PROGRAM

Last Night at the PromsFri 27 July 2018, 8pm

Sun 29 July 2018, 2pm Perth Concert Hall

Welcome to WASO’s very own Last Night at the Proms – A Classical Spectacular that celebrates some of the best and most loved classical music, crowned with a Great British Proms finale.

We begin with a right royal and regal affair, William Walton’s Coronation March, Orb & Sceptre. Written for the coronation of King George VI in 1937, it was performed again at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953. The title refers to the ‘Globus cruciger’ (or, cross-bearing orb) held by monarchs through the ages and as you would expect it is filled throughout with joyful and glorious melodies fit for royalty.

Once again we are thrilled that our ‘Master of Musical Ceremonies’ Maestro Guy Noble has returned to Perth to conduct and guide us through this concert of favourite classical works. We’re also delighted to be joined by one of Australia’s greatest sopranos Emma Matthews as she treats us all to a taste of the golden age of late nineteenth century Vienna with music by Johann Strauss and Franz Lehar.

We of course end the proceedings with all the patriotic anthems that we have come to expect from the Last Night of the Proms. So unfurl your flags and get your best voices ready to sing along with the WASO Chorus as we celebrate WASO’s own Last Night at the Proms.

Alan Tyrrell Program Manager

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.

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WASO’s 90th Anniversary Gala Tristan und Isolde – Opera in ConcertThursday 16 August 6pm Sunday 19 August 2pm MATINEE  Perth Concert Hall 

Join us for the classical event of the year. We are thrilled to welcome the greatest Tristan of our time, superstar tenor Stuart Skelton and world renowned soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek to headline the finest cast ever assembled for this ground-breaking opera.

“It’s as impressive a cast as you’d be lucky to find at Covent Garden or The Met.” - Limelight Magazine

For more information and to book, visit waso.com.au or call the Box Office at 9326 0000Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.

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Last Night at the PromsSPECIAL EVENT

WALTON Orb & Sceptre: Coronation March

KHACHATURIAN Masquerade: Valse

VERDI Nabucco: Va pensiero

STRAUSS, J.JR Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)

GRIEG In the Hall of the Mountain King

VERDI Aida: Triumphal March & Chorus

Interval (25 mins)

BARRY GRAY Thunderbirds March

LEHAR Meine Lippen sie Kussen

BIZET L’Arlesienne Suite No.2: Farandole

WOOD Fantasy on British Sea Songs

arr. SARGENT Rule, Britannia

PARRY Jerusalem

ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance No.1 ‘Land of Hope and Glory’

Guy Noble conductor Emma Matthews soprano WASO Chorus

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Guy NobleConductor

Guy Noble has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, West Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonia, Hong Kong Symphony and Malaysian and Bergen Philharmonic orchestras.

He is the host and accompanist each year for Great Opera Hits (Opera Australia) in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House. He conducted Opera Queensland’s 2014 production of La Bohème, Opera in the Alps (2008-2017) and Opera in the Markets (2009-2017). He is conductor and host for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Classics Unwrapped series at the Adelaide Town Hall, and conductor and host for the Queensland Symphony’s Music on Sundays series at QPAC.

Guy has worked with a wide variety of international performers with orchestras across Australia, including Harry Connick Jnr, Ben Folds, The Beach Boys, Dianne Reeves, Glenn Frey, Randy Newman, Clive James, Conchita, The Two Cellos, Alfie Boe, Olivia Newton John, Paloma Faith, Ruthie Henshall and Meow Meow.

He is also the host of Concert Hall on Qantas Inflight.

Emma MatthewsSoprano

Australia’s most highly awarded soprano, Emma Matthews has performed regularly with Opera Australia, all the state opera companies and every major Australian symphony orchestra and festival.

Her operatic repertoire ranges from title roles in The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Lulu, Lakmé, Lucia di Lammermoor and Partenope, to Violetta (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Amina (La Sonnambula), the four heroines (The Tales of Hoffmann), Marie (La Fille du Regiment), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), and Leila (Les Pecheurs de Perles).

Emma’s three solo recordings are: Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo (Deutsche Grammophon/ABC Classics), Mozart Arias (ABC Classics), and Agony and Ecstasy (ABC Classics).

Head of Classical Voice and Opera Studies at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Emma Matthews is also Patron of Wesfarmers Young Artist Program at West Australian Opera.

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About The Artists

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VIOLINLena ZeliszewskaAssoc ConcertmasterSemra Lee-Smith Assistant ConcertmasterGraeme NorrisPrincipal 1st ViolinZak Rowntree*Principal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinKate SullivanAssistant Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenStephanie DeanRebecca GlorieBeth HebertAlexandra IstedJane Johnston°Sunmi JungChristina KatsimbardisAkiko MiyazawaLucas O’BrienMelanie PearnKen PeelerLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkKathryn ShinnickBao Di TangCerys ToobyTeresa Vinci^David Yeh

VIOLAAlex BroganA/Principal ViolaBenjamin CaddyA/Assoc Principal ViolaKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicAlison HallRachael KirkAllan McLeanElliot O’BrienKatherine Potter^Helen Tuckey

CELLORod McGrath Chair partnered by Tokyo Gas

Louise McKayChair partnered by Penrhos College

Oliver McAslan Nicholas MetcalfeEve Silver*Fotis SkordasTim SouthXiao Le Wu

DOUBLE BASSAndrew Sinclair*Caitlin Bass°Louise ElaertsChristine ReitzensteinAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson Chair partnered by Anonymous

Mary-Anne Blades

PICCOLOMichael Waye

OBOELiz CheeA/Principal OboeZhiyu Xu°

COR ANGLAISLeanne GloverChair partnered by Sam & Leanne Walsh

CLARINETAllan Meyer Lorna Cook

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier

BASSOONJane Kircher-LindnerChair partnered by Sue & Ron Wooller

Adam Mikulicz

CONTRABASSOONChloe Turner

HORNDavid EvansRobert Gladstones Principal 3rd HornJulia BrookeJulian Leslie^Francesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPETBrent GrapesChair partnered by NAB

Matthew Dempsey°Brody Linke^Peter Miller

TROMBONEJoshua Davis Chair partnered by Dr Ken Evans and Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans

Liam O’Malley

BASS TROMBONEPhilip Holdsworth

TUBACameron Brook Chair partnered by Peter & Jean Stokes

TIMPANIAlex Timcke

PERCUSSIONBrian MaloneyChair partnered by Stott Hoare

Francois CombemorelAssoc Principal Percussion & TimpaniRobyn Gray^Tom Robertson^

HARPSarah Bowman

ORGANStewart Smith^

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

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalAssistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^

WASO On Stage

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SOPRANOAnita AdhityaEvie Anderson Marian BirtwistleAnna Börner Alinta CarrollPenelope ColganClara ConnorCate Creedon Charmaine de WittFay EdwardsBronwyn ElliottNike Titilola EtimKath GoodmanLesley GoodwinRo GorellSue HingstonMichelle JohnElysia MurphySheila PriceRochelle RabelJane RoyleLucy SheppardSarah ShneierMargo Warburton

ALTOJanet BaxterLlewela BennDaniela BirchSue ColesonJulie DurantKaye FairbairnJenny Fay Susanna FleckLouise GillettLouise HayesShew-lee LeeDiana MacCallumRobyn MainMargot MorganKatrina NeserDeborah PearsonDeborah PiesseNeb RylandLouise SuttonClaire TaylorOlga WardMoira Westmore Jacquie Wright

TENORNick FieldingAllan GriffithsPeter HandfordDavid LancasterJohn MurphyAndrew PatersonJay ResoChris RylandArthur TideswellBrad Wake

BASSJustin AudcentMichael Berkeley-HillCharlie BondBertel BultenAllan DaviesHubert DurandTony ErringtonKen GasmierBrian KentBenjamin LeeTony MarrionJim RhoadsMark RichardsonGlenn RogersSteve SherwoodChris SmithRobert TurnbullMark WiklundAndrew Wong

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

For more information visit waso.com.au

Christopher van TuinenChorus Director

Andrew FooteChorus Vocal Coach

Lea HaywardAccompanist

WASO Chorus

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WASO – Celebrating 90 Years in 2018The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is Western Australia’s largest and busiest performing arts organisation. Each year the Orchestra entertains, inspires and enriches the people of Western Australia through its world-class concert performances, award-winning education and community programs, exciting young and emerging artists programs, regional tours and its artistic partnerships with West Australian Opera and West Australian Ballet. WASO performs to more than 200,000 West Australians annually and is heard around Australia and globally through its broadcasts on ABC Classic FM, Foxtel Arts, and live and on-demand webcasts.

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LyricsJerusalemMusic: 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.

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