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Fri 15 & Sat 16 June 2018, 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall

Sun 17 June 2018, 7.30pm Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

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Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert TalkFind out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, William Yeoman (see page 9 for his biography). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 6.45pm in the Terrace Level Foyer at Perth Concert Hall, and in the Art Gallery at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.

Wesfarmers Arts Meet the MusiciansEnjoy a conversation with Andrew Sinclair, Principal Double Bass and Kylie Liang, Associate Principal 2nd Violin post-concert Friday night in the Terrace Level foyer.

Listen to WASOThis performance is being recorded for broadcast on ABC Classic FM on Sat 23 June at 8pm AWST (or 6pm online). For further details visit abc.net.au/classic

A Night in ViennaMACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES

STRAUSS, J. II Die Fledermaus: Overture (9 mins)

KREISLER Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta (9 mins)

STRAUSS, R. Der Rosenkavalier: Suite (24 mins)Prelude (Act I) Presentation of the Silver Rose (Act II) Baron Ochs’s Waltz (Act II) ‘Ist ein Traum’ (Act III) Waltz (reprise)

Interval (25 mins)

STRAUSS, J. II Emperor Waltz (11 mins)

KREISLER Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Dance Melodies) (9 mins)Liebesfreud (Love’s joy)Liebesleid (Love’s suffering)Schön Rosmarin (Beautiful Rosmarin)

STRAUSS, J. II Zigeunerbaron: Einzugsmarsch (3 mins)

STRAUSS, J. II On the Beautiful Blue Danube (10 mins)

Asher Fisch conductor Alexandre Da Costa violinAsher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders of the Indigenous Nations across Western Australia on whose Lands we work.

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2018 Upcoming Concerts

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Pablo Ferrández Plays Dvorák’s Cello ConcertoFri 13 & Sat 14 July 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall

An exciting young Spanish cellist and a rising star American conductor bring to life Dvorák’s ever-popular Concerto and Prokofiev’s wartime testament.

ANNA CLYNE Masquerade AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE DVORAK Cello Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5

Joshua Weilerstein conductor (WASO debut) Pablo Ferrández cello (pictured) (WASO debut)

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The Best of BernsteinFri 29 & Sat 30 June 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall

A spectacular program showcasing ‘Lenny’s’ work for Broadway, film screen, and concert stage to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, including:

BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront: Suite BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms BERNSTEIN West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

Benjamin Northey conductor Nicholas Tolputt countertenor (WASO debut) WASO Chorus

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Asher Fisch Conducts Mahler 4MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES

Thu 21 June 11am Perth Concert Hall

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Fri 22 & Sat 23 June 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall

Stefanie Irányi joins WASO in the ethereal finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, music that describes a child’s vision of Heaven.

SCHUBERT arr. MAHLER Death and the Maiden: Andante con moto BERIO Folk Songs MAHLER Symphony No.4

Asher Fisch conductor (pictured) Stefanie Irányi mezzo-soprano

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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is Western Australia’s largest and busiest performing arts organisation. With a reputation for excellence, engagement and innovation, WASO’s resident company of full-time, professional musicians plays a central role in creating a culturally vibrant Western Australia. WASO is a not for profit company, funded through government, ticket revenue and the generous support of the community through corporate and philanthropic partnerships.

WASO’s mission is to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Each year the Orchestra entertains and inspires the people of Western Australia through its concert performances, regional tours, innovative education and community programs, and its artistic partnerships with West Australian Opera and West Australian Ballet.

The Orchestra is led by Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser Asher Fisch. The Israeli-born conductor is widely acclaimed for his command of the Romantic German repertoire and is a frequent guest at the world’s great opera houses.

Each year the Orchestra performs over 175 concerts with some of the world’s most talented conductors and soloists to an audience in excess of 200,000. An integral part of the Orchestra is the WASO Chorus, a highly skilled ensemble of auditioned singers who volunteer their time and talent.

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WASO On StageVIOLINLaurence JacksonConcertmasterLena ZeliszewskaAssoc ConcertmasterSemra Lee-Smith Assistant ConcertmasterGraeme NorrisPrincipal 1st ViolinZak Rowntree*Principal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinKate SullivanAssistant Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanHannah Brockway^Fleur ChallenStephanie DeanRebecca GlorieBeth HebertAlexandra IstedJane Johnston°Sunmi JungChristina KatsimbardisLucas O’BrienMelanie PearnKen PeelerLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliKathryn ShinnickBao Di TangCerys ToobyTeresa Vinci^David Yeh

VIOLAAlex BroganA/Principal ViolaBenjamin CaddyA/Assoc Principal ViolaNik BabicGeorge Batey^Alison HallRachael KirkMirjana Kojic^Allan McLeanElliot O’BrienHelen TuckeyAaron Wyatt^

CELLOLouise McKayChair partnered by Penrhos College

Melinda Forsythe^Shigeru KomatsuNicholas MetcalfeEve Silver*Fotis SkordasTim SouthJon Tooby^Xiao Le Wu

DOUBLE BASSAndrew Sinclair*Elizabeth Browning^Sarah Clare^Louise ElaertsChristine ReitzensteinAndrew TaitPhilip Waldron^

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson Mary-Anne Blades Andrew Freeman^

OBOELiz CheeA/Principal OboeZhiyu Xu°

COR ANGLAISLeanne Glover

CLARINETGeoff Bourgault^Guest PrincipalCatherine Cahill^Lorna Cook

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier BASSOONJane Kircher-LindnerChair partnered by Sue & Ron Wooller

Adam Mikulicz

CONTRABASSOONChloe Turner

HORNDavid EvansRobert Gladstones Principal 3rd HornJulia BrookeJulian Leslie^Francesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPETBrent GrapesChair partnered by NAB

Evan CromieMatthew Dempsey°

TROMBONEJoshua Davis Chair partnered by Dr Ken Evans and Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans

Liam O’Malley

BASS TROMBONEPhilip Holdsworth

TUBACameron Brook

TIMPANIAlex Timcke

PERCUSSIONBrian MaloneyChair partnered by Stott Hoare

Joel Bass^Amanda Dean^Robyn Gray^Paul Tanner

HARPSarah Bowman Catherine Ashley^

CELESTEGraeme Gilling^

*Instruments used by these musicians are on loan from Janet Holmes à Court AC.

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalAssistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^

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Asher FischPrincipal Conductor & Artistic Adviser

A renowned conductor in both the operatic and symphonic worlds, Asher Fisch is especially celebrated for his interpretative command of core German and Italian repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic era. He conducts a wide variety of repertoire from Gluck to contemporary works by living composers. Asher Fisch took up the position of Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in 2014, and in 2017 extended his contract until the end of 2023. His former posts include Principal Guest Conductor of the Seattle Opera (2007-2013), Music Director of the New Israeli Opera (1998-2008), and Music Director of the Wiener Volksoper (1995-2000).

Highlights of the 2017-18 season include guest engagements with the Milwaukee Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Würth Philharmonic, a jubilee concert celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Chorus of the Semperoper Dresden, and a tour to Japan with the Bayerische Staatsoper conducting Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Guest opera engagements include The Flying Dutchman at both Semperoper Dresden and at Bayerische Staatsoper, where he also conducts La traviata and Un ballo in maschera this season. In addition, Asher Fisch and WASO celebrate the orchestra’s 90th anniversary, and will present a concert version of Tristan und Isolde with Stuart Skelton and Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title roles. Fisch recently made debuts with the Sydney Symphony and the New Japan Philharmonic.

Born in Israel, Fisch began his conducting career as Daniel Barenboim’s assistant and kappellmeister at the Berlin Staatsoper. He has built his versatile repertoire at the major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and Semperoper Dresden. Fisch is also a regular guest conductor at leading American symphony orchestras including those of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia. In Europe he has appeared at the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de France, among others.

Asher Fisch recently recorded the complete Brahms symphonies with WASO, released in September 2016 on ABC Classics to great acclaim. His recording of Wagner’s Ring Cycle with the Seattle Opera was released on the Avie label in 2014. His first Ring Cycle recording, with the State Opera of South Australia, won ten Helpmann Awards, including best opera and best music direction. Fisch is also an accomplished pianist and has recorded a solo disc of Wagner piano transcriptions for the Melba label.

Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts

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Alexandre Da CostaViolin

SONY Classical artist and JUNO Award-winner, violinist Alexandre Da Costa was born in Montreal, Quebec. Among his many accolades, Da Costa counts the prestigious Virginia-Parker Prize, one of Canada’s highest cultural distinctions, the Sylva Gelber Foundation Award from the Canada Council for the Arts, and first prize in the International Violin Competition Pablo Sarasate.

Da Costa performs throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia with the world’s leading orchestras including London’s Royal Philharmonic, the Berlin, Royal Seville, Montreal and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, and National Orchestra of Argentina. Recent recordings for SONY include ‘Stradivarius at the Opera’ with the Wiener Symphoniker, and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

Touring regularly in North America for Spectra, recent and upcoming Australian engagements include with West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Canberra International Music Festival, Huntington Estate Music Festival, Musica Viva and Selby & Friends. Da Costa plays a Stradivarius of 1701.alexandredacosta.com

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Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59: Suite1944

Johann Strauss II On the Beautiful Blue Danube Op.3141867

JOHANN STRAUSS II

1825 – 1899Born in Vienna, AustriaDied in Vienna, Austria

FRITZ KREISLER

1875 – 1962Born in Vienna, AustriaDied in New York, USA

RICHARD STRAUSS

1864 – 1949Born in Munich, GermanyDied in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Johann Strauss II Zigeunerbaron: Einzugsmarsch1885

Kreisler's Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen1905

Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture1874

Kreisler's Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta1948

Johann Strauss II Kaiser-Walzer Op.4371889

William YeomanWilliam Yeoman is senior arts writer at The West Australian newspaper. A keen classical guitarist, he is also a regular contributor to Gramophone and Limelight classical music magazines. William previously worked as a freelance music critic in London while managing the classical music department at Virgin’s

flagship Megastore in Piccadilly. A former literary editor at the West Australian, he is currently director of New Norcia Writers Festival and Perth Festival Writers Week. In his non-existent spare time William enjoys collaborating with West colleague Stephen Scourfield on performances for spoken word and guitar.

Timeline of Composers & Works

About The SpeakerWESFARMERS ARTS PRE-CONCERT TALK

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Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

Die Fledermaus: Overture

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

Richard Strauss(1864-1949)

Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59: SuitePrelude (Act I) Presentation of the Silver Rose (Act II) Baron Ochs’s Waltz (Act II) ‘Ist ein Traum’ (Act III) Waltz (reprise)

Johann Strauss IIEmperor Waltz, Op.437

Fritz Kreisler Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Dance Melodies)Liebesfreud (Love’s joy)Liebesleid (Love’s suffering)Schön Rosmarin (Beautiful Rosmarin)

Johann Strauss IIOn the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op.314

It has been estimated that at certain times of day during the 19th century one quarter of Vienna’s adult population might have been found at any one of the city’s hundreds of dance halls, and the Strauss dynasty, in particular, made such dance music into high art famed throughout the world. Like most of his family, Johann II was always commercially astute, and also composed nearly 18 operettas for a growing and insatiable Viennese market. The third of his completed works in the genre, Die Fledermaus (‘the bat’), opened in Vienna in 1874 and has stayed in the repertoire ever since.

It is based on a French farce, modified to suit Viennese taste and customs, in which the familiar elements of adultery, mistaken identity and disguise combine to great comic effect in settings as various as the ballroom of a Russian Prince and the local prison. Eisenstein, a young Viennese aristocrat, must serve a night or two in prison for an indiscretion, allowing his wife, Rosalinde, a free evening with her lover, who is, of course, wrongly dragged off to prison. Rosalinde disguises herself as a Hungarian countess and goes to a ball only to discover her maid, also disguised (in her mistress’ dress) as an actress, and her husband, who thought he’d take in a few waltzes before settling in at the lock-up for the night, and who unwittingly tries to seduce his masked wife. The next morning everyone winds up at the prison. There it is revealed that Eisenstein’s friend Falke has orchestrated the whole mess in revenge for having been left by Eisenstein to walk home from another drunken fancy dress party in the costume of a bat. The Overture is a mixture of themes from the operetta, beginning with the music from the prison scene in Act III, but dwelling lovingly on the waltz.

Fritz Kreisler was born in Vienna and studied violin and composition there, and, while still a child, for a time at the Paris Conservatoire. After a number of world tours he migrated

About The Music

Johann Strauss II.

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permanently from the Old World to the New, settling in the USA in 1939 just in time to escape the rise of Nazism in his native Austria. As a violinst he was celebrated for his technical virtuosity and innovative use of vibrato for a now much-emulated sound, which was notable for its intensity and focus despite a relatively small volume; in addition he is remembered for numerous original works (his teachers in Vienna included Anton Bruckner). His Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta, composed relatively late in his career in 1948, begins with a cadenza for solo violin but soon develops into a sequence of highly contrasting waltzes. Rich, double-stopped solo material gives way to high clear lines, cheerful major-key music contrasts with impassioned, almost Wagnerian chromaticism; the overall trajectory of the work, naturally, includes more and more bravura display.

Bavarian rather than Viennese, Richard Strauss was, of course, unrelated to the waltz dynasty. His great Romantic opera Der Rosenkavalier, which he composed to a text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal during the second decade of the 20th century, premiered in Dresden but is, nevertheless set in Vienna – if a highly fictionalised one. The action supposedly takes place during the reign of the Empress Maria Theresa, yet the score, like so much of Strauss’ music, is far from ‘classical’, and is full of waltzes even though the form was not yet current then. And the whole central idea – that a prospective bridegroom would customarily send an envoy bearing a silver rose to his intended – is merely a lovely invention of Hofmannsthal.

In Strauss’ opera the Marschallin, an unhappily married woman entering middle age, comes to the painful realisation that she must give up her much younger lover, Octavian (sung by a mezzo). The oafish (and impoverished) Baron Ochs von Lerchenau arrives and mercilessly

harasses the maid ‘Mariandel’ – who is Octavian, hurriedly disguised as a woman to avoid being found with, and therefore compromising, the Marschallin. Ochs has come to claim his bride, the beautiful and wealthy Sophie von Faninal, and the Marschallin realises that Sophie faces an awful fate. Octavian, at the Marschallin’s suggestion, is sent to present Sophie with the silver rose, and the two, as expected, fall in love. Octavian, in his disguise as ‘Mariandel’, helps to entrap the Baron, enabling Sophie to free herself from any obligation to him. The Marschallin arrives and she, Sophie and Octavian sing the great and famous trio, before departing to leave the lovers in a dreamlike state.

Richard Strauss.

Fritz Kreisler.

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The Suite was probably arranged by the conductor Artur Rodzinski rather than Strauss himself, and was first performed in 1944. It begins with the opera’s Prelude, with its celebrated alternation of assertive horn-calls and lush orchestral upholstery. Without a break, the music moves into the magical scene where Octavian, as the Rosenkavalier, first appears to Sophie. Baron Ochs is evoked in the following waltz. Hofmannsthal had suggested that Strauss ‘try to think of some old-fashioned Viennese waltz, half sweet, half cheeky, which should pervade the whole Act’. In the event Strauss’ waltzes have a wonderful energy, but their fruity late-Romantic harmony make everything seem a little at sea.

The fourth section of the Suite is based on the final love-music, the crowning glory of the piece, where, the Marschallin having sadly withdrawn, Sophie and Octavian ask ‘is it a dream?’. In order to bring the suite to rousing conclusion, though, we hear a slightly slower reprise of the waltz to end.

Johann Strauss II had a complicated relationship with the Austrian state. His father supported the Emperor during the 1848 revolutions that swept through Vienna and the Empire (the Radetzky March celebrates the leader of the counter-revolution); Johann II, however, took the side of the revolutionaries. Thanks to Franz Joseph, who became Emperor once the rebellion was quelled, Strauss was eventually restored to favour, having his honours restored to him (and the citizenship that he forfeited in order to marry again) in later life. Nevertheless, the much-loved Emperor Waltz, dating from 1889, was first performed before the Prussian Emperor in Berlin. Like many of Strauss’ waltzes this is really a sequence of contrasting pieces strung together, in this case after a lengthy introductory march.

Victoria & Albert waltzing.

Court Ball at the Hofburg 1900.

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Cadenza – a showy passage by a solo instrument, usually towards the end of a concerto movement.Chromaticism – use of notes which are not part of the key the music is played in.Double-stopping – bowing two or more strings at the same time.Overture – this term has two quite distinct meanings. It refers to an instrumental composition acting as an introduction to an opera or oratorio; it also refers to a stand-alone orchestral work with a descriptive title which the music illustrates in some way. These two genres are often referred to as the dramatic overture and the concert overture respectively.Tone poem – a programmatic work (that is, one based on a literary, pictorial or other extra-musical idea) for orchestra, usually in a single movement. Vibrato – a slight oscillating fluctuation in pitch used to add colour and emotion to the raw sound.

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Kreisler’s Liebesfreud and Liebesleid celebrate the joy and pain – in that order – of love in faux-Viennese style. Kreisler realised that audiences might be wary of new music, so mischievously attributed many of his own works to long-dead composers. Together with Schön Rosmarin they form the three Old Viennese Dance Melodies attributed, by Kreisler, to the colleague and then rival of Johann Strauss I, Joseph Lanner (1801-1843) who did much to make the waltz as popular as it became. Later, when asked to provide originals for some of his ‘discoveries’, Kreisler confessed to critic Olin Downes:

The entire series labelled ‘classical manuscripts’ are my original compositions with the sole exception of the first eight bars from the Couperin Chanson Louis XIII, taken from a traditional melody. Necessity forced this course on me thirty years ago when I was desirous of enlarging my programmes. I found it expedient and tactless to repeat my name endlessly on the programmes.

which annoyed such reputable critics as Ernest Newman when they realised they had been pranked.

The younger Johann Strauss, it has been said, ‘made [the Danube] blue for all’. On the Beautiful Blue Danube was written for the Vienna Men’s Chorus in 1867 to a truly dreadful text that begins ‘Wiener seid’s froh! Oho! Wieso?’ (‘Viennese be happy! Oho! But why?’); only when Strauss ditched the words for a triumphant premiere in Paris that year did the waltz come into its own as a miniature tone poem depicting the river. It is sometimes sung to the text ‘Donau, so blau, so blau’ (‘Danube, so blue, so blue’) written decades later by Franz von Gernerth.

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The Strauss brothers.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOYThe Best of BernsteinFri 29 & Sat 30 June 2018

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WASO on the Road TouringA WASO String Quartet travelled almost 11,000km in April and May as part of WASO on the Road touring.

WASO’s Education & Community Engagement team were delighted to receive an invitation to return to be part of the 2018 Karijini Experience.  Karijini Experience is a unique event held on Banjima Country in the Karijini National Park, and is a celebration of reconciliation and fusion of many cultures sharing in the beauty of culture and country. Performing alongside outstanding Indigenous artists Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse, Mark Atkins and Dr Deborah Cheetham AO, the quartet played to audiences in incomparable locations from deep inside Kalamina Gorge to under the stars on an airstrip.

From there it was a quick stop back in Perth before travelling to Singapore at the start of May. Through an invitation arising from the Karijini Experience collaborations, the quartet joined Dr Deborah Cheetham AO and pianist Toni Lalich to perform in the World Premiere of Catching Breath at the Esplanade Theatres Recital Studio.

WASO In The Community

Catching Breath is the title of the tapestry currently homed in Australian High Commission in Singapore, and is inspired by the work of Australian Artist, Brook Andrew. One of nine tapestries created by the Australian Tapestry Workshop for Australian Embassies and High Commissions around the world, Dr Cheetham composed the work in response to the tapestry. Prior to the performance, the WASO quartet spent time with Mr Bruce Gosper, Australian High Commissioner to Singapore and were able to see - and touch - the work up close.

ABC Radio PerthTune in to ABC Radio Perth on Friday mornings at 6.15am when WASO’s Executive Manager, Community Engagement, Cassandra Lake joins Peter Bell and Paula Kruger to share stories about classical music and WASO’s upcoming concerts.

Listen on 720AM or via the ABC Listen app.

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FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALLWhen to applaud? Musicians love applause. Audience members normally applaud:• When the conductor walks onto the stage • After the completion of each piece and

at the end of the performance

When you need to cough, try to muffle or bury your cough in a handkerchief or during a louder section of the music. Cough lozenges are available from the WASO Ticket Collection Desk before each performance and at the interval.

Hearing aids that are incorrectly adjusted may disturb other patrons, please be mindful of those around you.

Mobile phones and other electronic devices need to be switched off throughout the performance.

Photography, sound and video recordings are permitted prior to the start of the performance.

Latecomers and patrons who leave the auditorium will be seated only after the completion of a work.

Moving to empty seats. Please do not move to empty seats prior to the performance as this may affect seating for latecomers when they are admitted during a suitable break.

FOOD & BEVERAGESFoyer bars are open for drinks and coffee two hours before, during interval and after the concert. To save time we recommend you pre-order your interval drinks.

FIRST AIDThere are St John Ambulance officers present at every concert so please speak to them if you require any first aid assistance.

ACCESSIBILITY • A universal accessible toilet is available

on the ground floor (Level 1).• The Sennheiser MobileConnect

Personal Hearing Assistance system is available for every seat in the auditorium. Visit perthconcerthall.com.au/your-visit/accessibility/ for further information.

WASO BOX OFFICEBuy your WASO tickets and subscriptions, exchange tickets, or make a donation at the Box Office on the ground floor (Level 1) prior to each performance and at interval. Tickets for other performances at Perth Concert Hall will be available for purchase only at interval. Please note that 30 minutes prior to performance, the Box Office will only be available for sales to that night's performance.

The Box Office is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and contactable on 9326 0000.

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Proud to be a partner

Water Corporation is proud to be a partner of WASO's EChO Kids' Cushion Concerts where children clap, sing and dance along as they are introduced to the instruments of the orchestra.

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WASO’s 90th Anniversary GalaTristan und Isolde – Opera in ConcertThursday 16 August 6pm – 11pm Sunday 19 August 2pm – 7pm MATINEE Perth Concert Hall

To celebrate WASO’s 90th year, Principal Conductor Asher Fisch, one of today’s supreme Wagner interpreters, leads two performances of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at Perth Concert Hall.

Composed in a state of ecstatic infatuation, Tristan und Isolde is one of the greatest of all tragic love stories. Young lovers Tristan and Isolde share a passion so overwhelming that it transcends the bounds of their earthly existence. Thwarted in life, only in death can their love be transfigured and their souls united in a metaphysical hereafter.

To portray the heightened passions of this epic drama, Wagner pushed his music into unprecedented expressive territory, testing the limits of the musical “rules” of the time. In doing so, he revolutionised the art form.

Such an extraordinary work deserves an extraordinary cast. WASO welcomes the finest Tristan of our time, superstar tenor Stuart Skelton, the first ever Australian Tristan at the Metropolitan Opera. World-renowned soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek brings her acclaimed Isolde to Australia for the first time. The exceptional cast also includes Ain Anger, one of the great Wagnerian basses, as King Marke, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, and Boaz Daniel as Kurwenal.

Witnessing a great performance of Tristan und Isolde is a revelatory experience. Be transported by the emotions, intensity, drama and sheer sumptuous beauty of Wagner’s masterpiece. We hope you join us on this magnificent musical journey!Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.

Stuart Skelton Eva-Maria Westbroek

“The future really did start here.” – The Guardian

“It’s as impressive a cast as you’d be lucky to find at Covent Garden or The Met.” – Limelight Magazine

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Endowment Fund for the OrchestraThis fund includes major donations and bequests Tom & Jean ArkleyBendat Family FoundationJanet Holmes à Court ACMinderoo FoundationSagitte Yom-Tov Fund

Estates WASO is extremely grateful for the bequests received from Estates Rachel Mabel ChapmanMalcolm HoodPaul LeeJudy Sienkiewicz Mrs Roslyn WarrickAnonymous (5)

Symphony CircleRecognising Patrons who have made a provision in their Will to the OrchestraMs Davilia BlecklyMr John BonnyDr G Campbell-EvansDeirdre CarlinAnita & James Clayton S & J DaleDr Michael FlacksJudith Gedero Robyn GlindemannGwenyth GreenwoodThe Guy FamilyEmi & Warren Jones Colin & Jo KingRachael Kirk & Tim WhiteWolfgang Lehmkuhl Deborah MarshSuzanne NashTosi Nottage in memory of Edgar NottagePaula PhillipsNigel & Dr Heather RogersJacinta SirrGavin Toovey & Jaehan LeeSheila Wileman Sagitte Yom-Tov FundAnonymous (35)

Excellence CircleSupporting excellence across all we doJean ArkleyBob & Gay BranchiJanet Holmes à Court ACDr Patricia KailisTorsten & Mona KetelsenRod & Margaret MarstonJohn RodgersMichael UtslerLeanne & Sam Walsh

WASO & Wagner Margaret & Fred Affleck AOShirley BarracloughDr & Mrs P BreidahlConstance ChapmanStephen Davis & Linda SavageLorraine EllardJannette GrayGwenyth GreenwoodMr M HawkinsDr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert Hon Jane Mathews AODr John MeyerJohn OvertonMichael & Helen TuiteThe Wagner Society NSW Inc.The Richard Wagner Society of Western Australia (Inc)Adrienne & Max Walters AMJoyce Westrip OAMI & J WilliamsAnonymous (4)

Instrument FundJohn Albright & Susan Lorimer –EChO Double Bass and set of TrumpetsDeborah Marsh – Conductor's Podium & Cor AnglaisMargaret & Rod Marston – Bass ClarinetPeggy & Tom Stacy – Cor AnglaisJean & Peter Stokes – Cello, Tuba, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone and Wooden Trumpet

The WASO Song BookWe are grateful to those who have supported new works commissioned for the Orchestra by WASOJanet Holmes à Court ACDr Ken EvansBarrie & Jude Le PleyGeoff Stearn

Reach OutSupporting our Education & Community Engagement programsJean ArkleyRobyn GlindemannThe Ionian Club Perth ‘81The James Galvin FoundationBarrie & Jude Le PleyRosalind LilleyMcCusker Charitable FoundationSimon Lee FoundationRuth StrattonAnonymous (1)

Crescendo Supporting our free music education program delivered in Kwinana.Trusts & FoundationsThe Crown Resorts Foundation & Packer Family FoundationThe Stan Perron Charitable FoundationCrescendo Giving CircleAOT Consulting Pty LtdJean ArkleyGavin Bunning FamilyKaylene CousinsEuroz Charitable FoundationMadeleine King MP, Federal Member for BrandRosalind LilleyMrs MorrellPamela PittDeborah & Miles ProtterDr Lance RisbeyThe Spivakovsky JubileeAnonymous (3)

Whatever the shape or size, your donation helps WASO make a difference and we thank you for your support. WASO’s philanthropy program continues to grow, supporting our vision now and into the future. It is an exciting time to be a part of this community, to meet our musicians and to know you have helped your Orchestra to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Together we can do amazing things.

Philanthropic partnerships come in all shapes and sizes

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We are proud to acknowledge the following Patrons for their generous contribution to WASO in the last twelve months through our Annual Giving program.

Principal Conductor’s CircleGifts $20,000+Janet Holmes à Court ACJohn Albright & Susan Lorimer Jean Arkley in memory of Tom ArkleyDr Ken Evans & Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans *Patricia NewPeter & Jean StokesSue & Ron Wooller *

Impresario PatronGifts $10,000 - $19,999Gay & Bob Branchi Gavin BunningGilbert GeorgeTony & Gwenyth Lennon Joshua & Pamela PittAlan WhithamTrish Williams

Maestro Patron Gifts $5,000 - $9,999Prue Ashurst in memory of Eoin CameronBill Bloking Ian & Elizabeth ConstableMoira & John DobsonBridget Faye AM E & EA FraunschielMr & Mrs HillDr Patricia KailisKeith & Gaye Kessell Dr Ronny Low & Dr Emma RichardsonBryant & Louise Macfie Paula & John PhillipsChristine & Bernard SchelfhoutG. J. SeachRichard Tarala & Lyn Beazley AORos ThomsonAnonymous (2)

Virtuoso PatronGifts $2,500 - $4,999Dr Fred Affleck AO & Mrs Margaret AffleckNeil Archibald & Alan R Dodge AMDavid & Suzanne Biddles Peter & Marjorie BirdProf Jonathan Carapetis & Prof Sue SkullRev Dr John & Prof Rachel Cardell-OliverMark Coughlan & Dr Pei-Yin HsuThe late Diane Coxon Stephen Davis & Linda SavageBev EastRoger & Ann GillbanksRobyn Glindemann Brian & Romola HaggertyWarwick Hemsley & Melissa ParkeJacoba Hohnen & Stuart CookseySue Hovell Peter Ingram Jim & Freda Irenic Eleanor John & Finn BarrettKelly FamilyMichael & Dale Kitney Stephanie & John Kobelke Dr Richard & Patricia LyonDeborah MarshMrs MorrellAnne NolanDr Lance Risbey & Ms Elizabeth SachseMelanie & Paul ShannonGail & Tony Sutherland Gene TilbrookMichael & Helen TuiteStan & Valerie VicichJoyce Westrip OAMAndrew & Marie YunckenAnonymous (2)

Principal PatronGifts $1,000 - $2,499Caroline Allen & Sandy DunnMargaret Atkins Dan BamBetty BarkerNoelle BeasleyColin and Sarah Beckett Tony & Mary BeeleyKevin Blake Matthew J C Blampey Namy BodinnerPeter & Eve BolandDr & Mrs P BreidahlJean Brodie-HallIan & Marilyn BurtonDr Anne ChesterChurchill ConsultingPeter & Sue Clifton Arthur & Nerina CoopesHon June Craig AMMaree Creighton & Kevin Davis Brian CresswellPeter & Lesley DaviesRai & Erika DolinschekPamela Joy Douglas and Simon DouglasJulian Dowse Megan EdwardsLorraine EllardThe late Richard FaragoP & J FisherDon & Marie Forrest Dr Andrew GardnerGeorge GavranicJannette Gray Deidre Greenfeld Grussgott Family TrustDavid & Valerie GullandRichard B Hammond Pauline & Peter HandfordDr & Mrs H Hansen-KnarhoiIn memory of Eileen HayesDr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan HerbertDallas Hickman & Alex Hickman

Annual Giving

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Michael HollingdaleHelen Hollingshead John & Katrina HopkinsJudith HugoRoger Jennings in memory of Lilian JenningsWarren & Emi JonesAnthony Kane in memory of Jane Leahy-KaneBill Kean David Keast & Victoria MizenNoelle & Anthony Keller AMUlrich & Gloria Kunzmann Irving LaneAnn LewisKathleen LucasBarry & Elizabeth LydonGraham & Muriel Mahony Gregg & Sue MarshmanS. McWhirter Betty & Con Michael AOTony & Gillian MilneMrs Carolyn Milton-Smith in loving memory of Emeritus Prof John Milton-Smith Hon Justice S R Moncrieff Geoffrey & Valmae MorrisJane & Jock MorrisonLyn MurrayVal & Barry NeubeckerMarianne NilssonDr Phil and Mrs Erlene NobleJohn OvertonRon & Philippa PackerMichael & Lesley PageAthena PatonRosemary PeekCharmian Phillips in memory of Colin CraftPamela PlattThomas & Diana Potter Barry & Dot PriceDr Leon Prindiville Tony & Val RamshawJames & Nicola Ridsdill-SmithJohn & Alison RiggBryan & Jan RodgersGerry & Maurice Rousset OAMRoger & Helen Sandercock Her Excellency the Hon. Kerry Sanderson, ACDr R & J SchwengerMargaret & Roger Seares

Glenice ShephardJulian & Noreen Sher Laurel & Ross SmithPaul Smith & Denham HarryMichael Snell & Vicki Stewart Geoff and Christine SoutarRuth ThomasClare Thompson & Brad PowerRuth E ThornGavin Toovey & Jaehan LeeMary Townsend James & Rosemary TrotterMaggie VenerysAdrienne & Max Walters AM Watering ConceptsIan WatsonDr Chris & Mrs Vimala WhitakerGeoff WilkinsonDai and Anne WilliamsIan Williams AO & Jean WilliamsJudith Wilton & David TurnerHilary & Peter Winterton AMFred & Caroline WittingSara WordsworthIn memory of youth concerts at the Capitol Theatre in the 1950s Anonymous (22)

Tutti PatronGifts $500 - $999Anne ActonGeoff & Joan Airey Kim & Paul AndersonCatherine BagsterBernard & Jackie Barnwell Shirley Barraclough Mrs Berwine Barrett-LennardPamela M BennetMichael & Nadia Berkeley-HillJohn & Sue Bird in memory of Penny BirdElaine BondsDiane & Ron BowyerJames & Gay BrownAnn Butcher & Dean R Kubank Michelle CandyNanette CarnachanClaire Chambers & Dr Andrea ShoebridgeFred & Angela ChaneyDr Sarah CherianLyn & Harvey Coates AO

Agatha & Alex Cohen AOHelen CookGina & Neil DavidsonJop & Hanneke DelfosIn memory of Arbutus Beaver FalatkoMaxine & Bill Farrell AMDr Jenny FayGavin & Susan FieldingEleonore FuchterJoan GagliardiJennifer & Stephen GardinerIsobel Glencross Pitsamai & Kevin GreenPaul & Barbara HarrisAlan Harvey & Dr Paulien de BoerEric & Elizabeth HeenanRosemary HowarthCynthia JeePeter Sherwill JonesB M KentDorothy KingstonNelly KleynTrevor & Ane Marie Lacy Louis & Miriam LandauDr Sunny & Ann LeeMartin & Ruth LevitMegan LoweIan & Judith LuntMary Ellen in memory of KerensaOliver & Sophie MarkGeoff MasseyPam Mathews & Dr Mark BroganJennifer McCombDr Peter MossPhuong NguyenDr Walter Ong & Graeme MarshallBrian & Diana OslerMarjan Oxley Bev Penny Adrian & Ruth PhelpsJohn & Elizabeth Picton-WarlowRosie ReemanPaul RobertsLeigh Robinson & Deborah GelleNigel & Dr Heather RogersChris & Serge Rtshiladze Carole SextonThe Sherwood Family

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In memory of Judith SienkiewiczJacinta SirrPaul & Margaret SkerrittHendrik SmitDr L Sparrow & FamilyJohn & Elizabeth SpoorPeggy & Tom Stacy Eleanor SteinhardtIn Memoriam of Mr Andrew David StewartJanet StewartLois & Robert StoutLisa & Andrew Telford

Gwen TreasureDr Robert TurnbullJan TurnerPatricia TurnerMargaret WallaceJohn & Nita WalsheDoris WaltonDiana WarnockAnne Watson Joy WearnePatricia WestonMargaret WhitterBarbara WilcoxViolette William

Janet WilliamsPari Willis-JonesMargaret WoodKin & Lillian YungChris & Kathy ZiatisAnonymous (25)

FriendsGifts $40 - $499Thank you to all our Friends who support WASO through their gift.

* Orchestral Chair Partnership

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If you are interested in becoming a Patron or learning more about WASO Philanthropy please contact Sarah Tompkin, Planned Giving Manager, on 9326 0017 or email tompkins@waso.com.au

WASO Philanthropy brochures are available from the WASO Programs and Information Desk located in the main foyer of Perth Concert Hall, or you can visit waso.com.au

All donations over $2 are fully tax deductible.

WASO 90th Anniversary DinnerThursday 15 November | 6.30pm Frasers Restaurant, Kings Park

For all Patrons & Bequestors

Join us in celebrating WASO’s 90th Anniversary year with a sumptuous evening at Fraser’s Restaurant in Kings Park.

Be entertained by your very own WASO musicians through intimate performance and conversation throughout the evening. The entertainment will be complemented by a three course meal and beautiful Margaret River wines.

This event will sell out, so book early to avoid disappointment! Tickets are $110 (early bird $100 till 30 June 2018) and include a three course dinner and performances throughout the evening.

Tickets are available via the WASO Box Office on 9326 0000. Please advise of guest names and any food allergies at the time of booking.

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2018 Corporate Partners

PARTNER OF EXCELLENCE

OVERTURE PARTNERS

FUNDING PARTNERS

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

ORCHESTRA SUPPORTERS

COLL EGEAQUINAS

KEYNOTE PARTNERS

PLATINUM PARTNERS

SONATA PARTNERS

CONCERTO PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

To share in our vision and discuss the many opportunities extended through corporate partnerships please contact Corporate Development on 08 9326 0004.

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2018 Corporate Partners

PARTNER OF EXCELLENCE

OVERTURE PARTNERS

FUNDING PARTNERS

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

ORCHESTRA SUPPORTERS

COLL EGEAQUINAS

KEYNOTE PARTNERS

PLATINUM PARTNERS

SONATA PARTNERS

CONCERTO PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

To share in our vision and discuss the many opportunities extended through corporate partnerships please contact Corporate Development on 08 9326 0004.

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Thursday 16 August 6pm - 11pm Sunday 19 August 2pm - 7pm MATINEE

Perth Concert Hall

WASO’s 90th Anniversary Gala

Tristan und Isolde

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde

Asher Fisch conductor Stuart Skelton Tristan

Eva-Maria Westbroek Isolde Ekaterina Gubanova Brangäne

Boaz Daniel Kurwenal Ain Anger King Marke

Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts. *A one-off handling fee of $6.60 per transaction applies to all web, phone and mail bookings.

A fee of $3.85 applies to over the counter bookings. An additional fee of $4.40 per transaction applies for delivery via Registered Post.

Angus Wood Melot Paul O'Neill Young Sailor/

Shepherd Adrian Tamburini Steersman

WASO Chorus St George’s Cathedral

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BOOK NOW – 9326 0000 – waso.com.au – tickets from $60*

Principal Conductor Asher Fisch conducts Wagner’s groundbreaking opera with the finest cast ever assembled in Australia.