Australian Chamber Orchestra program

Australian Chamber Orchestra

April 20, 2023

Photo credit: Julian Kingma

Meridian Arts Centre

George Weston Recital Hall

Richard Tognetti, Artistic Director and Lead Violin William Barton, Didgeridoo

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Tonight we welcome the Australian Chamber Orchestra back to Toronto after a 10-year break. In the intervening years, their reputation for outstanding performances and distinctive programming has continued to grow around the world, and we are exceptionally proud to be presenting them for you this evening.

Led by Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, tonight’s concert features the ACO musicians with guest soloist didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton performing two of his own works.

A descendant of the Kalkadunga people who was taught the instrument by his uncle, an Aboriginal elder, William Barton is widely recognized as one of Australia's leading didgeridoo players and composers and is a powerful advocate for the greater appreciation of his cultural traditions. In a recent The Globe & Mail interview, Mr. Barton says “There is no reason my—or others’—music cannot be recognized as serious music. I see my work as journey music: I am carrying the legacy of 40,000 years on my shoulders.”

Richard Tognetti is known for his intelligent and bold program curation, often juxtaposing surprising works together to create a complex, inspiring, and deeply satisfying experience for the ensemble’s audiences. Tonight’s concert is no exception, and we invite you to absorb yourselves in the extraordinary musicianship of these highly talented players.

Compounding the impact is that nearly all ACO musicians play on Golden Age instruments of historical significance. From Mr. Tognetti’s 1743 Guarneri del Gesu violin to others carrying the illustrious names of Stradivarius, Guadagnini, and others, the ACO musicians play on some of the finest instruments in the world, made possible through the generosity of private benefactors and key patron support. A truly historic initiative.

You’re in for a very special night; thank you for joining us.

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Josephine Ridge Vice President, Programming

A note from Richard Evans

Welcome to the Australian Chamber Orchestra—we could not be more delighted to join you in TO Live’s spectacular George Weston Recital Hall this evening.

We have not visited Toronto since 2012 and were thrilled to be invited to return during this visit to North America from our home in Sydney’s Walsh Bay. Tonight, the ACO’s Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and the Orchestra will perform for you an exhilarating program pulled together from across the world, from the soaring sounds of Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings,” to the entrancing music of Bryce Dessner and Ruth Crawford Seeger to Australia’s own didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton. We are honoured to have William, a regular ACO collaborator and great friend of the Orchestra, join us onstage to perform his music on didgeridoo, guitar, and vocals.

The ACO is passionate about new arrangements and commissions. At this concert you will experience a brand-new piece for electric violin, “Echo Transcriptions,” written especially for Richard Tognetti by the wonderful Californian composer Samuel Adams in a joint commission with our friends at Stanford Live in Palo Alto. It is an extraordinary work, rich, colourful, and complex, and we are delighted that you will experience its Canadian premiere this evening.

On behalf of Richard Tognetti and our ACO colleagues, thank you so much for joining us. I hope you enjoy the performance.

Richard Evans Managing Director

Program

Aheym (Homeward), Bryce Dessner

Didge Fusion, William Barton

Hypersonic, William Barton

Andante for Strings; Allegro possibile, Ruth Crawford Seeger

Echo Transcriptions* (Canadian Premiere), Samuel Adams

Interval

Orawa, Wojciech Kilar

Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

* Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Stanford Live.

Photo credit: Julian Kingma

Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra lives and breathes music, making waves around the world for its explosive performances and brave interpretations. Steeped in history but always looking to the future, ACO programs embrace celebrated classics alongside new commissions, and adventurous cross-artform collaborations.

Led by Artistic Director Richard Tognetti since 1990, the ACO performs more than 100 concerts each year. Whether performing in Manhattan, New York, or Wollongong, NSW, the ACO is unwavering in its commitment to creating transformative musical experiences.

The Orchestra regularly collaborates with artists and musicians who share its ideology: from Emmanuel Pahud, Steven Isserlis, Dawn Upshaw, Olli Mustonen, Brett Dean, and Ivry Gitlis, to Neil Finn, Jonny Greenwood, Barry Humphries, and Meow Meow; to visual artists and filmmakers such as Bill Henson, Shaun Tan, Jon Frank, and Jennifer Peedom, who have co-created unique, hybrid productions for which the ACO has become renowned.

In addition to its national and international touring schedule, the Orchestra has an active recording program across CD, vinyl, and digital formats. Recent releases include Water | Night Music, the first Australian-produced classical vinyl for two decades, and the soundtracks to the acclaimed cinematic collaborations, Mountain and River. In 2020, the ACO launched its inaugural digital subscription ACO StudioCasts, a critically acclaimed award-winning season of cinematic and immersive concert films.

Learn more about Australian Chamber Orchestra at aco.com.au.

Photo credit: Nic Walker

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Artists

Director and lead violin: Richard Tognetti

Didgeridoo, guitar, and vocals: William Barton

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Musicians

Director & lead violin: Richard Tognetti

Richard plays the 1743 ‘Carrodus’ Giuseppe

Guarneri del Gesu violin kindly on loan from an anonymous Australian private benefactor. His Chair is sponsored by Peter McMullin AM & Ruth McMullin, Louise Myer & Martyn

Myer AO, and Andrew & Andrea Roberts.

Didgeridoo, guitar, and vocals: William Barton

Principal violin: Helena Rathbone

Helena plays the 1732 ‘ex-Dollfus’

Stradivarius violin kindly on loan from anonymous Australian private benefactors. Her Chair is sponsored by Margaret Gibbs & Rodney Cameron.

Principal violin: Satu Vänskä

Satu plays the 1726 ‘Belgiorno’ Stradivarius violin kindly on loan from Guido BelgiornoNettis AM & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis. Her Chair is sponsored by David Thomas AM.

Violin: Aiko Goto

Aiko plays her own French violin by JeanBaptiste Villaume.

Her Chair is sponsored by Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation.

loan from the ACO Instrument Fund. His Chair is sponsored by Prof Judyth Sachs & Julie Steiner AM.

Violin: Ilya Isakovich

Ilya plays a 1590 Brothers Amati violin on loan from the ACO Instrument Fund. His Chair is sponsored by Meg Meldrum.

Violin: Liisa Pallandi

Liisa plays a 1759 Giovanni Battista

Guadagnini violin on loan from the ACO. Her Chair is sponsored by the Melbourne Medical Syndicate.

Violin: Ike See

Ike plays his own 2021 Zygmuntowicz violin. His Chair is sponsored by Ian Lansdown & Tricia Bell.

Violin: Tim Yu #

Tim plays an 1800 violin by Raffaele & Antonio Gagliano.

Violin: Anna Da Silva Chen #

Anna plays a 1922 violin by Pierre Hel.

Principal viola: Stefanie Farrands

Stefanie plays her own 2016 viola made by Ragnar Hayn in Berlin. Her Chair is sponsored by peckvonhartel architects.

Viola: Elizabeth Woolnough

Elizabeth plays her own 1968 Parisian viola by Pierre M. Audinot.

Violin: Mark Ingwersen

Mark plays a 1728/29 Stradivarius violin on

Her Chair is sponsored by Terry Campbell AO & Christine Campbell.

Viola: Carl Lee #

Carl plays a Bernd Hiller viola from Marcneukirchen, Germany.

Cello: Melissa Barnard

Melissa plays a cello by Jean-Baptiste

Vuillaume made in 1846. Her Chair is sponsored by Jason & Alexandra Wenderoth.

Cello: Julian Thompson

Julian plays a 1729 Giuseppe Guarneri filius

Andrea cello with elements of the instrument crafted by his son, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu, kindly donated to the ACO by the late Peter Weiss AO.

His Chair is sponsored by the Grist & Stewart Families.

Principal bass: Maxime Bibeau

Maxime plays a 2022 bass made by Mario Lamarre in Montreal. His Chair is sponsored by Darin Cooper Foundation.

# Guest musicians

Photo credit: Julian Kingma

Richard Tognetti is artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and lead violin. He has established an international reputation for his compelling performances and artistic individualism. Richard began his studies in his hometown of Wollongong with William Primrose, then with Alice Waten at the Sydney Conservatorium, and Igor Ozim at the Bern Conservatory, where he was awarded the Tschumi Prize as the top graduate soloist in 1989. Later that year he led several performances of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and that November was appointed as the Orchestra’s lead violin and, subsequently, artistic director.

Richard performs on period, modern, and electric instruments and his numerous arrangements, compositions, and transcriptions have expanded the chamber orchestra repertoire and been performed throughout the world. Richard was the co-composer of the score for Peter Weir’s film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, starring Russell Crowe; co-composed the soundtrack to Tom Carroll’s surf film Storm Surfers; and created The Red Tree, a musical work inspired by Shaun Tan’s book of the same name. He also created the documentary film Musica Surfica, as well as The Glide, The Reef, and The Crowd. He holds honorary doctorates from three Australian universities and was made a National Living Treasure in 1999.

For two decades, William Barton has forged a peerless profile as a performer and composer in the classical musical world, from the Philharmonic Orchestras of London and Berlin to historic events at Westminster Abbey for Commonwealth Day 2019, Anzac Cove, and the Beijing Olympics. His awards include winner of best original score for a mainstage production at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards and winner of best classical album with ARIA for Birdsong At Dusk in 2012. With his prodigious musicality and the quiet conviction of his Kalkadunga heritage, he has vastly expanded the horizons of the didgeridoo—and the culture and landscape that it represents.

Today he holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Universities of Griffith and Sydney, has released five albums on the ABC Classics label and is an artist in residence at Melbourne Recital Centre. His most recent album, Kalkadungu: music for didjeridu and orchestra, features predominantly his own compositions, alongside those of Delmae and Peter Sculthorpe.

Richard Tognetti

Artistic director and lead violin

William Barton Didgeridoo, guitar, and vocals

Love what you heard?

Listen at home.

Tonight, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and guest soloist didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton are playing a mix of new compositions and pieces from the classical repertoire. Listen to songs from this beautiful program plus other pieces by the Orchestra and William Barton anytime you want by adding the TO Live show playlist to your Spotify account.

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Donor recognition list as of April 11, 2023.

Australian Chamber Orchestra donor listing

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The Chairman’s Council is a limited membership association which supports the ACO’s international touring program. We thank our Chairman’s Council members for their support.

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Box Office Assistant Manager

Clayton Batson

Box Office Duty Manager

Jennifer Norman

Box Office Duty Manager

Brittney Channer

Box Office Duty Manager

Michelle Cruz

Box Office Duty Manager

Operations

Matthew Farrell

Vice President of Operations

Edward Delavari

Director of Capital Projects

Luke Belfontaine

Senior Project Manager

BahramAghakhan

Project Manager

Michael Gutowski

Project Manager

Zane Elliott

Project Manager

Patron services

Sean Tasson

Director of Patron Services

Lynn Frenette

Patron Services Manager

Derek Genova

Patron Services Manager

Tara Hitchman

Patron Services Manager

Natalie Ireland

Events Manager

Lina Welch

Assistant Patron Services Manager

Kelsey McGuigan

Assistant Patron Services Manager

Christian Lavigne

Assistant Patron Services Manager

Peter Harabaras

Patron Services Duty Manager

Andrew Muirhead

Patron Services Duty Manager

Bruna Pisani

Patron Services Duty Manager

Kizzie St Clair

Patron Services Duty Manager

Maria Waslenko

Patron Services Duty Manager

Stephen Lee

Executive Chef

Juliana Fay

Catering Manager

Facilities

Abiodun Ojekunle

Director of Facilities

Jarryd Fish

Facilities Manager

Evan Ramdin

Chief Building Operator

Robert MacLean

Building Operator

Ryan Nerona

Junior Building Operator

Omar Nurse

Stage Door Security Supervisor

Colin Dyble

Stage Door Security

Henry Fernandes

Stage Door Security

Margreta Kristiansen

Stage Door Security

Mohammed Shaikh

Stage Door Security

Tushar Somani

Stage Door Security

Mohuddin Memon

Stage Door Security

Reza Moradi

Stage Door Security

Sangay Lhamo

Stage Door Security

Mohamed Zuhair

Maintenance Supervisor

Roger Alves

Maintenance

Robert Bischoff

Maintenance

Mizrah Mohemed

Maintenance

Catherine Patrick

Maintenance

Rosalina Silva

Maintenance

Rosa Victoria

Maintenance

Christine Vivlan

Maintenance

Vivian Hije

Maintenance (housekeeping)

Roderick Padasdao

Building Operator

Marciano Ramos

Jr. Building Operator

Ehsan Rahman

Jr. Building Operator

John Vickery

Housekeeping Supervisor

Ahmed Akinpelu

Housekeeping

Rhowen Jane Bunda

Housekeeping

Michael Kim

Housekeeping

Elliott Lewis

Housekeeping

Mabel Liwag

Housekeeping

Ian Romero

Housekeeping

Adam Sikora

Housekeeping

Lauren Smith

Housekeeping

Alicia Surujbally

Housekeeping

Matthew Pannell

Handyperson

Eduardo Costales

Handyperson

Programming

Josephine Ridge

Vice President of Programming

Max Rubino

Director of Programming

Ariana Shaw

Senior Producer

Zac Mansfield Producer

Shannon Murtagh Producer

John Kiggins

Programming Manager

Nathan Sartore

Programming & Accessibility Coordinator

Courtney Voyce

Bookings Manager

Alyssa Hu

Bookings Coordinator

Alex Whitehead

Bookings Coordinator

Scott North

Director Corporate & Private Events

Michaela Aguirre

Social Media Specialist

Communities and outreach

Tasneem Vahanvaty

Director of Communities and Outreach

Jasmine Vanstone

Communities and Outreach Coordinator

Production

Kristopher Dell Director of Production

Zoe Carpenter

Senior Production Manager

Anthony (TJ) Shamata

Senior Production Manager

Bruce Bennett

Senior Manager, Theatre Systems and Special Projects

Chris Carlton

Production Manager

Paul McKenna

Production Manager

Armand Baksh-Zarate

Production Manager

Susanne Lankin

Production Manager

Vivek Patel

Production Intern

Meridian Hall stage crew

IATSE Local 58

Richard Karwat

Head Electrician

Steve McLean

Head Carpenter

Marcus Sirman

Head of Properties

Ross Tuskey

Head Sound Operator

David Baer

Assistant Carpenter

Zsolt Kota

Assistant Sound Operator

Michael Farkas

Assistant Electrician – AV

Jason Urbanowicz

Assistant Electrician

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

stage crew

IATSE Local 58

Wes Allen

Head of Properties, Bluma Appel Theatre

Jay Blencowe

Head Carpenter, Bluma Appel Theatre

Keijo Makela

Head Sound Technician, Bluma Appel Theatre

IATSE Local 822

Susan Batchelor

Wardrobe Head, Bluma Appel Theatre

Meridian Arts Centre stage crew

IATSE Local 58

Aaron Dell

Head Technician, Lyric Theatre

Russell Hawley

Head Technician, George Weston Recital Hall

Patrick Hales

Assistant Head Technician, George Weston Recital Hall

Grant Primeau

Head Technician, Greenwin Theatre

Duncan Morgan

Head Technician, Studio Theatre

Australian Chamber Orchestra staff and board

Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM Chairman

Liz Lewin

Deputy

Judy Crawford

JoAnna Fisher

Erin Flaherty

Mim Haysom

Martyn Myer AO

Julie Steiner AM

Simon Yeo

Richard Tognetti AO

Artistic Director

Administrative staff

Executive office

Richard Evans AM

Managing Director

Alexandra Cameron-Fraser

Chief Operating Officer

Toby Chadd

Director of Artistic Planning

Claire Diment

Human Resources Manager

Zorica Gavrylyuk

Executive Assistant

Artistic operations

Luke Shaw

Director of Artistic Operations

Jessica Lightfoot

Tour Manager

Tom Farmer

Production Manager

Bernard Rofe

Artistic Administration Manager

Robin Hall

Archival Administrator

Finance

Fiona McLeod

Chief Financial Officer

Bonnie Ikeda

Financial Controller

Jessica Zhao

Financial Accountant

Yeehwan Yeoh

Manager, Instrument Fund

Cherry Dutton

Finance Transformation Project Manager

Learning and engagement

Tara Smith

Director of Learning & Engagement

Oliver Baker

Programs Manager, Learning & Engagement

Anna Healey

Producer, Learning & Engagement

Meg Collis

Learning & Engagement Coordinator

Market development

Antonia Farrugia

Director of Market Development

Caitlin Benetatos

Head of Communications

Zena Morellini

Head of Marketing

Rosie Pentreath

Digital Platforms & Content Manager

Carola Dillon

Database & Insights Manager

Christina Fedrigo

Senior Graphic Designer

Alinora Tame

Marketing Coordinator

Lesley Diskin

Customer Experience & Ticketing Manager

Mitchell Lowrey

Senior Customer Service

Representative

Rhianna McCourt

Ticketing Sales Representative

Michael Clapham

Ticketing Sales Representative

Elise Morton

Ticketing Sales Representative

Philanthropy and partnerships

Jill Colvin

Director, Philanthropy & Partnerships

Lillian Armitage

Capital Campaign & Bequests Manager

Celeste Moore

Philanthropy Manager

Todd Sutherland

Corporate Partnerships Manager

Kylie Anania

Special Projects Manager

Amber Poppelaars

Events Manager

Malcolm Moir

Partnerships Consultant

Swan Feix

Philanthropy & Partnerships

Coordinator

ACO Pier 2/3

Robin McCarthy

Head of Technical & Production

Walter Hart

Production Manager

Janet Collins

Front of House Services Manager

Richard Montgomery

Special Projects – Venue & Facility