Sir Andrew's Messiah | Concert Program

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Artists

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Sir Andrew Davis conductor

Jacqueline Porter soprano

Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano

Andrew Goodwin tenor

Christopher Richardson bass

MSO Chorus

Warren Trevelyan-Jones chorus director

Program

HANDEL (arr. Davis) Messiah

Running time: approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes including a 20-minute interval.

Our musical Acknowledgment of Country, Long Time Living Here by Deborah Cheetham AO, will be performed at this concert.

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

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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.

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.

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 2022, the MSO’s new Chief Conductor, Jaime Martín has ushered in 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, Composer in Residence, Paul Grabowsky 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.

Sir Andrew’s Messiah

Musicians Performing in this Concert

FIRST VIOLINS

Dale Barltrop Concertmaster David Li AM and Angela Li#

Tair Khisambeev Assistant Concertmaster Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio# Peter Edwards Assistant Principal Kirsty Bremner Amanda Chen* Sarah Curro Deborah Goodall Karla Hanna* Kirstin Kenny Mark Mogilevski Kathryn Taylor

SECOND VIOLINS

Matthew Tomkins Principal The Gross Foundation# Robert Macindoe Associate Principal Isin Cakmakçioglu

Jacqueline Edwards* Cong Gu Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield# Andrew Hall

Isy Wasserman Philippa West Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Roger Young Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan#

VIOLAS

Christopher Moore Principal Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio# Tahlia Petrosian* Guest Associate Principal Lauren Brigden

Katharine Brockman

Anthony Chataway Dr Elizabeth E Lewis AM# William Clark*

Ceridwen Davies* Gabrielle Halloran Trevor Jones Anne Neil# Jenny Khafagi* Isabel Morse* CELLOS

Rachael Tobin Associate Principal Miranda Brockman Geelong Friends of the MSO# Elina Faskhi* Sarah Morse Alexandra (Aly) Partridge* Angela Sargeant Josephine Vains*

DOUBLE BASSES

Benjamin Hanlon Frank Mercurio and Di Jameson#

Suzanne Lee Stephen Newton Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser# Nemanja Petkovic* Emma Sullivan*

FLUTES

Prudence Davis Principal Anonymous# Wendy Clarke Associate Principal Sarah Beggs

PICCOLO

Andrew Macleod Principal

OBOES

Sandy Xu* Guest Principal Ann Blackburn The Rosemary Norman Foundation#

COR ANGLAIS Michael Pisani Principal

CLARINETS

David Thomas Principal Craig Hill

BASS CLARINET

Jon Craven Principal

BASSOONS

Elise Millman Associate Principal Jamie Dodd^

CONTRABASSOON

Colin Forbes-Abrams*

Correct as of 28 November 2022

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HORNS

Nicolas Fleury

Principal Margaret Jackson AC#

Saul Lewis

Principal Third

The late Hon Michael Watt KC and Cecilie Hall# Rachel Shaw Gary McPherson#

TRUMPETS

Owen Morris

Principal William Evans

TROMBONES

Barry Hearn* Acting Principal Richard Shirley Mike Szabo Principal Bass Trombone

TIMPANI

Brent Miller* Acting Principal PERCUSSION

John Arcaro Tim and Lyn Edward# Robert Cossom Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen#

HARP

Yinuo Mu Principal KEYBOARD

David MacFarlane*

^ MSO Academy 2022

* Denotes Guest Musician

# Position supported by

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

One of today’s most recognized and acclaimed conductors, Sir Andrew Davis’s career spans more than 50 years during which he has been the musical and artistic leader at several of the world’s most distinguished opera and symphonic institutions including Lyric Opera of Chicago (Music Director and Principal Conductor, 2000–2021), BBC Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate; Chief Conductor, 1989–2000), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Music Director, 1988–2000), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate; Chief Conductor, 2013–2019), and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate; Principal Conductor, 1975–1988). He also holds the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Andrew has conducted virtually all of the world’s major orchestras, opera companies, and festivals.

Born in 1944 in Hertfordshire, England, Maestro Davis studied at King’s College, Cambridge, where he was Organ Scholar before taking up conducting. His wideranging repertoire encompasses the Baroque to contemporary and spans the symphonic, operatic, and choral worlds. A vast and award-winning discography documents Sir Andrew’s artistry, with recent CDs including the works of Berg, Berlioz, Bliss, Elgar (winner of the 2018 Diapason d’Or de l’Année – Musique Symphonique), Finzi, Grainger, Delius, Ives, Holst, Handel (nominated for a 2018 GRAMMY® for Best Choral Performance), Vaughan Williams, Vine, and York Bowen (nominated for a 2012 GRAMMY® for Best Orchestral Performance). He currently records exclusively for Chandos Records.

In 1992, Maestro Davis was made a Commander of the British Empire, and in 1999 he was designated a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List.

Sir Andrew Davis conductor

Sir Andrew’s

Jacqueline Porter soprano

Jacqueline Porter appears regularly with Australia’s major symphony orchestras. Her most recent performances include Britten’s Les Illuminations (Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra), Mahler Symphony No.4 (Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras), Peter Grimes and Peer Gynt ( Sydney Symphony), Bach St. Matthew Passion and cantatas (Melbourne Bach Choir), Stonnington Outdoor Classics, Messiah (Royal Melbourne Philharmonic) and recitals at Bendigo Chamber Music Festival, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Tasmanian Chamber Music Festival and Australian Digital Concert Hall

Her opera roles include Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Despina (Così fan tutte), Drusilla (L’incoronazione di Poppea), L’Amour (Orpheé et Eurydice), Saskia and Hendrickje Stoffels (Rembrandt’s Wife), Clorinda (Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda) for Victorian Opera and Gretel (Hansel and Gretel ) for State Opera South Australia, and her recordings include Love’s Torment, Love’s Delight recently released on ABC Classics.

Jacqueline holds an honours degree in Music Performance and a Bachelor of Arts (Italian) from the University of Melbourne, and is a former Melba Opera Trust Scholar.

Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano

Catherine Carby has performed with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, English Touring Opera, Teatro Säo Carlos, Lisbon, National Opera Canberra, Opera Australia, Victoria State Opera, State Opera South Australia and Opera Queensland. As a board member of Swap’ra UK Catherine is committed to achieving gender and pay equality in the opera industry.

This season Catherine returns to Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Longborough Festival Opera, Buxton International Festival, Pinchgut Opera and the MSO.

Catherine has also appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gardner Chamber Orchestra Boston, and the Sydney and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras.

Her recordings include Cellier’s The Mountebanks, Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley, The Love for Three Oranges, Les contes d’Hoffmann and Der Rosenkavalier for Opera Australia, and The Royal Opera’s Die Walküre (Siegrune), 2021 BBC Music Magazine’s DVD of the Year.

Andrew Goodwin tenor

This year Andrew Goodwin returns to Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Tasmanian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras (Mozart Requiem), Melbourne Bach Choir (Die Schőpfung), Canberra Symphony (Messiah), Musica Viva, Albury Chamber Music and Sanguine Estate Festivals and the Brandenburg State Orchestra, Germany (Beethoven Symphony No.9). He also tours and records with vocal ensemble Avé.

Andrew has appeared with opera companies and orchestras throughout Europe, Asia and Australia including the Bolshoi Opera, Gran Theatre Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Real Madrid, La Scala Milan, Opera Australia, Pinchgut Opera, Sydney Chamber Opera, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonia, the New Zealand, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, Moscow and Melbourne Chamber Orchestras, and in recital at Wigmore Hall, the Oxford Lieder, Port Fairy and Canberra International Music Festivals. Recent engagements include Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Adelaide Festival); Jacquino, Fidelio (WA Symphony); Nadir, The Pearlfishers (State Opera South Australia); Janacek’s Diary of one who disappeared (Sydney Chamber Opera); Artaxerxes title role, (Pinchgut Opera); and Messiah in Australia and New Zealand. Andrew is an ABC Classics recording artist.

Christopher Richardson bass

Since graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Classical Vocal Performance, Christopher Richardson has received the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Award, and the Frances MacEachron Award (Oratorio Society of New York’s Solo Competition) at Carnegie Hall, New York. Christopher has performed in concert with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, and the Allegri Ensemble. His opera roles include Thoas (Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride), Idreno (Haydn’s Armida) with Pinchgut Opera, Ptolemy in Alexander Balus and the title role (Hercules) with the Canberra Choral Society, Zebul in ‘The Vow’ (Jephtha) with Handel in the Theatre, Canberra, and Bass soloist in Abandon (Handel arr. Crabb) for Opera Queensland/Dancenorth.

Recent highlights include Haydn Nelson Mass and Messiah (Sydney Philharmonia), Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Adelaide Symphony), Brahms Requiem (The Song Company), The Enchanted Island (10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania), and Mr. Swallow/ Peter Grimes (Sydney Symphony). Christopher features on the recording of Calvin Bowman art songs, Real and Right and True (Decca Records).

Sir Andrew’s

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.

Warren Trevelyan-Jones chorus director

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Director Warren Trevelyan-Jones is the Head of Music at St James’, King Street in Sydney and is regarded as one of the leading choral conductors and choir trainers in Australia. 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. Warren is also Director of the Parsons Affayre, Founder and Co-Director of The Consort of Melbourne and, in 2001 with Dr Michael Noone, founded the Gramophone award-winning group Ensemble Plus Ultra. Warren is also a qualified music therapist.

SOPRANO

Shirin Albert

Philippa Allen

Emma Anvari

Julie Arblaster

Sheila Baker

Helena Balazs

Tina Battaglia

Eva Butcher

Aliz Cole

Jillian Colrain

Ella Dann-Limon

Samantha Davies Michele de Courcy

Laura Fahey Rita Fitzgerald

Susan Fone

Carolyn Francis Camilla Gorman Emma Hamley

Penny Huggett

Gina Humphries

Tania Jacobs Gwen Kennelly

Theresa Lam

Judy Longbottom

Tian Nie

Caitlin Noble

Susie Novella Karin Otto

Jodie Paxton

Amanda Powell

Jo Robin

Danielle Rosenfeld-Lovell

Jodi Samartgis

Jillian Samuels

Julienne Seal

Eleanor Smith Christa Tom Katy Turbitt

Fabienne Vandenburie

Janelle Wytkamp Jasmine Zuyderwyk

ALTO

Satu Aho

Tes Benton

Catherine Bickell Cecilia Björkegren

Kirsten Boerema Kate Bramley

Jane Brodie

Jacqueline Cheng Alexandra Chubaty

Juliarna Clark Mari Eleanor-Rapp

Nicola Eveleigh Lisa Faulks

Claudia Funder Jill Giese

Kristine Hensel Helen Hill

Julie Lotherington Helen MacLean Rosemary McKelvie Penelope Monger

Natasha Pracejus Alison Ralph Kate Rice Helen Rommelaar

Annie Runnalls Lisa Savige

Victoria Sdralis Fiona Steffensen

TENOR

Adam Birch

Kent Borchard

Steve Burnett

Peter Campbell

Allan Chiang

Keaton Cloherty

Simon Gaites

Daniel Griffiths

Lyndon Horsburgh Michael Mobach

Jean-Francois Ravat Colin Schultz

Robert Simpson Stephen Wood BASS José Miguel Armijo Fidalgo

Kevin Barrell

David Bennett Richard Bolitho Ted Davies

Peter Deane Andrew Ham Andrew Hibbard John Hunt Gary Levy

Tim March Douglas McQueenThomson Douglas Proctor Stephen Pyk Nick Sharman Liam Straughan Matthew Toulmin Caleb Triscari

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GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL

(1685–1759)

Messiah (orch. Sir Andrew Davis)

A Sacred Oratorio Words selected from the Holy Bible by Charles Jennens (1700–1773)

I [Sir Andrew Davis] am far from being the first to elaborate the orchestration of Handel’s Messiah. Mozart’s version is well known. I made selective use of the English music scholar Ebenezer Prout’s version for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s performances and recording in 1986. And Sir Thomas Beecham’s famous recording, which features Jon Vickers, uses the imaginative but overblown (and occasionally even verging on the vulgar) orchestration made especially for the project by Sir Eugene Goossens. I wanted to do a “grand” version in 2010 with the TSO and reviewed all of the above before deciding to undertake something new myself. It took me ten months, during which time it dominated my life!

My aim has been to keep Handel’s notes, harmonies, and style intact, but to make use of all the colours available from the modern symphony orchestra to underline the mood and meaning of the individual movements. In addition to substantial brass and woodwind forces, the audience will see quite a large number of percussion instruments on stage (including marimba!), but they are in fact used sparingly. The organ does occasionally assume its traditional Baroque role of continuo instrument, but for the most part I reserve it for the climactic moments. In “telling the story” of this great work I have endeavoured

to create moments of drama, pathos, and even sometimes whimsicality, I hope, without detracting from the innate power of the original.

PART I

The Overture (or Sinfony, as Handel called it) begins with wind band, but the repeat is played by strings and organ, as if to remind us of the original scoring; thereafter the whole orchestra plays, with great variety of texture. In “Comfort ye”, the tenor’s first recitative, gentle woodwinds and harp amplify the strings, and horns make a significant contribution to the following aria. The chorus “And the Glory of the Lord” is fuller but not grandiose.

The first percussion instrument to appear is in the bass aria “Thus saith the Lord”—the snare drum. The flames of the “refiner’s fire” of the alto aria are evoked by high woodwind and muted trumpets in short, sharp chords. The chorus “And He shall purify” begins in Handel’s sound world but gradually grows, although the overall texture is relatively restrained.

In scoring the tiny alto recitative “Behold! A virgin shall conceive”, I remembered the beautiful line from a medieval poem “As the sun shineth through the glass, so Jesus in His Mother was”—a marvellous metaphor for the virgin birth: solo string harmonics impart a gentle glow. Joining Handel’s violins and bass line in “O Thou that tellest” is a concertante group of flute, oboe, clarinet, and cello, and still, periodically, the sun shines through the glass.

The strings’ evocation of “darkness covering the earth” in accompanying the bass soloist is enhanced by the use of col legno (playing with the wood of the bow instead of the hair) and a kind of built-in reverberation. In “The people that walked in darkness”, I was tempted to use Mozart’s amazing chromatic harmonies but chose instead to maintain

the severity of Handel’s unison writing, adding the melancholy timbre of the alto flute and English horn.

The orchestration for the chorus “For unto us a Child is born” is robust, but after the last climax, the orchestra fades away, leaving us with the thought that perhaps the most important of the Messiah’s names is “Prince of Peace”.

What is commonly known as the Pastoral Symphony was called by Handel, Pifa; the piffaro was a reed instrument played in the Apennine Mountains by shepherds, and therefore I have scored here for wind instruments, including the oboe d’amore, much used by Bach but by surprisingly few composers since. I opted for the short version (preferred by Handel) which is less of a set piece and more an introduction to the wonderful scene of the angels’ appearing to the shepherds.

The “Angel of the Lord” (by tradition Gabriel) is accompanied by flutes, trombones, and harp. In the chorus, the two trumpets are set apart from and above the rest of the orchestra, in accordance with Handel’s instructions, as part of the “heavenly host”, whose beating wings I have tried to depict with an unusual instrumental combination in the preceding recitative—one of those whimsical moments I mentioned earlier!

The soprano’s (and the violins’) virtuosic call to “Rejoice greatly” is accompanied by harp, some punchy woodwind writing, and, in the middle section, flutes and two solo violas. After the short recitative scored for woodwind, the pastoral mood returns—is it coincidence that the opening notes of “He shall feed His flock” are the inversion of those of the Pifa? Again the oboe d’amore and, later, flute and oboe, add colour to the strings. A little rising flourish at the beginning of the chorus “His yoke is easy” tells us that the shepherds are off to Bethlehem, but brief appearances

of the flutes, trombones, and harp combination might make us suspect that Gabriel is still beneficently present, a suspicion confirmed when the trumpets return to their “heavenly” position to conclude Part I.

– INTERVAL –

PART II

The brief introduction to the opening chorus “Behold the Lamb of God” is assigned to the same wind band that we heard at the beginning of the Sinfony; thereafter this beautiful and moving piece is accompanied with delicacy and warmth. The mournful sound of the English horn joins the strings in “He was despised”. The three choruses that follow form a remarkable sequence. The dramatic “Surely He hath borne our griefs” is followed by a severe fugue in which the strings are silent. They return, pizzicato, for “All we like sheep”; I have tried to underline Handel’s caustic wit in this brilliant portrayal of the aimless way most of us blunder our way through life. But, at the end, Handel most movingly reminds us of Christ’s suffering to redeem mankind.

For the vilification and mockery of the ensuing recitative (“All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn”) and chorus (“He trusted in God”), I have sought to give the orchestra a biting, even brutal, tone. This is some of the nastiest music I know.

The four tenor pieces now complete this remarkably compressed section dealing with Christ’s torment, death, and resurrection. “Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart” uses simply Handel’s original strings, which are joined by alto flute and oboe d’amore in “Behold, and see”. Strings and punctuating woodwind accompany “He was cut off”, while the quietly radiant colour of solo flute

emphasizes the optimism of the final aria, “But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell”.

In “Lift up your heads, O ye gates”, the centrepiece of Part II, I have simply tried to amplify Handel’s marvellous antiphonal writing. The ensuing chorus (“The Lord gave the word”) and aria (“How beautiful are the feet”) illustrate the urgency and exuberance of spreading the word (tambourines!) and the ineffable beauty of its message (marimba colouring the violins).

In furious contrast, the bass soloist expresses outrage that “kings of the earth…take counsel together against the Lord”, The chorus cries out its rebellious response—lots of brass here—and the tenor, in “Thou shalt break them”, promises that these enemies of the Lord shall be “dashed in pieces”.

The tradition of standing up for the “Hallelujah Chorus” was supposedly started by King George II himself. My own theory is that he was standing up to leave after the distinctly antimonarchical sentiments just expressed! Just before the end of this most famous of all choruses, I have added sleigh bells because this passage has always brought to my mind the picture of proudly rearing horses!

PART III

I have given the opening of “I know that my Redeemer liveth” to a gentle solo clarinet accompanied only by solo strings. The strings are again silent in “Since by man came death”.

The bass recitative is coloured by harp and woodwinds, but in the aria, apart from an echo effect intended to show that the trumpet is indeed sounding far and wide, I have left Handel’s original scoring intact—I love the sound of trumpet and organ! The final chorus is grand and majestic, though the final “Amen” fugue begins with organ

accompaniment only before building back up to the triumphal conclusion.

Everything I have done instrumentally stems from an enormous respect, even awe, which I feel towards this supreme masterpiece. If any of my ideas should help to illuminate any part of it, I shall be happy. It was a labour of love and is dedicated to the memory of my parents.

© Program note by Sir Andrew Davis

1. OVERTURE – SINFONY

2. ACCOMPAGNATO – TENOR

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, Saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, And cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished, That her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” (Isaiah 40:1–3)

3. AIR – TENOR

Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill made low, The crooked straight, and the rough places plain. (Isaiah 40:4)

4. CHORUS

And the Glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

And all flesh shall see it together, For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 40:5)

5.

ACCOMPAGNATO – BASS

Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts; Yet once, a little while, And I will shake the heavens and the earth, The sea and the dry land And I will shake all nations, And the desire of all nations shall come. (Haggai 2:6–7)

The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple Ev’n the messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in: Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Malachi 3:1)

6. AIR – MEZZO-SOPRANO

But who may abide the day of his coming?

And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire. (Malachi 3:2)

7. CHORUS

And He shall purify the sons of Levi, That they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. (Malachi III:3)

8. RECITATIVE – MEZZO-SOPRANO

Behold! A virgin shall conceive and bear a son, (Isaiah 7:14)

And shall call his name Emmanuel, “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23)

9. AIR – MEZZO-SOPRANO AND CHORUS

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, Get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem,

Lift up thy voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say unto the cities of Judah: Behold your God! (Isaiah 40:9)

Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 60:1)

10. ACCOMPAGNATO – BASS

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the people. But the Lord shall arise upon thee, And His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising. (Isaiah 60:2–3)

11.

AIR – BASS

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2)

12. CHORUS

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given, And the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His Name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace! (Isaiah 9:6)

13. PIFA (PASTORAL SYMPHONY)

14A. RECITATIVE – SOPRANO

There were shepherds abiding in the field, Keeping watch over their flocks by night.(Luke 2:8)

14B. ACCOMPAGNATO – SOPRANO

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, And the glory of the Lord shone round about them, And they were sore afraid. (Luke 2:9)

15. RECITATIVE – SOPRANO

And the angel said unto them: ‘Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David a Saviour, Which is Christ the Lord.’ (Luke 2:10–11)

16. ACCOMPAGNATO – SOPRANO

And suddenly there was with the angel A multitude of the heav’nly host, Praising God, and saying: (Luke 2:13)

17. CHORUS

‘Glory to God in the highest, And peace on earth, Goodwill toward men!’ (Luke 2:14)

18. AIR – SOPRANO

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; Behold, thy King cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. (Zachariah 9:9–10)

19. RECITATIVE – MEZZOSOPRANO

Then shall the eyes of the blind be open’d, And the ears of the deaf unstopped; Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, And the tongue of the dumb shall sing. (Isaiah 35:5–6)

20.

DUET – MEZZO-SOPRANO/ SOPRANO

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: And He shall gather the lambs with His arm,

And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11)

Come unto Him all ye that labour, Come unto Him that are heavy laden, And He will give you rest.

Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him,

For He is meek and lowly of heart, And ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:28–29)

21. CHORUS

His yoke is easy, His burthen is light. (Matthew 11:30)

22. CHORUS

Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

23. AIR – MEZZO-SOPRANO

He was despised and rejected of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3)

24. CHORUS

Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him. (Isaiah 53:4–5)

25. CHORUS

And with His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

26. CHORUS

All we, like sheep, have gone astray: We have turned everyone to his own way; And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)

27. ACCOMPAGNATO – TENOR

All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn, They shoot out their lips, And shake their heads, saying: (Psalm 22:7)

28. CHORUS

‘He trusted in God that He would deliver Him;

Let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.’ (Psalm 22:8)

29. ACCOMPAGNATO – TENOR

Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, But there was no man, Neither found He any to comfort Him. (Psalm 69:20)

30. AIR – TENOR

Behold, and see if there be any sorrow, Like unto His sorrow. (Lamentations 1:12)

31. ACCOMPAGNATO – TENOR

He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken. (Isaiah 53:8)

32. AIR – TENOR

But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell; Nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.

(Psalm 16:10)

33. CHORUS

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory?

The Lord strong and mighty in battle, The Lord mighty in battle; The Lord of Hosts. (Psalm 24:7–10)

34. CHORUS

The Lord gave the word: Great was the company of the preachers. (Psalm 68:11)

35. AIR – SOPRANO

How beautiful are the feet of them That preach the gospel of peace, And bring glad tidings of good things. (Isaiah 52:7; Romans 10:15)

36. AIR – BASS

Why do the nations so furiously rage together?

Why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, And the rulers take counsel together: Against the Lord and against His Anointed. (Psalm 2:1–2)

37. CHORUS

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us. (Psalm 2:3)

38. RECITATIVE – TENOR

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; The Lord shall have them in derision. (Psalm 2:4)

39. AIR – TENOR

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. (Psalm 2:9)

40. CHORUS Hallelujah!

For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. (Revelation 19:6)

The Kingdom of this world Is become the Kingdom of our Lord, And of His Christ; And He shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 19:15)

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. (Revelation 19:16)

41. AIR – SOPRANO

I know that my Redeemer liveth, And that He shall stand at the latter day Upon the earth, And though worms destroy this body, Yet in my flesh shall I see God. (Job 19:25–26)

For now is Christ risen from the dead, The first fruits of them that sleep. (1 Corinthians 15:20)

42. CHORUS

Since by man came death, By man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, Even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:21–22)

43. ACCOMPAGNATO – BASS

Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, But we shall all be chang’d, In a moment, In the twinkling of an eye, At the last trumpet. (1 Corinthians 15:51–52)

44. AIR – BASS

The trumpet shall sound, And the dead shall be raised incorruptible, And we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:52–53)

45. CHORUS

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, And hath redeemed us to God by His blood,

To receive power, and riches, And wisdom, and strength, And honour, and glory, and blessing.

Blessing and honour, Glory and pow’r be unto Him That sitteth upon the throne, And unto the Lamb, Forever and ever. (Revelation 5:9, 12–14)

Amen.

Supporters

MSO PATRON

The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Gandel Foundation

The Gross Foundation Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio Harold Mitchell Foundation

Lady Potter AC CMRI The Cybec Foundation The Pratt Foundation The Ullmer Family Foundation Anonymous

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS

Chief Conductor Jaime Martín Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Cybec Assistant Conductor Chair Carlo Antonioli The Cybec Foundation

Concertmaster Chair Dale Barltrop David Li AM and Angela Li Assistant Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio

Young Composer in Residence Alex Turley The Cybec Foundation 2023 Composer in Residence Mary Finsterer Kim Williams AM

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS

MSO Now & Forever Fund: International Engagement Gandel Foundation

Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers

Program The Cybec Foundation

Digital Transformation The Ian Potter Foundation, The Margaret Lawrence Bequest – Managed by Perpetual, Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment

First Nations Emerging Artist Program

The Ullmer Family Foundation

East meets West The Li Family Trust

MSO Live Online Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation

MSO Education Anonymous

MSO Academy Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio

MSO For Schools Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation, The Department of Education and Training, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program and the Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series (VCES)

Melbourne Music Summit Erica Foundation Pty Ltd, The Department of Education and Training, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program

MSO Regional Touring Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, John T Reid Charitable Trusts, Robert Salzer Foundation, The Sir Andrew & Lady Fairley Foundation

The Pizzicato Effect Supported by Hume City Council’s Community Grants program, The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust, Scobie and Claire Mackinnon Trust, Australian Decorative And Fine Arts Society, Anonymous

Sidney Myer Free Concerts Supported by the Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund and the University of Melbourne

PLATINUM PATRONS $100,000+

Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Gandel Foundation

The Gross Foundation

Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio

David Li AM and Angela Li

The Ullmer Family Foundation

Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+

Margaret Jackson AC

Lady Primrose Potter AC Weis Family Anonymous (1)

IMPRESARIO PATRONS $20,000+

Harold Bentley

The Hogan Family Foundation

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Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence

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MAESTRO PATRONS $10,000+

Christine and Mark Armour

Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan

Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM Andrew Dudgeon AM Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind Doug Hooley

Rosemary Jacoby in memory of James Jacoby Peter Lovell Maestro Jaime Martín Ian and Jeannie Paterson Glenn Sedgwick The Sun Foundation Gai and David Taylor

Athalie Williams and Tim Danielson Lyn Williams

Jason Yeap OAM - Mering Management

Corporation

Anonymous (1)

PRINCIPAL PATRONS $5,000+

Mary Armour John and Lorraine Bates Barbara Bell in memory of Elsa Bell Bodhi Education Fund (East meets West) 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 Jaan Enden Bill Fleming

Susan Fry and Don Fry AO Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Jennifer Gorog Dr Rhyl Wade and Dr Clem Gruen Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Hilary Hall, in memory of Wilma Collie Louis J Hamon OAM Dr Alastair Jackson AM John and Diana Frew Suzanne Kirkham Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Sherry Li Dr Caroline Liow Gary McPherson

The Mercer Family Foundation Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Marie Morton FRSA Anne Neil

Hyon-Ju Newman Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Ken Ong OAM

Bruce Parncutt AO

Professor Sam Ricketson and Dr Rosemary Ayton Andrew and Judy Rogers Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher The Rosemary Norman Foundation The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation

Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young

Anita Simon

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ASSOCIATE PATRONS $2,500+

Carolyn Baker

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Sue and Barry Peake

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Patricia Brockman

Drs John D L Brookes and Lucy V Hanlon

Stuart Brown

Lynne Burgess Dr Lynda Campbell

Oliver Carton

Janet Chauvel and the late Dr Richard Chauvel Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt

Katherine Cusack

Michael Davies

Leo de Lange

Sandra Dent

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Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin

Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner Kim and Robert Gearon

Geelong Friends of the MSO Steinicke Family

Janette Gill Rachel Goldberg Goldschlager Family Charitable Foundation

Catherine Gray Merv Keehn and Sue Harlow

Susan and Gary Hearst Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann

John Jones Graham and Jo Kraehe

The Cuming Bequest Margaret and John Mason OAM

H E McKenzie

Dr Isabel McLean

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Tom and Elizabeth Romanowski

Liliane Rusek and Alexander Ushakoff

Jeffrey Sher KC and Diana Sher OAM

Barry Spanger

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PLAYER PATRONS $1,000+

Anita and Graham Anderson

Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society

Geoffrey and Vivienne Baker Marlyn Bancroft and Peter Bancroft OAM

Joyce Bown

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Suzie Brown OAM and the late Harvey Brown Ronald and Kate Burnstein

Kaye Cleary

John and Mandy Collins Andrew Crockett

Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das Natasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education Fund

Rick and Sue Deering

Suzanne Dembo

John and Anne Duncan

Jane Edmanson OAM

Diane Fisher

Grant Fisher and Helen Bird

Alex Forrest

Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher Applebay Pty Ltd

David Frenkiel and Esther Frenkiel OAM

Anthony Garvey and Estelle O’Callaghan

David I Gibbs AM and Susie O’Neill

Sonia Gilderdale

Dr Celia Godfrey Dr Marged Goode

Dr Sandra Hacker AO and Mr Ian Kennedy AM Dawn Hales

David Hardy

Tilda and the late Brian Haughney Cathy Henry

Dr Keith Higgins

Anthony and Karen Ho Jenny and Peter Hordern

Katherine Horwood Penelope Hughes

Paul and Amy Jasper Shyama Jayaswal

Basil and Rita Jenkins

Sandy Jenkins Sue Johnston

John Kaufman

Angela Kayser

Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley

Drs Bruce and Natalie Kellett

Dr Anne Kennedy

Tim Knaggs

Jane Kunstler

Ann Lahore

Kerry Landman

Kathleen and Coran Lang Janet and Ross Lapworth

Bryan Lawrence Diana Lay

Phil Lewis

Elizabeth H Loftus Chris and Anna Long

Gabe Lopata

Eleanor & Phillip Mancini

Aaron McConnell Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer

Ray McHenry

John and Rosemary McLeod

Don and Anne Meadows

Sylvia Miller

Ian Morrey and Geoffrey Minter

Dr Anthony and Dr Anna Morton Anthony and Anna Morton Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Roger Parker

Ian Penboss Peter Priest Eli Raskin Jan and Keith Richards James Ring

Dr Peter Rogers and Cathy Rogers OAM

Dr Ronald and Elizabeth Rosanove Marie Rowland

Jan Ryan Yashian Schauble Elisabeth and Doug Scott Glenn Sedgwick Martin and Susan Shirley P Shore

John E Smith Dr Peter Strickland Dr Joel Symons and Liora Symons Russell Taylor and Tara Obeyesekere Geoffrey Thomlinson Andrew and Penny Torok Christina Turner Ann and Larry Turner Leon and Sandra Velik The Reverend Noel Whale Edward and Paddy White Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke Richard Withers

Lorraine Woolley Shirley and Jeffrey Zajac

OVERTURE PATRONS $500+*

Margaret Abbey PSM

Jane Allan and Mark Redmond Mario M Anders

Jenny Anderson Benevity Australia Online Giving

Foundation

Mr Peter Batterham

Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk

Dr William Birch AM Allen and Kathryn Bloom Stephen Braida

Linda Brennan

Dr Robert Brook Roger and Coll Buckle Cititec Systems Pty Ltd

Charmaine Collins

Dr Sheryl Coughlin and Paul Coughlin Dr Justin and Miss Matilda Daly Merrowyn Deacon

Melissa and Aran Fitzgerald

Brian Florence Elizabeth Foster Mary Gaidzkar

Simon Gaites Mary-Jane Gething

David and Geraldine Glenny Hugo and Diane Goetze Louise Gourlay OAM

George Hampel AM KC and Felicity Hampel AM SC

Jim Hickey

William Holder Clive and Joyce Hollands

R A Hook

Gillian Horwood

Peter Huntsman

Geoff Illing Wendy Johnson

Coralie Kennedy John Keys

Belinda and Malcolm King

Professor David Knowles and Dr Anne McLachlan

Paschalina Leach

Dr Jenny Lewis The Podcast Reader Janice Mayfield Shirley A McKenzie

Alan Meads

Marie Misiurak

Joan Mullumby

Adrian and Louise Nelson

Dr Judith S Nimmo Rosemary O’Collins David Oppenheim

Sarah Patterson Pauline and David Lawton Adriana and Sienna Pesavento

Professor Charles Qin OAM and Kate Ritchie

Alfonso Reina and Marjanne Rook

Professor John Rickard Viorica Samson

Carolyn Sanders

Dylan Stewart

Ruth Stringer

Reverend Angela Thomas Max Walters

Rosemary Warnock

Nickie Warton and Grant Steel Amanda Watson

Deborah Whithear and Dr Kevin Whithear OAM Dr Kelly and Dr Heathcote Wright Dr Susan Yell Daniel Yosua

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CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE

Jenny Anderson

David Angelovich

G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden Joyce Bown

Mrs Jenny Bruckner and the late Mr John Bruckner Ken Bullen

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 Jennifer Henry Graham Hogarth Rod Home Tony Howe

Lindsay and Michael Jacombs

Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James John Jones

Grace Kass and the late George Kass Sylvia Lavelle

Pauline and David Lawton Cameron Mowat Ruth Muir David Orr

Matthew O’Sullivan

Rosia Pasteur

Penny Rawlins

Joan P Robinson

Anne Roussac-Hoyne and Neil Roussac Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead Andrew Serpell and Anne Kieni Serpell

Jennifer Shepherd Suzette Sherazee Dr Gabriela and Dr George Stephenson

Pamela Swansson 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 Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke Mark Young

Anonymous (19)

The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates: 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 Pauline Marie Johnston C P Kemp

Peter Forbes MacLaren Joan Winsome Maslen Lorraine Maxine Meldrum Prof Andrew McCredie Jean Moore

Maxwell Schultz Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE Marion A I H M Spence Molly Stephens Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian

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

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE

Mary Armour

The late Hon Michael Watt KC and Cecilie Hall

Tim and Lyn Edward Kim Williams AM Weis Family

FIRST NATIONS CIRCLE

John and Lorraine Bates

Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Sascha O. Becker

Maestro Jaime Martín

Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence

The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation

Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Jason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation

ADOPT A MUSICIAN

Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Chief Conductor Jaime Martín

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan 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 Geelong Friends of the MSO Miranda Brockman

The Gross Foundation Matthew Tomkins

Dr Clem Gruen and Dr Rhyl Wade Robert Cossom

Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind Monica Curro

Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Saul Lewis

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Abbey Edlin

Margaret Jackson AC

Nicolas Fleury

Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio

Benjamin Hanlon, Tair Khisambee, Christopher Moore

Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Anthony Chataway

David Li AM and Angela Li Dale Barltrop

Gary McPherson Rachel Shaw Anne Neil Trevor Jones

Hyon-Ju Newman Patrick Wong

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Cong Gu

The Rosemary Norman Foundation

Ann Blackburn

Andrew and Judy Rogers Michelle Wood Glenn Sedgwick Tiffany Cheng, Shane Hooton Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson Natasha Thomas Anonymous Prudence Davis

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

Life Members

Mr Marc Besen AC

John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC

Sir Elton John CBE

Harold Mitchell AC Lady 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

Mrs Eva Besen AO

John Brockman OAM

The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Roger Riordan AM Ila Vanrenen

MSO ARTISTIC FAMILY

Jaime Martín

Chief Conductor

Xian Zhang

Principal Guest Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Principal Conductor in Residence

Carlo Antonioli

Cybec Assistant Conductor Fellow

Sir Andrew Davis Conductor Laureate

Hiroyuki Iwaki †

Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

Warren Trevelyan-Jones

MSO Chorus Director

Siobhan Stagg 2023 Soloist in Residence

Gondwana Voices 2023 Ensemble in Residence

Christian Li Young Artist in Association

Mary Finsterer

2023 Composer in Residence

Melissa Douglas 2023 Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Christopher Moore Creative Producer, MSO Chamber

Deborah Cheetham AO

MSO First Nations Creative Chair

Dr Anita Collins Creative Chair for Learning and Engagement Artistic Ambassadors

Tan Dun Lu Siqing

MSO BOARD

Chairman

David Li AM

Co-Deputy Chairs Di Jameson

Helen Silver AO Managing Director

Sophie Galaise Board Directors

Shane Buggle

Andrew Dudgeon AM Danny Gorog

Lorraine Hook

Margaret Jackson AC David Krasnostein AM Gary McPherson Hyon-Ju Newman Glenn Sedgwick Company Secretary Oliver Carton

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)

Trusts and Foundations

Freemasons

Erica Foundation Pty Ltd, The Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation, John T Reid Charitable Trusts, Scobie & Claire Mackinnon Trust, Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment, Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund, The Ullmer Family Foundation

Foundation Victoria