ON YOUR WAY THROUGH SYDNEY ...



Delegates should plan to spend a few days in Sydney on their way to or from Palm Cove; there is much to see and do here. A visit to the famous Sydney Opera House is essential.

The Novotel and Ibis hotels in Darling Harbour will give rooms at conference rates to CHT'01 participants. These hotels are located in the heart of Sydney, close to many of the city's attractions. The rates are:

Novotel (****) $240 (Harbour view); $213 (Pyrmont view)
Ibis (***) $155 (Harbour view); $135 (Pyrmont view)

Reservations may be made by phone (+61 2 9563 0889), fax (+61 2 9563 0845) or email (asimj@novoteldh.com.au). Be sure to mention that you are a participant at CHT'01, Novotel Palm Cove, Queensland.

Among events shortly before and after CHT'01 are:

At the Sydney Opera House ...
  • Wed 16 May, Fri 18 May, Sat 19 May, 8 pm:
    Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Weil conducting and Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
    SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4
    HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto
    BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus overture, adagio & finale ~

  • Sat 26 May, 8 pm:
    Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Weil conducting and Esther van Stralen viola
    BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42
    MOZART Viola Concerto K.622
    BACH/REGER Chorale Prelude O Mensch bewein dein Sünde gross
    MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 Reformation

  • Thu 31 May 1.30 pm:
    Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä conductor, Steven Isserlis cello
    RAUTAVAARA Isle of Bliss
    ELGAR Cello Concerto
    BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 Pastoral>

    Reservations:
    Tel (9 am-8.30pm Sydney time): +61 2 9250 7777
    Fax: +61 2 9251 3943
    Email: symphony@sso.com.au
    Web: www.symphony.org.au

    The following credit cards are accepted: Visa; Mastercard; Diners Club; American Express.

    For a complete list of what's on at the Opera House - including theatre as well as music - see their Calendar of Events



    At the Art Gallery of New South Wales, an exhibition Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee de L'Orangerie Paris will be shown from 1 June until 29 July 2001.


    Sydney Theatre Company will be presenting ...

    THREE SISTERS, Anton Chekhov.
    Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 11 May to 23 June.

    When Chekhov wrote The Three Sisters, considered to be his masterpiece, in 1900-1901, the massive reform to come was simmering under the surface. By 1905 the Bloody Sunday massacre and the October Manifesto would send shockwaves under the monarchy, by 1917 the Revolution.

    Living at the cusp of the twentieth century, the characters in Chekhov's plays are living in a time they are unable to define. One way of life has been concluded, another not yet begun. They are adrift between tenses — the memory of the past and the dream of the future.

    Three Sisters is a timelapse of life passing and lives being passed by. The Prozorov sisters, Masha, Olga and Irina, live in a garrison town on the edge of Russia where they dream of work, sex, freedom and romance.

    Like the migratory birds flying above their home, they ache to be elsewhere. Moscow.

    This Moscow of theirs will bring them fulfilment, it is where they will find enduring love. It's a place where headaches will be cured, and restlessness finally cease. Moscow is their past and future, amulet, icon and grail.

    On Irina's name-day, a day of radiant sunshine, two figures appear in their lives, Vershinin and Natasha. Each will transform the family.

    With its exquisitely layered clues and imagery, Three Sisters is resplendent with Chekhov's delicious observations, his playfulness and love of surprise. His characters suffer the decay of love and the ravages of time, but all the time he charges them, and us, to face the future with courage and hope.

    RESERVATIONS

    You can download a booking form from the STC website, or simply write a letter and fax it to
    +61 2 9247 3584. Alternatively, send your request via email. In either case, include your credit card details (Visa, Mastercard or Amex).