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WELCOME

This week we are delighted to welcome our Principal Conductor Asher Fisch back to Perth for the first of three weeks of exciting concerts. Across these three weeks Asher and the orchestra explore a wide variety of repertoire and these concerts are no exception: three works by Mozart, Schubert and Bartók that span three centuries.

Schubert and Mozart were quite simply two of the most outstanding child prodigies the world of music has ever seen. Despite the fact that both died tragically young (Mozart at 35 and Schubert at just 31) they managed between them to composer more than 1600 works. When one considers the vast range of their output, from songs to symphonies, sonatas to operas, their output is even more astonishing.

Although Schubert may be best known as a composer of songs, his symphonies, and in particular numbers four, five, eight and nine are staples of the orchestral canon. Schubert himself subtitled his Fourth Symphony ‘Tragic’, although in truth only the first movement seems to fully justify the title. The last movement certainly has a strong dramatic tension, but its emphatic Major key conclusion rather undermines any chance of it being considered truly ‘tragic’ in nature. The second movement is typically Schubert, glowing with a bittersweet lyricism.

Mozart’s charming (and somewhat) humorous Fourth Horn Concerto was completed in 1786. The final ‘hunting-horn’ movement of this concerto usually steals the limelight, but the other movements also have their charms! We are delighted that our very own Principal Horn David Evans takes centre stage to perform this jovial concerto.

Following the interval (and jumping forward over 150 years) Maestro Fisch will lead the orchestra in a work which really does showcase the exceptional talents of each section of our Orchestra. Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a virtuosic show piece that is filled with rhythmic vitality, Hungarian paprika colours and culminates in a grand and powerful final movement – a towering classic of twentieth-century orchestral music.

Alan Tyrrell Program Manager

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ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS MOZART & BARTOK

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Pre-concert TalkFind out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Christopher van Tuinen. The Pre-concert Talk takes place at 9.40am in the Auditorium.

The Pre-concert Talk is supported by Wesfarmers Arts

MOZART Horn Concerto No.4 (17 mins)

Allegro moderatoRomanza (Andante)Rondo (Allegro)

BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra (38 mins)

Introduzione: Andante non troppo – Allegro vivaceGiuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando Elegia: Andante non troppoIntermezzo interrotto: AllegrettoFinale: Pesante – Presto

Asher Fisch conductor David Evans hornAsher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts

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ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS SCHUBERT & BARTOK

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Pre-concert TalksFind out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Christopher van Tuinen. Pre-concert Talks take place at 6.45pm in the Terrace Level Foyer.

Meet the Musician Enjoy a conversation with David Evans, Principal Horn post-concert Saturday night in the Terrace Level Foyer.

Pre-concert Talks are supported by Wesfarmers Arts

SCHUBERT Symphony No.4 Tragic (28 mins)

Adagio molto – Allegro vivaceAndanteMenuetto: Allegro vivace – TrioAllegro

MOZART Horn Concerto No.4 (17 mins)

Allegro moderatoRomanza (Andante)Rondo (Allegro)

Interval (25 mins)

BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra (38 mins)

Introduzione: Andante non troppo – Allegro vivaceGiuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando Elegia: Andante non troppoIntermezzo interrotto: AllegrettoFinale: Pesante – Presto

Asher Fisch conductor David Evans horn

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An exhilarating concert with Baiba Skride’s “brilliant sound”, ideally suited to Mozart’s elegant Fourth Violin Concerto. Also features Schoenberg’s romantic masterpiece Verklärte Nacht.

SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) MOZART Violin Concerto No.4 BRAHMS ORCH. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet No.1

Asher Fisch conductor Baiba Skride violin (pictured)Baiba Skride appears courtesy of Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts

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ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS MOZART’S REQUIEMFRI 2 & SAT 3 SEPT 7.30PM Perth Concert Hall

Mozart’s Requiem has always been the object of legend. The profound depth and sincerity with which Mozart gives voice to both grief and hope, showcases his great genius.

MAGNUS LINDBERG EXPO RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin MOZART Requiem

Asher Fisch conductor (pictured) Sara Macliver soprano Stefanie Irányi mezzo soprano Steve Davislim tenor Derek Welton bass WASO ChorusAsher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts

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WASO IN THE COMMUNITY

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• On double bass presented as a 21st Birthday gift to EChO kindly donated by John Albright & Susan Lorimer

• 46 active amateur musicians performed side-by-side WASO players to create our larger than life “Rusty Orchestra”

• one wolf • 3 pairs of blue converse

The Rusty Orchestra performance on Saturday 25 June was presented in loving memory of our dear friend and supporter from 720 ABC Perth, Eoin Cameron (1951 – 2016).

For more information about WASO's extensive Community Engagement program visit waso.com.au/education

WASO's Education Week 2016“It was fabulous to see WASO investing so wholeheartedly in the vital job of reaching a young audience.” Rosalind Appleby, 28 June, The West Australian

WASO's Education Week celebrates the diverse programs delivered by our Community Engagement Department. Throughout the year, WASO presents workshops, performances and music classes to audiences across the State, and for one week of the year, the company focuses entirely on this suite of activities to present Education Week as part of Community Support Month. This year, from 20 – 26 June, the Community Engagement Team worked with a terrific group of presenters to reach audiences as young as babies through to 70+, delivering a range of performance based and participatory programs encouraging appreciation of live music and music-making. The stats are in for what can only be described as a very fun week for all involved;

• #educationweek16 reached more than 7000 audience members over 7 days

• 13 performances and workshops across 8 different programs

• 5 different performance sites across Perth Concert Hall, Hale School and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

• 5 world premiere performances • Welcome to Country Ceremony with Mr

Barry McGuire featuring a side-by-side performance of Kolbang djn-djin, written by Dr Gerard Brophy and gifted to WASO by Guildford Grammar School

• 21 schools groups and 52 home school families attended projects at Perth Concert Hall

• one 21st Birthday Party, celebrating EChO (our Education Chamber Orchestra), one of the longest running education programs delivered by an Australian Orchestra

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Asher FischPrincipal Conductor & Artistic Adviser

Asher Fisch’s first two seasons with WASO included a range of classical repertoire, a Beethoven Symphony Cycle in 2014 and a Brahms Festival in 2015, both Western Australian firsts.

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 conducted 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 included 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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David EvansPrincipal Horn

David Evans studied Horn at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts, before completing three programs at the Australian National Academy of Music. In 2002 David was appointed Principal Horn with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and has since appeared as soloist with WASO on numerous occasions, performing works by Schumann, Mozart and Britten.

David has performed as guest Principal Horn in the Melbourne, Tasmanian, New Zealand Symphony and China Philharmonic Orchestras and has appeared as a guest artist at the Melbourne International Festival of Brass and the 42nd International Horn Symposium in Brisbane.

David was a member of the Australian World Orchestra in 2013, and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in September 2013.

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Louise McKay In Conversation and RecitalSunday 23 October, 2pm – 4pm McAppion Theatre, Aquinas College

Spend an afternoon with WASO’s Associate Principal Cello Louise McKay.

It’s often quoted that 10,000 hours of practice are required to achieve mastery in any field, but musicians never stop learning and striving to perfect their artistry. The annual Friends of WASO Scholarship invests in the development of your Orchestra’s musicians, and is directly supported by ticket sales to our Patrons & Friends events.

Louise was the recipient of this year’s Scholarship, and has returned from her trip to Berlin ready to share stories from her experiences overseas and her musical career. Complementing her work with WASO, Louise is an active chamber musician and soloist and will perform a selection of beautiful works for cello. Don’t miss your chance to hear from one of our talented musicians in an intimate setting.

Tickets are $45 for Patrons & Friends ($55 for guests) including wine and refreshments and can be purchased by calling the WASO Box Office on 9326 0000.

Associate Principal Cello Chair is partnered by Penrhos College.

PATRONS & FRIENDS EVENT

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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is Western Australia’s largest and busiest performing arts organisation. With a reputation for excellence, engagement and innovation, WASO’s resident company of full-time, professional musicians plays a central role in creating a culturally vibrant Western Australia. WASO is a not for profit company, funded through government, ticket revenue and the generous support of the community through corporate and philanthropic partnerships.

WASO’s vision is to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Each year the Orchestra entertains and inspires the people of Western Australia through its concert performances, regional tours, innovative

education and community programs, and its artistic partnerships with West Australian Opera and West Australian Ballet.

The Orchestra is led by Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser Asher Fisch. The Israeli-born conductor is widely acclaimed for his command of the Romantic German repertoire and is a frequent guest at the world’s great opera houses.

Each year the Orchestra performs over 175 concerts with some of the world’s most talented conductors and soloists to an audience in excess of 190,000. An integral part of the Orchestra is the WASO Chorus, a highly skilled ensemble of auditioned singers who volunteer their time and talent.

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WASO ON STAGE TONIGHT

VIOLINLaurence JacksonConcertmasterGraeme NorrisAssoc ConcertmasterSemra Lee-Smith Assistant Concertmaster Rebecca GlorieA/Principal 1st ViolinZak Rowntree*Principal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenBeth HebertJane JohnstonSunmi JungChristina KatsimbardisEllie LawrenceShaun Lee-Chen*Andrea Mendham^Akiko MiyazawaMelanie PearnKen PeelerGraham PyattLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliKathryn ShinnickKate SullivanBao Di TangCerys ToobySusannah Williams^David Yeh

VIOLAAlex BroganSally Boud^Guest Assoc PrincipalKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicBenjamin CaddyKatherine Corecig^Alison HallRachael KirkKathryn McKay^Allan McLeanHelen Tuckey

CELLORod McGrathChair partnered by Tokyo Gas

Louise McKayChair partnered by Penrhos College Shigeru KomatsuOliver McAslan Nicholas MetcalfeEve Silver*Fotis SkordasTim SouthXiaole Wu

DOUBLE BASSAndrew Sinclair*Joan Wright Elizabeth Browning^Louise ElaertsChristine ReitzensteinAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson Mary-Anne Blades

PICCOLOMichael Waye

OBOEPeter Facer Liz CheeAnnabelle FaridGuest Assoc Principal

COR ANGLAISLeanne Glover

CLARINETAllan Meyer Lorna Cook

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier

BASSOONJane Kircher-Lindner Chair partnered by Sue & Ron Wooller

Adam Mikulicz

CONTRABASSOONChloe Turner

HORNSarah Barrett^Guest PrincipalRobert Gladstones Principal 3rd HornJulia BrookeFrancesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPETBrent GrapesEvan Cromie Peter Miller

TROMBONEJoshua Davis Liam O’Malley

BASS TROMBONEPhilip Holdsworth

TUBACameron Brook

TIMPANIAlex Timcke

PERCUSSIONBrian MaloneyChiron MellerA/Assoc Principal Percussion and Timpani

HARPSarah Bowman Bronwyn Wallis^

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

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalGuest Musician^

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the stage • When the conductor walks onto the stage • After the completion of each piece and at

the end of the performance

When 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 Ticket Collection Desk before each performance and at the interval.

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FRI 2 & SAT 3 SEPT 7.30PM Perth Concert Hall

Asher Fisch conductorSara Macliver soprano

Stefanie Irányi mezzo sopranoSteve Davislim tenor

Derek Welton bassWASO Chorus

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Mozarts Requiem

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Mozart’s final, transcendental work: music for beyond this world.

Magnus Lindberg ExpoRAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin

MOZART Requiem

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1800 1900 2000

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

1756 – 1791Born in 1756, Salzburg, AustriaDied in 1791, Vienna, Austria

Schubert's Symphony No.4 'Tragic'1816

Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra1943

BELA BARTOK

1881 – 1945Born in 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary (now Romania)Died in 1945, New York, USA

Mozart's Horn Concerto No.41786

FRANZ SCHUBERT

1797 – 1828Born in 1797, Vienna, AustriaDied in 1828, Vienna, Austria

TIMELINE OF COMPOSERS & WORKS

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Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Symphony No.4 in C minor, D417, Tragic

Adagio molto – Allegro vivace Andante Menuetto: Allegro vivace – Trio Allegro

Schubert composed his first six symphonies in his teens, assimilating in them the results of his study with Antonio Salieri. Salieri had little time for the ‘heroic’ style of Beethoven, and Schubert duly produced works in the manner of Classical masters like Haydn and Mozart.

Composed in 1816, when Schubert was 19, the Fourth Symphony (later subtitled Tragic by the composer) thus stands out. It would be a stretch to call it Beethovenian, but the first movement’s slow introduction opens with the sort of attention-grabbing unisons and urgent drum-beats, derived in part from Haydn’s Sturm und Drang style of the 1770s, and in part from French revolutionary opera that we hear in Beethoven at the time.

It is, furthermore, in a key that Beethoven routinely used for works of drama and pathos. After the introduction’s chromatic unfolding (more Mozartian than Beethovenian) the main Allegro’s energy is maintained by terse rhythms, and skilful alternation between different sections of the orchestra at different dynamics.

The Andante, in A flat, is built around a Haydn-like melody featuring winds (especially oboe) that contrasts with more angular, troubled material.The Menuetto is in the relative major key of E flat, but, like the work’s opening, is highly chromatic and further destabilised by cross-rhythms, offsetting the relative simplicity of the central trio section.

The finale, like many of Beethoven’s, uses often-repeated tightly wound motifs and syncopated rhythms to drive the music towards a radiant C major. The Symphony remained unperformed until 1849, and was only published in 1884.

© Gordon Kerry 2016

First performance: 19 November 1849, Leipzig.First WASO performance: 23 & 25 September 1950. Eugene Goossens, conductor.Most recent WASO performance: 20 January 1962. John Hopkins, conductor.Instrumentation: two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings.

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Chromatic – music that uses notes which are not part of the keySturm und Drang – a movement in late 18th-century German literature, art and music, which prized violent extremes of emotion rather than rational thinking. In English, ‘Storm and Stress’Syncopation – displacement of the regular beat, thus accenting beats which are conventionally weak and vice versa

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756 – 1791)

Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat, K495

Allegro moderato Romanza (Andante) Rondo (Allegro)

Mozart’s compositions often say much about their dedicatees – or at least Mozart’s feelings about their dedicatees! Thus his works for the clarinettist Anton Stadler highlight the nobility of the instrument, while his works for horn, composed for Viennese cheesemonger Joseph Leutgeb, reveal a jocular humour verging on the pranksterish – tempered by affection.

Mozart first met Leutgeb in Salzburg, where Leutgeb played first horn in the Archbishop’s band. He was a generation older than Mozart, but the two developed a warm friendship. In 1773, Leutbeg joined the Mozarts for a tour of Italy. ‘He will make quite a fortune here,’ Leopold Mozart declared, ‘for he is extraordinarily popular.’ Such predictions proved unfounded and Leutgeb moved to Vienna instead, to buy a cheesemonger’s shop – ‘the size of a snail’s shell’, according to Leopold, who partly financed the endeavour.

And so when Mozart moved to Vienna in 1781, he had a friend waiting for him. Leutgeb first requested a horn concerto from Mozart in 1777; in 1781, Mozart appeased him with a rondo. Two years later, he began composing his series of four horn concertos, of which this – though numbered the fourth – was composed second. The four horn concertos are smaller in scale than his instrumental concertos, probably as acknowledgement of the great difficulty of the natural horn.

The horn concertos are not easy even on today’s valved horn; on the natural horn of the 18th century, they pose an enormous challenge. But Mozart makes musical sense of the limitations of the natural horn, and uses the hand-stopped notes to advantage.

In the words of Charles Rosen, the concertos are ‘full of splendid details, lacking only seriousness’ – and is this necessarily such a bad thing? Mozart admitted to a penchant for practical jokes, and the faithful Leutgeb often found himself the butt of these. Mozart’s great biographer Otto Jahn describes an occasion when Mozart threw ‘all the parts of his concertos and symphonies about the room, and Leutgeb had to collect them on all fours and put them in order’. The scores of the concertos contain further evidence of such mischief. The dedication to K417 reads: ‘Wolfgang Amadé Mozart takes pity on Leutgeb, ass, ox, and simpleton, at Vienna, 27 May 1783.’

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From the evidence, Leutgeb would have said little, and taken such difficulties quietly into his stride. Despite being the butt of Mozart’s jokes, he was an accomplished and celebrated player. A French critic had commended him for his ability ‘to sing an adagio as perfectly as the most mellow, interesting, and accurate voice’. Mozart capitalises on this in the concerto’s luxurious Romanze. Alfred Einstein points out the resemblance of the first movement to Mozart’s cantata Die Maurerfreude, while the finale, as befits a ‘hunting horn concerto’, is a hunting rondo.

Anna Goldsworthy © 2006

First WASO performance: 17, 19 & 20 June 1975, country tour. Gerald Krug, conductor.Most recent WASO performance: 19 February 2012, Courtyard Music series. David Evans, horn.Instrumentation: Two oboes, two horns, strings.

Such pranks have been explained away over the years, with much guffawing from Mozart experts, as ‘good-natured practical jokes’ – though one can’t help but cringe at some of them. And yet the music does not jeer in any way, but is entirely good-natured, and speaks of the affection Mozart clearly felt for his ‘ass’ of a friend.

The Concerto in E flat, K495 is dated 26 June 1786. Mozart marked it in his composition ledger as ‘a hunting-horn concerto for Leutgeb’. This was a very productive year for Mozart, in which he had fully established himself as Vienna’s most popular musician. The concerto unfolds along similar lines to those of K447 – indeed, Alfred Einstein describes it as the earlier concert’s ‘duplicate’. But it speaks of the composer’s growing confidence and maturity, and reveals a greater degree of intimacy than its predecessors.

The manuscript is written in four different colours of ink– possibly another light-hearted gesture for his Leutgeb’s benefit, though various commentators have ascribed musical significance to it. At one difficult place in the score, Mozart writes ‘What do you say to that, Master Leutgeb?’

Rondo – a musical form where a main idea (refrain) alternates with a series of musical episodes. Classical composers often wrote the final movement of their symphonic works in rondo form

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Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

Introduzione: Andante non troppo – Allegro vivaceGiuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzandoElegia: Andante non troppoIntermezzo interrotto: AllegrettoFinale: Pesante – Presto

Bartók himself described the Concerto for Orchestra in a program note as ‘a gradual transition from the sternness of the first movement … to the life-assertion of the last one’. The piece was composed during the autumn of 1943 by the idyllic Saranac Lake in upstate New York, and was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky in December 1944. As its title suggests, it is more than a symphony, rather a work where, as Bartók put it, ‘single instruments or instrument-groups’ are treated ‘in a concertant or soloistic manner’.

In view of his circumstances at the time it is hard to imagine how Bartók could speak in terms of life-assertion, let alone produce such a sustained piece of beautifully crafted and radiant music. Bartók and his wife had arrived in the USA as refugees from fascism in 1940 and made a precarious living from performances and teaching. Early in 1943, Bartók’s health deteriorated – the trip to Saranac Lake, paid for by the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers, was for him to convalesce after

a mysterious illness that proved to be the early signs of leukaemia; the commission from Koussevitzky was secretly brokered by fellow Hungarian emigrés to help Bartók’s dire finances.

While the Concerto makes a linear transition from sternness to life-affirmation, it is, formally, symmetrical, an example of what scholars call ‘arch-form’. The outer movements, and the even-numbered ones, mirror each other in their duration and tempo, and the whole work pivots on the central Elegia. The work begins mysteriously, producing a motif of rising perfect fourths (a reminiscence of Bartók’s 1911 opera Bluebeard’s Castle) that will return, inverted, in the Elegia. It leads to an impassioned, buoyant Allegro section, a rich mosaic of orchestral colour that offers moments of quiet delicacy and reaches its climax in a jubilant cacophony of hunting calls (perfect fourths again) from the brass.

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The finale is a thrilling compendium of orchestral colour, energetic ostinatos and passages of masterful counterpoint. Bartók proudly reported that Koussevitzky thought it “the best orchestra piece in the last 25 years”, including the works of his idol Shostakovich’.

© Gordon Kerry 2014

First performance: 1 December 1944, Boston Symphony Orchestra. Serge Koussevitzky, conductor.First WASO performance: 12-13 October 1962. John Farnsworth Hall, conductor.Most recent WASO performance: 3-4 June 2011. Stefan Asbury, conductor.Instrumentation: Three flutes (third doubling piccolo), three oboes (third doubling cor anglais), three clarinets (third doubling bass clarinet), three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, two harps, and strings.

The second movement, Giuoco delle coppie (‘game of pairs’), is introduced by a passage of drum taps, after which pairs of instruments state a perky tune that is always harmonised in mellifluous sixths – until the muted trumpets insist on playing it in dissonant parallel seconds. This musical joke is dispelled by a solemnly glowing ‘chorale’ passage from the rest of the brass, before a return to a version of the original material. The Elegia that follows, with its folk melodies and birdcalls, reflects Bartók’s grief at leaving a homeland that would be forever changed, but this spills over into sarcastic anger in the fourth movement. A deceptively simple Balkan tune, passed among the winds, alternates with a broad ‘Hungarian’ melody in the strings. The clarinet then introduces a parody of the ‘fascist’ march theme from Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, whose popularity Bartók despised, which is in turn crushed by loud raspberries from the trombone section.

Perfect fourth – describes an interval in which the two notes are four scale degrees apart (e.g. from C to F)Ostinato – a brief fragment or phrase which is repeated persistently through a section of music

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YOU MAY ALSO ENJOYBRAHMS orch. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet No.1featured in Asher Fisch & WASO: Baiba Skride Plays MozartFri 26 & Sat 27 August

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MEET THE MUSICIAN

Kate SullivanViolin

What is your first musical memory?Music filled my house for as long as I can remember. My mother is a musician and was always playing music or singing as she did things around our home. My first memory of classical music was when I was about 3 or 4 years old. My mother took me to see a symphony orchestra play, and I vividly remember pointing to the violins and saying ‘What’s that? I want to play that!’

What path did you take before starting with WASO?After school I started a bachelor of music in Queensland, which I then transferred across to the University of Melbourne. Once I finished, I spent three years at ANAM - The Australian National Academy of Music. During and after that time, I freelanced in Melbourne with professional orchestras and my string quartet before winning a job in WASO.

Do you have any stand-out concerts or performances in your time with WASO?In my short time at WASO so far, there have been so many enjoyable performances. However the recent Rite of Spring and The Planets concert with Simone Young would have to be my absolute favourite. I loved every moment of the rehearsal process and performances. She is very considered in her approach to the music and so inspiring.

What other non WASO concerts have you enjoyed?I have always especially enjoyed performing chamber music, particularly string quartet. Some of my favourite performances have been intimate house concerts where the audience are so close they are almost breathing down your neck. I love it because you can feel their energy and that definitely improves your performance. I have found that audiences love it as well because they can see and hear absolutely everything that’s going on and they feel involved in the process.

Musicians are always busy people, what do you do when you have time to relax? When I'm not at WASO, I spend time with my Pug puppy Winston. In summer I love being outdoors at the beach and lately in the colder weather I have been getting into some really great TV series!

What’s your favourite city in the world? My favourite city in the world would have to be either New York or Hong Kong. New York for obvious reasons…but I love Hong Kong for its hectic pace, its food, the shopping, but mostly the fascinating collision of Traditional Chinese and Western cultures.

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Compose Your LegacyAre you interested in supporting WASO now and into the future? A simple, rewarding and versatile way to support us for years to come is through a gift in your will, also known as a charitable bequest.

Bequests are very special gifts that we preserve as your musical legacy. WASO is a charitable organisation and we increasingly rely on the support of our philanthropic community. Monies from bequests are invested and preserved in the Endowment Fund for the Orchestra and the income earned, less inflation, is used to support WASO’s activities for many years into the future. This means that your money lives on forever, providing support for the development of young artists, regional touring, the commissioning of new musical works and WASO’s award winning Education and Community Engagement program.

Sometimes people feel they have nothing to give or do not have the means to contribute during their lifetime. You can, however plan for the future by leaving a bequest through the distribution of your assets, regardless of your age or financial situation.

Alerting us to a bequest you have made will allow us to thank you appropriately by welcoming you to WASO’s Symphony Circle.

WASO PHILANTHROPYPhilanthropy Partner

Being part of this unique community of orchestral music lovers gives you access to exclusive events, keeps you up to date with developments at WASO and will ensure your generous support is acknowledged on WASO’s website and in printed concert programs, unless anonymity is your preference.

Our Planned Giving Manager, Sarah Tompkin will be at the Programs & Information Desk at the Morning Symphony and at interval for our Classics concerts if you would like to have a confidential chat about supporting WASO through a bequest, or would like to alert us to a bequest you have already made!

You can also call Sarah in the office on 9326 0017 or email tompkins@waso.com.au. All enquiries will be dealt with in the strictest confidence and are in no way binding.

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OUR SUPPORTERS

Whatever the shape or size, you are helping WASO make a difference and we thank you for your support. WASO’s philanthropy program continues to grow, supporting our vision now and into the future. It is an exciting time be a part of this community, to meet our musicians and to know you have helped your Orchestra to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Together we can do amazing things.

Symphony CircleRecognising Patrons who have made a provision in their Will to the OrchestraMr John BonnyDr G Campbell-EvansDeirdre CarlinAnita & James Clayton Dr Michael FlacksJudith Gedero Robyn GlindemannGwenyth GreenwoodEmi & Warren JonesRachael Kirk & Tim WhiteWolfgang Lehmkuhl Deborah MarshTosi Nottage in memory of Edgar NottageNigel & Dr Heather RogersGavin Toovey & Jaehan LeeSheila Wileman Sagitte Yom-Tov FundAnonymous (31)

Endowment Fund for the OrchestraThis fund includes major donations and bequests Tom & Jean ArkleyJanet Holmes à Court ACMinderoo FoundationSagitte Yom-Tov Fund

Estates WASO is extremely grateful for the bequests received from Estates Rachel Mabel ChapmanJudy Sienkiewicz Mrs Roslyn WarrickAnonymous (3)

Excellence CircleSupporting excellence across all we doJean ArkleyBob & Gay BranchiJanet Holmes à Court ACDr Patricia KailisTorsten & Mona KetelsenMichael Utsler

The WASO Song BookWe are grateful to those who have supported new works commissioned for the Orchestra by WASOJanet Holmes à Court ACPeter DawsonGeoff Stearn

Reach OutSupporting our Education & Community Engagement programsJohn Albright & Susan Lorimer – purchase of the EChO Double BassJean ArkleyRon & Penny CrittallKen EvansFeilman FoundationThe James Galvin FoundationRobyn GlindemannBarrie & Jude LepleyMrs MorrellSimon Lee FoundationThe Stan Perron Charitable FoundationJean & Peter StokesTrish Williams – Strategic InteractionsAnonymous (1)

If you are interested in becoming a Patron or learning more about WASO Philanthropy please contact Jane Clare, Fundraising and Philanthropy Manager, on 9326 0014 or email janec@waso.com.au.

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

All donations over $2 are fully tax deductible.

Philanthropic partnerships come in all shapes and sizes

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We are proud to acknowledge the following Patrons for their generous contribution to WASO in the last twelve months through our Annual Giving program.

Principal Conductor’s CircleGifts $20,000+Janet Holmes à Court ACPatricia NewJudy Sienkiewicz (dec.)

Impresario PatronGifts $10,000 - $19,999John Albright & Susan Lorimer Gay & Bob Branchi Gavin BunningTony & Gwenyth Lennon Margaret & Rod Marston Joshua & Pamela PittTrish Williams – Strategic Interactions

Maestro Patron Gifts $5,000 - $9,999Jean Arkley in memory of Tom ArkleyBill Bloking Dr Roland & Therese BrandIan & Elizabeth ConstableMoira & John DobsonTim & Lexie ElliottBridget Faye AM Gilbert GeorgeWarwick Hemsley & Melissa ParkeDr Patricia KailisAlison KennedyKeith & Gaye Kessell Dr Ronny Low & Dr Emma RichardsonBryant & Louise Macfie Robert MayPaula & John Phillips Peter & Jean Stokes Richard Tarala & Lyn Beazley AO

Ros ThomsonAlan WhithamSue & Ron WoollerAnonymous (5)

Virtuoso PatronGifts $2,500 - $4,999Prof Fred & Mrs Margaret AffleckNeil Archibald & Alan R Dodge AMDavid & Suzanne Biddles Peter & Marjorie BirdAlan & Anne BlanckenseeSally BurtonDr G Campbell-EvansProf Jonathan Carapetis & Prof Sue SkullMark Coughlan & Dr Pei-Yin Hsu Stephen Davis & Linda SavageRichard FaragoRobyn Glindemann Annette & Vincent GoerkeBrian & Romola HaggertyJacoba Hohnen & Ted SamsonSylvia & Wally HyamsEleanor JohnMichael & Dale Kitney Mrs MorrellJane & Jock MorrisonAnne NolanTim Pavy & Cathy ColeMelanie & Paul ShannonGail & Tony Sutherland Gene TilbrookM & H TuiteStan & Valerie VicichIan WatsonJoyce Westrip OAMAndrew & Marie YunckenAnonymous (1)

Principal PatronGifts $1,000 - $2,499Ron & Sue AdamsCaroline Allen & Sandy DunnPrue Ashurst in memory of Eoin CameronMargaret Atkins Dan & Gail BamBetty BarkerNoelle BeasleyTony & Mary Beeley Kevin Blake Matthew J C Blampey Namy BodinnerPeter & Eve BolandMr John BonnyJohn & Debbie Borshoff Dr & Mrs P BreidahlJean Brodie-Hall AMJames & Gay BrownMarilyn & Ian BurtonPeter & Sue Clifton Arthur & Nerina CoopesHon June Craig AM Gay & John Cruickshank Lesley & Peter DaviesJulian Dowse Bev EastMegan EdwardsLorraine EllardDane Etheridge & Brooke FowelsAnnette FinnDon & Marie Forrest E & EA FraunschielDr Andrew GardnerRoger & Ann GillbanksGraham & Barbara GouldenJannette Gray Deidre Greenfeld Grussgott Family Trust

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David & Valerie GullandRichard B Hammond Pauline & Peter HandfordDr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan HerbertMichael HollingdaleHelen Hollingshead John & Katrina HopkinsSue HovellJim & Freda Irenic Lilian & Roger JenningsAnthony Kane & Jane Leahy-KaneBill Kean Noelle & Anthony Keller AMNelly KleynStephanie & John Kobelke In memory of Eileen HayesIrving Lane Paul LeeMeg LewisRosalind Lilley Teresa & Jemima LovelandGraham & Muriel Mahony Gregg & Sue MarshmanBetty & Con Michael AOMrs Carolyn Milton-Smith in loving memory of Emeritus Prof John Milton-Smith Hon Justice S R Moncrieff Valmae & Geoff MorrisVal & Barry NeubeckerDelys & Alan NewmanDr P J NobleJohn OvertonRon & Philippa PackerMichael & Lesley PageAthena PatonRosemary PeekAdrian & Ruth PhelpsCharmian Phillips in memory of Colin CraftPamela PlattAndrew & Suzanne PoliThomas & Diana Potter Alison & John PriceBarry & Dot Price

Dr Leon Prindiville Chester ReeveJoan ReylandJohn & Alison RiggMs Elizabeth Sachse & Dr Lance RisbeyLeigh RobinsonNigel & Dr Heather RogersGerry & Maurice Rousset OAMRoger Sandercock Dr R & J SchwengerMargaret & Roger SearesEve Shannon-Cullity Glenice ShephardJulian & Noreen Sher Laurel & Ross SmithPAI Smith & DA HarryMichael Snell & Vicki StewartThe Ambient FoundationRuth ThomasGavin Toovey & Jaehan LeeMary Townsend James & Rosemary TrotterDr Robert TurnbullMaggie VenerysAdrienne & Max Walters Diana WarnockWatering ConceptsAnn Whyntie Ian Williams AO & Jean WilliamsJim & Gill WilliamsMargaret WilsonJudith Wilton & David TurnerHilary & Peter Winterton AMAnonymous (26)

Tutti PatronGifts $500 - $999Geoff & Joan AireyIan Apps Catherine BagsterMerle I BardwellBernard & Jackie Barnwell Shirley Barraclough Mrs Berwine Barrett-LennardColin Beckett

Pamela M BennetMichael & Nadia Berkeley-Hill John & Sue Bird in memory of Penny BirdDermot & Jennifer BlackweirSusy BogleElaine BondsDiane & Ron BowyerLucia BuralliAnn Butcher & Dean R Kubank Michelle CandyNanette CarnachanClaire Chambers & Dr Andrea ShoebridgeFred & Angela ChaneyDr Sarah CherianDr Anne ChesterLyn & Harvey Coates AOAgatha & Alex Cohen AOHelen CookBrian Cresswell Gina & Neil DavidsonProfessor Wayne Iwan Lee Davies FRSB Jop & Hanneke DelfosJudy Dolan Rai & Erika DolinschekSimon & Pamela DouglasMrs G EwenJoan GagliardiJennifer & Stephen GardinerGeorge GavranicElaine GimsonIsobel Glencross Alan Harvey & Dr Paulien de BoerEric & Elizabeth HeenanJohn and Sue HuanChristopher, Julie, Rosemary & Bronwyn HudsonMr John Hylton-Davies JP, VJPeter Ingram Cynthia JeePeter S JonesWarren & Emi JonesB M KentDorothy Kingston

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Ulrich & Gloria Kunzmann John Kusinski & Annie MotherwayTrevor & Ane Marie Lacy Louis & Miriam LandauMartin & Ruth LevitMegan LoweMary Ellen in memory of KerensaGeoff MasseyJennifer & Arthur McCombJames Meneghello & Mabel ChewS B Monger-HayAndré & Barbara MorkelDr Peter MossPhuong NguyenMarianne NilssonDr Walter Ong & Graeme MarshallMarjan Oxley

Graham & Hildegarde PennefatherBev Penny Alpha & Richard Pilpel OAMAnn RawlinsonJames & Nicola Ridsdill-SmithChris & Serge Rtshiladze Carole SextonThe Sherwood FamilyPaul & Margaret SkerrittHendrik SmitDr L Sparrow & FamilyPeggy & Tom Stacy Eleanor SteinhardtIn Memoriam of Mr Andrew David StewartLisa & Andrew TelfordRuth E ThornPatricia TurnerS R Vogt

Anne Watson Joy WearnePatricia WestonDr Chris & Mrs Vimala WhitakerB M WilcoxGeoff WilkinsonViolette William Janet WilliamsDr Robyn Yeo & Ms Cyn JohnsonChris ZiatisAnonymous (23)

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

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WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

VIOLINLaurence JacksonConcertmasterGraeme NorrisAssoc Concertmaster Semra Lee-Smith Assistant Concertmaster Rebecca GlorieA/Principal 1st ViolinZak RowntreePrincipal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenStephanie DeanBeth HebertChristina KatsimbardisEllie LawrenceShaun Lee-Chen*Akiko Miyazawa Anna O’HaganMelanie PearnKen PeelerGraham Pyatt Louise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliJacek SlawomirskiKate SullivanBao Di TangCerys ToobyDavid Yeh

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Shigeru KomatsuOliver McAslan Nicholas MetcalfeEve Silver* Fotis SkordasTim SouthXiaole Wu

DOUBLE BASSAndrew Sinclair* PrincipalJoan Wright Assoc PrincipalLouise ElaertsChristine ReitzensteinAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson PrincipalMary-Anne Blades Assoc Principal

PICCOLOMichael Waye Principal

OBOEPeter FacerPrincipalLiz CheeAssoc Principal

COR ANGLAISLeanne GloverPrincipal

CLARINETAllan Meyer PrincipalLorna Cook

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier Principal

BASSOONJane Kircher-Lindner PrincipalChair partnered by Ron & Sue Wooller

Adam Mikulicz Assoc Principal

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TRUMPETBrent GrapesPrincipalEvan Cromie Assoc PrincipalPeter Miller

TROMBONEJoshua Davis PrincipalLiam O’MalleyAssoc Principal

BASS TROMBONEPhilip Holdsworth Principal

TUBACameron Brook Principal

TIMPANIAlex Timcke Principal

PERCUSSIONBrian Maloney PrincipalTroy Greatz Assoc Principal

HARPSarah Bowman Principal

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

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CHORUS DIRECTOR Christopher van Tuinen

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