Kate Ceberano: My Life is a Symphony

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 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.

— Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

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“ Kate has always been one of my favorites. I was obsessed with her as a kid and attended as many of her concerts as I was allowed; I love her. Incredibly talented, great voice and an important influence on me.

Congratulations Kate!”

SIA “ Huge congratulations to our beautiful Kate celebrating four decades in the industry. What a remarkable achievement to be able to continue bringing music and light to all of us. Here’s to many more my friend.”

Delta Goodrem “ Kate has been dazzling audiences for 40 years, her impact and influence continue to shine. She is a testament to the power of hard work and dedication and her legacy as one of Australia’s greatest music treasures will endure for generations to come.”

Jessica Mauboy “ I grew up watching this powerful fierce female artist showing us all how it’s done. Not only is Kate a beautiful soul, but an artist for all to admire. A badass on that stage, every show. I listen to her back catalog and get reminded each and every time just how magnificent this singer/songwriter is. Congrats Kate on this huge successful milestone.”

Vanessa Amorosi “ Truly one of the great voices this country has produced.

Kate’s singing simply melts your heart.”

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PROGRAM ACT 1 Pash CEBERANO / GOLDENBERG

Sweet Inspiration CEBERANO / PRICE

Courage CEBERANO / GOLDENBERG

Earth & Sky CEBERANO / COSMAS

Sunburn CEBERANO

Time to Think CEBERANO / JANKEL

Champion CEBERANO / BRYAN

ACT 2 Brave K CEBERANO / P CEBERANO

Everything’s Alright / I Don’t Know How to Love Him LLOYD WEBBER / RICE

Sympathy CEBERANO / VETTESSE

Cherry Blossom Lipstick CEBERANO / GOLDENBERG

Louis’ Song CEBERANO / CECCHINELLI

Mirrorball POTTER / GARVEY / POTTER / TURNER / JUPP

If It Be Your Will COHEN

CREDITS Kate Ceberano songwriter, vocalist Benjamin Northey conductor Roscoe James Irwin arranger, musical director, piano, keyboard, backing vocals Kathleen Halloran guitar, backing vocals Jonathan Zion electric bass Daniel Furrugia drums, percussion Jessica Fairlie backing vocals Gypsy Rogers backing vocals Alison Ainsworth backing vocals Camilla Burrows backing vocals Lee Rogers Executive Producer Kate Ceberano Productions kateceberano.com MSO Presents Executive Producer Mark Sutcliffe Producer Erika Noguchi Artist Liaison Stephen McAllan Production Coordinator Daniel Boaden Audio Engineer Steve Scanlon, Sound Management Australia Orchestra Audio Engineer Brett Galvin, Arts Centre Melbourne Lighting Designer Jake Kirby, Arts Centre Melbourne

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“This album was conceived and the orchestra recorded in the last months before the Covid “blackout”! After several years of waiting to complete it, when I finally got to return to the project and record the vocals it was a very emotional experience for me… back in a studio where i had recorded Brave 35 years before – and with my daughter now singing BVs. I never wanted to take any thing for granted again. I was more committed, bolder, and more willing to back my stories and songwriting. The power of the orchestra, the arrangements by my talented friend Roscoe James Irwin have given new life to songs that together we cherrypicked from my albums over the years. Songs that are meaningful to me, earmarking personal memories and travelling with me across 4 decades. It is such a privilege on every level to be able to perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. To deliver my songs with these beautiful arrangements in the Arts Centre, in my beloved Melbourne, where I first performed supporting Vince Jones 40 years ago, well...this just moves me to tears.”

– Kate Ceberano

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ABOUT MY LIFE IS A SYMPHONY

“It starts with a conversation. A shared love of albums and films lost and forgotten. And when Kate and I caught up 5 years ago and first started speaking about this project, we both immediately felt that it couldn’t be a standard pops orchestra album, but instead needed to be something exceptionally grand, epically beautiful and genuinely symphonic. This is Kate Ceberano, one of the most vibrant and important voices in contemporary Australian music over the last 40 years. That is a huge legacy to celebrate and pay respect to and I knew that the arrangements, orchestrations and production of the album had to reflect that in the most intimate and poignant of musical ways.

The album, and this subsequent concert have been a long time in the making.

It’s been a turbulent journey over the last few years and one that has only emboldened the importance of this album to us and of drawing outside the lines and making beauty through music in general. This album and concert is Kate as she is meant to be heard. Larger than life, yet intimate and introspective.

All at once celebratory and melancholy, touching on grand ideas and the mundane alike. With an army of beating drums, howling voices, and soaring strings, brass and woodwinds in support. This is storytelling on a grand and wild musical scale, and who better to lead us through that wilderness than our own Kate Ceberano.”

– Roscoe James Irwin Arranger, Musical Director, Co-producer My Life Is A Symphony Album

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KATE CEBERANO: MY LIFE IS A SYMPHONY | 27 May

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Established in 1906, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s pre-eminent orchestra and a cornerstone of Victoria’s rich, cultural heritage.

Each year, the MSO engages with more than 5 million people, presenting in excess of 180 public events across live performances, TV, radio and online broadcasts, and via its online concert hall, MSO.LIVE, with audiences in 56 countries.

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

In 2023, the MSO’s Chief Conductor, Jaime Martín continues an exciting new phase in the Orchestra’s history. Maestro Martín joins an Artistic Family that includes Principal Guest Conductor, Xian Zhang, Principal Conductor in Residence, Benjamin Northey, Conductor Laureate, Sir Andrew Davis CBE, Cybec Assistant Conductor Fellow, Carlo Antonioli, MSO Chorus Director, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Soloist in Residence, Siobhan Stagg, Composer in Residence, Mary Finsterer, Ensemble in Residence, Gondwana Voices, Cybec Young Composer in Residence, Melissa Douglas and Young 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 FIRST VIOLINS

SECOND VIOLINS

CELLOS

Peter Edwards

Monica Curro

Rachael Tobin

Acting Concertmaster

Kirsty Bremner Sarah Curro Peter Fellin Lorraine Hook Anne-Marie Johnson Kirstin Kenny Mark Mogilevski Kathryn Taylor Michael Loftus-Hills* Erica Kennedy* Susannah Ng*

Assistant Principal Dr Mary-Jane Gething AO#

Mary Allison Freya Franzen Cong Gu

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield#

Andrew Hall Isy Wasserman Patrick Wong

Hyon Ju Newman#

Jacqueline Edwards* Andrea Keeble* Oksana Thompson* VIOLAS Christopher Moore

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Rohan de Korte

Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Angela Sargeant Jonathan Chim* Alexandra Partridge* Anna Pokorny* DOUBLE BASSES Suzanne Lee Stephen Newton Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser#

Luca Arcaro* Caitlin Bass* FLUTES

Principal Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Prudence Davis

Lauren Brigden Katharine Brockman William Clark Fiona Sargeant Molly Collier-O’Boyle* Trevor Jones* Isabel Morse*

Andrew Macleod

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Principal Anonymous#

HORNS

TROMBONES

Michael Pisani

Nicolas Fleury

James Kent

Abbey Edlin

Richard Shirley Mike Szabo

Acting Associate Principal

Rachel Curkpatrick CLARINETS David Thomas

Principal Margaret Jackson AC# Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Principal

Rachel Shaw

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Bec Luton*

Jon Craven Principal

BASSOONS Elise Millman

Associate Principal

Gary McPherson#

Acting Principal

Principal Bass Trombone

TUBA Timothy Buzbee Principal

TRUMPETS

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Shane Hooton

Robert Cossom

Associate Principal Glenn Sedgwick and Dr Anita Willaton#

William Evans Patrick McMullin*

Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen#

Robert Allan*

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KATE CEBERANO vocalist 2023 sees Kate rack up 40 years and 30 albums into one of the most enduring and inspirational careers in Australian music.

11 platinum and 8 gold albums, 15 Top 40 singles, 3 Countdown awards, 4 ARIA awards from 19 nominations – including 9 nominations for Best Female Artist, but it’s over 8000 performances that her unassailable distinction was forged.

Fronting the band “I’m Talking”, their platinum debut, Bear Witness, brought Kate’s jaw-dropping voice to national attention via their 5 top 20 singles. It led to stages as historic as Live Aid alongside Bowie, Tina Turner and The Rolling Stones, and Australian Made alongside INXS, Jimmy Barnes and Divinyls. Today it’s enshrined among Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Australian Albums of all time.

There’s her record-breaking run with John Farnham in Jesus Christ Superstar, her 1987 Gold live jazz album Kate and her Septet, her triple Platinum smash debut solo album pop album Brave, her ARIA winning Platinum blues album Stringer, her hit TV show of the mid ‘90s Kate & Friends, her 2014 induction into the Australian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, more recently her ARIA Top 5 hit Sweet Inspiration, Kate was a force of nature from day one.

It’s a story that refreshes yet again with My Life Is A Symphony, a breathtaking celebration of her songwriting, featuring her most iconic songs, Brave and Pash, and favourites reimagined amid the grandeur of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Quite simply the voice of a generation.

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BENJAMIN NORTHEY conductor

Roscoe James Irwin has cemented himself as a kind of musical mastermind in Australia. The genre bending instrumentalist, singer, producer and composer/arranger has become a go-to guy for a host of top Australian and international artists. Irwin has toured all over the world for almost 20 years with iconic Australian bands The Cat Empire and The Bamboos, as well as clocking up a host of live and studio credits including Passenger, Paul Kelly, Kate Ceberano, Josh Pyke, Harry Connick, Jr., Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen), Vance Joy, Suzi Quatro, RockWiz, The Kite String Tangle, Megan Washington, Angus and Julia, Tim Rogers, Jessica Mauboy, plus many more. Irwin has an almost iconic status as a large-scale arranger and composer, having written for The Queensland Symphony, The Melbourne Symphony, The Adelaide Symphony, as well as many jazz big bands, art ensembles and film projects.

Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is the Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Conductor in Residence of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

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ROSCOE JAMES IRWIN arranger

Northey also appears regularly as a guest conductor with all major Australian symphony orchestras, Opera Australia (Turandot, L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Carmen), New Zealand Opera (Sweeney Todd) and State Opera South Australia (La sonnambula, L’elisir d’amore, Les contes d’Hoffmann). His international appearances include concerts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Malaysian Philharmonic and the New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras.

Northey studied conducting with John Hopkins at the University of Melbourne and Jorma Panula at the Stockholm Royal College of Music.

With a progressive and diverse approach to repertoire, he has collaborated with a broad range of artists including Maxim Vengerov, Julian Rachlin, Karen Gomyo, Piers Lane and many others. In 2023, he conducts the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmanian and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

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The MSO provides an exquisite backing, though Roscoe Irwin’s clever arrangements mean that the focus remains fixed on Ceberano’s peerless voice. In a career filled with diverse delights, My Life Is a Symphony is a high point.

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Achingly beautiful and melodious. Kate Ceberano is one of Australia’s most important voices.

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