Paul Terracini | conductor
Frank Celata | clarinet

Zoe Drummond | soprano
Charlotte Merz | mezzo-soprano
Damian Arnold | tenor
Daniel Nicholson | bass

Penrith City Choir, Academy Singers and Warrimoo Chorale | Lucy McAlary, DirectorHAYDN        Symphony No. 94, “Surprise”
MOZART        Clarinet Concerto
McCALLUM      Symphony
MOZART        Coronation Mass

Haydn denied suggestions that his symphony mit dem Paukenschlag (“with the kettledrum stroke“) was intended to awaken a slumbering audience; rather, he sought – with apparent success – to present a startlingly new effect to avoid being upstaged by one of his students. Mozart’s clarinet concerto, on the other hand, has few competitors in the popularity stakes. In the hands of Frank Celata, Associate Principal Clarinet with the Sydney Symphony, it will showcase the solo instrument’s ability to express delicate pathos and cheeky playfulness. The Coronation Mass acquired its nickname on account of its performance at several royal and imperial coronations in Vienna. Its rhythmic vigour, declamatory choral lines and exquisite writing for solo voices have ensured its enduring popularity. Alongside these Classical favourites, we present another in our series of works by young Australian composers: a newly commissioned Symphony by Daniel McCallum, a young Sydney composer now living and working in California.