SYDNEY

SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
2019 Season

David Robertson
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

Choose Music is where we find our common
Music. humanity – uniting us as sentient
beings, alive to sound, colour, drama
and every emotion.
Music speaks to us – sometimes quietly,
sometimes with an overwhelming power
that can grab you by surprise. Even at
its most abstract it inspires deep feeling.
All of us – musicians and listeners –
experience music at this intimate,
individual level. And yet, with the sheer
magnificent size of a symphony orchestra,
we come together to experience it in
a concert hall in the company of others,
as a community – moving, inspiring
and uniting us like nothing else.
David Robertson
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
In our programming for 2019 you’ll
hear heart-warming, familiar music,
sometimes the brave voice of an
emerging composer, or perhaps a
rarity from a composer you know well.
Each and every concert we’ll present
acknowledges our shared humanity
and represents the best of what we
can be. Whenever we come to work,
I see our incredible musicians
give their all – performing with
phenomenal energy, insight and
honesty. Let’s do it together in 2019.
DAVID ROBERTSON
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
In 2019 we build on our commitment
to innovate and reimagine how
we bring music into the life of our
supporters and community. The places
we perform continue to grow
in diversity. In August we will perform
in the wonderful surrounds and
acoustic of the ICC Sydney, Darling
Harbour Theatre as part of our first
Keys to the City Festival. We’re also
excited to introduce many new guest
artists this season as well as celebrate
those who have become an integral
part of the musical life of our nation.
Join us on a brilliant journey!
EMMA DUNCH
Chief Executive Officer
It’s always daunting when you try to
pick favourites out of a whole season,
but I’m particularly looking forward
to working with Vladimir Ashkenazy
again in September, especially with the
English repertoire he knows and loves.
He nails it, and the musicians just
love him. Donald Runnicles’ Music of
Inspiration concerts in October will
be extraordinary – I wouldn’t miss
those either.
ANDREW HAVERON
Concertmaster
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So, why the It’s a fair question. And it’s one we
get asked a lot.
white tie? The short answer is that the cut of this
outfit makes everyone look good.
But for me, there’s more to it than meets
the eye. It does have history – form, if
you will. Symphony orchestras (as we
know them now) roared into existence
in early 19th-century Europe, and
the art of stepping out and going to
the theatre demanded formal dress
of everyone attending, including
musicians. So, there’s the historical
link. Tradition duly acknowledged.
After decades as a professional
musician, I no longer think about the
outfit as formal or overly fancy. It now
means something else. The fact that we
all dress in monochrome and the same
style (female members of the orchestra
being allowed some small, expressive
latitude) speaks to the idea that we’re
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Kees Boersma Principal Double Bass
united in music – and united around
its performance. Music is front and
centre and all of us – musicians and
audience members – become some
part of that music.
So, there you have it. White tie –
in honour of the music and of you, our
audience. Incidentally, when you join
us at a performance you're welcome
to wear whatever you want.
Kees Boersma
Principal Double Bass
Claire Herrick First Violin (L) and Marianne Edwards Associate Principal Second Violin
Shared energy There’s always a moment when we’re
playing on the Concert Hall stage when
for the first time – in wide-eyed wonder;
I feel the joy music brings to patients in
I think ‘Wow!’. There could be around hospitals, the warm welcome of country
100 or 120 of us, all playing as one.
The sheer number and variety
audiences when we tour, or just the
relaxation and joy on a balmy Sydney
of instruments in an orchestra is summer evening at an outdoor concert.
magnificent, but what is extraordinary Together we create and share in this
and awe-inspiring is the sound we make. wonderful energy together. There are
Our whisper is as powerful as our roar. so many ‘Wow’ moments.
The music creates an energy as it leaves Claire Herrick
our instruments and flows among our First Violin
audience. And as you, in the audience,
hear and absorb it, I feel that energy
reflected back to me on stage. Though
we may come together in the same hall
that evening as strangers, from the first
notes there’s a connection that makes all
of us a community – united by the same
thing. Music.
And it needn’t just be in concert halls.
I see school kids experiencing the sights
and sound of our orchestra – perhaps
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VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
The Musician’s Musician
Sydney’s love affair with Vladimir
Ashkenazy began when he stepped onto
the Town Hall stage with the Sydney
Four inspiring conductors join us in 2019, the starting Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in
1969. Indeed, throughout the world he
point for fascinating musical journeys to the pinnacle is regarded as one of the most brilliant

of great music-making. musicians of our generation. With his

affinity for Shostakovich, Prokofiev
and Rachmaninoff – as well as English
composers such as Elgar – every note
of an Ashkenazy concert is utterly
thrilling. To mark the 50th anniversary
DAVID ROBERTSON of his Australian debut, we are proud to
The Communicator announce that he has accepted the title
The 2019 Season bursts into life as of Conductor Laureate and will launch
David Robertson and our amazing a three-year artistic cycle, Vladimir
Principal Oboe Diana Doherty reprise Ashkenazy's Masterworks.
Nigel Westlake’s Spirit of the Wild oboe
concerto. It’s an appropriate season
opener – as vibrant and as enthusiastic as
David Robertson himself and his six years
at the helm as our Chief Conductor and
Artistic Director. A bold artistic visionary,
he has been fearless in bringing us new
ideas and presenting new music. And with
an enthusiasm that is only matched by his
musical acuity, his ability to communicate
with both musicians and audiences
have made him a champion of music
in our city. In 2019, his farewell season,
Robertson will lead us to new musical
landmarks including Benjamin Britten’s
Peter Grimes and Every Good Boy Deserves
Favour by Tom Stoppard and André
Previn. Fittingly, he signs off with John
Adams’ extraordinary Harmonielehre.

SIMONE YOUNG
The Visionary
The city of Vienna is perhaps the mecca
of the musical world, and that’s where
Simone Young places us in her three-year
cycle of concerts – Visions of Vienna –
DONALD RUNNICLES beginning in 2019. For centuries,
The Renaissance Man composers lived in Vienna, inspired by
its beauty, its spirit of creativity, and
Donald Runnicles is a born-and-bred the astonishing level of music-making.
Edinburgh man – and one of the most Simone Young’s leadership of top
compelling figures of the musical world. European opera houses and orchestras
He has been General Director of Deutsche makes her a supreme interpreter of
Oper Berlin for most of the last decade Romantic and late-Romantic music.
and is a frequent guest of the Metropolitan Simone Young’s Visions of Vienna begins
Opera, New York and the San Francisco with rare and fascinating Schubert and
Opera, among other equally celebrated Liszt and ends with Mahler’s magical
institutions. Sydney audiences are no fairy tale Das klagende Lied.
stranger to his technical mastery, and his
ability to draw an emotional truth from
the music and an expressive power from
the musicians he leads. 2019 marks Donald
Runnicles’ first season as our Principal
Guest Conductor, and his three-year
artistic cycle, Music of Inspiration, explores Simone Young's Visions of Vienna
the connections between spirituality and presented with the support of
music in works by the greatest composers.

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BARTÓK’S CONCERTO
FOR ORCHESTRA
DAVID ROBERTSON CONDUCTS
JANÁČEK Taras Bulba
REICH Music for Ensemble and
Orchestra Australian premiere
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
David Robertson conductor
Passionate, hypnotic and thrilling:
a concert to showcase the collective
virtuosity of the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra. Inspired by Gogol’s tragic
novel about a Cossack hero, Janáček
paints a rhapsody with vivid orchestral
colour. Bartók’s thrilling Concerto for
Orchestra stars 100 brilliant musicians
in full flight. In the same tradition,
Steve Reich’s shimmering, pulsating
music finds its newest form in a
concerto where nearly every member
of the orchestra is a soloist.
Wednesday 13 February 8pm
Friday 15 February 8pm
Saturday 16 February 8pm
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YULIANNA AVDEEVA
PERFORMS CHOPIN’S
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1
Tobias Breider Principal Viola MEYER
Hommage à Johannes Brahms
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1
BRAHMS orch. Schoenberg
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays / 8pm Piano Quartet in G minor
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Andrey Boreyko conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Masters Series
Spell-binding Russian pianist Yulianna
Avdeeva returns to Sydney. A Chopin
interpreter of renown, she finds the
tender vulnerability beneath the
poised virtuosity of Chopin’s Piano
Concerto No.1. The symphonic
ambitions and intricacies of Brahms’
chamber masterpiece are realised in
Schoenberg’s ravishing and revealing
orchestration, and Krzysztof Meyer
weaves Brahms’ name and music
The Masters Series is where you’ll experience the world’s into a fascinating sonic tapestry.  of Destiny.
Wednesday 15 May 8pm
greatest soloists and conductors and the Sydney Symphony’s Friday 17 May 8pm
wave of sound. With recognisable favourites – and some Saturday 18 May 8pm
enriching rarities – these nine programs will take you to
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SIMONE LAMSMA
PERFORMS BEETHOVEN’S
VIOLIN CONCERTO
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4
Alexander Shelley conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma’s
performances have been called Clockwise
‘absolutely stunning’ and ‘piercingly David Robertson, Simone Lamsma,
Vadim Gluzman, Yulianna Avdeeva
beautiful’ (Chicago Tribune). Discover
this major talent when she makes
her Sydney debut with Beethoven’s
Violin Concerto, a work demanding
superhuman reserves of expressive
insight and stamina. At the heart of
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth is an outpouring
of song, a bittersweet moment of peace
within the turbulent emotions of this
gripping symphony.
Wednesday 3 April 8pm
Friday 5 April 8pm
Saturday 6 April 8pm
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BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY NO.5
VADIM GLUZMAN PERFORMS
PROKOFIEV
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The Force of Destiny: Overture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
Xian Zhang conductor
Vadim Gluzman violin
The extrovert virtuosity of Vadim
Gluzman and the sound he draws from
his legendary Stradivarius is ‘a glory to
hear’ (SMH), perfect for the angular
lyricism of Prokofiev’s beguiling Violin
Concerto No.2. The shock and awe of
Beethoven’s Fifth continues to resonate
to this day – it remains the ultimate
symbol of symphonic power. And
to begin, Fate knocks three times in
Verdi’s stormy overture to The Force
Wednesday 3 July 8pm
Friday 5 July 8pm
Saturday 6 July 8pm
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 ‘Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra preserved taut concentration,
hushed balance and tonal control,
building to cataclysmic moments
of shattering intensity before fading
to transcendent stillness at the close.’
Peter McCallum Sydney Morning Herald, November 2017
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KIRILL GERSTEIN
PERFORMS GRIEG’S
PIANO CONCERTO
SIBELIUS En Saga
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
David Robertson conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Pianist Kirill Gerstein combines
formidable technique with distinctive
musicianship, getting straight to the
heart of the matter. And few concertos
have as much heart as Grieg’s crowd-
pleaser, with its folk-like spirit and
bracing Norwegian atmosphere.
David Robertson takes us on a
wild trip in Berlioz’s hallucinatory
Symphonie fantastique.
This concert takes place at
ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour Theatre
as part of the Keys to the City Festival.
Saturday 3 August 8pm
Wednesday 7 August 8pm
Friday 9 August 8pm
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SHOSTAKOVICH
SYMPHONY NO.4
JAMES EHNES PLAYS
KHACHATURIAN
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.4
Mark Wigglesworth conductor
James Ehnes violin
Shostakovich’s huge Fourth Symphony
is a churning dynamo of sound that
is almost physical in its impact.
Visceral, grandiose, cartoonish and
tragic, the symphony jabs at pompous
tyrants. Shostakovich expert Mark
Wigglesworth has the measure of this
enigmatic masterpiece. Armenian
folk music animates Khachaturian’s
extravagantly tuneful Violin Concerto,
the ideal vehicle for James Ehnes’
suave and soulful playing.
Wednesday 28 August 8pm
Friday 30 August 8pm
Saturday 31 August 8pm
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HOLST’S PLANETS
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY’S
MASTERWORKS
MEDTNER Piano Concerto No.1
HOLST The Planets
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Alexei Volodin piano
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Russia comes to London with a
concerto by Nikolai Medtner, the
Russian virtuoso who settled there
in the 1930s. Pianist Alexei Volodin
makes a seductive case for this grand
and expressive music, overflowing
with melodic invention. The mystical
portraits in Holst’s Planets are a
triumph of unforgettable imagery –
the churning march of Mars,
Neptune’s ethereal voices – and
a must-hear event under
Ashkenazy’s baton.
Wednesday 25 September 8pm
Friday 27 September 8pm
Saturday 28 September 8pm
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FAURÉ’S REQUIEM
DONALD RUNNICLES’
MUSIC OF INSPIRATION
R STRAUSS
Death and Transfiguration
R STRAUSS Four Last Songs
FAURÉ Requiem
Donald Runnicles conductor
Erin Wall soprano
Samuel Dundas baritone
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Life, death and the beyond have
inspired art for millennia. Richard
Strauss harnesses music’s ability to
express the inexpressible in Death and
Transfiguration, a moving journey into
a blazing eternity. The serene farewell
of the Four Last Songs is clothed in rich
autumnal colours. Fauré’s Requiem
remembers the dead and consoles the
living with music of poignant elegance.
Wednesday 23 October 8pm
Friday 25 October 8pm
Saturday 26 October 8pm
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Clockwise
Kirill Gerstein, James Ehnes,
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alexei Volodin,
Donald Runnicles, Simone Young
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THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
AND JAZZ AT LINCOLN
CENTER ORCHESTRA
VARÈSE Amériques (1929)
MARSALIS The Jungle –
Symphony No.4 Australian premiere
David Robertson conductor
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
A Parisian in America, Edgard Varèse
was entranced by the tumultuous
soundscape of New York. Amériques
is a portrait of the city in all its thrilling
chaos. Wynton Marsalis, who appears
with his Orchestra in this concert,
is the epitome of American creativity.
Jazz band meets orchestra in the
trumpeter-composer’s prowl through
the concrete jungle from Spanish
Harlem to Wall Street. It’s a love letter
to the ‘brash, brassy, razzle-dazzle’
of Marsalis’s New York.
Friday 22 February 8pm

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THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
CELEBRATES PAUL
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Monique Irik Second Violin SIBELIUS Finlandia
LOVELOCK Trumpet Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No.4,
The Inextinguishable
Fridays / 8pm
Jessica Cottis conductor
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Paul Goodchild trumpet
‘Music is life, and like it
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inextinguishable.’ Carl Nielsen’s Fourth
Symphony blazes with passion, an
embodiment of the dynamic energy
of creation. A performance of the
Metro Series
Inextinguishable, says critic Tom
Service, ‘should leave you battered yet
uplifted, dazed but thrilled’. William
Lovelock’s tuneful Australian classic
concerto lets Associate Principal
Trumpet Paul Goodchild shine.
Sibelius’ Finlandia begins a life-
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Friday 10 May 8pm
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BARRY DOUGLAS
PERFORMS BRAHMS
WITH SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO.7
MILLS Aeolian Caprices
SIBELIUS Symphony No.7
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
Lawrence Renes conductor
Barry Douglas piano
Called into action by a soaring horn Clockwise
melody, the piano is hero in Brahms’ Wynton Marsalis, Barry Douglas,
Nemanja Radulović, Paul Goodchild
noble second piano concerto. Its
contrasts of grandeur and intimacy
make it the ideal vehicle for acclaimed
Brahms specialist Barry Douglas.
The unbroken arc of Sibelius’ Seventh
Symphony is a constantly accelerating
journey across an enigmatic emotional
landscape. And Aeolian Caprices
by Australian Richard Mills is an
orchestral firework of glittering colour.
Friday 29 March 8pm

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DVOŘÁK’S
SYMPHONY NO.6
BIZET L’Arlésienne:
Highlights from the Suites
CHAUSSON
Poème for violin and orchestra
RAVEL
Tzigane for violin and orchestra
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.6
Jaime Martin conductor
Nemanja Radulović violin
Nemanja Radulović looks every bit
the Romantic virtuoso, cutting a
glamorous figure with his extravagant
mane and high-fashion clothes. His
image is backed by serious musical
talent as you’ll hear in two love letters
to the violin: Ravel’s homage to fiery
gypsy fiddling and the intense song
of Chausson’s Poème. Dvořák’s Sixth
Symphony is a joyous romp through
Bohemia’s forests and meadows.
Friday 14 June 8pm
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 ‘Everything Robertson and the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
did was in the service of [Mozart’s]
overall conception. . .the sensitively
shaped passages of reflective lyricism
were intensely expressive.’
Murray Black The Australian, February 2018
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SAINT-SAËNS’ ORGAN
SYMPHONY
SUSAN GRAHAM SINGS
SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE
CHABRIER España
CANTELOUBE
Songs of the Auvergne
SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony)
David Robertson conductor
Susan Graham mezzo-soprano
Susan Graham’s voice is an instrument
of ravishing beauty, and ‘the joy in
her art is infectious’ (The Telegraph,
UK). She’s the ideal exponent of
Canteloube’s jewel-like settings of
dreamy, funny and sexy folk songs.
Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ’ Symphony is
a distillation of pure joie de vivre,
climaxing in one of the most exultant of
big tunes in the symphonic repertoire.
Friday 19 July 8pm
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SCHUBERT AND LISZT
SIMONE YOUNG’S
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The Devil’s Pleasure Palace: Overture
SCHUBERT arr. Liszt
Wanderer Fantasy
LISZT Dante Symphony
Simone Young conductor
Louis Lortie piano
Cantillation
Franz Liszt’s music aspires to the
condition of poetry, and Dante’s
Divine Comedy inspired some of his
most vividly infernal, voluptuous and
heavenly sounds as he leads us through
Hell and Purgatory and to an angelic
song of faith. Liszt wraps orchestral
finery around the solo piano of
Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, a poetic
vehicle for Louis Lortie’s dazzling
and insightful pianism.
Friday 23 August 8pm
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BRUCKNER’S
SYMPHONY NO.7
DONALD RUNNICLES’
MUSIC OF INSPIRATION
MESSIAEN Les offrandes oubliées
(The Forgotten Offerings)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.7
Donald Runnicles conductor
Intoxicating, enveloping and vast,
Anton Bruckner’s symphonies are
cathedrals of sound. Within these
spaces play shadows and shafts of
glorious light. You don’t listen to
Bruckner’s Seventh, you inhabit it.
Donald Runnicles is one of the great
Bruckner conductors and a passionate
advocate for this rewarding music.
Ardent and ecstatic music by the
young Messiaen begins the concert.
Friday 18 October 8pm
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Copland’s Appalachian Spring created
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the sound of America: dignified and
simple. Christopher Rouse’s forceful
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‘The 26-year-old had listeners
leaning forward in their seats
from the opening…’
Limelight Magazine, 2017
Andrew Haveron Concertmaster
Presented with the support of
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DIANA DOHERTY PERFORMS WESTLAKE
R STRAUSS Thus Spake Zarathustra
WESTLAKE Spirit of the Wild – Oboe Concerto
GRAINGER The Warriors
David Robertson conductor
Diana Doherty oboe
Humanity’s place in nature is the transcendent theme
of Strauss’s overpowering Thus Spake Zarathustra – a
blazing sunrise begins a hero’s odyssey for a ‘joy deeper
than a heart’s pain’. The amazing Diana Doherty reprises
her breathtaking performance of Nigel Westlake’s oboe
concerto inspired by the Tasmanian wilderness. Grainger’s
warriors storm the concert hall with unstoppable energy.
Friday 8 February 8pm
Saturday 9 February 8pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
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The Music of Count Basie
and Duke Ellington
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA
IN CONCERT
The greatest hits of DUKE ELLINGTON and
COUNT BASIE
Wynton Marsalis trumpet
Count Basie and Duke Ellington are jazz royalty.
The two bandleaders were colleagues, composers and
celebrities who wrote dozens of timeless standards and
elevated jazz to the position of high art. Wynton Marsalis
and his sensational big band pay homage to the greatest
jazzmen to ever swing in this one-night-only celebration.
Saturday 23 February 7pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
This concert features the JLCO alone. For performances with
the Sydney Symphony see pages 13, 19 and 34.
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THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
AND JAZZ AT LINCOLN
CENTER ORCHESTRA
VARÈSE Amériques (1929)
MARSALIS The Jungle –
Symphony No.4 Australian premiere
David Robertson conductor
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
A Parisian in America, Edgard Varèse
was entranced by the tumultuous
soundscape of New York. Amériques
is a portrait of the city in all its thrilling
chaos. Wynton Marsalis, who appears
with his Orchestra in this concert,
is the epitome of American creativity.
Jazz band meets orchestra in the
trumpeter-composer’s prowl through
the concrete jungle from Spanish
Harlem to Wall Street. It’s a love letter
to the ‘brash, brassy, razzle-dazzle’
of Marsalis’s New York.
Monday 25 February 7pm

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SYMPHONY NO.5
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Christopher Harris Principal Bass Trombone
VERDI
The Force of Destiny: Overture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2
Mondays / 7pm BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Xian Zhang conductor
Vadim Gluzman violin
Mondays @ 7
The extrovert virtuosity of Vadim
Gluzman and the sound he draws from
his legendary Stradivarius is ‘a glory to
hear’ (SMH), perfect for the angular
lyricism of Prokofiev’s beguiling
Violin Concerto No.2. The shock and
awe of Beethoven’s Fifth continues
to resonate to this day – it remains
the ultimate symbol of symphonic
power. And to begin: Fate knocks
three times in Verdi’s stormy overture
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SIMONE LAMSMA
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VIOLIN CONCERTO
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4
Alexander Shelley conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma’s
performances have been called Clockwise
‘absolutely stunning’ and ‘piercingly Wynton Marsalis, Simone Lamsma,
Kirill Gerstein, Vadim Gluzman
beautiful’ (Chicago Tribune). Discover
this major talent when she makes
her Sydney debut with Beethoven’s
Violin Concerto, a work demanding
superhuman reserves of expressive
insight and stamina. At the heart of
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth is an outpouring
of song, a bittersweet moment of peace
within the turbulent emotions of this
gripping symphony.
Monday 8 April 7pm
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A LUNAR NEW YEAR MUSIC OF THE OUD

CELEBRATION JOSEPH TAWADROS WITH
THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
LI HUANZHI
Spring Festival Overture Program to include…
CHEN QIGANG Iris Unveiled TAWADROS orch. Wells
TCHAIKOVSKY Oud Concerto
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise MOZART The Abduction from the
BORODIN Seraglio: Overture
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
LIU TIESHAN & MAO YUAN Caucasian Sketches: In the Village Clockwise
Dance of the Yao Tribe MOZART orch. Pascal Elim Chan, Amelia Farrugia,
Joseph Tawadros, Andrew Haveron
HUANG Saibei Dance Turkish March
TAWADROS
Elim Chan conductor
Three Pieces with Orchestra
Meng Meng Peking Opera singer
Amelia Farrugia soprano Benjamin Northey conductor
Eva Kong soprano Joseph Tawadros oud
Jin Wu Koon Lion Dance Troupe Tawadros Trio
Welcome the Year of the Boar with The charismatic Joseph Tawadros
orchestral fireworks! The explosive will enchant you with his music, his
energy of Russian rousers meets the storytelling and his virtuosity on the
dances and folk melodies of China and oud, the Egyptian lute. Joyous music
the shimmering Iris Unveiled. from the crossroads of East and West.

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SCOTTISH FANTASY
BRUCH AND MENDELSSOHN
R STRAUSS Macbeth
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy for violin
and orchestra
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No.3 (Scottish)
Asher Fisch conductor
Tianwa Yang violin
Unquestioned virtuoso of the violin,
Tianwa Yang has made a speciality
of bravura showstoppers like Bruch’s
folk-infused Scottish Fantasy, which
she plays with intelligence and
outrageous virtuosity. Mendelssohn’s
Grand Tour inspired his ‘Scottish’
Symphony. Its emotional weather is as
changeable and picturesque as a day
in the Highlands. Richard Strauss’s
baleful tone poem rehearses all the
passion and tension of the ‘Scottish
play’ in 20 minutes.
Saturday 9 March 2pm
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DVOŘÁK’S
SYMPHONY NO.6
BIZET L’Arlésienne:
Catherine Hewgill Principal Cello Highlights from the Suites
CHAUSSON
Poème for violin and orchestra
RAVEL
Saturdays / 2pm Tzigane for violin and orchestra
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall DVOŘÁK Symphony No.6
Jaime Martin conductor
Nemanja Radulović violin
Great Classics
Nemanja Radulović looks every bit
the Romantic virtuoso, cutting a
glamorous figure with extravagant
mane and high-fashion clothes. His
image is backed by serious musical
talent as you’ll hear in two love letters
to the violin: Ravel’s homage to fiery
gypsy fiddling and the intense song
of Chausson’s Poème. Dvořák’s Sixth
Symphony is a joyous romp through
What makes a perfect Saturday afternoon in Sydney? Bohemia’s forests and meadows.
Saturday 15 June 2pm
Hearing the world’s top artists perform orchestral
favourites – and some refreshing soon-to-be favourites –
right by the sparkling harbour in the world’s most
inspiring concert hall. Experience your best Sydney. CREATE YOUR OWN CODE GCS23
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BARRY DOUGLAS
PERFORMS BRAHMS
WITH SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO.7
MILLS Aeolian Caprices
SIBELIUS Symphony No.7
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
Lawrence Renes conductor
Barry Douglas piano
Called into action by a soaring horn Clockwise
melody, the piano is hero in Brahms’ Asher Fisch, Barry Douglas,
Nemanja Radulović, Simone Young
noble second piano concerto. Its
contrasts of grandeur and intimacy
make it the ideal vehicle for acclaimed
Brahms specialist Barry Douglas. The
unbroken arc of Sibelius’ Seventh
Symphony is a constantly accelerating
journey across an enigmatic emotional
landscape. And Aeolian Caprices
by Australian Richard Mills is an
orchestral firework of glittering colour.
Saturday 30 March 2pm
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SCHUBERT AND LISZT
SIMONE YOUNG’S
VISIONS OF VIENNA
SCHUBERT
The Devil’s Pleasure Palace: Overture
SCHUBERT arr. Liszt
Wanderer Fantasy
LISZT Dante Symphony
Simone Young conductor
Louis Lortie piano
Cantillation
Franz Liszt’s music aspires to the
condition of poetry, and Dante’s
Divine Comedy inspired some of his
most vividly infernal, voluptuous
and heavenly sounds as he leads us
through Hell and Purgatory and on to
an angelic song of faith. Liszt wraps
orchestral finery around the solo piano
of Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy,
a poetic vehicle for Louis Lortie’s
dazzling and insightful pianism.
Saturday 24 August 2pm
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ANDREAS BRANTELID
PERFORMS ELGAR’S
CELLO CONCERTO
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY’S
MASTERWORKS
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on
a Theme by Thomas Tallis
ELGAR Cello Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Andreas Brantelid cello
Elgar’s powerful and poetic Cello
Concerto was his favourite and most
candid creation. The greatest cello
concerto in the repertoire, it’s a tour
de force for sensational soloist Andreas
Brantelid. Elgar’s gorgeous Enigma
Variations is a portrait of his friends –
at its heart the hushed nobility of
Nimrod. Tudor England echoes in the
soaring vaults of Vaughan Williams’
magical Tallis Fantasia.
Saturday 21 September 2pm
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CELEBRATING DAVID ROBERTSON
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring: Suite
ROUSE Bassoon Concerto
Australian premiere
ADAMS Harmonielehre
David Robertson conductor
Todd Gibson-Cornish bassoon
From the crashing E minor chords of
the opening to the glittering ecstasy of
its finale, John Adams’ Harmonielehre
has the unstoppable energy of a
rocket. Lyrical, romantic, exhilarating,
Adams’ symphony still seduces and
astounds three decades on. Aaron
Copland’s Appalachian Spring created
the sound of America: dignified and
simple. Christopher Rouse’s forceful
gestures and searing colours meet the
bassoon’s idiosyncratic persona in his
new concerto.
Saturday 30 November 5pm
Please note the later start time
for this concert.
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SYMPHONY NO.7
DONALD RUNNICLES’
Gala Performance
MUSIC OF INSPIRATION WITH THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
MESSIAEN Les offrandes oubliées BERIO after Schubert Rendering
(The Forgotten Offerings) SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 (Unfinished)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.7 MOZART Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491
Donald Runnicles conductor David Robertson conductor
Lang Lang piano
Intoxicating, enveloping and vast, Clockwise
Anton Bruckner’s symphonies are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andreas Brantelid, Piano superstar Lang Lang returns to Sydney with
Donald Runnicles, Todd Gibson-Cornish
cathedrals of sound. Within these Mozart’s dark and operatic Piano Concerto No.24.
spaces, play shadows and shafts of The two movements of Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’
glorious light. You don’t listen to Symphony are perfect as they are, while Luciano Berio’s
Bruckner’s Seventh, you inhabit it. Rendering completes Schubert’s ‘Tenth’, leaving the
Donald Runnicles is one of the great seams exquisitely exposed.
Bruckner conductors and a passionate
advocate for this rewarding music. Thursday 27 June 8pm
Saturday 29 June 8pm
Ardent and ecstatic music by the
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
young Messiaen begins the concert.
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Behzod Abduraimov piano
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Introducing the ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour Theatre
Keys to the City
Festival
We are excited to add the International
Convention Centre’s Darling Harbour Theatre
to our growing list of performance venues.
Only recently opened, the Darling
Harbour Theatre’s contemporary
design creates an exceptional space for
musical performances. Getting there is
simple: the facility is served by major
transport links, with easy parking and
excellent dining options nearby. Inside,
generous foyers, numerous lifts and
escalators, relaxation areas and great
acoustics all contribute to a splendid
concert experience.
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Our Keys to the City Festival events
in August 2019 are our first public
concerts in this wonderful new space.
We’ll celebrate with a spectacular
festival of piano dynamism featuring
David Robertson in partnership with
international superstar Kirill Gerstein
and the Orchestra.
KIRILL GERSTEIN
PERFORMS GRIEG’S
PIANO CONCERTO
SIBELIUS En Saga
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
David Robertson conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Pianist Kirill Gerstein combines
formidable technique with distinctive
musicianship, getting straight to the
heart of the matter. And few concertos
have as much heart as Grieg’s crowd-
pleaser, with its folk-like spirit and
bracing Norwegian atmosphere.
David Robertson takes us on a
wild trip in Berlioz’s hallucinatory
Symphonie fantastique.
Please note: this concert is included
in the Masters Series.
Saturday 3 August 8pm
Wednesday 7 August 8pm
Friday 9 August 8pm
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‘Mr Gerstein played
with spontaneity and
scintillating sound.’
The New York Times, 2016
As a 14-year-old piano prodigy, Kirill Gerstein
studied jazz at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College
of Music. Twenty years later, he’s celebrated
as one of the most distinguished classical artists
on the scene today. These Keys to the City
concerts are ideal opportunities to experience
his breathtaking talents.
Join us for six stunning performances,
as well as meet-the-artist receptions
and community events throughout the
Festival week. Come and enjoy a new
Sydney Symphony experience!
KIRILL GERSTEIN
PERFORMS RAVEL
AND GERSHWIN
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the left hand
GERSHWIN
Piano Concerto in F major
David Robertson conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Hidden depths lie beneath the
exquisite, stylish surface of
Maurice Ravel’s music. The Piano
Concerto for the left hand is
foreboding and fabulous, with ominous
rumbles and jazzy rhythms. George
Gershwin’s fascinating rhythms and
show tunes shine through in his Piano
Concerto, a jazz-age joyride for the
brilliant Gerstein.
Please note: this concert is included
in two series – Mondays @ 7 and
Thursday Afternoon Symphony.
Monday 5 August 7pm
Thursday 8 August 1.30pm
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BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE
FANTASTIQUE
SIBELIUS En Saga
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
David Robertson conductor
Sibelius’ magical En Saga ushers us
into a fantastic world. Berlioz
promised to ‘stagger the world’ with
his Symphonie fantastique, and
he delivered: this is music of pure
sensation. The delirious artist chases
his love through dreams, ballrooms, the
countryside, his own beheading and
a witches’ sabbath. David Robertson
takes us on a wild trip.
Please note: this concert is included
in Tea & Symphony.
Friday 9 August 11am
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ALESSIO BAX
PERFORMS MOZART
MOZART
Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat, K595
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8
Andrew Haveron violin-director
Alessio Bax piano
Mozart’s final piano concerto
stands apart for its sober perfection
and innocent directness. The slow
movement suspends time with a
melody as serene as it is simple, played
with disarming grace by Alessio Bax.
And Beethoven releases his inner child
in his fizzy Symphony No.8 – short,
and seriously playful.
Thursday 21 March 7pm
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MOZART’S
SYMPHONY NO.29
MOZART Sinfonia concertante in
Noriko Shimada Principal Contrabassoon E flat for four winds, K297b
MOZART Symphony No.29
Andrew Haveron violin-director
David Papp oboe
Thursdays / 7pm Francesco Celata clarinet
City Recital Hall Euan Harvey horn
Fiona McNamara bassoon
Mozart in the City
Mozart bequeathed wind players some
of their most charming and expressive
music – think of those delightful
concertos for oboe, clarinet, horn and
bassoon. That team assembles for an
irresistibly winsome quartet-concerto.
The Symphony No.29 has a magnetic
appeal, from the theatricality of its first
movement to an exhilarating finale
that is pure Mozartian magic.
Just by Martin Place in the heart of the city is an
Thursday 15 August 7pm
oasis of relaxation. Step inside City Recital Hall and
experience these four concerts with the sublime music
of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at their heart. Take a
wonderful break from the 21st century for an hour. CREATE YOUR OWN CODE MOZ03
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EMMA MATTHEWS
SINGS MOZART ARIAS
SCHUBERT Rosamunde: Highlights
from the incidental music
MOZART Voi avete un cor fedele
MOZART The Marriage of Figaro:
E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono
MOZART Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle
SCHUBERT Symphony No.3
Clockwise
Andrew Haveron violin-director
Alessio Bax, Emma Matthews,
Emma Matthews soprano Andrew Haveron, Francesco Celata
Emma Matthews is one of Australia’s
most beloved performers, and
one of opera’s brightest stars. Her
versatility, charisma and exquisite
coloratura soprano are the perfect
fit for Mozart’s jewel-like arias, those
musical expressions of character par
excellence. Schubert’s gift for song
shines in his lyrical Rosamunde music
and his sparkling Symphony No.3.
Thursday 30 May 7pm
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gesture in a time (1794) of war and
revolutionary fervour. The Ottoman
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ALESSIO BAX IN RECITAL
JS BACH Concerto in D minor,
BWV 974 (after Marcello)
RACHMANINOFF
Corelli Variations
DALLAPICCOLA
Annalibera’s Musical Notebook
LISZT St Francis of Assisi’s Sermon
to the Birds, S175/1
LISZT Dante Sonata
Alessio Bax piano
Alessio Bax is ‘among the most
remarkable young pianists now before
the public’ (Gramophone). He’s a
musician with a poet’s sensitivity to
nuance, intimacy and detail, and
he has chosen a program of poetic
pianism from three centuries that finds
his instrument dancing, thundering,
praying and dreaming.
Monday 25 March 7pm
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GEOFFREY LANCASTER
IN RECITAL
MOZART ON THE FORTEPIANO
MOZART
Piano Sonata in B flat, K570
Piano Sonata in E flat, K282
Rondo in A minor, K511
Mondays / 7pm
Piano Sonata in B flat, K333
City Recital Hall
Geoffrey Lancaster fortepiano
What did Mozart hear, and how did
International
he play? Geoffrey Lancaster recreates
not just the sound of Mozart’s pianos
(on replicas of two 18th-century
instruments) but somehow channels
Pianists in Recital
the master’s spirit and fingers –
apparently composing these sonatas
on the spot. Geoffrey Lancaster’s
erudition, puckish charm and bravura
make him one of Australia’s musical
treasures.
The spotlight shines on some of the world’s most
Monday 2 September 7pm
acclaimed piano virtuosos in four intimate recitals. Presented with
the support of
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and an instrument that possesses all the poetry
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LISA MOORE IN RECITAL
GLASS Etude No.2
JANÁČEK In the Mists
BEETHOVEN
Sonata in E flat, Op.31 No.3
BRESNICK Ishi’s Song
SCHUMANN
Waldszenen (Forest Scenes)
RZEWSKI Piano Piece No.4
Clockwise
Lisa Moore piano Alessio Bax, Lisa Moore,
Geoffrey Lancaster, Paul Lewis
With steely technique and a passionate
commitment to the music of today,
Lisa Moore is ‘an honoured new
music maven’ (The New Yorker). Her
recitals encompass the breadth
of the repertoire from Beethoven to the
bleeding edge, as in this exploration
of the mists and forests of Romantics
old and new.
Monday 29 April 7pm
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BARRY DOUGLAS THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY

PERFORMS BRAHMS CELEBRATES PAUL
WITH SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO.7 GOODCHILD
MACENS
MILLS Aeolian Caprices
The Space Between Stars
SIBELIUS Symphony No.7
LOVELOCK Trumpet Concerto
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
NIELSEN Symphony No.4, Clockwise
Barry Douglas, Paul Goodchild
Lawrence Renes conductor The Inextinguishable
Simone Young, Andreas Brantelid
Barry Douglas piano
Jessica Cottis conductor
Called into action by a soaring horn Paul Goodchild trumpet
melody, the piano is hero in Brahms’
Carl Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony is
noble second piano concerto. Its
animated by the inextinguishable
contrasts of grandeur and intimacy
power of music and life. William
make it the ideal vehicle for acclaimed
Lovelock’s tuneful Australian classic
Brahms specialist Barry Douglas. The
lets Associate Principal Trumpet Paul
unbroken arc of Sibelius’ Seventh
Goodchild shine in a celebration of his
Symphony is a constantly accelerating
artistry. And to begin a concert that’s
journey across an enigmatic emotional
brazen and bright, music by award-
landscape. And Aeolian Caprices
winning young composer Ella Macens
by Australian Richard Mills is an
takes us to the space between stars.
orchestral firework of glittering colour.
Wednesday 27 March 6.30pm Wednesday 8 May 6.30pm

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SCHUBERT, LISZT ANDREAS BRANTELID

Richard Lynn Double Bass
Kristy Conrau Cello
David Campbell Double Bass
Wednesdays & Thursdays / 6.30pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
AND LEDGER PLAYS ELGAR’S CELLO
SIMONE YOUNG’S CONCERTO
VISIONS OF VIENNA
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY’S
MASTERWORKS
LEDGER Two Memorials (for Anton
Webern and John Lennon)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
SCHUBERT arr. Liszt Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Wanderer Fantasy
ELGAR Cello Concerto
LISZT Dante Symphony
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Simone Young conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Louis Lortie piano

Meet the Music

Andreas Brantelid cello
Cantillation
Elgar’s powerful and poetic Cello
Simone Young is our guide to
Concerto was his favourite and most
Vienna and beyond as James Ledger
candid creation. The greatest cello
memorialises Viennese composer
concerto in the repertoire, it’s a tour
Anton Webern and John Lennon –
de force for the sensational Andreas
an odd pairing, at least on the surface…
Brantelid. Elgar’s Enigma Variations
Louis Lortie is the soloist in the
WEDNESDAY Series of 4 concerts masterful Wanderer Fantasy. And
is a portrait of his friends – at its
heart the nobility of Nimrod. Tudor
THURSDAY Series of 4 concerts Liszt’s retelling of Dante’s epic Divine
England echoes in the soaring vaults of
Comedy leads us through Hell and
Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia.
Purgatory and on to a song of faith.

Exploration and the joy of discovery are at the heart

Wednesday 21 August 6.30pm Wednesday 18 September 6.30pm
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THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
AND JAZZ AT LINCOLN
CENTER ORCHESTRA
VARÈSE Amériques (1929)
MARSALIS The Jungle –
Symphony No.4 Australian premiere
David Robertson conductor
Wynton Marsalis trumpet
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
A Parisian in America, Edgard Varèse
was entranced by the tumultuous
soundscape of New York. Amériques is
a portrait of the city in all its thrilling
chaos. Wynton Marsalis, who appears
with his Orchestra in this concert, is
the epitome of American creativity.
Jazz band meets orchestra in the
trumpeter-composer’s prowl through
the concrete jungle from Spanish
Harlem to Wall Street. It’s a love letter
to the ‘brash, brassy, razzle-dazzle’
of New York.
Thursday 21 February 6.30pm
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MUSIC OF THE OUD
JOSEPH TAWADROS WITH THE
SYDNEY SYMPHONY
Program to include…
TAWADROS orch. Wells
Oud Concerto
MOZART The Abduction from the
Seraglio: Overture
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV Caucasian
Sketches: In the Village
MOZART orch. Pascal
Turkish March
TAWADROS
Three Pieces with Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor
Joseph Tawadros oud
Tawadros Trio
The charismatic Joseph Tawadros
will enchant you with his music, his
storytelling and his virtuosity on the
oud, the Egyptian lute. Classical and
original music from the crossroads of
East and West, old and new, woven
around his entrancing Oud Concerto.
Thursday 20 June 6.30pm
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LAST NIGHT OF
THE PROMS
Program to include…
ARNE Rule, Britannia!
PARRY Jerusalem
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance –
March No.1
Guy Noble conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
It’s the annual audience favourite
where you can belt out ‘Rule,
Britannia’, stomp your feet, wave your
flag and celebrate the finest in British
classical and popular music. Guy
Noble conducts the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia
Choirs and special guests in a concert
filled to the brim with best-loved
melodies (for all ages!).
Thursday 6 June 6.30pm
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THE FOUR SEASONS
VIVALDI AND PIAZZOLLA
PIAZZOLLA arr. Desyatnikov
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
Andrew Haveron violin-director
Concertmaster Andrew Haveron
is the soloist in Vivaldi’s dazzlingly
imaginative evocation of the sights,
sounds and sensations of the Italian
seasons – feel the sirocco of Summer
and the slippery Venetian ice of
Winter. Interlaced with Vivaldi’s
Seasons, Piazzolla’s sketches of
Buenos Aires move to the heartbeat
of the tango.
Thursday 10 October 6.30pm
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Wynton Marsalis, Guy Noble
Joseph Tawadros, Andrew Haveron
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David Robertson conductor
Stuart Skelton Peter Grimes
Nicole Car Ellen Orford
Deborah Humble Auntie
Alan Held Balstrode
Michael Honeyman Ned Keene
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Benjamin Britten’s gripping portrait of a tortured
outsider and small-town cruelty comes to the Concert
Hall when David Robertson conducts a cast led by
the extraordinary Stuart Skelton. A powerful operatic
tragedy plays out against vivid musical seascapes.
Thursday 25 July 7pm
Saturday 27 July 7pm
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Every Good Boy
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TOM STOPPARD AND ANDRÉ PREVIN
PREVIN & STOPPARD
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour –
A play for actors and orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9
David Robertson conductor • Mitchell Butel Alexander
Martin Crewes Ivanov
In Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s ingenious blend of
theatre and orchestral music, a political dissident shares a
room in a mental hospital with a madman who thinks that
he has a symphony orchestra at his fingertips. Reconciling
wit and anger, ‘EGBDF’ reminds us that one of the worst
features of tyranny is its ability to reorder reality.
This blend of concert and theatre has rarely been mounted,
and represents a first for the Sydney Symphony.
Friday 22 November 7pm
Saturday 23 November 7pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
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HAYDN AND BEETHOVEN
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
Improvisation on the plainchant ‘Ave
Generosa’
HAYDN arr. Oguey Cor Anglais
Quintet (after the ‘Gypsy Rondo’
Piano Trio)
BEETHOVEN arr. Boersma
Serenade in D, Op.8
Delight in a game of tones when the
musicians of the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra reinvent chamber music.
Kees Boersma adapts Beethoven’s
night music – a sequence of songs,
dances, themes and variations. And
Alexandre Oguey appropriates
Haydn’s ‘Gypsy Rondo’ piano trio,
arranging it for cor anglais and string
quartet – the kind of twist Haydn
would have loved.
Friday 29 March 6pm
Saturday 30 March 6pm
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DOHNÁNYI AND
SHOSTAKOVICH
DOHNÁNYI
Leah Lynn Assistant Principal Cello Serenade for string trio
GRAN
Finnish Tango (after traditional tunes)
SHOSTAKOVICH
Fridays & Saturdays / 6pm Two Pieces for string octet
Sundays / 3pm Ernst von Dohnányi’s serenade is
Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room a dream of fin-de-siècle Vienna,
yearningly Romantic yet spare and
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inflected with the folk music of his
native Hungary. Shostakovich’s
uneasy pieces look back to Bach with
a solemn, sinewy prelude and a ghostly
scherzo. Tango is Finland’s favourite
dance, so a Finnish tango is not as
unlikely as you’d think!
The intimacy and sparkling harbour views of
Friday 5 July 6pm
the Utzon Room make the perfect setting for these Saturday 6 July 6pm
jewel-like chamber music concerts. With your Sunday 7 July 3pm
cocktail in hand, enjoy delicate chamber masterpieces
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BOCCHERINI AND
GLAZUNOV
BOCCHERINI
String Quintet in C, G349
GLAZUNOV
String Quintet in A, Op.39
Luigi Boccherini was not only one of
the 18th-century’s most accomplished
and prolific tunesmiths, but a virtuoso
cellist. This stately quintet, written
for a cello-playing Prussian king,
gives free rein to his bias by adding
an ‘extra’ cello to the standard string
quartet – with rich and resonant effect.
Alexander Glazunov’s melodic quintet
(also with two cellos) has the dash
and drive of youth.
Friday 21 June 6pm
Saturday 22 June 6pm
Sunday 23 June 3pm
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BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS
BEETHOVEN String Quartet,
Op.59 No.2 (Razumovsky No.2)
BRAHMS String Quintet No.2
Beethoven’s string quartets are journals
of his restless experimentation – his
ceaseless searching for new ways to
express the human condition. The
opening of Brahms’ String Quintet
No.2 makes five musicians sound like
fifty. Invigorating and soaring, this is
Brahms at his peak: rich in melody,
intricate yet spontaneous, rigorous
but emotive.
Friday 23 August 6pm
Saturday 24 August 6pm
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 ‘It was simply enchanting, and
I never wanted it to end.’
Fraser Beath McEwing J-Wire, February 2018
5 6
THE SOLDIER’S TALE
STRAVINSKY Ragtime
BARTÓK String Quartet No.3
LUTOSŁAWSKI Dance Preludes
STRAVINSKY
The Soldier’s Tale: Suite
2019 Sydney Symphony Fellows
A soldier makes a deal with the
Devil to some of Stravinsky’s most
memorable music. It’s a fractured
Russian fairy tale of spiky tangos,
waltzes, rags and diabolical fiddle
playing. BartÓk’s String Quartet No.3
is a taut, cathartic quarter-hour of
unconventional beauty. Lutosławski
channels the high spirits of Polish folk
music into his popular Dance Preludes.
Friday 27 September 6pm
Saturday 28 September 6pm
Sunday 29 September 3pm
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MENDELSSOHN AND
MARTINŮ
VILLA-LOBOS
Duo for oboe and bassoon
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No.2
MARTINŮ Nonet
Martinů’s Nonet is inspired by the
Classical past, mixing Haydn-inspired
wit with nostalgia for the Bohemian
countryside – the result is a serene and
sparkling masterpiece. The densely
interwoven voices of Mendelssohn’s
String Quartet No.2 hint at Beethoven,
but lyricism shines through. Villa-Lobos
conveys humour and pathos in his
reedy Duo.
Friday 25 October 6pm
Saturday 26 October 6pm
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PICTURES AT AN
EXHIBITION
A SYDNEY SYMPHONY
FAMILY EVENT
MUSSORGSKY orch. Goehr
Pictures at an Exhibition
Benjamin Northey conductor
Andy Dexterity mime artist
Promenade around an imaginary art
gallery with the Sydney Symphony
and physical communicator Andy
Dexterity as they paint pictures
with music and a mix of dance,
physical theatre and signed language.
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
is a series of vivid musical images, a
classic that’s sure to spark imaginations
of all ages.
Sunday 17 March 1pm
Sunday 17 March 2.45pm
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A SYDNEY SYMPHONY
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STOOKEY
The Composer is Dead
With text by Lemony Snicket
Brett Kelly conductor
Sundays / 1pm & 2.45pm Brendon Taylor The Inspector
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Who killed the composer? The shifty
string players, the sneaky clarinets, or
Family Events
the flutes – supposedly busy pretending
to be birds? A likely story. Inspector
Brendon Taylor is here to get to the
bottom of this mystery in composer
Nathaniel Stookey’s macabre
introduction to the orchestra with
text by Lemony Snicket.
Fun stars, imagination and the thrill of the concert
Sunday 10 November 1pm
hall. All the elements to inspire a life-long love of Sunday 10 November 2.45pm
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VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS
A SYDNEY SYMPHONY
FAMILY EVENT
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
with poems by the
Story Factory
Andrew Haveron violin-director
Christian Li violin
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are musical Clockwise
pictures of the sights, sounds and Andy Dexterity
feelings of the seasons. Concertmaster Christian Li
Brendon Taylor
Andrew Haveron and the Sydney
Symphony play Vivaldi’s tricky and
colourful violin concertos. Young
violinist Christian Li (aged 10)
performs the Summer concerto, with
its exciting lightning storm. Vivaldi
himself wrote poems to go with each
season, but we’ll hear new poems by
the young writers of the Story Factory.
Sunday 13 October 1pm
Sunday 13 October 2.45pm
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SCOTTISH FANTASY
BRUCH AND MENDELSSOHN
R STRAUSS Macbeth
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy for violin
and orchestra
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No.3 (Scottish)
Asher Fisch conductor
Tianwa Yang violin
Unquestioned virtuoso of the violin,
Tianwa Yang has made a speciality
of bravura showstoppers like Bruch’s
folk-infused Scottish Fantasy, which
she plays with intelligence and
outrageous virtuosity. Mendelssohn’s
Grand Tour inspired his ‘Scottish’
Symphony. Its emotional weather is as
changeable and picturesque as a day
in the Highlands. Richard Strauss’s
baleful tone poem rehearses all the
passion and tension of the ‘Scottish
play’ in 20 minutes.
Thursday 7 March 1.30pm
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THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY
CELEBRATES PAUL
GOODCHILD
Jaan Pallandi Double Bass SIBELIUS Finlandia
LOVELOCK Trumpet Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No.4,
The Inextinguishable
Thursdays / 1.30pm
Jessica Cottis conductor
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Paul Goodchild trumpet
‘Music is life, and like it
Thursday Afternoon
inextinguishable.’ Carl Nielsen’s
Fourth Symphony blazes with passion,
an embodiment of the dynamic
energy of creation. A performance
Symphony
of the Inextinguishable, says critic Tom
Service, ‘should leave you battered yet
uplifted, dazed but thrilled’. William
Lovelock’s tuneful Australian classic
concerto lets Associate Principal
Trumpet Paul Goodchild shine.
Sibelius’ Finlandia begins a life-
Experience the very best of our performances at affirming celebration of music’s power.
Thursday 9 May 1.30pm
a convenient matinee time. With the world’s finest
artists, rousing favourites and the joy of discovering
some music that may be less familiar, this series
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BARRY DOUGLAS
PERFORMS BRAHMS
WITH SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO.7
MILLS Aeolian Caprices
SIBELIUS Symphony No.7
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
Lawrence Renes conductor
Barry Douglas piano
Called into action by a soaring horn Clockwise
melody, the piano is hero in Brahms’ Asher Fisch, Barry Douglas,
Paul Goodchild, Susan Graham
noble second piano concerto. Its
contrasts of grandeur and intimacy
make it the ideal vehicle for acclaimed
Brahms specialist Barry Douglas. The
unbroken arc of Sibelius’ Seventh
Symphony is a constantly accelerating
journey across an enigmatic emotional
landscape. And Aeolian Caprices
by Australian Richard Mills is an
orchestral firework of glittering colour.
Thursday 28 March 1.30pm
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SAINT-SAËNS’ ORGAN
SYMPHONY
SUSAN GRAHAM SINGS
SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE
CHABRIER España
CANTELOUBE
Songs of the Auvergne
SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony)
David Robertson conductor
Susan Graham mezzo-soprano
Susan Graham’s voice is an instrument
of ravishing beauty, and ‘the joy in
her art is infectious’ (The Telegraph,
UK). She’s the ideal exponent of
Canteloube’s jewel-like settings of
dreamy, funny and sexy folk songs.
Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ’ Symphony is
a distillation of pure joie de vivre,
climaxing in one of the most exultant
of big tunes.
Thursday 18 July 1.30pm
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 ‘. . .this was a performance full of vitality and
elastic energy – there were moments when
the music unfurled with heart-breaking
intensity and others where finely honed
accents hit home with incredible power.’
Angus McPherson Limelight Magazine, April 2018
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KIRILL GERSTEIN
PERFORMS RAVEL AND
GERSHWIN
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the left hand
GERSHWIN
Piano Concerto in F major
David Robertson conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Hidden depths lie beneath the
exquisite, stylish surface of
Maurice Ravel’s music. The Piano
Concerto for the left hand is
foreboding and fabulous, with ominous
rumbles and jazzy rhythms. George
Gershwin’s fascinating rhythms and
show tunes shine through in his Piano
Concerto, a jazz-age joyride for the
brilliant Gerstein.
This concert takes place at
ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour Theatre
as part of the Keys to the City Festival.
Thursday 8 August 1.30pm
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SCHUBERT AND LISZT
SIMONE YOUNG’S
VISIONS OF VIENNA
SCHUBERT
The Devil’s Pleasure Palace: Overture
SCHUBERT arr. Liszt
Wanderer Fantasy
LISZT Dante Symphony
Simone Young conductor
Louis Lortie piano
Cantillation
Franz Liszt’s music aspires to the
condition of poetry, and Dante’s
Divine Comedy inspired some of his
most vividly infernal, voluptuous
and heavenly sounds as he leads us
through Hell and Purgatory and on to
an angelic song of faith. Liszt wraps
orchestral finery around the solo piano
of Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy,
a poetic vehicle for Louis Lortie’s
dazzling and insightful pianism.
Thursday 22 August 1.30pm
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ANDREAS BRANTELID
PERFORMS ELGAR’S
CELLO CONCERTO
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY’S
MASTERWORKS
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia
on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
ELGAR Cello Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Andreas Brantelid cello
Elgar’s powerful and poetic Cello
Concerto was his favourite and most
candid creation. The greatest cello
concerto in the repertoire, it’s a tour
de force for sensational soloist Andreas
Brantelid. Elgar’s gorgeous Enigma
Variations is a portrait of his friends –
at its heart the hushed nobility of
Nimrod. Tudor England echoes in the
soaring vaults of Vaughan Williams’
magical Tallis Fantasia.
Thursday 19 September 1.30pm
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BRUCKNER’S
SYMPHONY NO.7
DONALD RUNNICLES’
MUSIC OF INSPIRATION
MESSIAEN Les offrandes oubliées
(The Forgotten Offerings)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.7
Donald Runnicles conductor
Intoxicating, enveloping and vast,
Anton Bruckner’s symphonies are
cathedrals of sound. Within these
spaces, play shadows and shafts of
glorious light. You don’t listen to
Bruckner’s Seventh, you inhabit it.
Donald Runnicles is one of the great
Bruckner conductors and a passionate
advocate for this rewarding music.
Ardent and ecstatic music by the
young Messiaen begins the concert.
Thursday 17 October 1.30pm
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AMERICAN HARMONIES
CELEBRATING DAVID ROBERTSON
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring: Suite
ROUSE Bassoon Concerto
ADAMS Harmonielehre
David Robertson conductor
Todd Gibson-Cornish bassoon
From the crashing E minor chords of
the opening to the glittering ecstasy of
its finale, John Adams’ Harmonielehre
has the unstoppable energy of a
rocket. Lyrical, romantic, exhilarating,
Adams’ symphony still seduces and
astounds three decades on. Aaron
Copland’s Appalachian Spring created
the sound of America: dignified and
simple. Christopher Rouse’s forceful
gestures and searing colours meet the
bassoon’s idiosyncratic persona in his
new concerto.
Thursday 28 November 1.30pm
CREATE YOUR OWN CODE THU19
Clockwise
Kirill Gerstein, Simone Young,
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Donald Runnicles,
David Robertson, Todd Gibson-Cornish
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SCOTTISH FANTASY
BRUCH AND MENDELSSOHN
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy for violin
and orchestra
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No.3 (Scottish)
Asher Fisch conductor
Tianwa Yang violin
Unquestioned virtuoso of the violin,
Tianwa Yang has made a speciality
of bravura showstoppers like Bruch’s
folk-infused Scottish Fantasy, which
she plays with intelligence and
outrageous virtuosity. Mendelssohn’s
Grand Tour inspired his ‘Scottish’
Symphony. Its emotional weather is as
changeable and picturesque as a day
in the Highlands, rounded off with a
vivacious highland fling!
Friday 8 March 11am
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THE CELLOS OF THE
SYDNEY SYMPHONY
Program to include…
Sophie Cole First Violin VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No.5
SOLLIMA Violoncelles, vibrez!
Sydney Symphony Cellos
Fridays / 11am
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall The cellos of the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra take centre stage,
showcasing the resonance of this most
Tea & Symphony
soulful of string instruments. Among
this concert’s delights, Villa-Lobos’s
Bach-inspired aria for the unearthly
blend of soprano and cellos, while
Giovanni Sollima commands the
cellos to ‘vibrate!’ in his meltingly
romantic piece for two soloists and
their colleagues.
Few things are as satisfying as a hot cup of tea. Add some
friends to catch up with, some delightful music. . .bliss!
With great orchestral masterpieces, the focused precision Friday 7 June 11am
of Sydney Symphony ensembles and an awesome recital
on the Grand Organ, it’s the perfect Friday morning. CREATE YOUR OWN CODE TEA03
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DAVID DRURY
CONCERT HALL
GRAND ORGAN RECITAL
Program to include…
JS BACH Prelude and Fugue in
C minor, BWV 546
SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie No.1
SAINT-SAËNS arr. Lemare
Danse macabre
Clockwise
David Drury organ
Asher Fisch, David Drury,
David Robertson, Fenella Gill
The Grand Organ of the Sydney
Opera House is the largest of its kind
in the world, with its 10,244 pipes and
24 bells rising spectacularly above
the stage. Its sound also makes an
impression, especially under the hands
and feet of Sydney’s star organist
David Drury. Here’s your chance to
experience the organ in full flight in
suitably grand music.
Friday 5 April 11am
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BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE
FANTASTIQUE
SIBELIUS En Saga
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
David Robertson conductor
Sibelius’ magical En Saga ushers us
into a fantastic world. Berlioz
promised to ‘stagger the world’ with
his Symphonie fantastique, and
he delivered: this is music of pure
sensation. The delirious artist chases
his love through dreams, ballrooms, the
countryside, his own beheading and
a witches’ sabbath. David Robertson
takes us on a wild trip.
This concert takes place at
ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour Theatre
as part of the Keys to the City Festival.
Friday 9 August 11am
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to a beautiful symphony. I have never
felt so close to a symphony.’
Steve Bell Sydney Symphony Subscriber and Donor
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MOZART’S
SYMPHONY NO.29
MOZART Sinfonia concertante in
E flat for four winds, K297b
MOZART Symphony No.29
Andrew Haveron conductor
David Papp oboe
Francesco Celata clarinet
Euan Harvey horn
Fiona McNamara bassoon
Mozart bequeathed wind players some
of their most charming and expressive
music – think of those delightful
concertos for oboe, clarinet, horn and
bassoon. That team assembles for an
irresistibly winsome quartet-concerto.
The Symphony No.29 has a magnetic
appeal, from the theatricality of its first
movement to an exhilarating finale
that is pure Mozartian magic.
Friday 16 August 11am
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ANDREAS BRANTELID
PERFORMS ELGAR’S
CELLO CONCERTO
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY’S
MASTERWORKS
ELGAR Cello Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Andreas Brantelid cello
Elgar’s final major work was his
favourite and most candid. His
powerful and poetic Cello Concerto is
the greatest in the repertoire – a tour
de force for sensational young soloist
Andreas Brantelid. Elgar’s gorgeous
Enigma Variations is a portrait of
his friends, at its heart is the hushed
nobility of Nimrod.
Friday 20 September 11am
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A PARIS HAPPENING
TEA & SYMPHONY WITH
THE 2019 FELLOWS
MILHAUD The Creation of the World
IBERT Chamber Concertino, for alto
saxophone and orchestra
DEBUSSY arr. Sachs
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
IBERT Divertissement
Roger Benedict conductor
Nicholas Russoniello saxophone
2019 Sydney Symphony Fellows
Jacques Ibert’s breezy esprit animates
his Divertissement: bright, bustling
music for a farce. His dapper
Concertino for alto saxophone is
a cornerstone of repertoire for this
most Parisian of instruments. The
sax reappears in Milhaud’s sensual
jazz-inflected ballet music. Speaking
of sexy, Debussy’s music for a faun’s
reveries is classical music at its most
alluringly M-rated.
Friday 25 October 11am
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ANDREW HAVERON
PERFORMS MOZART
BEETHOVEN
The Ruins of Athens: Overture
MOZART Violin Concerto No.5 in A,
K219 (Turkish)
HAYDN Symphony No.100 (Military)
Andrew Haveron violin-director
In a nod to the Austrian fashion for
Turquerie, Mozart introduces an exotic
‘Turkish’ tune into his Violin Concerto
No.5. Haydn’s ‘Military’ symphony
deploys Turkish percussion – cymbals,
triangle and drums! – a galvanising
gesture in a time (1794) of war and
revolutionary fervour. The Ottoman
Empire invades Beethoven’s
incidental music for a play about
the fall of Athens.
Friday 15 November 11am
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Clockwise
Andrew Haveron, Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Andreas Brantelid, Roger Benedict
CHOOSE THE PACKAGE
YOU PREFER
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 Event Blue Pack – from only $155
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Includes concerts 1, 4, 6 & 7
4 Event Red Pack – from only $155
Includes concerts 2, 3, 5 & 8
8 Event Package – from only $300
Includes all eight Tea & Symphony
concerts
OR
CREATE YOUR OWN
PACKAGE
Use the concert codes at the end
of each concert listing to Create
Your Own package of four or more
events. Select any concert in this
season guide!
YOUR BENEFITS INCLUDE
• Savings of up to 15% on
regular prices
• Priority access to Preferred Seating
• Flexibility – Exchange your tickets
for other dates and events
• Pay by instalments
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ICC Sydney Theatre

Sydney Symphony
Presents
It’s no secret that the Sydney Symphony Orchestra attracts CELEBRATING
great stage and screen stars, or that it presents breathtaking LINDA RONSTADT
film-with-orchestra experiences. For many, these concerts are In 1969 Linda Ronstadt released her debut solo album and went on to be
one of the most celebrated female artists of her generation. Fifty years later,
the door to a fantastic new world of beautiful orchestral music. the Sydney Symphony Orchestra celebrates the career of this multi-award-
winning performer in a concert featuring some of Australia’s leading artists.
Now you can add any or all of these concerts to your Curated Includes such hits as Blue Bayou, You’re No Good, Don’t Know Much, Desperado
Package as add-on concerts, or bundle them into a Create Your and It’s So Easy.
Own Package (along with some classical rockstars). Perfect Artists will be announced in November 2018.
if you have diverse musical tastes, like to mix and match for the
family, or want to book ahead of the crowd! Friday 3 May 8pm
Saturday 4 May 2pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX™ LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
IN CONCERT
Guy Noble conductor
HOOPER Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix TM Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Nicholas Buc conductor It’s the annual audience favourite where you can belt out ‘Rule, Britannia’,
Thestrals and prophecies and Umbridge, oh my! Let the wizarding world stomp your feet, wave your flag and join in the merriment celebrating
enchant you all over again as the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the finest in British classical and popular music. Guy Noble conducts the
the Phoenix™, is projected onto a giant screen and the Sydney Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and special
Orchestra performs Nicholas Hooper’s wonderful score. Laugh, cry and guests in a concert filled to the brim with best-loved melodies (for all ages!),
cheer at your favourite scenes in this memorable event. Classified M. including Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory.

Presented with
Wednesday 10 April 7pm Friday 7 June 8pm the support of
Thursday 11 April 7pm Saturday 8 June 2pm
HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are
Friday 12 April 7pm Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
© & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING’S
Saturday 13 April 2pm WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros.
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s18)

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SYMPHONY PRESENTS
CONCERTS IN
YOUR PACKAGE
Save up to 10% on regular prices and
access the best seats.

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Add any of these events to your
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OR

CREATE YOUR OWN

PACKAGE
Include any of these events in your
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE™ STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Create Your Own Package.
IN CONCERT IN CONCERT
Create Your Own Package of four or
HOOPER Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince TM WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Force Awakens more events – select any concerts in
Nicholas Buc conductor Nicholas Buc conductor this season guide!

Relive the magic of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, accompanied live by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Watch Harry become a wiz at potions, win Felix Felicis and uncover the
meaning of Horcruxes! Nicolas Hooper’s wonderful score and J.K. Rowling’s
classic tale combine to deliver all the adventure, humour and suspense you
remember in an experience you will never forget. Classified M.
Experience Star Wars: The Force Awakens with the full forces of the Sydney See the prices on page 62.
Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ Oscar-nominated score live
to the complete, acclaimed film. Set 30 years after the defeat of the Empire, this
instalment of the Star Wars saga reunited original cast members Carrie Fisher,
Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford. Classified PG.

Wednesday 10 July 7pm Friday 1 November 7.45pm

Thursday 11 July 7pm ICC Sydney Theatre
HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are
Friday 12 July 7pm
© & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING’S
Saturday 13 July 2pm WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. © 2018 & TM LUCASFILM LTD.
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s18) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY.

Credits
Cover Photo Anna Skálová, First Violin
Photography Anthony Geernaert / Additional Photography Keith Saunders (pages 5, 17, 35, 39, 55)
Copywriting Robert Murray, Simon Crossley-Meates
Creative Consultant Extrablack / Design Design Lead – Tessa Conn, Supporting Design – Amy Zhou
Stylist Laura Venner / Print Immij NSW / Emma Dunch was dressed by Carla Zampatti

Terms
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the right to vary, substitute or withdraw
advertised programs, artists and seating
arrangements, and to vary prices.
STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI By buying a ticket or season subscription, also
IN CONCERT called a ‘package’, you are agreeing to
be bound by the Sydney Symphony
WILLIAMS Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Orchestra’s terms and conditions of sale.
Nicholas Buc conductor
Refunds are not available except as specified
Experience Star Wars: Return of the Jedi with the Sydney Symphony in the Entertainment Code of Practice. The
Orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live as the complete film 20% deposit on subscription bookings is
is screened. Luke Skywalker heads a mission to rescue Han Solo from the non-refundable.
clutches of Jabba the Hutt and faces Darth Vader one last time. Classified PG. You can find our full terms and conditions at
sydneysymphony.com/terms
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We encourage you to view our Privacy Policy at
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Saturday 7 September 7.45pm

ICC Sydney Theatre Guest artist photography Nissor Abdourazakov, Charlotte Abramow © Deutsche Grammophon, Dario Acosta, Robert Ascroft © Sony Classical,
Marco Borggreve, Robert Catto, Ben Ealovega, Elias Photography, Elyn Photography, Berthold Fabricius, Jay Fram, Chris Gonz, Yumiko Izu,
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experienced the extraordinary power
of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in
full flight? When music first touched
your heart? Perhaps your parents
brought you to a cushion concert at
the Sydney Town Hall. Perhaps you
were in a country town hall when we
toured. Perhaps your grandparents
brought you along to a family concert.
COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS
When you make a tax-deductible gift
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Your gift, of whatever size, makes an
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we can reach. Please consider playing
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with your 2019 Season booking.

The younger members of our Sydney Thank you!

Symphony community are the future
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 Pricing – Curated Packages Add on Special Events
Full Price Concession Price Youth Full Price Seating Reserve Concession Holders* Seating Reserve
No. of
Package Page K Concerts Premium A B C D Premium A B C D Under 30 Event Page Platinum Premium A B C D Platinum Premium A B C D

EVENINGS AT THE 2019 Season Opening Gala 17 – 105 95 75 60 50 – 105 85 65 55 50

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
The Music of Count Basie and 17 – 185 160 135 105 90 – 185 145 120 95 90
Masters Series 11 9 965 845 710 580 465 880 765 645 530 465 315 Duke Ellington

6 665 585 480 395 320 600 525 440 360 320 210 Lang Lang Gala Performance 25 225 185 160 135 105 90 225 185 145 120 95 90

K 4 465 415 345 275 220 425 370 310 250 220 140 Peter Grimes in Concert 35 – 140 120 105 85 65 – 140 110 95 75 65

Emirates Metro 15 8 795 705 580 460 380 720 640 525 420 380 280 A Russian Gala – 25 – 105 95 75 60 50 – 105 85 65 55 50
Behzod Abduraimov
K 4 465 415 345 275 220 425 370 310 250 220 140
Every Good Boy 35 – 105 95 75 60 50 – 105 85 65 55 50
Mondays @ 7 19 K 4 465 415 345 275 220 425 370 310 250 220 140 Deserves Favour
K 3 335 295 240 190 160 300 270 215 175 160 105
*Concession discounts apply in A, B & C Reserves.

Kaleidoscope 21 K 3 335 295 240 190 160 300 270 215 175 160 105
 dd 1 Special Event and enjoy 10% off full-priced tickets (discounted prices above).
A
Meet the Music (Wed) 34 4 435 385 315 250 205 395 345 285 225 205 140 Add 2 and save 15%; add 3 and save 20%.
The price of your order will be adjusted when billed. Discount applies to A, B and C reserves only.
Meet the Music (Thu) 34 4 435 385 315 250 205 395 345 285 225 205 140

Cocktail Hour 38 6 390 General Admission 390 General Admission 210

3 210 General Admission 210 General Admission 105

Add on Sydney Symphony Presents

EVENINGS AT
CITY RECITAL HALL

Mozart in the City 29 4 335 295 255 220 305 270 235 195 – 140

International Pianists 31 4 335 295 255 220 305 270 235 195 – 140
in Recital
Full Price Seating Reserve Concession Holders* Seating Reserve
AFTERNOONS AT THE Concert Page Premium A B C D Premium A B C D
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix TM 50 125 110 89 62 45 125 100 80 56 45
Great Classics 24 7 725 635 525 425 350 650 570 470 380 350 245 Celebrating Linda Ronstadt 51 115 99 80 62 – 115 90 72 56 –
4 455 400 335 265 220 410 360 300 245 220 140 Last Night of the Proms 51 105 95 75 60 45 105 85 65 54 45
Thursday Afternoon 45 9 895 790 645 520 420 800 705 580 465 420 315 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceTM 52 125 110 89 62 45 125 100 80 56 45
Symphony
5 525 465 375 300 250 470 420 340 270 250 175 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 52 135 110 80 55 – 135 100 72 50 –
4 445 385 315 260 215 395 350 285 235 215 140 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 53 135 110 80 55 – 135 100 72 50 –
Tea & Symphony 49 8 500 440 360 300 – 500 440 360 300 – 280
*Concession discounts apply in A, B & C Reserves.
Tea & Symphony (Red) 4 260 225 190 155 – 260 225 190 155 – 140

Tea & Symphony (Blue) 4 260 225 190 155 – 260 225 190 155 – 140

FAMILY EVENTS

Family Events 41 3 75 General Admission 75 General Admission

1 25 General Admission 25 General Admission

Are you 30 or under?

If you’re 30 or under on 1 January 2019, you can enjoy
a package of concerts for as little as $35 per concert.
Grab some friends and make your concerts regular
catch-up events throughout the year!

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 Pricing – Create Your Own Package Booking Form
Pick four or more different concerts. All seats should be in the same reserve. Follow the steps below and return this form to: Sydney Symhony Orchestra, Reply Paid 4338, Sydney NSW 2001
OR renew / book online at sydneysymphony.com
Seating Reserve – Price per seat
Series Concert Code Premium A B C
STEP 1. Your Contact Details Your Companion (if applicable)
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
& KEYS TO THE CITY FESTIVAL EVENTS Subscriber Mr Mrs Ms Mx Dr Subscriber Mr Mrs Ms Mx Dr

Masters Series MAS 15, 19 First name Initial First name Initial
Emirates Metro Series MET 12, 13, 17, 18
Mondays @ 7 MON 14 Last name Last name

Kaleidoscope KAL 11, 12

Street address Street address
Great Classics GCS 12, 16, 17 105 95 75 60
Meet the Music (Wed) MTW 11, 12
Meet the Music (Thu) MTT 12, 13 Suburb Postcode Suburb Postcode
Thursday Afternoon Symphony THU 12, 13, 15, 18, 19
Special Events SPEC 11, 15, 16 Daytime phone Daytime phone

Masters Series MAS 21, 23

Mobile Mobile
Emirates Metro Series MET 24, 26
Kaleidoscope KAL 23
Email Email
Great Classics GCS 21, 23, 24 125 105 85 75
Meet the Music (Wed) MTW 23 I wish to claim a concession as a: I wish to claim a concession as a:
Meet the Music (Thu) MTT 24 Pensioner Full-time student Youth (30 & under) Pensioner Full-time student Youth (30 & under)
Thursday Afternoon Symphony THU 21, 26
• Please enclose photocopied proof of age and/or student card and/or pension details. Special Assistance: Please attach your requirements to this booking form if you require
Masters Series MAS 32, 34, 36, 37, 38 • Youth subscriptions: If you are eligible for a youth concession, use the youth special seating

Emirates Metro Series MET 35 concession price in the subtotal box below and supply proof of eligibility. Age calculated
from 01/01/19. See sydneysymphony.com for terms and conditions.
Mondays @ 7 MON 32, 33
Great Classics GCS 35 140 120 105 85 STEP 2. I would like to purchase these Curated Packages
Meet the Music (Wed) MTW 34
Thursday Afternoon Symphony THU 34, 37 Please review available options, price reserve and venue maps in this information section. See page 60.

Special Events SPEC 34 Series name Package size Day Reserve No. of Packages Price
(Premium/A/B/C/D)
Emirates Metro Series MET 41
Mondays @ 7 MON 41 185 160 135 105
Meet the Music (Thu) MTT 41
Special Events SPEC 42, 43
Cocktail Hour CKT 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 – 70 – –

Tea & Symphony TEA 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 65 60 50 40

CITY RECITAL HALL

Subtotal $
Mozart in the City MOZ 01, 02, 03, 04
90 80 70 60
International Pianists in Recital PIA 01, 02, 03, 04
STEP 3. I would like to add the following Special Events and Sydney Symphony Presents concerts
FAMILY EVENTS
If you are a 2019 Curated Package subscriber you can add on Special Events, Family Events and Sydney Symphony Presents concerts to your
Family Events FAM 01, 02, 03 – 25 – – season package. Special offer: Special Event ticket prices on page 61 are automatically discounted by 10%. Buy 2 Special Events and save
15%; buy 3 and save 20%. Further discounts will be applied at the time your order is processed. (These further discounts do not apply to Sydney
Symphony Presents concerts). Enter the Special Event and Sydney Symphony Presents details and number of tickets you require in the box below.
SYDNEY SYMPHONY PRESENTS
Concert name Code Date Reserve No. of Tickets Price
Celebrating Linda Ronstadt 115 99 80 62

Last Night of the Proms 105 95 75 60

Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixTM

125 110 89 62
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceTM

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

135 110 80 55
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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STEP 4. I would like to purchase a Create Your Own season package

Create your own concert package by listing your choice of four or more different events and your preferred seating reserve.
Use the grid of individual concert prices on page 62 of the brochure to calculate the total price.
Reserve No. of Packages

Concert name Code Date Price

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2.

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Please add another page if required.

Subtotal $

STEP 5. Tax Deductible Gift

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra Chair Patrons

David Robertson VIOLAS CLARINETS David Robertson Shefali Pryor

The Lowy Chair of Roger Benedict Francesco Celata The Lowy Chair of Emma & David
Chief Conductor and Principal Associate Principal Chief Conductor and Livingstone Chair
Artistic Director Artistic Director
Tobias Breider Christopher Tingay Mark Robinson
Andrew Haveron Principal Andrew Haveron Sylvia Rosenblum Chair
Concertmaster Anne-Louise Comerford BASS CLARINET Vicki Olsson Chair in memory of
Associate Principal Alexander Morris Rodney Rosenblum
Brett Dean Principal Brett Dean
Artist in Residence Justin Williams Geoff Ainsworth am & Emma Sholl
Assistant Principal BASSOONS Johanna Featherstone Robert & Janet
FIRST VIOLINS Sandro Costantino Todd Gibson-Cornish Chair Constable Chair
Sun Yi Rosemary Curtin Principal
Kees Boersma Justin Williams
Associate Concertmaster Jane Hazelwood Matthew Wilkie SSO Council Chair Mr Robert &
Kirsten Williams Graham Hennings Principal Emeritus Mrs L Alison Carr Chair
Associate Concertmaster Stuart Johnson Umberto Clerici
Justine Marsden Fiona McNamara
Gary & Shiva Rich Chair Kirsten Williams
Lerida Delbridge Felicity Tsai I Kallinikos Chair
Assistant Concertmaster Amanda Verner CONTRABASSOON Anne-Louise Comerford
Fiona Ziegler Leonid Volovelsky Noriko Shimada White Family Chair
Assistant Concertmaster Principal
Kristy Conrau
Jenny Booth CELLOS
HORNS James Graham am &
Brielle Clapson Umberto Clerici Helen Graham Chair
Sophie Cole Principal Ben Jacks
Claire Herrick Principal Timothy Constable
Catherine Hewgill
Georges Lentz Principal Geoffrey O’Reilly Justice Jane Mathews ao
Nicola Lewis Principal 3rd Chair
Leah Lynn
Emily Long Euan Harvey
Assistant Principal Lerida Delbridge
Alexandra Mitchell Marnie Sebire
Kristy Conrau Simon Johnson Chair
Alexander Norton Rachel Silver
Anna Skálová Fenella Gill Diana Doherty
Léone Ziegler Timothy Nankervis John C Conde ao
TRUMPETS
Elizabeth Neville Chair
Christopher Pidcock David Elton
SECOND VIOLINS
Adrian Wallis Principal Carolyn Harris
Kirsty Hilton
Principal David Wickham Paul Goodchild Dr Barry Landa Chair
Associate Principal
Marina Marsden DOUBLE BASSES Jane Hazelwood
Principal Anthony Heinrichs Bob & Julie Clampett
Kees Boersma
Marianne Edwards Chair in memory of
Principal TROMBONES
Associate Principal Carolyn Clampett
Alex Henery Ronald Prussing
Emma Jezek Principal Principal Claire Herrick
Assistant Principal Mary & Russell McMurray
David Campbell Scott Kinmont
Alice Bartsch Chair
Steven Larson Associate Principal
Victoria Bihun Richard Lynn Catherine Hewgill
Nick Byrne
Rebecca Gill Jaan Pallandi The Hon. Justice AJ &
Emma Hayes Benjamin Ward Mrs Fran Meagher Chair
BASS TROMBONE
Shuti Huang
Monique Irik Christopher Harris Scott Kinmont
FLUTES
Wendy Kong Principal Audrey Blunden Chair
Emma Sholl
Stan W Kornel Associate Principal
Benjamin Li TUBA Leah Lynn
Nicole Masters Carolyn Harris Steve Rossé SSO Vanguard Chair
Maja Verunica Principal with lead support from
PICCOLO Taine Moufarrige &
Rosamund Plummer TIMPANI Seamus R Quick
Principal Mark Robinson Nicole Masters
Assistant Principal/ Nora Goodridge Chair
OBOES Tutti Percussion
Diana Doherty Timothy Nankervis
Principal PERCUSSION Dr Rebecca Chin &
Shefali Pryor Rebecca Lagos Family Chair
Associate Principal Principal
Elizabeth Neville
David Papp Timothy Constable Ruth & Bob Magid Chair

COR ANGLAIS HARP Alexandre Oguey

Louise Johnson GC Eldershaw Chair
Alexandre Oguey
Principal Principal
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