“West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and Elders of Country throughout Western Australia on whose lands we work and share music.”
Using Your Digital Concert Guide
You may use this digital program in the Auditorium. Please use it respectfully and allow your fellow concert-goers to enjoy their concert experience by following these guidelines:
Please place your phone on silent.
Taking photos or video? Ensure your camera shutter sound and flash are turned off, then, if the conductor's arm is raised, hold it. If it's relaxed, go for it!
Program & Repertoire
Includes excerpts from:
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps: Overture
By arrangement with Origin Theatrical, by permission of Faber Music.
Gustav HOLST The Planets: Neptune
Henry WOOD Fantasia on British Sea Songs: Sailor’s Hornpipe
Edvard GRIEG Peer Gynt – Suite No.2, Peer Gynt’s Homecoming
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Princess
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Divertimento K.156: Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No.40: 1st movement
Gustav HOLST The Planets: Venus
Gaspar SANZ Canaries
Sergei PROKOFIEV A Love of Three Oranges: March
Camille SAINT- SAËNS Carnival of the Animals: Fossils
Duration: 50mins no interval
WASO On Stage
KEY:
Principal
Associate Principal
Assistant Principal
Contract Musician°
Guest Musician^
*Instruments used by these musicians are on loan from Janet Holmes à Court AC.
We greatly appreciate the support of our musicians’ Duet partners, acknowledged below.
Rebecca Glorie
Andrea Mendham
Kierstan Arkleysmith
Rod McGrath
Mark Tooby
Andrew Nicholson
Stephanie Nicholls°
Allan Meyer
Adam Mikulicz
Eve McEwen
Jenna Smith
Joshua Davis
Chloe Higgins
François Combémorel
About the Artists
Rebecca Glorie
Andrea Mendham
Kierstan Arkleysmith
Rod McGrath
Mark Tooby
Andrew Nicholson
Section Allan Meyer
Adam Mikulicz
Eve McEwen
Jenna Smith
Joshua Davis
Chloe Higgins
François Combémorel
About WASO
Engage | Excite | Experience | Educate
From the centre of Perth to the furthest corners of the state, we have provided the soundtrack to life in WA since 1928.
As the State Orchestra, Perth’s first and finest, WASO is the largest employer of performing artists in Western Australia and reaches two million people with musical experiences each year on stage, in our community, and online.
From concert stages to classrooms, hospitals to aged care, we bring joy, inspire learning, and nurture participation in our community, because everybody deserves the opportunity to experience live music. Every year, through community and leading industry partnerships, we engage a new generation of young and emerging artists to help secure a bright future for music in Australia.
We celebrate our rich classical music heritage with great artists from all over the world and commission and perform new repertoire to renew and expand it.
The Orchestra collaborates widely with major arts companies and independent artists, performing opera to ballet, movies to musicals, jazz to rock. Asher Fisch is Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of our Orchestra.
We champion the diversity of music in all its forms, with a team of talented and passionate people who create unforgettable experiences for all West Australians to enjoy.
Your Concert Experience
Snap a selfie from your seat, capture the artist bows and share the experience with friends. Don’t forget to tag us! #wasymphonyorchestra
Whether you are welcoming your favourite artist to the stage, or showing appreciation at the end of a piece, we love thunderous applause. Not sure when to clap? Here’s a tip; if the conductor’s arm is raised, hold it. If it’s relaxed, go for it!
Ensure your mobile phone is on silent and does not disrupt the experience of those around you. If you need to cough or sneeze, please do this into your elbow.
For information about venue services such as assisted hearing, lifts and accessible toilets, please ask one of our friendly front of house team members.
If you arrive late or leave your seat during a performance, your auditorium entry will need to wait until a suitable break.
Get tickets to your next WASO experience by visiting waso.com.au to buy online or book an in-person ticketing appointment by calling (08) 9326 0000.
Trusts & Foundations
Crescendo
Crescendo / Hospital Orchestra Project
Associate Conductor
Harmony / Associate Conductor
Concerts and Performances
Corporate Partners
Principal Partner
Government Partners
Premiere Partners
Serenade the City Partner
Lead Partners
Major Partners
Supporting Partners
Beverage Partners
To share in our vision and discuss the many opportunities extended through corporate partnerships please contact Corporate Development on 08 9326 0020.
