Matthew Krel Prize for Orchestral Excellence The 2012 competition is open to Orchestral Groups whose players are all currently enrolled in an Australian Secondary School. A School Principal must certify that all players in the entry are secondary school students. Entry is by registration using the official Registration Form which may be requested by email (Honsec@sbsyo.org.au)The 2012 awards will be directed to the following Symphonic Orchestral Areas:
Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra
Wind Orchestra
The 2012 competition will target Orchestral groups (Symphony, Chamber and Wind, with more than 15 players). Additionally the Competition is interested in specifically targeting and supporting young musicians from regional areas across Australia. Entries are by way of a DVD recording. The closing date for the submission of the DVD is 1st October 2012.There will be 1 major prize in each category. Symphony Orchestra Prize $8,000Chamber Orchestra Prize $5,000Wind Orchestra Prize $5,000
A single special award may be made to an ensemble which demonstrates that it has overcome problems of geographic isolation to yield high quality musical outcomes.
School representatives may obtain a registration form and further details of technical requirements by emailing honsec@sbsyo.org.au
PLANNING FOR 2012
The SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra expects to manage a range of projects in 2012. These may span repertoire suited to Chamber and Full Symphony groups. In order to permit players to manage their study committments better, the Orchestra will permit players to apply for and, after acceptance, enrol in one or more of the programs on offer. Please see the Newsletter in the membership area of the website for full details.
PLACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. REGISTER FOR AN AUDITION HERE
Projects Planned for 2012 shown below. This information will be progressively updated.
#1, Chamber of Delights, Thomas Tsai
Mozart Symphony No. 25, Ravel – Pavane, Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin, Beethoven Symphony No7
This fantastic programme covers three of the most important and inspiring genres for young players aspiring to become professional musicians. It covers wide range of emotion and styles with exciting parts and solos for all instrument groups A most exciting programme to be involved in!
#2, Intercity Inspirations, Geoffrey Gartner Beethoven–Overture from Egmont, Op.84 Mozart - Flute Concerto in D major Respighi – Gli Uccelli [The Birds] Copland-Music for the Movies (1942)
#3, At The Ball, Simon Thew Overture to Die Fledermaus, An der schönen, blauen Donau, Wiener Blut, Kaiser-walzer, Unter Donner und Blitz, Annen-Polka, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Radetsky March, Frühlingstimmen, Ohne Sorgen
To this day the most popular events on the Viennese Social calendar are the annual Balls. Also the most watched concert in the world is the annual New Years Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic. The thing that all of these events have in common is dance music from Vienna’s golden age, that of the Strauss family.In June and July 2012 the SBS Youth Orchestra is offering the exciting opportunity to perform concerts featuring this music. This project will also include the recording of a CD. While recording a performance has become quite commonplace with advances in technology, it is still a rare and exciting opportunity to take part in a studio recording.During the project, participants will also be given insight into Viennese Art and Culture of the mid to late 19th Century and sessions giving insight into the development of music performed. Simon Thew, who has had a long-standing close relationship with this music and the playing traditions of the Vienna Philharmonic, will conduct the orchestra in this project.
#4, Television Plus, Geoffrey Gartner a.Stravinsky – A Soldiers Tale Suite (TBC TV rights in negotiation)The work is scored for an ensemble of clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, bass, bassoon and percussion. All participants will be selected by audition. The trumpet part is regarded as difficult. This project is intended as one which will focus primarily on a television recording. It is a work of several short movements ideally suited to the development of short ‘fillers’ for television. The participants will be expected to attain the highest quality of performance. All participants will be selected by audition.(fee $50)
#5, Mahler 4, Carolyn Watson Mahler Symphony No. 4Composed between 1899 and 1901, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is the last of what are typically known as his ‘Wunderhorn’ symphonies, so called because of their use of themes from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Mahler’s earlier song cycle.Possibly best known for the final movement which uses a setting of Das himmlische Leben, the Fourth Symphony calls on smaller forces than one generally associates with the composer and his symphonies. Equally as interesting, the second movement is a sort of Danse Macabre, featuring a scordutara solo violin representing a skeleton! .
#6, Revolutions that Built Foundations, Simon Thew Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Soloist: Joshua Clarke Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 EroicaA season that features Joshua Clarke, Principal Trumpet of the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Ex member of the SBS Youth orchestra performing the ground breaking Trumpet Concerto by Josef Haydn. Also in this program the orchestra is offering you the opportunity to explore and perform 2 other revolutionary works: The overture to the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, the libretto for this opera that set the aristocracy on its head! and Beethoven’s sublime Eroica Symphony a work originally dedicated to Napoleon.All of these works are now cornerstones of the repertoire. The chance to perform them in one concert will be of great musical and educational value to those selected, a true highlight of your year.
#7, String Symphonies, Geoffrey Gartner Dvorak: – Serenade for Strings Op.22 [] Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony No.5 for Strings in A flat major, Op.118a [26.30] I. Andante [5.04], II. Allegretto Furioso [4.55], III. Adagio [6.45], IV. Allegretto [9.30]This program is presented as one which is ideally suited to performance in small venues. It is planned to identify a number of venues so that players can gain a ‘touring’ experience in which they will need to adjust to variable acoustic environments.
#8, FATE (Hunters Hill), Simon Thew Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, Soloist: Adele Johnston Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor.We are proud to welcome back, after a gap of 2 years, internationally acclaimed Soprano Adele Johnston, one of the stars of the Australian stage. Adele will join the SBS Youth orchestra in a performance of Richard Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder. In this, his last work, Strauss deals with a fate all face. This program also Features 2 other cornerstones of the orchestral repertoire by Tchaikovsky, the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy overture and the Symphony Number 5. These 2 works also deal with their own fates, that of Shakespeare’s immortal “star-crossed lovers” and Tchaikovsky’s own fate.
University of Newcastle Conservatorium
INTERCITY EXPLORATIONS
10TH JUNE 2.30pm
A vigorous and exciting program featuring
Beethoven–Overture from Egmont, Op.84; Mozart - Flute Concerto in D major Respighi – Gli Uccelli [The Birds]; opland-Music for the Movies (1942)
Tickets available at the door.
WALTZES FROM VIENNA MONDAY JULY 2ND, 2012 AT 11AM AND 2PM SYDNEY TOWN HALL Tickets – $30 Seniors and pensioners $25 - (There are no booking fees) BOOKINGS NOW OPEN (Doors and Town Hall box office open ONE HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW) BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES PLEASE TELEPHONE NOSTALGIA ON (02) 9810 3297 (9.30AM - 3.00PM Office Hrs.)
WATCH OUT FOR PROGRAMS ON SBS AND THE NEW PAYTV CHANNEL STVDIO
TELEVISION PROGRAMS
"A Wagnerian Voyage" is the most recent program shown on SBS and STVDIO and it features unseen material from the Orchestra's 20th Anniversary Concert as well as the concert tour of Germany, conducted by Matthew Krel in 2008. There's also Simon Thew conducting Liebestod (audio from Hunters Hill, with vision from Sydney Town Hall and Parramatta).
SBS Youth Orchestra play an excerpt from the Prelude to Act 1 from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This is part of a 25 minute programme first broadcast on SBS 3pm on 25 December 2011 called "A Wagnerian Voyage". Images include the Orchestra's visit to Wagner's Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, the National Theatre Munich, & Neuschwanstein Castle.
