Jaime conducts Enigma Variations

CONCERT PROGRAM

JAIME CONDUCTS

ENIGMA VARIATIONS

2–3 MAY

Monash and Melbourne Town Hall

Sir Andrew Davis 1944–2024

The MSO dedicates this evening’s performance to Sir Andrew Davis, who passed away on 20 April.

Sir Andrew was the MSO Chief Conductor (2013–2019) and Conductor Laureate (2020–2024).

We miss him terribly.

ARTISTS Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Jaime Martín conductor Tair Khisambeev violin

PROGRAM BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra [18'] VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending [13'] – Interval – ELGAR Enigma Variations [29'] Our musical Acknowledgment of Country, Long Time Living Here by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, will be performed at these concerts.

CONCERT EVENTS 2 May at 6.45pm at Robert Blackwood Foyer Want to learn more about the music being performed? Arrive early for an informative and entertaining pre-concert talk with Carlos Del Cueto.

3 May at 6.30pm at Melbourne Town Hall.

Arrive early to enjoy a recital performed by Calvin Bowman on the mighty Grand Organ, free for ticket holders.

These concerts may be recorded for future broadcast on MSO.LIVE.

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes including interval.

Timings listed are approximate.

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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 Fraillon 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.

About Long Time Living Here As a Yorta Yorta/Yuin composer the responsibility I carry to assist the MSO in delivering a respectful acknowledgement of country is a privilege which I take very seriously. I have a duty of care to my ancestors and to the ancestors on whose land the MSO works and performs.

This new work [2024] will become the second in a suite of compositions I am creating for the MSO, known simply as Long Time Living Here.

As MSO continues to grow its knowledge and understanding of what it means to truly honour the First people of this land, the musical acknowledgment of country will serve to bring those on stage and those in the audience together in a moment of recognition as as we celebrate the longest continuing cultures in the world.

– Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

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

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Committed to shaping and serving the state it inhabits, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s preeminent orchestra and a cornerstone of Victoria’s rich, cultural heritage.

Each year, the MSO and MSO Chorus present more than 180 public events across live performances, TV, radio and online broadcasts, and via its online concert hall, MSO.LIVE, engaging an audience of more than five million people in 56 countries.

In 2024 the organisation will release its first two albums on the newly established MSO recording label.

With an international reputation for excellence, versatility and innovation, the MSO works with culturally diverse and First Nations artists to build community and deliver music to people across Melbourne, the state of Victoria and around the world.

In 2024, Jaime Martín leads the Orchestra for his third year as MSO Chief Conductor.

Maestro Martín leads an Artistic Family that includes Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey, Cybec Assistant Conductor Leonard Weiss, MSO Chorus Director Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Composer in Residence Katy Abbott, Artist in Residence Erin Helyard, MSO First Nations Creative Chair Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, Young Cybec Young Composer in Residence Naomi Dodd, and Artist in Association Christian Li. 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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MUSICIANS PERFORMING IN THIS CONCERT

VIOLAS Tom Chawner* Guest Principal

FIRST VIOLINS

SECOND VIOLINS

Vesa-matti Leppänen*

Matthew Tomkins

Guest Concertmaster

Tair Khisambeev

Acting Associate Concertmaster Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Peter Edwards

Assistant Principal Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson#

Peter Fellin Deborah Goodall Karla Hanna Lorraine Hook Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Kathryn Taylor Anna Skalova Donica Tran^ Madeleine Jevons* Michael Loftus-Hills*

Principal The Gross Foundation#

Monica Curro

Assistant Principal Dr Mary-Jane Gething AO#

Mary Allison Isin Cakmakçioglu Tiffany Cheng Glenn Sedgwick

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Freya Franzen Cong Gu

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield#

Andrew Hall Patrick Wong Roger Young

Lauren Brigden Katharine Brockman William Clark Aidan Filshie Jenny Khafagi Fiona Sargeant Ceridwen Davies° Molly Collier-O’Boyle*

CELLOS David Berlin Principal

Rohan de Korte

Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Angela Sargeant Caleb Wong Alexandra Partridge° Jonathan Chim* Anna Pokorny*

DOUBLE BASSES Jonathan Coco Principal

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan#

Rohan Dasika

Jacqueline Edwards*

Caitlin Bass Benjamin Hanlon

Acting Assistant Principal

Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Suzanne Lee Emma Sullivan°

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Correct as of 23 April 2024 Learn more about our musicians on the MSO website.

* Denotes Guest Musician # Position supported by

HORNS

TIMPANI

Prudence Davis

Nicolas Fleury

Matthew Thomas

Sarah Beggs

Saul Lewis

PERCUSSION

Principal Anonymous#

PICCOLO Andrew Macleod Principal

OBOES Michael Pisani

Principal Margaret Jackson AC# Principal Third The late Hon Michael Watt KC and Cecilie Hall#

Josiah Kop Rachel Shaw

Gary McPherson#

TRUMPETS

Principal

Shaun Trubiano Principal

John Arcaro

Tim and Lyn Edward#

Robert Cossom

Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen#

Ann Blackburn

Owen Morris

Robert Allan* Hugh Tidy*

CLARINETS

Rosie Turner

HARP

Acting Principal

David Thomas Principal

Craig Hill

Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher#

BASSOONS Jack Schiller

Principal

John and Diana Frew#

Adam Davis^

TROMBONES Richard Shirley Mike Szabo

Guest Principal

ORGAN Calvin Bowman*

Principal Bass Trombone

Principal Dr Harry Imber#

TUBA

Elise Millman

Principal

Associate Principal

Delyth Stafford*

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FLUTES

Timothy Buzbee

Natasha Thomas

Patricia Nilsson and Dr Martin Tymms#

CONTRABASSOON Brock Imison Principal

* Denotes Guest Musician ^ Denotes MSO Academy ° Denotes Contract Musician # Position supported by

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JAIME MARTÍN CONDUCTOR

Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 2022, Jaime Martín is also Chief Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland) and Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (Spanish National Orchestra) for the 22/23 season and was Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Gävle Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2022.

Having spent many years as a highly regarded flautist, Jaime turned to conducting full-time in 2013, and has become very quickly sought after at the highest level.

Recent and future engagements include appearances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro de RTVE (ORTVE) and Galicia Symphony orchestras, as well as a nine-city European tour with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Martín is the Artistic Advisor and previous Artistic Director of the Santander Festival.

He was also a founding member of the Orquestra de Cadaqués, where he was Chief Conductor from 2012 to 2019.

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TAIR KHISAMBEEV VIOLIN

Having a passion for travel, Tair has worked in many different countries, exploring the diversity of the world’s cultures and the performing arts inherent in every place he visited. Before settling in Melbourne in 2019, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Prof. Eduard Grach (violin), Prof. Andrey Shishlov (string quartet), Prof. Alexander Rudin and Prof. Alexander Bonduriansky (chamber ensemble). Tair has performed with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan, and tried the rhythm of orchestras of England and Finland, as well as taking part in numerous festivals and competitions, both as a soloist and chamber musician.

A special place in Tair’s heart belongs to chamber music. In 2010 he helped found a piano quintet, which under his leadership performed in Russia and Europe for six years.

For the relatively short period of time spent in Australia since his arrival, Tair has already been deeply integrated into the cultural life of Melbourne and other Australian cities, including as Assistant Concertmaster at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and actively taking part in various music festivals and projects outside the MSO. Tair’s position as Acting Associate Concertmaster is supported by Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio.

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PROGRAM NOTES BENJAMIN BRITTEN

(1913–1976)

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra When the British Ministry of Education decided in 1944 to commission an educational film to teach children about the orchestra, Benjamin Britten was an obvious choice to compose the score.

As well as being a passionate advocate for children’s musical education, Britten had been writing music for documentaries since the mid-1930s, and he had a growing international profile in orchestral composition. The British government had discovered the potential of educational films early in World War Two, and by the mid-1940s, films like Instruments of the Orchestra —directed by Muir Mathieson and accompanied by a set of resources for teachers—were contributing to a larger project of social and political reform by broadening access to ‘high’ culture.

After accepting the commission, Britten chose a short dance theme—a Rondeau composed by Henry Purcell in 1695— as the foundation of the work. The 250th anniversary of Purcell’s death in 1945 may have inspired Britten’s choice of reference material, but he also had a longstanding interest in the composer, considering him ‘the last important international figure of English music’.

Many English musicians of the era felt insecure about the characterisation of England as das Land ohne Musik (the land without music), an idea that had been pervasive since the nineteenth century. As a result, there was a tendency to romanticise the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a distant ‘golden age’ for music, but this also stimulated the push for national cultural

‘improvement’ seen in the commissioning of Instruments of the Orchestra.

While The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra began its life on film, it was concurrently transformed into the concert work heard here. It is structured in a way that allows Britten to systematically demonstrate the different capacities and timbres of the orchestra’s instruments, taking ‘the great musical box to pieces’ as Malcolm Sargent describes it in the film’s narration. After an initial statement of Purcell’s majestic theme by the whole ensemble, the melody is passed around the sections —woodwind, strings, brass and percussion—with each presenting an idiomatic reading of the material before a second statement by the full orchestra closes the opening section.

The variations then proceed through the individual instruments, working from the highest pitch in each section to the lowest. For instance, the first group of variations explores the woodwinds, from the piccolo and flutes, to the oboes, clarinets, and finally the bassoon.

Britten then treats the string, brass and percussion families similarly. While all fundamentally based on the same material, every variation demonstrates Britten’s ingenuity as he gives each instrument a distinct character, from the quick march of the bassoons to the violins ‘alla polacca’ (‘in the Polish manner’), the sinuously coaxing cellos, or the ‘pompous’ trombones and tuba.

The piece ends with a newly-composed fugue—not based on Purcell—which rebuilds the ensemble, reintroducing each instrument one by one. Then follows a final statement of Purcell’s theme, blasted by the brass section and set almost jarringly against the still unfolding fugue, before the grand final cadence.

The educational potential of this work is readily apparent: the structure is

Although Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra has remained a much-loved work among players and audiences since its premier, its accessibility has in some ways hampered its reception, producing what British musicologist Kate Guthrie describes as ‘an anxiety among critics that the music was at risk of being too entertaining’! The apparent need to ‘defend’ the work against allegations that it was mere ‘children’s music’, or simply a utilitarian educational tool, saw many commentators across its history referring to it only by its subtitle, ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell’, in an attempt to draw a sense of gravity to the work. Britten, however, was adamant that the original title be kept, ‘so that the reference to its origin always remains preserved’.

Program notes by Sarah Kirby 2024

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

(1872–1958)

The Lark Ascending – Romance for violin and orchestra Tair Khisambeev violin He rises and begins to round, He drops the silver chain of sound, Of many links without a break, In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake. *** For singing till his heaven fills, ‘Tis love of earth that he instils, And ever winging up and up, Our valley is his golden cup, And he the wine which overflows To lift us with him when he goes.

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unambiguous even when presented in concert without the narrator’s guidance; the variations are snappy, each lasting roughly only a minute; and the repetition of Purcell’s theme gives audience members who may be new to orchestral music ample opportunity to become acquainted with the material.

But the genius of Britten’s work is that it also caters to seasoned listeners.

As the piece progresses, increasingly complex chromaticism is introduced into the variations, accompanied by unexpected harmonic shifts, and intricate polyrhythms emerge through the juxtaposition of the final fugue against Purcell’s stately theme.

*** Till lost on his aerial rings In light, and then the fancy sings.

The Lark Ascending [excerpts] by George Meredith (1828–1909)

The Lark Ascending has undoubtedly become Vaughan Williams’ most popular work. It was fully drafted in 1914 as a work for violin and piano, but the composition had to be set aside due to the outbreak of the First World War. Vaughan Williams’ professional musical life ceased completely for the next four years, as he served as an ambulance driver during the war, shuttling wounded and dying soldiers from the battlefront to temporary field hospitals in France and Greece. It was only after the war ended that he was able to return home to England and to his compositional work.

One of his first tasks was to revise The Lark Ascending. It was eventually premiered in its violin and piano form in December 1920 by the English violinist Marie Hall, to whom the work is dedicated. The orchestration of the

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score was completed in early 1921, and Hall gave the first performance of this, the more frequently played version, shortly afterwards in London’s Queen’s Hall with the British Symphony Orchestra under Adrian Boult.

Despite the work’s lengthy gestation period and the harrowing, lifechanging experiences endured by the composer at the time, none of the terror or anguish of war is evident in the music. It is, in fact, an ideal example of Vaughan Williams’ contemplative and nostalgic musical style. The solo violin spins unbroken arches of melody and swirling arabesques almost continually throughout, and there is no contrasting material or abrupt formal changes to disturb the organic unfolding and rapturous atmosphere. The orchestration is restrained, gently supporting the solo violin for most of the work’s duration.

The ‘Romance’ of the subtitle, perhaps a reference to Beethoven’s two violin Romances, alludes to Vaughan Williams’ long-standing love and adoration of nature.

The Lark Ascending could be described as a musical reflection upon the poem of the same name written by the English novelist George Meredith in 1881. Only selected lines from the poem are printed in the musical score and the poetic content is used as a point of stimulus for the composer’s lyrical reverie. The solo violin clearly embodies the spirit of a bird singing and taking flight (with occasional bird calls also provided by the woodwind instruments), whilst the sustained chords, played by the strings, could be understood as the aural depiction of a flat pastoral landscape.

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The form of the work is rhapsodic, with lengthy ornamental solo cadenzas beginning and concluding the piece.

These are notated without bar lines and in no strict tempo, thus giving the interpreter considerable freedom and

liberty in interpretation. The floating quality of the harmony is partly due to Vaughan Williams’ characteristic use of a pentatonic (five-tone) mode, which weakens the strong directional pull of conventional tonality. This modality continues in the central dance-like section, which is initiated by the woodwinds. Throughout his life, Vaughan Williams collected and studied English folk-music, and although no specific folk tune is directly quoted here, its strong influence is apparent.

James Cuddeford © 2017

Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 Enigma Theme: Andante Var. I. “ C.A.E.” L’istesso tempo – Caroline Alice Elgar, the composer’s wife II.

“H.D.S.- P.” Allegro – Hew David Steuart-Powell, pianist in Elgar’s trio

III. “R.B.T.” Allegretto – Richard Baxter Townshend, author IV. “W.M.B.” Allegro di molto – William Meath Baker, nicknamed ‘the Squire’ V.

“R.P.A.” Moderato – Richard Penrose Arnold, son of Matthew Arnold

VI. “Ysobel” Andantino – Isabel Fitton, viola player VII. “Troyte” Presto – Arthur Troyte Griffith, architect VII. “W.N.” Allegretto – Winifred Norbury VIII. “Nimrod” Moderato – August Johannes Jaeger, reader for the publisher Novello & Co IX. “Dorabella - Intermezzo” Allegretto – Dora Penny, later Mrs Richard Powell X.

“G.R.S.” Allegro di molto – Dr G.R. Sinclair, organist of Hereford Cathedral

XI. “B.G.N.” Andante – Basil G. Nevinson, cellist in Elgar’s trio XII. “ *** - Romanza” Moderato – Lady Mary Lygon, later Trefusis XIII. “E.D.U. - Finale” Allegro – Elgar himself (‘Edu’ being his nickname)

The Enigma Variations was a ‘timely’ success. Elgar had sought recognition in London in the late 1880s but there were few performances of his works, and he and his wife, Caroline Alice, had returned to Worcestershire. Elgar felt defeated. Self-conscious of his social status and provincial origins, he bitterly toyed with taking up a trade. But things began to look up with performances of his cantatas in the 1890s.

One night in October 1898, Elgar started doodling at the piano and chanced upon a brief theme. It was in G minor, the key of the Mozart symphony (No.40) which Elgar had once reworked bar-forbar into an original composition. In its almost arbitrary contour and halting mix of crotchets and quavers, the melody had great potential for wide-ranging development. Elgar started imagining how certain friends might have varied it. This work, when completed, would single-handedly turn around the composer’s career. It was premiered at St. James’s Hall, London on 19 June 1899 under the influential conductor Hans Richter.

In the variations, Elgar’s friends are identified only by their initials. Elgar said that their identity should not matter to the audience member who ‘nose nuffin’ (a typical piece of Elgarian humorous spelling), but it is enjoyable for modern-day audiences to think how Elgar has portrayed them. Elgar biographer Michael Kennedy says Elgar chose friends whose idiosyncrasies suggested music to him. Dora Penny, for example, had a stammer. Pianist H.D. Steuart-Powell would warm up with a diatonic scale pattern over the keyboard. Variation VII depicts Arthur Troyte Griffith’s drumming fortes.

Viola player Isabel Fitton, ‘Ysobel’, had trouble performing music where the strings had to be crossed. The Hereford Cathedral organist Dr G.R. Sinclair was actually represented by his dog,

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EDWARD ELGAR

(1857–1934)

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Dan, falling down the steep bank into the river Wye, paddling upstream to a landing-place and barking joyously on landing. The cello features prominently in Variation 12—a tribute to Basil Nevinson who would later inspire Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is quoted in Variation 13, said to depict Lady Mary Lygon’s departure for Australia where her brother, Earl Beauchamp, had been appointed Governor of NSW. The most famous variation, ‘Nimrod’, has perhaps the most interesting musical association.

It is a musical portrait of Elgar’s publisher, A.E. Jaeger, and is called ‘Nimrod’ (‘the mighty hunter before the Lord’) because Jaeger means ‘hunter’ in German.

During one of Elgar’s regular slumps in morale, Jaeger had taken ‘Edu’ (from ‘Edoo’, Alice Elgar’s name for him) for a walk and reminded him that whenever Beethoven was troubled he poured his frustrations into still more beautiful compositions. He and Elgar agreed that Beethoven’s slow movements were incomparable and in the opening bars of Nimrod, Elgar quotes the slow movement from Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata.

The final variation is Elgar himself. As for the ‘enigma’, the word written in later over the theme, Elgar said ‘Its “dark saying” must be left unguessed…’ In his book on the Variations, Julian Rushton says that it’s undoubtedly Elgar himself.

He used the theme as signature in letters to Dora Penny. Elgar also hinted that you could play another more familiar tune over the top. Many have tried to guess this implied theme’s identity, but knowing or not knowing doesn’t affect enjoyment of the work.

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The Enigma Variations, Elgar’s tribute to his friends, was the first work in which Elgar was wholly himself—he had written nothing of sustained originality when he first went to London—and it

spawned success. Great works such as the Sea Pictures and the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius quickly followed.

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Supporters

SUPPORTERS MSO PATRON Her Excellency Professor, the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE The Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Harold Mitchell Foundation Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Cybec Foundation The Pratt Foundation The Ullmer Family Foundation Anonymous (1)

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS

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Student Subsidy Program Anonymous MSO Academy Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio, Mary Armour, Christopher Robinson in memory of Joan P Robinson Jams in Schools Department of Education, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program, AWM Electrical, Marian and E.H. Flack Trust, Flora & Frank Leith Charitable Trust, Hume City Council Regional Touring Angior Family Foundation, AWM Electrical, Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, Robert Salzer Foundation Sidney Myer Free Concerts Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund and the University of Melbourne, City of Melbourne Event Partnerships Program

Concertmaster Chair David Li AM and Angela Li Cybec Assistant Conductor Chair Leonard Weiss Cybec Foundation Acting Associate Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Cybec Young Composer in Residence Naomi Dodd Cybec Foundation

PLATINUM PATRONS $100,000+

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS

Jolene S Coultas Dr Harry Imber Margaret Jackson AC Packer Family Foundation Ullmer Family Foundation Weis Family Anonymous (2)

Now & Forever Fund: International Engagement Gandel Foundation Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program Cybec Foundation Digital Transformation Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment First Nations Emerging Artist Program The Ullmer Family Foundation East meets West The Li Family Trust, National Foundation for Australia-China Relations Community and Public Programs AWM Electrical, City of Melbourne, Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation Live Online and MSO Schools Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation

AWM Electrical The Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio David Li AM and Angela Li Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+

IMPRESARIO PATRONS $20,000+ The Aranday Foundation H Bentley The Hogan Family Foundation David Krasnostein AM and Pat Stragalinos Sage Foundation Lady Marigold Southey AC Kim Williams AM The Yulgilbar Foundation Anonymous (2)

Christine and Mark Armour John and Lorraine Bates Barbara Bell in memory of Elsa Bell Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson Jannie Brown Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM Andrew Dudgeon AM Jaan Enden Kim and Robert Gearon Dr Mary-Jane H Gething AO Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM David Horowicz David R Lloyd Peter Lovell Dr Ian Manning Maestro Jaime Martín Janet Matton AM & Robin Rowe Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher Farrel and Wendy Meltzer Paul Noonan Opalgate Foundation Ian and Jeannie Paterson Dr Hieu Pham and Graeme Campbell Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence Eli and Lorraine Raskin Yashian Schauble The Sun Foundation Gai and David Taylor Athalie Williams and Tim Danielson Lyn Williams AM

PRINCIPAL PATRONS $5,000+ Mary Armour Alexandra Baker Bodhi Education Fund Julia and Jim Breen Nigel and Sheena Broughton Lynne Burgess Ken Ong Chong OAM John Coppock OAM and Lyn Coppock Ann Darby in memory of Leslie J. Darby Mary Davidson and the late Frederick Davidson AM The Dimmick Charitable Trust

Tim and Lyn Edward Equity Trustees Bill Fleming Dr John and Diana Frew Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner Dr Rhyl Wade and Dr Clem Gruen Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Louis J Hamon OAM Merv Keehn and Sue Harlow Dr Alastair Jackson AM John Jones Peter T Kempen AM Suzanne Kirkham Lucas Family Foundation Dr Jane Mackenzie Gary McPherson The Mercer Family Foundation Anne Neil in memory of Murray A. Neil Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Bruce Parncutt AO David Ponsford Jan and Keith Richards Professor Sam Ricketson and Dr Rosemary Ayton Andrew and Judy Rogers The Rosemary Norman Foundation Guy Ross Liliane Rusek and Alexander Ushakoff Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young Brian Snape AM Dr Michael Soon P & E Turner Mary Waldron Janet Whiting AM Dawna Wright and Peter Riedel Igor Zambelli Anonymous (3)

Supporters

MAESTRO PATRONS $10,000+

ASSOCIATE PATRONS $2,500+ Carolyn Baker Marlyn Bancroft and Peter Bancroft OAM Sascha O Becker Janet H Bell Alan and Dr Jennifer Breschkin Patricia Brockman

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Dr Lynda Campbell Oliver Carton Janet Chauvel and the late Dr Richard Chauvel Kaye Cleary Michael Davies and Drina Staples Leo de Lange Sandra Dent Sophie E Dougall in memory of Libby Harold Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin Janette Gill R Goldberg and Family Goldschlager Family Charitable Foundation Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Jennifer Gorog C M Gray Marshall Grosby and Margie Bromilow Ian Kennedy AM & Dr Sandra Hacker AO Susan and Gary Hearst Dr Keith Higgins and Dr Jane Joshi Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann Doug Hooley Gillian Hund OAM and Michael Hund Geoff and Denise Illing Paul and Amy Jasper Sandy Jenkins Ann Lahore Mrs Qian Li Carolynne Marks Margaret and John Mason OAM Ian McDonald H E McKenzie Dr Isabel McLean Christopher Menz and Peter Rose Ian Merrylees Dr Paul Nisselle AM Alan and Dorothy Pattison Ruth and Ralph Renard Peter and Carolyn Rendit James Ring Tom and Elizabeth Romanowski Jeffrey Sher KC and Diana Sher OAM Steinicke Family Caroline Stuart Robert and Diana Wilson

Shirley and Jeffrey Zajac Anonymous (4)

PLAYER PATRONS ($1,000+) Dr Sally Adams Helena Anderson Margaret Astbury Robbie Barker Justine Battistella Michael Bowles & Alma Gill Allen and Kathryn Bloom Joyce Bown Youth Music Foundation Professor Ian Brighthope Miranda Brockman Drs John D L Brookes and Lucy V Hanlon Stuart Brown Suzie Brown OAM and the late Harvey Brown Jill and Christopher Buckley Dr Robin Burns and Dr Roger Douglas Shayna Burns Ronald and Kate Burnstein Peter A Caldwell Josh Chye Jessica Agoston Cleary Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt Alexandra Champion de Crespigny Mrs Nola Daley Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das Caroline Davies Natasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education Fund Rick and Sue Deering John and Anne Duncan Jane Edmanson OAM Diane Fisher Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Alex Forrest Chris Freelance Applebay Pty Ltd David and Esther Frenkiel Mary Gaidzkar Simon Gaites Anthony Garvey and Estelle O’Callaghan David I Gibbs AM and Susie O’Neill Sonia Gilderdale

Professor Geoffrey Metz Sylvia Miller Ian Morrey and Geoffrey Minter Dr Anthony and Dr Anna Morton Barry Mowszowski Dr Judith S Nimmo Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Susan Pelka Ian Penboss Kerryn Pratchett Peter Priest John Prokupets Professor Charles Qin OAM and Kate Ritchie Roger Parker and Ruth Parker Dr Peter Rogers and Cathy Rogers OAM Dr Ronald and Elizabeth Rosanove Marie Rowland Viorica Samson Marshall Segan in memory of Berek Segan OBE and Marysia Segan P Shore Janet and Alex Starr Dr Peter Strickland Dr Joel Symons and Liora Symons Russell Taylor and Tara Obeyesekere Geoffrey Thomlinson Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher Andrew and Penny Torok Christina Turner Ann and Larry Turner Sandra and the late Leon Velik Jayde Walker Edward and Paddy White Nic and Ann Willcock Lorraine Woolley Dr Kelly and Dr Heathcote Wright George Yeung Demetrio Zema Anonymous (13)

Supporters

Dr Celia Godfrey Dr Marged Goode Hilary Hall, in memory of Wilma Collie David Hardy Tilda and the late Brian Haughney Cathy Henry Dr Jennifer Henry Anthony and Karen Ho Rod Home Lorraine Hook Jenny and Peter Hordern Katherine Horwood Penelope Hughes Jordan Janssen Shyama Jayaswal Basil and Rita Jenkins Jane Jenkins Emma Johnson Wendy Johnson Sue Johnston John Kaufman Angela Kayser Drs Bruce and Natalie Kellett Dr Anne Kennedy Akira Kikkawa Dr Judith Kinnear Dr Richard Knafelc and Mr Grevis Beard Tim Knaggs Professor David Knowles and Dr Anne McLachlan Dr Jerry Koliha and Marlene Krelle Jane Kunstler Kerry Landman Janet and Ross Lapworth Bryan Lawrence Lesley McMullin Foundation Dr Jenny Lewis Phil Lewis Dr Kin Liu Andrew Lockwood Elizabeth H Loftus Chris and Anna Long John MacLeod Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer Lois McKay Dr Eric Meadows

OVERTURE PATRONS $500+ Jane Allan and Mark Redmond Mario M Anders Jenny Anderson Dr Judith Armstrong and Robyn Dalziel Doris Au Lyn Bailey

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Mr Robin Batterham Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk Dr William Birch AM Richard Bolitho Dr Robert Brook Elizabeth Brown Roger and Coll Buckle Daniel Bushaway Jungpin Chen Dr John Collins Gregory Crew Sue Cummings Oliver and Matilda Daly Suzanne Dembo Carol des Cognets Bruce Dudon Margaret Flatman Brian Florence M C Friday David and Geraldine Glenny Hugo and Diane Goetze Louise Gourlay OAM Christine Grenda Dawn Hales George Hampel AM KC and Felicity Hampel AM SC John Hill William Holder Gillian Horwood Noelle Howell and Judy Clezy Oliver Hutton Rob Jackson Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley John Keys Lesley King Dr Kim Langfield-Smith Pauline and David Lawton Paschalina Leach Kay Liu David Loggia Helen Maclean Eleanor & Phillip Mancini Joy Manners Dr Morris and Helen Margolis Sandra Masel in memory of Leigh Masel Janice Mayfield

Gail McKay Shirley A McKenzie Alan Meads and Sandra Boon Adrian and Louise Nelson Marian Neumann Ed Newbigin Valerie Newman Amanda O’Brien Brendan O’Donnell Jillian Pappas Phil Parker Sarah Patterson The Hon Chris Pearce and Andrea Pearce William Ramirez Geoffrey Ravenscroft Dr Christopher Rees Professor John Rickard Michael Riordan and Geoffrey Bush Fred and Patricia Russell Carolyn Sanders Dr Marc Saunders Dr Nora Scheinkestel Julia Schlapp Hon Jim Short and Jan Rothwell Short Madeline Soloveychik Tom Sykes Allison Taylor Reverend Angela Thomas Mely Tjandra Chris and Helen Trueman Rosemary Warnock Amanda Watson Michael Whishaw Deborah and Dr Kevin Whithear OAM Charles and Jill Wright Anonymous (13)

FUTURE MSO ($1,000+) Justine Battistella Shayna Burns Jessica Agoston Cleary Alexandra Champion de Crespigny Josh Chye Barry Mowszowski Jayde Walker Demetrio Zema

Jenny Anderson David Angelovich Lesley Bawden Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk Joyce Bown Patricia A Breslin Jenny Brukner and the late John Brukner Peter A Caldwell Luci and Ron Chambers Sandra Dent Sophie E Dougall in memory of Libby Harold Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Marguerite Garnon-Williams Dr Clem Gruen and Dr Rhyl Wade Louis J Hamon OAM Charles Hardman and Julianne Bambacas Carol Hay Dr Jennifer Henry Graham Hogarth Rod Home Lyndon Horsburgh Katherine Horwood Tony Howe Lindsay and Michael Jacombs John Jones Pauline and David Lawton Robyn and Maurice Lichter Christopher Menz and Peter Rose Cameron Mowat Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James David Orr Matthew O’Sullivan Rosia Pasteur Penny Rawlins Margaret Riches Anne Roussac-Hoyne and Neil Roussac Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead Anne Kieni Serpell and Andrew Serpell Jennifer Shepherd Suzette Sherazee Professors Gabriela and George Stephenson Pamela Swansson Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman

Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock Peter and the late Elizabeth Turner Michael Ullmer AO The Hon Rosemary Varty Francis Vergona Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke Mark Young Anonymous (23) The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates: Norma Ruth Atwell Angela Beagley Barbara Bobbe Michael Francois Boyt Christine Mary Bridgart Margaret Anne Brien Ken Bullen Deidre and Malcolm Carkeek The Cuming Bequest Margaret Davies Blair Doig Dixon Neilma Gantner Angela Felicity Glover The Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QC Derek John Grantham Delina Victoria Schembri-Hardy Enid Florence Hookey Gwen Hunt Family and Friends of James Jacoby Audrey Jenkins Joan Jones Pauline Marie Johnston Christine Mary Kellam C P Kemp Jennifer Selina Laurent Sylvia Rose Lavelle Peter Forbes MacLaren Joan Winsome Maslen Lorraine Maxine Meldrum Prof Andrew McCredie Jean Moore Joan P Robinson Maxwell and Jill Schultz Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE Marion A I H M Spence

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MSO GUARDIANS

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Supporters

Molly Stephens Gwennyth St John Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian Jennifer May Teague Elisabeth Turner Albert Henry Ullin Jean Tweedie Herta and Fred B Vogel Daphne White Joyce Winsome Woodroffe Dorothy Wood

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE Cecilie Hall and the Late Hon Michael Watt KC Tim and Lyn Edward Weis Family

FIRST NATIONS CIRCLE

Saul Lewis

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Abbey Edlin

David Horowicz

Anne-Marie Johnson

Dr Harry Imber

Sarah Curro, Jack Schiller

Margaret Jackson AC Nicolas Fleury

Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Elina Fashki, Benjamin Hanlon, Tair Khisambeev, Christopher Moore

Peter T Kempen AM Rebecca Proietto

The late Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Anthony Chataway

Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher Craig Hill

Gary McPherson

John and Lorraine Bates Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Sascha O. Becker Maestro Jaime Martín Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence Guy Ross The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer

Rachel Shaw

ADOPT A MUSICIAN

Anonymous

Anne Neil

Eleanor Mancini

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Cong Gu

Patricia Nilsson and Dr Martin Tymms Natasha Thomas

Andrew and Judy Rogers Michelle Wood

Glenn Sedgwick

Tiffany Cheng, Shane Hooton

Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson

Prudence Davis

Peter Edwards

Anonymous

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan

Rachael Tobin

Roger Young

Andrew Dudgeon AM

Rohan de Korte, Philippa West

Tim and Lyn Edward John Arcaro

Dr John and Diana Frew Rosie Turner

Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Stephen Newton

Dr Mary-Jane Gething AO Monica Curro

The Gross Foundation Matthew Tomkins

Dr Clem Gruen and Dr Rhyl Wade Robert Cossom

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Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC

MSO BOARD

Life Members John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC Sir Elton John CBE Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Jeanne Pratt AC Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Anonymous MSO Ambassador Geoffrey Rush AC The MSO honours the memory of Life Members The late Marc Besen AC and the late Eva Besen AO John Brockman OAM The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Harold Mitchell AC Roger Riordan AM Ila Vanrenen

Chairman David Li AM Co-Deputy Chairs Margaret Jackson AC Di Jameson OAM Managing Director Sophie Galaise Board Directors Shane Buggle Andrew Dudgeon AM Martin Foley Lorraine Hook Gary McPherson Farrel Meltzer Edgar Myer Glenn Sedgwick Mary Waldron Company Secretary Demetrio Zema

MSO ARTISTIC FAMILY

Supporters

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

Jaime Martín

Chief Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Principal Conductor Artistic Advisor – Learning and Engagement

Leonard Weiss

Cybec Assistant Conductor

Sir Andrew Davis CBE †

Conductor Laureate (2013–2024)

Hiroyuki Iwaki †

Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

Warren Trevelyan-Jones MSO Chorus Director

Erin Helyard

Artist in Residence

Karen Kyriakou

Artist in Residence, Learning and Engagement

Christian Li

Young Artist in Association

Katy Abbott

Composer in Residence

Naomi Dodd

Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO First Nations Creative Chair

Xian Zhang

East meets West Ambassador

Artistic Ambassadors Tan Dun Lu Siqing

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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Thank you to our Partners PRINCIPAL PARTNER

INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM PARTNER

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

PREMIER PARTNERS

VENUE PARTNER

EDUCATION PARTNERS

ORCHESTRAL TRAINING PARTNER

MAJOR PARTNERS

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Quest Southbank

Ernst & Young

MEDIA AND BROADCAST PARTNERS

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

Freemasons Foundation Victoria

The Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation, The Angior Family Foundation, Flora & Frank Leith Trust, Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment, Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund