PROGRAM

Friday 7 April 2017, 8pmPerth Concert Hall

the best of

RULEBRITANNIA:British

Welcome to Rule Britannia, WASO’s classical music party that celebrates the Best of British.

The Brits are traditionally a bit of a stoic lot, not always ready to blow their own trumpet and celebrate their grand musical traditions. So tonight, we’re going to lend them a hand. This evening we feature music from all four corners of the British Isles, as well as musical tributes to the Royal Family, 007 James Bond and even those four lads from Liverpool who made a bit of a name for themselves.

We begin with the most English sounding name in the orchestral world; Charles Hubert Hastings Parry and his setting of verses Psalm 122, composed for the coronation of King Edward VII. We also pay tribute to the masters of Victorian musical theatre, Gilbert and Sullivan and arguably the most successful musical theatre composer of our time, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Once again we are thrilled that Maestro Guy Noble has returned to Perth to conduct and guide us through this evening’s festivities and fun. We’re also delighted that joining the WASO on stage is one of Australia's finest male singers and entertainers, Andrew Foote. And to top it all off (and to really raise the roof) the WASO Chorus and the Western Australia Police Pipe Band.

We of course end the evening with the patriotic gems that we have come to expect from the biggest classical music festival on earth, the BBC Proms. So unfurl your flags and get your best voices ready as we celebrate the ‘Best of British’.

Alan Tyrrell Program Manager

WELCOME

RULE, BRITANNIA: THE BEST OF BRITISH

PARRY I Was Glad (6 mins)

BARRY arr. STANLEY BLACK James Bond Medley (9 mins)

KARL JENKINS Palladio (4 mins)

GILBERT & SULLIVAN Pirates of Penzance: The Major-General’s Song (3 mins)

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER arr. MANCINI Jesus Christ Superstar (7 mins)

ROEVER & KORB arr. SEAN O'BOYLE Highland Cathedral (4 mins)

Interval (25 mins)

arr. JEFF TYZIK Beatles Hits Medley

GILBERT & SULLIVAN Trial by Jury: The Judge’s Song (3 mins)

GRAINGER Irish Tune from County Derry (3 mins)

WOOD Fantasy on British Sea Songs (8 mins)

ARNE arr. SARGENT Rule, Britannia (5 mins)

PARRY Jerusalem

ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance - March No.1

Guy Noble conductor Andrew Foote baritone WASO Chorus Western Australia Police Pipe Band

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Guy Noble Conductor

Guy Noble is a conductor, broadcaster, pianist and writer who loves all genres of music and has played, conducted or talked about most of them. He has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, West Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonia, Hong Kong Symphony and Malasian Philharmonic orchestras and has conducted opera (La Boheme, Opera Queensland) and many major musicals. Guy has worked with a wide variety of international artists including Harry Connick Jnr, Ben Folds, The Beach Boys, Glenn Frey, Randy Newman and Clive James and has conducted numerous Last Night Of The Proms concerts around the country.

He presents regularly on ABC Classic FM, writes a column for Limelight Magazine, and is the host and conductor of the Music on Sundays series for The Queensland Symphony and the Classics Unwrapped concert series for the Adelaide Symphony.

Andrew FooteBaritone

Helpmann Award-winner Andrew Foote is one of the most experienced singers and teachers of voice in Australia. For more than 30 years he has been a regular guest artist for Western Australian arts companies, a national broadcast artist for ABC Classic FM, a freelance opera principal artist performing throughout Australia with Opera Australia, OzOpera and West Australian Opera, a regular recitalist and oratorio soloist, and more recently as an opera director. In his professional concert and operatic career, Andrew has performed more than 30 operatic roles for professional companies throughout Australia, including his acclaimed Ned Keene in Peter Grimes for which he received a 2010 Helpmann Award. His soloist and concert repertoire, including recordings for ABC Classic FM, have consistently drawn superb accolades. Andrew is Head of Vocal Studies at the University of Western Australia School of Music and is currently the WASO Chorus Vocal Coach.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

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VIOLINSemra Lee-Smith A/Assoc ConcertmasterGraeme NorrisA/Assistant ConcertmasterRebecca GlorieA/Principal 1st ViolinKylie Liang Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenStephanie DeanBeth HebertJane Johnston°Sunmi JungChristina KatsimbardisEllie LawrenceEliza McCracken^Andrea Mendham^Lucas O’Brien°Ken PeelerLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliKathryn Shinnick°Jacek SlawomirskiKate SullivanBao Di TangCerys ToobySusannah Williams°David Yeh

VIOLAKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicChair partnered by Lesley & Peter DaviesBenjamin CaddyAlison HallRachael KirkAllan McLeanElliot O’BrienKatherine Potter^Helen TuckeyAaron Wyatt^

CELLORod McGrath Chair partnered by Tokyo GasMelinda Forsythe^Shigeru KomatsuOliver McAslan Fotis SkordasTim SouthJon Tooby^Xiao Le Wu

DOUBLE BASSJoan Wright Elizabeth Browning^Sarah Clare^Louise ElaertsAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson Mary-Anne Blades

PICCOLOAndrew Freeman^

OBOEPeter Facer Elizabeth Chee

CLARINETAlex MillierPrincipal Bass ClarinetLorna Cook

BASS CLARINETCatherine Cahill^

BASSOONChloe TurnerPrincipal Contrabassoon Colin Forbes-Abrams°

CONTRABASSOONLinda Charteris^

HORNRobert Gladstones Principal 3rd HornJulia BrookeRiley Byfield^Francesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPETBrent GrapesMatthew Dempsey°Peter MillerBen Noonan^

TROMBONEJoshua Davis Liam O’Malley

BASS TROMBONEPhilip Holdsworth

TUBACameron Brook

TIMPANIAlex Timcke

PERCUSSIONBrian MaloneyChair partnered by Stott Hoare

Chiron Meller°Assoc Principal Percussion and TimpaniPaul Tanner^

DRUM KITMike Perkins^

HARPSarah Bowman

PIANO/CELESTEGraeme Gilling^

ORGANStewart Smith^

GUITARRay Walker^

WASO ON STAGE TONIGHT

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

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalContract PlayerºGuest Musician^

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SOPRANOLisa BarrettMarian Birtwistle Anna Börner Alinta CarrollPenelope Colgan Clara ConnorSarah CosstickCate CreedonCharmaine de WittCeridwen Dumergue Bronwyn Elliott Lisa FaulksLindsay FosterKath GoodmanLesley GoodwinPauline HandfordDiane HawkinsSue Hingston Michelle JohnKatherine Langdon Elysia Murphy Fiona RobsonJane Royle

Sarah Shneier Gosia SlawomirskiLouise SuttonNike Titilola EtimNicole Zago

ALTOMarian AgombarLisa Barz Janet BaxterDaniela Birch Patsy BrownSue Coleson Catherine DunnJulie DurantKaye Fairbairn Jenny Fay Susanna Fleck Louise GillettDianne GravesLouise HayesJill JonesKate LewisRobyn MainTina McDonald

Lyn MillsMargot MorganLynne NaylorKatrina NeserPhilomena NulsenDeborah Pearson Deborah PiesseLiz RombawaClaire Taylor Margo WarburtonOlga WardMoira WestmoreJacquie Wright

TENORJohn BeamishAllan GriffithsPeter HandfordDavid LancasterJohn MurphyAndrew PatersonJay ResoArthur TideswellStephen Turley Brad Wake

BASSCharlie BondAllan DaviesTony ErringtonKen Gasmier Mark Gummer Stephen HastingsBrian KentTony KingBenjamin Lee Andrew LynchTony MarrionBen MartisPeter OrmondJim RhoadsMark Richardson Glenn RogersSteve SherwoodChris SmithTim StrahanRobert TurnbullMark WiklundDonald Wilson Andrew Wong

Formed in 1988, the WASO Chorus brings together auditioned singers who volunteer their time and talents to perform under the WASO banner. The WASO Chorus is led by Chorus Director Christopher van Tuinen and Vocal Coach Andrew Foote.

For more information on the Chorus and how to join, visit waso.com.au

WASO CHORUS

Christopher van TuinenChorus Director

Andrew FooteChorus Vocal Coach

Lea HaywardAccompanist

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JerusalemMusic: Hubert Parry (1848-1918) Words: William Blake (1757-1827)

And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the Holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land!

Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 (Land of Hope and Glory)Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

SONG LYRICS

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