8pm QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Andrew MogreliaDancers of Queensland Ballet

Famous music and dances from the greatest ballets including Coppélia, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet.

Music written for ballet is among the most loved in the repertoire. Gloriously descriptive and emotive, it can conjure up visions of a radiant princess, an enchanted kingdom, or devoted lovers. Sit back and succumb to the pure pleasure of music from your favourite ballets, and enjoy some breathtaking pas de deux and beautiful ensembles performed by graceful dancers from Queensland Ballet, who join us for this special gala concert.

Queensland Ballet dancers: Clare Morehen & Christian Tátchev; Photographer: David Kelly

GALA 2: Midsummer Night's Dream

A Festive Night of Shakespeare and Mendelssohn27 May 2011 Performance 1 2pm Performance 2 8pm QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschSoprano Natalie PelusoChoir University of Queensland ChoirActors 4MBS Classic Arts ProductionsDirector Tama Matheson

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Scenes from the play with the full incidental music by Mendelssohn.

A rare chance in one of the musical high points of 2011 to savour both the best moments from William Shakespeare’s woodland comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Felix Mendelssohn’s immortal and atmospheric score, complete with soprano and mezzo soprano soloists and chorus, including the famous Overture, miraculously composed when he was 17, the meltingly beautiful Nocturne and the brilliant Wedding March. The actors include University of Southern Queensland acting graduate Nick Backstrom, whose characterization of the role of Bottom has become a favourite with audiences.

GALA 3: The Puccini Experience

A journey with Puccini’s muse from Le Villi to Turandot8pm, 01 October 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

International and Australian opera stars sing the very best arias, duets and scenes by the world’s greatest opera composer. Giacomo Puccini’s operas reach across the footlights and touch the heart like no others. No heroines are more beautiful or more vulnerable, no heroes more dashing and handsome, no villains blacker or lovers more doomed than Puccini’s. Whether it’s four young people falling in love in a Parisian garret, Cio-Cio-San and Lieutenant Pinkerton falling in love amid the cherry blossom, or an ice princess finally succumbing to her heart, no one “does” passion quite like Puccini. Experience wonderful music from all 12 Puccini operas, from the early Le Villi to the final masterpiece, Turandot unfinished at the time of the composer’s death.

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The newspaper’s been read and the lazy Sunday breakfast eaten …now what?

Music on Sundays is a mouth-watering smorgasbord designed to set the seal on a perfect weekend. With witty compère Guy Noble, Music on Sundays is a gorgeous morning concert enhanced by attractive family and group prices and popular themed repertoire, a perfect way for Queensland music lovers to dip their toes in and test the waters.

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MuSIC ON SuNDAYS 1: Earth, Wind and Fire

Music from the Elements: Fire, Earth, Water, Air11.30am, 20 February 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschPresenter Guy NobleViolin Warwick Adeney

Including music from: Vaughan Williams Lark AscendingRespighi Fountains of RomeHandel Water MusicBeethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’De Falla Ritual Fire DanceStravinsky FirebirdOffenbach Barcarolle

As much as we mere mortals take them for granted, the four elements have endlessly inspired great composers. In a program to gladden the heart on a Sunday morning, float through the air with QSO and its leader, Warwick Adeney, in Vaughan Williams sublime, The Lark Ascending, voted Australia’s second favourite piece of classical music in ABC Classic FM’s national competition. Handel immortalised a royal progress on the Thames and reinstated himself with his former employer, who had, unexpectedly became King George 1, with his Water Music. Beethoven brilliantly depicted both air and water in the storm movement of his otherwise tranquil pastoral symphony.

MuSIC ON SuNDAYS 2: Oriental Fantasia

Inspirations from the East11.30am, 03 April 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Muhai TangPresenter Guy NobleWith special guest soloists

Including music from: Puccini Madama ButterflyRimsky korsakov ScheherazadeDelibes Lakme Massenet Thais Bizet PearlfishersMozart ZaideHandel Entrance of the Queen of ShebaMozart SeraglioPuccini Turandot

Rub Aladdin’s magic lamp: Pfff! Maestro Tang and the QSO’s magic carpet is about to whisk you away to exotic destinations, palm trees, harems, handsome sheiks and cruel sultans, with music that inspired composers from Chinese , Indian and Japanese society. Be beguiled by the tantalizing prospect of romance and adventure by this gorgeous Sunday morning program. From Rimsky-Korsakov’s musical evocation of the beautiful Scheherazade’s tales of 1,001 nights, appearances by femmes fatales, the Queen of Sheba and the sultry Thaïs. Music on Sundays favourite Guy Noble will be your tour guide.

MuSIC ON SuNDAYS 3: Myths

Beautiful Music Inspired by Fantasy11.30am, 15 May 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Johannes FritzschPresenter Guy NobleWith special guest soloist

Including music from: Berlioz Les TroyensHumperdinck Hansel and GretelOffenbach Orpheus in the UnderworldOffenbach La Belle HélèneVaughan Williams Aristophanic Suite Gluck Orpheus and EuridiceHolst The PlanetsDebussy Prélude à “L’après midi d’un Faune” Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Composers have been inspired by myths, legends and fairy tales in very different but equally entrancing ways. Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera, Hansel and Gretel, recaptured the wide-eyed innocence and wonder of childhood. Berlioz’s Royal Hunt and Storm scene from his grand operatic epic Les Troyens “The Trojans at Carthage” is a masterful evocation of nature and mood, foreshadowing tragedy for the lovers Dido and Aeneas, whereas Jacques Offenbach treated mythological figures far more irreverently in his witty and charming belle époque operettas and Ralph Vaughan Williams' incidental music to Aristophanes Athenian satire The Wasps contains a March of the Kitchen Utensils, (minus the kitchen sink)!

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The Splendour of Dance Music11.30am, 12 June 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Eivind AadlandPresenter Guy NobleViolin Warwick Adeney

Including music from: Bizet L’Arlésienne Rodgers Carousel Shostakovich Tea for TwoArnold English DancesHaydn Symphony 102Rachmaninov AlekoHandel Water MusicBach Orchestral SuitesDvorak Slavonic Dances

Let the orchestra and Eivind Aadland transport you back, with a little help from Bach and Haydn, to the elegance of the eighteenth century aristocracy, when dukes and duchesses, counts and countesses danced minuets and gavottes at court balls amid gilded salons under chandeliers. Succumb to the greatest Broadway waltz from Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel and the rustic charm of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances. Shostakovich is not a composer normally associated with levity, but hear the result of a 1927 challenge for him to arrange a piece of music in 45 minutes: an arrangement of Tea for Two from Vincent Yeomans’ musical No, No, Nanette.

MuSIC ON SuNDAYS 5: Not the Last Night of the Proms!

A Riotous Celebration of the Best of British Music11.30am, 21 August 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor/Presenter Guy NobleWith special guest soloistsThe Queensland Choir

Includes music by Delius, Ireland, Arne, Wood, Zimmer, Parry, Grainger, Elgar, Arnold including favourites Jerusalem, Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Land of Hope and Glory, Rule Britannia and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Don your Union Jack waistcoats and bring some flags for what has now become an annual celebration which captures the unique spirit and ambience of London’s BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and brings out the inner Brit in all of us. The sun will never set on the British Empire, nor will it ever set on these stirring, rollicking tunes, including all your old favourites guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye. Rule Britannia!

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Music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Discover masterpieces by the distinctive voices of the movers and shakers from the 20th and 21st centuries. This three concert series features leading Australian and international composers who have taken music in new directions. We are especially proud to present our Composer-in-Residence, Elena Kats-Chernin, with premieres of some of her most recent compositions performed by many leading and emerging Australian musicians. World renowned violinist Rudolf Koelman makes a special guest appearance with Leonard Bernstein’s virtuosic and modern Serenade (After Plato’s “Symposium”).

20/21 1: koelman Plays Bernstein

7pm, 05 February 2011 Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre

Conductor Benjamin NortheyViolin Rudolf Koelman

Meale Voss-SuiteBernstein Serenade (After Plato’s “Symposium”) kats-Chernin Re-collecting ASTORoids complete version premiere

Decades after its premiere, Richard Meale’s truly iconic opera Voss, based on Patrick White’s novel about a nineteenth century explorer’s mystical connection with the outback, remains a landmark in Australian music. Although Leonard Bernstein is universally acknowledged as a genius of twentieth century music, his works for the concert hall were often eclipsed by his stage works. His charming Serenade, a five movement violin concerto, was inspired by Plato’s Symposium, in which eminent philosophers in ancient Greece conduct a dialogue in praise of love. In Re-collecting ASTORoids, Elena Kats-Chernin, one of the most distinctive voices in Australian and international music and the QSO Composer-in-Residence, pays subtle homage to Astor Piazzola, the man who took the tango out of the dance hall and into the concert hall.

20/21 2: Grand Pianola Music

7pm, 12 March 2011 Ferry Road Studios

Conductor Marc TaddeiPercussionists Claire Edwardes* and David Montgomery** Piano Duo Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg

Schwantner Percussion Concerto**kats-Chernin Village Idiot - Orchestral version premierekats-Chernin Golden Kitsch – *Australian State Orchestra premiereAdams Grand Pianola Music

There are few areas where Elena Kats-Chernin fears to tread. Her Village Idiot, a 14-minute work for electric guitar, harpsichord, strings and percussion, continues her fascination with altered mental states and was composed to accompany an exhibition by schizophrenic artists. Golden Kitsch is simultaneously a post modern “toy symphony” using toy pianos and sleigh bells, an oblique tribute to the spirit of the Viennese waltz and a personal “take” on the morphing of the Viennese symbolist artist Gustav Klimt from avant garde icon to kitsch pop icon. John Adams, the guru of American minimalism described his Grand Pianola Music as a combination of “duelling pianos, sirens, Valhalla brass, thwacking bass drums, gospel triads…”.

20/21 3: Selenite City

7pm, 28 October 2011 Ferry Road Studios

Conductor Paul FitzsimonClarinet Paul DeanPiano Oliver SheViolin Richard Pollett

Dean Ariel’s Musickats-Chernin Selenite City (Concerto for Violin and Piano) Australian premiere kats-Chernin Alexander Rag – Orchestral Version Premiere Weill Symphony No.1 ‘Berliner Symphony’

Brett Dean, who began composing in 2000 after a career as a viola player in the Berlin Philharmonic from 1985 until 1999,was inspired to compose Ariel’s Music (a clarinet concerto) by the death of a young girl called Ariel and the subsequent efforts by her mother (who also eventually succumbed to the disease) to raise funds for AIDS research. Kurt Weill’s First Symphony will come as total revelation. Composed when he was only 21, it appeared before he had acquired his wildly sardonic, politically provocative “Berlin Cabaret” idiom. While highly original, it is firmly in the mainstream European symphonic tradition.

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The Queensland Symphony Orchestra is committed to engaging with audiences from Bamaga to Brisbane, Mount Isa to Mackay. In 2011, we’ll be presenting a special season of touring and regional commitments – including education programs, workshops and gala concerts – in a new brochure. Watch for this in the new year and join us as we share our music throughout the sunshine state.

TOuRING 2011

In 2011 the Queensland Symphony Orchestra will continue our tradition of bringing internationally acclaimed soloists to Brisbane.

In 2011 Queensland Symphony Orchestra will continue our tradition of bringing internationally acclaimed soloists to Brisbane. We welcome an eclectic and exciting selection of the world’s leading pianists and violinists. Our Maestro series features performances by pianists Michael Endres (Germany), Sergio Tiempo (Argentina), Duncan Gifford (Australia), Nikolai Demidenko (Russia) and Cedric Tiberghien (France). Also joining the orchestra are violinists Rudolf Koelman (Netherlands), who will also feature in the 20/21 series, Jack Liebeck (UK), Natalia Lomeiko with Yuri Zhislin on viola (Russia) and Li Chuanyun (China). With the flexibility of a choose your own package, you can pick any or all of these fabulous concerts.

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RANDY NEWMAN

Randy Newman is one of the great American songwriters. Tunesmiths like Paul Simon, Elvis Costello and James Taylor routinely sing his praises, and Bob Dylan said: “There’s not that many people in Randy’s class... Louisiana 1927 or Sail Away – it doesn’t get any better than that.”

Newman essentially has two careers; the first as “one of the most spectacularly irreverent songwriters of the last half-century” (Chicago Tribune), and the second as an Oscar-winning film composer (Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Meet the Parents), with a further 17 Oscar nominations, five Grammys, two Emmys and a place in the Songwriters Hall of Fame under his belt.

In his first ever appearance in Australia, Randy Newman will perform his greatest heartfelt ballads, humorous sketches and biting satirical tunes, including You Can Leave Your Hat On, Short People and You’ve got a Friend in Me, plus music from his magnificent movie scores. Don’t miss this living legend.

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY 8pm, 22 July 2011 QPAC Concert Hall

Buy your Randy Newman tickets with your QSO subscription before 31 October 2010 and save $10 per ticket!

Complete the order form at the back of this book, or call qtix on 136 246.

“One of the most venerated songwriters of his generation.”

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in concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra

SPECIAL PREMIERE EVENTThis event is presented by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Queensland Music Festival.

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EDuCATION 2011

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra is fully committed to nurturing and inspiring the musicians of tomorrow.

Through a number of initiatives, including school partnerships, master classes, open rehearsals, school concerts and competitions, QSO provides support to prep, school and tertiary aged students.

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kIDDIES CuSHION CONCERTS

Meet the Orchestra at the Musical Zoo Season 1 29 – 31 March 2011 (6 performances) 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm Ferry Road Studios

Conductor Warwick PotterPresenter Vivienne Collier-Vickers

Walking in the Air – Snowy Christmas CapersSeason 2 13 – 15 December (9 performances) 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm Ferry Road Studios

Conductor Warwick PotterPresenter Vivienne Collier-Vickers

Wow your children, grandchildren or school group with Kiddies Cushion Concerts, held at the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s own studios at West End, the perfect venue to introduce young children to orchestral music. Audience members are treated to an interactive concert which encourages youngsters to release their exuberance with singing and dancing and promises fun for the whole family. They’re not only for the very young but for the young at heart. We hope you can join us for this exciting, high energy orchestral concert experience. Help nurture the next generation of music lovers and QSO subscribers and supporters!

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

The Composer is Dead19 and 20 October 2011 10am and 11.30am QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Sarah-Grace WilliamsPresenter Bryan Probets

The Composer is Dead, written by the brilliant cult author Lemony Snicket, with music by Nathaniel Stookey, is a great introduction to the instruments of the orchestra.

The concert is presented as a classic “whodunit?” tale. Our diligent detective will interrogate each section of the orchestra to uncover what they do, how they work and who killed the composers Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. Were they drowned out by the drums? Did the clarinet sneak up on them? Or did the trumpets blow them away?

Help our detective solve this perplexing mystery and give your students a concert experience they will never forget.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

How Music Works7 and 8 June 2011 10am and 11.30am QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor/Presenter Warwick Potter

Have you ever wanted an orchestra at your disposal to teach the elements of music? Well, wait no longer, as Warwick Potter does all the hard work and leads your students through some of classical music’s finest offerings with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. How Music Works is an absorbing, varied and interactive guide to the essential elements of music. The show has been hailed a proven educational success by students and teachers in Perth and Adelaide. Warwick tackles the tricky concepts of duration, dynamics, pitch, tempo, texture and timbre, giving students a chance to hear how they operate in well known excerpts of orchestral repertoire.

Visit our website at www.qso.com.au for repertoire and more information.

SECONDARY SHOWCASE

A Big Bang!9 March 2011 11am QPAC Concert Hall

Conductor Nicholas CarterPresenter Leanne MundtPercussionist David Montgomery

Presenter Leanne Mundt will lead your students on an orchestral journey featuring demonstrations of the wind, brass, string and percussion sections of the orchestra. Featuring a powerful movement from American composer Joseph Schwantner’s acclaimed Percussion Concerto, a virtuoso performance by QSO Section Principal David Montgomery. Our Secondary Showcase also presents the 2011 winner of the Young Instrumentalist Competition on stage at QPAC in a concerto movement performance with the QSO.

Sydney Symphony’s Assistant Conductor Nicholas Carter finishes the concert off with a series of big bangs with favourite movements from Gustav Holst’s The Planets Suite. Your students will be mesmerised by this wonderful music and the huge and colourful orchestration.

School PartnershipsMotivate and inspire your students with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s School Partnerships program. Musicians collaborate with school music teachers to enhance music programs through individual and group instrumental music coaching. The School Partnership Program is designed to create effective relationships between local schools and professional musicians, supporting teachers, and ultimately giving students an experience of a lifetime.

Open Rehearsals Dates for 2011 will be on our website

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has thrown open the doors of their rehearsal studios for secondary students and teachers in 2011. This opportunity for a behind the scenes, close-up look at the inner workings of a professional symphony orchestra is an invaluable teaching and educational tool. Students gain insight into the life of a professional musician with the opportunity for a question and answer session with orchestral personnel. This inspiring look at a day in the life of a QSO musician is a great way to motivate and encourage aspiring musicians.

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Education Concerts are proudly co-produced by QPAC

Booking details and more information at www.qso.com.au

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra is proud to continue our “tread softly” awareness raising activities, with both the Coxen’s Fig Parrot Recovery Project at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and the Australian Rainforest Foundation Adopt a Square Project.

In raising awareness of these important programs, we contribute to the protection and longevity of our precious flora and fauna as well as further improving our eco-footprint and environmental approach to our work.

Young Instrumentalist Competition

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra is proud to continue the tradition of the Young Instrumentalist Competition in 2011. This competition gives one talented musician the chance to take centre stage with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra as a soloist for a very special concert performance in the QPAC Concert Hall.

Eligibility

Open to secondary students performing on an orchestral instrument at a minimum standard of AMEB Grade 7. Audition pieces must be a movement from a standard concerto for soloist and orchestra.

How to enter

Competition entry forms can be downloaded from the education section of our website, by phoning our Education Officer on 3833 5000, or by emailing info@qso.com.au. Entry fee $35.

Applications close: 3 December 2010

Audition Date: 7 February 2011

Young Instrumentalist Recital: 21 February 2011

Performance: 9 March 2011

Student PassportsStudents are now able to pre-purchase tickets to see Queensland’s state orchestra for a fraction of the normal price.

The Deal: Two tickets to your choice of three concerts throughout the 2011 QSO season with guaranteed seating*

The Price: Just $99 for all six tickets. That’s a saving of more than $250**

Who: Full-time students with a current student card. This must be presented when you book. Use your other ticket however you like – invite your teacher, parent/guardian or friend!

Wow: Experience the rush of hearing the Queensland Symphony Orchestra LIVE!

Student Passports will be on sale in March. Bookings available in person only at the qtix box office, South Bank. For further information please visit www.qso.com.au

*excludes Special Events, Gala concerts **based on three A Reserve and three Student Rush tickets to our Maestro Series

TopologyQueensland Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce a new partnership with contemporary music ensemble Topology. Students and teachers will have the opportunity to develop compositional techniques in a workshop format. Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Topology have a strong history and expertise in mentoring and educating young musicians and their teachers. Further details of this exciting new partnership will be available in the QSO Education brochure and online.

EDuCATION TREADING SOFTLY ON THE EARTH

For more information on the critically endangered Coxen’s Fig Parrot, visit the Currumbin website at www.cws.org.au. More information about the Australian Rainforest Foundation is at www.arf.net.au

www.facebook.com/queenslandsymphonyorchestra www.twitter.com/QSOrchestra

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QSO is about to embark on an exciting new journey, the move to a new purpose built studio in the heart of South Bank’s cultural precinct.

The orchestra has called the Ferry Road Studio at West End home since 1977 and the relocation to the new ABC Headquarters represents a coming of age both for the orchestra and for the State of Queensland.

Situated between the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and the Conservatorium of Music, we are eagerly anticipating welcoming our friends to this new building that will be used for rehearsal and performances. The building will also have practice rooms, a recording studio and administration suites, making it a hub of creative activity.

The new studio will provide greater opportunity for community organisations to showcase their activities as the orchestra will

continue to open its studio as a venue for community orchestras, ensembles and choirs.

Members of the community will have unprecedented access to the orchestra as they are welcomed to be part of an open rehearsal, master class or artist-in-conversation forum. Just as you visit the library or museum, a new range of recreational opportunities will be created for families, tourists and the broad community to engage with the orchestra.

Throughout Season 2011, you will hear more about this exciting move and you will also have the opportunity to get involved in fundraising events and celebrations. We look forward to your company on this exciting journey.

QSO HarmonyQSO Harmony is the orchestra’s music education and community outreach program that engages audiences across the state in a variety of settings. QSO musicians work alongside people from all backgrounds, ages and abilities to bring them the joy of music.

Hannah, a student participant of a recent QSO Harmony project, said she thoroughly enjoyed the day’s activities. “Rehearsing with Warwick Adeney was the most amazing experience,” she said. “To have the opportunity to be conducted and also taught by a professional musician with so much experience was just incredible. Not to mention listening to Warwick play the pieces!”

Some of the programs within QSO Harmony include:

Meet the OrchestraMeet the Orchestra performances are specially designed for those who have never had the opportunity to experience a live orchestral performance. In a relaxed atmosphere, QSO strives to break down common misconceptions about classical music and welcome guests to participate in a fun and uplifting musical experience. This activity is particularly relevant to youth, families, and the socially, physically and financially disadvantaged.

QSO Harmony for HealthThe experience of poor health or lack of mobility can be detrimental not only to a patient’s own spirit but also to their loved ones and caretakers around them. Music encourages physical, mental, social and emotional well-being and is a recognised means of relaxation and stress relief therapy.

This program provides support for health care organisations, offering heartfelt entertainment by small groups of musicians, to patients, residents and families within a hospital or care facility.

QSO Harmony with Your CommunityThis program enables QSO ensembles to “go to the people” with performances by small ensembles in community venues and public spaces. This program is an “easy access” initiative to engage members of the community who ordinarily would not experience the profound beauty of live music. Venues include, but are not limited to: libraries, parks and community centres.

The QSO team are always seeking new opportunities to involve the community and welcome ideas for special projects or collaborations. Contact Samantha Cockerill, Education Liaison Officer on 3833 5000 or info@qso.com.au for more information.

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A new home for QSO

The new home of QSO at South Bank, designed by Richard Kirk Architect Pty Ltd

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For more information phone 3833 5000 or email qsofriends@qso.com.au.

“Supporting QSO is very important to me. I have been fortunate enough to be able to attend many different symphony orchestras worldwide, that to me is a wonderful cultural experience. If I am able to help, even in a small supporting role, that makes me happy!” Anne Shipton, Patron, donor.

This is your invitation to become part of a special community of individuals who strengthen our ability to extend the orchestra’s state-wide reach and sustain artistic excellence.

Private GivingAny gift, however small, can make a significant difference to the operation of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Your gift will support QSO Harmony community outreach and education programs, the purchase of essential orchestra equipment and music scores and the engagement of the finest Australian and international conductors and artists.

We invite you to make a personal contribution to our Season 2011 as part of your subscription purchase. All gifts will be acknowledged on our website and those over $500 will be acknowledged in the 2011 concert programs and annual report. All gifts over $2 are tax deductible and may be made by monthly instalments.

To play your part, nominate your gift on the subscription form or donate online at www.qso.com.au/donatenow.

Maestro Series Chair DonorsDo you have a favourite instrument or musician you would like to support? Become a Maestro Series Chair Donor and form a personal and lasting relationship with an individual musician or section of the orchestra, support their role in the orchestra and become a key member of the QSO community.

Four Chair Donor categories are available for the 2011 Maestro series:

Player Chair $1,500

Principal Chair $3,000

Concertmaster Chair $5,000

Guest Artist Chair – starting at $8,000

BequestsA bequest is a gift made through your Will as a legacy to help preserve orchestral traditions for future generations. Please contact our Philanthropy department for information about making a bequest.

For more information about becoming a donor, please contact Liesa Hogg, Executive Manager – Philanthropy on 07 3833 5050 or liesa.hogg@qso.com.au.

QSO FriendsWould you like to meet orchestra members, guest artists and other concert goers? Are you a keen advocate of the QSO and want to support and celebrate our activities and achievements? Share your love of the orchestra with like-minded friends and become a member or purchase a gift membership for someone special.

QSO Friends offers you the following opportunities and experiences:

• Opportunities to enjoy the company of QSO musicians, and other music lovers, in a social environment at a pre-concert or post-concert function

• Invitation to QSO Friends exclusive Open Rehearsals to watch the musicians prepare for performances

• Retail, dining and entertainment discounts

• Updates including the QSO newsletter Bravo!

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Trumpet Trombone Bass Trombone

Tuba Harp Timpani Percussion

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Rebecca Seymour Michael O’LoghlinStephen Phillips Anne Buchanan

Wayne Brennan Sarah MeagherGail Aitken Tania Frazer

Paulene Smith Nicole TaitFrances McLean Nicholas Harmsen

Bernard Hoey

Nicholas Tomkin Thomas Allely

Lauren Manuel

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Brenda Sullivan

Faina Dobrenko Amelia Coleman

Harold Wilson Evan Lewis

kirsten Hulin-Bobart Paul Rawson

Patrick Suthers Tim Corkeron

Priscilla Hocking Dushan Walkowicz

Brynley White Hayley Radke

Nicola Manson

Brian CatchloveLinda Carello

Ian O’Brien

Helen Poggioli Jason Redman

Andre Duthoit

Rachel Smith Craig Allister-Young

Joan Shih Paul O’Brien

Jane Burroughs Alexa Murray

Helen Travers David Mitchell

Irene Garrahy Richard Madden

David Lale Jill Atkinson

Margaret Connolly John Fardon

Stephen Tooke Alexis kenny

Simon Dobrenko Irit SilverDelia kinmont

Peter Luff

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kathryn Close David Montgomery

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Sarah Wilson, trumpet; Andrew Knox, percussion.

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Season tickets are a package of tickets to our 2011 concerts.Season ticket holders get:

• Savings of up to 20% off single ticket prices

• Special subscriber discount to the Randy Newman event if you book with your subscription

• First pick of the concerts and seats before they go on sale to the general public. Single ticket sales go on sale Tuesday 11 January 2011. A transaction fee applies.

• First option to buy tickets to specials and community concerts

• Maestro season ticket holders keep their preferred seats every year that they renew

• The option to exchange tickets for another performance if unable to attend (ticket exchange fee applies plus upgrade costs, if applicable)

• Exclusive discounts and unique offers through Queensland Symphony Orchestra Loyalty Card (full details at www.qso.com.au)

• Exclusive invitation to the 2012 Season Launch Ticket Holder Concert

How do I buy?

Choose: 1. Either Maestro Set Series or

2. Chose Your Own (CYO4+). Each person selects a minimum of four concerts across any series giving you total flexibility to pick and choose!

You don’t have to pay for it all right away – deferred payment is available!

Gold Coast bus available for the highlighted concerts. For more information call 07 3833 5000 or visit www.qso.com.au

How to lodge the booking form

• In person QPAC Box Office CNR Melbourne and Grey Street, South Brisbane Monday – Saturday 9am – 8.30pm

• By Phone qtix 136 246 Monday – Saturday 9am – 8.30pm

• By Post Queensland Symphony Orchestra Subscriptions QPAC Reply Paid 3567 South Bank QLD 4101

Venue information and seating plans

QPAC Concert Hall

A RES B RES

Maestro and Music on Sundays: All seating options available except choir balcony All other series: only stalls available

Season Ticket Booking Form and 2011 Program Pricing

> Maestro Series • All 11 concerts for the price of ten

> Choose Your Own Concerts • Select four or more concerts per person (excludes Randy

Newman)

• Select the same seat reserve for each concert (i.e. All A RES)

• Each member of your party must select the same group of concerts. If a member of your party wants a different selection of concerts, they must fill out a separate form and staple together with yours

• To sit with friends submitting their own forms, please submit all forms stapled together

Seating Preference

Let us know if you have a preferred seat location for your chosen concerts.

MAESTRO 1-11: QPAC CONCERT HALL A RES Stalls Balcony Boxes Wheelchair access B RES Stalls Balcony Wheelchair access

CHORAL CLASSICS 1-4: QPAC CONCERT HALL A RES Stalls Wheelchair accessB RES Stalls Wheelchair access

GALA 1-3: QPAC CONCERT HALL A RES Stalls Wheelchair access B RES Stalls Wheelchair access

THuRSDAY MORNING MASTERWORkS 1-4 QPAC CONCERT HALL A RES Stalls Wheelchair accessB RES Stalls Wheelchair access

MuSIC ON SuNDAYS 1-5: QPAC CONCERT HALL A RES Stalls Balcony Boxes Wheelchair accessB RES Stalls Balcony Wheelchair access

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Seating request notes

Sennheiser Hearing Aid

SEASON TICkETS PRICE TYPE Adult ConcessionReserve A B A B SuB TOTALMaestro Single Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $85.00 $70.25 $70.25 $59.25SET SERIES (11 for 10 pack) X $583.00 X $517.00 X $517.00 X $429.00

Choose your Own Series (CYO4+) Select your own 4 or more-mark your selection and indicate the number of subscribers.MaestroSingle Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $85.00 $70.25 $70.25 $59.25Maestro 1 - 12 February X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 2 - 5 March X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 3 - 9 April X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 4 - 30 April X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 5 - 4 June X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 6 - 25 June X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 7 - 15 July X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 8 - 13 August X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 9 - 17 September X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 10 - 5 November X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00Maestro 11 - 26 November X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00

Choral ClassicSingle Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $76.25 $65.25 $65.25 $57.25 Choral Classics 1 - 25 March X $61.00 X $55.00 X $55.00 X $47.00 Choral Classics 2 - 19 November X $61.00 X $55.00 X $55.00 X $47.00 Choral Classics 3 - 3 December X $61.00 X $55.00 X $55.00 X $47.00

GalaSingle Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $85.00 $70.25 $70.25 $59.25

Gala 1 - 16 April 2pm 8pm X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00

Gala 2 - 27 May 2pm 8pm X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00 Gala 3 - 1 October X $65.00 X $59.00 X $59.00 X $48.00

Thursday Morning MasterworksSingle Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $54.25 $47.25 $47.25 $43.25 Masterworks 1 - 17 March X $43.00 X $37.00 X $37.00 X $33.00Masterworks 2 - 19 May X $43.00 X $37.00 X $37.00 X $33.00 Masterworks 3 - 16 June X $43.00 X $37.00 X $37.00 X $33.00 Masterworks 4 - 10 November X $43.00 X $37.00 X $37.00 X $33.00

Music on SundaysSingle Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $63.25 $54.25 $54.25 $43.25MOS 1 - 20 February X $51.00 X $44.00 X $44.00 X $35.00 MOS 2 - 3 April X $51.00 X $44.00 X $44.00 X $35.00 MOS 3 - 15 May X $51.00 X $44.00 X $44.00 X $35.00 MOS 4 - 12 June X $51.00 X $44.00 X $44.00 X $35.00MOS 5 - 21 August X $51.00 X $44.00 X $44.00 X $35.00

20/21Single Ticket (on sale 11 Jan) $43.25 $43.25 $38.25 $38.25 20:21 1 - 5 February X $30.00 X $30.00 X $30.00 X $30.00 20:21 2 - 12 March X $30.00 X $30.00 X $30.00 X $30.00 20:21 3 - 28 October X $30.00 X $30.00 X $30.00 X $30.00

Randy Newman Premiere Event 22 July – Special QSO Subscriber Offer. Book with your 2011 subscription and save $10 per ticket.QSO Subscriber only prices (until 31 October) X prem $99 X A res $79 X B res $69 X C res $49

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Subscription Tickets

Queensland Symphony Orchestra authorises qtix ticketing agency to process all subscription package applications. In addition to the general terms and conditions of sale, the following procedures apply to all tickets sold as part of season ticket packages.

Season ticket sales open Wednesday 22 September 2010. Renewing season ticket holders receive a priority booking period. This is from 9am Wednesday 22 September 2010 until Sunday 31 October 2010. For patrons who select the deferred payment option, 50% of your total order will be processed to your credit card on receipt of your order form, and the balance of you total order will be processed in January. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday 11 January 2011. A transaction fee applies.

New season ticket bookings will be processed AFTER the allocation of renewing season ticket bookings. All new bookings are processed in date order of receipt.

Payment by cheque, money order or credit card must accompany your application. We can only accept instalments for payments made by credit card.

Season tickets may be exchanged for tickets to an alternative performance up to two working days before a performance. Ticket exchanges are subject to availability and a ticket exchange fee of $3.30 per ticket applies. You will also be required to pay any seat upgrade costs that apply. This is calculated as the difference in single ticket cost in your chosen reserve between your current seat and your chosen new seat.

Maestro Set Series season tickets are available up until the date of the first concert.

Choose Your Own season tickets are available throughout the season until only four concerts remain. Seat allocation is subject to availability.

All details are correct at the time of printing. Queensland Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to vary programs, artists and/or venues without notice as necessary. Please visit www.qso.com.au for updated and detailed information on concerts, venues and programming.

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