Symphony in the City

City of Perth

Saturday 10 December | 7.30pm
The Perth Esplanade

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT

WASO returns to the Esplanade for the fifth year to present an exciting free event for the people of Perth.

Principal Conductor Paul Daniel leads WASO in a spectacular farewell to the Perth Esplanade, performing favourites such as Beethoven’s Fifth, Carmina Burana: O Fortuna and the music from Star Wars. Don’t miss Tchaikovsky’s explosive 1812 Overture with the Swan Bells and the 7 Field Battery of the Australian Army Reserve Artillery.

Andrew Horabin, presenter
Greg Pearce, host
Paul Daniel, conductor
WASO Chorus

For your comfort, please bring a chair or blanket.

View the cannons of the 7 Field Battery of The Australian Army Reserve Artillery up close between 5.30pm – 7pm.

Members of the Australian Branch of the 501st Legion will be available for a meet and greet from 6.30pm – 7pm. Come along early to have your photo taken with the Storm Troopers!

transport

Additional Transperth train, bus and ferry services will be available for the event. Transperth’s ferry service between Perth and South Perth will be extended to 11pm. For more information visit www.transperth.wa.gov.au

 Live regional broadcast - Esperance & Broome

 For the first time, Symphony in the City will be broadcast live to regional Western Australia via the Westlink network. Residents of Broome and Esperance will be able to watch the concert at special screenings at Sun Pictures, Broome and The Esperance Civic Centre.

These are free screenings but you will require a complimentary ticket for entry.

Esperance Civic Centre - Get your tickets at the Esperance Civic Centre, Library or Visitor’s Centre or by calling 9083 1566.
Sun Pictures Broome - To get your tickets call 9192 3788.

In addition to these screenings, regional audiences will also be able to watch the concerts at community resource centres across WA or from home for anyone with a satellite dish and decoder that picks up Westlink (Channel 23). Contact your local Community Resource Centre for more information. Go to the Westlink website.

 Live webcast

 This concert will be webcast live from Perth Esplanade on iiNet's Freezone website from 7.10pm. You can watch the webcast in the following ways:

• On your computer - click here to go to Freezone
• On your iPhone or iPad using iiNet's app - download app
• On the big screen at the Northbridge Piazza - find out more

SCREENINGS AT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRES

A number of community resource centres across WA will be hosting screenings of our regional broadcast of Symphony in the City. If you live in or near any of these towns, contact your local CRC for all the details - www.crc.net.au. Some of the centres will also be raising money for charity on the night, including the Augusta CRC who will be donating all funds to the Margaret River bushfire. Screenings will be held at Williams, Pemberton, Walpole, Ongerup, Southern Cross, Mount Barker, Brunswick Junction, Augusta, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown, Dalwallinu, Frankland River, Kununurra, Lancelin, Nannup, Nungarin, Shark Bay, Tambellup and Wagin.

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 DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM

• Symphony in the City 2011 program
• Symphony in the City 2011 regional broadcasts program

Paul Daniel appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.
This event, the live regional broadcasts and the WASO Chorus are supported by Lotterywest.