Season Opening Gala Maxim Vengerov

SEASON OPENING GALA

MAXIM VENGEROV TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2017

CONCERT PROGRAM

Broadcast Partner

Supported by Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO

WELCOME

A message from the Governor

A message from tonight’s supporters

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Opening Gala of another season of the enchanting music of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO).

We are absolutely delighted to welcome you to the opening of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s 2017 season.

This season the MSO will treat us to a marvellous feast of music-making that will showcase a remarkable range of orchestral repertoire. We’re excited to see the talented MSO musicians joined by a huge line up of guest artists, including tonight’s superstar Maxim Vengerov.

As Australia’s oldest professional orchestra, established in 1906, the MSO engages 2.5 million people each year through its live performances, recordings, broadcasts and digital streaming.

As its Patron, I am proud of the MSO for its breadth of programming, its commitment to music education and its diversity across Victoria, as well as its representation of us on the global stage.

I wish the MSO the very best for the year ahead.

The Honourable Linda Dessau AC

It is an honour to witness one of the world’s greatest violinists here in Melbourne to open the season in style.

We look forward to seeing you at many more concerts throughout the year.

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO

Governor of Victoria

A message from the Minister

A message from our Chairman

We are fortunate to have such a worldclass orchestra here in Melbourne.

The Australian Government is proud of its ongoing support of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and commends the generosity of its supporters in the community. I congratulate the Orchestra and wish you well for your performance tonight. I have no doubt that the audience will be just as captivated by your music as the Sultan was with Scheherazade’s stories. To quote The Arabian Nights, from which Rimsky-Korsakov drew his inspiration, you will ‘beguile the waking hour of our night’.

As a Melburnian I am extremely proud of our world class orchestra.

It’s going to be a wonderful season.

Senator The Hon Mitch Fifield Minister for the Arts 2

I am excited that tonight the extraordinary virtuoso Maxim Vengerov will grace our city's stage for this very special season opening event. The MSO’s 2017 season is filled with superstar talent and repertoire and I cannot wait to experience the variety of performances in the year ahead.

We truly are lucky to have such a versatile orchestra that can deliver world class performances for everyone to enjoy, from the classroom to the glorious surrounds of Hamer Hall.

I wish Sophie and the MSO the best of luck for a tremendous 2017 season.

Michael Ullmer Chairman, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

ARTISTS

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conductor Benjamin Northey Violin/Conductor Maxim Vengerov REPERTOIRE

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D INTERVAL

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Please note this performance will be recorded and broadcast on Foxtel Arts

Running time 1 hour and 40 minutes including a 20-minute interval.

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BENJAMIN NORTHEY CONDUCTOR Since returning to Australia from Europe in 2006, Benjamin Northey has rapidly emerged as one of the nation’s leading musical figures.

Since 2011, he has held the position of Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and, in 2015, he became Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

2015/2016 engagements included returns to all the major Australian orchestras, the HKPO, the NZSO and Turandot for Opera Australia.

Northey studied with John Hopkins at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and then with Jorma Panula and Leif Segerstam at Finland’s prestigious Sibelius Academy where he was accepted as the highest placed applicant in 2002. He has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia and the Southbank Sinfonia of London.

He has collaborated with acclaimed artists including Julian Rachlin, Alban Gerhardt, Marc-Andre Hamelin, 4

Arnaldo Cohen, KD Lang, Kurt Elling, Tim Minchin, Barry Humphries, Slava Grigoryan and Emma Matthews.

In Australia, Northey has made his mark through his many critically acclaimed appearances as a guest conductor with all the Australian state symphony orchestras as well as opera productions including Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte for Opera Australia.

Recordings include several orchestral releases for ABC Classics with the Melbourne, Sydney, Tasmanian, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.

Northey is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2010 Melbourne Prize Outstanding Musician Award, the Brian Stacey Memorial Award, the Nelly Apt Scholarship and the 2007 Limelight Magazine Best Newcomer Award. Northey is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne Conservatorium where he is also a lecturer in conducting. He currently lives in Melbourne with his wife (the accomplished French Horn player Joanne Montesano) and their children.

Image courtesy Matt Irwin.

MAXIM VENGEROV VIOLIN/CONDUCTOR One of the world’s finest musicians and most in-demand soloists, Grammy award-winning violinist Maxim Vengerov also enjoys international acclaim as a conductor.

Born in 1974, he began his career as a solo violinist at the age of five, won the Wieniawski and Carl Flesch international competitions at ages 10 and 15 respectively, studied with Galina Tourchaninova and Zakhar Bron, made his first recording at the age of 10, and went on to record extensively for labels including Melodia, Teldec and EMI, earning Grammy and Gramophone artist of the year awards.

In 2007 he followed in the footsteps of his mentor, the late Mstislav Rostropovich, and turned his attention to conducting, and in 2010 was appointed the first chief conductor of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra.

In 2014 he graduated with a Diploma of Excellence from the Moscow Institute of Ippolitov-Ivanov with Yuri Simonov and, having enrolled in a further twoyear program of opera conducting, is scheduled to conduct his first performances of Eugene Onegin in Brisbane and Moscow in 2017.

In 2013 the annual Vengerov Festival was launched in Tokyo and he

performed an artist residency at the Barbican Centre in London. That season he also took up a position as artist-inresidence with the Oxford Philharmonic.

This season’s engagements include guest conducting engagements with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin and Munich Philharmonic, a European tour with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and performances at the Park concerts with the New York Philharmonic in New York and Shanghai. In Australia he performs a gala concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and takes up the position of Artist-in-Residence of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

A passionate educator, Maxim Vengerov has held various teaching positions around the world and is currently Ambassador and visiting Professor of the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland (IMMA) and Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1997 he became the first classical musician to be appointed International Goodwill Ambassador

by UNICEF. He plays the ex-Kreutzer Stradivarius (1727).

Image courtesy B Ealovega.

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PROGRAM NOTES

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 Allegro moderato Canzonetta (Andante) – Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)

Maxim Vengerov Violin Benjamin Northey Conductor

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is a distinguished member of that company of musical masterpieces that survived a traumatic debut to become one of the most beloved works of its kind. It could almost be described as a love letter, written in 1878 whilst the composer was on holiday in Switzerland with his brother Modest and the violinist Josef Kotek, Tchaikovsky’s pupil at the Moscow Conservatory. At some point in their friendship, according to biographer Alexander Poznansky, Tchaikovsky and Kotek became lovers.

Kotek’s inspiration and advice were crucial in the concerto’s composition and he was originally to have been its dedicatee; but Tchaikovsky, concerned at the gossip this would cause in Moscow, instead dedicated it to Leopold Auer, a renowned performer and teacher whose pupils would include Jascha Heifetz. However Auer claimed that the work was technically impossible and structurally weak, and refused to learn it. Then Kotek decided not to play it either.

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In December 1881 Adolph Brodsky premiered the concerto at a Vienna Philharmonic concert under Hans Richter. The Viennese critics, always fairly conservative, were almost universal in their condemnation of the work.

However Brodsky was not dissuaded and remained the work’s most fervent champion. Auer eventually overcame his opposition to the concerto and played it to great acclaim.

After a scene-setting introduction and the soloist’s announcement of the main themes, the temperature of the first movement rises considerably, with the solo part becoming much more virtuosic and the orchestral writing increasingly colourful. There is a magnificently varied cadenza for the soloist.

Kotek felt Tchaikovsky’s original slow movement was too insubstantial and sentimental, and the composer agreed, replacing it with the Canzonetta.

The Finale follows on without a break, and immediately the soloist has a dazzling, short cadenza, which leads straight into the movement’s vigorous main theme, a short, folklike dance tune. The second theme, introduced over a bagpipe-like drone on the strings, is a temporary lyrical resting-place in the movement’s wild infectiousness.

Abridged from a note © Phillip Sametz The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Lionel Lawson and conductor George Szell, was the first of the Australian state orchestras to perform this work, on 21 May 1938. The Orchestra’s most recent performance took place in March 2016, with Sir Andrew Davis and soloist Ray Chen.

PROGRAM NOTES

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Scheherazade – Symphonic Suite, Op.35 Largo e maestoso – Lento – Allegro non troppo (The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship) Lento (The Story of the Kalender Prince) Andantino quasi allegretto (The Young Prince and the Young Princess) Allegro molto – Vivo – Allegro non troppo e maestoso – Lento (Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior – Conclusion).

Maxim Vengerov Conductor The Sultan Shahriyar, convinced of the duplicity and infidelity of all women, had vowed to slay each of his wives after the first night. The Sultana Scheherazade, however, saved her life by the expedient of recounting to the Sultan a succession of tales over a period of a thousand and one nights.

Overcome by curiosity, the Sultan postponed from day to day the execution of his wife, and ended by renouncing altogether his sanguinary resolution.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s preface to the score of Scheherazade sets the scene for his symphonic suite inspired by tales from The Thousand and One Nights. The titles notwithstanding, Rimsky-Korsakov didn’t intend for the movements to be taken as a literal, programmatic reading of the stories, describing the work as ‘a kaleidoscope of fairytale images and designs of Oriental character’.

After the stern opening cedes to the sweetness of Scheherazade’s talespinning violin, the first movement depicts The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship.

Through repetitions of the simplest material, Rimsky-Korsakov uncannily depicts the billowing and undulating of the ocean. Perhaps here we can glimpse the composer who began adult life as a naval midshipman (and who took Berlioz’s treatise on orchestration aboard ship). In The Story of the Kalender Prince a fakir tells Sinbad how he was buffeted between veiled women and a monstrous genie.

The Young Prince and the Young Princess provides the inspiration for the slow movement. The final movement conveys the teeming activity of an Oriental festival before segueing into a reprise of the opening movement’s depiction of the sea, this time with crashing cymbals as the ‘ship goes to pieces on a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior’. Finally, Scheherazade has the last word.

Rimsky-Korsakov himself conducted the first performance of Scheherazade, in November 1888 in Saint Petersburg.

The Ballets Russes staged an adaptation in Paris in 1910, with choreography by Michel Fokine and the principal roles danced by Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein.

Adapted from a note by Gordon Kalton Williams © 2014 The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra first performed Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade on 30 August 1939 with conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent, and most recently in October 2015 under Jakub Hrůša.

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FIRST VIOLINS

SECOND VIOLINS

Dale Barltrop

Matthew Tomkins

Concertmaster

Principal The Gross Foundation#

Eoin Andersen Concertmaster

Robert Macindoe

Sophie Rowell

Associate Principal

Associate Concertmaster The Ullmer Family Foundation#

Erica Kennedy*§ Guest Principal

Peter Edwards Assistant Principal

Kirsty Bremner Sarah Curro #

Michael Aquilina

Peter Fellin Deborah Goodall Lorraine Hook Kirstin Kenny Ji Won Kim Eleanor Mancini David and Helen Moses#

Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Kathryn Taylor Michael Aquilina#

Jacqueline Edwards* Jennen Ngiau-Keng* Oksana Thompson*

Monica Curro Assistant Principal Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind#

Mary Allison Isin Cakmakcioglu Freya Franzen Anonymous#

Cong Gu Andrew Hall Francesca Hiew

Tam Vu, Peter and Lyndsey Hawkins#

Rachel Homburg Isy Wasserman Philippa West Patrick Wong Roger Young Amy Brookman* Madeleine Jevons* Lynette Rayner* VIOLAS

Christopher Moore

CELLOS

David Berlin

Principal MS Newman Family#

Rachael Tobin Associate Principal

Nicholas Bochner Assistant Principal

Miranda Brockman Geelong Friends of the MSO#

Rohan de Korte Keith Johnson Sarah Morse Angela Sargeant Michelle Wood Andrew and Theresa Dyer#

Rachel Atkinson* DOUBLE BASSES

Steve Reeves Principal

Andrew Moon

Principal Di Jameson#

Associate Principal

Fiona Sargeant

Assistant Principal

Associate Principal

Lauren Brigden Katharine Brockman Christopher Cartlidge Gabrielle Halloran Trevor Jones Cindy Watkin Caleb Wright

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Gaëlle Bayet† William Clark* Ceridwen Davies* Sophie Kesoglidis* Matthew Laing* Isabel Morse*

Sylvia Hosking Damien Eckersley Benjamin Hanlon Suzanne Lee Stephen Newton Sophie Galaise and Clarence Frase#

Emma Sullivan* Esther Toh*

FLUTES

HORNS

MSO BOARD

Principal Anonymous#

Stefan Bernhardsson*

Chairman

Guest Principal

Michael Ullmer

Wendy Clarke

Principal Third

Board Members

Jenna Breen Abbey Edlin

Andrew Dyer Danny Gorog Brett Kelly David Krasnostein David Li Helen Silver AO Margaret Jackson AC Sophie Galaise

Prudence Davis

Associate Principal

Sarah Beggs PICCOLO

Saul Lewis

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Andrew Macleod Principal

Trinette McClimont Benjamin Messenger*

OBOES

TRUMPETS

Jeffrey Crellin

Geoffrey Payne

Principal

Thomas Hutchinson Associate Principal

Ann Blackburn COR ANGLAIS

Michael Pisani Principal

CLARINETS

David Thomas Principal

Principal

Company Secretary

Shane Hooton

Oliver Carton

Associate Principal

William Evans Rosie Turner*§ TROMBONES

Brett Kelly Principal

Ben Lovell-Greene Mike Szabo

Principal Bass Trombone

Philip Arkinstall

Associate Principal

TUBA

Craig Hill

Timothy Buzbee

BASS CLARINET

Principal

Jon Craven

TIMPANI

Principal

Christopher Lane*

BASSOONS

PERCUSSION

Jack Schiller

Robert Clarke

Principal

Elise Millman

Associate Principal

Natasha Thomas CONTRABASSOON

Brock Imison Principal

Principal

John Arcaro Robert Cossom Brent Miller* Conrad Nilsson*

# Position supported by * Guest Musician § Courtesy of Orchestra Victoria † On exchange from West German Radio Symphony

HARP

Yinuo Mu Principal

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SUPPORTERS MSO PATRON The Honourable Linda Dessau AC Governor of Victoria

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS Anonymous Principal Flute Chair Di Jameson Principal Viola Chair Joy Selby Smith Orchestral Leadership Chair The Gross Foundation Principal Second Violin Chair The MS Newman Family Foundation Principal Cello Chair The Ullmer Family Foundation Associate Concertmaster Chair

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS Meet The Orchestra Made possible by The Ullmer Family Foundation East Meets West Supported by the Li Family Trust The Pizzicato Effect (Anonymous) Schapper Family Foundation Marian & E.H. Flack Trust Collier Charitable Fund Supported by the Hume City Council’s Community Grants Program MSO Education Supported by Mrs Margaret Ross AM and Dr Ian Ross MSO Audience Access Crown Resorts Foundation Packer Family Foundation

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MSO International Touring Supported by Harold Mitchell AC Satan Jawa Australia Indonesia Institute (DFAT) MSO Regional Touring Creative Victoria Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program The Cybec Foundation

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $100,000+ Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO The Gross Foundation◊ David and Angela Li MS Newman Family Foundation◊ Joy Selby Smith Ullmer Family Foundation◊ Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+ Di Jameson◊ Harold Mitchell AC

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SUPPORTERS THE MAHLER SYNDICATE David and Kaye Birks Mary and Frederick Davidson AM Tim and Lyn Edward John and Diana Frew Francis and Robyn Hofmann The Hon Dr Barry Jones AC Dr Paul Nisselle AM Maria Solà The Hon Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall Anonymous (1)

MSO ROSES Roses Mary Barlow Linda Britten Wendy Carter Annette Maluish Lois McKay Pat Stragalinos Jenny Ullmer Rosebuds Maggie Best Penny Barlow Lynne Damman Francie Doolan Lyn Edward Penny Hutchinson Elizabeth A Lewis AM Sophie Rowell Dr Cherilyn Tillman

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS AL Lane Foundation Crown Resorts Foundation and the Packer Family Foundation The Cybec Foundation The Marian & E.H. Flack Trust The Erica Foundation Ivor Ronald Evans Foundation, managed

by Equity Trustees Limited Gandel Philanthropy

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CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Current Conductor’s Circle Members Jenny Anderson David Angelovich G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden Joyce Bown Mrs Jenny Brukner and the late Mr John Brukner Ken Bullen Luci and Ron Chambers Beryl Dean Sandra Dent Lyn Edward Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Marguerite GarnonWilliams Louis Hamon OAM Carol Hay Tony Howe Laurence O'Keefe and Christopher James Audrey M Jenkins John and Joan Jones George and Grace Kass Mrs Sylvia Lavelle Pauline and David Lawton Cameron Mowat Rosia Pasteur Elizabeth Proust AO Penny Rawlins Joan P Robinson Neil Roussac Anne Roussac-Hoyne Ann and Andrew Serpell Jennifer Shepherd Profs. Gabriela and George Stephenson Pamela Swansson

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