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TAKE A NEW
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TAKE A NEW JOURNEY. 2021 SEASON - Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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AUTUMN
                                                                                                  ROMANCE BEGINS
                                                                                                  TCHAIKOVSKY'S VIOLIN
                                                                                                  CONCERTO

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Daniel Röhn
                                                                                                  TCHAIKOVSKY                 SIMONE YOUNG   Our curtain raiser for 2021? Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
                                                                                                  Violin Concerto             conductor      One of the most (if not the most) popular Romantic
                                                                                                                                             violin concertos, it’s a beautifully lush piece – and almost
                                                                                                  CONNOR D’NETTO              DANIEL RÖHN    impossible not to fall in love with. Tchaikovsky’s romantic
                                                                                                  Fifty Fanfares Commission   violin         violin concerto is an opportunity to experience the Sydney
                                                                                                  DVOŘÁK                                     Symphony debut of the dazzling virtuoso Daniel Röhn.
                                                                                                  Symphony No.9,                             Inspiring just as much passion is Dvořák’s New World
                                                                                                  From the New World                         Symphony. A striking blend of his typical Bohemian style
                                                                                                                                             and African American influences, Dvořák’s symphony
                                                                                                                                             remains a universal favourite – even taken along with
                                                                                                                                             Neil Armstrong on his journey to the moon.

                                                                                                                                             Wed 10 Feb, 8pm                                    Supporting
                                                                                                                                                                                                Simone Young in 2021
                                                                                                                                             Thu 11 Feb, 7pm*
                                                                                                                                             Fri 12 Feb, 8pm
                                                                                                                                             Sat 13 Feb, 8pm
                                                                                                                                             Sydney Town Hall

                                                                                                                                             Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series
                                                                                                                                             *Special Performance

6   Timothy Constable, Percussion; Noriko Shimada, Principal Contrabassoon; Marnie Sebire, Horn                                                                                                                             7
TAKE A NEW JOURNEY. 2021 SEASON - Sydney Symphony Orchestra
GREAT MINDS                                                                                                REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT                                                         ONCE IN A LIFETIME                                              CELEBRATING BACH
SIMONE YOUNG                                                                                               JONNY GREENWOOD                                                              DANE LAM CONDUCTS                                               ANDREW HAVERON
CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN                                                                                         & SAINT-SAËNS                                                                SAINT-SAËNS                                                     PERFORMS BACH

                                                                 Simone Young, Chief Conductor Designate

BEETHOVEN                        SIMONE YOUNG                                                              LYLE CHAN                        DANE LAM                                    LYLE CHAN                       DANE LAM                        BACH                              ANDREW HAVERON
Leonore Overture No.3            conductor                                                                 Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor                                   Fifty Fanfares Commission       conductor                       Orchestral Suite No.2             director and violin
Ah! perfido                      LAUREN FAGAN                                                              JONNY GREENWOOD                  DAVID DRURY                                 SAINT-SAËNS                     DAVID DRURY                     Concerto for Two Violins          FIONA ZIEGLER
Symphony No.7                    soprano                                                                   Water                            organ                                       Symphony No.3,                  organ                           Orchestral Suite No.3             violin
                                                                                                                                                                                        Organ Symphony                                                                                    EMMA SHOLL
                                                                                                           SAINT-SAËNS
                                                                                                           Symphony No.3,                                                                                                                                                                 flute
                                                                                                           Organ Symphony

Experience the fire and feeling kindled when two musical                                                   ‘Where any-angled light would congregate endlessly.’                         When Saint-Saëns finished his Third Symphony, he knew           Exquisite, serene, daunting, brilliant. Do we even have
spirits meet. As someone who’s spent years getting                                                         Sometimes even a glass of water can be your muse.                            it was his masterpiece: “What I have here accomplished,         enough adjectives to describe Bach’s music? During his
inside Beethoven’s mind – even going so far as to learn                                                    Taking cues from Philip Larkin’s poem, we begin with                         I will never achieve again.” Imposing words for any conductor   lifetime, the Baroque master composed more than
his language – Chief Conductor Designate Simone Young                                                      Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood and his composition                    to wrestle with. But with the prodigious Australian Dane        1,000 pieces. Here, we revel in some of his greatest works,
pushes every button in her masterful interpretation of his                                                 Water. Here instead of seeing refractions of light, we hear                  Lam holding the baton, the French composer’s legacy             Orchestral Suites No.2 and No.3, and the intricately
work. In this instance, it’s the dramatic Leonore Overture from                                            them – cascading, skipping, sliding and overlapping one another.             is in deft hands. Better known as the Organ Symphony            beautiful Concerto for Two Violins. Concertmaster
Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, and one of his best-loved                                                                                                                              for its unusual – yet spectacular – use of the instrument,      Andrew Haveron leads as soloist along with Fiona Ziegler
                                                                                                           Refraction leads to reverberation with Saint-Saëns’
pieces, Symphony No.7. Motion, melody and a touch                                                                                                                                       it seems only fitting we hear it on one of the largest organs   and Emma Sholl.
                                                                                                           Third Symphony, the French composer’s most famous work.
of mystery – music wouldn’t be the same without Ludwig.                                                                                                                                 in the world.
                                                                                                           Performed on one of the largest organs in the world, it’s a
                                                                                                           resonant finish to a truly unique line-up. Dane Lam conducts.

Thu 18 Feb, 1.30pm                                 Supporting
                                                   Simone Young in 2021
                                                                                                           Thu 25 Feb, 7pm                                  Series Presenting Partner   Fri 26 Feb, 11am                                                Wed 3 Mar, 7pm
Sat 20 Feb, 2pm                                                                                            Sydney Town Hall                                                             Sydney Town Hall                                                Thu 4 Mar, 7pm
Sydney Town Hall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        City Recital Hall

Thursday Afternoon Symphony
Great Classics                                                                                             Symphony Hour                                                                Tea & Symphony                                                  Emirates Classics in the City

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MUSICAL GENIUS                                                    SPIRITUAL                                                         UPLIFTING EXPRESSIONS                                                                          A WINDOW TO THE SOUL
MOZART & SCHUMANN                                                 CONNECTIONS                                                       HAYDN & GABRIELI                                                                               SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO.2
                                                                  HAYDN: SEVEN LAST WORDS

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Andrew Haveron,
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alexandra        Concertmaster
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Dariescu
LACHLAN SKIPWORTH                ASHER FISCH                      HAYDN                             ANDREW HAVERON                  BARBER                            HAYDN                                                        MARIA GRENFELL                   BENJAMIN NORTHEY
Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor                        Seven Last Words of Jesus         director and violin             Mutations from Bach               Seven Last Words of Jesus                                    Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor
                                                                  on the Cross                                                                                        on the Cross
MOZART                           FRANCESCO CELATA                                                                                   GABRIELI                                                                                       MAX RICHTER
The Abduction from               clarinet                                                                                           Canzon per Sonar                  ANDREW HAVERON                                               On the Nature of Daylight
the Seraglio – Overture                                                                                                             Primi Toni No.1                   director and violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   SIBELIUS
MOZART                                                                                                                              LAURIDSEN                                                                                      Symphony No.2
Clarinet Concerto                                                                                                                   O Magnum Mysterium
SCHUMANN                                                                                                                            GABRIELI
Symphony No.2                                                                                                                       Canzon per Sonar in
                                                                                                                                    Echo Duodecimi Toni

Happiness is listening to Mozart – especially The Abduction       A church interior draped in black cloth. One lantern              Gabrieli’s canzoni are the pinnacle of early Baroque choral                                    Simple but sublime, Max Richter’s minimalist
from the Seraglio. While his opera is known for its high          lighting up the dark. A bishop giving a sermon on each of         style, and in the 20th century American composers Samuel                                       style makes him one of the most popular composers
energy and light-hearted mood, his Clarinet Concerto reveals      Christ’s last words on the cross. This was the unusual Easter     Barber and Morten Lauridsen looked back at these early                                         alive today. On the Nature of Daylight is a strikingly
a gentler side. Laid back and lyrical, the Clarinet Concerto is   tradition for which the Holy Cave Oratory in Spain asked          choral styles for inspiration in their own music. While Barber                                 beautiful piece, cinematic enough to be used in films
one of Mozart's most beloved pieces – and expertly showcased      Haydn to compose music – commissioning seven pieces to            and Gabrieli’s music was always meant for brass instruments,                                   such as Shutter Island and Arrival.
by our own Associate Principal Clarinet Francesco Celata.         reflect each last ‘word’ of Jesus.                                Lauridsen’s choral masterpiece has lost none of its uplifting                                  Composed during a winter spent in Italy, Sibelius’ Second
For more music ahead of its time, it’s onto Schumann.             With the technical skill involved, Haydn was at his most          power in this spectacular and unusual brass arrangement.                                       Symphony is another meditative work from the enigmatic
Despite his generally fragile health, his Second Symphony         daring – and at his most dramatic. “Each movement,”               Commissioned to provide music for each ‘last word’ of                                          Finnish composer. Quiet and simple to begin with, it melts
remains defiantly optimistic – a triumph of spirit reflected      he declared, will move listeners “to the very depths of [their]   Jesus for an unusual Easter tradition, this is Haydn at his most                               into some of his warmest music before rising to a glorious,
in the finale itself.                                             soul.” As such a powerful expression of loss and sacrifice, we    daring – and most dramatic. “Each movement,” he declared,                                      expansive finale. Something Sibelius would later declare
                                                                  defy you not to feel something – no matter what your beliefs.     will move listeners “to the very depths of [their] soul.”                                      “a confession of the soul.”

Wed 17 Mar, 8pm                                                   Fri 26 Mar, 11am                                                  Sat 27 Mar, 2pm                                                                                Thu 22 Apr, 7pm                                  Series Presenting Partner

Thu 18 Mar, 1.30pm
                                                                  Sydney Town Hall                                                  Sydney Town Hall                                                                               Sydney Town Hall
Fri 19 Mar, 8pm
Sat 20 Mar, 8pm
Sydney Town Hall

Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series
Thursday Afternoon Symphony                                       Tea & Symphony                                                    Great Classics                                                                                 Symphony Hour

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BOLD PAIRINGS                                                                                       HEAVENLY VOICES                                                                                     MUSICAL POETS                                                                                                         FORCE OF NATURE
TCHAIKOVSKY & GRIEG                                                                                 MAHLER’S                                                                                            SCHUBERT & MAHLER                                                                                                     BEETHOVEN’S
                                                                                                    FOURTH SYMPHONY                                                                                                                                                                                                           PASTORAL SYMPHONY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Victoria Bihun, Second Violin; Jaan Pallandi, Double Bass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Scott Kinmont, Associate Principal Trombone;
                                                                                                                                                                Emma Sholl, Associate Principal Flute
                                                                  Sun Yi, Associate Concertmaster

TCHAIKOVSKY                     SYDNEY SYMPHONY                                                     MARK HOLDSWORTH                  UMBERTO CLERICI                                                    SCHUBERT                         UMBERTO CLERICI                                                                      JULIAN YU                          JOHANNES FRITZSCH
Souvenir de Florence            ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS                                                 Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor                                                          Lieder selections                conductor                                                                            Fifty Fanfares Commission          conductor
                                Kristy Conrau
GRIEG                           Marianne Edwards                                                    SCHUBERT                         JACQUELINE PORTER                                                  MAHLER                           JACQUELINE PORTER                                                                    BEETHOVEN                          JOSHUA BATTY
String Quartet No.1             Graham Hennings                                                     Lieder selections                soprano                                                            Symphony No.4                    soprano                                                                              Egmont Overture                    flute
                                Claire Herrick                                                      MAHLER                                                                                                                                                                                                                    NIELSEN
                                Stuart Johnson                                                      Symphony No.4                                                                                                                                                                                                             Flute Concerto
                                Wendy Kong
                                Timothy Nankervis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             BEETHOVEN
                                Leonid Volovelsky                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Symphony No.6, Pastoral
                                Sun Yi

Like the city that inspired the work, Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir                                        Experience the might and magnificence of Gustav Mahler.                                             There’s music in poetry, just as there’s poetry in music.                                                             Birdsong. Flowing rivers. Summer storms. In his Pastoral
de Florence is both lush and grand – mingled with cobbled                                           Not one for half-measures, the composer believed a symphony                                         For Schubert, the connection between the two was undeniable.                                                          Symphony, Beethoven has us stop and smell the roses.
corners of romance and innocence. It’s an impressive feat for                                       should be like the world, “it must contain everything.” In his                                      With over 600 songs and vocal works to his name, the                                                                  Remarkable to think this was composed at the same time as
a piece written for only six instruments. Grieg’s First String                                      Fourth Symphony, he takes us to the heavens themselves as we                                        Austrian was well-known for setting poetry to music.                                                                  his fire and brimstone Fifth Symphony, the work’s lush sense of
Quartet is similarly deceptive (in a good way) – brighter and                                       travel through the gates of paradise and into angelic realms.                                       Schubert’s compositions swell with all the wistful emotion,                                                           nature invites you to enjoy the country after too long in the city.
bolder than its small ensemble suggests, and a perfect pairing                                      Mahler chose to do something no composer had ever done                                              individualism and drama of the poetry of the Romantic era.                                                            When Danish composer Carl Nielsen heard the players of
for Tchaikovsky’s sextet.                                                                           before by ending his symphony with a song for solo voice.                                           In Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, we hear another poetry lover                                                             the Copenhagen Wind Quintet in performance he was so
                                                                                                    Titled, ‘The Heavenly Life’, the song’s air of bright innocence                                     at play. It’s the last of his symphonies inspired by songs                                                            impressed he decided to write a concerto for each of them,
                                                                                                    captures the symphony’s overall sense of gemütlichkeit –                                            from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn),                                                                  starting with his Flute Concerto. Virtuosic and bold, yet tender
                                                                                                    an untranslatable German word that suggests both belonging                                          a collection of German folk poems. Hearing a voice woven                                                              and heartfelt, this music takes as many twists and turns as
                                                                                                    and cosiness. Settle in as conductor Umberto Clerici leads us                                       into a symphony is at once innocently nostalgic and powerfully                                                        Beethoven’s Symphony on its way to a happy conclusion.
                                                                                                    to paradise.                                                                                        divine. Umberto Clerici leads us on this journey through poetic                                                       German conductor Johannes Fritzsch is no stranger to
                                                                                                                                                                                                        music.                                                                                                                Beethoven and brings his superb interpretative skills to this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              performance with our Principal Flute, Joshua Batty as soloist.

Fri 30 Apr, 6pm                                 Series Presenting Partner
                                                                                                    Thu 6 May, 1.30pm                                                                                   Sat 8 May, 2pm                                                                                                        Wed 12 May, 8pm
Sat 1 May, 6pm                                                                                      Sydney Town Hall                                                                                    Sydney Town Hall                                                                                                      Fri 14 May, 8pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sat 15 May, 8pm
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sydney Town Hall

Cocktail Hour                                                                                       Thursday Afternoon Symphony                                                                         Great Classics                                                                                                        Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series

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WINTER
BREAKTHROUGHS                                                                CELEBRATIONS
ADAMS & SHOSTAKOVICH                                                         AND FANFARES
                                                                             SYDNEY SYMPHONY BRASS

                                                                                                                                         Rachel Silver, Horn; Geoffrey O’Reilly, Principal 3rd Horn
MICHAEL BAKRNČEV                 FABIAN RUSSELL                              COPLAND                          BIZET
Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor                                   Fanfare for the Common Man       Carmen Suite
JOHN ADAMS                                                                   VIERNE                           GIGOUT
Shaker Loops                                                                 Triumphal March for the          Grand Choeur Dialogue
                                                                             Centenary of Napoleon I
SHOSTAKOVICH                                                                                                  FABIAN RUSSELL
Symphony No.1                                                                HANDEL                           conductor
                                                                             Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
                                                                                                              DAVID DRURY
                                                                             MESSIAEN                         organ
                                                                             L’ Ascension: Majesté du
                                                                             Christ demandant sa gloire
                                                                             à son Père
                                                                             CHARPENTIER
                                                                             Te Deum – Prelude

If you’re trying to burst onto the scene, why not go big?                    Fabian Russell leads a program of celebration and fanfare
For the young John Adams in 1978, it was Shaker Loops that                   at Sydney Town Hall. As a tubist-turned-conductor, Russell is
turned heads – a pulsing and exhilarating minimalist ride.                   perfectly at home bringing out the glorious brightness of our
For the even younger Dmitri Shostakovich in 1926, it was his                 brass players alongside guest organist David Drury.
Petrograd Conservatory graduation effort, his First Symphony,                We begin with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man.
which launched his career. Like all of his music, it is a piece              A big, bold and majestic ode to America, it conjures up the
filled with wit, drama and tragedy. Fabian Russell conducts.                 vast plains, echoing canyons and unabashed optimism
                                                                             of his home country. From here, we journey through 300 years
                                                                             of music, from celebratory Handel to devout Messiaen,
                                                                             and the Spanish suite of Bizet’s opera Carmen –
                                                                             which includes the famously jaunty Toreador Song.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Diana Doherty, Principal Oboe
Thu 27 May, 7pm                                  Series Presenting Partner
                                                                             Fri 28 May, 11am
Sydney Town Hall                                                             Sydney Town Hall

Symphony Hour                                                                Tea & Symphony

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QUARTETS FROM                                                                AMONG FRIENDS                                                                         BANQUET OF SOUND                                                                                  HERE’S TO MOZART
THE HEART                                                                    GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO                                                                BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS                                                                                CLERICI CONDUCTS
MOZART & SHOSTAKOVICH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                MOZART & SCHUBERT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Umberto Clerici, Principal Cello
                                                                                                                                       Piers Lane/Keith Saunders
MOZART                           SYDNEY SYMPHONY                             RAVEL                           NICHOLAS CARTER                                       HARRY SDRAULIG                   NICHOLAS CARTER                                                  IBERT                           UMBERTO CLERICI
String Quartet No.19,            ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS                         Le Tombeau de Couperin          conductor                                             Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor                                                        Hommage à Mozart                conductor
Dissonance                       Emma Jezek
                                 Stuart Johnson                              GRIEG                           PIERS LANE                                            BEETHOVEN                        PIERS LANE                                                       MOZART                          DANIEL DE BORAH
SHOSTAKOVICH                     Timothy Nankervis                           Piano Concerto                  piano                                                 Triple Concerto                  piano                                                            Piano Concerto No.17            piano
String Quartet No.9              Anna Skálová                                HAYDN                                                                                 SCHREKER                         ANDREW HAVERON                                                   SCHUBERT
                                                                             Symphony No.104, London                                                               Intermezzo                       violin                                                           Symphony No.5
                                                                                                                                                                   BRAHMS                           UMBERTO CLERICI
                                                                                                                                                                   Symphony No.3                    cello

From one master to another. Mozart’s String Quartet No.19                    While World War I typically inspired more sombre art,                                 Beethoven’s Triple Concerto is one of the few pieces for                                          His melodic genius. His dramatic timing. His mastery
is a worthy dedication to his mentor Haydn – the ‘Father                     Ravel’s piece celebrates the memory of lost friends                                   joint soloists still performed today. From a quiet opening                                        of every genre. With over 600 works to his name, Mozart
of the String Quartet’. Like matters of the heart, the piece                 with French baroque style. More joy follows with Grieg’s                              emerges music that’s all about the interplay between                                              changed the course of Western music. Many composers
plays on our emotions and expectations, enticing us in                       Piano Concerto. From its dramatic opening to its lyrical                              soloists. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear the skills                                      have paid homage to him – and tonight, we do too.
with a lilting dissonance, before unfolding into a spirited                  slow movement and spectacular ending, it captures the                                 of Concertmaster Andrew Haveron, cellist Umberto Clerici                                          Umberto Clerici conducts the night’s celebrations,
(and very Mozartian) first movement.                                         essence of Grieg's Norwegian heritage – particularly in its                           and Australian pianist Piers Lane.                                                                beginning with Jacques Ibert’s commemorative
Emotional from start to finish, Shostakovich’s quartet                       folkdance finale.                                                                     Unfairly overlooked by history, Schreker was one of the                                           Hommage à Mozart, followed by Mozart’s Piano
dives deep into the heart as he reflects on his relationship                 Switching from serious to playful, innovating by twists                               most prominent Austrian composers of the early 20th                                               Concerto No.17, and finishing with Schubert’s Fifth
with his third wife Irina Antonovna.                                         and turns, the remarkable 104th was Haydn’s last symphony                             century thanks to sweeping, richly coloured works such                                            Symphony – the most ‘Mozartian’ of all his symphonies.
                                                                             – and remains one of his most popular.                                                as this Intermezzo. Brahms’ Symphony No.3 provides
                                                                                                                                                                   the perfect conclusion. From a dramatic and passionate
                                                                                                                                                                   opening unfolds music that’s classically romantic.

Fri 11 Jun, 6pm                                  Series Presenting Partner
                                                                             Sat 12 Jun, 2pm                                                                       Wed 16 Jun, 8pm                                                                                   Wed 23 Jun, 7pm
Sat 12 Jun, 6pm                                                              Sydney Town Hall                                                                      Thu 17 Jun, 1.30pm                                                                                Thu 24 Jun, 7pm
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House                                                                                                                                     Fri 18 Jun, 8pm                                                                                   City Recital Hall
                                                                                                                                                                   Sat 19 Jun, 8pm
                                                                                                                                                                   Sydney Town Hall

                                                                                                                                                                   Abercrombie & Kent Masters Series
Cocktail Hour                                                                Great Classics                                                                        Thursday Afternoon Symphony                                                                       Emirates Classics in the City

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STANDING UP TO STALIN                                                                                 BRIGHT AND BOLD                                                                                         REIMAGININGS                                                                 TRANSFORMATIONS
SHOSTAKOVICH’S                                                                                        FRANÇAIX & MOZART                                                                                       MOZART & BRAHMS                                                              SIMONE YOUNG CONDUCTS
SYMPHONY NO.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             BACH & BRAHMS

                                                              Karina Canellakis/Chris Christodoulou

                                                                                                                                                                            Tobias Breider, Principal Viola
BREE VAN REYK                     KARINA CANELLAKIS                                                   FRANÇAIX                           SYDNEY SYMPHONY                                                      MOZART                           SYDNEY SYMPHONY                             BACH arr. WEBERN                 SIMONE YOUNG
Fifty Fanfares Commission         conductor                                                           Cor Anglais Quartet                ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS                                                  Grande Sestetto Concertante      ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS                         The Musical Offering             conductor
                                                                                                                                         Tobias Breider                                                                                        Kees Boersma                                – Ricercare
BRITTEN                                                                                               MOZART                             Umberto Clerici                                                      BRAHMS                           Umberto Clerici
Four Sea Interludes                                                                                   Divertimento, K.563                Andrew Haveron                                                       String Sextet No.1               Sandro Costantino                           BRAHMS arr.
from Peter Grimes                                                                                                                        Alexandre Oguey                                                                                       Lerida Delbridge                            SCHOENBERG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Jane Hazelwood                              Piano Quartet No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Elizabeth Neville
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Anna Skálová

Premiered in 1953 after the death of Stalin, Shostakovich’s                                           Quick, witty and lighthearted – Françaix’s quartet for                                                  Mozart’s Grande Sestetto is an unusual take on his already                   Chief Conductor Designate Simone Young creates a program
Tenth Symphony is a bumpy ride of emotion and inner turmoil.                                          cor anglais, violin, viola and cello plays out like a conversation                                      experimental Sinfonia Concertante. Recrafted for six                         of huge colour with these two evocative pieces. Bach’s The
Is it a depiction of Stalin himself? While debatable, it’s worth                                      you might hear walking the streets of Paris in the 1900s.                                               instruments by an anonymous arranger, it magically                           Musical Offering is the result of a famous challenge set by
remembering the dictator had Shostakovich denounced for his                                           It’s unusually virtuosic. And unmistakably French.                                                      realises the grandeur of the orchestral original, reimagined                 Frederick the Great. Almost 200 years after its composition,
work several times. There is little doubt that experience left its                                    We hear a similar liveliness in Mozart’s divertimenti,                                                  for the powerful intimacy of a small ensemble.                               Webern breathes new life into the piece – arranging the music
shadow on this explosive work.                                                                        his famous collection of cheerful ‘amusements’. With his                                                In Brahms, another pioneer emerges. By weaving a second                      for orchestral instruments in a way that brilliantly highlights
Dawn. Sunday morning. Moonlight. Storm. A changing                                                    imagination at play, this string trio is one of his brightest,                                          viola and cello into the standard string quartet, this rich                  each of their distinctive sounds.
seascape of sound, Britten’s Four Sea Interludes masterfully                                          boldest and most uplifting pieces of chamber music.                                                     and velvety writing takes on new meaning, blooming into                      In another powerful transformation, Schoenberg arranges
brings to life the Suffolk coast in all its vivid moods and                                                                                                                                                   arrangements of beauty that echo through the ages.                           Brahms’ First Piano Quartet for orchestra. A piece he loved
mystery. Taken from Peter Grimes, Britten’s 1945 opera about                                                                                                                                                                                                                               and thought performed too rarely, this orchestration brings
an outcast fisherman suspected of murder, this is music                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    out the expressive colour of Brahms’ music, while keeping the
which powerfully hints at the psychological drama beneath.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 purity of a piece originally composed for four instruments.

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                                                                                                                                             Simone Young, Chief Conductor Designate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Andrew Haveron, Concertmaster

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Grace Clifford/Anthony Browell
BRAHMS                            SIMONE YOUNG                              MARY FINSTERER                   SIOBHAN STAGG                                                             BRITTEN                          ANDREW HAVERON                                                LOUISA TREWARTHA                 GEMMA NEW
Variations on a Theme             conductor                                 Fifty Fanfares Commission        soprano                                                                   Prelude and Fugue                director and violin                                           Fifty Fanfares Commission        conductor
of Joseph Haydn                                                                                                                                                                        for 18 Solo Strings
                                                                            SCHUBERT                         CAITLIN HULCUP                                                                                             ANDREW GOODWIN                                                LILBURN                          GRACE CLIFFORD
BRAHMS arr.                                                                 Offertorium (Intende voce)       mezzo-soprano                                                             BRITTEN                          tenor                                                         Aotearoa Overture                violin
SCHOENBERG                                                                                                                                                                             Serenade for Tenor,
Piano Quartet No.1                                                          MOZART                           STEVE DAVISLIM                                                            Horn and Strings                 BEN JACKS                                                     SIBELIUS
                                                                            Requiem                          tenor                                                                                                      horn                                                          Violin Concerto
                                                                                                                                                                                       SHOSTAKOVICH
                                                                                                             JAMES CLAYTON                                                             arr. BARSHAI                                                                                   TCHAIKOVSKY
                                                                                                             baritone                                                                  Chamber Symphony (after                                                                        Symphony No.5
                                                                            SIMONE YOUNG                     SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA                                                       the String Quartet No.10)
                                                                            conductor                        CHOIRS

There are perfectionists. And then there’s Brahms,                          It’s one of the most famous Classical choral works we have.                                                Britten created a dynamic between boldness and intimacy                                        A cool wind emerges from the opening notes of Sibelius’ Violin
who famously took 21 years to write his first symphony.                     But the story of Mozart’s Requiem Mass remains something                                                   like few others. From his smaller ensembles to larger string                                   Concerto. In the powerful music that follows, the beauty of the
In his Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, we see him                    of a mystery. How much of it did he actually finish? To add to                                             arrangements, we can often hear this tension at play.                                          Finnish landscape stretches out before us. It’s a challenging,
experimenting with orchestral writing of scale – providing us               the intrigue, Mozart himself did not know from whom he had                                                 It’s unmistakably Britten. Andrew Haveron leads with                                           exciting work – and one performed by Australia’s own Grace
with music that’s as moving as it is masterly. Over 60 years                received the commission.                                                                                   Principal Horn Ben Jacks, and globally renowned tenor                                          Clifford. At 22, she is one of the world’s brightest young stars,
later, Schoenberg arranged Brahms’ First Piano Quartet                      Unfinished at the time of his death, the music we hear today                                               Andrew Goodwin who both feature in Britten’s Serenade.                                         and returns home for this performance.
for orchestra. A piece he loved and thought performed too                   reveals Mozart’s highly charged state. As Beethoven put it,                                                Rudolf Barshai’s arrangement of Shostakovich’s Tenth String                                    Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony whirls us away into an exploration
rarely, this orchestration brings out the expressive colour of              “If Mozart did not write the music, then the man who wrote                                                 Quartet for string orchestra adds depth to its most intimate                                   of Fate. From a dark and brooding opening emerge some of his
Brahms’ music, while keeping the purity of a piece originally               it was a Mozart.” Chief Conductor Designate Simone Young                                                   moments and power to its most brazen.                                                          greatest melodies, a dazzling waltz and a gale-force finale.
composed for four instruments.                                              leads our four Australian soloists and choir.

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                                                                                                                                                                                              Stephen Hough/Sim Canetty-Clarke
                                                                                                Alexander
                                                                                                Sun Yi    Norton, First Violin
                               TCHAIKOVSKY                     SYDNEY SYMPHONY                                                   ELLA MACENS                       DONALD RUNNICLES
                               String Quartet No.1             ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS                                               Fifty Fanfares Commission         conductor
                                                               Alice Bartsch
                               PROKOFIEV                       Harry Bennetts                                                    TCHAIKOVSKY                       STEPHEN HOUGH
                               Quintet in G minor              David Campbell                                                    Piano Concerto No.1               piano
                                                               Kristy Conrau                                                     SHOSTAKOVICH
                                                               Alexander Morris                                                  Symphony No.5
                                                               Alexander Norton
                                                               Shefali Pryor
                                                               Amanda Verner
                                                               Justin Williams

                               Before The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky composed                                         Soaring melodies. Vibrantly rich colour. And a heart-pounding
                               his First String Quartet. One of his earliest works, its slow                                     start. Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto remains a favourite
                               and melancholic second movement was stirring enough to                                            for good reason. This season, one of the world’s foremost
                               bring Leo Tolstoy to tears.                                                                       pianists, Stephen Hough, brings his unique insight to the piece
                               From Russia we travel to Paris, where Sergei Prokofiev                                            with his phenomenal musicianship.
                               was asked to create a chamber ballet for a circus troupe.                                         Next, it’s onto another favourite, Shostakovich’s Fifth
                               With only five instruments to work with, the result was                                           Symphony. Is it really an act of rebellion against Stalin’s rule?
                               a wonderfully innovative composition he later adapted                                             While we may never know what Shostakovich had in mind with
                               into this strangely playful quintet.                                                              this symphony, that only makes us listen more closely for clues.
                                                                                                                                 A story of darkness and light. Despair and defiance. And the
                                                                                                                                 choices we make in swallowing our reality or questioning it.

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                                                          Benjamin Bayl/Bart Barczyk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Konstantin Shamray

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kristy Conrau, Cello
MENDELSSOHN                     BENJAMIN BAYL                                          MONTEVERDI                       CORELLI                          ANDREW ARONOWICZ                MARK WIGGLESWORTH                               NATALIE NICOLAS                    FINNEGAN DOWNIE DEAR
Calm Sea and                    conductor                                              L’Orfeo: Sinfonia                Concerto Grosso No.4             Fifty Fanfares Commission       conductor                                       Fifty Fanfares Commission          conductor
Prosperous Voyage
                                STEPHEN HOUGH                                          GABRIELI                         REBEL                            RACHMANINOV                     KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY                              THOMAS ADÈS
BEETHOVEN                       piano                                                  Canzona for                      Les élémens                      Piano Concerto No.3             piano                                           Polaris
Piano Concerto No.3                                                                    Brass and Strings
                                                                                                                        BENJAMIN BAYL                    ELGAR                                                                           LISA ILLEAN
MOZART                                                                                 VIVALDI                          conductor                        Symphony No.1                                                                   Land’s End
Symphony No.41, Jupiter                                                                Concerto for Four Violins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DEBUSSY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         La Mer

Three geniuses of the Germanic repertoire are celebrated                               The riches of the Venetian empire weren’t just silk and           Intense might be an understatement. Notoriously challenging                     With Polaris, we open to the sounds of a night sky twinkling
in this program. Mendelssohn’s voyage isn’t all calm, with                             gold – composers Monteverdi and Gabrieli dazzled with             to play, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3 is a torrent                         with the infinite. It’s a piece that perfectly showcases one of
creeping notes of drama before, at last, the breeze picks                              their pioneering Baroque music. Vivaldi’s flamboyant concerti     of emotion, melody and colour and demands a truly virtuosic                     the modern stars of music, British composer Thomas Adès.
up and we continue our beautiful voyage – straight onto                                delighted even Bach, while Corelli’s glittering concerti grossi   performance. Who better to perform it than fellow Russian,                      From night skies it’s onto the sparkling sounds of Lisa Illean
Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. While stormy to begin with,                          are among the finest of the form. This ‘Italian style’ echoes     Konstantin Shamray – winner of First Prize and People’s                         and Claude Debussy. Illean’s Land’s End captures the
by the end the clouds have scattered and we’re left enjoying                           in French composer Rebel’s audacious Les élémens – a vivid        Choice at the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition?                      ever-changing nature of the sea through subtle and gentle
the sunshine. Stephen Hough is our guide on this journey of                            creation story unlike anything you’ve heard before. Conductor     In another patriotic pairing, Englishman Mark Wigglesworth                      music that rolls like waves. A musical Monet, Debussy
emotions. Mozart’s final symphony is undoubtedly one of his                            Benjamin Bayl, a specialist in this repertoire, is our guide.     conducts one of the finest British works, Elgar’s First                         paints his own delicate impression of the sounds of the
greatest and optimistic from start to finish.                                                                                                            Symphony. While it took Elgar ten years to write, its instant                   sea. Feel the breeze ruffle the ocean as bright young talent
                                                                                                                                                         worldwide success proved it was worth the wait.                                 Finnegan Downie Dear takes us on a voyage through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         starlight and salt spray.

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                                  ANDREW HAVERON                                             PAUL STANHOPE                   James Burke
SIBELIUS                          violin                                                     Aftertraces…                    Diana Doherty
Valse triste                                                                                                                 Todd Gibson-Cornish
                                                                                             POULENC
JAAKKO KUUSISTO                                                                              Sonata for Clarinet             Ben Jacks
Violin Concerto                                                                              and Bassoon                     Alexandre Oguey
                                                                                                                             Shefali Pryor
SIBELIUS                                                                                     HARRY SDRAULIG
Symphony No.5                                                                                Hat-trick
                                                                                             LIGETI
                                                                                             Six Bagatelles

Sibelius takes us on an ethereal waltz in Valse triste and to
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and soars before reaching something of a rock star finish.                                   from Samuel Barber’s sun-dappled Summer Music, to the
To complete our Finnish theme, Concertmaster Andrew                                          cheeky cadences of Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon.              30     Thursday Afternoon Symphony         Thu at 1.30pm             Sydney Town Hall     9, 5, 4
Haveron gives the Australian premiere performance of                                         With Ligeti’s Six Bagetelles, we shift from inventive to
Jaakko Kuusisto’s dramatic Violin Concerto. Unmissable.                                      introspective, while Australian composers Paul Stanhope                    32     Tea & Symphony                      Fri at 11am               Sydney Town Hall     4
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Symphony No.9, From the New World       MOZART                       Flute Concerto              Intermezzo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Clarinet Concerto
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SIMONE YOUNG                                                         BEETHOVEN                   BRAHMS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        conductor                               SCHUMANN                     Symphony No.6, Pastoral     Symphony No.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Symphony No.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DANIEL RÖHN                                                          JOHANNES FRITZSCH           NICHOLAS CARTER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        violin                                  ASHER FISCH                  conductor                   conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                conductor                    JOSHUA BATTY                PIERS LANE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                FRANCESCO CELATA             flute                       piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                clarinet                                                 ANDREW HAVERON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         UMBERTO CLERICI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         cello

                                                                                                                                      Andrew Haveron, Concertmaster; Shefali Pryor, Associate Principal Oboe; Harry Bennetts, Associate Concertmaster
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        BRITTEN                                 SCHUBERT                     LILBURN                     TCHAIKOVSKY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes   Offertorium (Intende voce)   Aotearoa Overture           Piano Concerto No.1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SHOSTAKOVICH                            MOZART                       SIBELIUS                    SHOSTAKOVICH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Symphony No.10                          Requiem                      Violin Concerto             Symphony No.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        KARINA CANELLAKIS                       SIMONE YOUNG                 TCHAIKOVSKY                 DONALD RUNNICLES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        conductor                               conductor                    Symphony No.5               conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                SIOBHAN STAGG                GEMMA NEW                   STEPHEN HOUGH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                soprano                      conductor                   piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                CAITLIN HULCUP               GRACE CLIFFORD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                mezzo-soprano                violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                STEVE DAVISLIM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tenor
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                                                                    concerts that explore the spirit of Romantic music. Beethoven’s                                                                                                                     MARK WIGGLESWORTH                       SIBELIUS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        conductor                               Symphony No.5
                                                                    Pastoral Symphony, the high Romanticism of Tchaikovsky and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY                      DALIA STASEVSKA
                                                                    Dvořák, the empathetic music of Elgar and Rachmaninov,                                                                                                                              piano                                   conductor
                                                                    the bold voices of Britten and Shostakovich – in all these concerts                                                                                                                                                         ANDREW HAVERON
                                                                    you’ll hear the heart and soul of the composer shining through.                                                                                                                                                             violin
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MUSICAL GENIUS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MOZART & SCHUMANN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HEAVENLY VOICES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MAHLER'S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                BANQUET OF SOUND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS

SYMPHONY
                                                                                                                                                                                                               CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN                                                   FOURTH SYMPHONY

                                                                                                                                                                                                               BEETHOVEN                               LACHLAN SKIPWORTH            MARK HOLDSWORTH             HARRY SDRAULIG
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Leonore Overture No.3                   Fifty Fanfares Commission    Fifty Fanfares Commission   Fifty Fanfares Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Ah! perfido                             MOZART                       SCHUBERT                    BEETHOVEN
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Symphony No.7                           The Abduction from           Lieder selections           Triple Concerto
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the Seraglio – Overture
                                                                                                                                                                                                               SIMONE YOUNG                                                         MAHLER                      SCHREKER
                                                                                                                                                                                                               conductor                               MOZART                       Symphony No.4               Intermezzo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Clarinet Concerto
                                                                                                                                                                                                               LAUREN FAGAN                                                         UMBERTO CLERICI             BRAHMS
                                                                                                                                                                                                               soprano                                 SCHUMANN                     conductor                   Symphony No.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Symphony No.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    JACQUELINE PORTER           NICHOLAS CARTER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ASHER FISCH                  soprano                     conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                PIERS LANE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       FRANCESCO CELATA                                         piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       clarinet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ANDREW HAVERON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                UMBERTO CLERICI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                cello

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Thu 18 Feb                              Thu 18 Mar                   Thu 6 May                   Thu 17 June

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                                                                                                                                                                                                               STANDING UP TO STALIN                   SACRED GROUND                ARCTIC WINDS                FLYING COLOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                               SHOSTAKOVICH’S                          SIMONE YOUNG CONDUCTS        SIBELIUS & TCHAIKOVSKY      STEPHEN HOUGH

                                                                                                                             Christopher Pidcock, Cello; Marianne Edwards, Associate Principal Second Violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                               SYMPHONY NO.10                          MOZART’S REQUIEM                                         PERFORMS TCHAIKOVSKY

                                                                                                                                                                                                               BREE VAN REYK                           MARY FINSTERER               LOUISA TREWARTHA            ELLA MACENS
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Fifty Fanfares Commission               Fifty Fanfares Commission    Fifty Fanfares Commission   Fifty Fanfares Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                               BRITTEN                                 SCHUBERT                     LILBURN                     TCHAIKOVSKY
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes   Offertorium (Intende voce)   Aotearoa Overture           Piano Concerto No.1
                                                                                                                                                                                                               SHOSTAKOVICH                            MOZART                       SIBELIUS                    SHOSTAKOVICH
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Symphony No.10                          Requiem                      Violin Concerto             Symphony No.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                               KARINA CANELLAKIS                       SIMONE YOUNG                 TCHAIKOVSKY                 DONALD RUNNICLES
                                                                                                                                                                                                               conductor                               conductor                    Symphony No.5               conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SIOBHAN STAGG                GEMMA NEW                   STEPHEN HOUGH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       soprano                      conductor                   piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       CATILIN HULCUP               GRACE CLIFFORD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       mezzo-soprano                violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       STEVE DAVISLIM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       tenor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       JAMES CLAYTON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       baritone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Thu 15 Jul                              Thu 5 Aug                    Thu 26 Aug                  Thu 16 Sep

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Afternoons of sublime music                                      9 CONCERT PACK – MASTERPIECES                                                                                                                 FROM RACHMANINOV
Enjoy your performances while the sun shines. With a great                                                                                                                                                     WITH LOVE
                                                                 In 2021 our Thursday Afternoon Symphony concerts focus                                                                                        SHAMRAY PERFORMS
selection of concerts, the Thursday Afternoon Symphony pack      on masterpieces of musical expression. From the intrigue                                                                                      RACHMANINOV
gives you priority access to seats, parking and dining offers.   of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and the high Romantic
All at a time that suits you.                                    style of Tchaikovsky to the moving drama of Shostakovich –                                                                                    ANDREW ARONOWICZ
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Fifty Fanfares Commission
                                                                 enjoy a journey through every colour of emotion.                                                                                              RACHMANINOV
When		 1:30pm on Thursdays                                                                                                                                                                                     Piano Concerto No.3
Where		 Sydney Town Hall                                         5 CONCERT PACK – ROMANTIC VISIONARIES                                                                                                         ELGAR
Pack sizes		   Choose between 9, 5 or 4 concerts                 Beethoven is the perfect departure point for this collection of
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Symphony No.1
Fully flexible Yes                                               concerts that explore romantic expression. The masterpieces
                                                                                                                                                                                                               MARK WIGGLESWORTH
                                                                                                                                                                                                               conductor
                                                                 of Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and                                                                                       KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
                                                                 the expansive visions of Mahler create a compelling journey.                                                                                  piano

                                                                 4 CONCERT PACK – CLASSICS AND NEW TRADITIONS
                                                                 Mozart wasn’t just the master of the Classical style, he was
                                                                 a great innovator. The composers selected as part of these
                                                                 concerts all left their own marks on music – you’ll experience
                                                                 music as it transforms through the centuries.                                                                                                 Thu 14 Oct

                                                                                                                                                                                                                9        5
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TEA & SYMPHONY

Enjoy your symphony snack-sized                                4 CONCERT PACK – UPLIFTING SOUNDS
Tea and biscuits with your ticket. Shorter one-hour concerts   Hear the Sydney Town Hall reverberate with glorious sounds
on Fridays mornings at a great price. And priority access      of impressive variety, including music from the Sydney
to seats and special subscriber offers. Experience what you    Symphony Orchestra’s brass ensemble and the rich sounds of
love about live performance at a perfect time of day.          the Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ. From Saint-Saëns’ Organ
                                                               Symphony to the grandeur of Haydn, Bach and Brahms.
When		 11am on Fridays
Where		 Sydney Town Hall
Pack size		    4 concerts
Fully flexible Yes

ONCE IN A LIFETIME               SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS         CELEBRATIONS                      TRANSFORMATIONS
DANE LAM CONDUCTS                HAYDN:                        AND FANFARES                      SIMONE YOUNG
SAINT-SAËNS                      SEVEN LAST WORDS              SYDNEY SYMPHONY                   CONDUCTS
                                                               BRASS                             BACH & BRAHMS

LYLE CHAN                        HAYDN                         COPLAND                           BACH arr. WEBERN
Fifty Fanfares Commission        Seven Last Words              Fanfare for the Common Man        The Musical Offering – Ricercare
                                 of Jesus on the Cross
SAINT-SAËNS                                                    VIERNE                            BRAHMS arr. SCHOENBERG
Symphony No.3, Organ Symphony    ANDREW HAVERON                Triumphal March for the           Piano Quartet No.1
                                 director and violin           Centenary of Napoleon I
DANE LAM                                                                                         SIMONE YOUNG
conductor                                                      HANDEL                            conductor
                                                               Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
DAVID DRURY
organ                                                          MESSIAEN
                                                               L’ Ascension: Majesté du Christ
                                                               demandant sa gloire à son Père
                                                               CHARPENTIER
                                                               Te Deum – Prelude
                                                               BIZET
                                                               Carmen Suite
                                                               GIGOUT
                                                               Grand Choeur Dialogue
                                                               FABIAN RUSSELL
                                                               conductor
                                                               DAVID DRURY
                                                               organ

Fri 26 Feb                       Fri 26 Mar                    Fri 28 May                        Fri 30 Jul

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GREAT                                                                                                                                                            GREAT MINDS
                                                                                                                                                                 SIMONE YOUNG
                                                                                                                                                                                          UPLIFTING EXPRESSIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                          HAYDN & GABRIELI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             MUSICAL POETS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             SCHUBERT & MAHLER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 AMONG FRIENDS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO

CLASSICS
                                                                                                                                                                 CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN

                                                                                                                                                                 BEETHOVEN                BARBER                             SCHUBERT            RAVEL
                                                                                                                                                                 Leonore Overture No.3    Mutations from Bach                Lieder selections   Le Tombeau de Couperin
                                                                                                                                                                 Ah! perfido              GABRIELI                           MAHLER              GRIEG
                                                                                                                                                                 Symphony No.7            Canzon per Sonar Primi Toni No.1   Symphony No.4       Piano Concerto
                                                                                                                                                                 SIMONE YOUNG             LAURIDSEN                          UMBERTO CLERICI     HAYDN
                                                                                                                                                                 conductor                O Magnum Mysterium                 conductor           Symphony No.104, London
                                                                                                                                                                 LAUREN FAGAN             GABRIELI                           JACQUELINE PORTER   NICHOLAS CARTER
                                                                                                                                                                 soprano                  Canzon per Sonar in Echo           soprano             conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                          Duodecimi Toni
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 PIERS LANE
                                                                                                                                                                                          HAYDN                                                  piano
                                                                                                                                                                                          Seven Last Words of Jesus
                                                                                                                                                                                          on the Cross
                                                                                                                                                                                          ANDREW HAVERON
                                                                                                                                                                                          director and violin

                                                                                                                                                                 Sat 20 Feb               Sat 27 Mar                         Sat 8 May           Sat 12 Jun

                                                                                                                                                                  6       4                6                                  6        4          6        4
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                                                                                                                                                                 HEART OF BRAHMS          GERMAN GENIUS
                                                                                                                                                                 SIMONE YOUNG             STEPHEN HOUGH
                                                                                                                                                                 CONDUCTS BRAHMS          PERFORMS BEETHOVEN

                                                                                                                                                                 BRAHMS                   MENDELSSOHN
                                                                                                                                                                 Variations on a Theme    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
                                                                                                                                                                 of Joseph Haydn
                                                                                                                                                                                          BEETHOVEN
                                                                                                                                                                 BRAHMS arr. SCHOENBERG   Piano Concerto No.3
                                                                                                                                                                 Piano Quartet No.1
                                                                                                                                                                                          MOZART
                                                                                                                                                                 SIMONE YOUNG             Symphony No.41, Jupiter
                                                                                                                                                                 conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                          BENJAMIN BAYL
                                                                                                                                                                                          conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                          STEPHEN HOUGH
                                                                                                                                                                                          piano

                                                                                                                           Rebecca Lagos, Principal Percussion
                                                                                                                                                                 Sat 31 Jul               Sat 25 Sep

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Relax to the classics                                          6 CONCERT PACK – THE CLASSICS AND BEYOND
Make Saturday your day of calm, with some of the world’s       Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler – in Great Classics
most popular music starting at 2pm. It’s your opportunity      you can experience the evolution of symphonic music from
to unwind over a drink, take in your favourites and be home    the order and style of the classical masters to the expansive
before sunset. Includes priority access to seats and special   passion of the great Romantics.
subscriber offers.
                                                               4 CONCERT PACK – CLASSICAL TO ROMANTIC
When		 2pm on Saturdays                                        This collection of concerts explores the music of the
Where		 Sydney Town Hall                                       Classical and Romantic eras, and the composers who
Pack sizes		   Choose between 6 or 4 concerts                  led the evolution with moments of musical greatness.
Fully flexible Yes

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SYMPHONY HOUR

Take a new musical journey                                    5 CONCERT PACK
Symphony Hour is all about music that packs a punch           Enjoy a rush of emotion as we pair the the most celebrated
in a bite-sized package. There’s a complete musical journey   with the most contemporary voices. Jonny Greenwood from
in each one-hour concert.                                     Radiohead, the cinematic sounds of Max Richter and the
                                                              pulsing sounds of John Adams contrast with the colours of
When		 7pm on Thursdays                                       Debussy, Brahms and Sibelius in this exploration of the power
Where		 Sydney Town Hall                                      of orchestral music.
Pack size		    5 concerts
Fully flexible Yes

REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT             A WINDOW TO THE SOUL         BREAKTHROUGHS                   TRANSFORMATIONS
JONNY GREENWOOD                  SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO.2       ADAMS & SHOSTAKOVICH            SIMONE YOUNG
& SAINT-SAËNS                                                                                 CONDUCTS
                                                                                              BACH & BRAHMS

LYLE CHAN                        MARIA GRENFELL               MICHAEL BAKRNČEV                BACH arr. WEBERN
Fifty Fanfares Commission        Fifty Fanfares Commission    Fifty Fanfares Commission       The Musical Offering – Ricercare
JONNY GREENWOOD                  MAX RICHTER                  JOHN ADAMS                      BRAHMS arr. Schoenberg
Water                            On the Nature of Daylight    Shaker Loops                    Piano Quartet No.1
SAINT-SAËNS                      SIBELIUS                     SHOSTAKOVICH                    SIMONE YOUNG
Symphony No.3 , Organ Symphony   Symphony No.2                Symphony No.1                   conductor
DANE LAM                         BENJAMIN NORTHEY             FABIAN RUSSELL
conductor                        conductor                    conductor
DAVID DRURY
organ

Thu 25 Feb                       Thu 22 Apr                   Thu 27 May                      Thu 29 Jul

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STARS AND SEAS
ADÈS, ILLEAN
& DEBUSSY

NATALIE NICOLAS
Fifty Fanfares Commission
THOMAS ADÈS
Polaris

                                                                                                                                                                                 Anna Skálová, First Violin; Alexander Morris, Principal Bass Clarinet
LISA ILLEAN
Land's End
DEBUSSY
La Mer
FINNEGAN DOWNIE DEAR
conductor

Thu 4 Nov
                                                                                                           Series Presenting Partner

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                                                                                                                                       Noriko Shimada, Principal Contrabassoon

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EMIRATES
                                                                                 CLASSICS IN THE CITY

                                                                                 From the Baroque to the Romantics, Classics in the City             4 CONCERT PACK – INTIMATE CLASSICS
                                                                                 explores the most intimate orchestral music. Perfectly located      Meet the best music from the Baroque to the 20th century.
                                                                                 in the heart of the city, the City Recital Hall provides intimacy   On our way, we’ll encounter Italian masters from Venice,
                                                                                 matched by glorious acoustics.                                      Bach, the master of the late Baroque, Mozart, the jewel
                                                                                                                                                     of the Classical era and Britten, who brings Baroque style
                                                                                 When		 7pm on Wednesday or Thursdays                                into the 20th century.
                                                                                 Where		 City Recital Hall
                                                                                 Pack size		    4 concerts
                                                                                 Fully flexible Yes

                                                                                 CELEBRATING BACH                  HERE’S TO MOZART                  BOLD INTIMACY                          VENICE AND BEYOND
                                                                                 ANDREW HAVERON                    CLERICI CONDUCTS                  BRITTEN & SHOSTAKOVICH                 THE ITALIAN BAROQUE
                                                                                 PERFORMS BACH                     MOZART & SCHUBERT

                                                                                 BACH                              IBERT                             BRITTEN                                MONTEVERDI
                                                                                 Orchestral Suite No.2             Hommage à Mozart                  Prelude and Fugue for                  L’Orfeo: Sinfonia
                                                                                 Concerto for Two Violins                                            18 Solo Strings
                                                                                                                   MOZART                                                                   GABRIELI
                                                                                 Orchestral Suite No.3             Piano Concerto No.17              BRITTEN                                Canzona for Brass and Strings
                                                                                                                                                     Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
                                                                                 ANDREW HAVERON                    SCHUBERT                                                                 VIVALDI
                                                                                 director and violin               Symphony No.5                     SHOSTAKOVICH arr. BARSHAI              Concerto for Four Violins
                                                                                                                                                     Chamber Symphony
                                                                                 FIONA ZIEGLER                     UMBERTO CLERICI                   (after the String Quartet No.10)       CORELLI
                                                                                 violin                            conductor                                                                Concerto Grosso No.4
                                                                                                                                                     ANDREW HAVERON
                                                                                 EMMA SHOLL                        DANIEL DE BORAH                   director and violin                    REBEL
                                                                                 flute                             piano                                                                    Les élémens
                                                                                                                                                     ANDREW GOODWIN
                                                                                                                                                     tenor                                  BENJAMIN BAYL
                                                                                                                                                                                            conductor
                                                                                                                                                     BEN JACKS
                                                                                                                                                     horn

                                                                                 Wed 3 Mar                         Wed 23 Jun                        Wed 11 Aug                             Wed 29 Sep
                                                                                 Thu 4 Mar                         Thu 24 Jun                        Thu 12 Aug                             Thu 30 Sep

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     Todd Gibson-Cornish, Principal Bassoon; Alexandra Mitchell, First Violin;
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COCKTAIL                                                                                                                       BOLD PAIRINGS
                                                                                                                               TCHAIKOVSKY & GRIEG
                                                                                                                                                         QUARTETS FROM
                                                                                                                                                         THE HEART
                                                                                                                                                                                            BRIGHT AND BOLD
                                                                                                                                                                                            FRANÇAIX & MOZART
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  REIMAGININGS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  MOZART & BRAHMS

HOUR
                                                                                                                                                         MOZART & SHOSTAKOVICH

                                                                                                                               TCHAIKOVSKY               MOZART                             FRANÇAIX              MOZART
                                                                                                                               Souvenir de Florence      String Quartet No.19, Dissonance   Cor Anglais Quartet   Grand Sestetto Concertante
                                                                                                                               GRIEG                     SHOSTAKOVICH                       MOZART                BRAHMS
                                                                                                                               String Quartet No.1       String Quartet No.9                Divertimento, K.563   String Sextet No.1
                                                                                                                               SYDNEY SYMPHONY           SYDNEY SYMPHONY                    SYDNEY SYMPHONY       SYDNEY SYMPHONY
                                                                                                                               ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS       ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS                ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS   ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS
                                                                                                                               Kristy Conrau             Emma Jezek                         Tobias Breider        Kees Boersma
                                                                                                                               Marianne Edwards          Stuart Johnson                     Umberto Clerici       Umberto Clerici
                                                                                                                               Graham Hennings           Timothy Nankervis                  Andrew Haveron        Sandro Costantino
                                                                                                                               Claire Herrick            Anna Skálová                       Alexandre Oguey       Lerida Delbridge
                                                                                                                               Stuart Johnson                                                                     Jane Hazelwood
                                                                                                                               Wendy Kong                                                                         Elizabeth Neville
                                                                                                                               Timothy Nankervis                                                                  Anna Skálová
                                                                                                                               Leonid Volovelsky
                                                                                                                               Sun Yi

                                                                                                                               Fri 30 Apr                Fri 11 Jun                         Fri 16 Jul            Fri 23Jul
                                                                                                                               Sat 1 May                 Sat 12 Jun                         Sat 17 Jul            Sat 24 Jul

                                                                                                                                6     3A                  6    3B                            6    3A               6    3B
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                                                                                                                               RUSSIAN GREATS            SUMMER BREEZES
                                                                                                                               TCHAIKOVSKY & PROKOFIEV   SYDNEY SYMPHONY
                                                                                                                                                         WOODWINDS

                                                                                                                               TCHAIKOVSKY               BARBER
                                                                                                                               String Quartet No.1       Summer Music
                                                                                                                               PROKOFIEV                 PAUL STANHOPE
                                                                                                                               Quintet in G minor        Aftertraces…
                                                                                                                               SYDNEY SYMPHONY           POULENC
                                                                                                                               ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS       Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon
                                                                                                                               Alice Bartsch             HARRY SDRAULIG
                                                                                                                               Harry Bennetts            Hat-trick
                                                                                                                               David Campbell
                                                                                                                               Kristy Conrau             LIGETI
                                                                                                                               Alexander Morris          Six Bagatelles
                                                                                                                               Alexander Norton          SYDNEY SYMPHONY
                                                                                                                               Shefali Pryor             ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS
                                                                                                                               Amanda Verner             Joshua Batty
                                                                                                                               Justin Williams           James Burke
                                                                                                                                                         Diana Doherty
                                                                                                                                                         Todd Gibson-Cornish
                                                                                                                                                         Ben Jacks
                                                                                                                                                         Alexandre Oguey
                                                                                                                                                         Shefali Pryor
                                                                                                                               Fri 10 Sep                Fri 12 Nov
                                                                                                                               Sat 11 Sep                Sat 13 Nov

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Get closer to the music in Cocktail Hour. In the intimate   6 CONCERT PACK – VOICES OF CHANGE
setting of the Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Room              The individual voices of our musicians shine through in
surrounded by stunning harbour views, you’ll experience     this collection of music in which every composer has
us up close and personal as we perform this collection      something extraordinary to say. You’ll hear some of Mozart’s
of chamber music.                                           most revolutionary pieces, Romantic masterpieces by
                                                            Brahms and Tchaikovsky, and the contemporary voices
When		 6pm on Fridays or Saturdays                          of Australians Paul Stanhope and Harry Sdraulig.
Where		 Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room
Pack sizes		   Choose between 6 or 3 concerts               3 CONCERT PACK A – WINDS OF CHANGE
Fully flexible Yes                                          The cobbled streets of Florence and languid summer
                                                            nights in America; this is music that’s evocative and beautiful,
                                                            but also pushes boundaries – with classics by Mozart and
                                                            Tchaikovsky alongside music by Australians Paul Stanhope
                                                            and Harry Sdraulig.

                                                            3 CONCERT PACK B – FROM THE HEART
                                                            In this selection of concerts we have music that comes
                                                            straight from the hearts of our composers. Mozart pays
                                                            tribute to Haydn, Shostakovich to his wife Irina Antonovna
                                                            and Tchaikovsky writes music that made Leo Tolstoy weep.
Series Presenting Partner

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CREATE YOUR OWN PACK

                                        The music you love. At a time and day that works for you.        MOOD GUIDE             
                                        Create a custom season pack that includes everything             Whether you’re looking for adventure or the familiarity of your
                                        you want.                                                        favourite music, our mood guide will help you find the concerts
                                                                                                         that suit your taste and mood.
                                        Concerts		       Whichever you like
                                        Pack size		      Choose 4 or more concerts                       Joy		Music has the power to feed the soul
                                                                                                         		   and lift our spirits. This is music that will
                                        Good to know: If your plans change, you can swap                 		   take you beyond the everyday.
                                        your concerts with no additional fees.
                                                                                                         Adventurous	
                                                                                                                     Great music pushes boundaries – it provides
                                                                                                                     intrigue and a sense of wonderful discovery,
                                                                                                                     and makes us feel something new. For the
                                                                                                                     curious and open-minded.
                                                                                                         Bold 		          There’s nothing more electric than a
                                                                                                         		               symphony orchestra at full flight. This music
                                                                                                         		               is boldly expressive and thrilling.
                                                                                                         Warm		
                                                                                                               Music to warm your heart – for music that
                                                                                                               will move you, look no further.

                                        NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
                                        Use our mood guide to build the perfect experience and we have
                                        also suggested some concert combinations to get you started.

                                        Mood            Concert                                Page      Mood            Concert                                 Page

                                                        Celebrating Bach                                                 Romance Begins
                                        Joy                                                    9         Bold                                                    7
                                                        Andrew Haveron performs Bach                                     Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
                                                        Musical Genius                                                   Heavenly Voices
                                        Joy                                                    10        Bold                                                    12
                                                        Mozart & Schumann                                                Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
                                                        Here’s to Mozart                                                 Arctic Winds
                                        Joy                                                  17          Bold                                                    21
                                                        Clerici conducts Mozart and Schubert                             Sibelius & Tchaikovsky
                                                        German Genius                                                    Flying Colours
                                        Joy                                                    24        Bold                                                    23
                                                        Stephen Hough performs Beethoven                                 Stephen Hough performs Tchaikovsky
                                                        Venice and Beyond                                                Endless Beauty
                                        Joy                                                    24        Bold                                                    26
                                                        The Italian Baroque                                              Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony

                                                        Reflections of Light                                             Once in a Lifetime
                                        Adventurous                                            8         Warm                                                    9
                                                        Jonny Greenwood & Saint-Saëns                                    Dane Lam conducts Saint-Saëns
                                                        A Window to the Soul                                             Force of Nature
                                        Adventurous                                            11        Warm                                                    13
                                                        Sibelius Symphony No.2                                           Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
                                                        Breakthroughs                                                    Among Friends
                                        Adventurous                                            14        Warm                                                    16
                                                        Adams & Shostakovich                                             Grieg’s Piano Concerto
     Alexandra Mitchell, First Violin

                                                        Standing up to Stalin                                            Banquet of Sound
                                        Adventurous                                            18        Warm                                                    17
                                                        Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10                                    Beethoven & Brahms
                                                        Stars and Seas                                                   From Rachmaninov with Love
                                        Adventurous                                            25        Warm                                                    25
                                                        Adès, Illean & Debussy                                           Shamray performs Rachmaninov

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