WASO On Stage

VIOLIN DOUBLE BASS TROMBONE Graeme Norris Andrew Sinclair* Joshua Davis A/Assistant Concertmaster Christine Reitzenstein • Dr Ken Evans and Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans Rebecca Glorie Andrew Tait Liam O’Malley A/Principal 1st Violin Mark Tooby Kylie Liang BASS TROMBONE • Penrhos College FLUTE Assoc Principal 2nd Violin Philip Holdsworth Celebrating Andrew Nicholson Kate Sullivan • Anonymous TUBA Assistant Principal 2nd Violin Mary-Anne Blades Cameron Brook Stephanie Dean • Peter & Jean Stokes • Marc & Nadia Geary PICCOLO TIMPANI Beth Hebert Michael Waye our centenary • Pamela & Josh Pitt Alex Timcke Alexandra Isted Jane Johnston° OBOE PERCUSSION Sunmi Jung Liz Chee Brian Maloney Christina Katsimbardis A/Principal Oboe Francois Combemorel BP Australia’s business has Ellie Lawrence Annabelle Farid° Assoc Principal Percussion & Timpani evolved over time, but our Andrea Mendham° COR ANGLAIS Robyn Gray^ values and core purpose have Akiko Miyazawa Leanne Glover Tegan LeBrun^ remained the same. Lucas O’Brien • Sam & Leanne Walsh BP Australia Presents Melanie Pearn CLARINET HARP We deliver energy for heat, Ken Peeler Allan Meyer William Nichols^ power and transportation; and Jolanta Schenk Lorna Cook PIANO we do it with safety, respect, Jane Serrangeli BASS CLARINET Graeme Gilling^ excellence, courage and one Bao Di Tang Phil Everall^ CELESTE/SYNTHESISER team, at the fore. Cerys Tooby Adam Pinto^ Teresa Vinci° BASSOON For 100 years we have looked Adam Mikulicz David Yeh SAXOPHONE to the future, adapted to the Matthew Styles^ VIOLA CONTRABASSOON world’s ever-changing needs Alex Brogan Chloe Turner GUITAR and met challenges head on. A/Principal Viola HORN Raymond Walker^ ★ We don’t just produce energy, Benjamin Caddy ★Margaret & Rod Marston ELECTRIC BASS A/Assoc Principal Viola David Evans Karl Florisson^ we keep advancing it. Kierstan Arkleysmith Robert Gladstones Nik Babic Principal 3rd Horn DRUM KIT Alison Hall Julia Brooke Michael Perkins^ Rachael Kirk Francesco Lo Surdo Elliot O’Brien TRUMPET Helen Tuckey Brent Grapes CELLO Jenna Smith Eve Silver* Peter Miller ★★ Section partnered by •Chair partnered by Friday 6 December 2019 7.30pm Melinda Forsythe° Ben Noonan^ *Instruments used by these Shigeru Komatsu musicians are on loan from Perth Concert Hall Oliver McAslan Janet Holmes à Court AC. Fotis Skordas Tim South Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal Contract Musician˚ Guest Musician^

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BPBTOM2446_BP Full Page Ad_297x210mmW_V2.indd 1 29/3/19 3:32 pm SE_HoorayforHollywood_A5_ProgramCover_v3.indd 1 24/10/19 11:26 am The West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders of the Indigenous Nations across About The Conductor Hollywood hits the town Western Australia and on whose Lands we work and play. with WASO Benjamin Northey BP AUSTRALIA PRESENTS Conductor When you’re on the edge of your seat Casablanca watching James Bond save the day, or Due to wartime restrictions on building Hooray for Hollywood Since returning to Australia from Europe, frankly not giving a damn about the supplies, all sets except Rick’s Café Benjamin Northey has rapidly emerged as one of the nation’s leading musical figures. four-hour running time of Gone with the were recycled from other productions in WHITING arr. JOHN WILLIAMS Hooray for Hollywood He is currently the Principal Resident Wind, it’s easy to forget that most of your Warner Brothers slate. favourite movie music was brought to life Conductor of the Symphony Breakfast at Tiffany’s STEINER Tara – A Short Tone Poem for Orchestra from Gone with the Wind by an orchestra! Orchestra and was appointed Chief 58 years after its release, the Audrey ENNIO MORRICONE arr. MANCINI Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony The sweeping sounds and haunting Hepburn film is as popular as ever, with Orchestra in 2015. harmonies bring all the feels to some epic fans now able to enjoy breakfast at Tiffany HERRMANN Psycho – Suite Internationally, he has conducted the scenes which just wouldn’t be the same & Co’s Blue Box Café in New York City. without the music. Reservations open 30 days in advance and London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Recent engagements have included returns go like hot cakes so be quick! STEINER Casablanca – Suite Orchestra Salzburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, to all the major Australian orchestras, the We look back at some of the magical National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia LPO HKPO, the NZSO, La bohème for Opera movies whose scores we’re most looking Gone with the Wind Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Southbank Sinfonia of London. MANCINI Australia and Sweeney Todd for Victorian forward to hearing in all their glory With an estimated budget of $4 million Opera and New Zealand Opera. Limelight MANCINI Theme from The Pink Panther He has conducted L’elisir d’amore, The Tales with your West Australian Symphony (that’s a million for every hour of the film…) of Hoffmann and La sonnambula for SOSA Magazine named him Australian Artist of the Orchestra. and at the time the third most expensive and Turandot, , Carmen and Year in 2018. film ever made,Gone with the Wind went Interval (25 mins) Cosi fan tutte for . © Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2019 on to gross over $400 million worldwide.

WAXMAN Sunset Boulevard ARLEN The Wizard of Oz – Concert Suite KORNGOLD The Adventures of Robin Hood FREE A Golden Age for BP JARRE Lawrence of Arabia: Overture EVENT A century ago, the Golden Age of in Australia, and these artworks are on BARRY arr. BLACK Themes from the James Bond Films Hollywood defined the future of cinema. show in the Riverside foyer tonight. And in that time (1919), BP created a On the main stage, the West Australian bright future for energy generation Symphony Orchestra salutes cinema’s in Perth that now touches the lives of ‘Golden Age’ as we mark this special millions of Australians every single day. occasion at Hooray for Hollywood; West Australian Symphony Orchestra We believe one hundred years of sharing extraordinary music from a business in this community is something century of creativity. to celebrate. BP has commissioned From the centre of Perth to the furthest Thank you for playing a part in these six artists from the far regions of our corners of our state, every year since 1928, To learn more about WASO celebrations. country to create an exhibition inspired we set hearts racing with extraordinary musicians, visit waso.com.au or BP Australia’s centenary exhibition is currently on display music and exhilarating performances for all connect with WASO. by our centenary of advancing energy in the Riverside foyer of the Perth Concert Hall. West Australians to share.

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