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Last Night of the Proms Showcase 1

27 & 28 March, Festival Theatre

Guy Noble Conductor
Greta Bradman Soprano
Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus, Aldis Sils Music Director
Band of the South Australia Police Fanfare Team

Anonymous Arr Jacob God Save The Queen

Walton Crown Imperial
Handel Coronation Anthem No 1 (Zadok the Priest)

Bellini Norma: Casta Diva
Binge Greta Bradman Soprano
Jenkins
Sailing By
Rossini Exsultate Jubilate

Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus
Aldis Sils Conductor
The Barber of Seville: Una voce poco fa
Greta Bradman Soprano
William Tell: Overture

Interval

Williams The Wasps: Overture
Elgar Nimrod from Variations on an Original Theme,
Rodgers Op 36 Enigma
Loewe Carousel: You’ll Never Walk Alone

Wood Arr. Zalva Greta Bradman Soprano
Arne Arr. Sargent My Fair Lady: Ascot Gavotte
Parry Orch. Elgar
Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus
My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night

Greta Bradman Soprano
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Rule, Britannia!
Jerusalem
Pomp & Circumstance No 1 in D Major Op 39



Welcome

Anyone lucky enough to have been to the Royal Albert Hall in London would
know that The Proms is a great tradition founded in 1895. The eight-week
summer season hosts a variety of concerts, all informal and inexpensive at

which Promenaders can stand in the central Arena of London’s Royal Albert Hall
and enjoy artists from across the musical spectrum. The biggest music festival of

the world comes to a climax with the Last Night of the Proms.

In Adelaide, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has been holding its own
very popular version since 1973.

“Royal Albert Hall the Festival Centre ain’t, but that didn’t staop a packed
house awash with Union Jacks getting into the Proms spirit in a vastly

entertaining tribute to one of the Old Country’s most venerable institutions.”
The Advertiser, 2013

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Guy Noble conductor

Guy Noble is a conductor, broadcaster, David Hobson and The Proms at Yarralumla
pianist, and writer, producer who loves most (Canberra Symphony).
genres of music and has played, conducted
or talked about most of them. He regularly He has recorded 12 CDs and ABC Classics
conducts the ASO, SSO, MSO, WASO, has just released his new comedy sketch CD
TSO and QSO and has worked with the entitled The Guy Noble Radio Show. Guy
Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland also presents the classical audio programs
Philharmonia, the Hong Kong and Malaysian on Qantas, Gulf Air, Air China and China
Philharmonic orchestras. He has been Airlines.
Musical Director and Musical Supervisor of
many major musicals including Phantom of Guy returns to conduct and host Classics
the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, South Pacific, Unwrapped for the ASO in May at the
Man of La Mancha, Gypsy and The Music of Adelaide Town Hall.
Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Guy was the host of the Breakfast show
on ABC Classic FM from 1999-2001 and
is still a regular guest presenter on the
network. He writes a regular column for
Limelight Magazine and has worked with a
wide variety of international and local artists
including Harry Connick Jnr, Ben Folds,
The Beach Boys, The Whitlams, The Pointer
Sisters, Human Nature, Dianne Reeves,
Glenn Frey, Randy Newman, Michael Bolton,
Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant and Clive
James. Recent performances include Great
Opera Hits for Opera Australia (Sydney
Opera House), Opera in The Markets with

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Adelaide’s No.1

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Greta Bradman soprano

Winner of the 2013 Australian International far, ARIA-nominated Forest of Dreams and
Opera Award, dramatic coloratura soprano Grace were released in Australia and New
Greta Bradman has been described as “one Zealand to critical acclaim and chart success.
of the foremost sopranos of her generation”
(ABC Classic FM, 2012). She is Australia’s Recent performances include singing the
only classical artist signed to Sony Music, title role in Handel’s opera Rodelinda,
a 2013 Fellow at the Australian National regina de ’Longobardi with Maestro Richard
Academy of Music and runner-up in the Bonynge, the Australian premiere of James
2013 Barry Alexander International Vocal Whitbourn’s Annelie and a national tour with
Competition (New York City). In 2014 Greta the Australian String Quartet.
commence a Master of Advanced Vocal
Studies at the Wales International Academy 2015 performances include the world
of Voice under the tutelage of Dennis premier of a new work written by Barry
O’Neill, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Maestro Humphries entitled Peter and Jack (Adelaide
Richard Bonynge, which she completed with Cabaret Festival), Darwin Symphony
distinction. Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No 4
(Ensemble Liaison), Australia/NZ tour From
Greta completed her Bachelor of Broadway to La Scala, Carmina Burana
Music (performance voice) at the Elder (Royal Melbourne Phil.), Haydn’s opera
Conservatorium of Music. During this time, Orpheus and Eurydice with Maestro Richard
Greta co-founded vocal trio Eve with whom Bonynge and Handel’s Messiah (Royal
she released two award-winning albums Melbourne Philharmonic).
Evesong (2004) and Muse (2005) which
toured Australia and the UK.

Greta has presented over 200 different
programs of music around Australia with
many prestigious orchestras, companies,
ensembles and visiting artists, ranging from
state symphony orchestras, period instrument
and contemporary music ensembles, local
and international opera companies and
Australian tours with Aled Jones, Russell
Watson and Il Divo. Her two Sony albums so

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Q & A with Greta Bradman

What do you love about the Proms/ hearing a large number of people -
Last Night of the Proms? audience and chorus - jovially singing
I love how during The Proms, so many along with a magnificent orchestra. It is
people take the time to head along going to be a lot of fun.
and enjoy many concerts of gorgeous
classical orchestral music. As for the Who is your favourite British
Last Night of the Proms - what can performer or group of all time?
I say, it is the epitomy of traditional Without a doubt, The Beatles. I grew
English culture, with playfulness, up listening to my parents’ vinyl copy
silliness and patriotism going hand in of the Beatles’ White Album. I still know
hand alongside some gorgeous lighter every lyric, the song order.. bit of a
classical music. I adore the tradition Beatles tragic actually.
and the patriotic, quintessentially
English songs that are always done Henry Purcell or Edward Elgar?
year after year. More than anything, I Ooh, this is a hard one.. If you’d asked
love how the audience is completely me this five years ago I would have
willing to get involved, sing along, said Purcell without a doubt. But now?
laugh, wave flags, and just have a Yeah, actually probably still Purcell
great time. – but the gap is lessening! Maybe in
ten years I’ll have changed my mind
Have you attended the BBC Proms completely!
at Royal Albert Hall?
No, I’ve not attended in Royal Albert Wimbledon or Wembley?
Hall, but I’ve watched the Last Night Well, that’s easy. Wimbledon. As a
of the Proms from Hyde Park and it lover of English murder mystery shows
was absolutely sensational. There was (and all that country estate tennis
a carnival type atmosphere in the air playing that goes on in them) and
with lots of flag waving, singing along a lover of any game that involves
arm-in-arm style, and general joviality. whacking around a ball with a racket or
A really fantastic night. bat, tennis wins without a doubt.

What is your favourite piece on the Fish & Chips or Strawberries &
program and why? Cream?
My favourite piece on the program Strawberries and cream. Though both
is Rule Britannia! Why? Because would be ideal.
EVERYBODY gets to sing along for the
chorus! There is nothing so rousing as

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Band of the Aldis Sils
South Australia
Police Music Director
Adelaide
Philharmonia Chorus

South Australia Police is an institution Music Director of the Adelaide Philharmonia
steeped in proud tradition, being the first Chorus since 2007, Adis is a graduate of
Police Force in Australia, and one of the the Elder Conservatorium of Music with
oldest in the World. In 1884, fourteen Honours in Musicology. Aldis has sung with
musicians formed a volunteer Brass Band the State Opera of SA Chorus, Adelaide
from within the ranks of the Adelaide Chamber Singers and other choirs in
Metropolitan Foot Police, the first Police Adelaide and overseas. He is the Head of
Band in Australia. Today, the Band performs Music and Deputy Principal at Marryatville
over 300 community and Government High School, which is renowned for its
events annually. Special Interest Music Centre.

The Concert Band performs a showcase of Aldis has led the Adelaide Philharmonia
the Band’s repertoire and actively supports Chorus (APC) in a diverse choral program
many community events and charities including Fauré Requiem, Mozart Requiem,
through performances. The Parade Band Vivaldi Gloria, Bruckner Mass No 2 in E
is synonymous with spectacular marching Minor, Handel’s Israel in Egypt and the
displays and the finest parade music. Australian premières of Karl Jenkins’ Stella
Recognised internationally, the Parade Natalis and James Mulholland’s Missa
Band has featured at the Edinburgh Military Romantica.
Tattoo, The Royal Tournament, Musikschau
der Nationen and at the Basel Tattoo. In January 2013 he led a group of 37
APC choristers to New York to sing Karl
Taking their music to primary schools Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
is the School Beat Band and the Rock in Carnegie Hall, as part of a massed choir
Patrol for secondary students, presenting of 180. The Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus
musical instrument information and good sang its own concert of The Armed Man to
community, personal safety, and cyber a standing ovation in Elder Hall on the eve
safety messages tied in with a lighthearted of Anzac Day, 2013, accompanied by a
music session. 40-piece orchestra.

A variety of engagements is supported by Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus wish to
approximately fourteen other ensembles the acknowledge and thank the Marryatville
band forms enabling performances at Vice High School Concert Choir for joining with
Regal functions, community and corporate the APC for the Proms.
dinners, concerts, as well as entertaining all
age groups of the public as required.

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Nives Baldassi-Winderlich Joan Ankor Nick Carroll *Tom Andrews
*Brianna Bambery Bec Bailey *Max Castor
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Robyn Barratt Penny Baker Gregory Dayman Greg Bemi
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Lynne Flavel Annette Lever Albert Oates *Jaden Ong
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Kerri Greening Heather Miller *Lewis Todd Chris Simmons
Di Griffiths Anne Morphett *Jack Strempel
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*Angela Jheun Sally Pfeiffer *Adam Thorstensson
+Heather Karmel *Kezia Riggs
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Last Night of the Proms - Program

Anon. arr. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

God Save the Queen Zadok the Priest

Gordon Jacob’s regal fanfare, performed Britain’s Hanoverian monarchs were keen
at the coronation of Elizabeth II, opens music-lovers and their tastes extended
this concert celebrating that most popular beyond the purely ceremonial. Handel’s
and enduring of British traditions, the Last British career flourished under their
Night of the Proms. British music and the patronage, with George I a patron of
monarchy are indelibly linked, and this the theatre in Haymarket where many of
evening’s concert, as well as featuring Handel’s operas were premiered. In 1727,
popular classics and patriotic songs in Handel was chosen over Maurice Greene,
true Last Night fashion, begins with two organist of the Chapel Royal, to compose
soaring coronation anthems that have since music for the coronation of George II. One
assumed independent concert status. of four anthems Handel composed for the
occasion, Zadok the Priest is set to an Old
William Walton (1902-1983) Testament text chronicling the coronation
of King Solomon and was sung at the
Crown Imperial Anointing, as it has been at the coronation
of every British sovereign since.
When in 1936 the BBC sought an
injection of Elgarian ‘pomp’ for the Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
intended coronation of Edward VIII, they
commissioned William Walton, who had just Norma, Act I: Casta Diva
a few years before topped off a successful
decade with the oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. Norma overcame a hostile first-night
Walton responded with the Crown Imperial reception to become one of the greatest bel
march, which accompanied the entrance canto operas. In her Act I cavatina ‘Casta
of Queen Mary, the Queen Mother at the Diva’ (Chaste Goddess), high priestess
coronation of George VI the following Norma, having tried to dissuade the Druids
year. Walton lifted the title (and that of his
second coronation march, Orb and Sceptre,
composed for the coronation of Elizabeth II
in 1953) from Act IV of Shakespeare’s
Henry V:

I am a king that find thee, and I know
‘Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball,
The sword, the mace, the crown imperial…

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from rising up against the occupying inspired by the 16th-century Italian architect
Romans because of her love for Pollione, of the same name.
prays to the moon goddess for peace.

Ronald Binge (1910-1979) Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Sailing By The Barber of Seville, Act I: Una
voce poco fa
Along with Eric Coates, Ronald Binge
was a leading exponent of light music, a The most successful composer of his day
popular orchestral genre that originated (George IV was a big fan), Rossini wrote
between the two world wars and forged 39 operas before retiring from the stage
the aural identities of many BBC radio before the age of 40. The reason behind
programs. Binge began his career as a this so-called ‘great renunciation’ has been
silent film pianist and went on to become the subject of musicological debate, with
a gifted arranger, contributing heavily to theories ranging from ill-health to the lack of
Mantovani’s lush string sound. He is chiefly any financial imperative. It’s said that Rossini
remembered today for his Elizabethan wrote The Barber of Seville in a matter of
Serenade and Sailing By, which for many weeks. Despite a disastrous premiere in
years has heralded the start of BBC Radio 1816, it went on to become a massive
4’s nightly Shipping Forecast. success, with even Beethoven complaining
that everyone in Vienna was whistling its hit
Karl Jenkins (born 1944) tunes. In ‘Una voce poco fa’ Rosina, who
has been serenaded by Count Almaviva
Exsultate jubilate (masquerading as Lindoro), resolves to get
her man.
Classically trained Welsh composer Karl
Jenkins has enjoyed a career that has
encompassed rock, jazz and commercial
music. Now one of the world’s most
frequently performed living composers,
he has worked with such artists as Kiri Te
Kanawa, Bryn Terfel and Evelyn Glennie.
In 2014 Jenkins collaborated with British
choral conductor Stephen Layton on
an album of motets comprising newly
composed pieces alongside re-imaginings
of earlier works, including several from
his The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and
Adiemus project. Exsultate jubilate is based
on Palladio, Jenkins’ instrumental piece

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Rossini Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

William Tell: Overture Nimrod from Variations on an
Original Theme, Op 36 Enigma
Rossini retired after the premiere of this,
his last opera. In the second half of the Is there a composer who better sums up
Overture the trumpet fanfare announces the our notions of Britishness than Elgar?
spirited finale, arguably the most famous Probably not; however the jingoistic fervour
passage in classical music. that his music inspires (not to mention the
moustachioed, country gent image that
Interval persists in the popular consciousness)
perhaps belies the more complex nature
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) of the man himself and the breadth of his
oeuvre. For the composer who is regarded
The Wasps: Overture by many as the foremost musical exponent
of the heyday of the British Empire was
In 1908 Vaughan Williams was invited in fact something of an Establishment
by his alma mater Cambridge University outsider for much of his earlier life (his later
to compose incidental music for an knighthood and appointment as Master of
undergraduate production of Aristophanes’ the King’s Music notwithstanding). A Roman
The Wasps, a satire on the ancient Greek Catholic, he was born into a lower-middle-
judicial system. Earlier that year Vaughan class household, the son of a piano-tuner.
Williams had spent time studying with Ravel Unlike his younger contemporaries such as
in Paris, and this influence is apparent, as is Vaughan Williams, his influences flowed
his lifelong affinity for folk music. predominantly from the Austro-German
tradition and he had little time for folk
music. Nonetheless, Elgar would spearhead
the revival of British music and, generations
later, his music still has a profound impact
upon audiences worldwide.

The work which turned Elgar’s fortunes
around, the Enigma Variations were written
whilst Elgar eked out a living as a provincial
music teacher in his native Malvern region.
As he doodled at the piano one evening, he

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played around with a theme which he varied Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)
to depict the personality traits of his friends Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)
and family, among them his wife, the local
squire, and his various amateur chamber My Fair Lady:
music collaborators. Variation IX, Nimrod,
is a portrait of his friend and publisher A.J. Ascot Gavotte
Jaeger (‘Jaeger’ is German for ‘hunter’,
and Nimrod is the ‘mighty hunter before I Could Have Danced All Night
the Lord’ of the Book of Genesis). Elgar
cryptically stated that the ‘enigma’ was a Another winning Broadway team, Lerner
well-known tune contained within the work, and Loewe produced not only My Fair Lady
but he never revealed the identity of the but also Camelot, Paint Your Wagon and
theme. Brigadoon. All of these shows were adapted
for film, with Audrey Hepburn’s luminous
presence and Cecil Beaton’s costumes
lighting up the screen in My Fair Lady.
The same could not be said for Hepburn’s
voice, however – her singing was dubbed by
stalwart Marni Nixon.

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Henry Wood (1869-1944) arr. Zalva
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Carousel: You’ll Never Walk
Alone Conductor Sir Henry Wood, who founded
the Proms concerts in 1895, composed his
In the midst of this celebration of Britishness, Fantasia on British Sea Songs for a 1905
we cross the Atlantic to the hallowed ground concert commemorating the centenary of
of the Broadway stage. Proving that the the Battle of Trafalgar. He included it in the
English were not alone in their ability to final concert of the following year’s Proms,
compose stirring anthems, Rodgers and establishing the Last Night tradition. The
Hammerstein came up with this tear- maritime songs in Wood’s medley are of
jerker, sung by Nettie to the pregnant Julie diverse origin, from the traditional sailor’s
when Billy is killed, and reprised at their hornpipe ‘Jack’s the Lad’ to ‘See, the
daughter’s graduation ceremony at the end conquering hero comes’, from Handel’s
of the show. It’s now a Last Night favourite. oratorio Judas Maccabaeus. Not to mention,
of course, Thomas Arne’s anthem to British
naval power, ‘Rule, Britannia!’, as the finale.

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(above: ‘The Music Party’ by Mercier shows a national music school similar to the
Frederick Prince of Wales and his sisters making established conservatories of Europe. An
music) important name in the renaissance of British
music at the turn of the last century, Hubert
Thomas Arne (1710-1778) arr. Parry succeeded Sir George Grove as head
Sargent of the RCM, where his students included
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst
Rule, Britannia! and Frank Bridge. Steeped in the English
choral tradition, he is chiefly remembered
When in 1740 Frederick, Prince of Wales for his coronation anthem I was glad and
commissioned a new musical drama to of course, Jerusalem, his 1916 setting of
celebrate his infant daughter’s birthday, he Blake’s famous poem.
turned not to Handel, London’s foremost
composer, but to Handel’s rival in the Lorraine Neilson
theatre, Thomas Arne. Rule, Britannia!
formed part of the finale of Arne’s masque Symphony Services International © 2015
honouring the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the
Great – a subject that fitted perfectly with
Frederick’s political ambitions.

Charles Hubert Parry (1848-1918) 19
orch. Elgar

Jerusalem

London’s Royal College of Music was
founded in 1882 under Edward VII (then
Prince of Wales) with the aim of creating

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What your Give proudly
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The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
75 full-time musicians reaches over 100,000 people in
our community every year and it’s
125 casual employees thanks to individuals like you who
help make it possible. With ticket
232 hours of concerts sales only accounting for 28% of the
Orchestra’s operational costs, private
10,107 students & teachers engaged giving makes a significant impact
400 with the ASO in delivering world class concerts to
the community. Please help the ASO
hours of rehearsals in the to share the power of live music by
donating generously.
3 Grainger Studio
composers currently under

13 ,800 commission
pages of sheet music turned

A Bequest for Donate now
the future
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performances that transcend time Or, if you’d like further information or
and place and move us beyond our to discuss other ways to support the
imagination? ASO, contact Director of Development,
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to future generations.

ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SHOWCASE SERIES 21

Musical chair players and donors

For more information please contact Vicky Lekis, Director of Development on (08) 8233 6260 or [email protected]

Concertmaster Associate Principal Viola
Natsuko Yoshimoto Imants Larsens

Sponsored by Supported by
ASO Chair of the Board Mr & Mrs Simon &
Colin Dunsford AM & Sue Hatcher
Lib Dunsford

Principal 1st Violin Principal Cello
Shirin Lim Simon Cobcroft

Supported in the memory of Supported by
Dr Nandor Ballai Andrew & Gayle Robertson

Principal 2nd Violin Associate Principal Cello
Michael Milton Ewen Bramble

Supported by Supported
The Friends of the ASO by Barbara Mellor

Associate Principal 2nd Violin Cello
Lachlan Bramble Sherrilyn Handley
Supported
Supported in the memory of Johanna and Terry McGuirk
Deborah Pontifex

Violin Cello
Hilary Bruer Chris Handley
Supported by
Supported Johanna and Terry McGuirk
by Marion Wells

Violin Cello
Minas Berberyan David Sharp

Supported Supported
by Merry Wickes by Dr Aileen F Connon AM

Violin Principal Bass
Alexis Milton David Shilling

Supported by Supported
Patricia Cohen by Mrs Maureen Akkermans

Violin Bass
Emma Perkins Harley Gray

Supported by Supported
Peter & Pamela McKee by Bob Croser

Principal Viola Bass
Juris Ezergailis David Phillips

Supported Supported for
in the memory of ‘a great bass player with lots
Mrs JJ Holden of spirit - love Betsy’

Principal Flute Principal Contra Bassoon
Geoffrey Collins Jackie Hansen
Supported Supported
by Pauline Menz by Norman Etherington &
Peggy Brock
Principal Piccolo
Julia Grenfell Associate Principal Horn
Supported by Sarah Barrett
Chris & Julie Michelmore Supported by
Principal Oboe Margaret Lehmann
Celia Craig
Sponsored by Principal Trumpet
Penelope & Geoffrey Matt Dempsey
Hackett-Jones Supported
by R & P Cheesman
Oboe
Renae Stavely Associate Principal Trumpet
Supported by Roderick Shire Martin Phillipson
& Judy Hargrave Supported by
Richard Hugh Allert AO
Principal Cor Anglais
Peter Duggan Principal Trombone
Supported Cameron Malouf
by Dr Ben Robinson Supported by Virginia
Weckert & Charles Melton of
Principal Clarinet Charles Melton Wines
Dean Newcomb
Supported by Principal Timpani
Royal Over-Seas League Robert Hutcheson
SA Inc Supported by
an anonymous donor
Principal Bass Clarinet
Mitchell Berick Principal Tuba
Supported Peter Whish-Wilson
by Nigel Stevenson & Supported by
Glenn Ball Ollie Clark AM & Joan Clark

Principal Bassoon Principal Percussion
Mark Gaydon Steven Peterka
Supported by Supported
Pamela Yule by The Friends of the ASO

Bassoon Principal Harp
Leah Stephenson Suzanne Handel
Supported Supported by
by Liz Ampt Shane Le Plastrier

Our inspirational donors

A sincere thank you to all our donors who contributed in the past 12 months.
All gifts are very important to us and help to sustain and expand the ASO.
Your donation makes a difference.

Diamond Patron ($25,000+)
Mr & Mrs Anthony & Margaret Gerard
Andrew Thyne Reid Charitable Trust
Ms Merry Wickes
Kim Williams AM

Platinum Patron ($10,000 - $24,999)

Dr Aileen F Connon AM
The Friends of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Estate of the late David Malcolm Haines QC
Estate of the late Winifred J. Longbottom
Plus two anonymous donors

Gold Patron ($5,000 - $9,999)
Richard Hugh Allert AO
Mr Donald Scott George
Mr & Mrs Keith & Sue Langley & the Macquarie Group Foundation
Johanna & Terry McGuirk
Peter & Pamela McKee
Mrs Diana McLaurin
Mr Norman Schueler OAM and Mrs Carol Schueler
Mrs Pamela Yule
Plus two anonymous donors

Silver Patron ($2,500 - $4,999) Mrs Pauline Menz
Mr & Mrs Chris & Julie Michelmore
Mrs Maureen Akkermans Robert Pontifex
Ms Liz Ampt Ms Marietta Resek
R & P Cheesman Mr & Mrs Andrew & Gayle Robertson
Mr Ollie Clark AM & Mrs Joan Clark Dr Ben Robinson
Mrs Patricia Cohen Royal Over-Seas League South Australia
Mr Bob Croser Incorporated
Legh & Helen Davis Mr Ian Smailes
Mr Colin Dunsford AM & Mrs Lib Dunsford Mr Nigel Stevenson & Mr Glenn Ball
Norman Etherington & Peggy Brock Dr Georgette Straznicky
Geoffrey & Penelope Hackett-Jones Mrs M W Wells
Mr & Mrs Simon & Sue Hatcher Dr Betsy Williams & Mr Oakley Dyer
Mr Robert Kenrick
Shane Le Plastrier Plus one anonymous donor
Mrs Margaret Lehmann
Mrs Joan Lyons
Mrs Barbara Mellor

Maestro Patron Mrs Josephine Cooper Mr Brenton Barritt The Hon Carolyn Pickles
($1,000 - $2,499) Mr Bruce Debelle AO Krystyna Pindral
Mr Neil Arnold Fr John Devenport Mrs Jillian Beare Mr Frank Prez
Dr Margaret Arstall Mrs A E Dow Mr & Mrs Michael & Susan
Australasian Double Reed Dr Alan Down & Hon Dr Gaby Berce Rabbitt
Society SA Catherine Branson Mr & Mrs Ian & Jen Ramsay
Prof Andrew & Mrs Mr William Frogley Dr Adam Black Mr A L Read
Elizabeth Bersten Mr Otto Fuchs Mrs Jill Russell
The Hon D J & Mrs E M Dr Noel & Mrs Janet Grieve Mr & Mrs Andrew & Mr Frank and Mrs Judy
Bleby Mrs Eleanor Handreck Margaret Black Sanders
Dianne & Felix Bochner Mr John H Heard AM Mrs Meredyth Sarah AM
Dr Ivan Camens Dr Douglas & Mrs Tiiu Mrs Betty A Blackwood Dr W T H & Mrs P M Scales
Tony & Rachel Davidson Hoile Chris Schacht
Dr Christopher Dibden Rhys & Vyvyan Horwood Mr Mark Blumberg Mr David Scown
Mrs Lorraine Drogemuller Mrs M Janzow Ms Gweneth Shaughnessy
Jiri & Pamela Fiala Mr & Mrs G & L Jaunay Liz, Mike & Zoe Bowen Beth & John Shepherd
In Memory of Jim Frost Mrs Elizabeth Keam AM R & L Siegele
RJ, LL & SJ Greenslade Mrs Bellena Kennedy Prof & Mrs John & Brenda Mrs Elizabeth P Simpson
Mr P R Griffiths Mrs Joan Lea Bradley Mr & Mrs Jim & Anne
Mr Donald Growden Mr Michael McClaren & Ms Spiker
Dr Robert Hecker Patricia Lescius Ms Rosie Burn Eric Staak
Mrs Alexandra Jarvis Mr J H Love Mr & Mrs Graham &
Dr I Klepper Mr Melvyn Madigan Dr John Combe Maureen Storer
Ian Kowalick AM & Helen Mrs Skye McGregor Mrs Anne Sutcliffe
Kowalick Mr Grant M Morgan Mr Stephen Courtenay Dr Anne Sved Williams
Dr & Mrs Neil & Fay Dr D G & Mrs K C Morris Mrs Verna Symons
McIntosh Ms Jocelyn Parsons Mr Don R R Creedy Mr & Mrs R & J Taylor
Captain R S Pearson CSC Mr & Mrs John & Jenny The Richard Wagner
and Mrs J V Pearson Pike Mr & Mrs Michael & Society of South Australia
Mrs Christine & The Late Dr J M Prosser Jennifer Critchley Inc
Donald Perriam Mr & Mrs David & Janet Dr Peter Tillett
Mr Mark Rinne Rice Mrs Betty Cross Anita Robinson & Michael
Mr Roger Salkeld Mrs Janet Ann Rover Tingay
Philip Satchell AM & Cecily Mr & Mrs Trevor & Mrs M D Daniel OAM Mr & Mrs John & Janice
Satchell Elizabeth Rowan Trewartha
Larry & Maria Scott Mr A D Saint Ms Barbara Deed Mr David Turner
Roderick Shire Ms Linda Sampson Keith and Neta Vickery
Mr & Mrs H W Short Professor Ivan Shearer, AM Mr L J Emmett Mr & Mrs Glen & Robina
Dr & Mrs Nigel & Chris Mr & Mrs Antony & Mary Weir
Steele-Scott OAM Lou Simpson Mr & Mrs Stephen & Emma Mrs Ann Wells
Ms Guila Tiver Mr Martin Penhale Evans Mr & Mrs Peter & Dawn
David & Linnett Turner Mr W & Mrs H Stacy Yeatman
Mr J W Vale Christopher Stone Ms Barbara Fergusson
Mrs Margaret Verran The Honourable Justice Plus 16 anonymous donors
Dr Richard & Mrs Gweneth Ann Vanstone Mr Douglas Fidock
Willing Mr Nick Warden
Prof Robert Warner Mr J H Ford The ASO also thanks the
Plus five anonymous donors Mrs Pamela Whittle 603 patrons who gave other
Dr Nicholas Wickham Mr John Gazley amounts in the past 12
Soloist Patron Mrs Gretta Willis months.
($500 - $999) Ms Janet Worth Mr & Mrs Andrew & Helen
Dr E Atkinson & Mr J Hardy Hon David Wotton AM & Giles
Ms Dora O’Brien Mrs Jill Wotton
Barbara Bahlin Dr David & Mrs Kay Gill
Mr John Baker Plus eight anonymous donors
Mr & Mrs R & SE Bartz The Hon R & Mrs L
Graeme & Susan Bethune Tutti Patron Goldsworthy
Dr & Mrs J & M Brooks ($250 - $499)
Mrs J L Brooks Mr & Mrs David & Elaine Mr Neil Halliday
Rob & Denise Buttrose Annear
Mr Rob Baillie Mrs Mary Handley

Mrs Jill Hay

Prof Robert & Mrs Margaret
Heddle

Mrs Judith Heidenreich

Mr & Mrs Peter & Helen
Herriman

Mr & Mrs Michael & Stacey
Hill Smith

Mr John Holden

Mrs Rosemary Keane

Mr Angus Kennedy

Kerry & Barbara Kirke

Lodge Thespian, No. 195
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Mr Colin Macdonald

Mrs Beverley Macmahon

Mr Ian Maitland

Robert Marrone

Dr Ruth Marshall

Mrs Lee Mason

Mrs Barbara May

Mrs Caroline Milne

Mr & Mrs D & M Molyneux

Mr Alex Nicol

Dr John Overton

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Thank you

Principal Partner
Major Partners
World Artist Partners
Corporate Partners

Media Partners

Corporate Club 57 Films M2 Group
Industry collaborators Boylen – Website Design & Development Normetals
Coopers Brewery Ltd Peregrine Travel
Haigh’s Chocolates Poster Impact
Hickinbotham Group The Playford Adelaide

Friends

Government Support

The ASO receives Commonwealth Government funding through the Australia Council, it arts funding
and advisory body. The Orchestra is funded by the Government of South Australia through Arts SA.
The Adelaide City Council supports the ASO during the 2014-15 financial year.

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great South Australian performers

For sixteen seasons Santos and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra have partnered together to deliver
outstanding performances to audiences across South Australia. This proud tradition continues in 2015.
With our head office here in Adelaide, Santos has been part of South Australia for over 60 years.
We search Australia to find gas and oil to help provide energy to our nation. But we also put our
energy into supporting the communities in which we live and work.
Each year Santos supports a wide range of community events and organisations across South Australia.
By 2017, this support will add up to $60m over a ten-year period.
At Santos, we believe that contributing to a vibrant culture is good for everyone. We don’t just look for
energy - we help create it.

Proudly working in partnership