Conductor
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble
New South Wales Art Gallery, Sydney
Richard Strauss: Suite in Bb
Nigel Butterley: Carmina
Mezzo-soprano – Lauris Elms
Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto
Violin – Dene Olding Piano – Max Olding
Mark Summerbell, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s first conductor in residence, kept a cool head in conducting the tangled traffic.
Sydney Morning Herald
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orchestral & ensemble performances
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra
ABC South Bank Studios, Brisbane
Betty Beath: Dreams & Visions (World premiere)
Iannis Xenakis: Échange (Australian premiere)
Bass Clarinet – Harry Sparnaay
Gerard Brophy: Les Roses Sanglantes
(Australian premiere)
Bass Clarinet – Harry Sparnaay
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, Sydney
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Georges Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto No. 10 in B minor for Four Violins & Strings, Op. 3 RV 580
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op. 35
Adelaide Chamber Orchestra
Elder Hall, Adelaide
John Hines: Nonet (World premiere)
Tristram Cary: Sevens (World premiere)
Piano soloist – Rodney Smith
John Polglase: Burn (World premiere)
Graeme Koehne: Three Poems of Byron (World premiere)
Mezzo-soprano – Elizabeth Campbell
Peter Sculthorpe: Second Sonata for Strings
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
ABC South Bank Studios, Brisbane
Georg Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Johann Baptist Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major
Trumpet - Paul Rawson
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Octet Partita in Eb Major
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 D.759 (‘Unfinished’)
The Seymour Group / B’Tutta Percussion
Turbine Hall, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Paul Sarcich: Matters Arising (World premiere)
Clarinets/saxophones – Margery Smith
Colin Bright: Red Earth II (World premiere)
Guitar – Gregory Pikler
Steve Reich: Tehillim (Australian premiere)
Vocal ensemble – Blindman’s Holiday
A firm commitment to new music played with conviction, accuracy and spirit...Summerbell conducted with sparse economy, lithe and steady rhythms and attention to detail.
The Australian
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Odeon Theatre, Hobart
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Paul Sarcich: Fantasia on a Fragment of Martinu (World premiere)
Camerata Australia
Melba Hall, Melbourne
Concert tour of France
Peter Maxwell Davies: Ojai Festival Overture (Australian premiere)
Peter Sculthorpe: Second Sonata for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonie Concertante K.364
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64
Violin - Virginie Robilliard
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Op. 92
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in Eb
(‘Drum Roll’)
The Seymour Group
Newtown Theatre, Sydney
Mauricio Kagel: Die Stücke der Windrose (complete) (Australian premiere)
The Seymour Group
Sydney Opera House
Bass Clarinet soloist: Harry Sparnaay
Claudio Ambrosini: Capriccio detto l’Ermafrodita
Michael Smetanin: Undertones
Edgard Varese: Octandre
Alessandro Solbiati: Mi Lirica Sombra
Iannis Xenakis: Échange
