QPAC PRESENTS

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Season 2010

WelcomeFrom Paul Dean…

I have great pleasure in welcoming

you to Southern Cross Soloists’ fi rst

season in QPAC’S magnifi cent Concert

Hall. We’re very excited at the prospect

of bringing you a heightened concert

experience in this great venue. Many thanks to John Kotzas,

Chief Executive of QPAC for inviting us to be company-in-

residence; a truly great opportunity. Thanks too to the QPAC

team for their support which enables us to do what we do

best...put on great concerts. In the 2010 season, we’re

proud to present a program full of colour, virtuosity and

drama with a diversity of musical styles and guest artists

refl ecting the vibrancy of our union with QPAC. Please

join us.

Paul DeanArtistic DirectorSouthern Cross Soloists

From John Kotzas…

It is with great pleasure that I welcome

Southern Cross Soloists to QPAC as

company-in-residence. I am excited

about partnering with them on their

performances in the Concert Hall

in 2010. The company showcases the best that we in

Queensland have to offer – a commitment to outstanding

performance, meaningful relationships and a drive to

excel at their artform. Together we have great plans for

our joint future.

I hope you enjoy the program, and look forward to

welcoming you to QPAC.

John KotzasChief ExecutiveQPAC

QPAC PRESENTS

Showcase SeriesConcert Hall, QPAC

PageCONCERT 1 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMTUESDAY 30 MARCH 7PM 6

CONCERT 2 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARTUESDAY 1 JUNE 7PM 9

CONCERT 3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT SCHUMANNTUESDAY 12 OCTOBER 7PM 10

SOUTHERN CROSS SOLOISTS PRESENTS

Music & Words SLQ Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland

CONCERT 1 PAUL VERLAINESUNDAY 16 MAY 3PM 13

CONCERT 2DOROTHY PORTERSUNDAY 1 AUGUST 3PM 14

CONCERT 3 JANETTE TURNER HOSPITALSUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 3PM 17

The SoloistsMembers of Southern Cross Soloists are each highly respected and sought-after musicians.

Peter Luff is Associate Principal Horn with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffi th University. Peter will host the 2010 International Horn Symposium in Brisbane.

Leesa Dean was formerly Principal Bassoon with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Leesa lectures in bassoon at Queensland Conservatorium Griffi th University, the University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland.

Director and clarinettist Paul Dean is much in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. He regularly appears at

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festivals throughout Australia as well as with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Endeavour Trio and DeanEmmersonDean.

Kevin Power pursues a busy freelance career as a pianist, performing regularly as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician. He is also the Chorus Master and Musical Director of The Queensland Choir.

Tania Frazer, formerly Principal Oboe with the Israel Symphony Orchestra, now enjoys a busy career as a soloist, teacher and has appeared regularly as principal oboist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Camerata and The Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Lyric soprano Margaret Schindler, a Senior Lecturer at Queensland Conservatorium Griffi th University, is a nationally recognised teacher in great demand as a recitalist, particularly for baroque and contemporary repertoire.

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QPAC presents

Showcase Series

Concert 1

A Midsummer Night’s DreamConcert Hall, QPAC Tuesday 30 March 7pm

Guests St Peter’s Chorale conducted by Graeme Morton Gregory Massingham – narrator

Mozart (arr Dean) Ch’io mi scordi di te? K505

Paul Stanhope Pirramimma

Stephen Leek The FutureStephen Leek The FutureStephen Leek

Mendelssohn (arr Dean) Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The fi rst concert of our fi rst series at QPAC commences with one of Mozart’s fi nest concert arias, Ch’io mi scordi di te? This work features a brilliant piano obbligato composed for Mozart to perform himself. Recent works by two of Australia’s outstanding choral composers, Paul Stanhope and Stephen Leek follow, and will be performed by the Soloists with the magnifi cent St Peter’s Chorale. The fi nal work in the program by Mendelssohn (arr. Dean), sees the Chorale return to the stage to join Southern Cross Soloists and narrator Gregory Massingham in a stunning new version of the breathtakingly evocative incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Gregory Massingham Graeme Morton

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Paul Dean

Leesa Dean

Concert 2

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Concert Hall, QPAC Tuesday 1 June 7pm

Guest Wissam Boustany – fl ute

Handel Nel dolce dell’oblio HWV134

Schuhei Isobe Maskerade-Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Copland As it fell upon a day

Ravel (arr Dean) Scheherazade

Poulenc Sextet

Multi-award winning fl autist Wissam Boustany joins the Soloists to celebrate the release of their most recent CD, France. London-based Boustany is formerly Principal Flute of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. One of the few fl autists to have established an international solo career, Boustany will bring his dazzling virtuosity to this sublime program. The seductive beauty of Ravel’s Scheherazade contrasts with the irrepressible wit of Poulenc’s Scheherazade contrasts with the irrepressible wit of Poulenc’s ScheherazadeSextet. One of Handel’s fi nest Italian cantatas, a hauntingly beautiful work by a major fi gure in American music, and the Australian premiere of Isobe’s scintillating variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star complete this delectable feast.

QPAC presents

Showcase Series

Wissam Boustany

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Concert 3

Happy Birthday Robert Schumann! Concert Hall, QPAC Tuesday 12 October 7pm

Guests Gregory Massingham – tenor Jason Barry Smith – baritone

Brahms (arr Dean) Variations on a theme of Schumann, Op.23

Beethoven Quintet, Op.16

Schumann (arr Dean) Scenes from Goethe’s Faust

Happy Birthday Robert Schumann! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Schumann’s birth, this concert begins with the heartbreaking set of variations composed by Brahms on the last 16 bars of music that Schumann ever wrote. “They were dictated to me by an angel in the night,” he told Brahms at their last meeting. The program includes one of the greatest works in the Southern Cross Soloists’ repertoire, Beethoven’s brilliant early masterpiece, the Quintet Op.16 and one of Schumann’s Quintet Op.16 and one of Schumann’s Quintet Op.16most profound yet rarely-heard creations, Scenes from Goethe’s Faust. Scenes from Goethe’s Faust. Scenes from Goethe’s FaustSchumann laboured at this opera-oratorio for the last eleven years of his life. It contains some of his fi nest music and is regarded by many as the greatest musical retelling of the legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. This performance features two of our most popular guest artists, Gregory Massingham and Jason Barry Smith.

QPAC presents

Showcase Series

Gregory Massingham Jason Barry Smith

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Tania Frazer

Kevin Power

Concert 1

Paul Verlaine SLQ Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland Sunday 16 May 3pm

Guests Slava Grigoryan – guitar Eugene Gilfedder – reader

Fauré La Bonne Chanson

Debussy Fêtes Galantes

Hahn Songs

Brophy Verlaine Songs

Paul Verlaine was one of the most exquisitely lyrical poets in the history of French literature. Admired for the musical qualities of his verse, the simplicity and directness of his expression and his ability to create moods and feelings through the magic of words, many composers have attempted to turn his verse into music.

In this program we hear settings of his texts by Fauré, Debussy, Brophy and Hahn including, most interestingly, no fewer than four settings by different composers of La Lune Blanche, interspersed by readings of his poems.

Internationally acclaimed guitarist Slava Grigoryan adds his unique brilliance to this program. The poetry will be read by ever-popular Brisbane actor, Eugene Gilfedder.

Southern Cross Soloists presents

Music & Words

Slava Grigoryan Eugene Gilfedder

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Concert 2

Dorothy Porter SLQ Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland Sunday 1 August 3pm

Guest Carol Burns – reader

Hartley Newnham Dorothy Porter Songs

Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh New work

Amy Bastow New work

Ligeti Six Bagatelles

When Dorothy Porter died in December 2008, Australia lost one of its most unique literary fi gures – a powerful and compelling writer whose intense, rich and original creations refl ected her idea that poetry should have ‘a tongue of fi re’. Porter’s fast-paced crime–thrillers in verse such as The Monkey’s Mask helped transform Australian poetry from what Dorothy The Monkey’s Mask helped transform Australian poetry from what Dorothy The Monkey’s Maskcalled “a dramatic cure for insomnia”, to something festive, exciting and, at times, dangerous. This concert pays tribute to Porter’s genius with settings of her verse by Hartley Newnham, plus Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet – one of the great classics of 20th century music, as well as newly Quintet – one of the great classics of 20th century music, as well as newly Quintetcommissioned works by exciting young composers Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh and Amy Bastow. The poetry will be read by distinguished Brisbane actor Carol Burns.

Southern Cross Soloists presents

Music & Words

Carol Burns

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Peter Luff

Margarget Schindler

Concert 3

Janette Turner Hospital SLQ Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland Sunday 7 November 3pm

Guest Carol Burns – reader

Music by Kat McGuffee, Lisa Cheney, Liam Flannady and Joe Twist

Described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘one of the most powerful Times Literary Supplement as ‘one of the most powerful Timesand innovative writers in English today’, Janette Turner Hospital’s work is not as well known in her home state as it deserves to be. Now published in twelve languages in more than twenty countries, Turner Hospital is particularly admired for her consummate literary skills, evocative use of language and lyrical and sophisticated storytelling. Her works are frequently compared to pieces of music and described as ‘symphonic’ in their scope.

Southern Cross Soloists pays tribute to this remarkable writer with a program including new works by four outstanding young composers inspired by her writings. The extracts from her novels and short stories will be read by Carol Burns.

Southern Cross Soloists presents

Music & Words

Carol Burns

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Southern Cross Soloists acknowledges and thanks the following persons and organisations for their generous support:

PATRONHer Excellency, the Governor General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC

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SUPPORTER’S PROGRAMS

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