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Javier Perianes Plays Beethoven MASTERS SERIES Friday 2 & Saturday 3 August 2019, 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall WASO Masters05 2019.indd 1 29/07/2019 8:30 pm Proud sponsor of west australian symphony orchestra WASO Masters05 2019.indd 2 29/07/2019 8:30 pm SAL0834_A5_WASO_Prog.indd 1 10/11/2016 3:39 pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders of the Indigenous Nations across Western Australia and on whose Lands we work. MASTERS SERIES Javier Perianes Plays Beethoven BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 (34 mins) Allegro moderato Andante con moto – Proud sponsor of Rondo: Vivace west australian Interval (25 mins) symphony BRUCKNER Symphony No.6 (59 mins) orchestra Maestoso Adagio: Sehr feierlich (with much solemnity) Scherzo: Nicht schnell (Not fast) – Trio: Langsam (Slowly) Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (Agitated, but not too fast) Simone Young conductor Javier Perianes piano World Artist Javier Perianes appears courtesy of Singapore Airlines Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Cecilia Sun (see page 14 for her biography). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 6.45pm in the Terrace Level Foyer. Listen to WASO This performance is recorded for broadcast on ABC Classic on Thursday, 8 August 2019 at 1pm AWST (or 11am online). 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Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^ 6 WASO Masters05 2019.indd 6 29/07/2019 8:30 pm About The Artists Photo: Philipp Rathmer Philipp Photo: Bruno Daniel Garcia Photo: Simone Young AM Javier Perianes Conductor Piano Simone Young AM, has been General Javier Perianes has appeared in some Manager and Music Director of the of the world’s most prestigious concert Hamburg State Opera, Music Director halls, collaborating with conductors of the Philharmonic State Orchestra such as Barenboim, Dutoit, Maazel, Hamburg, Music Director of Opera Mehta, and Dudamel. He has appeared Australia, Chief Conductor of the Bergen with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and Principal Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Guest Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Chicago and Boston Orchestra, Lisbon. She is currently Symphony Orchestras, and London, and Principal Guest Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, and appeared at Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. festivals such as the BBC Proms, La Roque d’Anthéron and Ravinia. This season she returns to Zurich Opera and the Bavarian, Berlin and Javier Perianes’ recent schedule has Vienna State Opera companies. She included a European recital tour which will also conduct the Los Angeles, New concluded at London’s Queen Elizabeth York, BBC, Stockholm and New Japan Hall, performances of Falla’s Nights Philharmonic Orchestras; San Francisco, in the Gardens of Spain with the BBC Detroit, Chicago, Queensland, and Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestras; the NDR Thomas Dausgaard, and Ravel’s G major Symphony and Deutsches Symphonie- concerto with François-Xavier Roth and Orchester, Berlin. the Cleveland Orchestra. Among his numerous CDs, Debussy: The Late Works Her accolades include Chevalier de in which he appears with Jean-Guihen l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Goethe Queyras playing the 1915 cello sonata, has Institute Medal, Sir Bernard Heinze recently won the BBC Music Magazine and Helpmann Awards. Simone Young Chamber Award for 2019. holds honorary doctorates from Griffith University, Monash University and the javierperianes.com University of New South Wales. World Artist Javier Perianes appears courtesy of Singapore Airlines. 7 WASO Masters05 2019.indd 7 29/07/2019 8:30 pm About The Music Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58 Allegro moderato Andante con moto – Rondo: Vivace Of Beethoven’s five piano concertos, the Concerto No.4, which was completed in 1806, is the most experimental. It is as though Beethoven had decided to take the concerto apart and put it back together a different way.