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MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES Romantic Rachmaninov Thu 30 May 2019, 11am Perth Concert Hall MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES Romantic Rachmaninov & Symphonic Sorcery! Fri 31 May & Sat 1 June 2019, 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall MACA has been partnering with West Australian Symphony Orchestra since 2014 and we are excited to continue our support of their mission to touch souls and enrich lives through music. WE CARE • WE ARE FLEXIBLE • WE DELIVER Over the last 10 years MACA has raised more than $11 million for various $11 charity and community groups in support of the performing arts, cancer Million research, medical care, mental health, and Aboriginal youth in remote OVER 10YRS communities across Western Australia. We pride ourselves on being a leader in the community, supporting a wide range of initiatives, both small and large. MACA is an integrated services contractor specialising in: • Mining • Infrastructure Maintenance • Crushing • Mineral Processing • Civil Construction 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. MACA has been partnering with West Australian Symphony Orchestra MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES since 2014 and we are excited to continue our support of their mission to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Romantic Rachmaninov RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 (60 mins) Largo – Allegro moderato Scherzo: Allegro molto Adagio Finale: Allegro vivace Nicholas Carter conductor WE CARE • WE ARE FLEXIBLE • WE DELIVER Over the last 10 years MACA has raised more than $11 million for various $11 charity and community groups in support of the performing arts, cancer Million research, medical care, mental health, and Aboriginal youth in remote OVER 10YRS communities across Western Australia. We pride ourselves on being a leader in the community, supporting a wide range of Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Tim White initiatives, both small and large. (see page 10 for his biography). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 9.40am in MACA is an integrated services contractor specialising in: the Auditorium. Listen to WASO • Mining • Infrastructure Maintenance This performance is recorded for broadcast on ABC Classic at 8pm AWST 2019 • Crushing • Mineral Processing (or 6pm online), Thursday 6 June 2019. For further details visit abc.net.au/classic • Civil Construction 3 MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES Romantic Rachmaninov & Symphonic Sorcery! DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (12 mins) GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto (21 mins) Moderato – Andante sostenuto – Allegro Interval (25 mins) RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 (60 mins) Largo – Allegro moderato Scherzo: Allegro molto Adagio Finale: Allegro vivace Nicholas Carter conductor Sergei Dogadin violin Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Tim White (see page 10 for his 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 at 8pm AWST 2019 (or 6pm online), Thursday 6 June 2019. For further details visit abc.net.au/classic 4 2019 Upcoming Concerts SPECIAL EVENT Gershwin Reimagined Fri 7 June 8pm Perth Concert Hall America’s greatest composer for popular love ballads and Broadway charm is given an intoxicating new life with two of the hottest voices in the world of jazz today, showcasing the exquisite melodies of the classics such as Embraceable You, Summertime (Porgy and Bess), I Got Rhythm and lots more. Troy Miller conductor José James vocalist Laura Mvula vocalist TICKETS FROM $49* FAMILY Maximus Musicus Joins the Choir Sat 15 June 1pm & 3pm Perth Concert Hall Featuring music by Mozart, Bizet, Fauré and a selection of folk songs, Maximus Musicus Joins the Choir is a magical musical story accompanied by beautiful illustrations on the big screen – a thrilling experience for the young music lovers in your life. Suitable for 4+ years. This performance includes projections on a big screen above the stage. TICKETS $25* MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES Discovery Concert: The Classical Symphony Fri 28 & Sat 29 June 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall This concert is the first in a series exploring the evolution of the core of the modern orchestra’s repertoire – the Symphony. Join Principal Conductor and presenter Asher Fisch as we go back to where it all began, with the music of the “Father of the Symphony”, Joseph Haydn, and his illustrious successor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. TICKETS FROM $33* BOOK NOW – 9326 0000 – waso.com.au 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. 5 West Australian Symphony Orchestra From the centre of Perth to the furthest WASO Chorus, to create exceptional corners of our State, every year since 1928, performances for hundreds of thousands we set hearts racing with extraordinary of people each year. music and exhilarating performances for all West Australians to share. Our Orchestra is led by Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser West Australian Symphony Orchestra Asher Fisch. Israeli-born, Fisch is an (WASO) is a for-purpose not-for-profit internationally renowned conductor company that thrives on the enthusiasm, in both the operatic and symphonic passion and support of our entire repertoire, and is a frequent guest at the community. We harness this energy world’s great opera houses including La to create events and programs across Scala, the Bayerische Staatsoper and the the State to stimulate learning and Metropolitan Opera in New York. participation in a vibrant cultural life. We are proud to call Perth Concert Hall We are both fierce advocates for our home. great classical musical heritage and passionate leaders in the commissioning and performance of new music by leading Australian and international Connect With WASO composers. Every year we mobilise and waso.com.au nurture a new generation of young and emerging artists to help secure a bright facebook.com/ future for music in Australia. WASymphonyOrchestra We create the spark that sets off a lifelong twitter.com/WASymphony love of music because we believe it has the power to touch the soul and enrich lives. instagram.com/ Our resident company of full-time wasymphonyorchestra professional musicians are the beating youtube.com/ heart of our organisation. The Orchestra WestAustSymOrchestra plays a central role in the vibrancy of our creative state, and they are also Stay up to date and sign-up to our supported by hundreds of visiting SymphonE-news at waso.com.au artists, alongside the volunteers of the 7 WASO On Stage VIOLIN VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET Laurence Jackson Alex Brogan Andrew Nicholson Brent Grapes Concertmaster A/Principal Viola Chair partnered by Fletcher Cox° Anonymous Semra Lee-Smith Benjamin Caddy Peter Miller A/Assoc Principal Viola Mary-Anne Blades A/Assoc Concertmaster Ben Noonan^ Kierstan Arkleysmith Graeme Norris PICCOLO A/Assistant Concertmaster Nik Babic TROMBONE Michael Waye Rebecca Glorie George Batey^ Chair partnered by Joshua Davis A/Principal 1st Violin Mirjana Crnojevic^ Pamela & Josh Pitt Chair partnered by Dr Ken Evans and Zak Rowntree* Alison Hall Principal 2nd Violin OBOE Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans Rachael Kirk Kylie Liang Liz Chee Liam O’Malley Assoc Principal 2nd Violin Allan McLean A/Principal Oboe BASS TROMBONE Chair partnered by Elliot O’Brien Annabelle Farid° Penrhos College Helen Tuckey Philip Holdsworth Akiko Miyazawa COR ANGLAIS A/Assistant Principal CELLO TUBA 2nd Violin Leanne Glover Rod McGrath Chair partnered by Cameron Brook Fleur Challen Chair partnered by Sam & Leanne Walsh Chair partnered by Stephanie Dean Tokyo Gas Peter & Jean Stokes Chair partnered by CLARINET Melinda Forsythe° TIMPANI Marc & Nadia Geary Shigeru Komatsu Allan Meyer Amy Furfaro^ Alex Timcke Oliver McAslan Lorna Cook Beth Hebert Nicholas Metcalfe Geoff Bourgault^ PERCUSSION Alexandra Isted Eve Silver* Brian Maloney Sunmi Jung BASS CLARINET Fotis Skordas Francois Combemorel Christina Katsimbardis Alexander Millier Tim South Assoc Principal Percussion & Timpani Ellie Lawrence BASSOON Xiao Le Wu Robyn Gray^ Andrea Mendham° Jane Kircher-Lindner Paul Tanner^ Lucas O’Brien DOUBLE BASS Adam Mikulicz Melanie Pearn Andrew Sinclair* Colin Forbes-Abrams^ HARP Ken Peeler John Keene Bronwyn Wallis^ Louise Sandercock Caitlin Bass^ CONTRABASSOON Jolanta Schenk Louise Elaerts Chloe Turner Jane Serrangeli Christine Reitzenstein HORN Kathryn Shinnick Mark Tooby David Evans Bao Di Tang Phillip Waldron^ Alex Morton° Cerys Tooby *Instruments used by Teresa Vinci° Robert Gladstones these musicians are on Principal 3rd Horn loan from Janet Holmes à David Yeh Julia Brooke Court AC. Francesco Lo Surdo Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^ 8 About The Artists Photo: Annette Koroll Annette Photo: Yakimov Dmitrii Photo: Nicholas Carter Sergei Dogadin Conductor Violin Newly appointed as Chief Conductor Sergei Dogadin has won numerous prizes, of the Klagenfurt City Theatre and among them First Prize in the Singapore Carinthian Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas International Violin Competition in 2018, Carter in his first season conducted the and First Prize in the IX Joseph Joachim operas Rusalka, La clemenza di Tito and International Violin Competition in Pelléas et Mélisande. Concert programs Hannover, Germany (2015). included Haydn’s Creation and Mahler’s Since making his major debut with Symphony No.1. Vasily Petrenko and the St. Petersburg Nicholas Carter was appointed Principal Philharmonic in 2002, Sergei Dogadin Conductor of the Adelaide Symphony has performed at many of the world’s Orchestra in 2016, the first Australian most renowned venues such as to be chosen as Principal Conductor Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Amsterdam of an Australian orchestra in over 30 Concertgebouw, and Tokyo’s Suntory years. Between 2011 and 2014, he served Hall.