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Yinuo MuPrincipal Harp (with her dog Peaches and friend)

I can’t wait to play the beautiful Adagietto from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. I am also very excited about playing selections from the opera Parsifal, by my favourite composer, Richard Wagner.

Dress from Myer, Shoes from Miss Louise, Jewellery from Christine

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Ronald Vermeulen: Sir Andrew, 2016 will be your fourth season as Chief Conductor of the MSO. What is in store for us?

Sir Andrew Davis: Well, Ronald, I think this is going to be one of the most exciting MSO seasons in years. For a start, it truly reflects the rich diversity of the cultural life of Melbourne, which is, as we both know, a wonderful and enlivening city. In fact, 2016 offers something for all ages and all sorts of musical tastes. The MSO reaches the very young, via our Education programs, or those who love film music and, of course, the core repertoire of symphonic music.

What particularly excites you with the repertoire you are conducting with the Orchestra in 2016?

The short answer is: many things! This will be the third year of our Mahler odyssey, which brings us to the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies – two of the grandest of his works. The Fifth goes through a huge emotional range and ends in triumph, while the Sixth, named the Tragic, is one of the darkest but most powerful of Mahler’s symphonies, and has a ravishing pastoral slow movement, complete with cowbells. I am also conducting for the very first time Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, which is one of his greatest mature works, a summation of the very role of humanity and music in our lives. It has taken me most of my life to get around to the Missa solemnis, but I am more than confident it has been well worth the wait. It’s a big work in every way, especially for the MSO Chorus, which is playing a considerable role in the 2016 season.

There’s other Beethoven, too, in 2016.

Indeed. It’s a great year for Beethoven-lovers. In September, the superb English pianist Paul Lewis plays a cycle of the Piano Concertos, conducted by Douglas Boyd, who conducted the Beethoven Symphonies with the MSO back in 2011. I particularly like the idea of the four concerts juxtaposing Beethoven with works by Haydn and composers of the Second Viennese School.

The 2016 season also contains some less familiar music, doesn’t it?

One of the most exciting pieces of the season – a kind of sleeper – is the Symphony No.2, Asrael, by Josef Suk, a composer we don’t hear very often. This is one of the most powerful pieces of the early part of the 20th century, and is being conducted by Jakub Hrůša, who gave a fantastically wonderful performance in 2014 of Smetana’s Má vlast. Then there’s the Metropolis New Music Festival, directed in 2016 by Robert Spano, which is taking its name seriously – its program is devoted to music of the city.

Sir Andrew, you are also conducting some rarely heard pieces.

There’s almost nothing rarer, nor more curious, than Charles Ives’ Symphony No.4. I think this is the greatest of Ives’ works, which questions where life is taking us and what we are doing on this planet. Playing the enormous solo piano part is Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, one of the most brilliant and craziest people I know, who is also playing in Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, on the same program.

“One of the most exciting MSO seasons in years.”

Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis talks with MSO Director of Artistic Planning Ronald Vermeulen.

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What else are you conducting in 2016?

I’m delighted to open the season with one of the most serenely beautiful pieces I know: Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. As an Englishman, I find its gentle and sublime Shakespearean settings profoundly moving. It’s also a good year for lovers of Shakespeare, and we’re commemorating the 400th anniversary of his death in various ways. For example, in June, I’m conducting two Bard-related pieces – Shakespeare’s Kings, a new work by Australian composer James Ledger, and excerpts from Berlioz’s wonderful Romeo and Juliet.

And Shakespeare’s elsewhere, too, isn’t he?

There’s no escaping his genius! In July, Alexander Shelley is conducting a practically all-Shakespeare-related program with Mendelssohn, Korngold, Walton and Richard Strauss.

You’ll be working with some long-time musical friends, won’t you?

Absolutely! There’s the marvellous American pianist Jonathan Biss, who’s playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 as the curtain-raiser to Mahler 6. I’ve known Jonathan for years – in fact, I have also worked with his mother, violinist Miriam Fried. Then there’s the truly amazing Canadian violinist James Ehnes, whom I’ve known since he was a prodigy of 14. Watching his progress as an artist has been one of the great pleasures of my life.

“I am thrilled to be with the orchestra ... to be involved with the deep cultural life of this marvellous city.”

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Join us for Sir Andrew Davis’ performances

Sir Andrew, you recently extended your contract as our Chief Conductor for another three years. We must be doing something right!

Ronald, as I have said, my relationship with the MSO just keeps getting better and better. Our work together is far from done, and I am thrilled to be with the Orchestra – indeed to be involved with the deep cultural life of this marvellous city – for another three years. I’d also like to praise our subscribers and patrons. Only because of their enthusiasm, support and love can we continue to give great performances. Roll on, 2016!

An Alpine Symphony10 – 12 March

Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Mahler 518 – 21 March

Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody16 – 17 June

Gluzman Plays Brahms24 – 27 June

Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Mahler 630 June – 2 July

Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony11 – 13 August

Tognetti and the Lark Ascending19 – 22 August

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis26 – 27 August

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Concert Highlights

Shostakovich’s Third Quartet

“One of his most powerful – I’m thrilled to be directing an orchestral arrangement of this masterpiece.”

Dale Barltrop, Concertmaster

Mahler 6 “The ending is so shattering that I often wish the audience wouldn’t applaud after, and instead just leave, in silence.”

Eoin Andersen, Concertmaster

Parsifal “The magic of the music, the beauty of the voice ...

a breathtaking combination!” Sophie Rowell, Associate Concertmaster

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

FIRST VIOLINSDale BarltropConcertmaster

Eoin AndersenConcertmaster

Sophie Rowell Associate Concertmaster

Peter EdwardsAssistant Principal

Kirsty Bremner

Sarah Curro

Peter Fellin

Deborah Goodall

Lorraine Hook

Kirstin Kenny

Ji Won Kim

Eleanor Mancini

Mark Mogilevski

Michelle Ruffolo

Kathryn Taylor

SECOND VIOLINSMatthew TomkinsThe Gross Foundation Principal Second Violin Chair

Robert Macindoe Associate Principal

Monica Curro Assistant Principal

Mary Allison

Işin Cakmakçioğlu

Freya Franzen

Cong Gu

Andrew Hall

Francesca Hiew

Rachel Homburg

Christine Johnson

Isy Wasserman

Philippa West

Patrick Wong

Roger Young

VIOLASChristopher Moore Principal

Fiona SargeantAssociate Principal

Lauren Brigden

Katharine Brockman

Christopher Cartlidge

Simon Collins

Gabrielle Halloran

Trevor Jones

Cindy Watkin

Caleb Wright

CELLOSDavid Berlin MS Newman Family Principal Cello Chair

Rachael Tobin Associate Principal

Nicholas Bochner Assistant Principal

Miranda Brockman

Rohan de Korte

Keith Johnson

Sarah Morse

Angela Sargeant

Michelle Wood

DOUBLE BASSESSteve Reeves Principal

Andrew Moon Associate Principal

Sylvia Hosking Assistant Principal

Damien Eckersley

Benjamin Hanlon

Suzanne Lee

Stephen Newton

FLUTESPrudence Davis Principal Flute Chair – Anonymous

Wendy Clarke Associate Principal

Sarah Beggs

PICCOLOAndrew Macleod Principal

OBOESJeffrey Crellin Principal

Thomas HutchinsonAssociate Principal

Ann Blackburn

COR ANGLAISMichael Pisani Principal

CLARINETSDavid Thomas Principal

Philip Arkinstall Associate Principal

Craig Hill

BASS CLARINETJon Craven Principal

BASSOONSJack Schiller Principal

Elise Millman Associate Principal

Natasha Thomas

CONTRABASSOONBrock Imison Principal

HORNS Zora Slokar Principal

Geoff Lierse Associate Principal

Saul Lewis Principal Third

Jenna Breen

Abbey Edlin

Trinette McClimont

TRUMPETSGeoffrey Payne Principal

Shane Hooton Associate Principal

William Evans

Julie Payne

TROMBONEBrett Kelly Principal

BASS TROMBONEMike Szabo Principal

TUBATimothy Buzbee Principal

TIMPANIChristine Turpin Principal

PERCUSSIONRobert Clarke Principal

John Arcaro

Robert Cossom

HARPYinuo Mu Principal

Sir Andrew DavisHarold Mitchell AC Chief Conductor Chair

Benjamin NortheyPatricia Riordan Associate Conductor Chair

Image: Sir Andrew Davis, Chief Conductor, with the Melbourne Symphony OrchestraBBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Master Series Thursday

8 CONCERTSArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

All concerts start at 8pm Free pre-concert talk at 7pm, Hamer Hall stalls foyer

Join the finest conductors and soloists in the MSO’s series of eight outstanding concerts featuring

the greatest music of the repertoire.

1. AN ALPINE SYMPHONY Thursday 10 March

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to MusicTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoR. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Sir Andrew Davis conductorRay Chen violinMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis opens the season with Vaughan Williams’ lyrical Serenade to Music. Australian virtuoso Ray Chen tackles the fearsome demands of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. In conclusion, Sir Andrew and the Orchestra scale the heights of Richard Strauss’ great tone-poem, An Alpine Symphony.

2. COMPLETE BACH SUITES Thursday 28 April

J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No.1Orchestral Suite No.3Orchestral Suite No.2Orchestral Suite No.4

Bernard Labadie conductorPrudence Davis flute

French-Canadian Baroque specialist Bernard Labadie makes a welcome return to the MSO in this program of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suites. Each consists of various dances in Bach’s brilliant, unmistakable style, with the Third Suite containing that much-loved music of fragile beauty, commonly known as Air on the G String.

3. RACHMANINOV’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY Thursday 16 June

HAYDN Symphony No.6 Le matinRACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniIVES Symphony No.4

Sir Andrew Davis conductorJean-Efflam Bavouzet pianoMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Music of three distinct ages and styles. Haydn’s Symphony No.6, Le matin, is followed by Rachmaninov’s famous Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the spectacular French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Then comes a work Sir Andrew Davis believes is one of the greatest of the 20th century – Ives’ Symphony No.4.


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4. SIR ANDREW DAVIS CONDUCTS MAHLER 6 Thursday 30 June

MOZART Piano Concerto No.21MAHLER Symphony No.6

Sir Andrew Davis conductorJonathan Biss piano

Sir Andrew Davis and the MSO’s Mahler cycle continue with the powerful Symphony No.6, which incorporates everything from cowbells to fatalistic hammer blows. American pianist Jonathan Biss returns to the MSO to play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21.

7. HRŮŠA CONDUCTS MOZART AND SUK Thursday 1 September

MOZARTSymphony No.25SUKSymphony No.2 Asrael

Jakub Hrůša conductor

Jakub Hrůša continues his close partnership with the MSO, with a too-rarely performed masterwork by his compatriot. Josef Suk’s powerful, passionate Symphony No.2 Asrael – named for the Angel of Death – was written in response to the deaths of Suk’s wife Otilka and her father, Dvořák. It is preceded by Mozart’s dramatic Symphony No.25, featured so powerfully in the film Amadeus.

5. SHAKESPEARE CLASSICS Thursday 21 July

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream: OvertureMOZARTPiano Concerto No.27KORNGOLDMuch Ado About Nothing: SuiteWALTONHenry V: The Death of FalstaffHenry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and PartR. STRAUSSMacbeth

Alexander Shelley conductorLars Vogt piano

2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. This commemorative concert, conducted by Alexander Shelley, presents Bard-related works by four composers: Mendelssohn, Korngold, Walton and Richard Strauss. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.27 completes the program.

8. SIMONE YOUNG CONDUCTS WAGNER AND BRUCKNER Thursday 1 December

WAGNERParsifal: Excerpts from Act IIBRUCKNERSymphony No.9

Simone Young conductorStuart Skelton tenorMichelle de Young mezzo-soprano

The MSO plays two majestic final works – Wagner’s Parsifal and Bruckner’s unfinished Symphony No.9 – conducted by Simone Young. Excerpts from Act II of Parsifal are sung by Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton and American mezzo-soprano Michelle de Young.

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6. MENDELSSOHN’S ITALIAN SYMPHONY Thursday 11 August

ELGAR In the South (Alassio)R. STRAUSSViolin ConcertoMENDELSSOHNSymphony No.4 Italian

Sir Andrew Davis conductorJames Ehnes violin

Viva Italia! The voices and sounds of Italy as interpreted by two non-Italian composers: Elgar’s sun-drenched In the South (Alassio) and Mendelssohn’s gloriously enthusiastic Symphony No.4. In the middle, Richard Strauss’ early Violin Concerto, with soloist James Ehnes.

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2. ROMEO AND JULIET Friday 3 June

MUSSORGSKYNight on Bald Mountain RACHMANINOVPiano Concerto No.2PROKOFIEVRomeo and Juliet: Excerpts

Diego Matheuz conductorJoyce Yang piano

Diego Matheuz returns with this program of three Russian classics, including Rachmaninov’s beloved Piano Concerto No.2, with Korean pianist Joyce Yang, and Mussorgsky’s ominous Night on Bald Mountain. The program concludes with excerpts from Prokofiev’s ingenious and complex ballet score Romeo and Juliet.

1. AN ALPINE SYMPHONY Friday 11 March

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to MusicTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoR. STRAUSSAn Alpine Symphony



3. RACHMANINOV’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY Friday 17 June

HAYDN Symphony No.6 Le matinRACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniIVES Symphony No.4

Sir Andrew Davis conductorJean-Efflam Bavouzet pianoMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Music of three distinct ages and styles. Haydn’s Symphony No.6, Le matin, is followed by Rachmaninov’s famous Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the spectacular French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Then comes a work Sir Andrew Davis believes is one of the greatest of the 20th century – Ives’ Symphony No.4.



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7. RESPIGHI’S ROME Friday 30 September

SZYMANOWSKIConcert OvertureSCHUMANNPiano ConcertoRESPIGHIFountains of RomePines of Rome

Jesús López-Cobos conductorNelson Freire piano

A rare concert appearance from the great Brazilian virtuoso Nelson Freire. Long renowned for his dazzling technique and absolute fidelity to the music, Freire is soloist in Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Also on this program, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos, is Respighi’s splendorous double-bill, Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome.

8. DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTO Friday 11 November

REZNIČEKDonna Diana: OvertureDVOŘÁKCello ConcertoPROKOFIEVSymphony No.6

Andrew Litton conductorAlban Gerhardt cello

The American maestro Andrew Litton returns to the MSO for this challenging program that features Prokofiev’s Symphony No.6, a heartfelt elegy to World War II. German cellist Alban Gerhardt is soloist in Dvořák’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto.

6. BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNIS

Friday 26 August

BEETHOVENMissa solemnis

Sir Andrew Davis conductorSusan Gritton sopranoSasha Cooke mezzo-sopranoAndrew Staples tenorJohn Relyea bass-baritoneMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

This performance marks a milestone in MSO Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis’ long and illustrious career: the first time he will conduct Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. To do it justice are four outstanding international soloists and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

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The great way to spend your Saturday: lunch at Southbank or in the city, then a wonderful afternoon performance. You’ll be home before dark.

1. SIR ANDREW DAVIS CONDUCTS MAHLER 5 Saturday 19 March

RAVELPiano Concerto for the Left HandMAHLER Symphony No.5

Sir Andrew Davis conductorPierre-Laurent Aimard piano

Sir Andrew Davis enters the third year of his MSO Mahler cycle with the formidable Symphony No.5. The French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is soloist in Ravel’s ingenious Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, originally commissioned by the one-armed Austrian virtuoso, Paul Wittgenstein.

2. COMPLETE BACH SUITES Saturday 30 April




3. BRAHMS’ FOURTH SYMPHONY Saturday 28 May

RAVELLe tombeau de CouperinBARTÓKViola ConcertoBRAHMSSymphony No.4

Christoph König conductorLawrence Power viola

German conductor Christoph König directs a program of three masterpieces. Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin is followed by Bartók’s rarely performed Viola Concerto with British virtuoso Lawrence Power. Brahms’ Symphony No.4 completes the program.

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4. GLUZMAN PLAYS BRAHMS Saturday 25 June

LEDGERShakespeare’s Kings WORLD PREMIERE

BERLIOZRomeo and Juliet: ExcerptsBRAHMSViolin Concerto

Sir Andrew Davis conductorVadim Gluzman violin

The mighty challenges of the Brahms Violin Concerto are tackled by Ukrainian-born Israeli virtuoso, Vadim Gluzman, making his debut with the MSO. It is preceded by another powerful work, orchestral excerpts from Berlioz’s dramatic symphony, Romeo and Juliet. This program also features the world premiere of Australian composer James Ledger’s Shakespeare’s Kings.

5. TOGNETTI AND THE LARK ASCENDING Saturday 20 August

BRITTENFour Sea Interludes from Peter GrimesLUTOSŁAWSKIPartitaVAUGHAN WILLIAMSThe Lark AscendingRACHMANINOVSymphonic Dances

Sir Andrew Davis conductorRichard Tognetti violin

Richard Tognetti returns to the MSO, under Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, to perform two very different works: the Partita for Violin and Orchestra, by Lutosławski, and Vaughan Williams’ soaring, summery The Lark Ascending. Works by Britten and Rachmaninov complete this rich program.

6. RESPIGHI’S ROME Saturday 1 October




“This feeling of climbing Mt. Everest, of having an

honour of passage, is always something that is with me when I approach this piece. I’m in awe before it, as I’m sure everyone else is. It is

one of the greatest concertos written for violin.”

Vadim Gluzman on Brahms’ Violin Concerto

Vadim Gluzman

“The Fifth goes through a huge emotional range and ends in triumph, while the

Sixth, named the Tragic, is one of the darkest but

most powerful of Mahler’s symphonies.”

Sir Andrew Davis

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Saturday in the city. The perfect time to dine, then, just across Princes Bridge, enjoy an evening of fine music in this six-concert series.

2. ROMEO AND JULIET Saturday 4 June




1. AN ALPINE SYMPHONY Saturday 12 March

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to MusicTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoR. STRAUSSAn Alpine Symphony



3. SIR ANDREW DAVIS CONDUCTS MAHLER 6 Saturday 2 July




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4. MENDELSSOHN’S ITALIAN SYMPHONY Saturday 13 August




5. BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNIS

Saturday 27 August

BEETHOVENMissa solemnis

Sir Andrew Davis conductorSusan Gritton sopranoSasha Cooke mezzo-sopranoAndrew Staples tenorJohn Relyea bass-baritoneMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

This performance marks a milestone in MSO Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis’ long and illustrious career: the first time he will conduct Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. To do it justice are four outstanding international soloists and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

6. SIMONE YOUNG CONDUCTS WAGNER AND BRUCKNER Saturday 3 December

WAGNERParsifal: Excerpts from Act IIBRUCKNERSymphony No.9

Simone Young conductorStuart Skelton tenorMichelle de Young mezzo-soprano

The MSO plays two majestic final works – Wagner’s Parsifal and Bruckner’s unfinished Symphony No.9 – conducted by Simone Young. Excerpts from Act II of Parsifal are sung by Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton and American mezzo-soprano Michelle de Young.

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All concerts start at 6.30pm Free post-concert talk, Hamer Hall stalls foyer

The best way to begin the working week – a 6.30pm concert, followed by a leisurely dinner.

1. SIR ANDREW DAVIS CONDUCTS MAHLER 5 Monday 21 March




2. ROMEO AND JULIET Monday 6 June




3. GLUZMAN PLAYS BRAHMS Monday 27 June





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“Nelson Freire is one of the world’s truly great pianists,

a musician’s musician through and through. His communion is unfailingly

with the music …”

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4. TOGNETTI AND THE LARK ASCENDING Monday 22 August




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6. DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTO Monday 14 November

REZNIČEKDonna Diana: OvertureDVOŘÁKCello ConcertoPROKOFIEVSymphony No.6

Andrew Litton conductorAlban Gerhardt cello

The American maestro Andrew Litton returns to the MSO for this challenging program that features Prokofiev’s Symphony No.6, a heartfelt elegy to World War II. German cellist Alban Gerhardt is soloist in Dvořák’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto.

Nelson Freire

“Her attention to detail and clarity is as

impressive as her agility, balance and velocity.”

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Sophie RowellAssociate Concertmaster (and wine-loving canasta player)

I can’t wait to hear Paul Lewis’ divine interpretation of the Beethoven Concerti. What an honour and an inspiration to be able to share the stage with him!

Sophie: Dress from One Day BridalStephen: Outfit from Harrold’sMary: Top and skirt by Martin Grant from Christine. Shoes from Miss Louise

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Stephen NewtonDouble Bass (with his retired greyhound, Duke)

The epic depiction of nature in Strauss’ Alpine Symphony never fails to take my breath away.

Mary AllisonSecond Violin (and bridge aficionado)

2016 looks sensational! I love the big orchestral repertoire. Nothing beats sitting in the middle of the Orchestra playing the mighty works of Mahler, Strauss, Wagner and Bruckner.


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5 CONCERTSRobert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton

All concerts start at 8pm Free pre-concert talk at 7pm, Robert Blackwood Hall foyer

The Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University is the perfect setting for this five-concert series of the finest music.

1. SIR ANDREW DAVIS CONDUCTS MAHLER 5 Friday 18 March




2. MENDELSSOHN, STRAUSS AND STRAVINSKY Friday 10 June

R. STRAUSSSerenade for WindsMENDELSSOHNViolin ConcertoR. STRAUSS, arr. DEANTill Eulenspiegel’s Merry PranksSTRAVINSKYPulcinella: Suite

Eoin Andersen violin/director

MSO Concertmaster Eoin Andersen directs the Orchestra in Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella and Brett Dean’s arrangement of Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. Also on the program are Strauss’ Serenade for Winds and Mendelssohn’s evergreen Violin Concerto.

3. SHAKESPEARE CLASSICS Friday 22 July

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream: OvertureMOZARTPiano Concerto No.27KORNGOLDMuch Ado About Nothing: SuiteWALTONHenry V: The Death of FalstaffHenry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and PartR. STRAUSSMacbeth

Alexander Shelley conductorLars Vogt piano

2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. This commemorative concert, conducted by Alexander Shelley, presents Bard-related works by four composers: Mendelssohn, Korngold, Walton and Richard Strauss. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.27 completes the program.

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“My first experience with Suk’s music was Asrael Symphony and from the very first tone I was fascinated. I think it deserves to be equally as popular and respected as Mahler’s symphonies.”

Jakub Hrůša



A Reserve $288 $263

B Reserve* $228 $203

C Reserve $148 $123

*Please note that B Reserve subscriptions for Monash Series are close to capacity.

4. TOGNETTI AND THE LARK ASCENDING Friday 19 August




5. HRŮŠA CONDUCTS MOZART AND SUK Friday 2 September

MOZARTSymphony No.25SUKSymphony No.2 Asrael

Jakub Hrůša conductor

Jakub Hrůša continues his close partnership with the MSO, with a too-rarely performed masterwork by his compatriot. Josef Suk’s powerful, passionate Symphony No.2 Asrael – named for the Angel of Death – was written in response to the deaths of Suk’s wife Otilka and her father, Dvořák. It is preceded by Mozart’s dramatic Symphony No.25, featured so powerfully in the film Amadeus.

Jakub Hrůša


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5 CONCERTSCosta Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

All concerts start at 8pm Free pre-concert talk at 7pm, Costa Hall

Geelong’s incomparable Costa Hall is the perfect venue for this five-concert series featuring internationally acclaimed performers.

1. COMPLETE BACH SUITES Friday 29 April




2. BRAHMS’ FOURTH SYMPHONY Friday 27 May

RAVELLe tombeau de CouperinBARTÓKViola ConcertoBRAHMSSymphony No.4

Christoph König conductorLawrence Power viola

German conductor Christoph König directs a program of three masterpieces. Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin is followed by Bartók’s rarely performed Viola Concerto with British virtuoso Lawrence Power. Brahms’ Symphony No.4 completes the program.

3. GLUZMAN PLAYS BRAHMS Friday 24 June





Geelong Series


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A Reserve $390 $365

B Reserve $320 $295

C Reserve $200 $175

4. EHNES PLAYS ELGAR AND BACH Friday 5 August

ELGARIntroduction and AllegroJ.S. BACHViolin Concerto No.2 PUCCINICrisantemiDVOŘÁKSerenade for Strings

James Ehnes violin/director

James Ehnes returns to the MSO as director and soloist in famous pieces for strings by Elgar, J.S. Bach and Dvořák. The program also includes a rare Puccini work, his brief and beautiful Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) for string orchestra.

5. SIBELIUS AND SHOSTAKOVICH Friday 18 November

SIBELIUSRakastava MUNROFlute Concerto WORLD PREMIERE

SIBELIUSImpromptuSHOSTAKOVICH, arr. BARSHAIChamber Symphony, Op.73a

Dale Barltrop violin/directorPrudence Davis flute

MSO Concertmaster Dale Barltrop directs members of the Orchestra in two Sibelius works: the intimate Rakastava (The Lover), and the sweeping Impromptu. Completing the program are Shostakovich’s anguished Chamber Symphony, an arrangement of his String Quartet No.3, and a new concerto by Australian composer Ian Munro.

“I’ve known James Ehnes since he was 14 years old, and to have watched his growth as a violinist and artist has

been really exciting. He is going to play the youthful violin concerto by Richard Strauss, a piece full of sunshine.”

Sir Andrew Davis

James Ehnes

“In Melbourne we are a city of inspiration. The arts fill our streets, gardens and buildings. They reflect ourselves, creative and diverse.”

Benjamin Northey Associate Conductor Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

What makes Melbourne a creative city?

The City of Melbourne is proud to support major and emerging arts organisations through their 2015–17 Triennial Arts Grants Program.

AphidsArts Access VictoriaAustralian Centre for Contemporary ArtBlindside Artist Run SpaceChamber Made OperaCircus Oz CraftEmerging Writers’ FestivalIlbijerri TheatreKoorie Heritage TrustLa MamaLittle Big ShotsLucy Guerin Inc.Melbourne FestivalMelbourne FringeMelbourne International Comedy FestivalMelbourne International Film Festival Melbourne International Jazz FestivalMelbourne Queer Film FestivalMelbourne Symphony OrchestraMelbourne WebFestMelbourne Writers FestivalMulticultural Arts VictoriaNext Wave FestivalPolyglot TheatrePoppy SeedSonglines Aboriginal MusicSpeak PercussionThe Wheeler CentreWest SpaceWild@heART Community Arts

melbourne.vic.gov.au/triennialarts


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1. DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Friday 4 March

SIBELIUSFinlandiaGRIEGPiano ConcertoDVOŘÁKSymphony No.9 From the New World

Benjamin Northey conductorDaniel de Borah piano

Three beloved romantic works complement the burnished beauty of the Melbourne Town Hall. MSO Associate Conductor Benjamin Northey conducts Sibelius’ patriotic Finlandia and Dvořák’s eternal tribute to America, his New World Symphony. Daniel de Borah is soloist in Grieg’s immortal Piano Concerto.

3. BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH Friday 29 July

WEBERDer Freischütz: OvertureBRUCHViolin Concerto No.1BEETHOVENSymphony No.5

Benjamin Northey conductorGrace Clifford violin

The most famous four notes in music herald the opening of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5. Also in this program of classic masterworks are Weber’s eerie overture to Der Freischütz and Bruch’s endearing Violin Concerto No.1, with soloist Grace Clifford, winner of the 2014 ABC Young Performer of the Year Award.

2. SCHUBERT’S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY

Friday 22 April

SCHUBERTGesang der Geister über den WassernSymphony No.8 UnfinishedFAURÉRequiem

Benjamin Northey conductorJacqueline Porter sopranoJames Clayton bassMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Schubert’s plangent Unfinished Symphony is the ideal coupling for the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, which features the celebrated solo, Pie Jesu. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus is joined by soloists soprano Jacqueline Porter and bass James Clayton.

4. HOLST’S THE PLANETS Friday 21 October

VAUGHAN WILLIAMSThe Wasps: OvertureCHOPINPiano Concerto No.2HOLSTThe Planets

Benjamin Northey conductorAndrea Lam pianoMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Two English masterworks feature in this concert: Vaughan Williams’ Overture to The Wasps is abuzz with activity, while Gustav Holst’s suite The Planets is indeed out of this world. Australian pianist Andrea Lam is soloist in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2.



A Reserve $272 $252

B Reserve $229 $209

C Reserve $165 $145

D Reserve $140

4 CONCERTSMelbourne Town Hall All concerts start at 7.30pm Free pre-concert organ recital performed by Calvin Bowman at 6.30pm

The historic and beautiful Melbourne Town Hall is home to this four-concert series of popular classics with MSO Associate Conductor, Benjamin Northey.

Melbourne Town Hall Series with Benjamin Northey

Benjamin Northey, Patricia Riordan Associate Conductor Chair


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1. SOUNDS OF FRANCE Sunday 6 March

RAVELPiano TrioCHAUSSONConcert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet

Sophie Rowell violinMatthew Tomkins violinPhilippa West violinLauren Brigden violaRachael Tobin celloKristian Chong piano

Two vibrant French chamber works by Ravel and Chausson. Ravel’s Piano Trio was written in 1914 as the composer was heading off to the Great War. Chausson’s delightful Concert is an affectionate homage to his Gallic forebears, Couperin and Rameau.

2. THREE OF THE BEST Sunday 1 May

FRANÇAIXString TrioIVESPiano TrioSMETANAPiano Trio

Robert Macindoe violinLauren Brigden violaRachael Tobin celloCaroline Almonte piano

Three very different and captivating trios by three very different composers. From France, the String Trio by neoclassicist Jean Françaix. From the United States, the Piano Trio by Charles Ives. And from the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, his impassioned Piano Trio.

3. ENCHANTING WOODWINDS Sunday 7 August

RICCIO, arr. IMISONSonata a 4STRAVINSKY, arr. RUSSELLThe Rite of SpringFRANÇAIXTrio for Oboe, Bassoon and PianoPOULENCSextet for Piano and Wind Quintet

Sarah Beggs fluteAndrew Macleod fluteAnn Blackburn oboeMichael Pisani oboePhilip Arkinstall clarinetBrock Imison bassoonJack Schiller bassoonAbbey Edlin hornSaul Lewis hornLouisa Breen piano

A delightful Russian, French and Italian-inspired program for winds.

4. BEETHOVEN AND BRITTEN Sunday 30 October

BEETHOVENString Trio in C Minor BRITTENString Quartet No.3

Dale Barltrop violinMatthew Tomkins violinChristopher Moore violaDavid Berlin cello

Two works by Beethoven and Britten, masters of string writing. From 1798, relatively early in Beethoven’s career, comes his darkly majestic String Trio. Britten’s String Quartet No.3 dates from 1975, and is one of the last works he completed.



$144 $124

4 CONCERTSIwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank All concerts start at 11am

Music at its most intense and involving – a series of four recitals in the Iwaki Auditorium, featuring musicians from the MSO and hosted by ABC Classic FM’s Mairi Nicholson. What better way to spend a Sunday morning?

Mairi Nicolson

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Premium* $351

A Reserve $282 $267

B Reserve $240 $225

C Reserve $183 $168

*Please note that Premium Reserve subscriptions for Melbourne Recital Centre Series are close to capacity for both Thursday and Saturday.

2. EHNES PLAYS ELGAR AND BACH Thursday 4 August 8pm Saturday 6 August 6.30pm

ELGARIntroduction and AllegroJ.S. BACHViolin Concerto No.2 PUCCINICrisantemiDVOŘÁKSerenade for Strings

James Ehnes violin/director

James Ehnes returns to the MSO as director and soloist in famous pieces for strings by Elgar, J.S. Bach and Dvořák. The program also includes a rare Puccini work, his brief and beautiful Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) for string orchestra.

3. SIBELIUS AND SHOSTAKOVICH Thursday 17 November 8pm Saturday 19 November 2pm

SIBELIUSRakastava MUNROFlute Concerto WORLD PREMIERE

SIBELIUSImpromptuSHOSTAKOVICH, arr. BARSHAIChamber Symphony, Op.73a

Dale Barltrop violin/directorPrudence Davis flute

MSO Concertmaster Dale Barltrop directs members of the Orchestra in two Sibelius works: the intimate Rakastava (The Lover), and the sweeping Impromptu. Completing the program are Shostakovich’s anguished Chamber Symphony, and a new concerto by Ian Munro.

1. MENDELSSOHN, STRAUSS AND STRAVINSKY Thursday 9 June 8pm Saturday 11 June 6.30pm

R. STRAUSSSerenade for WindsMENDELSSOHNViolin ConcertoR. STRAUSS, arr. DEANTill Eulenspiegel’s Merry PranksSTRAVINSKYPulcinella: Suite

Eoin Andersen violin/director

MSO Concertmaster Eoin Andersen directs the Orchestra in Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella and Brett Dean’s arrangement of Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. Also on the program are Strauss’ Serenade for Winds and Mendelssohn’s evergreen Violin Concerto.

Eoin Andersen

James Ehnes

Dale Barltrop

3 CONCERTSElisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre Thursdays at 8pm Saturdays at 6.30pm Please note 2pm start time for Saturday 19 November concert

Free pre-concert talks, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall:Thursdays at 7pm Saturday 19 November at 1pm

Free post-concert talks, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall:Saturday 11 June and Saturday 6 August

Melbourne Recital Centre Series

Access Services


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3 CONCERTSElisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

All concerts start at 8pm

1. CITY LIFE Saturday 14 May

CHINGraffitiDAUGHERTYSunset StripREICHCity Life

Robert Spano conductor

Lose yourself in the urgent restlessness of two great American cities: Los Angeles’ famous Sunset Strip as depicted by Michael Daugherty, and Steve Reich’s City Life, his brilliant evocation of the surging streets of New York City. Korean-born composer Unsuk Chin’s Graffiti celebrates street art in all its forms.

This concert also includes a new work commissioned as part of the MSO’s Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program.

The director of Metropolis 2016 is dynamic American conductor, pianist and composer Robert Spano, music director of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has programmed repertoire that pulsates not only with the urgent restlessness of actual cities, but also incorporates visions of cities that exist only in the deepest imagination.

Presented in association with Melbourne Recital Centre

The 2016 Metropolis New Music Festival is indeed especially Metropolitan in content and spirit. Its theme,

Music of the City, will examine all facets of city life, through time, place and history.

Composers range from the early, such as Renaissance master Orlando Gibbons, through 20th-century geniuses such as Aaron Copland, Olivier Messaien and Luciano Berio, up to such contemporary figures as Oliver Knussen, Jennifer Higdon, Barry Conyngham and Michael Kurth.

The Metropolis Festival also includes music so new, it hasn’t been finished yet – with works commissioned as part of the Cybec 21st Century Australian composers program receiving their world premieres.

The complete Metropolis New Music Festival runs from 9 to 21 May and includes chamber performances by Australia’s premier musicians, and talks and activities at Melbourne Recital Centre. Further details will be announced in October 2015.

Metropolis New Music Festival


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$132 $108

2. CITYSCAPES Wednesday 18 May

COPLANDMusic for a Great CityGIBBONSCries of LondonKURTHEverything Lasts ForeverBERIOCries of LondonHIGDONCity Scape

Robert Spano conductor The Song Company

Wander through the sounds of city streets through the ages – as composed by Orlando Gibbons and Luciano Berio. The program also includes Aaron Copland’s gritty Music for a Great City and two works inspired by Atlanta, Georgia: Jennifer Higdon’s City Scape, and Michael Kurth’s Everything Lasts Forever.

3. HEAVENLY CITIES Saturday 21 May

KNUSSENThe Way to Castle YonderCONYNGHAMDiasporas WORLD PREMIERE

MESSIAENCouleurs de la cité célesteGOEBBELSSurrogate Cities: Samplersuite

Robert Spano conductorMichael Kieran Harvey piano

Cities of the imagination. Oliver Knussen’s witty tribute to Maurice Sendak’s animal kingdom; Olivier Messiaen’s celestial city of many colours; and Heiner Goebbels’ ‘phenomenon of the city from various sides’. Be among the first to hear a new work, Diasporas, by Melbourne composer Barry Conyngham.

This concert also includes a new work commissioned as part of the MSO’s Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program.

Supported by

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1. BACH’S ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.3 Tuesday 1 March

J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No.3

Richard Gill conductor

The stately beauties of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.3 culminate in the celebrated Italianate aria – one of Bach’s most inspired compositions. Its more familiar name, Air on the G String, refers to a later arrangement, not by Bach. When Goethe heard the Suite performed on the piano by Mendelssohn, he compared the music to ‘a procession of elegantly dressed people proceeding down a great staircase’.

2. RAVEL’S LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN Tuesday 10 May

RAVELLe tombeau de Couperin


Conductor Richard Gill guides his audience through Maurice Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin (The Tomb of Couperin). Ravel’s suite of piano pieces was composed in 1917 and later orchestrated. It pays tribute not only to an age of French grandeur, but to Ravel’s friends who died in the Great War.

3. HAYDN’S DRUMROLL SYMPHONY Tuesday 12 July

HAYDNSymphony No.103 Drumroll


Haydn’s second-last symphony, Drumroll, received its premiere in London in 1795. The review in the Morning Chronicle was ecstatic: ‘Another new Overture, by the fertile and enchanting Haydn … had continual strokes of genius, both in air and harmony.’ Those ‘strokes of genius’ referred to the famous extended roll on the timpani that opens the work and provides its nickname.

3 CONCERTSElisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

All events start at 6.30pm

There’s always something new to know about music, and conductor Richard Gill always has something new to say. In this three-concert series, he will take you

deeper into important orchestral works and their composers.

Richard Gill



$60 $51

Ears Wide Open

Access Services


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1. BACH’S ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.3 Tuesday 1 March Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

See page 30 for details

Plus matching concert:

2. COMPLETE BACH SUITES Thursday 28 April 8pm Hamer Hall OR Saturday 30 April 2pm Hamer Hall

See pages 8 and 12 for details

Journey back to the age of elegance and style and courtly dances as Richard Gill dissects J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.3. You then have the chance to hear the Suite complete and in context with the three others in a rare performance conducted by Bernard Labadie.

3. RAVEL’S LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN Tuesday 10 May

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre



4. BRAHMS’ FOURTH SYMPHONY Saturday 28 May 2pm Hamer Hall


Ravel’s orchestration of his piano suite, a tribute to his Gallic forebears, is analysed by Richard Gill. In the matching concert, Christoph König directs a complete performance of the work, along with Bartók’s rarely performed Viola Concerto (soloist, British virtuoso Lawrence Power) and Brahms’ Symphony No.4.

5. HAYDN’S DRUMROLL SYMPHONY Tuesday 12 July Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre



6. BEETHOVEN & BEYOND: PIANO CONCERTO No.4 Wednesday 14 September 7pm Hamer Hall


Haydn’s majestic penultimate symphony, with its intriguing timpani-led opening, is examined by Richard Gill. The matching concert, conducted by Douglas Boyd, places the symphony alongside Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4, played by Paul Lewis, and one of Schoenberg’s truly romantic works, Transfigured Night.

6 CONCERTSSee concert details below for venue information

This package will open your ears even wider. First, learn about three masterworks by J.S. Bach, Ravel and Haydn from conductor Richard Gill.

Then, at later dates, hear each work in full as part of three additional ‘matched’ concerts, conducted by Bernard Labadie, Christoph König and Douglas Boyd.



Premium $345 $321

A Reserve $300 $276

B Reserve $249 $225

Please note Ears Wide Open performances are sold with standard allocated seating.

Ears Wide Open Plus


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Choose any concertChoose any concert from the 2016 season,

no exclusions apart from Geelong, Family Classic Kids and Jams for Juniors concerts.

As few as 5, no upper limitPick from as few as five concerts or as many as you like. We have reduced the minimum number of concerts and

there is now no upper limit. The choice is yours.

Extra flexibilityReceive the best value. Depending on your selection, the cost of your overall CYO subscription is priced

accordingly. See below for details.

Full subscriber benefitsQualify for all subscriber benefits, including:

preferential seating before tickets go on sale to the general public; ticket exchanges; exclusive discounts;

and the option to pay by instalments.

The MSO has made some exciting changes to Create Your Own subscriptions which will result in subscribers having more freedom and greater choice.

You can now choose from all concerts in the 2016 season (with the exclusion of Geelong, Family Classic Kids and Jams for Juniors concerts) and have the flexibility to create a subscription with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more concerts.

Start by choosing the concerts you’d like to attend. The handy pull-out calendar at the back of this brochure should help, or refer to our season highlights on pages 1–3 for more inspiration. Most performances will be considered Standard CYO Concerts (check the list on the following page).

If you would like to include Ears Wide Open, Metropolis New Music Festival or Monash series concerts, deduct the amount corresponding to your chosen reserve (see Deduct by Reserve on the following page).

Should you wish to attend Melbourne Town Hall series concerts, Beethoven & Beyond festival concerts, Cirque de la Symphonie or Messiah then Deduct $20 (or $45 for Melbourne Town Hall concerts in a Premium subscription).

We are not able to offer renewable seating for Create Your Own subscriptions. However, we will endeavour to allocate the best seats available. Please note your seating will vary from concert to concert.

Example: If you choose an A-Reserve Adult Create Your Own 7 and want to include the following concerts: An Alpine Symphony, Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, Romeo and Juliet, Simone Young Conducts Wagner and Bruckner, Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Mahler 6, Sounds of France and Messiah, the cost of your subscription would be $678 ($756 minus $58 for Sounds of France as part of the Chamber Series and minus $20 for Messiah)

Prices are valid until Monday 26 October, 2015. After this date, please contact the MSO Box Office or visit mso.com.au for updated information.

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Deduct by Reserve

Deduct the following for each concert you include from any of the series below regardless of whether adult or concession:

Chamber SeriesEars Wide OpenMetropolis New Music Festival Monash Series

Premium Reserve

A Reserve

B Reserve

C Reserve

Per concert Deduct $83 Deduct $58 Deduct $38 Deduct $13

Deduct $20

Deduct $20 (or $45 for Melbourne Town Hall concerts in a Premium subscription) whether adult or concession when you include any of these concerts:

Melbourne Town Hall concertsCirque de la SymphonieMessiahBeethoven & Beyond concerts

Premium Reserve

A Reserve

B Reserve

C Reserve

Per concert Deduct $20 Deduct $20 Deduct $20 Deduct $20

Melbourne Town Hall concerts

Deduct $45 Deduct $20 Deduct $20 Deduct $20

Premium Reserve

A Reserve

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C Reserve

CYO 5 Adult Concession

$665 $640

$540 $515

$440 $415

$315 $290


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$528 $498

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$756 $721

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$1,197 $1,152

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$880 $830

$630 $580

Want more than 10? For each additional concert add:

Per concert Adult Concession

$133 $128

$108 $103

$88 $83

$63 $58

CYO Standard Concerts

An Alpine SymphonyComplete Bach SuitesBeethoven’s Missa SolemnisBrahms’ Fourth SymphonyDvořák Cello ConcertoGluzman Plays BrahmsHitchcock & HerrmannHrůša Conducts Mozart and SukEast Meets West Lunar New Year ConcertSir Andrew Davis Conducts Mahler 5Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Mahler 6 Mendelssohn’s Italian SymphonyRachmaninov’s Paganini RhapsodyRespighi’s RomeRomeo and JulietShakespeare ClassicsThe Godfather in ConcertTognetti and the Lark AscendingSimone Young Conducts Wagner and Bruckner


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Jams for Juniors

Family Classic Kids

The earlier children listen to music, the more it will enhance their lives. This package of eight 30-minute workshops is designed for children up to five years and their parents – a valuable chance to listen and respond to popular repertoire.

Karen Kyriakou facilitatorMusicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Venue: Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre

8 workshop package $96 per person (adult or child)

These three interactive concerts are the ideal introduction to the orchestra for children aged from three to eight years and their families. Children are encouraged to respond to music with movement, actions and song.

3 concert package$51 per person (adult or child)

1. PEER GYNT Saturday 6 February 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

2. MOZART 40 Saturday 5 March 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

3. ROMEO AND JULIET Saturday 9 April 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

4. CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Saturday 7 May 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

1. FAMILY CLASSIC KIDS 1 Saturday 7 May 10am and 11.30am Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

2. FAMILY CLASSIC KIDS 2 Saturday 29 October 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm Circus Oz, Collingwood

3. FAMILY CLASSIC KIDS 3 Saturday 26 November 10am and 11.30am Melbourne Recital Centre

5. MARCHE SLAVE Saturday 18 June 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

6. CZECH SUITE Saturday 30 July 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

7. THE EMPEROR Saturday 10 September 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm

8. THE PLANETS Saturday 12 November 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm


Please note that Jams for Juniors workshop packages are renewable and close to capacity.


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Upbeat

Muso

If you’re a full-time student, you have the chance to experience the MSO for less than the price of a movie ticket. UPBEAT allows you to enjoy any three or more MSO concerts for only $19 each1.

Muso is a community of classical music-lovers between the ages of 18 and 35.

It’s free to join and members are entitled to B-Reserve seats to selected concerts throughout the year for only $30.

There is the chance for members to gather for a drink or finger food at exclusive pre-concert functions and to attend various social and musical events.

To join, or for further information, visit mso.com.au/muso

Muso is an initiative funded by The Pratt Foundation.

3 concert subscription Students $57 Additional concerts $19 each

Accompanying adult2 $90 Additional concerts $30 each

1. Must be purchased in a minimum 3-concert subscription

2. Accompanying adult limited to one per under-18 UPBEAT subscription

Share the Love

See page 52 for more information about supporting this program.

Upbeat is just one of the MSO’s Access programs supported by Crown Resorts Foundation and the Packer Family Foundation.


To create your own series, simply select three or more performances from the 2016 season. You will need to send a scanned copy of your student ID when you book. Your tickets will be available for collection from the venue’s box office at your first concert. Your valid student ID must be shown when collecting your tickets and upon request throughout the season.

Book early. Availability of UPBEAT tickets for concerts is limited and concerts are removed from the UPBEAT schedule once they reach capacity.

For a list of up-to-date exclusions and terms and conditions, visit mso.com.au/UPBEAT.

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Michelle Wood Cello (and coffee snob)

There’s something about the exquisite yearning in Brahms that resonates with me. His Fourth Symphony has moments that just never fail to remind me how perfect music can be.

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Christopher CartlidgeViola (and coffee lover)

Next year’s program is really something. I can’t wait to perform Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. I played it as a student, and it made a really powerful impression.

S P E C I A L E V E N T

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Beethoven & Beyond: The Piano Concertos

1. PIANO CONCERTO No.1 Wednesday 7 September

HAYDNSymphony No.102 SCHOENBERGChamber Symphony No.1BEETHOVENPiano Concerto No.1

Douglas Boyd conductorPaul Lewis piano

Paul Lewis, Douglas Boyd and the MSO begin their Beethoven odyssey with the Piano Concerto No.1, composed in 1795. The year before, Haydn composed his Symphony No.102, the tenth of his 12 London Symphonies. Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No.1 completes the program.

2. PIANO CONCERTOS Nos.2 AND 3 Saturday 10 September

BEETHOVENPiano Concerto No.2WEBERNFive Movements for String OrchestraBEETHOVENPiano Concerto No.3


Two classical edifices, Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 3, flank Webern’s Five Movements, a work of breathtaking brevity and intensity.

When Paul Lewis played all five Beethoven Piano Concertos at the BBC Proms in 2010 he said: ‘There is definitely some kind of journey from the first to the last Piano Concerto. Not a comprehensive journey. To my mind, it tells very specific, individual and valuable things about Beethoven. Each piece is unique.’

Beethoven’s Piano Concertos form the centrepiece of Beethoven & Beyond. But the four concerts also put Beethoven in perspective with other composers, looking to music of earlier and later ages. The Festival features three of Haydn’s last symphonies as well as works from 20th-century composers of the Second Viennese School – Schoenberg, Berg and Webern.

Additional performances, talks and activities around the Beethoven & Beyond festival will be announced in February 2016.

Beethoven’s five piano concertos, as with his nine symphonies, represent classical music’s greatest monuments. Given their formidable technical

requirements, the concertos are rarely performed as a series, but English virtuoso Paul Lewis will tackle the challenge in this series of four unforgettable

concerts. Scottish maestro Douglas Boyd, who conducted a Beethoven symphony cycle with the MSO in 2011, makes a welcome return.

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall All concerts start at 7pm


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3. PIANO CONCERTO No.4 Wednesday 14 September

HAYDNSymphony No.103 DrumrollBEETHOVENPiano Concerto No.4SCHOENBERGTransfigured Night


Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 is from the composer’s most creative period, which also saw the premieres of the Symphonies Nos.5 and 6. It is the only one of the five concertos in which the piano begins alone. Haydn’s Drumroll Symphony and one of Schoenberg’s truly romantic works, Transfigured Night, complete the program.

4. PIANO CONCERTO No.5 Saturday 17 September

HAYDNSymphony No.104 LondonBERG, arr. YUPiano SonataBEETHOVENPiano Concerto No.5 Emperor


This final concert presents Beethoven’s mighty Emperor Concerto. The program begins at the very end of Haydn’s symphonic output, with No.104, London. A fusion of the Second Viennese School and present day, Julian Yu’s dazzling orchestration of Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata completes this rich program.

4 Concert Package


Premium $400 $380

A Reserve $320 $300

B Reserve $240 $220

C Reserve $200 $180

Please note that Beethoven & Beyond tickets bought in this four-concert package are not able to be exchanged.

Image: Beethoven at the piano


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East Meets West Lunar New Year Concert

Major Partner

Image: Lunar (Chinese) New Year Concert 2015

Sunday 14 February 6.30pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

TAN DUNThe Map

Tan Dun conductorLi Wei Qin cello

East Meets WestMelbourne’s Lunar New Year Concert has become a much-loved part of the MSO season.

Join the Orchestra for a concert of works inspired by Eastern and Western music, conducted by composer Tan Dun. The program includes Tan Dun’s evocative work, The Map, inspired by the ancient village music of Southwest China. Further works will be announced in late 2015.

Supported by

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne

Venue Partner


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Hitchcock & Herrmann

The Godfather in Concert

Friday 5 February 8pm Saturday 6 February 8pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Featuring music from:VertigoThe Trouble With HarryNorth By NorthwestPsychoThe Man Who Knew Too Much

Benjamin Northey conductorMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Thursday 31 March 7pm Friday 1 April 7pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

ROTAThe Godfather

Justin Freer conductor

An offer you can’t refuse. Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary film with Nino Rota’s glorious score played live by the MSO. See and hear The Godfather as never before.

The master of suspense and the maestro of music feature in this unique screen and symphony event featuring the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Associate Conductor, Benjamin Northey. Immerse yourself in scenes from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic films on the big screen and hear Bernard Herrmann’s astonishing scores performed live by the MSO. A special light show provides a visual play between lightness and darkness, further extending the cinematic world of Alfred Hitchcock beyond the boundaries of the physical screen.

Hitchcock & Herrmann and The Godfather in Concert supported by

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Cirque de la SymphonieFriday 15 July 7pm Saturday 16 July 7pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Benjamin Northey conductor

A host of international circus performers – including aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen – join the MSO in this dazzling display.

Inspired by classical masterpieces, the performers bring their acrobatic and illusory skills to new and exciting levels.

MessiahSaturday 10 December 7pm Sunday 11 December 5pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Free pre-concert talk, Hamer Hall stalls foyer 6pm Saturday, 4pm Sunday

HANDELMessiah

Paul Goodwin conductorEmma Matthews sopranoLuciana Mancini mezzo-sopranoCharles Daniels tenorChristopher Richardson bassMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

The mighty Messiah

Hallelujah! Where would the joyous season be without the MSO’s year-end performance of Handel’s Messiah?

English conductor and Handel specialist Paul Goodwin, the MSO and MSO Chorus are joined by four illustrious soloists.

This life-affirming spiritual masterpiece with its exquisite choral writing offers many treasured musical moments including the exultant Hallelujah chorus, one of the most popular refrains in Western music.

“ The visuals of Cirque de la Symphonie allow us to cognitively see music and therefore appreciate the orchestra in an entirely new way.”

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Sidney Myer Free Concerts

1. DVOŘÁK UNDER THE STARS Wednesday 17 February 7.30pm

ADAMSShort Ride in a Fast MachineGERSHWINPiano ConcertoDVOŘÁKSymphony No.7

Joshua Weilerstein conductorStefan Cassomenos piano

US conductor Joshua Weilerstein makes his MSO debut with two appropriately American works: John Adams’ whizzbang Short Ride in a Fast Machine and George Gershwin’s spiky Piano Concerto, with Stefan Cassomenos as soloist. The concert concludes with Dvořák’s Symphony No.7.

2. SUMMER CARNIVAL Saturday 20 February 7.30pm

DVOŘÁKCarnivalBARBERViolin ConcertoTCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No.5

Joshua Weilerstein conductorDale Barltrop violin

For the second Sidney Myer Free Concert, Joshua Weilerstein is joined by MSO Concertmaster Dale Barltrop as soloist in the Violin Concerto by Samuel Barber. Dvořák’s overture, Carnival, and Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Symphony No.5 complete the program.

3. THE TANG OF THE TANGO Saturday 27 February 7.30pm

FALLAThe Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No.2RODRIGOConcierto madrigalGERSHWINCuban OverturePIAZZOLLASelected tangosGINASTERAEstancia: Four Dances

Benjamin Northey conductorSlava Grigoryan guitarLeonard Grigoryan guitar

The Grigoryan brothers join Benjamin Northey and the MSO in this Spanish-South American program that includes tangos by Astor Piazzolla, a concerto by Rodrigo, and works by Ginastera, Falla and Gershwin. The perfect summery way to conclude the Sidney Myer Free Concerts for 2016.In association with Supported by

The Sidney Myer Free Concerts are the perfect soundtrack to summer in the city at one of Melbourne’s most iconic outdoor venues. Admission is free and gates open at 4.30pm.

Full conditions of entry will be available at mso.com.au from January 2016.

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Call the MSO Box Office on (03) 9929 9600 Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm

Mail

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Bookings

Complete the booking form included in your renewal pack or, if subscribing for the first time, use the form included in this brochure.

• If you do not have your booking form, please call us on (03) 9929 9600.

• Create Your Own subscribers and new orders are processed in order of receipt.

• To secure the best available seats, place your order as early as possible.

• Due to popularity, some series, concerts and/or sections of the auditorium may have limited seating.

Payment

You can pay by cheque, money order, cash (in person only) or by major credit card*. Cheques should be made payable to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Instalment payments are only available if you choose to pay by credit card. $30 will be deducted at the time you purchase your subscription, with the remainder being deducted in four equal instalments on the first Friday of each of the four months following your purchase. Donations included with your payment will be deducted and receipted in full when you place your booking. Any outstanding balances will be deducted in full on 3 June 2016. Subscriptions bought using instalment plans are not eligible for early-bird pricing. Check mso.com.au for further terms and conditions.

Subscriber group discounts

Group discounts are available in most reserves for bookings of ten (10) or more subscriptions booked in a single transaction. Contact the MSO Box Office for more information.

Concessions

Concessions are available in most reserves for all beneficiaries of means-tested age, invalid, supporting parent and unemployed benefits, full-time students and anyone aged 18 and under with a valid ID for 2016. Proof of concession details needs to be provided at time of purchase and presented upon request at concerts. Seniors Card concessions are only available for the Chamber and Melbourne Town Hall Series.

Accessibility

When booking your seats please indicate any accessibility requirements. If you or a member of your party requires a space for a wheelchair please tick the wheelchair requirement box on your booking form or advise the MSO Box Office when booking.

Please see page 56 for further information on Access Services.

Geelong subscribers

For all your subscription and ticketing enquiries, please contact Geelong Performing Arts Centre on (03) 5225 1200 or visit them at 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong.

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How to complete your booking form1. Select the series you would like to purchase. 2. Insert the number of packages you require next to your chosen

price reserve and calculate your subtotal.3. If you are booking a Create Your Own or UPBEAT subscription,

write in your chosen concerts’ details. 4. Complete additional details on the reverse side. 5. Return your form to us.

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Series Name Adult Concession Preferred Seating Section Subtotal

Premium A Res B Res C Res D Res Premium A Res B Res C Res

Eg: Great Classics on Monday $723 $588 $474 $330 $270 $663 $528 $414 $300 Stalls Circle Balcony $ 2,109

Master Series Thursday $972 $782 $632 $432 $360 $892 $702 $552 $392 Stalls Circle Balcony $

Master Series Friday $972 $782 $634 $436 $360 $892 $702 $554 $396 Stalls Circle Balcony $

Saturday Matinees $738 $606 $492 $342 $270 $678 $546 $432 $312 Stalls Circle Balcony $

Saturday Night Symphony $729 $588 $486 $342 $270 $669 $528 $426 $312 Stalls Circle Balcony $

Great Classics on Monday $723 $588 $474 $330 $270 $663 $528 $414 $300 Stalls Circle Balcony $

Monash Series 1 $288 $228 $148 $263 $203 $123 Stalls Balcony $

Geelong Series 2 $390 $320 $200 $365 $295 $175 Stalls Balcony $

Melbourne Town Hall Series $272 $229 $165 $140 $252 $209 $145 Stalls Balcony $

Chamber Series $144 One Reserve $124 One Reserve General Admission $

Melbourne Recital Centre Thu Sat $351 $282 $240 $183 $267 $225 $168 Stalls Circle Wings $

Metropolis $132 One Reserve $108 One Reserve Stalls $

Ears Wide Open $60 One Reserve $51 One Reserve Stalls Circle Wings $

Ears Wide Open Plus $345 $300 $249 $321 $276 $225 Stalls Circle Balcony $ Complete Bach Suites: Thursday 28 April 8pm OR Saturday 30 April 2pm

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ADDITIONAL TICKETS – Please note that additional tickets (including those bought in a Beethoven & Beyond package) cannot be exchanged or refunded

Please refer to event prices on page 47 or call us on (03) 9929 9600

Concert Date Concert Name Reserve 1 Adult or Concession 2 Preferred Area 3 Subtotal

Eg: Friday 17 June Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody

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1 . D and E reserve seating is available in Hamer Hall and Melbourne Town Hall only 2. See Payment Details section below for information regarding concession eligibility 3. Circle seating is available in Hamer Hall and Melbourne Recital Centre only. Metropolis New Music Festival concerts are available with stalls seating only.

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Thank you. Your donation will help the MSO reach more young people in 2016.Donations of $2 and over are fully tax-deductible. *Donations of $1,000 and above entitle you to MSO Patron status. See page 52 for details. For more information on ways to support the MSO please call (03) 9626 1104 to speak to a member of our Philanthropy team.

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Additional Ticket Prices for Subscribers

Book before 26 October 2015 to maximise your discount.

As a subscriber, you have priority access to seats for all MSO concerts until Monday 26 October 2015. Until this date you can save between 10% and 35% off

additional tickets. After this date, your standard 10% discount off the current price of additional tickets will apply.

Premium Reserve

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Hamer Hall (see exclusions below 1)

Adult Concession

$111.60$107.10

$96.30$91.80

$76.50$72.00

$50.40$45.90

$44.10 $26.10

Monash Adult Concession

$64.80$54.90

$51.30$44.10

$33.30$28.80

Geelong Adult Concession

$87.30$73.80

$72.00$62.10

$43.20$28.80

Melbourne Town Hall Adult Concession

$81.00$76.50

$67.50$63.00

$49.50$45.00

$40.50 $18.00

Melbourne Recital Centre (see exclusions below 2)

Adult Concession

$119.70$119.70

$100.80$81.00

$82.80$75.70

$63.90$51.30

Beethoven & Beyond Adult Concession

$112.50$108.00

$88.20$83.70

$71.10$66.60

$54.00$49.50

East Meets West Lunar New Year Concert

Adult Concession

$125.10$108.00

$108.00$85.50

$85.50$67.50

$58.50$49.50

$40.50 $22.50

Hitchcock & Herrmann and The Godfather

Adult Concession

$112.50$108.00

$85.50$81.00

$67.50$63.00

$45.00$45.00

Cirque de la Symphonie Adult Concession

$89.10$84.60

$80.10$75.60

$62.10$57.60

$44.10

Messiah Adult Concession

$100.80$96.30

$89.10$84.60

$69.30$64.80

$54.00$49.50

$40.50 $22.50

Chamber Adult Concession

$40.50$36.90

Metropolis New Music Festival

Adult Concession

$48.60$39.60

Ears Wide Open Adult Concession

$22.50$19.80

Jams for Juniors All tickets $13.50

Family Classic Kids All tickets $18.00

1. Beethoven & Beyond, East Meets West Lunar New Year Concert, Hitchcock & Herrmann, The Godfather in Concert, Cirque de la Symphonie and Messiah2. Ears Wide Open and Metropolis New Music Festival 3. E Reserve not available for subscriptions

Prices are correct at the time of printing. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to change prices without notice.

Robert Macindoe Associate Principal Second Violin (and avid cyclist)

In playing Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony I sense not only the composer’s courage in the face of death but his burning will to live on.

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Saul LewisPrincipal Third Horn (and bike enthusiast)

Programmatic music doesn’t get better than Richard Strauss, especially for the horn section! What better way to get the year moving along than an ascent of his Alpine Symphony. Such a great journey and so enjoyable, challenging and rewarding to play.

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About the MSO Chorus

For more than half a century, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been the unstinting voice of the Orchestra’s choral repertoire. In addition, the Chorus has an active and flourishing involvement with other key aspects of Melbourne life – everything from the AFL Grand Final to singing at the Anzac Day Dawn and Commemoration Services.

In 2016, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus performs with the MSO in several landmark concerts. These include Hitchcock & Herrmann (February), Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music (March), Fauré’s glorious Requiem (April), Charles Ives’ extraordinary Symphony No.4 (June), Beethoven’s mighty Missa solemnis (August), Holst’s out-of-this-world The Planets (October) and Handel’s magnificent Messiah (December).

The Chorus is always welcoming new members. If you would like to audition please visit mso.com.au/chorus for more information.

Image: Rachmaninov Vespers: A Cappella Tour. St Patrick’s Cathedral, October 2014

HITCHCOCK & HERRMANNFriday 5 February 8pm Saturday 6 February 8pmMore details on page 41

AN ALPINE SYMPHONYThursday 10 March 8pm Friday 11 March 8pm Saturday 12 March 8pmMore details on pages 8, 10 and 14

SCHUBERT’S UNFINISHED SYMPHONYFriday 22 April 7.30pmMore details on page 25

RACHMANINOV’S PAGANINI RHAPSODYThursday 16 June 8pm Friday 17 June 8pmMore details on pages 8 and 10

BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISFriday 26 August 8pm Saturday 27 August 8pmMore details on pages 11 and 15

HOLST’S THE PLANETSFriday 21 October 7.30pmMore details on page 25

MESSIAHSaturday 10 December 7pm Sunday 11 December 5pmMore details on page 42

2016 Concerts featuring the MSO Chorus

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For Families and Schools

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Music is for everybody and there is always something to learn. This is the credo behind the MSO’s popular Education and Community Engagement programs. Our many concerts and related activities are designed to inspire active intergenerational participation in music. We create an inclusive and accessible environment that combines education and entertainment, ignites curiosity and fosters a lifelong passion for music.

2016 Education Week

In 2016, from 2 to 7 May, we celebrate the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s sixth annual Education Week at Hamer Hall. As with the 2015 Week, attended by more than 15,000 people of all ages, 2016 will be a festive experience for schools and families.

This lively program of concerts and interactive talks, presented by international educator Paul Rissmann and MSO Associate Conductor, Benjamin Northey, is designed to develop appreciation of music and to enable people to connect and to share the experience.

For more information, visit mso.com.au.

To request a copy of the 2016 brochure for Schools and Families, visit mso.com.au/brochures or call (03) 9929 9600.

“ MSO Education Week allows our students to experience the wonder and thrill of watching a live orchestra play, while also learning about and interacting with the music..”Sian Katsineris-Paine Malvern Valley Primary School

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Support Your Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to providing the best live-music opportunities for all Victorians. The MSO continues to attract and encourage people to engage and interact with the music we perform as part of the wider cultural life of this city. This inspires a love of music as well as increasing participation in music education.

Essential to achieving our aims is financial support from private individuals. With your help, we can successfully plan and thrive, bringing great music to larger, more responsive audiences of all ages. You can be an important part of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra community.

These are some of the ways you can help the MSO continue to be YOUR orchestra.

Share the Love

Great music belongs to everybody, regardless of age. Our UPBEAT appeal is the perfect way to share your love of music with the next generation. UPBEAT, our popular subscription series for full time secondary and tertiary students, makes tickets to every MSO concert available for the low price of $19, supported by our donors. Please consider making a gift to the UPBEAT appeal when you purchase tickets.

Become a Patron

Being an MSO Patron is an active demonstration of support for your Orchestra. Our Patrons share the MSO’s world, on and off the stage, through various special programs including regular newsletters, access to rehearsals and exclusive activities with MSO musicians and guest artists. Annual gifts of $1,000 and over are publicly acknowledged.

Your gift creates opportunities for:

• Children: through our award-winning education programs

• Regional and metropolitan audiences: through touring, broadcasting and recording

• Players: through instrument and equipment acquisition, to ensure the Orchestra sounds the best it can be

• MSO operations: through funding special projects, and building a reserve for the future

The Patrons Program recognises your annual gift level:

$1,000+ Player Patron$2,500+ Associate Patron$5,000+ Principal Patron$10,000+ Maestro Patron$20,000+ Impresario Patron$50,000+ Benefactor Patron

A Gift in your Will

Every bequest makes a difference to the MSO’s future.

Remember, you can make a difference. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra needs you. Consider adding a gift to your subscription to support, inspire and engage. All donations $2 and over are tax-deductible.

For more information please call our Philanthropy Department on (03) 9626 1104 or visit mso.com.au/support

Image: David Berlin, MS Newman Family Principal Cello Chair

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Artist Chair Benefactors

Harold Mitchell AC Chief Conductor Chair

Patricia Riordan Associate Conductor Chair

Joy Selby Smith Orchestral Leadership Chair

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO International Guest Chair

The Gross Foundation Principal Second Violin Chair

MS Newman Family Principal Cello Chair

Principal Flute Chair – Anonymous

Program Benefactors

Meet the Orchestra made possible by The Ullmer Family FoundationEast meets West supported by the Li Family TrustThe Pizzicato Effect (Anonymous)MSO UPBEAT supported by Betty Amsden AO DSJ

Benefactor Patrons $50,000+

Betty Amsden AO DSJPhilip Bacon AM Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO Jennifer Brukner Rachel and the Hon. Alan Goldberg AO QC The Gross FoundationDavid and Angela LiAnnette MaluishHarold Mitchell ACMS Newman FamilyRoslyn Packer AOMrs Margaret S Ross AM and Dr Ian RossJoy Selby SmithUllmer Family Foundation

Impresario Patrons $20,000+

Michael AquilinaPerri Cutten and Jo DaniellSusan Fry and Don Fry AO John McKay and Lois McKayElizabeth Proust AO Rae Rothfield

Maestro Patrons $10,000+

John and Mary BarlowKaye and David Birks Paul and Wendy CarterMitchell ChipmanJan and Peter ClarkSir Andrew and Lady Gianna DavisAndrew and Theresa DyerFuture Kids Pty Ltd Robert & Jan GreenLou Hamon OAMMargaret Jackson AC Konfir Kabo and Monica Lim Mr Greig Gailey and Dr Geraldine LazarusNorman and Betty LeesMimie MacLarenMatsoral FoundationIan and Jeannie Paterson Onbass FoundationGlenn Sedgwick Maria Solà, in memory of Malcolm Douglas Drs G & G Stephenson, in honour of the great Romanian musicians George Enescu and Dinu LipatiLyn Williams AMKee Wong and Wai TangJason Yeap OAMAnonymous (1)

Principal Patrons $5,000+

Lino and Di Bresciani OAMLinda Britten David and Emma CapponiTim and Lyn EdwardJohn and Diana FrewDanny Gorog and Lindy Susskind Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AMHartmut and Ruth HofmannJenny and Peter HordernJenkins Family FoundationSuzanne Kirkham Vivien and Graham KnowlesDavid Krasnostein and Pat Stragalinos Elizabeth Kraus, in memory of Bryan Hobbs Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Peter LovellThe Cuming BequestMr and Mrs D R MeagherWayne and Penny MorganMarie Morton FRSA Dr Paul Nisselle AM Lady Potter AC

Stephen Shanasy Gai and David TaylorThe Hon. Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall Barbara and Donald WeirJason Yeap OAMAnonymous (4)

Associate Patrons $2,500+

Dandolo PartnersPierce Armstrong Foundation Will and Dorothy Bailey BequestBarbara Bell in memory of Elsa BellPeter Biggs CNZM and Mary BiggsMrs S BignellStephen and Caroline BrainMr John Brockman OAM and Mrs Pat Brockman Leith and Mike Brooke Rhonda Burchmore Bill and Sandra BurdettOliver CartonJohn and Lyn CoppockMiss Ann Darby, in memory of Leslie J Darby Mary and Frederick Davidson AMPeter and Leila DoyleLisa Dwyer and Dr Ian DicksonJane Edmanson OAMDr Helen M FergusonMr Bill FlemingColin Golvan QC and Dr Deborah GolvanSusan and Gary HearstGillian and Michael HundRosemary and James Jacoby John and Joan Jones Kloeden FoundationSylvia LavelleAnn and George Littlewood H.E. McKenzieAllan and Evelyn McLarenDon and Anne MeadowsAnn Peacock with Andrew and Woody KrogerSue and Barry Peake Mrs W Peart Ruth and Ralph RenardTom and Elizabeth Romanowski Max and Jill Schultz Diana and Brian Snape AMMr Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn TillmanWilliam and Jenny UllmerBert and Ila VanrenenBrian and Helena WorsfoldAnonymous (12)

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Player Patrons $1,000+

Anita and Graham Anderson, Christine and Mark Armour, Arnold Bloch Leibler, Marlyn and Peter Bancroft OAM, Adrienne Basser, Prof Weston Bate and Janice Bate, Timothy and Margaret Best, David and Helen Blackwell, Bill Bowness, Michael F Boyt, M Ward Breheny, Susie Brown, Jill and Christopher Buckley, Dr Lynda Campbell, Sir Roderick Carnegie AC, Andrew and Pamela Crockett, Natasha Davies, Pat and Bruce Davis, Merrowyn Deacon, Sandra Dent, Dominic and Natalie Dirupo, Marie Dowling, John and Anne Duncan, Kay Ehrenberg, Gabrielle Eisen, Vivien and Jack Fajgenbaum, Grant Fisher and Helen Bird, Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin, David Gibbs and Susie O’Neill, Merwyn and Greta Goldblatt, Dina and Ron Goldschlager, George Golvan QC and Naomi Golvan, Charles and Cornelia Goode, Dr Marged Goode, Louise Gourlay OAM, Ginette and André Gremillet, Max Gulbin, Dr Sandra Hacker AO and Mr Ian Kennedy AM, Jean Hadges, Paula Hansky OAM and Jack Hansky AM, Tilda and Brian Haughney, Henkell Family Fund, Penelope Hughes, Dr Alastair Jackson, Stuart Jennings, George and Grace Kass, Irene Kearsey, Ilma Kelson Music Foundation, Dr Anne Kennedy, Lew Foundation, Norman Lewis in memory of Dr Phyllis Lewis, Dr Anne Lierse, Violet and Jeff Loewenstein, The Hon. Ian Macphee AO and Mrs Julie Mcphee, Elizabeth H Loftus, Vivienne Hadj and Rosemary Madden, Dr Julianne Bayliss, In memory of Leigh Masel, John and Margaret Mason, In honour of Norma and Lloyd Rees, Trevor and Moyra McAllister, David Menzies, Ian Morrey, The Novy Family, Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James, Graham and Christine Peirson, Andrew Penn and Kallie Blauhorn, Kerryn Pratchett, Peter Priest, Jiaxing Qin, Eli Raskin, Peter and Carolyn Rendit, S M Richards AM and M R Richards, Dr Rosemary Ayton and Dr Sam Ricketson, Joan P Robinson, Doug and Elisabeth Scott, Jeffrey Sher, Dr Sam Smorgon AO and

Mrs Minnie Smorgon, Dr Norman and Dr Sue Sonenberg, Dr Michael Soon, Pauline Speedy, State Music Camp, Geoff and Judy Steinicke, Mrs Suzy and Dr Mark Suss, Pamela Swansson, Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher, Margaret Tritsch, Judy Turner and Neil Adam, P & E Turner, Mary Vallentine AO, The Hon. Rosemary Varty, Leon and Sandra Velik, Sue Walker AM, Elaine Walters OAM and Gregory Walters, Edward and Paddy White, Janet Whiting and Phil Lukies, Nic and Ann Willcock, Marian and Terry Wills Cooke, Pamela F Wilson, Joanne Wolff, Peter and Susan Yates, Mark Young, Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das, YMF Australia, Anonymous (17)

The Mahler Syndicate

David and Kaye Birks, Jennifer Brukner, Mary and Frederick Davidson AM, Tim and Lyn Edward, John and Diana Frew, Louis Hamon OAM, The Hon. Dr Barry Jones AC, Dr Paul Nisselle AM, Maria Solà in memory of Malcolm Douglas, The Hon. Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall, Anonymous (1)

MSO Roses

Founding Rose: Jennifer Brukner

Roses: Mary Barlow, Linda Britten, Wendy Carter, Annette Maluish, Lois McKay, Pat Stragalinos, Jenny Ullmer

Rosebuds: Leith Brooke, Lynne Damman, Francie Doolan, Lyn Edward, Elizabeth A Lewis AM, Sophie Rowell, Cherilyn Tillman

Foundations and Trusts

The Annie Danks TrustCollier Charitable FundCreative Partnerships AustraliaCrown Resorts Foundation and the Packer Family FoundationThe Cybec FoundationThe Harold Mitchell FoundationHelen Macpherson Smith TrustIvor Ronald Evans Foundation, managed by Equity Trustees Limited and Mr Russell BrownLinnell/Hughes Trust, managed by Perpetual

The Marian and EH Flack TrustThe Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment, managed by PerpetualThe Pratt FoundationThe Robert Salzer FoundationThe Schapper Family FoundationThe Scobie and Claire Mackinnon TrustThe William Angliss Charitable Fund

Conductor’s Circle – Bequestors

Jenny Anderson, GC Bawden and L de Kievit, Joyce Bown, Mrs Jenny Brukner and the late Mr John Brukner, Ken Bullen, Luci and Ron Chambers, Sandra Dent, Lyn Edward, Alan Egan JP, Gunta Eglite, Louis Hamon OAM, Carol Hay, Tony Howe, Audrey M Jenkins, John and Joan Jones, George and Grace Kass, Mrs Sylvia Lavelle, Pauline and David Lawton, Lorraine Meldrum, Cameron Mowat, Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James, Rosia Pasteur, Elizabeth Proust AO, Penny Rawlins, Joan P Robinson, Neil Roussac, Anne Roussac-Hoyne, Jennifer Shepherd, Drs Gabriela and George Stephenson, Pamela Swansson, Lillian Tarry, Dr Cherilyn Tillman, Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock, Michael Ullmer, Ila Vanrenen, Mr Tam Vu, Marian and Terry Wills Cooke, Mark Young, Anonymous (21)

The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support received from the Estates of:

Angela Beagley, Gwen Hunt, Pauline Marie Johnston, C P Kemp, Peter Forbes MacLaren, Prof Andrew McCredie, Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE, Molly Stephens, Jean Tweedie, Herta and Fred B Vogel, Dorothy Wood

Honorary Appointments

Mrs Elizabeth ChernovEducation and Community Engagement PatronThe Hon. Alan Goldberg AO QCLife MemberSir Elton John CBELife MemberGeoffrey Rush ACAmbassador

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AcknowledgementsBoard

Harold Mitchell AC Chairman

Michael Ullmer Deputy Chair

Andrew DyerDanny GorogAndré Gremillet Managing DirectorMargaret Jackson ACBrett Kelly David Krasnostein David Li Ann PeacockHelen Silver AOKee Wong

Oliver Carton Company Secretary

As ticket sales account for only 33% of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s revenue, the Orchestra relies on funding from government organisations and support from its donors. The MSO is funded principally by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. It is generously supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet. It is also funded by the City of Melbourne, Principal Partner Emirates and individual corporate partners and donors.

MSO Writer in Residence: Michael Shmith

Brochure Design: Studio Round and MSO Design

Printing: Immij Printed on Ecostar 100% Recycled

Brochure Photography: Max Doyle

Styling: Kate Gaskin

Soloist Photography Credits:

Vadim Gluzman: Marco BorggreveRay Chen: Julian HargreavesSimone Young: KasskaraJoyce Yang: KT KimNelson Freire: Mat HennekJakub Hrůša: Petra KlačkováJames Ehnes: Benjamin Ealovega

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Wheelchair and Mobility Aid Access

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If you or a member of your party require a space for a wheelchair please tick the wheelchair requirement box on your booking form.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is an affiliate of the Companion Card program and admits carers to shows as ticketed complimentary guests when a valid companion card is presented.

Our concerts are presented in a variety of public venues, including:

• Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall• Arts Centre Melbourne,

Sidney Myer Music Bowl• Costa Hall, Deakin University,

Geelong• Elisabeth Murdoch Hall,

Melbourne Recital Centre• Iwaki Auditorium,

ABC Southbank Centre• Melbourne Town Hall• Plenary, Melbourne Convention

and Exhibition Centre• Robert Blackwood Hall,

Monash University, Clayton

Information on specific access services provided by these venues can be found online at mso.com.au/access.

Should you have further questions about access services provided, the suitability of our programs in regards to any access requirements, or using a Companion Card, please phone the MSO Box Office on (03) 9929 9600. To ensure we can provide the best service for your visit, please make your access requirements known at the time of your booking.

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Composer IndexComposer Work Page

Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine 43J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No.1 8, 12, 22

Orchestral Suite No.2 8, 12, 22Orchestral Suite No.3 8, 12, 22, 30Orchestral Suite No.4 8, 12, 22Violin Concerto No.2 23, 27

Barber Violin Concerto 43Bartók Viola Concerto 12, 22Beethoven Missa solemnis 11, 15

Piano Concerto No.1 38Piano Concerto No.2 38Piano Concerto No.3 38Piano Concerto No.4 39Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor 39String Trio in C Minor 26Symphony No.5 25

Berg, arr. Yu Piano Sonata 39Berio Cries of London 29Berlioz Romeo and Juliet: Excerpts 13, 16, 22Brahms Symphony No.4 12, 22

Violin Concerto 13, 16, 22Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes 13, 17, 21

String Quartet No.3 26Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 25Bruckner Symphony No.9 9, 15Chausson Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet 26Chin Graffiti 28Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 25Conyngham Diasporas WORLD PREMIERE 29Copland Music for a Great City 29Daugherty Sunset Strip 28Dvořák Carnival 43

Cello Concerto 11, 17Serenade for Strings 23, 27Symphony No.7 43Symphony No.9 From the New World 25

Elgar In the South (Alassio) 9, 11, 15Introduction and Allegro 23, 27

Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No.2 43Fauré Requiem 25Françaix String Trio 26

Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano 26Gershwin Cuban Overture 43

Piano Concerto 43Gibbons Cries of London 29Ginastera Estancia: Four Dances 43Goebbels Surrogate Cities: Samplersuite 29Grieg Piano Concerto 25Handel Messiah 42Haydn Symphony No.6 Le matin 8, 10

Symphony No.102 38Symphony No.103 Drumroll 30, 39Symphony No.104 London 39

Herrmann Hitchcock film scores 41Higdon City Scape 29Holst The Planets 25Ives Piano Trio 26

Symphony No.4 8, 10Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder 29Korngold Much Ado About Nothing: Suite 9, 20Kurth Everything Lasts Forever 29

Composer Work Page

Ledger Shakespeare’s Kings WORLD PREMIERE 13, 16, 22Lutosławski Partita 13, 17, 21Mahler Symphony No.5 12, 16, 20

Symphony No.6 9, 11, 14Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture 9, 20

Symphony No.4 Italian 9, 11, 15Violin Concerto 20, 27

Messiaen Couleurs de la cité céleste 29Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 9, 11, 14

Piano Concerto No.27 9, 20Symphony No.25 9, 21

Munro Flute Concerto WORLD PREMIERE 23, 27Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain 10, 14, 16Piazzolla Selected tangos 43Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet 26Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Excerpts 10, 14, 16

Symphony No.6 11, 17Puccini Crisantemi 23, 27Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 10, 14, 16

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 8, 10Symphonic Dances 13, 17, 21

Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin 12, 22, 30Piano Concerto for the Left Hand 12, 16, 20Piano Trio 26

Reich City Life 28Respighi Fountains of Rome 11, 13, 17

Pines of Rome 11, 13, 17Rezniček Donna Diana: Overture 11, 17Riccio, arr. Imison Sonata a 4 26Rodrigo Concierto madrigal 43Rota The Godfather 41Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.1 38

Transfigured Night 39Schubert Gesang der Geister über den Wassern 25

Symphony No.8 Unfinished 25Schumann Piano Concerto 11, 13, 17Shostakovich, arr. Barshai Chamber Symphony, Op.73a 23, 27Sibelius Finlandia 25

Impromptu 23, 27Rakastava 23, 27

Smetana Piano Trio 26Strauss An Alpine Symphony 8, 10, 14

Macbeth 9, 20Serenade for Winds 20, 27Violin Concerto 9, 11, 15

Strauss, arr. Dean Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks 20, 27Stravinsky Pulcinella: Suite 27Stravinsky, arr. Russell The Rite of Spring 26Suk Symphony No.2 Asrael 9, 21Szymanowski Concert Overture 11, 13, 17Tan Dun The Map 40Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 43

Violin Concerto 8, 10, 14Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music 8, 10, 14

The Lark Ascending 13, 17, 21The Wasps: Overture 25

Wagner Parsifal: Excerpts from Act II 9, 15Walton Henry V: The Death of Falstaff 9, 20

Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part 9, 20Weber Der Freischütz: Overture 25Webern Five Movements for String Orchestra 38

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