Carnival of the Animals

PROGRAM

Sun 10 June 2018, 1pm & 3pm Perth Concert Hall

Make Your Own PuppetTo make your own Bird Puppet Kite at home:

• Colour in the design below• Ask a grown up to help you use a pair of scissors to cut around the bird shape • Attach one long stick to the underneath of your bird running from the tip of one wing,

underneath the head to the tip of the other wing • Tie a piece of string to the middle of the stick underneath the bird’s head• You are ready to fly your bird puppet/kiteCredit Designer, Leon Hendroff

EChO Kids’ Cushion Concerts

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KIDS & FAMILIES

Fri 21 & Sat 22 September

Join our EChO (Education Chamber Orchestra) for fun-filled 50-minute musical adventures! Children will clap, sing and dance their way through stories and songs. Plus meet the WASO musicians and try have-a-go instruments at the end of these performances.

BOOK NOW – 9326 0000 – waso.com.au – tickets $18*

McCusker Charitable Foundation

9.45am & 11.15amWardle Room, Perth Concert Hall

0-6 year olds

Program details available July 2018 at waso.com.au

suitable for

Carnival of the AnimalsVerses by Nick EnrightPuppetry staging concepts co-created by Michael Barlow and Leon HendroffText of Nick Enright’s verses was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for a recorded narrative by Noni Hazelhurst, 1988. Copyright Nick Enright, 1988, 1989.Other concepts created by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 2018.

IBERT Divertissement

IntroductionValseParadeFinale          

SAINT-SAENS Carnival of the Animals

Words by Nick Enright

Introduction Royal March of the Lion Hens and Roosters EmusTortoisesThe Elephant Kangaroos Aquarium Character with Long Ears Cuckoo Deep in the Woods Aviary Pianists Fossils The Swan Finale 

(Please note: movements listed follow Nick Enright’s poems and differ slightly from Saint-Saëns’ musical composition)

This performance lasts approximately 55 minutes.

Carnival of the Animals is presented by WASO in conjunction with Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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.

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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Benjamin NortheyConductor

Since 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

About The ArtistsSpare Parts Puppet TheatreDirector/Co-creator/Projection: Michael BarlowDesigner/Co-creator/Head puppet maker: Leon HendroffPerformers: Charlotte Otton and Cam Pollock

Carnival of the Animals is a unique collaboration between WASO and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.

Bringing together the words of Australian playwright Nick Enright along with the magical score from Saint-Saëns we hope this collaboration creates an ideal introduction for you to enjoy the world of classical music.

Puppet theatre is an ideal art form to feature in a family concert, offering rich

and imaginative depth to the work while also allowing the orchestra to be a centre piece for the work.

We invite audiences to immerse themselves in this new experience - with music, narrative, puppetry, performance and lighting.

We hope you enjoy this performance of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is Australia’s flagship puppetry company dedicated to the development and creation of the art form. Through puppetry we share stories that celebrate what it is to be human; connecting audiences across generations.

Support a Crescendo student with a violin!We believe all children should have the opportunity to experience the joy of live music as part of their education. WASO’s Crescendo Program is based on the international El Sistema program, which has a proven record of improving behaviour, numeracy, literacy, social skills and fine motor skills, as well as lowering truancy and youth violence in disadvantaged communities.

Crescendo is delivered at two primary schools in Kwinana and provides weekly music lessons at no cost to the schools or the families involved.

The second phase of the program has now officially kicked off with help from WASO’s Patrons & Friends, through the initial purchase of over 100 violins for our Crescendo students. Thank you!

As the program continues to grow with new students beginning school every year, we still require donations to increase our violin stock. Can you help?

If you would like to support a Crescendo student to take up the violin with a $150 donation, please contact Emily Kennedy on 9326 0016 or kennedye@waso.com.au