ASO Heritage 1950-60s

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Botanic Gdns concert setup 1950

Botanic Gdns concert crowd 1950

Botanic Gdns concert underway 1950

Botanic Gdns concert Krips/N. Amadio Flute 1950

Small group of players approx 1950

Brass section early 1950s

Guido Giacchino 20 years service, founding member ASO

Cleve Martin clarinettist

John Antill recording at Hindmarsh Studio 1957

John Bishop conducts Sept 4 1957

Orchestra view Sept 4 1957

Georg Tintner Theatre Royal opera season late 1950s?

ASO 1959 in Elder Park?

Jock & Jimmy play chess

Opening concert of first Adelaide Arts Festival 13 march 1960 with crowd of 30,000 & ASO of 117 musicians

SASO photo with names 1960

SASO (ASO) 1960

SASO (ASO) 1960 approx

SASO 1960 close up violins + Perc

SASO 1960 close up wwind

SASO 1960 close up brass, low strings

TV rehearsal, Matthews cond. Hindmarsh studio, 1960?

Darwin tour advert photo tuba

Members of on-stage band early 1960s

ASO percussionist in TV early 1960s

Jones/Post/Fox publicity photo

Violas publicity photo

Country tour BBQ early 1965

Country tour, Penola lunch 1963-4?

Country tour, Veronica steers the riverboat

Adelaide Arts Festival 1966 Berlioz Requiem with 540 performers including the ASO

Woomera tour 1966

Woomera tour close up 1

Woomera tour close up 2

Sculthorpe premiere 1967

Darwin tour 1967

Darwin tour 1967 with names!

Alice Springs Memorial Club concert 1967, Patrick Thomas conducting

Alice Springs Memorial Club concert 1967, Patrick Thomas conducting children overflowing

Darwin Concert 1967 Patrick Thomas conducting childrens' matinees presented in the Darwin Amphitheatre

SASO (ASO) 1968 Mahler 8th Symphony, Centennial Hall

Norwood temporary studio late 1960s Patrick Thomas conducting

 



Eminent conductors & soloists

Larry Adler

Sir John Barbirolli

Daniel Barenboim 15 years + photo

Daniel Barenboim

Alfred Brendel

Antal Dorati

Eugene Goossens

Otto Klemperer

Rafael Kubelik

Lili Kraus & Charles Mackerras

Lorin Maazel

Mstislav Rostropovich

Isaac Stern

Rita Streich

Henryk Szeryng

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anecdotes and articles

Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations 1951:-

           Premiers report (SASO)

           Programme's report (SASO)

           Concert Programme

Story of ABC orchestras 1957 (from programme)

Story of ABC orchestra in SA 1957 (from programme)

William Cade's death, tribute in Advertiser August 1957

Adelaide Festival of Arts created

The Adelaide Festival 1960 - orchestral extravaganza!

SASO in the 1950s-60s

Port Pirie was a hoot, ....hoot, hoot!

Orchestral studios

Orchestral concerts

SASO report 1951

Country tours in the 1950s – Don Creedy

Orchestra membership list May 1950

Orchestra membership list August 1953

Orchestra membership list May 1960

Adelaide Festival 1960 Rigoletto rehearsal, E. Clapham cond.

Peter Cassidy & Robertson Collins make a double bass

Meet the orchestra (Murphy)

Meet the orchestra (Smith/Taylor)

Meet the orchestra (Gibbs/De Groen)

Road side BBQ 1965

Berloiz Requiem, 3rd Adelaide Festival, 1966

Woomera concerts 1966

1967 Darwin tour Program

1967 Darwin tour musician list

Alice Springs School concert 1967

1968 Mahler 8th Symphony programme title

1968 Mahler 8th Symphony orchestral list

1968 Mahler 8th Symphony chorus list 1

1968 Mahler 8th Symphony chorus list 2

Musical chairs - Mahler 8th Symphony

Mahler 8th Symphony performance - Patrick Thomas

Out of tune violins.....

Politically incorrect anthem

Bill Haydock’s carpel tunnel

Henry Krips stories

A bit on the nose!

Patrick Thomas remembers....

Brenton's bow

Marjorie Lawrence’s stage presence

Toilet takeover

Sir John Barbirolli

Sorry honey!

Beyond the Black Stump!

Moon memories

Not now Dianna!