Recordings & Repertoire
RECORDINGS
This CD, “Classic Jenolan” contains works from some four years of concerts in The Devil’s Coachouse cave in Jenolan Caves, NSW, Australia. Includes the finale from Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, and two movements from Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy played by Natalie Chee. At age 12, Natalie was the youngest concertmaster in Australia when she joined SBS Youth Orchestra in 1988, and is now a member of Camerata Bern in Switzerland.
“Masterpieces” was largely recorded in New Caledonia’s grand cathedral by sound engineer Brendan Frost. It includes Fauré’s Pavane, Enesco’s Rumanian Rhapsody No.1 and Poulenc’s Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, with Simon Tedeschi as Soloist. Simon was later to have the unusual distinction of playing the “hands” of the young David Helfgott in the Australian film, “Shine”! Conducted by Matthew Krel & Giuseppe Giglio.
The SBS Youth Orchestra gave the Australian premiere of Respigi’s exotic “Belkis, Queen of Sheeba” in 1993, and took it on tour to the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It is included on this disk along with Bloch’s Concertino for Flute, Viola and Orchestra (featuring SBS musicians Amanda Chominsky and Ben Hames), Kabalevsky’s “The Comedians”, and Kodaly’s “Dances from Galanta”. Most of the recordings were produced by Owen Chambers in collaboration with ABC Classic FM’s “Young Australia” programme. The conductor is Matthew Krel.
On this disk, “Jodie Gillies” the young Australian singer of the same name is accompanied by the Orchestra in arrangements of tunes from popular Broadway shows, mostly by the Australian conductor Tommy Tycho. This required a very different style of playing from classically trained musicians, including working with click tracks and individual microphones. But yes, we’re there somewhere at the back of the mix!
The first SBS Orchestra CD released – in 1991. (SBS Music #SBS00072). Contains Haydn’s “Te Deum in C” conducted by Michael Deasey; Mozart’s “Concerto for Two Pianos in Eb Major” with soloists Nikolai Evrov and Elizabeth Powell; Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony; Leonard Bernstein’s “Westside Story” excerpts; and Shostakovich’s arrangement of the Caesar/Youmans tune “Tea for Two”. Legend has it that Shostakovich arranged and scored this piece in under an hour to win a bet…
This CD is a rare chance to hear a lesser-known Australian composer’s works which often reflected the environment surrounding him in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales (depicted on Ada Clark’s CD cover painting). Flute soloists from the Orchestra play Clifford Abbott’s concerti nos. 1-4; they are Tanya Watts (No.1), Rohan Smith (Nos.2 & 3) and Susanne Cowan (No.4). Conductors are Matthew Krel and Robert Johnson. In addition, Leigha Dark (harp) and Lisa Catwright (flute) perform Abbott’s “Blue Mountain Airs”.
NOT PICTURED
Operatic Arias CD with Soloist Horst Hoffman (1996)
REPERTOIRE
IN DECEMBER 2013 MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITY WAS SUSPENDED
The Orchestra performed a very wide repertoire in its 25 years of operation. Many recordings were made. In 2014 the Board of the orchestra authorised Ian Hamilton to use his best efforts to archive the audio, video and physical material which has accumulated.
Among the sound recordings identified thus far are shown below.
| Composer | Work | Location recorded | approx Date |
| McCormick (1834-1916) | Advance Australia Fair | UNSW | 16/07/2006 |
| Bartok (1881-1945) | Romanian Dances | Tonga | 00/7/1992 |
| Beethoven (1712-1773) | Overture Coriolanus | Media Hotel Beijing | 3/07/1999 |
| Beethoven (1712-1773) | Symphony No3 | 20/06/1905 | |
| Beethoven (1712-1773) | Symphony No 8 | Sydney TH | 31/05/1998 |
| Bratislava UNKOWN | Bratislava UNKOWN | Bratislava | |
| Britten (1913 -1976) | The Young Person’s Guide To the Orchestra | Sydney Conservatorium | 13/09/1998 |
| Bruckner (1824-1896) | Te Deum | Willoughby TH | 2/06/1996 |
| de Falla (1876 – 1946) | de Falla El Amor Brujo | Spanish Tour | 0/01/1900 |
| Emsembles | Wind and other emsembles | Jenolan | 26/02/2000 |
| Frescobaldi (1583 – 1643)TO BE CHECKED | Frescobaldi TO BE CHECKED | New Caledonia | 8/10/1993 |
| Gershwin (1898 – 1937) | Gershwin Rhapsody | 0/01/1900 | |
| Gershwin (1898 – 1937) | Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue | 0/01/1900 | |
| Gershwin (1898 – 1937) | Rhapsody in Blue | New Caledonia | 6/10/1993 |
| Glazunov (1865 – 1936) | Chant du Menestrel | Murcia | 11/04/2001 |
| Glazunov (1865 – 1936) | Serenade Espagnol | Murcia | 11/04/2001 |
| Gliere (1875? – 1956) | from Red Poppy | Beijing Concert Hall | 4/07/1999 |
| Gliere (1875? – 1956) | from Red Poppy Chinese Dance | Beijing Concert Hall | 4/07/1999 |
| Lu Zheng and Hongye Ma | Good News from Beijing | Beijing Concert Hall | 4/07/1999 |
| Lu Zheng and Hongye Ma | Good News from Beijing | Beijing Concert Hall | 4/07/1999 |
| Handel (1685 – 1759) | Concerto Grosso No12 Bmin | Jenolan | 18/03/1991 |
| Handel (1685 – 1759) | Messiah part1 | Tonga | 00/07/1992 |
| Ippolitov (1859 – 1935) | Procession of the Sardar | UNSW | 16/07/2006 |
| Cenci (ca 1600) Cohen (1888) | Israeli National anthem | ||
| Khachaturian (1903 – 1978) | Lesginka | Japan Tour | 23/07/2000 |
| Sibelius (1871-1969) | Finlandia | Japan Tour | 23/07/2000 |
| Khachaturian (1903 – 1978) | Spartacus | Sydney Conservatorium | 10/08/2003 |
| Kodaly (1882 – 1967) | Hary Janos suite | Helsinki | 30/09/1999 |
| Kodaly (1882 – 1967) | Hungarian Rondo | Willoughby TH | 2/06/1996 |
| Koehne (1956 – ) | Powerhouse | Helsinki | 30/09/1999 |
| Lee (1923 – ) | Don Burrows Suite | Sydney Conservatorium | 10/08/2003 |
| Lehar (1870 – 1948) | Land of Smiles | Sydney TH | 13/09/1998 |
| Liszt (1811 – 1886) | Piano concerto No3 | Sydney TH | 20/08/1993 |
| Mageau (1934 – ) | Early Autumns Dreaming | ||
| Mahler (1860 – 1911) | Symphony No 5 Trauermarsch | Sydney Conservatorium | 10/08/2003 |
| Massenet (1842 – 1912) | Gavotte from Manon | Jenolan | 24/11/1991 |
| Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) | Mendelssohn Violin concerto Anya Muston | UNSW | 16/07/2006 |
| Milhaud (1892 – 1974) | Symphonie Concertante | Helsinki | 30/09/1999 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | 4th Horn Concerto French hose | Sydney TH | 7/08/2005 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Clarinet concerto in A Major K622 Adagio | Jenolan | 17/03/1991 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Concertone for 2 violins mvmnt1 | St Andrews Cathedral | 1/06/1991 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Concertone for 2 Violins mvnts2 &3 | ||
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Figaro overture Conductor C Shepard | Sydney TH | 7/08/2005 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb major | Jenolan | 18/03/1991 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Impressario | St Andrews Cathedral | 1/06/1991 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Piano Concerto 19 Simon Tedeschi | Willoughby TH | 2/06/1996 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | sonata for 2 Bassoons TBC | Tonga | 14/07/1992 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Symphony Concertante for Violin Vio…and Orchestra Item#03 | Sydney TH | 13/09/1998 |
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Symphony Nr40 G min | ||
| Mozart (1756 – 1791) | Vesperae solennes de confessor…K.339 Laudate Dominum | St Andrews Cathedral | 1/06/1991 |
| Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) | Peter and the wolf | Jenolan | 18/05/1995 |
| Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) | Piano Concerto No1 | 7/04/1997 | |
| Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) | Romeo &Juliet | St Andrews Cathedral | 11/06/1991 |
| Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) | Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 | Murcia | 14/04/2001 |
| Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) | Alekio intro | Sydney TH | 20/08/1993 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 -1908) | Aria of Viking Guest | UNSW | 16/07/2006 |
| Rodrigo (1901 – 1999) | Flute Concerto 3rd mvmnt | Murcia | 11/04/2001 |
| Rossini Tarantella Danza | Rossini Tarantella Danza | ||
| Rossini (1792 – 1868) | Tarantella Danza | New Caledonia | 6/10/1993 |
| Saint Saens (1835 – 1921) | Symphony No2 | Jenolan | 23/11/1991 |
| Saint Saens (1835 – 1921) | Symphony No2 complete | St Andrews Cathedral | 1/06/1991 |
| Saint Saens (1835 – 1921) | Symphony No3 | Murcia | 11/04/2001 |
| Sarasate (1844 – 1908) | Carmen Fantasy | Tonga | 00/7/1992 |
| Sarasate (1844 – 1908) | Carmen encore | Murcia | 11/04/2001 |
| Sarasate (1844 – 1908) | Gypsy Airs | Bratislava | |
| Sarasate (1844 – 1908) | Gypsy Airs | Murcia | 11/04/2001 |
| Schubert (1797 – 1828) | Symphony No3 D Major | 7/04/1997 | |
| Schubert (1797 – 1828) | Symphony No3 D Major | Bratislava | |
| Sculthorpe (1929 – ) | Sculthorpe Songs of Sydney (Sydney Singing) | Sydney Conservatorium | 10/08/2003 |
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Symphony No1 | Sydney TH | 20/08/1993 |
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Piano concerto No2 | Tonga | 00/7/1992 |
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Shostakovich Piano concerto No2 | ||
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Shostakovich Piano concerto No2 1 movmnt | ||
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Shostakovich Symphony1 | ||
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Symphony No 9 first movement | Japan | 23/07/2000 |
| Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) | Symphony No 9 from second movement | Japan | 23/07/2000 |
| Sibelius (1865 – 1957) | Finlandia | Helsinki | 30/09/1999 |
| Sibelius (1865 – 1957) | Humoresque No5 | Helsinki | 30/09/1999 |
| Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | Firebird Suite | Sydney TH | 31/05/1998 |
| Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | Infernal Dance | 20/06/1905 | |
| Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | Pulcinella Item#01 | Bratislava | |
| Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | Pulcinella Suite | 7/09/1997 | |
| Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | Suite No2 | 17/09/1995 | |
| Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) | Symphony of Psalms | Willoughby TH | 2/06/1996 |
| Suppe (1819 – 1895) | Suppe Light Cavalry | Jenolan | 26/02/2000 |
| Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) | Romeo & Juliet | Willoughby TH | 2/06/1996 |
| Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) | Romeo & Juliet ending | Willoughby TH | 2/06/1996 |
| Tippet (1905 – 1998) | All together | 0/01/1900 | |
| Tippet (1905 – 1998) | All one piece | 0/01/1900 | |
| Schmitt (1834 – 1900) | Tongan Anthem | Tonga | 00/7/1992 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | Aida Grand March plus encore | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | Force of Destiny | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | I Vespri Siciliani | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | Laudi all Virgine | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | Luisa Miller | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Verdi (1813 – 1901) | Nabucco Va Pensiero | Sydney TH | 9/09/2001 |
| Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) | Bassoon Concerto | 17/09/1995 | |
| Wagner (1813 – 1883) | Adagio for Clarinet | Tonga | 00/7/1992 |
| Weber (1786 – 1826) | Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op 74 | Beijing | 4/07/1999 |
| Wienawski (1835 – 1880) | Polonaise de Concert Op 4 | 17/09/1995 |