PROKOFIEV ( ) arr. Fisher Tull March from The Love for Three Oranges

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1 SEASON 2008 TEA & SYMPHONY PRESENTED BY KAMBLY TOP BRASS Friday 13 June 11am Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Sydney Symphony Brass Ensemble Barry Tuckwell director COPLAND ( ) Fanfare for the Common Man SUSATO (16th century) arr. John Iveson Suite of Renaissance Dances La Mourisque (Moorish Dance) Bransle quatre bransles Ronde Basse danse. Bergeret Ronde. Mon Amy Pavane. Battaille MESSIAEN ( ) Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père (Majesty of Christ Asking Glory from His Father) from L Ascension quatre méditations symphoniques G GABRIELI ( ) arr. Eric Crees Canzon in echo (C192) for three antiphonal brass choirs PROKOFIEV ( ) arr. Fisher Tull March from The Love for Three Oranges RAUTAVAARA (born 1928) A Requiem in Our Time Hymnus Credo et dubito Dies iræ Lacrymosa DEBUSSY ( ) arr. Robert Hughes La Sérénade interrompue (Interrupted Serenade) La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) Minstrels from the Préludes for piano BERNSTEIN ( ) arr. Denis Wright Selections from West Side Story: I Feel Pretty Maria Something s Coming Tonight One Hand, One Heart America This concert will be recorded for broadcast across Australia on ABC Classic FM The concert will conclude at approximately 12pm. PRESENTING PARTNER Biscuits at Sydney Symphony Tea & Symphony concerts kindly supplied by Kambly

2 It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this concert in the 2008 Tea & Symphony series. The symphonic tradition is a long and impressive one stretching back to the 18th century. The earliest orchestras combined string bands and woodwind instruments from court and theatre with the brass instruments that played such an important role in music for the military and the church. Today the brass section is what gives an orchestra s sound much of its brilliance and splendour. And in its own right, the brass ensemble has maintained its own noble traditions, highlighted in this concert of music from the time of Gabrieli family in the 16th century to the present day. Kambly has epitomised the Swiss tradition of the finest biscuits for three generations. Each masterpiece from the Emmental is a small thank you for life; a declaration of love for the very best; the peak of fine, elegant taste. Kambly is a way of life, dedicated to all those who appreciate the difference between the best and the merely good. In this way it is fitting that we partner with the internationally acclaimed Sydney Symphony, whose vision is to ignite and deepen people s love of live symphonic music. We hope you enjoy this morning s rich and inspiring program, and look forward to welcoming you at the next concert in the Tea & Symphony series. Oscar A. Kambly Chairman Kambly of Switzerland

3 ABOUT THE MUSIC Of all the sections in a symphony orchestra the brass section can boast the oldest and noblest of traditions. Loud and literally brazen, brass instruments have long been associated with outdoor performance and especially the military. That tradition is highlighted in today s Renaissance suite: amongst Tylman Susato s folk melodies and other borrowings is a pavane adapted from a madrigal that attempted to imitate drums, cannons and roar of battle. But when, during World War II, Eugene Goossens (then conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) invited composers to write patriotic fanfares for the war effort, Aaron Copland decided to celebrate not soldiers and war but the common man. The result was the simple, almost universal language of his much-loved Fanfare. Brass instruments especially the trombone (the Doomsday trumpet ) had religious connections too. When Beethoven used trombones in his Fifth Symphony it was their first appearance in a symphony, but they had long been used in church music (think of Mozart s Requiem). Whenever the church wished to display power and wealth and in 16th-century Venice it had plenty of both the brass were the instruments of choice. For Giovanni Gabrieli, the Venetian church offered something more than sheer power, though. The awesome acoustic of the Basilica di San Marco allowed for groups of instruments to work in musical dialogue (antiphony) with each other, as in Gabrieli s echo canzona for 12 voices disposed in three separate choirs. That spiritual power of the brass section retains its currency in our own time, as heard in Olivier Messiaen s ecstatic meditation on the text from the gospel of John, Father, the hour is come; glorify your son, that your son may glorify you. L Ascension was his first major mature work, composed in Einojuhani Rautavaara s Requiem in Our Time was another work that made its composer s reputation. He wrote it in 1953, while still a student at Helsinki s Sibelius Academy, and it won him the Thor Johnson Competition in Cincinnati. Coloured by the influences of neoclassical Stravinsky, the Requiem s four movements touch on expressions of belief and doubt, terror and mourning. Rautavaara s music is heard in its original scoring: for 13 brass instruments and percussion. But the program ends with music borrowed and arranged from other musical worlds: Debussy piano preludes, a march from a fairytale opera by Sergei Prokofiev, and songs from Leonard Bernstein s incomparable West Side Story. The contemporary verve imbued in this Broadway masterpiece is a reminder that, for all the ancient and noble traditions, brass instruments belong firmly to the living tradition of all music. SYDNEY SYMPHONY Sydney Symphony

4 ABOUT THE ARTIST Barry Tuckwell director Barry Tuckwell s career in music spans more than 60 years. During this time he has performed throughout the world as soloist, chamber musician and conductor. He joined the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15, and a year later the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, before leaving for England. After playing with the Hallé, Scottish National and Bournemouth Symphony orchestras, he was appointed Horn with the London Symphony Orchestra. During his 13 years with the LSO a cooperative orchestra run by the players he was elected to the Board of Directors and was Chairman for six years. He left in 1968 to pursue a career as soloist and conductor, and in 1997 gave his farewell concerts as a horn soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Barry Tuckwell was Chief Conductor of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for four years, and the founding Conductor and Music Director of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for 16 years. He continues to have an active career throughout the world conducting and teaching as well as broadcasting, giving lectures and master classes. He is currently Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Patron of the Melbourne International Festival of Brass. While living in the United States he was Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, and for six years served on the executive committee of the Maryland Humanities Council. His many awards and honours include the Companion of the Order of Australia, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Honorary Doctor of Music from Sydney University, Fellow of the Royal College of Music, Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America, the Andrew White Medal from Loyola College, and the Harriet Cohen International Music Awards Solo Instruments Prize. He is also an honorary member of both the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music in London. He has made more than 50 recordings and received three Grammy nominations. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The Sydney Symphony is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council and by the NSW Ministry for the Arts. 5 Sydney Symphony

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7 Sydney Symphony Brass Ensemble Formed in 1997, the Sydney Symphony Brass Ensemble comprises many of Australia s finest brass players, drawn from the brass section of the Sydney Symphony. Varying in size from a quintet to a full brass section of 16, the ensemble has a repertoire that ranges from music of the Renaissance to contemporary composers, including specially commissioned works from Australian composers such as Matthew Hindson, Nigel Westlake and Ross Edwards. In addition to performances in Sydney, the Brass Ensemble tours regularly throughout regional New South Wales. HORNS Robert Johnson Ben Jacks Geoffrey O Reilly 3rd Euan Harvey Marnie Sebire TRUMPETS Daniel Mendelow Paul Goodchild Assoc. John Foster Anthony Heinrichs TROMBONES Ronald Prussing Scott Kinmont Assoc. Nick Byrne Christopher Harris Bass Trombone TUBA Steve Rossé TIMPANI Richard Miller PERCUSSION Rebecca Lagos Kevin Man* Brian Nixon* * = Guest Musician Sydney Symphony PATRON Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES Gianluigi Gelmetti CHIEF CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SPONSORED BY EMIRATES John Conde AO CHAIRMAN Libby Christie MANAGING DIRECTOR SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE TRUST Mr Kim Williams AM (Chair) Mr John Ballard, Mr Wesley Enoch, Ms Renata Kaldor AO, Ms Jacqueline Kott, Mr Robert Leece AM RFD, Ms Sue Nattrass AO, Mr Leo Schofield AM, Ms Barbara Ward, Mr Evan Williams AM EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE Richard Evans DIRECTOR, FACILITIES Paul Akhurst DIRECTOR, FINANCE & SYSTEMS David Antaw DIRECTOR, PEOPLE & CULTURE Rick Browning DIRECTOR, MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Victoria Doidge DIRECTOR, PERFORMING ARTS Rachel Healy DIRECTOR, INFORMATION SYSTEMS Claire Swaffield DIRECTOR, TOURISM & VISITOR OPERATIONS Maria Sykes SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Bennelong Point GPO Box 4274 Sydney NSW 2001 Administration (02) Box Office (02) Facsimile (02) Website sydneyoperahouse.com This is a PLAYBILL / SHOWBILL publication. PUBLISHER Playbill Proprietary Limited / Showbill Proprietary Limited ACN ABN Pacific Highway, Pymble Telephone: (02) Fax: (02) admin@playbill.com.au Website: Executive Chairman Brian Nebenzahl OAM, RFD Managing Director Michael Nebenzahl Editorial Director Jocelyn Nebenzahl All enquiries for advertising space in this publication should be directed to the above company and address / TS S48 8 Sydney Symphony