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CLASSICS A D E L A I D E
UNWRAPPED S Y M P H O N Y
O R C H E S T R A
SEASON 2021
Animals
May
Wednesday 19
Festival Theatre
Program
C LASSI CS U N W RAP P ED 2
Animals
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 —1868) C OND UC TOR/P RESENT ER
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture Guy Noble
Guy Noble has conducted the Sydney,
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862—1918) Melbourne, Adelaide, West Australian,
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra
symphony orchestras, the Auckland
Philharmonia, and the Hong Kong
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839—1901) Symphony and Malaysian Philharmonic
orch. RAVEL
orchestras. He was the host and
accompanist each year for Great Opera
Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Hits (Opera Australia) at the Sydney Opera
House, conducted Opera Queensland’s
2014 production of La bohéme, and loves
CEZARY SKUBISZEWSKI (b.1948)
to return as conductor and host for the
arr. MCKENZIE
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Classics
Red Dog: The Search
Unwrapped series. In 1991 he was a
network announcer on BBC Radio 3, host
of Breakfast on ABC Classic from 1999
JOHN WILLIAMS (b.1932) to 2001 and a presenter on ABC TV’s
Jurassic Park: Theme Dimensions in Time series. He appeared
David Sharp Conductor four times on ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks,
in episodes which still air at odd hours of
the day or night.
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891—1953) Guy has worked with a wide variety of
Prokofiev: Music from Peter and the Wolf international performers including Harry
Connick Jr, Ben Folds, The Beach Boys, The
David Sharp Conductor
Pointer Sisters, Dianne Reeves, Glenn Frey,
Guy Noble Narrator
Randy Newman, Clive James, Conchita,
The Two Cellos, Alfie Boe and Olivia
Newton-John. He was the first conductor
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865—1957)
and host for the Symphony in the City for
Symphony No.5 in E flat: Allegro molto
the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
and returns regularly to entertain upwards
of 25,000 happy concertgoers in Perth’s
Langley Park.
Some career highlights include doing a
raffle with Princess Margaret in London,
sharing a chat in a lift with John Gielgud
at BBC Broadcasting House, cooking
pasta live on stage with Maggie Beer and
Simon Bryant and the Adelaide Symphony
Orchestra, and singing backing vocals with
DURATION
Kate Ceberano. Guy is pleased, after a
This concert will run for approximately COVID-inspired hiatus, to return in 2021 for
75 mins, without interval. music and laughter with the ASO.
About the Music
It might fly, swim or crawl, it may be real Cezary Skubiszewski’s score for the landmark
or imaginary, it may be cuddly, grumpy or movie about the kelpie’s exploits in Pilbara would
terrifying, it might be tame or feral, as graceful have been more to his liking.
as a swan or hungry like the wolf, but whatever No musical story about animals is more beloved
kind of creature it is, it is bound to have inspired than Peter and the Wolf, which tells the tale
a composer. Today you’ll hear a small but of a brave (and naughty) boy who triumphs
adorable (and well-trained) selection of animal over a big, bad creature. With each character
antics in music. represented by a different instrument – the wolf
Magpies, at certain times of year, are no fun by horns, the grandfather by bassoon and so on
if you’re a cyclist. But the behaviour of the – and each getting their own memorable tune,
bird who is the subject of Rossini’s opera The Peter and the Wolf has entranced audiences
Thieving Magpie is positively criminal. A servant of all ages, and helped them navigate the
girl is condemned to death on circumstantial landscape of the orchestra, ever since it first
evidence for stealing a silver spoon. As she is appeared in the 1930s.
being taken to her doom, someone in the crowd For this performance, Guy Noble will
sees a magpie overhead making off with said demonstrate that he can be Peter AND the wolf
silver spoon in its beak. The girl is released amid (and every human and animal in between).
general rejoicing. Rossini, master of the brilliant Before he narrates this much-loved musical
overture, here wrote one of his catchiest, from fable, he’ll hand the baton to conductor and ASO
the opening snare-drums rolls to the thrilling cellist, David Sharp. In fact, a few minutes before
final bars. this, David will also take on conducting duties
Mussorgsky’s famous musical art gallery Pictures when the concert goes prehistoric…
at an Exhibition includes something unique in Animals don’t need to exist to inspire composers
music: a piece inspired by birds, yes, but by birds to some of their best work: they can be extinct
who haven’t even been born yet. If you can’t or mythical. When my analyst told me I was
imagine a dossier of dancing eggs, then Ravel’s delusional, I nearly fell off my unicorn, but when
scintillating orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano Debussy created his Prelude to the Afternoon of
original is bound to help you get the yolk (sorry). a Faun in 1894 he changed the history of music,
composing a compelling picture of languor
Sibelius was inspired by much larger birds when
and beauty in a language of unprecedented
he created one of the greatest of all symphonic
refinement and nuance. In the world of music,
finales, for his Fifth Symphony. If you’ve ever
at least, this marked the birth of impressionism.
heard the raucous call of the whooper swan,
you might not think it had much symphonic John Williams IS film music for many movie-
potential; when Sibelius transforms it into a goers (he has won five Academy Awards and
shining three-note theme for horns with a high, been nominated for 52 of them!), and his soaring
syncopated woodwind counterpoint, it attains theme for Jurassic Park is one of his best. These
a unique nobility. dinosaurs sound majestic rather than terrifying,
and, this being John Williams, they get to munch
“Dogs of the silver screen” sounds like a special
on a stirring tune as well.
subject on Hard Quiz (you heard it here first);
right up there with Lassie and that deeply ©Phillip Sametz 2021
musical mutt Beethoven would be Australia’s
own Koko, star of Red Dog, who was far too
smart to have liked “How Much Is that Doggie
in the Window” or “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
S AT 2 1 A U G
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Violins Oboes ASO Board
Cameron Hill** Joshua Oates** Kate Gould Chair
(Acting Concertmaster) Renae Stavely~ Anton Andreacchio
Shirin Lim**
Freddy Bartlett
(Acting Associate Concertmaster) Cor Anglais Vincent Ciccarello
Emma Jezek** Peter Duggan*
(Guest Principal 2nd Violin) Andrew Daniels
Lachlan Bramble ~ Elizabeth Davis
Clarinets
(Associate Principal 2nd Violin) Sherrilyn Handley
Dean Newcomb**
Janet Anderson Karen Limb
Darren Skelton
Ann Axelby
Minas Berberyan
Bass Clarinet Executive
Gillian Braithwaite
Mitchell Berick* Vincent Ciccarello Managing Director
Julia Brittain
Shivani Marx General Manager, People, Culture & Operations
Hilary Bruer
Bassoons Shecky Kennedy Executive Assistant
Elizabeth Collins
Mark Gaydon**
Jane Collins
Leah Stephenson Artistic
Judith Coombe
Danielle Jaquillard Simon Lord Director, Artistic Planning
Contrabassoon Elizabeth McCall Learning & Community Projects Manager
Alexis Milton
Jackie Newcomb*
Michael Milton Janet Carey Learning & Community Coordinator
Jennifer Newman Nadina Paine Artistic Coordinator
Horns
Julie Newman
Adrian Uren**
Emma Perkins Special Programs & Production
Emma Gregan
Liam Pilgrim Tom Bastians Senior Manager, Box Office & Customer Service
Philip Paine*
Alexander Permezel Paul Cowley Technical & Venue Manager
Timothy Skelly
Kemeri Spurr William Jarman Production Coordinator
Trumpets Didi Gallasch Production Coordinator
Violas
Josh Rogan** Emma Wight Administrative Assistant/Reception
Andrew Jezek**
(Guest Section Principal) Leigh Mack Subscriptions & Ticketing Coordinator
(Guest Section Principal)
Gregory Frick
Justin Julian~
David Khafagi
Martin Butler Operations
Lesley Cockram Karen Frost Orchestra Personnel Manager
Trombones
Rosi McGowran Ashley Retter Orchestra Coordinator
Colin Prichard**
Carolyn Mooz Bruce Stewart Orchestral Librarian
Ian Denbigh
Michael Robertson Andrew Georg Orchestral Librarian
Cecily Satchell
Bass Trombone
Amanda Tillett* Marketing
Cellos
(Guest Principal) Renato Capoccia Senior Manager, Marketing
Simon Cobcroft**
Cheree McEwin Publicist
Ewen Bramble~
Tuba Nicola Cann Digital Marketing Coordinator
Sarah Denbigh
Peter Whish-Wilson*
Sherrilyn Handley Georgie Phillips Graphic Designer & Content Coordinator
Gemma Phillips
Timpani
David Sharp Development
Andrew Penrose*
Cameron Waters Annemarie Kohn Senior Manager, Development
Percussion Nicole McKenzie Development & Events Coordinator
Double Basses
Steven Peterka**
David Schilling** Finance, People & Culture
Peter Overall
Jonathon Coco~
Paul Simpson-Smith Sophia Cichowski Manager, Finance
Harley Gray
Karin Juhl Accounts Coordinator
Belinda Kendall-Smith
Harp Sarah McBride Payroll & People Coordinator
Sean Renaud
Suzanne Handel*
Flutes Friends of the ASO Executive Committee
** Section Principal
Geoffrey Collins** John Terpelle President
~ Associate Principal
Lisa Gill * Principal Player Michael Critchley Past President
Allan Hunt Vice President
Piccolo Ruth Ormrod Vice President
Julia Grenfell* Judy Birze Treasurer/Public Officer
Alison Campbell Membership Secretary
Ruth Bloch Secretary
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