PHILIPS MASTER SERIES
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
8pm Wednesday, February 16
8pm Friday, February 18
8pm Saturday, February 19
Edo de Waart conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Edo de Waart conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
MILLS Emblems [World premiere]
LENTZ Ngangkar [World premiere]
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Choral
8pm Wednesday, March 8
8pm Friday, March 10
8pm Saturday, March 11
Barbara Bonney: An Australian
debut
Edo de Waart conductor
Barbara Bonney soprano
IVES Three places in New England
BARBER Knoxville: summer of 1915
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
8pm Wednesday, April 12
1.30pm Thursday, April 13
8pm Friday, April 14
8pm Saturday, April 15
Peter Donohoe performs
Tchaikovsky
Mark Elder conductor
Peter Donohoe piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2
KANCHELI ...ŕ la Duduki
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
8pm Wednesday, May 17
8pm Friday, May 19
8pm Saturday, May 20
Bruno Weil conductor
MOZART Mass in C major K.317
Coronation
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
THE VEUVE CLICQUOT
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
The Veuve Clicquot Series is a new
way to start the week. With a convenient 7pm starting time, there's
enough time to enjoy dinner at one of the Symphony's star restaurants.
7pm Monday, February 21
Edo de Waart conducts Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9
Edo de Waart conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
MILLS Emblem [World premiere]
LENTZ Ngangkar [World premiere]
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Choral
7pm Monday, March 13
Barbara Bonney: An Australian
debut
Edo de Waart conductor
Barbara Bonney soprano
IVES Three places in New England
BARBER Knoxville: summer of 1915
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
7pm Monday, May 22
Mozart's Coronation Mass
Bruno Weil conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
MOZART Mass in C major K.317
Coronation
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
GREAT PERFORMERS
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
8pm Wednesday, March 1
By demand: Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Edo de Waart conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
ADAMS Naďve and Sentimental
Music [Australian premiere]
8pm Thursday, April 6
Mark Elder conducts Rachmaninov
Mark Elder conductor
BEETHOVEN Egmont: overture
TIPPETT Concerto for Double
String Orchestra
TIPPETT Praeludium
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
CLASSIC SYMPHONY
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
8pm Friday, March 17
Diana Doherty performs the Koehne
Oboe Concerto
Edo de Waart conductor
Diana Doherty oboe
HAYDN Symphony No. 70
KOEHNE Oboe Concerto [World
premiere]
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
8pm Friday, April 7
Mark Elder conducts Rachmaninov
Mark Elder conductor
BEETHOVEN Egmont: overture
TIPPETT Concerto fro Double
String Orchestra
TIPPETT Praeludium
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
8pm Friday, April 28
Leslie Howard performs Mozart
John Harding conductor
Leslie Howard piano
STRAVINSKY Concerto in D for
strings
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19
K.459
SIBELIUS Rakastava
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
8pm Friday, May 12
An Alpine Symphony
Donald Runnicles conductor
Julian Rachlin violin
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
R STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony
8pm Friday, May 26
Classical Triple Bill
Bruno Weil conductor
Geoffrey Lancaster piano
BACH Suite No. 3
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27
K.595
HAYDN Symphony No. 98
PHILIPS MEET THE MUSIC
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
6.30pm Wednesday, March 29
6.30pm Thursday, March 30
Michael Kieran Harvey returns
Edo de Waart conductor
Michael Kieran Harvey piano
SMALLEY Close to the Edge
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 Rhenish
6.30pm Wednesday, May 3
6.30pm Thursday, May 4
The Berio Trombone Concerto
David Porcelijn conductor
Christian Lindberg trombone
BEETHOVEN Wellington's Victory
BERIO Trombone Concerto
[Australian premiere]
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
MEALE Very High Kings
6.30pm Wednesday, 31 May
6.30pm Thursday, 1 June
Symphonic Dances From West Side
Story
Michael Christie conductor
Asmira Woodward-Page violin
WESTLAKE Machine Head
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
IVES Central Park in the dark
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from
West Side Story
CLASSIC MATINEE
GREAT CLASSICS CONCERT
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
1.30pm Thursday, March 16
2pm Saturday, March 18
Diana Doherty performs the Koehne Oboe Concerto
Edo de Waart conductor
Diana Doherty oboe
HAYDN Symphony No. 70
KOEHNE Oboe Concerto [World premiere]
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
2pm Saturday, April 8
Mark Elder conducts Rachmaninov
Mark Elder conductor
BEETHOVEN Egmont: overture
TIPPETT Concerto for Double
String Orchestra
TIPPETT Praeludium
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
2pm Saturday, April 29
Leslie Howard performs Mozart
John Harding conductor
Leslie Howard piano
STRAVINSKY Concerto in D for
strings
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19
K.459
SIBELIUS Rakastava
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
1.30pm Thursday, May 11
2pm Saturday, May 13
An Alpine Symphony
Donald Runnicles conductor
Julian Rachlin violin
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
R STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony
1.30pm Thursday, May 25
Classical Triple Bill
Bruno Weil conductor
Geoffrey Lancaster piano
BACH Suite No. 3
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27
K.595
HAYDN Symphony No. 98
WORLD SYMPHONY
8pm Thursday, March 23
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
American Visions
Edo de Waart conductor
KERNIS New Era Dance
SCHWANTNER New morning for the
world
REICH Variations for winds,
strings and keyboards
COPLAND Rodeo: Four dance
episodes
8pm Saturday, May 6
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
The complete Berio Sequenzas
Lawrence Dobell clarinet
Louise Johnson harp
Esther van Stralen viola
Merlyn Quaife soprano
Michael Kieran Harvey piano
Matthew Wilkie bassoon
John Harding violin
Diana Doherty oboe
Christian Lindberg trombone
Janet Webb flute
Slava Grigoryan guitar
Marjorie Smith alto saxophone
Geoffrey Payne trumpet
BERIO Complete Sequenzas
BARBARA BONNEY IN RECITAL
City recital Hall, Angel Place
8pm Wednesday, 22 March
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Barbara Bonney soprano
Andrea Katz piano
SCHUBERT
Kennst du das Land
Ganymed
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
Ave Maria
SHUMANN Frauenliebe und Leben
BRITTEN On this Island
STRAUSS
Ruhe meine Seele
Freundliche Vision
Das Rosenband
September
THE PIANO SERIES
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
The Sydney Symphony's piano series
enters a new era, with all four concerts presented in the newly
constructed City Recital Hall at Angel Place.
To celebrate, four of the world's
most admired pianists have been invited to perform in Australia's only
virtuoso piano recital series.
8pm Tue 2 May
1. Leslie Howard performs Liszt
Goethe Festival March (second
version)
Litanies of Mary (second version)
Incidental music to Hebbel's
Nibelungen and Goethe's Faust
Scherzo and March
Fantasia and Fugue on the theme
B-A-C-H
Forgotten Waltz No. 3 (Paris
manuscript)
Little Waltz - Epilogue to the
three Forgotten Waltzes
Two Pieces from The Legend of
Saint Elisabeth
Waltz from Gounod's Faust -
Concert Paraphrase
TEA & SYMPHONY
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
11am Friday, 31 March
Michael Kieran Harvey returns
Who better than Australian pianist
Michael Kieran Harvey to take on the formidable challenges of
Bartók's third piano concerto? Its meditative second movement and
technical demands make it a perfect showcase for Harvey's singular
talent. Edo de Waart will conduct this dazzling piano concerto and
Schumann's Rhenish Symphony, one of the composer's most romantic
works.
Edo de Waart conductor
Michael Kieran Harvey piano
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 Rhenish
11am Friday, 5 May
Schubert's Symphony No. 5
Beethoven's orchestral showpiece
Wellington's Victory is one of his most exciting and rousing scores.
Drawn from the same period is Schubert's much-loved Symphony No. 5,
with its enchanting melodies and delicate textures. David Porcelijn
conducts this popular program which also features the orchestral
grandeur of Richard Meale's Very High Kings.
David Porcelijn conductor
BEETHOVEN Wellington's Victory
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
MEALE Very High Kings
SUMMER SERIES
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
8pm Friday, 11 Feb
2pm Saturday, 12 Feb
The Splendour of Russia
Edo de Waart conductor
Roger Woodward piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty: Act 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Overture 1812
8pm Friday, 25 February
8pm Saturday, 26 February
Leonard Bernstein's New York
Edo de Waart conductor
Caroline O'Connor vocalist
Songs by Bernstein
On the Town
Wonderful Town
West Side Story
BERNSTEIN Fancy Free: suite
BERNSTEIN Prelude, fugue and
riffs
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from
West Side Story
8pm Thursday, 2 March
Sequin Music From Debussy to
Liberace
* An event of the 2000 Sydney Gay
& Lesbian Mardi Gras
Edo de Waart conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
Solo piano pieces by Debussy,
Ravel, Duke Ellington and Bill Evans
DAUGHERTY Le Tombeau de Liberace
ADAMS Naďve and Sentimental
Music [Australian premiere]
