PROGRAM Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES Thu 5 Apr 2018, 11am Perth Concert Hall Ingrid Fliter Plays Mendelssohn MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES Fri 6 & Sat 7 Apr 2018, 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall We Care We are Flexible We Deliver MACA is proud to be a leader in supporting a wide range of community initiatives, small and large. We value our position as a platinum sponsor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and their vision to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Established in 2002 MACA delivers a range of solutions in: • Mining • Crushing and Screening • Civil works With over 850 experienced professionals in Australia and Brazil. Environment Health & Safety Quality ISO 14001 AS 4801 ISO 9001 www.maca.net.au Ph: (08) 6242 2600 MACA Ltd | 45 Division Street, Welshpool WA 6106 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. MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES We Care Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony We are Flexible SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture (6 mins) We Deliver TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 (44 mins) MACA is proud to be a leader in supporting a wide Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima – Moderato assai, range of community initiatives, small and large. quasi Andante – Allegro vivo Andantino in modo di canzona We value our position as a platinum sponsor of Scherzo (Pizzicato ostinato) – Allegro the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Finale (Allegro con fuoco) their vision to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Dan Ettinger conductor Established in 2002 MACA delivers a range of solutions in: • Mining • Crushing and Screening • Civil works With over 850 experienced professionals in Australia and Brazil. Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk Environment Health & Safety Quality Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Tim White (see his ISO 14001 AS 4801 ISO 9001 biography on page 16). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 9.40am in the Auditorium. Listen to WASO This performance is being recorded for broadcast on ABC Classic FM on Sunday 15 April 2018 www.maca.net.au at 12pm AWST (or 10am AEST online). For further details visit abc.net.au/classic Ph: (08) 6242 2600 MACA Ltd | 45 Division Street, Welshpool WA 6106 3 MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES Ingrid Fliter Plays Mendelssohn SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture (6 mins) MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No.1 (21 mins) Molto allegro con fuoco Andante Presto – Molto allegro e vivace – Tempo I Interval (25 mins) TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 (44 mins) Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima – Moderato assai, quasi Andante – Allegro vivo Andantino in modo di canzona Scherzo (Pizzicato ostinato) – Allegro Finale (Allegro con fuoco) Dan Ettinger conductor Ingrid Fliter piano Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Tim White (see his biography on page 16). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 6.45pm in the Terrace Level Foyer. Wesfarmers Arts Meet the Artist Enjoy a conversation with Ingrid Fliter post-concert Friday night in the Terrace Level Foyer. Listen to WASO This performance is being recorded for broadcast on ABC Classic FM on Sunday 15 April 2018 at 12pm AWST (or 10am AEST online). For further details visit abc.net.au/classic 4 2018 Upcoming Concerts SPECIAL EVENT A Symphonic Tribute to Comic-Con Fri 13 April 8pm Perth Concert Hall The Comic-Con phenomenon meets orchestra, featuring your favourite scores from Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Dr Who, Final Fantasy and more! Christopher Dragon conductor TICKETS This is a concert performance and does not include projections FROM $39* on a screen. FAMILY Carnival of the Animals Sun 10 June 1pm & 3pm Perth Concert Hall WASO turns Perth Concert Hall into a sumptuous zoo for these performances, featuring the celebrated puppetry of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and poetry by Nick Enright. Benjamin Northey conductor Suitable for 5-12 year olds. All live action is projected onto a big screen TICKETS above the stage. $29* MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES A Night in Vienna Fri 15 & Sat 16 June 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall Be swept away by the lilting waltzes of Johann Strauss Jr., seduced by the charming violin music of Fritz Kreisler, and dazzled by the sophisticated elegance of Richard Strauss. Repertoire includes: KREISLER Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta STRAUSS, R. Der Rosenkavalier: Suite TICKETS FROM $33* STRAUSS, JOSEF Die Libelle STRAUSS, J. II On the Beautiful Blue Danube Asher Fisch conductor Alexandre Da Costa violin (pictured) (WASO debut) BOOK NOW – 9326 0000 – waso.com.au Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts. Carnival of the Animals is presented by WASO in conjunction with Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. 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With most talented conductors and soloists a reputation for excellence, engagement to an audience in excess of 190,000. and innovation, WASO’s resident An integral part of the Orchestra is the company of full-time, professional WASO Chorus, a highly skilled ensemble musicians plays a central role in creating of auditioned singers who volunteer their a culturally vibrant Western Australia. time and talent. WASO is a not-for-profit company, funded waso.com.au through government, ticket revenue and the generous support of the community through corporate and philanthropic partnerships. Connect With WASO WASO’s mission is to touch souls and facebook.com/ enrich lives through music. 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David Yeh Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal Contract Musician˚ Guest Musician^ 7 About The Artists Photo: Hans Joerg Michel 2014 Joerg Hans Photo: Ahlburg Sussie Photo: Dan Ettinger Ingrid Fliter Conductor Piano Dan Ettinger is currently Chief Born in Buenos Aires, Ingrid Fliter first Conductor and General Music Director came to international attention when she of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, won the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award. She Conductor Laureate of the Tokyo was a laureate of Italy’s Ferrucio Busoni Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Competition and silver medallist at the Guest Conductor of the Israel Symphony 2000 Frederic Chopin Competition in Orchestra. He was Music Director of Warsaw. Mannheim Opera House 2006–16 and She has performed with orchestras previously Assistant to Daniel Barenboim including the Cleveland Orchestra, Los at Berlin State Opera. Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm He has conducted at many of the world’s Philharmonic, and Philharmonia, among most prestigious opera houses and made many others, and given recitals at venues his debut at Opéra Bastille in 2011, the such as Wigmore Hall, the Salzburg Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Festpielhaus and Carnegie Hall. From 2010, Metropolitan Opera in 2009/10 and Perth she travels to New Zealand to New National Theatre Tokyo where he has perform Mendelssohn with the Auckland conducted Wagner’s Ring cycle.