Fauré's Requiem and Other Works

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Artists MSO Chorus Warren Trevelyan-Jones conductor Elspeth Bawden soprano Stephen Marsh baritone with musicians of the MSO

Program BROOKE SHELLEY Missa Ænigmata ELGAR (arr. Cameron) Lux Aeterna (from Enigma Variations) TAVENER Song for Athene FAURÉ Requiem

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Acknowledging Country In the first project of its kind in Australia, the MSO has developed a musical Acknowledgment of Country with music composed by Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham AO, featuring Indigenous languages from across Victoria. Generously supported

by Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the MSO is working in partnership with Short Black Opera and Indigenous language custodians who are generously sharing their cultural knowledge.

The Acknowledgement of Country allows us to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we perform in the language of that country and in the orchestral language of music.

Australian National Commission for UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

About Long Time Living Here In all the world, only Australia can lay claim to the longest continuing cultures and we celebrate this more today than in any other time since our shared history began. We live each day drawing energy from a land which has been nurtured by the traditional owners for more than 2000 generations. When we acknowledge country we pay respect to the land and to the people in equal measure.

As a composer I have specialised in coupling the beauty and diversity of our Indigenous languages with the power and intensity of classical music.

In order to compose the music for this Acknowledgement of Country Project I have had the great privilege of working with no fewer than eleven ancient languages from the state of Victoria, including the language of my late Grandmother, Yorta Yorta woman Frances McGee. I pay my deepest respects to the elders and ancestors who are represented in these songs of acknowledgement and to the language custodians who have shared their knowledge and expertise in providing each text.

I am so proud of the MSO for initiating this landmark project and grateful that they afforded me the opportunity to make this contribution to the ongoing quest of understanding our belonging in this land.

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— Deborah Cheetham AO

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus For more than 50 years the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been the unstinting voice of the Orchestra’s choral repertoire. The MSO Chorus sings with the finest conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, Mark Wigglesworth, Bernard Labadie, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Manfred Honeck, and is committed to developing and performing new Australian and international choral repertoire.

Commissions include Brett Dean’s Katz und Spatz, Ross Edwards’ Mountain Chant, and Paul Stanhope’s Exile Lamentations. Recordings by the MSO Chorus have received critical acclaim. It has performed across Brazil and at the Cultura Inglese Festival in Sao Paolo, with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, at the AFL Grand Final and at the Anzac Day commemorative ceremonies.

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

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations, on whose un‑ceded lands we honour the continuation of the oldest music practice in the world.

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Warren Trevelyan-Jones conductor Warren Trevelyan-Jones is regarded as one of the leading choral conductors and choir trainers in Australia, and was appointed Chorus Director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in September 2017. He is also Head of Music at St James’, King Street, Sydney, a position he has held since relocating to Australia in 2008. Under his leadership, The Choir of St James’ has gained a high-profile international reputation through its regular choral services, orchestral masses, concert series and a regular programme of recording and both interstate and international touring.

The Choir has recently performed at official ANZAC Services in both Westminster Abbey and Gallipoli, and has collaborated with Paul McCreesh, David Hill, The King’s Singers and The Hilliard Ensemble, and is well-known for its commissioning of new works. Warren has had an extensive singing career as a soloist and ensemble singer in Europe, including nine years in the Choir of Westminster Abbey, and regular work with the Gabrieli Consort, Collegium Vocale (Ghent), the Taverner Consort, The Kings Consort, Dunedin Consort, The Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars.

He has appeared on over 60 CD recordings, numerous television and radio broadcasts, and in many of the worlds’ leading music festivals and concert halls.

Warren is a co-founder of The Consort of Melbourne and, in 2001 with Dr Michael Noone, founded the Gramophone award-winning group Ensemble Plus Ultra, and an experienced singing teacher and qualified music therapist.

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Elspeth Bawden soprano After discovering her talent for music as a child, Elspeth began performing publicly at the age of 10. Since then, she has studied classical voice at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, been offered places of study at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and has performed across Australia and Europe in both solo and group settings. She has graced stages such as Melbourne’s Hamer Hall and Recital Centre and London’s prestigious St Martin in the Fields. Her versatility has seen her perform a range of different work; from debuting new music with renowned pianist and composer Stefan Cassomenos and his ensemble PLEXUS, to musical theatre, cabaret concerts, vocal recordings for video game and Japanese anime soundtracks and international commercials. In Melbourne, she has been the soprano soloist for works such as Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Faure’s Requiem and Allegri’s Miserere to name a few. Alongside solo performances, Elspeth can be heard regularly performing with the Melbourne Octet.

When not performing live, Elspeth’s vocal prowess and versatility can be heard in titles such as Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, and more recently on the Netflix anime series EDEN.

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Stephen Marsh baritone Stephen Marsh is a 30-year-old Baritone who resides in Geelong, Australia. He currently studies under the tutelage of the Welsh/Australian Baritone, Roger Howell.

Stephen was a scholar with the Melba Opera Trust Programme for both the 2018 –2019 seasons. During this time, he was the recipient of the Paulette Bisley Opera Scholarship and the Eleanor Blakemore Opera Society Scholarship. He is also the recipient of several other awards, this includes an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Scholarship, The Australia Council Sir Robert Askin Operatic Scholarship, and he is the inaugural recipient of Victorian Opera’s Michael Stubbs and Malcolm Roberts Opera Prize.

Stephen has worked with Melbourne Opera since 2012 and has performed several principal roles and covers for the company. Stephen was also chosen as one of the inaugural members of Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artist Program.

Stephen made his professional debut in Victorian Opera’s Sleeping Beauty in 2017 and was a developing artist for the company for both the 2017/2018 seasons. He has performed several principal roles with the company, which include: Zurga in Les Pêcheurs des Perles (Bizet), The Woodcutter in Sleeping Beauty (Respighi) and The Gian’ in the Australian premiere of The Selfish Giant by Simon Bruckard and Emma Muir-Smith. Stephen’s most recent engagement was making his European debut as Marcello in Puccini’s La Boheme at the prestigious Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

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The MSO Chorus is proudly supported by the Estate of Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian.

Born in Melbourne on July 9, 1923 Halinka was one of the three children of Stanislaw De Tarczynski (a distinguished violinist) and Jadwiga De Tarczynska.

At the age of four, Halinka began piano lessons with her mother and by age 11 played Mozart’s A Major Piano Concerto with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra.

Her singing career included significant roles with the National Opera and J. C. Williamson productions, and as a soloist in oratorios and recordings for Columbia.

Basing herself in London in the 1950s, she performed for B.B.C. radio and television, performed in Noel Coward’s “After the Ball” and appeared with the prestigious Glyndebourne Opera Company. Returning to Australia, she continued her broadcasts and television appearances and concert performances.

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The MSO warmly thanks the Estate of Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian

Halinka developed a career as a singing teacher from her Melbourne home. She was active in Melbourne musical circles and was an AMEB singing examiner until her retirement in 1997. Halinka passed away in June 2019.

In recognition of the impressive life of Mrs Tarczynska-Fiddian and her extraordinary contribution to music in Melbourne, the MSO is delighted to honour her legacy through the MSO Chorus.

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BASS Maurice Amor Richard Bolitho Roger Dargaville Ted Davies Andrew Ham John Hunt Jordan Hyndman Jordan Janssen Gary Levy Douglas McQueenThomson Vern O’Hara Douglas Proctor Liam Straughan Matthew Toulmin Maciek Zielinski

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Program Notes BROOKE SHELLEY Missa Ænigmata

EDWARD ELGAR

(1857–1934)

arranged by John Cameron (born 1944)

Kyrie

Lux Aeterna (from Enigma Variations)

Gloria

A choral setting of Nimrod

Sanctus & Benedictus

‘ This name is my substitute for Jaeger who was well known as a critic & friend of musicians. (The Variations are not all “portraits”; some represent only a mood, while others recall an incident known only to two persons. Something ardent and mercurial, in addition to the slow movement would have been needful to portray the character and temperament of A. J. Jaeger.) During an evening walk my friend discoursed eloquently on the slow movements of Beethoven and said that no one could approach Beethoven at his best in this field. A view in which I cordially concurred. It will be noticed that the opening bars are made to suggest the slow movement of the eight Sonata (Pathétique). Jaeger was for years the dear friend, the valued adviser and the stern critic of man musicians besides the writer; his place has been occupied but never filled.’

Agnus Dei Missa Ænigmata was commissioned

by Dr Lincoln Law (President of the Friends of Music at St James’) for his 40th birthday. When asked if he had anything in mind for the mass setting, he answered that he wanted it to be based on Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma Variations. I like to have a visual inspiration for a work and asked Lincoln to describe what the work would ‘look like’. His response was ‘a Palladian villa with ancient monuments and honeyed sunshine…totally lush with elegant English understatement, but with rich beauty, not wanting.’

It was premiered by the Choir of St James’ on Sunday, 11 August 2019. © Brooke Shelley

The Cameron arrangement for choir uses the Lux Aeterna text from the Requiem Mass.

Written by Edward Elgar. Compiled and abridged

by Stephanie Sheridan.

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Song for Athene (Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.)

Song for Athene was commissioned by the BBC. It was first performed 22nd January 1994 at the St. Giles in the Barbican, London, by the BBC Singers, conducted by Simon Joly.

It was performed on the occasion of the funeral in the Westminster Abbey on 6th September 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales, under the title “Alleluia.

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Martin Neary conducted the Westminster Abbey Choir.

This work was written in memory of Athene Hariades, who died tragically in March 1993. Her inner and outer beauty was reflected in her love of acting, poetry, music and the Orthodox Church.

The text is taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Orthodox Funeral Service. © John Tavener

GABRIEL FAURÉ

(1845–1924)

Requiem Op.48 Elspeth Bawden soprano Stephen Marsh baritone It has been said of my Requiem that it does not express the fear of death: someone has even called it a lullaby of death. But that is how I feel death: as a happy deliverance, a longing for the happiness of the beyond, rather than a painful experience.

Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is his one widely popular work, and indeed the only one of his larger-scale works to have found a secure place in the repertory. This is certainly not because

of any lack of merit in his other compositions, but their highly civilised, rather private style makes it unlikely they will ever have wide appeal. They are the refined expression, in the words of Edward Sackville-West, of ‘the genial perceptions of a sensuous and energetic personality’. Fauré stood somewhat apart from the musical partisanship of his day–throughout a long life he was equally independent of the German tendencies of the music of César Franck and his followers, and of the ‘impressionism’ of the Debussyites.

Not really an ‘official’ composer, he earned wide respect and became Director of the Paris Conservatoire from 1905 to 1920, where he encouraged new music. Ravel was the most famous of his many distinguished pupils. The Requiem, first performed in 1888 at a funeral in the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, where Fauré was organist and director of music, is a comparatively early work which reflects and sums up many of the features of its composer’s early style.

It makes a memorable impression of serenity and contemplation, restrained yet eloquent, and its approach has been praised by many commentators as highly appropriate to the Mass for the Dead. Yet this work is not without its paradoxes and has aroused disagreements.

It has been said that Fauré’s Requiem is suited to liturgical use and does not ask to be a concert work. But it is by and large in concert performance that it has become known, and special permission had to be obtained from the Church for it to be performed at Fauré’s own funeral. This is because of Fauré’s unconventional choice of liturgical texts – he omits the Dies Irae sequence, except for the Pie Jesu, and adds two movements whose words are taken from the order for Burial: the Responsorium Libera me (also set by Verdi in his Requiem) and the antiphon

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JOHN TAVENER

(1944–2013)

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In Paradisum. It has been suggested that Fauré chose his texts to give greater prominence to the word requiem (rest) itself: both the Pie Jesu and In Paradisum end with the word, and they certainly suit his funerary or mourning purpose. Fauré’s father died in 1885, but contrary to claims that this was the immediate stimulus for his Requiem, he did not begin to compose the music until 1887. His mother died on New Year’s Eve 1887–88, and it may have been this event which prompted him to complete the Agnus Dei, Sanctus, and In Paradisum, which, together with the other movements of the original version, were first performed at a funeral on 16 January. The most dramatic part of the work, the Libera me, with baritone solo, was composed much earlier (in 1877, for baritone and organ), but added later – it is the only part which contains reference to the Day of Judgement.

There has been considerable discussion as to whether the Requiem of Fauré is more pagan than Christian in tone. It has been called (wrongly) ‘a Requiem without the Last Judgement’, and one critic has gone so far as to describe it as ‘a paradisiacal imagining, with no trace of torment or doubt, scarcely even of mourning’. This goes too far, but it is true that Fauré was no Christian believer, though he worked as a church organist; and that he was more drawn to Greek stoical ideals of contemplation and resignation than to the Christian sense of sin, judgement and hope for the afterlife. His is the unperturbed vision, in the words of his biographer Norman Suckling, ‘of one whose attention was just then fixed on death, since it was then that he had lost his parents’.

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The musical style of the Requiem shows the influence on Fauré of his training at the École Niedermeier, founded to train organists and choir masters, which provided a musical education different in emphasis from that of

the Paris Conservatoire. This school promoted the study of the masters of church music of the past, and even of the ecclesiastical modes used in Gregorian chant. This musical source is evident throughout the Requiem, most strikingly in the monotoned chant of the solo baritone in the Hostias. These sober melodic passages are contrasted with long phrases of sinuous melodic curve, such as the themes of the Domine, Pie Jesu, Libera me and In Paradisum. The originality of the melodic outline sets Fauré’s Requiem apart from the sacred works of Gounod, which Fauré admired and which influenced his early sacred compositions.

Note by David Garrett Symphony Australia © 1998 abridged by Stephanie Sheridan.

Tonight’s performance of Fauré’s Requiem is the 1889 edition of this work. This edition includes the completed Libera me for baritone soloist and has added horns, trombones and trumpets into this smaller orchestra arrangement of the Requiem. Additionally tonight’s performance features the 1900 version of the Offertoire, to include the chorus.

BROOKE SHELLEY Missa Ænigmata Kyrie Kyrie eleison

Lord have mercy

Christe eleison

Christ have mercy

Kyrie eleison

Lord have mercy

Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo

Glory to God in the highest,

et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.

and on earth peace to people of good will.

Laudamus te,

We praise you,

benedicimus te,

we bless you,

adoramus te,

we adore you,

glorificamus te,

we glorify you,

gratiasagimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam,

we give you thanks or your great glory,

Domine Deus, Rex caelestis,

Lord God, heavenly King,

Deus Pater omnipotens.

O God almighty Father.

Domine Fili unigenite, Iesu Christe,

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis;

you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;

qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.

you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;

Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.

you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus,

For You alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High,

Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris. Amen

Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

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Text and Translation

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Sanctus & Benedictus Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus

Holy, Holy, Holy

Dominus Deus Sabaoth.

Lord God of hosts.

Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in excelsis.

Hosanna in the highest.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in excelsis.

Hosanna in the highest.

Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace

ELGAR (arr. Cameron) Lux Aeterna (from Enigma Variations) Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis, quia pius es.

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Let everlasting light shine upon them, Lord, with Thy saints for ever, for Thou art merciful.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, for Thou art merciful.

Song for Athene Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Alleluia. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.

Alleluia. Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid who has fallen asleep.

Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise.

Alleluia. Life: a shadow and a dream.

Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia.

Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.

GABRIEL FAURÉ Requiem

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JOHN TAVENER

Introït et Kyrie Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

Grant them eternal rest, Lord

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

And may perpetual light shine on them.

Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion

To you, God, hymns of praise are sung in Sion

et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

and unto you shall vows be performed in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam

Hear my prayer;

ad te omnis caro veniet.

To you shall come all flesh.

Kyrie eleison.

Lord have mercy.

Christe eleison.

Christ have mercy.

Offertoire O Domine Jesu Christe, rex gloriae,

O Lord Jesus Christ, king of glory,

libera animas defunctorum

Free the departed souls

de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu;

from the pains of hell and from the deep pit;

de ore leonis ne absorbeat Tartarus; ne cadant in obscurum.

Amen.

from the jaws of the lion; let them not be swallowed up nor vanish into darkness.

Amen.

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Hostias et preces tibi, Domine Laudis offerimus.

Our sacrifice and prayers, Lord,

Tu suscipe pro animabus illis

we offer to you with praise.

Quarum hodie memoriam facimus;

Receive them on behalf of the souls

fac eas Domine de morte transire ad vitam;

who we remember today;

quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.

make them, Lord, pass from death to life, as you promised Abraham and his seed.

Sanctus

Sanctus

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth.

Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts.

Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in excelsis.

Hosanna in the highest.

Pie Jesu Pie Jesu Domine

Merciful Lord Jesus

Dona eis requiem,

Grant them rest,

sempiternam requiem.

eternal rest.

Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

Lamb of God,

dona eis requiem.

who takes away the sins of the world,

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

grant them rest.

dona eis requiem sempiternam.

Lamb of God,

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,

who takes away the sins of the world,

cum sanctistuis in aeternum, quia pius es.

grant them eternal rest.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,

May perpetual light shine on them, Lord

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

with your saints throughout eternity, by your grace.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them.

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Libera me Domine de morte aeterna

Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death

in die illa tremenda,

on that terrible day,

quando coeli movendi sunt et terra,

when earth and heaven are shaken;

dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.

when you come to judge all things by fire.

Tremens factus sum ego et timeo,

I am trembling and afraid,

dum discussio venerit atque ventura ira:

until the trial comes, and the wrath;

quando coeli movendi sunt et terra.

when earth and heaven are shaken.

Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae,

Day of torment, day of wrath, calamity and misery,

dies magna et amara valde.

greatest and most bitter day.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,

Grant them eternal rest, Lord,

Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

and may perpetual light shine on them.

Libera me Domine demorte aeterna

Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death

in die illa tremenda,

on that terrible day,

quando coeli movendi sunt et terra,

when earth and heaven are shaken;

dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem

when you come to judge all things by fire.

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Libera me

In Paradisum In paradisum deducant angeli in tuo adventu

May angels lead you into Paradise;

suscipiant te martyres et perducant te

may you be received by the martyrs and brought to

in civitatem sanctum Jerusalem.

the holy city of Jerusalem.

Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,

May choirs of angels greet you,

et cum Lazaro quondam paupere,

and with Lazarus, who was once lowly,

aeternam habeas requiem.

may you find eternal rest.

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VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+

Cybec 21 Century Australian Composers Program The Cybec Foundation

Margaret Jackson AC◊

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East meets West The Li Family Trust

◊ Denotes Adopt a Musician supporter

The Pratt Foundation Anonymous (1)◊

Hyon-Ju Newman◊ Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence Anonymous (1)

Harold Bentley The Hogan Family Foundation David Krasnostein and Pat Stragalinos Anonymous (1)

Dr Alastair Jackson AM John and Diana Frew◊ Suzanne Kirkham Dr Jerry Koliha and Marlene Krelle Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM◊ Dr Caroline Liow

MAESTRO PATRONS $10,000+

LRR Family Trust

Christine and Mark Armour

The Mercer Family Foundation

Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM Colin Golvan AM QC and Dr Deborah Golvan Jan and Robert Green Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind◊ Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM◊ Doug Hooley Rosemary Jacoby in memory of James Jacoby Peter Lovell Opalgate Foundation Ian and Jeannie Paterson Glenn Sedgwick Gai and David Taylor Athalie Williams and Tim Danielson

Gary McPherson◊ Anne Neil◊ Dr Paul Nisselle AM Bruce Parncutt AO Sam Ricketson and Rosemary Ayton Andrew and Judy Rogers◊ The Rosemary Norman Foundation◊ Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young Anita Simon Dr Michael Soon The Hon Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall◊ Lyn Williams AM Anonymous (3)◊

ASSOCIATE PATRONS $2,500+

Anonymous (1)

Mary Armour

PRINCIPAL PATRONS $5,000+

Anne Bowden

Adrienne Basser Barbara Bell in memory of Elsa Bell John and Lyn Coppock Ann Darby in memory of Leslie J. Darby Wendy Dimmick Andrew Dudgeon AM◊ Jaan Enden Mr Bill Fleming Susan Fry and Don Fry AO Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser◊ Geelong Friends of the MSO◊ Jennifer Gorog Dr Rhyl Wade and Dr Clem Gruen◊ Hilary Hall in memory of Wilma Collie Louis J Hamon OAM Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann Peter and Jenny Hordern

Supporters

IMPRESARIO PATRONS $20,000+

Sue and Barry Peake Joyce Bown Julia and Jim Breen Alan and Dr Jennifer Breschkin Patricia Brockman Dr John Brookes Stuart Brown Jill and Christopher Buckley Lynne Burgess Oliver Carton Richard and Janet Chauvel Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt Sandra Dent Douglas J Savige Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin Alex and Liz Furman Kim and Robert Gearon Goldschlager Family Charitable

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Supporters

Foundation

Elizabeth Brown

Merv Keehn and Sue Harlow

Suzie Brown OAM and the late Harvey Brown

Susan and Gary Hearst John Jones The Ilma Kelson Music Foundation Graham and Jo Kraehe Ann Lahore Lesley McMullin Foundation Andrew Lockwood The Cuming Bequest Margaret and John Mason OAM H E McKenzie Dr Isabel McLean Douglas and Rosemary Meagher Wayne and Penny Morgan Marie Morton FRSA Patricia Nilsson Ken Ong OAM Alan and Dorothy Pattison Peter Priest Ruth and Ralph Renard Tom and Elizabeth Romanowski Lady Marigold Southey AC Steinicke Family Peter J Stirling Jenny Tatchell Clayton and Christina Thomas Jessica Thomson-Robbins Nic and Ann Willcock Lorraine Woolley Anonymous (4)

PLAYER PATRONS $1,000+

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Ronald and Kate Burnstein Dr Lynda Campbell Dr Sang and Candace Chung Kaye Cleary Michael Craig Andrew Crockett AM and Pamela Crockett Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das Caroline Davies Natasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education Fund Merrowyn Deacon Rick and Sue Deering John and Anne Duncan Elaine Walters OAM Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Alex Forrest Applebay Pty Ltd David H and Esther Frenkiel OAM Simon Gaites David Gibbs and Susie O’Neill Sonia Gilderdale Janette Gill Dr Marged Goode Catherine Gray Chris Grikscheit and Christine Mullen Margie and Marshall Grosby Jennifer Gross Dr Sandra Hacker AO and Mr Ian Kennedy AM Tilda and the late Brian Haughney David H Hennell

David and Cindy Abbey

Anthony and Karen Ho

Dr Sally Adams

Katherine Horwood

Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society

Penelope Hughes

Geoffrey and Vivienne Baker

Paul and Amy Jasper

Marlyn Bancroft and Peter Bancroft OAM

Basil and Rita Jenkins

Janet H Bell

John Kaufman

The Brett Young Family

Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley

Patricia Brockman

Drs Bruce and Natalie Kellett

Robert and Jill Brook

Dr Anne Kennedy

Nigel Broughton and Sheena Broughton

John Keys

◊ Denotes Adopt a Musician supporter

Gavin Taylor

Janet and Ross Lapworth

Ann and Larry Turner

Bryan Lawrence Peter Lawrence Elizabeth H Loftus Chris and Anna Long Shane Mackinlay Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer Margaret Mcgrath

Russell Taylor and Cara Obeyesekere The Hon Rosemary Varty Leon and Sandra Velik P J Warr in memory of Peter Gates The Reverend Noel Whale Edward and Paddy White Deborah Whithear

Nigel and Debbie McGuckian

Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke

Shirley A McKenzie

Richard Withers

John and Rosemary McLeod

Anonymous (15)

Don and Anne Meadows Dr Eric Meadows

OVERTURE PATRONS $500+*

Sylvia Miller

Margaret Abbey PSM

Dr Anthony and Anna Morton Timothy O’Connell Brendan O’Donnell Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Roger Parker Ian Penboss Adriana and Sienna Pesavento Alan Poynter in memory of Muriel Poynter Professor Charles Qin and Kate Ritchie Eli Raskin Dr Peter Rogers and Cathy Rogers OAM Dr Ronald and Elizabeth Rosanove Marie Rowland Dr Paul Schneider and Dr Margarita Silva-Schneider Elisabeth and Doug Scott Sparky Foundation Jeffrey Sher QC and Diana Sher OAM Martin and Susan Shirley P Shore Hon Jim Short and Jan Rothwell Short John E Smith Dr Norman and Dr Sue Sonenberg Barry Spanger Dr Vaughan Speck Stephen and Caroline Brain Dr Peter Strickland Dr Joel Symons and Liora Symons

Supporters

Professor David Knowles and Dr Anne McLachlan

Jane Allan and Mark Redmond Mario M Anders Jenny Anderson Liz and Charles Baré Miriam Bass Heather and David Baxter Sascha O.Becker Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk Dr William Birch AM Allen and Kathryn Bloom Graham and Mary Ann Bone Stephen Braida Anita and Norman Bye Pamela M Carder Ian and Wilma Chapman Dr Catherine Cherry Charmaine Collins Geoffrey Constable Alex Coppe Marjorie Cornelius Dr Sheryl Coughlin and Paul Coughlin Gregory Crew Dr Daryl Daley and Nola Daley Michael Davies Nada Dickinson Bruce Dudon David and Dr Elizabeth Ebert Cynthia Edgell

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Supporters

Melissa and Aran Fitzgerald

Jennifer McKean

Brian Florence

Dr Alan Meads and Sandra Boon

Anthony Garvey and Estelle O’Callaghan

Marie Misiurak

Sandra Gillett and Jeremy Wilkins

Ann Moore

David and Geraldine Glenny

Kevin Morrish

Hugo and Diane Goetze

Joan Mullumby

Pauline Goodison

Adrian and Louise Nelson

Louise Gourlay OAM

Tania Nesbit

Cindy Goy

Michael Noble

Christine Grenda

Rosemary O’Collins

Jason Grollo

Conrad O’Donohue and Dr Rosemary Kiss

Dawn Hales

Phil Parker

Cathy Henry

Howard and Dorothy Parkinson

Clive and Joyce Hollands

Sarah Patterson

Natasha Holmes

Pauline and David Lawton

Roderick Home

Wilma Plozza-Green

Geoff and Denise Illing

Kerryn Pratchett

Rob Jackson

Akshay Rao

Shyama Jayaswal

Professor John Rickard

Sandy Jenkins

Liliane Rusek and Alexander Ushakoff

Wendy Johnson

Viorica Samson

Sue Johnston

Carolyn Sanders

Huw Jones

Dr Nora Scheinkestel

Fiona Keenan

Dr Peter Seligman

Phillip Kidd

Suzette Sherazee

Belinda and Malcolm King

Dr Frank and Valerie Silberberg

Tim Knaggs

Matt Sinclair

David Kneipp

Olga Skibina

Jane Kunstler

Brian Snape AM and the late Diana Snape

Elizabeth-Anne Lane

Colin and Mary Squires

Paschalina Leach

Ruth Stringer

Jane Leitinger

Anthony Summers

Dr Jenny Lewis

Allan and Margaret Tempest

Dr Susan Linton

Reverend Angela Thomas

Janice Mayfield

Brett Thomas

Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer

Amanda Watson

Dr Anne McDougall

Michael Webber and Ruth Fincher

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Moving forward, donors who make an annual gift of $500–$999 to the MSO will now be publicly recognised as an Overture Patron. For more information, please contact Donor Liaison, Keith Clancy on (03) 8646 1109 or clancyk@mso.com.au 26

Joan P Robinson

Barry and Julie Wilkins

Anne Roussac-Hoyne and Neil Roussac

Robert and Diana Wilson

Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead

Fiona Woodard

Andrew Serpell

Dr Kelly Wright and Dr Heathcote Wright

Jennifer Shepherd

Dr Susan Yell

Suzette Sherazee

Daniel Yosua

Dr Gabriela and Dr George Stephenson

Anonymous (36)

Pamela Swansson

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Jenny Anderson David Angelovich G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden

Lillian Tarry Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock Peter and Elisabeth Turner Michael Ulmer AO The Hon. Rosemary Varty

Joyce Bown

Marian and Terry Wills Cooke OAM

Mrs Jenny Bruckner and the late Mr John Bruckner

Mark Young Anonymous (19)

Ken Bullen

The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates:

Peter A Caldwell Luci and Ron Chambers Beryl Dean Sandra Dent Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Marguerite Garnon-Williams Drs L C Gruen and R W Wade Louis J Hamon AOM Carol Hay Graham Hogarth Rod Home Tony Howe

Supporters

Angela Westacott

Norma Ruth Atwell Angela Beagley Christine Mary Bridgart The Cuming Bequest Margaret Davies Neilma Gantner The Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QC Enid Florence Hookey Gwen Hunt Family and Friends of James Jacoby Audrey Jenkins Joan Jones

Lindsay and Michael Jacombs

Pauline Marie Johnston

Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James

C P Kemp Peter Forbes MacLaren

John Jones

Joan Winsome Maslen

Grace Kass and the late George Kass

Lorraine Maxine Meldrum

Sylvia Lavelle

Prof Andrew McCredie

Pauline and David Lawton

Jean Moore

Cameron Mowat

Maxwell Schultz

Ruth Muir

Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE

David Orr

Marion A I H M Spence

Matthew O’Sullivan

Molly Stephens

Rosia Pasteur

Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian

Penny Rawlins

Jennifer May Teague

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Supporters

Albert Henry Ullin Jean Tweedie Herta and Fred B Vogel Dorothy Wood

MSO BOARD Chairman David Li AM Co-Deputy Chairs

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE

Di Jameson

The Hon Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall

Managing Director

Tim and Lyn Edwards

Helen Silver AO Sophie Galaise Board Directors

FIRST NATIONS CIRCLE

Shane Buggle

Colin Golvan AM QC and Dr Deborah Golvan

Danny Gorog

Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

Andrew Dudgeon AM Lorraine Hook Margaret Jackson AC David Krasnostein AM Gary McPherson

Life Members

Hyon-Ju Newman

Dr Marc Besen AC

Glenn Sedgwick

John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC

Company Secretary

Sir Elton John CBE

Oliver Carton

Harold Mitchell AC Lady Potter AC CMRI Jeanne Pratt AC Artistic Ambassadors Tan Dun Lu Siqing MSO Ambassador Geoffrey Rush AC The MSO honours the memory of Life Members Dr Eva Besen AO John Brockman OAM The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Roger Riordan AM Ila Vanrenen

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The MSO relies on your ongoing philanthropic support to sustain our artists, and support access, education, community engagement and more. We invite our supporters to get close to the MSO through a range of special events.

The MSO welcomes your support at any level. Donations of $2 and over are tax deductible, and supporters are recognised as follows: $500+ (Overture) $1,000+ (Player) $2,500+ (Associate) $5,000+ (Principal) $10,000+ (Maestro) $20,000+ (Impresario) $50,000+ (Virtuoso) $100,000+ (Platinum)

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Major Partners

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Supporting Partners

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Trusts and Foundations

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