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Fri 20 & Sat 21 June 7.30pm Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre

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welcome

There are many works that one may find exciting, touching or beautiful but I cannot think of a piece of music that is as profoundly emotionally affecting as Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.9. 

Mahler’s Ninth is often viewed as a heart-rending farewell to life. And while this is true, in this symphony Mahler does not only reflect sorrowfully on what he is leaving behind, but also expresses his extraordinary love for life, for nature and all that he holds dear. 

The symphony has the traditional four movements, but it is unusual in that the first and last are the slower movements that frame the middle two. The last movement is an extraordinary “leave-taking” as Mahler farewells life, tonality (the very fabric of music) and the rapidly changing society around him. His Ninth symphony does not end in a blazing finale, instead the music slowly fades away until only a few instruments are left playing almost empty notes.

Each time I listen to this work I find myself completely enthralled as the music almost seems to disintegrate – finally “letting go” – but doing so in such a profound and loving way. It is a deeply moving ending to a very special symphony.

Alan Tyrrell Program Manager

Gustav Mahler

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Program

AlCOHOl.tHinK AGAin MAsters series

Asher Fisch Conducts Mahler 9

Friday 13 & Saturday 14 June 7.30pmPerth Concert Hall

MAHLER Symphony No.9 (1 hour 27 mins)

Andante comodoIm Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derbRondo-burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzigAdagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

Asher Fisch conductor

Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.

Pre-concert TalkFind out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Sally Kester. Pre-concert talks take place at 6.45pm in the Terrace Level foyer.

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Meet the MusicianMeet WASO’s A/Assistant Concertmaster Graham Pyatt, post-concert Friday night in the Terrace Level foyer.

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LISTENTune in to 720 ABC Perth for Breakfast on Friday mornings when Prue Ashurst joins Eoin Cameron to provide the latest on classical music and WASO’s upcoming concerts.

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Concert Etiquette Tips

wHEN To APPLAUd?At most classical concerts audience members refrain from clapping between movements of a piece, but we encourage you to show your appreciation as you wish and if you are unsure, simply follow your fellow audience members.

wHAT IF I NEEd To CoUGH?If you need to cough, try to muffle or bury your cough in a handkerchief or during a louder section of the music. Cough lozenges are available from the WASO Customer Service Desk before each performance and at the interval.

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wASo News

Early Career Residency with wASo

Young Western Australian composer Lachlan Skipworth recently completed an Early Career Residency with WASO, supported by the Australia Council. The result of the residency was the composition and recording of three brand new works for symphony orchestra, including a Clarinet Concerto composed for young Western Australian clarinettist Ashley Smith. The Concerto will also get a World Premiere by WASO and Smith on 1 October this year in the Latitude New Music Festival. Skipworth’s recorded works were conducted by WASO’s Assistant Conductor Christopher Dragon and may appear on the airwaves soon, on ABC Classic FM. Skipworth was a participant in WASO’s Composition Project in 2012 and has composed works for orchestras and ensembles around Australia.

wASo’s 2014 Composition ProjectTuesday 10 June marked the culmination of the 2014 Composition Project, part of WASO’s Young and Emerging Artists Program. The Composition Project is a creative development program for some of WA’s finest young composers in which they engage in workshops, rehearsals and private lessons to each develop a new piece of music for a WASO chamber orchestra of 14 musicians. Each year the program ends with a live performance and professional recording by the ABC of the composers’ new works, with the view to later broadcast the concert on ABC Classic FM.

Under the guidance of project mentor and artistic director James Ledger, the young composers refine their skills of composition, orchestration and score writing during this three-month program, and also gain new insight into the demands and challenges that composers face in a professional environment. The composers also have the benefit of one-on-one mentoring with members of the ensemble. This year’s participants – James Bradbury (UWA), Griffin Wright (UWA), Alex Turley (WAAPA), Josiah Padmanabham (UWA) and Mark Holdsworth (UWA) – represent a strong and vibrant community of young composers in Perth. The Composition Project has already served as a professional springboard for young WA composers in recent years, and we look forward to continuing this tradition into the future.

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Biographies

Asher Fisch Conductor

Asher Fisch’s first season with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra includes a range of classical repertoire, as well as a West Australian first; Beethoven’s nine symphonies performed over two weekends in August.

A seasoned conductor in both the operatic and symphonic worlds, he is known best for his interpretative command of German and Italian repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic era, in particular Wagner, Brahms, Strauss and Verdi. He is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Seattle Opera, where he conducted its quadrennial Wagner Ring cycle in 2013, and his former posts include Music Director of the New Israeli Opera (1998-2008) and the Vienna Volksoper (1995-2000). He first worked with WASO in 1999.

He has long maintained strong ties to the Bavarian State Opera, and in the 2013-14 season conducts a new production by Martin Kušej of The Force of Destiny, plus revival performances of Parsifal, Salome, Ariadne auf Naxos, La bohème and Turandot.

Other highlights of the 2013-14 season include concerts with the Munich Philharmonic; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Orchestra of Belgium; Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (Denmark); a tour in Italy with the Orchestra della Toscana; and a visit to the Melbourne Festival in October 2013, where he conducted an all-Wagner program with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the State Opera of South Australia’s Wagner Ring cycle in 2005, which won ten Helpmann Awards.

Asher Fisch began his conducting career as Daniel Barenboim’s assistant and kapellmeister at the Berlin State Opera. He is an accomplished pianist and released his first solo disc of Wagner piano transcriptions in 2012.Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.

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wASo on Stage Tonight

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalGuest Musician^

VIoLINPaul wrightGuest ConcertmasterSemra Lee-Smith A/Associate ConcertmasterGraham Pyatt A/Assistant ConcertmasterAkiko MiyazawaA/Principal 1st ViolinZak RowntreeA/Principal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang A/Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenErin ChenBeth HerbertAlexandra IstedSunmi JungChristina Katsimbardis^Shaun Lee-ChenKatherine Lukey^Andrea Mendham^Lucas O’BrienMelanie PearnKen PeelerLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliEllie ShalleyJacek SlawomirskiBao Di TangCerys ToobyTeresa VinciDavid Yeh

VIoLAPaul McMillan Guest PrincipalAlex BroganA/Assoc PrincipalKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicKatherine DrakeAlison HallRachael KirkKathryn McKay^Allan McLeanHelen TuckeyAaron Wyatt^

CELLoRod McGrath Louise McKayShigeru KomatsuOliver McAslan Nicholas MetcalfeEve SilverFotis SkordasTim SouthJon Tooby^

doUBLE BASSAndrew RootesJoan Wright Elizabeth Browning^Christine ReitzensteinLouise RossMark ToobyPhilip Waldron^

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson Chair partnered by Apache.

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oBoELeanne GloverA/PrincipalAnnabelle Badcock^Stephanie Nicholls

CoR ANGLAISElizabeth Chee

CLARINETAllan Meyer Geoff Bourgault^Catherine Cahill^Lorna Cook

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Meet the Musician

katherine drakeTutti Viola

Can you remember your first wASo concert?I joined WASO in August 1988 and one of the works on my first concert was Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Richard Strauss. As I was on trial I was sitting next to the Principal. This clever work had only two or three viola players, each with some quiet solo parts. I remember feeling both nervous and excited at jumping in a bit at the deep end. Performing it was exhilarating, and as far as I recall we haven’t performed it since.

do you have a most memorable conductor’s moment?I love the way Simone Young can often capture the essence of a work in a few well chosen words. One of my favorites was before we rehearsed the slowest movement of Turangalîla Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen. She merely said, ”prepare for 10 minutes of zen”, and those excruciatingly long, slow, very quiet bows became mesmerizing, so much easier to control and beautiful.

who are your favorite composers? Bach, Mozart and Brahms. I am also fascinated by the emotional and intellectual intensity in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century; not just the music but the visual arts and psychiatry as well. So Mahler, and Schoenberg, Berg and Webern all are extremely satisfying when I’m in that sort of mood.

Has your opinion of good music changed over your lifetime?Strangely, the music which I played when young that had a big emotional impact, still has the ability, when I play it now, to evoke those youthful excesses (hopefully tempered a little by some gained wisdom).

Until I played the late German romantics I found them excessively complex but I’m now in awe of and love Strauss’ and Wagner’s ability to manipulate harmony so brilliantly and to create such extraordinary orchestral colours. I’ve always had an ear out for the music of now and enjoy the raw energy of listening to minimalist music played really well. I’m not good at playing it though (I tried to play Steve Reich’s Violin Phase back in the seventies and just couldn’t play out of phase and still can’t!).

where was your last holiday destination?I’ve just returned from three wonderful weeks in New York. The visit was primarily to see my lovely daughter, who lives there, but I was also lucky enough to attend a brilliant performance at Carnegie Hall of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the wonderful Mariss Jansons playing Brahms’ Second Symphony, and Gil Shahan giving the most searingly beautiful performance of the Berg Violin Concerto. What a great-sounding hall, too. The trip also included lots of visits to art galleries (both huge and tiny) and eating food from all corners of the globe.

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Timeline of Composers & works

1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000

Death of daughter Maria Anna1907

Birth of GUSTAV MAHLER7 July 1860

In Kalischt

WORLD PREMIERE of Symphony No.926 June 1912

Conducted by Bruno Walter in Vienna

Conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York1908

Marries Alma Schindler1902

Mahler's heart-valve defect is diagnosed1907

Conductor & Artistic Director of the Vienna Court Opera

1897 Ð 1907

Appointed Principal Conductor of the New York Philharmonic1909

Symphony No.9 composed over the Summer in Toblach1909

Final performance as a conductor in New York1911

Death of GUSTAV MAHLER18 May 1911

In Vienna

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Program Notes

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Symphony No.9 in D Andante comodoIm Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derbRondo-burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzigAdagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

At 8.30 on a crisp December morning in 1907, about 200 of Vienna’s arts community gathered on the platform of the Westbahnhof, among them Schoenberg, Webern and Zemlinsky, the conductor Bruno Walter – who gave the first performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony after the composer’s death – and painter Gustav Klimt. As the train bearing Gustav and Alma Mahler pulled away, Klimt whispered, ‘It’s all over.’

After a decade, Mahler had resigned from the Vienna Court Opera in March 1907 and agreed to a four-month trial with New York’s Metropolitan Opera. He had, however, been diagnosed at the beginning of the year with a heart condition that had worsened over the intervening months. In addition to this, the Mahlers’ four-year-old daughter had died in June, and, as her coffin was being lifted into the cortège, Alma’s mother suffered a heart attack.

Mahler’s first New York season was a great success, but he returned to Europe in the summer to complete Das Lied von der Erde (begun during that fateful time a year before) and begin sketching the Ninth.

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‘Death’, an indispensible part of 19th-century Romanticism’s furniture, informs Mahler’s use of funeral marches in some early symphonies, and his return to the theme in vocal settings such as the Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children). Now, however, death was an imminent possibility for Mahler himself. He refused to acknowledge Das Lied von der Erde as a numbered symphony, knowing better than to tempt fate by announcing that he was writing a ninth symphony. But it wasn’t to be Mahler’s last word – nor indeed was the Ninth Symphony.

The Symphony picks up where Das Lied von der Erde closes, the three-note ‘ewig’ (‘eternal’) from the latter crucial to the Ninth’s first theme. ‘Das Lied’ ends with the ‘dear earth’ blossoming, and the blue distances shining eternally; the Ninth begins with what Deryck Cooke described as a ‘warm singing melody redolent of summer, full of tender longing’.

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Ländler A fold dance in 3/4 time which was popular in Austria, South Germany, German Switzerland and Slovenia at the end of the 18th century.

Counterpoint Two or more lines of music or melodies that are played at the same time.

Glossary

Philosopher Theodor Adorno argued that Mahler’s music reflects the world’s ‘broken-ness’, so his use of folk music, moments of high romantic Angst, bird calls, military marches are all ultimately ironic reminders of the fragmentation of society and the self, and the blind aimlessness of history. Here, the destiny of the themes in the outer movements, for instance, is to become reduced to their constituent elements. This might be a metaphor for the force of entropy by which we age and die; it might be an image for the purification of the soul through suffering. Ambiguity is fundamental to Mahler: the second movement of this work explores his much-loved dance forms of waltz and Ländler, but not without sardonic passages.

Mahler consulted Freud towards the end of his life, famously recounting a childhood experience where, rushing out of the house to avoid a painful scene of domestic violence between his parents, he was confronted by an organ-grinder playing the banal pop song ‘Ach du lieber Augustin’ (O my dear Augustin). Irony in Mahler is always associated with states of extreme, often tragic emotion.

The ‘burlesque’ third movement deliberately undermines the principles of counterpoint that had an almost theological value to composers after J.S. Bach, who used it to create a seamless flow of activity. Mahler, however, allows the music to, as Adorno puts it, ‘gape open’, revealing the nothingness which so much of art is dedicated to staving off.

The final movement is the Symphony’s centre of gravity. Its theme is reduced to its absolute essence, but with a kind of Buddhist calm, as it examines and gently discards emotional layers. The three note ‘ewig,’ motive embraces the theme of Beethoven’s Sonata Op.81a, Les adieux, but it also recalls the hymn, ‘Abide with me, fast falls the eventide’. The movement purges itself of all fear and grief, and, in its final moments, remembers a line from one of the Kindertotenlieder, setting the words, ‘Up on the heights, it’s a beautiful day’.

Some of those people who met at the Westbahnhof in 1907 again gathered in silence to farewell Mahler in 1911, this time at the Grinzing cemetery. There was no music, and few words. The sun obligingly broke through clouds as the coffin was lowered. Up there on the heights, it was a beautiful day.

Adapted from a note © Gordon Kerry 2013

WASO last performed this work on 6 & 7 August 2004, conducted by Simone Young.

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Meet the InstruMent the Bassoon

A member of the double reed family of woodwind instruments, the bassoon is built in four joints, and exists in two versions: the German or ‘Heckel’ system, and the French or ‘Buffet’ system, with differences in the construction of the bore and keys. When played, the bassoon is held diagonally across the body, and must be supported by a neck strap or harness due to its considerable weight.

The early history of the bassoon is obscure, but the dulcian is generally considered to be its precursor, and was used in Renaissance and Baroque music until its eventual abandonment by the beginning of the 18th century. The 19th-century German performer, teacher and composer Carl Almenraeder improved the design of the bassoon to enhance its intonation and response as well as expand its range to four octaves.

The bassoon is an agile instrument, and those who play it employ a variety of techniques to highlight its capabilities. It is capable of a dry staccato that is used as a form of musical humour, while its upper register produces a reedy, plaintive sound. New techniques that developed in the 20th century include pitch-bending (adjusting the embouchure to slide up or down to a nearby note) and flutter tonguing (rapidly rolling the tip of the tongue to produce a growling effect).

Early works for the bassoon include 39 concertos written by Vivaldi, outnumbering those he wrote for any other instrument except the violin. Other pieces that feature the bassoon include Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and the opening passage of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which exploits the eerie quality of its upper register.

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The pitch range of the bassoon:

Key: 1 Bell 2 Crook 3 Double reed

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JOHN HOLLAND’S HOSPITAL ORCHESTRA At John Holland we are committed to supporting our community. With the Hospital Orchestra Project, John Holland is helping bring music to the children at Princess Margaret Hospital through concerts and ward visits.

JOHN HOLLAND’S NEXT VISIT TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL WILL BE IN AUGUST 2013.

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WASO is a charitable organisation that increasingly depends on the inspiring generosity of its Patrons to be at the cultural heart of Western Australia. Annual donations underpin our ability to sustain the level of excellence for which we consistently strive.

As we celebrate our tenth year of annual giving, it is an exciting time to be a part of our musical journey and we invite you to support WASO and help us raise $500,000 by becoming a Patron. All donations over $2 are tax deductible and your gift will be tax deductible this financial year if it reaches us by 30 June.

We are extremely proud to be supported by the following Patrons who, for each of the last nine years, have renewed their gift to our annual giving campaign:

Fred & Margaret Affleck Sally BurtonBrian CresswellGerty EwenAnnette FinnDavid & Valerie Gulland

Janet Holmes à Court ACBarbara KentKent MacfiePeter & Patricia Moss Jill MulheronJohn Overton

Heather RogersJudith SienkiewiczDavid Turner & Judith Wilton Andrew & Marie Yuncken

We would like thank them for their invaluable ongoing support.

To learn more please call Jane Clare on 9326 0014 or email clarej@waso.com.au. It is also quick and easy to log in and make a donation online by going to waso.com.au and clicking the red Make a Donation button.

wASo Philanthropy

Annual Giving

Philanthropy Partner

Patrons & Friends Event

Meet the orchestral ArrangerJoshua Davis, Principal Trombone & 2013 Friends of WASO Scholarship recipient

Sunday 29 June 2pm Llew Woodford Function Centre, Penrhos College

Join Principal Trombone Joshua Davis as he takes us on a multi-media tour of orchestral arranging, and showcases the impact the Friends of WASO Scholarship has had on his work. See Joshua in action as he creates an arrangement before your eyes using the latest technology.

Tickets are $40 for Patrons & Friends ($50 for guests) and include beautiful Margaret River wines and canapés after Joshua’s talk. Call the wASo Box office to book on 9326 0000.

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our Supporters

Your attendance helps sustain the Orchestra and we thank you for your commitment. We are also very grateful to our corporate supporters who make a significant contribution to WASO, and of course for government funding which is critical.

However, these three sources of income are simply not enough to cover the ongoing costs of the Orchestra and increasingly it is our Patrons that enable us to continue to achieve our vision to touch souls and enrich lives through music.

There are many ways you can be involved and your support is deeply appreciated.

Endowment Fund for the orchestra The Endowment fund includes major donations from individuals and bequests. The income earned is used for the benefit of the orchestra.Tom & Jean ArkleyJanet Holmes à Court ACSagitte Yom-Tov Fund

Estates wASo is extremely grateful for the bequests received from the Estates of the following benefactors: Mrs Roslyn Warrick

Symphony CircleRecognises Patrons who have made a provision in their will to the orchestra.Anita ClaytonJudith GederoWolfgang LehmkuhlTosi Nottage in memory Edgar NottageJudy SienkiewiczSheila WilemanAnonymous (16)

The wASo Song BookNew works commissioned for the orchestra by wASo. we gratefully acknowledge the support of the following individuals who have commissioned new music performed since 2010.Janet Holmes à Court ACPeter DawsonGeoff StearnAnonymous (1)

Reach outRecognises Patrons who support our Education and Community Engagement programs.Prue Ashurst Andrew & Nicola ForrestThe James Galvin FoundationRobyn GlindemannBarrie & Jude LepleyMcCusker Charitable FoundationSimon Lee Foundation

Beethoven CirclewASo acknowledges Patrons who are generously supporting our Beethoven Festival.Jean Arkley in memory of Tom Arkley Bob & Gay BranchiJanet Holmes à Court AC in memory of her motherTorsten & Mona KetelsenTony & Gwenyth LennonJoshua & Pamela Pitt

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Annual GivingWe thank the following Patrons for their generous contribution to WASO in the last twelve months through WASO’s Annual Giving Program.

Principal Conductor’s Circle Gifts $20,000+Janet Holmes à Court ACJill MulheronBrian & Nancy MurphyPatricia NewAnonymous (1)

Impresario PatronGifts $10,000 - $19,999Gay & Bob BranchiTony & Gwenyth LennonJoshua & Pamela PittAnonymous (1)

Maestro Patron Gifts $5,000 - $9,999Jean Arkley in memory of Tom ArkleyBill BlokingIan & Elizabeth ConstableBridget Faye AMGilbert George & AssociatesDr Patricia KailisMargaret & Rod MarstonRobert May Spinifex TrustPeter & Jean StokesTrish Williams – Strategic InteractionsSue & Ron WoollerAnonymous (2)

Virtuoso Patron Gifts $2,500 - $4,999Prof Fred & Mrs Margaret AffleckNeil Archibald & Alan R Dodge AMSally BurtonDon ConroyMark Coughlan & Dr Pei-Yin HsuStephen DavisTim & Lexie ElliottRobyn GlindemannSylvia & Wally HyamsKeith & Gaye KessellMichael & Dale KitneyBryant MacfieMrs MorrellAnne NolanRon & Philippa PackerJohn & Paula PhillipsMs Elizabeth Sachse & Dr Lance RisbeyJudy Sienkiewicz Ros ThomsonM & H TuiteAndrew & Marie YunckenAnonymous (1)

Principal PatronGifts $1000 - $2,499Margaret Atkins OAMColin & Eve BeckettTony & Mary BeeleySuzanne & David BiddlesJohn & Sue Bird in memory of Penny BirdKevin BlakeMatthew J C BlampeyAlan & Anne BlanckenseeMr John BonnyMrs Debbie BorshoffJean Brodie-Hall AMGavin BunningAnn Butcher & Dean R KubankDr G Campbell-EvansArthur & Nerina CoopesHon June Craig AMGay & John CruickshankNorman & Denia DaffenRussell & Susan DixonMargaret DobsonJulian DowseDon & Marie ForrestDr Andrew GardnerRoger & Ann GillbanksGraham & Barbara GouldenJannette GraySandra GrayJoe & Deidre GreenfeldDavid & Valerie GullandBrian & Romola HaggertyRichard B Hammond

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Charmian Phillips in memory of Colin CraftPamela PlattAndrew & Suzanne PoliDr Leon PrindivilleChester ReeveJohn & Alison RiggNigel & Dr Heather RogersMaurice & Gerry RoussetRoger SandercockDr R & J SchwengerMargaret & Roger SearesEve Shannon-CullityJulian & Noreen SherLaurel & Ross SmithDr Paul Smith & Denham HarryGail & Tony SutherlandRichard Tarala & Lyn Beazley AOGene TilbrookMary TownsendDr Robert TurnbullMaggie VenerysStan & Valerie VicichWatering ConceptsIan WatsonJoyce Westrip OAMAlan WhithamAnn WhyntieJean & Ian Williams AODr Peter WintertonAnonymous (17)

Tutti PatronGifts $500 - $999Geoff & Joan AireyCatherine BagsterMerle I Bardwell

Betty BarkerBernard & Jackie BarnwellShirley BarracloughP M BennetMichael & Nadia Berkeley-HillElaine BondsDiane & Ron BowyerElizabeth & James BrownC & K BrownlieMarilyn & Ian BurtonNanette CarnachanClaire Chambers & Dr Andrea ShoebridgeDr Anne ChesterLyn & Harvey Coates AOAgatha & Alex Cohen AOHelen CookBrian CresswellGina & Neil DavidsonFrances DaviesLesley & Peter DaviesJop & Hanneke DelfosRai & Erika DolinschekLorraine EllardMrs G. EwenThe Farghaly FamilyAnnette FinnJim & Pamela FlahertyJoan GagliardiPat GallaherGeorge GavranicElaine GimsonIsobel GlencrossJacqui GroveDouglas M & Regina HansenProf Alan Harvey & Dr Paulien de BoerRichard Hatch

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WASO Philanthropy brochures are available from the WASO Programs & Information desk located in the main foyer of the Perth Concert Hall or you can visit waso.com.au.

All donations over $2 are fully tax deductible.

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FriendsGifts $40 - $499Thank you to all our Friends who support WASO through their gift.

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VIoLINSemra Lee-Smith A/Associate Concertmaster Graham Pyatt A/Assistant ConcertmasterRebecca Glorie A/Principal 1st ViolinZak RowntreeA/Principal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang A/Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenErin ChenStephanie DeanBeth HebertAlexandra IstedSunmi JungShaun Lee-Chen*Akiko MiyazawaLucas O’BrienAnna O’HaganMelanie PearnKen PeelerLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliEllie ShalleyJacek SlawomirskiBao Di Tang Cerys ToobyTeresa VinciDavid Yeh

VIoLAPaul McMillan Guest PrincipalKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicAlex BroganKatherine DrakeAlison HallRachael KirkAllan McLeanHelen Tuckey

CELLoRod McGrath PrincipalLouise McKayAssoc PrincipalShigeru KomatsuOliver McAslan Nicholas MetcalfeEve Silver* Fotis SkordasTim SouthXiao Le Wu

doUBLE BASSAndrew Rootes* PrincipalJoan Wright Assoc PrincipalChristine ReitzensteinLouise RossAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson PrincipalChair partnered by Apache

Mary-Anne Blades Assoc Principal

PICCoLoMichael Waye Principal

oBoEElizabeth CheeAssoc Principal Stephanie Nicholls

CoR ANGLAISLeanne GloverPrincipal

CLARINETAllan Meyer PrincipalLorna Cook

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier PrincipalChair partnered by Alessandrino property Group

BASSooNJane Kircher-Lindner PrincipalAdam Mikulicz Assoc Principal Colin Forbes-Abrams

CoNTRABASSooNChloe Turner Principal

HoRNDavid Evans PrincipalSharn McIverAssoc Principal Robert Gladstones Principal 3rdJulia Brooke Francesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPETBrent GrapesA/PrincipalEvan Cromie Assoc PrincipalPeter Miller

TRoMBoNEJoshua Davis PrincipalLiam O’MalleyAssoc Principal

BASS TRoMBoNEPhilip Holdsworth Principal

TUBACameron Brook Principal

TIMPANIAlex Timcke Principal

PERCUSSIoNRobyn GrayPrincipalTroy Greatz Assoc Principal

HARPSarah Bowman Principal

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

ASSISTANT CoNdUCToRChristopher Dragon

CHoRUS dIRECToRChristopher van Tuinen

CHoRUS VoCAL CoACHAndrew Foote

Principal ConductorAsher FischPartnered by Wesfarmers Arts

Conductor Laureate Vladimir Verbitsky

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BoARd oF dIRECToRSJanet Holmes à Court AC ChairmanMark CoughlanKeith KessellBarrie Lepley Deputy ChairmanAnne NolanPaul ShannonJulian Sher Michael Utsler

ExECUTIVECraig Whitehead Chief Executive Ellen Wisdom Executive Manager, Human ResourcesRachel Taylor Human Resources Assistant

ARTISTIC PLANNINGEvan Kennea Executive Manager, Artistic PlanningMaya Kraj-Krajewski Artist Liaison/Chorus AdministratorClaire Stokes Program ManagerAlan Tyrrell Program Manager

CoMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTCassandra Lake Executive Manager, Community EngagementHannah Clemen Education CoordinatorGemma McDonald Community Development Coordinator

oRCHESTRAL MANAGEMENTKeith McGowan Executive Manager, Orchestral ManagementRichie Burton Orchestral Operations ManagerDavid Cotgreave Production & Technical ManagerAlistair Cox Orchestra ManagerWee Ming Khoo Music LibrarianNoel Rhind Orchestral Operations Coordinator

BUSINESS SERVICESPeter Freemantle Chief Financial OfficerAndrew Chew Systems AdministratorAngela Miller AccountantSvetlana Williams Payroll OfficerSushila BhudiaAccounts Officer

CoRPoRATE dEVELoPMENT Marina WoodhouseExecutive Manager, Corporate DevelopmentSimon Lodge Executive Manager, Corporate DevelopmentSharmini Poulsen Corporate Partnerships ManagerLuci Steinhardt Corporate Partnerships ExecutiveGinny LuffEvents Coordinator

PHILANTHRoPY Alecia Benzie Executive Manager, Philanthropy Josie AitchisonCustomer Service & Philanthropy CoordinatorJane Clare Fundraising & Philanthropy Coordinator

MARkETINGKelli Carnachan Executive Manager, MarketingKirsty Chisholm Digital Marketing CoordinatorNancy Hackett Marketing ManagerGina Beers Graphic DesignerMarc Missiaen Relationship Marketing ManagerPaula Schibeci Public Relations ManagerAnnie LooMarketing AssistantSava Papos Customer Service ManagerJosie AitchisonCustomer Service & Philanthropy Coordinator Beverley Trolio Customer Service CoordinatorAlana ArnoldMargaret Daws Vicki Prince Debbie SilvesterRobyn WestbrookCustomer Service Officers

Perth Concert Hall AEG ogden (Perth) Pty LtdPerth Concert Hall is managed by AEG Ogden (Perth) Pty Ltd Venue Manager for the Perth Theatre Trust Venues.

Andrew Bolt General ManagerHelen StewartDeputy General ManagerPeter RobinsTechnical Manager Paul RichardsonAssistant Technical ManagerPenelope Briffa Event Coordinator

AEG ogden (Perth) Pty LtdRodney M Phillips Chief Executive

The Perth Theatre TrustThe Hon. Mr Peter Blaxell Chairman

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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Fri 27 & Sat 28 June 7.30pm BIZET L’Arlésienne – Suite No.1FAURE Pelléas et MélisandeVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Prelude & GalopBERLIOZ Harold in Italy

Vladimir Verbitsky conductorMaxim Rysanov viola (pictured)

Thurs 26 June 11am Perth Concert Hall

BIZET L’Arlésienne – Suite No.1BERLIOZ Harold in Italy

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