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Last Night of the Proms8 & 9 JUNWear your red, white & blue, and head to the Sydney Opera House for the Last Night of the Proms!

WHAT’S COMING UP IN 2018

Paloma Faith6 & 7 APRBrit Award winning and multi platinum artist Paloma Faith returns to Australia to make her debut with your Sydney Symphony Orchestra in an exclusive Australian performance.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™

In concert with the SSO18–22 APRRelive the magic of your favourite wizard in concert.HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s17)

STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK in Concert 27 JUL ICC SYDNEY THEATRE^Continue the STAR WARS journey with the Australian premiere live performance of STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK in concert!In association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm and Warner /Chappell Music. © 2017 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Disney

Planet Earth II Live in Concert 4 MAY ICC SYDNEY THEATRE^

Witness stunning footage from Sir David Attenborough’s iconic series Planet Earth II, accompanied by your SSO and narrated live by Eric Bana.Presented by TEG Live and BBC Worldwide

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Funny Girl The Musical in Concert 12–14 JULJoin us as we celebrate the iconic Broadway musical Funny Girl in Concert with your SSO.

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ACT IFeeling Good by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly arranged by Richard Sidwell

Well, Did You Evah! by Cole Porter

Have You Met Miss Jones? by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Ain’t That a Kick in the Head by Jimmy van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Cole Porter

Mr Bojangles by Jerry Jeff Walker

One for My Baby by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer

Night and Day by Cole Porter, arranged by Al Levy

Bad Habits by Billy Fields and Tom Price arranged by Andrew Worboys and Tim Oram

Going Crazyby Ben Abraham arranged by Richard Sidwell

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by Charlie Reid and Craig Reid arranged by Andrew Worboys and Tim Oram

Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht

ACT IISweet Georgia Brownby Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard arranged by Craig Schneider

It Had to Be You by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn arranged by Dave Burley and Craig Schneider

Me and My Shadow by Dave Dreyer and Billy Rose with Al Johnson

Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway and Irving Mills

Tainted Love by Ed Cobb

Wee Small Hours by David Mann and Bob Hilliard arranged by Richard Sidwell

Who Can I Turn To? by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly arranged by Alex Turley

Wonderwall by Noel Gallagher arranged by Richard Sidwell

Oz Rock Swings Medley New Sensation – Chocolate Cake – Pressure Down by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence – Neil Finn and Tim Finn – Harry Bogdanovs arranged by Richard Sidwell

For Once in My Life by Robert Wells and Cy Coleman arranged by Don Costa

That’s Life by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon

New York, New York by John Kander and Fred Ebb

Michael Falzon Luke Kennedy Rob Mills Ben MingayVanessa Scammell conductor Craig Schneider musical director and piano Christopher Horsey director and choreographerSydney Symphony Orchestra

Swing on This

Performed with a 20-minute interval and concluding at approximately 10.30pm.

Orchestral arrangements by Steve Sidwell unless otherwise credited.

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The Artists

Cast by Queen, Michael Falzon’s break-

through role came as Galileo in the original

Australian production of We Will Rock You. He

was subsequently invited to reprise the role

in Japan and the UK, playing the show’s first

arena, Dublin’s O2. Other credits include The

Wharf Revue (STC), Hedwig in Hedwig and the

Angry Inch, Homer in Floyd Collins (City Recital

Hall), Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages, Jason in

Ordinary Days (Darlinghurst Theatre), Side by

Side by Sondheim, The Arbiter in Chess, Judas

in Jesus Christ Superstar (AIS Arena) and Jeff

Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

(Australasian and UK/European tours).

He is a frequent soloist with symphony

orchestras, and appeared in English National

Ballet’s Strictly Gershwin, and A Friday Night

at the Opera with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

In Australia he has also appeared in The Music of

Queen (Sydney, Melbourne), Painted from Memory

(national tour), and The Music of James Bond

(Perth, Sydney). His recordings include I Dreamed

a Dream – Hit Songs of Broadway and ATOMIC –

A New Rock Musical, and in November he was

in New York for the recording of Get Jack, a new

musical by Damien Gray and Kip Winger. Michael

Falzon created Swing on This to open the 2014

Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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Michael Falzon

Australian recording artist Luke Kennedy shot

to international attention in 2013 as Ricky

Martin’s grand finalist on season two of The Voice

Australia. As series runner-up, he was the first

artist to secure a No.1 single on the iTunes charts

for his stirring rendition of ‘Time to Say Goodbye’.

Following his success on the show, he

performed with Ricky Martin as a special guest

on his 2013 Australian tour and released his first

album, A Time for Us, which debuted at No.6

on the ARIA charts. Before his star turn on The

Voice, he toured internationally with Australian

classical crossover sensation The Ten Tenors

and has appeared in the title role in Jesus Christ

Superstar in no fewer than six productions around

the country.

Luke Kennedy is a regular TV presenter on

Channel 7 Queensland’s popular weekly travel

and variety show The Great South East. His EP

Skin & Scars was independently released in

2015, reaching the Top 5 of the iTunes Singer-

Songwriter charts.

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Luke Kennedy

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Rob Mills is a singer, presenter, actor and

media personality, who first came to national

attention in 2003 as a finalist on the first series

of Australian Idol, and released a charting album

the following year. He is a long-time member of

Swing on This and his musical theatre credits

include roles in Wicked, Grease, Legally Blonde,

The Last Five Years, Into the Woods, Hair, Ghost

the Musical and Jesus Christ Superstar. During

the 2015 cabaret season, he launched, to rave

reviews, his first one-man cabaret show Rob Mills

is Surprisingly Good – inspired by the ‘surprisingly

good’ reviews he always manages to receive from

critics and audiences.

Rob Mills’ combination of irreverent personality,

an innate ability to ad lib and an instinctive

knowledge of ‘where the camera is’ means he’s

the perfect MC and television presenter and host.

He shone as the Host of Young Talent Time in

2012, and has featured in shows ranging from

Celebrity Apprentice (2013) to Dirty Laundry

Live, The Project, Dancing with the Stars (2009),

Spics and Specs, Postcards and The Footy Show.

His television acting credits include roles in

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015) Winners

& Losers (2011) and Underbelly: Razor (2011).

He returns this year to Australia’s longest-running

drama, Neighbours.

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Rob Mills

Ben Mingay is an actor, musician and international

musical theatre performer. Recent roles include

Grease Nolan in Mel Gibson’s feature film

Hacksaw Ridge and Alan Bond in Nine Network’s

House of Bond. He has also played Trystan Powell

in Home and Away, starred for three seasons as

Rob Duffy in the Network 10 series Wonderland

and as Buzz for Network 7’s Packed to the

Rafters.

In 2017 his stage credits included the role of

Evan in MTC’s Vivid White and Achilles in Paris –

A Rock Odyssey (MTM), as well as numerous

concerts around Australia with Swing on This,

of which he has been a member since 2014.

Other stage highlights include Thomas in Rolling

Thunder Vietnam, The Phantom in The Phantom

of the Opera and Zack Mayo in the premiere

of An Officer and a Gentleman. In 2011 he

received rave reviews for his portrayal of Tommy

DeVito in Jersey Boys – his first Australian

performance since he created the role of Billy

Kostecki in the premiere of Dirty Dancing in

2004. He subsequently played Billy Kostecki in

every English-speaking production worldwide for

almost six years, including the West End, Canada,

Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles.

Twitter: @benmingay

SWING ON THIS

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Ben Mingay

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Vanessa Scammell graduated from the Melbourne Conservatorium and the Sydney Conservatorium as a pianist and conductor, receiving the Brian Stacey Award for young

conductors and the Robert and Elizabeth Albert Conducting Fellowship for the Australian Ballet.

Last year she conducted My Fair Lady for Opera Australia and Graeme Murphy’s new production of The Merry Widow for the West Australian Opera, which she recently reprised with Opera Australia and will conduct for Opera Queensland in June. This year she also returns to the Sydney, Queensland and West Australian symphony orchestras.

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Musical theatre highlights include Musical Director for The Phantom of the Opera in Beijing, Taipei, Athens, South Korea, South Africa and Australia (Really Useful Company), and she has acted as Music Director for the Helpmann Awards (2007–2017).

Most recently, Vanessa Scammell has conducted David Bowie tribute concerts for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Swing on This (WASO), Magic of the Musicals (Auckland Philharmonia), Hello, Dolly! (The Production Company) and the Australian premiere of The Light in the Piazza.

Craig Schneider musical director and piano

Australian-born Craig Schneider is an award-winning pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger and musical director. In 2004 he moved to London, where he became resident pianist at the Savoy and

Dorchester hotels, appeared regularly at Claridges and the Ivy Club, and performed with his trio at notable jazz venues and festivals throughout the UK.

As musical director of The Rat Pack, Live from Las Vegas, he conducted the show’s big band throughout Europe and North America. His recordings include ’S Wonderful: Craig Schneider’s Gershwin, The Start of Something Big, Swing Still Works for Me, TRIO and Fly Right, a tribute to Nat King Cole. Since returning to Australia, Craig has continued to perform widely with his trio and swing band, and as musical director for Swing on This.

Christopher Horsey is an Australian Dance Award nominee for his work on Swing on This. For the SSO he has choreographed Witches (2016) and Praying for Time, a George Michael

tribute (2017). He choreographed Adam Garcia’s judges’ performances on Got to Dance (UK), and is resident choreographer for Channel 7’s Carols in the Domain. Other credits include West Side Story and Godspell (Queensland Conservatorium), The

Christopher Horsey director and choreographer

39 Steps (Queensland Theatre) and Mickey’s Big Band Christmas Show (Disneyland Paris), as well as The Helpmann Awards, Kiss Me, Kate (Opera Queensland), The Detective’s Handbook (Hayes Theatre), Ruthless (Theatre Division), Jive Junkys (Edinburgh Festival), and for the Production Company High Society and Sugar. As a performer he is best known for Hot Shoe Shuffle, Tap Dogs and the feature film Bootmen, and he owes much of his motivation to his world title as a 12 year old in the Fred Astaire International Tap Championship in New York City.

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David Robertson Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

Founded in 1932 by the ABC, the SSO has evolved

into one of the world’s finest orchestras as Sydney

has become one of the world’s great cities. Resident

at the Sydney Opera House, the SSO also performs

regularly at City Recital Hall, tours NSW and

internationally, and it is well on its way to becoming

the premier orchestra of the Asia Pacific region.

The SSO’s concerts encompass masterpieces

from the classical repertoire, music by some of the

finest living composers, and collaborations with

guest artists from all genres. These collaborations

reflect the orchestra’s versatility and diverse

appeal, and have included concerts with Human

Nature, Ben Folds, The Whitlams, Burt Bacharach,

Dianne Reeves, George Benson, John Farnham, Sting, Tim Minchin, Kenny Rogers, Natalie Cole, Olivia Newton-John, Idina Menzel, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Tina Arena. More recent highlights include concerts with Josh Groban, Diana Krall, Lea Salonga and Conchita Wurst, and tribute concerts for David Bowie and George Michael.

The SSO also celebrates the role of the symphony orchestra in movies, television and video games with concerts such as Final Fantasy, Star Trek, The Music of John Williams, The Wizard of Oz, Bugs Bunny, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Babe, the Harry Potter film franchise, Amadeus and Star Wars.

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FIRST VIOLINS Sun Yi Associate Concertmaster Fiona Ziegler Assistant Concertmaster Sophie ColeNicola LewisEmily LongSercan Danis°Elizabeth Jones°Lachlan O’Donnell°Emily Qin°Cristina Vaszilcsin°

SECOND VIOLINS Kirsty Hilton Principal Emma Jezek Assistant Principal Alice BartschRebecca GillShuti HuangWendy KongNicole MastersMaja Verunica

VIOLASTobias Breider Principal Sandro CostantinoRosemary Curtin

Stuart JohnsonLeonid VolovelskyAndrew Jezek*

CELLOSKristy ConrauTimothy NankervisChristopher PidcockAdrian WallisRowena Macneish*Paul Stender*

DOUBLE BASSESAlex Henery Principal David CampbellSteven LarsonMax McBride*

FLUTESLisa Osmialowski° Associate PrincipalCarolyn Harris

CLARINETSFrancesco Celata A/ Principal Oliver Shermacher*Amy Whyte*

SAXOPHONESChristina Leonard* Principal Paul Cutlan*Craig Driscoll*Graham Jesse*Andrew Robertson*

TRUMPETSDarryl Carthew* Principal Anthony HeinrichsColin Grisdale*Daniel Henderson°

TROMBONESScott Kinmont Associate Principal Christopher Harris Principal Bass TromboneAshley Carter*

TIMPANIMark Robinson A/ Principal

PERCUSSIONTimothy Constable

RHYTHMBrendan Clarke* bassJim Pennell* guitarGordon Rytmeister* drums

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