Tutti: Circus Oz with WASO

PROGRAM

Fri 30 November 8pm & Sat 1 December 2pm

Perth Concert Hall

VIOLINSemra Lee-Smith A/Assoc ConcertmasterGraeme NorrisA/Assistant ConcertmasterRebecca GlorieA/Principal 1st ViolinZak Rowntree*Principal 2nd ViolinAkiko MiyazawaA/Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenStephanie DeanChair partnered by Marc Geary & Nadia Chiang

Beth HebertAlexandra IstedJane Johnston°Sunmi JungChristina KatsimbardisEllie LawrenceMelanie PearnKen PeelerLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliKathryn ShinnickBao Di TangCerys ToobyDavid Yeh

VIOLABenjamin CaddyA/Assoc Principal ViolaKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicAlison HallRachael KirkAllan McLeanElliot O’BrienHelen Tuckey

CELLOLouise McKayChair partnered by Penrhos College

Shigeru KomatsuOliver McAslan Fotis SkordasTim SouthXiao Le Wu

DOUBLE BASSAndrew Sinclair*Louise ElaertsAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEMary-Anne Blades

PICCOLOMichael Waye Chair partnered by Pamela & Josh Pitt

OBOELiz CheeA/Principal Oboe

COR ANGLAISLeanne GloverChair partnered by Sam & Leanne Walsh

CLARINETAllan Meyer

EB CLARINETCatherine Cahill^

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier

BASSOONJane Kircher-LindnerChair partnered by Sue & Ron Wooller

Adam Mikulicz

CONTRABASSOONChloe Turner

HORNDavid EvansRobert Gladstones Principal 3rd HornJulia Brooke

TRUMPETBrent GrapesChair partnered by NAB

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 & Timpani

HARPSarah Bowman

PIANO / CELESTEGraeme Gilling^

WASO On Stage

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

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalAssistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^

WASO – Celebrating 90 Years in 2018From the centre of Perth to the furthest corners of our state, every year since 1928, we set hearts racing with extraordinary music and exhilarating performances for all West Australians to share.

To learn more about WASO musicians, visit waso.com.au or connect with WASO.

CIRCUS OZCircus Oz was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1978. For 40 years the company has been putting up extraordinary shows and successfully touring them both nationally and internationally. From New York to South American rainforests, Madrid to outback Australia, Circus Oz has taken its self-crafted performances of wit, grace and spectacle to over 28 countries across five continents, to critical acclaim. Celebrating breathtaking stunts, irreverent humour, cracking live music and an all human ensemble, Circus Oz promotes the best of the Australian spirit: generosity, diversity, death-defying bravery, and a fair go for all.circusoz.com

ARTISTIC TEAMRob Tannion Artistic Director Kate Fryer Associate Director Michael Baxter Set & Props Design and Maker Laurel Frank Costume Designer and Maker Tim Coldwell Head of Production & Senior Circus Artist

ON STAGEAlyssa Moore April Dawson Josie Wardrope Kyle Raftery Matt Wilson Sam Aldham Robbie Curtis Tania Cervantes Chamorro

Joshua Sherrin Stage Manager Andrew Dyson Rigger

OFF STAGENick Yates Chair Lou Oppenheim General Manager Laura Sheedy Creative Producer Christian Schoonveldt-Reid Touring Production Manager

About The ArtistsThe West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders of the Indigenous Nations across Western Australia on whose Lands we work.

Tutti: Circus Oz with WASOPOPS SERIES

NIGEL WESTLAKE Flying Dream Suite

SAINT-SAENS Danse Macabre

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Dance Of The Paper Umbrellas

ROSS EDWARDS Ecstatic Dance

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Tale Of Tsar Saltan: The Flight Of The Bumblebee

MARIA GRENFELL Roar!

MAX RICHTER On The Nature Of Daylight

MATTHEW HINDSON LiteSPEED

Interval

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Russian Rag

MAX RICHTER Spring I

GRIEG In the Hall of the Mountain King

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans: Eliza Aria

STRAUSS, J. II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

KHACHATURIAN Masquerade: Waltz

SIA Chandelier

STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance Of King Kastchei

STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite: Berceuse and Finale

Benjamin Northey conductorThis concert will run for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, with one 25 minute interval.

Benjamin NortheyConductorSince returning to Australia from Europe in 2006, Benjamin Northey has rapidly emerged as one of the nation’s leading musical figures. Since 2011, he has held the position of Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and was appointed Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in 2015.

Internationally, he has conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and the Southbank Sinfonia of London.

He has conducted L’elisir d’amore, The Tales of Hoffmann and La sonnambula for SOSA and Don Giovanni, Carmen and Cosi fan tutte for Opera Australia.

Recent engagements have included returns to all the major Australian orchestras, the LPO HKPO, the NZSO, Turandot for Opera Australia and Sweeney Todd for Victorian Opera and New Zealand Opera; he led both the MSO and Christchurch Symphony on several occasions.

About The Conductor

Image from Tutti: MSO and Circus Oz, Melbourne 2018. Photographer: Rob Blackburn

ChristmasSymphony

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A CITY OF PERTH CELEBRATION WITH VARIETY – THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY

Light up your candles and jingle all the way to Perth’s biggest outdoor classical music and carols spectacular.

Event info 9326 0000Visit waso.com.au

After the event, additional ferry and train services will be made available by Transperth

Sat 15 Dec7.30pmLangley ParkBring a picnic from 5pm

FREE

EVENT