BOLD AS BRASS

TEA & SYMPHONY

Friday 1 May 2015

concert diary

Bold as BrassBROUGHTON Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and FinaleKATS-CHERNIN MaterKOEHNE Albany Harbour (The Voyage)PUCCINI arr. G Boyd Scenes from Turandot

Michael Mulcahy conductorSSO Brass Ensemble

Tea & Symphony

Fri 1 May 11am Complimentary morning tea from 10am

Discover Mahler Songs of a WayfarerMAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer

Richard Gill conductor [PICTURED]

Alexander Knight baritone SSO Sinfonia

DownerTenix Discovery

Tue 5 May 6.30pm City Recital Hall Angel Place

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Pure MagicMAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Youth’s Magic Horn)TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker: Act II (Kingdom of the Sweets)

Mark Wigglesworth conductor [PICTURED]

Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano Randall Scarlata baritone

Thursday Afternoon Symphony

Thu 7 May 1.30pm Emirates Metro Series

Fri 8 May 8pm Great Classics

Sat 9 May 2pmPre-concert talk 45 minutes before each performance

Romantic VisionsWagner, Bartók & BrahmsWAGNER Siegfried IdyllBARTÓK Piano Concerto No.3BRAHMS orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor

Matthias Pintscher conductor [PICTURED]

Peter Serkin piano

APT Master Series

Wed 13 May 8pmFri 15 May 8pmSat 16 May 8pmPre-concert talk at 7.15pm

SSO Chamber Music Cocktail HourIntimate space, inspiring music and a delicious cocktail to enjoy – One hour of sheer bliss.Hear individual members of your SSO up close in this year’s new Chamber Music Cocktail Hour series featuring music by Brahms (Clarinet Quintet, String Quintet No.2, String Sextet No.2) and others.

Sat 16 May 6pmSat 6 June 6pmSat 18 July 6pmUtzon Room Sydney Opera House

CLASSICAL

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JOSH PYKE Live with your SSOJosh Pyke will perform hits from across all of his albums, including Leeward Side, Middle of the Hill and The Lighthouse Song.

Christopher Dragon conductor Josh Pyke vocalist/guitar

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BOLD AS BRASSMichael Mulcahy conductor SSO Brass Ensemble

BRUCE BROUGHTON (born 1945) Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale

Fanfares Marches Hymns Finale

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (born 1957) Mater, for brass and percussion

MATTHEW HINDSON (born 1968) Siegfried Interlude No.1

GRAEME KOEHNE (born 1956) Albany Harbour (The Voyage)

Departure from Albany Harbour – The Voyage: The Great Adventure –  Morning Prayer

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858–1924) Scenes from Turandotarranged by Geoffrey Boyd

Estimated durations: 20 minutes, 6 minutes, 4 minutes, 8 minutes, 10 minutes The concert will conclude at approximately 12.05pm.

TEA & SYMPHONY

FRIDAY 1 MAY, 11AM

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE CONCERT HALL

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Michael Mulcahy began studying trombone with his father, Jack Mulcahy, and completed his studies with Baden McCarron of the SSO and Geoffrey Bailey at the Sydney Conservatorium. His orchestral career began in 1976 as principal trombone of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and he subsequently held principal positions with the Melbourne and Cologne Radio symphony orchestras. In 1989 Georg Solti appointed him to his current post with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; since the he has served three CSO music directors: Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink and Riccardo Muti. He is also principal trombone with Music of the Baroque (Chicago), the Grand Teton Music Festival (where he also regularly conducts) and the Australian World Orchestra, and he has appeared as a concerto soloist with orchestras worldwide.

He has been Director of the Chicago Symphony Brass since 2007, presenting annual concerts in Chicago and producing a best-seller recording, CSO Brass Live. His interest in conducting was sparked in 1987 when West German Radio invited him to direct a program of Arvo Pärt.

Michael Mulcahyconductor

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Since then he has served as assistant conductor for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and he conducts regularly for the Music at the Millenium and Composer Perspectives Festivals at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Other conducting engagements have taken him to Japan and Denmark, and he regularly returns to Sydney to conduct the SSO Brass Ensemble, most recently in 2014.

Michael Mulcahy is Professor of Music at Northwestern University and has held lecturing and artist-in-residence posts at the Canberra School of Music, Indiana University and Florida State University. He has also taught and conducted at Daniel Barenboim’s East West Divan workshop and served as Music Director for the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp.

In 2012, with Nick Byrne and Scott Kinmont, he released the album Full Circle, a collection of music by Australian composers.

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SSO Brass Ensemble

Formed in 1997, the SSO Brass Ensemble comprises many of Australia’s finest brass players, drawn from the brass section of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Varying in size from a quintet to a full brass section of 16, the ensemble has a repertoire that ranges from music of the Renaissance to contemporary composers, including specially

HORNS Ben JacksPRINCIPAL

Geoffrey O’Reilly PRINCIPAL 3RD

Euan Harvey Marnie Sebire Rachel Silver

TRUMPETSDavid EltonPRINCIPAL

Paul Goodchild ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Anthony Heinrichs Owen Morris†

TROMBONESRonald Prussing PRINCIPAL

Scott Kinmont ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Nick Byrne Christopher Harris PRINCIPAL BASS TROMBONE

Iain Faragher†

TUBASteve Rossé PRINCIPAL

TIMPANIRichard Miller PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSIONTimothy Constable Gabriel Fischer† Brian Nixon

† = SSO FELLOW

commissioned works from Australian composers such as Matthew Hindson, Nigel Westlake and Ross Edwards.

In addition to performances in Sydney, the Brass Ensemble tours regularly throughout New South Wales and appears most seasons in the SSO’s subscription series.

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ABOUT THE MUSIC

BROUGHTON Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and FinaleOne way to think of this piece is as a four-movement symphony

in which each movement’s title points to the spirit of its

conception. You might not, for example find it very easy to

march to Broughton’s off-centre Marches, but you’ll certainly

recognise the martial flair of the rhythms. The opening

movement, Fanfares, emerges from a six-note motif, played

in unison at the beginning. Here, too, syncopations keep the

ear off-balance. The yearning third movement evokes the world

of the American folk hymn and its main theme is based on a

pentatonic (five-note) scale. The Finale is fast and spirited, with

the percussion coming into its own!

About the composer…

Bruce Broughton writes in nearly every medium, from

soundtracks and music for video games (his score for Heart of

Darkness was the first orchestral score composed for a game)

to concert hall works in all genres. But he’s primarily known for

his work in motion pictures and television, which has earned

him Oscar and Grammy award nominations for scores such as

Silverado and The Young Sherlock Holmes, and he holds the

record as a ten-time Emmy winner. His concert works have been

performed by ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonia of London, as

well as leading chamber ensembles and soloists, and the United

States Air Force Band in Washington DC.

www.brucebroughton.com

KATS-CHERNIN Mater, for brass and percussionIn 1999 Elena Kats-Chernin was commissioned by The Song

Company to write a piece for six voices for their concert based

on the theme ‘Mother and Child’. Initially, she says, she thought

of writing a lullaby ‘but around the same time my middle son

Alex got very sick and I decided to use the Latin text “Stabat

mater”, about the loss of a child. He had just been diagnosed

with schizophrenia and the shock was very fresh.’

In the Stabat mater, Mary mourns at the foot of the cross:

At the Cross her station keeping, stood the mournful Mother

weeping, close to her Son to the last.

Kats-Chernin chose to set the text with an intricate rhythmic

pattern, the metre changing every few bars from a regular four

beats to a seven-beat pattern. This version for brass ensemble

with percussion was created for the Four Winds Festival in 2006.

It begins with a conversation between the upper voices and

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explores brassy depths when the instruments come together in

unison, maintaining momentum until the final ‘Amen’.

About the composer…

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Elena Kats-Chernin studied music

in Moscow, Sydney and Hanover. She has created works across

nearly every genre, from rags to operas, works for robotic

instruments and a full-scale choral symphony. Her music

featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic

Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and her accolades

include Sounds Australian, Green Room and Helpmann awards.

Her Russian Rag was used as Max’s theme in the 2009

claymation film Mary and Max by Oscar-winning director Adam

Elliot, and was also the theme of Late Night Live on ABC Radio

National for many years; in 2011 it was replaced by Eliza’s Aria,

from the suite from her ballet Wild Swans. In 2012 she was the

subject of an episode of the documentary series Creative Minds.

www.boosey.com/composer/elena+kats-chernin

HINDSON Siegfried Interlude No.1Siegfried Interlude No.1 was commissioned by the Sydney

Symphony Orchestra for performance at the launch of the 2000

season. It uses themes from Wagner’s opera Siegfried (Acts I

and II), rearranging them in different ways, at one point adopting

an almost James Bond-esque manner. Hindson was inspired

by the march that is often played as an interval theme at

performances of Siegfried in Europe, but as the reviewer for

The Globe and Mail observed when it was performed in London

in 2007, this was ‘something more fun-filled and swinging than

you’d ever heard at the Wagner festival in Bayreuth’.

About the composer…

Matthew Hindson is an extraordinarily diverse composer,

incorporating classical and more experimental electronic

influences with a unique mix of both subtlety and sudden

exuberance. As well as being performed by all the major

Australian orchestras, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los

Angeles Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic among many

others, his music has been choreographed by companies such

as the Birmingham Royal Ballet (two commissions), San

Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Japan and the Sydney Dance

Company, which toured his ballet Ellipse internationally. He is

the Chair of the Composition and Music Technology Unit at the

Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and from 2004 to 2010 he was

the artistic director of the Aurora Festival, dedicated to the work

of living composers. In 2006 he was made a member of the

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SSO CHAMBER MUSIC

COCKTAIL HOURThree inspiring evenings at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

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Order of Australia (AM). He was the Chair of the Music Board of

the Australia Council for the Arts (2009–13) and subsequently a

board member (2013–15).

www.hindson.com.au

KOEHNE Albany Harbour (The Voyage)This work for brass ensemble and percussion was composed for

the ANZAC Day commemorations of 2009 and was premiered in

Turkey on 25 April that year, at the ANZAC Commemorative Site,

North Beach Gallipoli. It takes its inspiration for the port city

of Albany in Western Australia, from which Australian and

New Zealand troops set sail for Egypt. The three continuous

movements represent the departure, the sense of adventure

that so many of the young men initially felt at the prospect of

travel, and a concluding morning prayer.

About the composer…

For anyone who believes that the great tradition of classical

music must re-connect with a sense of contemporary vitality,

the music of Graeme Koehne attracts avid interest and

attention. In his best works, Koehne achieves that elusive

synthesis of sophisticated compositional technique, informed Memorial to the Desert Mounted Corps at Mt Clarence in Albany, WA

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by a deep understanding of musical history, and a popular touch

that invests his music with emotional eloquence, visceral appeal

and aural pleasure. Through the advocacy of some of today’s

most exciting international musicians such as the conductors

Vladimir Jurowski and Kristjan Järvi, Koehne’s music is

becoming a regular presence on the international stage.

His compositions have long been among the most popular by

any Australian composer, and find a regular presence in the

established repertoire of Australian music.

www.graemekoehne.com

PUCCINI Scenes from Turandot arranged by Geoffrey Boyd

Nineteenth- and early 20th-century Europe had a taste for the

exotic, which opera composers were delighted to indulge.

Delibes and Bizet turned to the Indies with Lakmé and Pearl

Fishers; Puccini looked to Japan in Madama Butterfly and to

China with the story of the beautiful but cruel Princess Turandot

who sets her many suitors a cruel test: if they can correctly

answer her three riddles they win her hand in marriage and the

throne of China; if they answer wrongly, they lose their heads.

When a mysterious foreigner outwits the princess and solves

her riddles, she is furious, and the stranger in turn sets a riddle:

if Turandot can guess his name before dawn, he will renounce

his claim on her. This provides the context for the most famous

aria from the opera: while the city is searched throughout the

night for anyone who knows his identity, the stranger exults in

his coming victory over the stone-hearted princess in ‘Nessun

dorma’ (None shall sleep).

About the composer…

Giacomo Puccini was the most significant Italian composer after

Verdi and remains one of the most popular, with operas such as

La bohème and individual numbers such as ‘One fine day’ from

Madama Butterfly and ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot, his final

opera. Puccini believed that opera should be a total theatrical

experience, which led him into the style known as verismo, with

plots that were closer to real life. The resulting romanticism

and unmawkish sentimentality of his operas have led to their

enduring appearance. But it is the lyricism of his music that

stands out: ‘Without melody, fresh and poignant, there can be

no music,’ he once said.

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MORE MUSIC

MORE FROM TODAY’S COMPOSERS

If you’d like to hear today’s Bruce Broughton piece again, together with some other exciting new American creations for large brass ensemble, look for Sound the Bells!, a recording from The Bay Brass (San Francisco), for whom Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale was composed. HARMONIA MUNDI 807556

Elena Kats-Chernin’s Mater was originally composed for voices, and when the Vienna Boys’ Choir visited Australia in 2012 they commissioned from her a new choral work using words by Dorothea Mackellar: Land of Sweeping Plains. It’s included on the choir’s tour album Jubilate Deo, with music ranging from Bach and Mozart to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu.ABC CLASSICS 476 5094

If you’re a Tea & Symphony regular, you might recall the powerful and moving experience of hearing didjeridu virtuoso William Barton in Kalkadungu, which he composed in collaboration with Matthew Hindson. That performance with the SSO is now available on Kalkadungu: Music for Didjeridu and Orchestra, together with pieces by William and his mother Delmae, a singer, and two pieces by Peter Sculthorpe.ABC CLASSICS 476 4834

With ‘Swoon’ in the air on ABC Classic FM at the moment, now might be the time to seek out the gorgeous recording by SSO Principal Oboe Diana Doherty, Souvenirs. It’s a collection of oboe adagios that includes hits of the baroque period, the heartbreaking slow movement from Mozart’s Gran Partita, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, ‘Maria’ from West Side Story, and three Australian pieces: Carl Vine’s Love Me Sweet, Graeme Koehne’s Way Out West and the Love Duet from Ross Edwards’ Oboe Concerto.ABC CLASSICS 481 0116

And if today’s Scenes from Turandot have inspired you to hear more of Puccini, you can’t go wrong with the budget-friendly 5-CD set Ultimate Puccini – The Essential Masterpieces. It lives up to its name with a generous selection of highlights from La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Manon Lescaut and, of course, Turandot, including ‘Nessun dorma’. All in top-notch performances from the Decca archives.DECCA 478 1472

Broadcast Diary

May–June

abc.net.au/classic

Friday 8 May, 8pm PURE MAGICMark Wigglesworth conductor Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano Randall Scarlata baritone

Mahler, Tchaikovsky

Friday 15 May, 8pm ROMANTIC VISIONSMatthias Pintscher conductor Peter Serkin piano

Wagner, Bartók, Brahms orch. Schoenberg

Friday 22 May, 8pm PETER SERKIN IN RECITALRenaissance keyboard pieces, Nielsen, Reger, Mozart, Beethoven

Tuesday 9 June, 9.30pm FATHERS AND SONSAndrew Haveron violin-director Yelian He cello

JS Bach, CPE Bach, L Mozart, WA Mozart

SSO RadioSelected SSO performances, as recorded by the ABC, are available on demand: sydneysymphony.com/SSO_radio

SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HOUR

Tuesday 12 May, 6pm

Musicians and staff of the SSO talk about the life of the orchestra and forthcoming concerts. Hosted by Andrew Bukenya.

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SSO Live RecordingsThe Sydney Symphony Orchestra Live label was founded in 2006 and we’ve since released more than two dozen recordings featuring the orchestra in live concert performances with our titled conductors and leading guest artists. To buy, visit sydneysymphony.com/shop

Strauss & SchubertGianluigi Gelmetti conducts Schubert’s Unfinished and R Strauss’s Four Last Songs with Ricarda Merbeth. SSO 200803

Sir Charles MackerrasA 2CD set featuring Sir Charles’s final performances with the orchestra, in October 2007. SSO 200705

Brett DeanTwo discs featuring the music of Brett Dean, including his award-winning violin concerto, The Lost Art of Letter Writing. SSO 200702, SSO 201302

RavelGelmetti conducts music by one of his favourite composers: Maurice Ravel. Includes Bolero. SSO 200801

Rare RachmaninoffRachmaninoff chamber music with Dene Olding, the Goldner Quartet, soprano Joan Rodgers and Vladimir Ashkenazy at the piano. SSO 200901

Prokofiev’s Romeo and JulietVladimir Ashkenazy conducts the complete Romeo and Juliet ballet music of Prokofiev – a fiery and impassioned performance. SSO 201205

Tchaikovsky Violin ConcertoIn 2013 this recording with James Ehnes and Ashkenazy was awarded a Juno (the Canadian Grammy). Lyrical miniatures fill out the disc. SSO 201206

Tchaikovsky Second Piano ConcertoGarrick Ohlsson is the soloist in one of the few recordings of the original version of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.2. Ashkenazy conducts. SSO 201301

Stravinsky’s FirebirdDavid Robertson conducts Stravinsky’s brilliant and colourful Firebird ballet, recorded with the SSO in concert in 2008. SSO 201402

LOOK OUT FOR…

Our recording of Holst’s Planets with David Robertson. Due for release early in 2015.

Mahler 1 & Songs of a Wayfarer SSO 201001

Mahler 2 SSO 201203

Mahler 3 SSO 201101

Mahler 4 SSO 201102

Mahler 5 SSO 201003 Mahler 6 SSO 201103

Mahler 7 SSO 201104

Mahler 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) SSO 201002

Mahler 9 SSO 201201

Mahler 10 (Barshai completion) SSO 201202

Song of the Earth SSO 201004

From the archives: Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder, Das Lied von der Erde SSO 201204

MAHLER ODYSSEY

The complete Mahler symphonies (including the Barshai completion of No.10) together with some of the song cycles. Recorded in concert with Vladimir Ashkenazy during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. As a bonus: recordings from our archives of Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder and Das Lied von der Erde. Available in a handsome boxed set of 12 discs or individually.

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Umberto Clerici has been Principal Cello of the SSO since 2014. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world and served as principal cello at the Teatro Regio in Turin in his native Italy before joining the SSO. Umberto’s chair is generously supported by Garry and Shiva Rich. Their son Samuel recently started learning the cello and aspires to join the SSO one day.

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Australia-Korea FoundationCrown FoundationThe Greatorex Foundation

Foundations

James N Kirby FoundationPacker Family FoundationIan Potter Foundation

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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the music lovers who donate to the orchestra each year. Each gift plays an important part in ensuring our continued artistic excellence and helping to sustain important education and regional touring programs.

Stuart Challender Legacy SocietyCelebrating the vision of donors who are leaving a bequest to the SSO.

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DIAMOND PATRONS $50,000+The Estate of Dr Lynn JosephMr Andrew Kaldor AM &

Mrs Renata Kaldor AO

In Memory of Matthew KrelRoslyn Packer AO

Ian Potter FoundationPaul Salteri AM & Sandra

SalteriMr Fred Street AM &

Mrs Dorothy Street Mr Peter Weiss AO &

Mrs Doris WeissMr Brian White AO &

Mrs Rosemary White

PLATINUM PATRONS $30,000–$49,999Anne & Terrey Arcus AM

Doug & Alison BattersbyThe Berg Family FoundationTom Breen & Rachael KohnMr John C Conde AO

Robert & Janet ConstableMrs Barbara MurphyMrs W SteningKim Williams AM &

Catherine Dovey 

GOLD PATRONS $20,000–$29,999Brian AbelGeoff Ainsworth AM

Robert Albert AO & Elizabeth Albert

Christine Bishop Sandra & Neil BurnsJames & Leonie FurberI KallinikosHelen Lynch AM & Helen

BauerMrs T Merewether OAM

Rachel & Geoffrey O’ConorVicki OlssonAndy & Deirdre PlummerGarry & Shiva RichDavid Robertson & Orli

ShahamMrs Penelope Seidler AM

G & C Solomon in memory of Joan MacKenzie

Geoff StearnRay Wilson OAM in memory

of James Agapitos OAM

Anonymous (2) 

SILVER PATRONS $10,000–$19,999

Bailey Family FoundationAudrey BlundenMr Robert BrakspearIan & Jennifer BurtonMr Robert & Mrs L Alison CarrBob & Julie ClampettMichael Crouch AO &

Shanny CrouchThe Hon. Mrs Ashley

Dawson-Damer AM

Paul EspieEdward & Diane FedermanNora GoodridgeMr Ross GrantIan Dickson & Reg HollowayEstate of Irwin ImhofSimon JohnsonMr Ervin KatzJames N Kirby FoundationRuth & Bob MagidJustice Jane Mathews AO

The Hon. Justice AJ Meagher & Mrs Fran Meagher

Mr John MorschelDrs Keith & Eileen OngKenneth Reed AM

Mr John Symond AM

The Harry Triguboff Foundation

Caroline WilkinsonAnonymous (2)

BRONZE PATRONS $5,000–$9,999John Augustus & Kim RyrieStephen J BellDr Hannes & Mrs Barbara

BoshoffMr Alexander & Mrs Vera

BoyarskyPeter Braithwaite &

Gary LinnaneMr David & Mrs Halina BrettMr Howard ConnorsEwen Crouch AM &

Catherine CrouchIn memory of Dr Lee

MacCormick EdwardsDr Stephen Freiberg &

Donald CampbellDr Colin GoldschmidtThe Greatorex FoundationRory & Jane JeffesThe late Mrs Isabelle JosephMr Frank Lowy AC &

Mrs Shirley Lowy OAM

Henri W Aram OAM & Robin Aram

Stephen J BellMr David & Mrs Halina BrettHoward ConnorsGreta DavisBrian GalwayMiss Pauline M Griffin AM

John Lam-Po-Tang

Peter Lazar AM

Daniel LemesleLouise MillerJames & Elsie MooreDouglas PaisleyKate RobertsMary Vallentine AO

Ray Wilson OAM

Anonymous (10)

Stuart Challender, SSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director 1987–1991

bequest donors

We gratefully acknowledge donors who have left a bequest to the SSO.

The late Mrs Lenore AdamsonEstate of Carolyn ClampertEstate Of Jonathan Earl William ClarkEstate of Colin T EnderbyEstate of Mrs E HerrmanEstate of Irwin ImhofThe late Mrs Isabelle JosephThe Estate of Dr Lynn JosephThe Late Greta C RyanJune & Alan Woods Family Bequest

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON

MAKING A BEQUEST TO THE SSO, PLEASE

CONTACT LUKE GAY ON 8215 4625.

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BRONZE PATRONS CONTINUED

Robert McDougallJ A McKernanDavid Maloney AM &

Erin FlahertyR & S Maple-BrownMora MaxwellWilliam McIlrath Charitable

FoundationTaine MoufarrigeNexus ITJohn & Akky van OgtropSeamus Robert QuickChris Robertson &

Katharine ShawRodney Rosenblum AM &

Sylvia RosenblumDr Evelyn RoyalManfred & Linda SalamonMrs Joyce Sproat &

Mrs Janet CookeTony StrachanDavid Tudehope & Liz DibbsMr Robert & Mrs Rosemary

WalshWestpac GroupMichael & Mary Whelan TrustIn memory of Geoff WhiteJune & Alan Woods Family

BequestAnonymous (2) 

PRESTO PATRONS $2,500–$4,999Mr Henri W Aram OAM

Ian BradyMr Mark Bryant oamIta Buttrose AO OBE

Mrs Stella ChenDr Rebecca ChinDr Diana Choquette &

Mr Robert MillinerFirehold Pty LtdDr Kim FrumarWarren GreenAnthony GreggJames & Yvonne HochrothMr Roger Hudson &

Mrs Claudia Rossi-HudsonProf. Andrew Korda am &

Ms Susan PearsonIn memoriam

Dr Reg Lam-Po-TangHelen & Phil MeddingsJames & Elsie MooreMs Jackie O’BrienJuliana SchaefferDr Agnes E SinclairEzekiel Solomon AM

Mr Ervin Vidor AM & Mrs Charlotte Vidor

Lang Walker AO & Sue WalkerYim Family Foundation Anonymous (2)

VIVACE PATRONS $1,000–$2,499Mrs Lenore AdamsonMrs Antoinette AlbertRae & David AllenAndrew Andersons AO

Mr Matthew AndrewsThe Hon Justice Michael BallDavid BarnesMr Garry BessonAllan & Julie BlighJan BowenRoslynne BracherMrs R D Bridges OBE

Lenore P BuckleMargaret BulmerIn memory of RW BurleyMrs Rhonda CaddyMr B & Mrs M ColesMs Suzanne CollinsJoan Connery OAM &

Maxwell Connery OAM

Debby Cramer & Bill CaukillMr John Cunningham SCM &

Mrs Margaret CunninghamGreta DavisLisa & Miro DavisElizabeth DonatiColin Draper & Mary Jane

BrodribbProf. & Mrs John EdmondsMalcolm Ellis & Erin O’NeillMrs Margaret EppsMr Matt GarrettVivienne Goldschmidt &

Owen JonesMrs Fay GrearIn Memory of Angelica GreenAkiko GregoryMr & Mrs Harold &

Althea HallidayJanette HamiltonMrs Jennifer HershonAngus HoldenMr Kevin Holland &

Mrs Roslyn AndrewsThe Hon. David Hunt AO QC &

Mrs Margaret HuntDr & Mrs Michael HunterMr Philip Isaacs OAM

Michael & Anna JoelMrs W G KeighleyDr Andrew KennedyJennifer KingAron KleinlehrerMr Andrew Korda &

Ms Susan PearsonMr Justin LamMr Peter Lazar AM

Professor Winston LiauwAirdrie LloydMrs Juliet LockhartPeter Lowry OAM &

Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM

Kevin & Deirdre McCannIan & Pam McGawMatthew McInnesMacquarie Group FoundationBarbara MaidmentJohn MarRenee MarkovicMr Danny R MayI MerrickHenry & Ursula MooserMilja & David MorrisMrs J MulveneyMr Darrol NormanE J NuffieldDr Mike O’Connor AM

Mr & Mrs OrtisMr Andrew C PattersonMichael PaulAlmut PiattiIn memory of Sandra Paul

PottingerDr Raffi QasabianMr Patrick Quinn-GrahamErnest & Judith RapeePatricia H Reid Endowment

Pty LtdDr Marilyn RichardsonIn memory of Katherine

RobertsonMr David RobinsonTim RogersLesley & Andrew RosenbergIn memory of H St P ScarlettMr Samuel F ShefferDavid & Alison ShilligtonDr Judy SoperMrs Judith SouthamMs Barbara SpencerMrs Elizabeth SquairCatherine StephenThe Hon. Brian Sully QC

Mrs Margaret SwansonThe Taplin FamilyDr & Mrs H K TeyKevin TroyJohn E TuckeyJudge Robyn TupmanDr Alla WaldmanMiss Sherry WangWestpac Banking

CorporationHenry & Ruth WeinbergThe Hon. Justice A G WhealyMary Whelan & Robert

BaulderstoneDr Richard T WhiteMrs Leonore WhyteA Willmers & R PalBetty WilkenfeldDr Edward J WillsProf. Neville Wills &

Ian FenwickeAnn & Brooks C Wilson AM

Dr Richard Wing

Dr Peter Wong & Mrs Emmy K Wong

Geoff Wood & Melissa WaitesSir Robert WoodsMr & Mrs Lindsay WoolveridgeIn memory of Lorna WrightDr John YuAnonymous (12)

ALLEGRO PATRONS $500–$999Nikki AbrahamsMs Jenny AllumKatherine AndrewsMr Peter J ArmstrongGarry & Tricia AshMr & Mrs George BallDr Lilon BandlerBarlow Cleaning Pty LtdBarracouta Pty LtdBeauty Point Retirement

ResortMr Michael BeckDr Andrew BellRichard & Margaret BellJan BiberMinnie BiggsG D BoltonIn memory of Jillian BowersR D & L M BroadfootDr Peter BroughtonDr David BryantArnaldo BuchDr Miles BurgessPat & Jenny BurnettRosemary CampbellMr JC Campbell QC &

Mrs CampbellJudy ChiddyIn memory of Beth HarpleyMr Phillip CornwellDr Peter CraswellMr David CrossPhil Diment AM & Bill

ZafiropoulosDr David DixonSusan DoenauMrs Jane DrexlerDana DupereDr Nita DurhamJohn FavaloroMrs Lesley FinnMs Julie Flynn & Mr Trevor

CookMrs Paula FlynnMr John GadenClive & Jenny GoodwinRichard Griffin AM

Dr Jan GroseBenjamin Hasic &

Belinda DavieMr Robert HavardMrs Joan HenleyRoger Henning

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“Together, we have an ambition to foster a love of orchestral music in school children of all ages, and to equip their teachers with the skills they need to develop this in our young people…”DAVID ROBERTSON SSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY

Sue HewittDr Joan-Mary HindsDorothy Hoddinott AO

Bill & Pam HughesMs Cynthia KayeMrs Margaret KeoghDr Henry KilhamDr Joyce KirkMrs Patricia KleinhansAnna-Lisa KlettenbergSonia LalL M B LampratiDr Barry LandaElaine M LangshawDr Leo & Mrs Shirley LeaderMargaret LedermanMrs Erna LevyMrs A LohanMr Gabriel LopataPanee LowMelvyn MadiganMs Jolanta MasojadaMr Guido MayerLouise MillerPatricia MillerKenneth Newton MitchellMrs Judith MortonMr Graham NorthMr Sead NurkicDr A J PalmerDr Kevin PedemontDr Natalie E PelhamDr John PittJohn Porter & Annie

Wesley-SmithMrs Greeba PritchardThe Hon. Dr Rodney Purvis AM &

Mrs Marian PurvisMichael QuaileyMiss Julie RadosavljevicRenaissance Tours

VANGUARD COLLECTIVEJustin Di Lollo ChairBelinda BentleyOscar McMahonTaine Moufarrige

Founding PatronShefali PryorSeamus R Quick

Founding PatronChris Robertson &

Katherine Shaw Founding Patrons

MEMBERSJames ArmstrongPhilip AtkinLuan AtkinsonJoan BallantineJames BaudzusAndrew BaxterAdam BeaupeurtAnthony BeresfordAndrew BotrosPeter BraithwaiteBlake BriggsAndrea BrownMelanie BrownAttila BrungsIan BurtonJennifer BurtonPaul ColganClaire CooperBridget CormackRobbie CranfieldAsha CugatiJuliet CurtinRosalind De SaillyPaul DeschampsCatherine DonnellyAlistair FurnivalAlexandra GibsonSam GiddingsMarina GoJeremy GoffHilary GoodsonTony GriersonLouise HaggertyRose HercegFrancis HicksPeter HowardJennifer HoyKatie HryceVirginia JudgeJonathan Kennedy

Aernout KerbertPatrick KokAlisa LaiJohn Lam-Po-TangTristan LandersJessye LinGary LinnaneDavid LoSaskia LoGabriel LopataRebecca MacFarlingRobert McGroryDavid McKeanNick NichlesKate O’ReillyPeter O’SullivanJonathan PeaseCleo PosaLaurisa PoulosMichael RadovnikovicSudeep RaoMichael ReedeChris RobertsonBenjamin RobinsonAlvaro Rodas FernandezJacqueline RowlandsAnthony Michael SchembriBenjamin SchwartzKatherine ShawCecilia StornioloRandal TameSandra TangIan TaylorMichael TidballMark TimminsMichael TuffyKim WaldockJon WilkieYvonne ZammitAmy Zhou

SSO Vanguard

A membership program for a dynamic group of Gen X & Y SSO fans and future philanthropists

Janelle RostronMrs Christine Rowell-MillerMrs Louise RowstonJorie Ryan for Meredith RyanMr Kenneth RyanGarry Scarf & Morgie BlaxillPeter & Virginia ShawJudge David S ShillingtonMrs Diane Shteinman AM

Victoria SmythDoug & Judy SotherenColin SpencerJames & Alice SpigelmanFred & May SteinAshley & Aveen StephensonMargaret & William SuthersMargaret SwansonDr Jenepher ThomasMrs Caroline ThompsonMrs June ThorntonPeter & Jane ThorntonMs Rhonda TingAlma TooheyMrs M TurkingtonGillian Turner & Rob BishopRoss TzannesMr Robert VeelRonald WalledgeIn memory of Denis WallisIn memoriam JBL WattMiss Roslyn WheelerThe Wilkinson FamilyEdward & Yvonne WillsYetty WindtMr Evan WongMrs Robin YabsleyAnonymous (34)

SSO Patrons pages correct as of 27 February 2015

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Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council,

its arts funding and advisory body

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