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Tonight, we welcome back our Principal Conductor Asher Fisch for our final concerts for the year, and take a stroll through 19th century France. Out of the three works in tonight’s program, one has never been performed by WASO, one was last performed in 1968 and one was last performed in 2013. I’ll let you all guess which piece is which!

The concert overture Polyeucte was Dukas’ public debut and was composed the year after he graduated from the Conservatoire in Paris. Although it is rarely performed, it has a rich orchestral score and many sumptuous melodies. Considering Dukas was writing a review for Wagner’s Ring Cycle in the same year, it is not at all surprising that this work shows the influence of Wagner’s harmonic innovations and orchestral colours.

Although overshadowed by both the other Romantic cello concerti, and even his own Symphonie espagnole, Lalo’s Cello Concerto is a delightful, albeit rarely performed work that evokes the Spanish atmosphere that attracted French composers at the end of the century. We are delighted to have Alban Gerhardt back in Perth to perform this work.

We finish our 2016 Classics Series with the radical and revolutionary Symphonie fantastique, which is inspired by an infatuation (some might say obsession) with actress Harriet Smithson (the Beloved). Throughout this work, the Beloved is represented by a special motif, the idée fixe, which is moulded in each movement to convey how she changes or how his feelings towards her change. The first movement is a dream, the second, a glittering ball where the artist is haunted by the sight of his Beloved. After a country scene, the fourth movement slips into nightmare. He dreams that he has killed his Beloved, and is condemned to death and led to execution. He then sees himself at his own funeral, a witches’ sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of sorcerers and monsters of every kind.

It is debated whether Symphonie fantastique was the result of an opium-induced hallucination or whether it was just the result of a fevered imagination? I’ll let you all decide.

Natalie De Biasi Program Coordinator

MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES

ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

DUKAS Polyeucte: Overture (14 mins)

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique (49 mins)

Dreams, Passions (Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai) A Ball (Valse: Allegro non troppo)Scene in the Fields (Adagio)March to the Scaffold (Allegretto non troppo)Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath (Larghetto – Allegro)

Asher Fisch conductorAsher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts

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Pre-concert TalkFind out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Margaret Pride. The Pre-concert Talk take place at 9.40am in the Auditorium.

The Pre-concert Talk is supported by Wesfarmers Arts

MACA LIMITED CLASSICS SERIES

ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

DUKAS Polyeucte: Overture (14 mins)

LALO Cello Concerto (26 mins)

Prelude (Lento – Allegro maestoso)Intermezzo (Andantino con moto – Allegro presto)Introduction (Andante) – Allegro vivace

Interval (25 mins)

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique (49 mins)

Dreams, Passions (Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai)A Ball (Valse: Allegro non troppo)Scene in the Fields (Adagio)March to the Scaffold (Allegretto non troppo)Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath (Larghetto – Allegro)

Asher Fisch conductor Alban Gerhardt celloAsher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts

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

Meet the Musicians Enjoy a conversation with Rebecca Glorie, violin & Ellie Lawrence, violin post-concert Saturday night in the Terrace Level Foyer.

Pre-concert Talks and Meet the Musicians are supported by Wesfarmers Arts

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HANDEL’S MESSIAHFRI 2 DEC 7.30PM & SAT 3 DEC 2PM (MATINEE) Perth Concert Hall

Hear WASO, the WASO Chorus and acclaimed soloists perform one of the best-loved choral works, Handel’s Messiah, including the famous ‘Hallelujah Chorus’.

HANDEL Messiah

Stephen Layton conductor Eleanor Dennis soprano Helen Charlston mezzo soprano

Gwilym Bowen tenor Robert Davies baritone WASO Chorus

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SYMPHONY IN THE CITY 10TH BIRTHDAYSAT 10 DEC 7.30PM Langley Park, Perth

Join WASO for a magical night under the stars! Symphony in the City has become a highlight of the summer calendar in Perth. This spectacular outdoor concert will feature classical favourites performed by the Orchestra and the WASO Chorus. The concert will conclude with the 1812 Overture accompanied by an explosive fireworks display.

Guy Noble conductor WASO Chorus

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ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS STUART SKELTON SINGS WAGNERFRI 25 & SAT 26 NOV 7.30PM Perth Concert Hall

Principal Conductor Asher Fisch is joined by one of the world’s finest Wagnerian tenors, Stuart Skelton. Bruckner’s final symphony is an awe-inspiring work of epic scale.

WAGNER Parsifal: Prelude WAGNER Rienzi: Allmächt’ger Vater WAGNER Die Meistersinger: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walter’s Prize Song)

WAGNER Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III WAGNER Parsifal: Nur eine Waffe taugt WAGNER Walküre: Winterstürme BRUCKNER Symphony No.9

Asher Fisch conductor Stuart Skelton tenor (pictured)Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.

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WASO Return from Exceptional TourThe West Australian Symphony Orchestra has returned to Perth following performances and ecstatic receptions in Abu Dhabi, Beijing and Shanghai, from October 6-12. WASO is now Australia’s first major performing arts company to tour to the United Arab Emirates, where the Orchestra opened the 2016-17 Abu Dhabi Classics season. WASO then performed in the prestigious Beijing Music Festival – a concert that was streamed live by over 586,000 Chinese viewers via LeTV, and presented the Festival’s first ever education performances to two of China’s leading schools.

“This experience was utterly overwhelming for everyone involved”, said Craig Whitehead, WASO’s Chief Executive.

We have known our Orchestra is performing at an exceptional standard, but these performances propelled WASO to the world stage, where we received the most rapturous, unrelenting applause I’ve ever witnessed. It was the same in each city, and this confirms the outstanding calibre of our Orchestra.”

“Our artistic excellence has cemented our relationships with these regions, and we have already received invitations to return to both Abu Dhabi and China.”

WASO’s 2016 International Tour was made possible with the generous support of the Government of Western Australia, Rio Tinto, Barbagallo Motors, COMO The Treasury, Lepley Properties, Metals of Africa, Pierro Wines, Singapore Airlines and through generous donations from many philanthropic partners.

WASO ON TOUR

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WASO and Principal Conductor Asher Fisch performing at the Forbidden City Concert Hall as part of the Beijing Music Festival

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST

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Alban Gerhardt Cello

Since his early competition successes and his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhardt has performed with more than 250 international orchestras and with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson-Thomas and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

His repertoire of over 70 concertos includes lesser-known works rescued from obscurity as well as collaborations with contemporary composers. In 2009 he gave the world premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto, specially composed for him.

He has won three ECHO Classic Awards for his recordings, and his double CD of Benjamin Britten’s complete cello works was shortlisted for a Gramophone Award in 2013. Gerhardt is committed to helping

audiences break with old listening and concert habits and to attract younger audiences through projects such as his collaboration with Deutsche Bahn on the main commuter routes in Germany. He plays a unique instrument made by Matteo Gofriller.

Alban Gerhardt appears courtesy of Singapore Airlines

ABOUT THE ARTIST ABOUT THE ARTIST

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Patrons & Friends Christmas PartyThursday 8 December, 4.30pm Perth Concert Hall

Get a sneak preview of the final WASO performance for 2016 as we watch an hour of rehearsal for the special tenth anniversary City of Perth Symphony in the City with guest conductor Guy Noble, before mingling with WASO musicians over a light dinner and drinks while the sun sets on the Perth Concert Hall riverside balcony (weather permitting).

Tickets are $45 for Patrons & Friends ($55 for guests). To book, please call the WASO Box Office on 9326 0000.

PATRONS & FRIENDS EVENT

All proceeds support the Friends of WASO Scholarship, providing professional development opportunities for WASO musicians.

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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 mission 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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WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WASO ON STAGE TODAY

VIOLINLaurence JacksonConcertmasterSemra Lee-Smith A/Assoc ConcertmasterGraeme NorrisA/Assistant ConcertmasterRebecca GlorieA/Principal 1st ViolinZak Rowntree*Principal 2nd ViolinKylie Liang Assoc Principal 2nd ViolinSarah BlackmanFleur ChallenBeth HebertVivien Jeffery^Robert John^Jane JohnstonSunmi JungChristina KatsimbardisEllie LawrenceKen PeelerGraham PyattLouise SandercockJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliKathryn ShinnickJacek SlawomirskiKate SullivanBao Di TangCerys ToobyDavid Yeh

VIOLAAlex BroganSally Boud^Kierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicBenjamin CaddyAlison HallRachael KirkAllan McLeanElliot O’Brien^Helen TuckeyAaron Wyatt^

CELLORod McGrath Chair partnered by Tokyo Gas

Louise McKayChair partnered by Penrhos College Shigeru KomatsuSacha McCulloch^ Nicholas MetcalfeEve Silver*Fotis SkordasTim SouthXiaole Wu

DOUBLE BASSAndrew Sinclair*Dusan Walkowicz^Elizabeth Browning^Louise ElaertsChristine ReitzensteinAndrew TaitMark Tooby

FLUTEAndrew Nicholson Mary-Anne Blades

PICCOLOMichael Waye

OBOEPeter Facer Liz Chee

COR ANGLAISLeanne Glover

CLARINETAllan Meyer Catherine Cahill^

BASS CLARINETAlexander Millier

BASSOONJane Kircher-Lindner Chair partnered by Sue & Ron Wooller

Adam MikuliczJenna Schijf^

CONTRABASSOONChloe Turner

HORNDavid EvansSharn McIverRobert Gladstones Principal 3rd HornJulia BrookeFrancesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPETBrent GrapesTim Keenihan^Brody Linke^Peter Miller

TROMBONEJoshua Davis Liam O’Malley

BASS TROMBONEPhilip Holdsworth

TUBACameron Brook

OPHICLEIDENicholas Byrne^

TIMPANIAlex Timcke

PERCUSSIONBrian MaloneyChiron MellerA/Assoc Principal Percussion and TimpaniRobyn Gray^Paul Tanner^

HARPSarah Bowman Marie-Chantal Bertinazzo^

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

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalGuest Musician^

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FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALLWhen to applaud? Musicians love applause. Audience members normally applaud:• When the concertmaster (violin) walks onto

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.

Hearing aids that are incorrectly adjusted may disturb other patrons, please be mindful of those around you.

Mobile phones and other electronic devices need to be switched off throughout the performance.

Photography, sound and video recordings are permitted prior to the start of the performance.

Latecomers and patrons who leave the auditorium will be seated only after the completion of a work.

MOVING TO EMPTY SEATSPlease do not move to empty seats prior to the performance as this may affect seating for latecomers when they are admitted during a suitable break.

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THE HOME OF THE WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAPerth Concert Hall is renowned for having one of the finest acoustics in the southern hemisphere. The concert hall is the home and serves as the primary performance venue for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO), and hosts a number of diverse performances and events all year round.

FOOD & BEVERAGESPlease visit the Perth Concert Hall website perthconcerthall.com.au for full information on food and beverage offerings at the venue.

Foyer bars are open for drinks and coffee two hours before, during interval and after the concert. To save time we recommend you pre-order your interval drinks.

FREE WATER STATIONS• Level 1 Ground Floor foyer across from

box office• Wardle Room – western side of bar• Terrace Level Corner Bar – one water

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Dukas' Polyeucte Overture1892

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique1830

PAUL DUKAS

1865 – 1935Born in 1865, Paris, FranceDied in 1935, Paris, France

EDOUARD LALO

1823 – 1892Born in 1823, Lille, FranceDied in 1892, Paris, France

Lalo's Cello Concerto1876

HECTOR BERLIOZ

1803 – 1869Born in 1803, La Côte-Saint-André, FranceDied in 1869, Paris, France

TIMELINE OF COMPOSERS & WORKS

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Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935)

Polyeucte – Overture for Corneille’s tragedy

In the 1630s, French tragedian Pierre Corneille fell out with both his patron, Cardinal Richelieu, and the Académie française over his play Le Cid which was deemed ‘immoral’ and, worse, was accused of failing to observe the Aristotelian ‘unities’ of classical drama. After a period of soul-searching Corneille returned to the stage in 1640, producing a group of ‘classical’ tragedies of which the third was Polyeucte. Set in what is now Turkey and Armenia, then under Roman rule, the story is that of St Polyeuctes, an Armenian nobleman and Roman army officer who converts to Christianity and is martyred for refusing to worship – and for destroying – idols. Corneille’s play features Polyeuctes’ wife, Paulina, and her father Felix, who also convert to Christianity.

Dukas’ concert overture was performed in 1892 at the young composer’s Paris debut. Like Tchaikovsky’s works in this genre, it is effectively a symphonic poem that outlines the drama, though its musical language is almost purely Wagnerian.

The first of five sections features a brooding chromatic theme in unison strings, which is taken up by solo oboe and elaborated in counterpoint of great pathos. Emphatic tutti unisons introduce a second theme in a turbulent new section.

The third, central section is calm at first, dominated by chorale-figures for the horns, a plangent cor anglais, muted strings and wind solos. Growing turbulence leads to a new statement of the second section that is brutally interrupted, before a final section of high tessitura, luminous colours and pure major-key tonality.

© Gordon Kerry 2016

First performance: 23 January 1892, Paris. Composer conducting.First WASO performance: This is the first performance of this work by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.Instrumentation: two flutes, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, harp, strings.

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Chorale – a type of slow, stately hymn tune, especially one associated with the German Lutheran Church. A harmonised passage of music resembling this.Chromatic – use of notes that are not part of the key.Symphonic poem – a programmatic work for orchestra, usually in a single movement.Tessitura – the pitch range within which a passage of music falls.Tutti – all of the instruments of the orchestra playing at the same time.

Glossary

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Edouard Lalo (1823 – 1892)

Cello Concerto in D minor Prelude (Lento – Allegro maestoso) Intermezzo (Andantino con moto – Allegro presto) Introduction (Andante) – Allegro vivace

Lalo studied violin and cello at the Lille Conservatoire and then in Paris, where he supported himself by teaching and as a freelance player. In the 1850s he was founding member (as violist) of the Armingaud Quartet, which had been formed to popularise the music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, then little known in Paris. Not surprisingly, Lalo’s practical knowledge of string instruments makes his concertos for violin (Symphonie espagnole and one other, both for the great virtuoso Sarasate) and cello (composed in 1877 for Adolphe Fischer) idiomatic works of great mastery.

The Cello Concerto is in three substantial movements. The first begins with a slow-ish introduction with a mildly louring orchestral theme in unison that is illuminated by terse flashes of brass and wind colour. (A feature of Lalo’s orchestration is that it never overwhelms the cello: the soloist speaks against quiet backgrounds, with powerful tutti effects used as punctuation.) The soloist enters soon after, offering ruminative glimpses of the themes to come; the subsequent Allegro pits a strongly profiled first theme against a more lyrical second subject, which is often accompanied by winds in simple hymn-like harmony.

The second movement continues the use of structural contrast, with alternating episodes of traditional, lyrical slow-movement and faster, dance-like scherzo material.

Like the first movement, the finale begins with a ruminative introduction, for solo cello, before a rondo whose main material gives ample opportunity for the soloist to shine. Again, there are powerful full-orchestral effects but these throw the sparsely accompanied cello episodes into high relief.

Abridged from a note by Gordon Kerry © 2016

First performance: 9 December 1877, Paris. Adolphe Fischer, soloist; Jules Pasdeloup, conductor.First WASO performance: 12-13 August 1963. John Farnsworth Hall, conductor; Brian Meddemmen, soloist.Most recent WASO performance: 28-29 June 1968. Uri Mayer, conductor; Rohan de Saram, soloist.Instrumentation: two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings.

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.Scherzo – literally, a joke; the term generally refers to a movement in a fast, light triple time which may involve whimsical, startling or playful elements.Subject – a principal theme, or group of themes, on which a composition is based. Symphonic works, and especially first movements, often feature two contrasting subjects.Tutti – all the instruments of the orchestra playing at the same time.

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Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869)

Symphonie fantastique, Op.14Dreams, Passions (Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai)A Ball (Valse: Allegro non troppo)Scene in the Fields (Adagio)March to the Scaffold (Allegretto non troppo)Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath (Larghetto – Allegro)

The first performance of the Symphonie fantastique on 5 December 1830 marked a turning-point in Berlioz’s career. It was through this work that he first became known; his extensive influence on 19th-century composers dates from it. For those in the audience it was also a significant event; for despite its apparent obeisance to classical procedures, this sounded like no music ever heard before.

The actual music of the Symphonie fantastique is surrounded by a thick hedge of literary and biographical associations. Berlioz himself is largely responsible for this. Firstly there is the tale of Harriet Smithson, the Irish actress whose portrayal of Ophelia had captured Berlioz’s imagination. In 1830 he wrote to a friend that the Symphonie was to depict the development of his ‘infernal passion’ for Miss Smithson. Twenty years and two disastrous marriages later, he wrote in his Memoirs that the work had been written under the influence of Goethe’s Faust. But the early association stuck well.

A more imposing literary obstacle is the elaborate program which Berlioz himself devised, and which he originally directed should accompany the Symphonie whenever it was played. It deals with a young musician, in the toils of a desperate passion for a woman who embodies his romantic ideal.

The vagaries of feeling occasioned by his passion are the subject of the first movement. In the following movements we see him in various situations: at a ball, in the midst of nature in the country, in the grip of an opium dream witnessing his own execution, and partaking in a witches’ sabbath, where his beloved appears transformed into a demon’s harlot.

The program is of considerable interest in itself as an index of artistic preoccupations at that time: the discovery of the unconscious (the opium dream), the interest in the demoniac, the fascination with the monstrous and bizarre – the ‘fantastic’ of the work’s title. Despite its inherent literary interest, much debate has centred on the relevance of the program to the actual music of the Symphonie. There is no doubt that Berlioz captured the contemporary imagination very well with it, and, more practically, that it helped the audience to accept more readily the strangeness of the music in those early performances. But is the program anything more than a ‘promotional aid’?

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The movements are grouped symmetrically on either side of the central movement, the Scene in the Fields. The drama develops in an arc. It rises to its point of crisis with the appearance of the allegro theme in the Adagio third movement. From there it descends to the catastrophe in the Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath, where the original identity of the allegro theme is destroyed by the forces of parody that are so potent in this movement.

Berlioz continued to develop his dramatic symphonic ideal in Harold in Italy – with its solo viola ‘hero’ – and in Roméo et Juliette, where symphonic form is further enlarged to embrace a Shakespeare play. But perhaps he never again succeeded as perfectly as he does here in the Symphonie fantastique.

Abridged from a note © Kay Dreyfus

First performance: 5 December 1830, Paris.First WASO performance: 28/30 April 1951. Henry Krips, conductor.Most recent WASO performance: 29-30 November 2013. Paul Daniel, conductor.Instrumentation: two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes (one doubling cor anglais), two clarinets (one doubling E flat clarinet), four bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, two cornets, three trombones, two ophicleides (traditionally played by tubas), timpani, percussion, two harps, strings.

Berlioz revised the program four times, modifying it quite significantly in the process. He also modified his view of its usefulness, finally directing that, whenever the Symphonie is played alone, without its stage sequel Lélio, the program was not to be distributed. However, as in Harold in Italy, the titles of the movements must be retained. The composer sensed rightly that the music was comprehensible in its own terms, and did not need any added literary explanation.

The true originality of the Symphonie fantastique lies in the music itself. The many novelties of its melody, harmony and orchestration strike our ears even today. Most significantly, however, the work embodies an entirely new conception of dramatic instrumental music. In realising the new dramatic ideal in his music, Berlioz significantly modified classical symphonic practices in several respects: the number and grouping of the movements, the character of the individual movements and the treatment of the main theme.

The ‘hero’ of Berlioz’s symphonic drama is not the musician of the program, but the first theme of the Allegro (Passions) section of the first movement. This theme, which reappears in each of the subsequent scenes of the drama, is the subject and source of action in the whole work and its development is projected into five specific ‘situations’.

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Laurence JacksonConcertmaster

When did you realize that you wanted to become a professional musician? I have always wanted to be a violinist and since my very earliest memory, I have been playing, listening or dreaming about it. I grew up in the country between Liverpool and Manchester and not having many friends nearby meant that I could play all day and listen to LPs of the great violinists. I was always encouraged to play, although my parents were not musicians, and I also composed and played the viola (although I like to keep that quiet these days!). I went to Chetham’s School of Music when I was 10 years old and later I gained a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London to study with Emanuel Hurwitz and later, the French virtuoso Maurice Hasson.

What piece of music would you play to convince someone of the power of music?That’s such a difficult question, but I would probably play whatever I happened to be playing that week, as we invariably play such great music in WASO. Just this morning I was listening to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and thinking how incredible that is - but any Beethoven slow movement from either his symphonies or quartets would surely sell classical music to a sceptic?

You have worked with some of the world’s greatest conductors. Do you have a most cherished conductor’s comment?Well, not necessarily cherished, but certainly memorable ones come to mind. A lovely comment was from the Geordie-born conductor and arranger John Wilson, who has made a real name for himself worldwide with the John Wilson Orchestra, performing many of his arrangements of the classic Hollywood movie scores and songs of that era. He has a refreshingly dry sense of humour, and introduced the solo vocalist at the first morning rehearsal, saying “and I would like to welcome

G*** W*******, probably one of the finest light music singers on the circuit in the world today… in his particular price bracket”.

We are delighted that you made the move from England to Perth. What has been the biggest adjustment? The cold! Seriously, we thought that just because we were from Europe, we would be immune to the cold of a Perth winter and given that our house is not well insulated, it’s been a major shock! Also, the internet speeds are equivalent to the UK some twenty years ago, so that has been an issue for us. Besides those minor irritations, there have been so many positive adjustments to be made here. The environment is far more pleasant, with fewer people and less pollution, and people tend to have more time for you and for themselves also. WASO is also such a friendly welcoming orchestra, that the transition has been relatively smooth given the upheaval involved in moving to the other side of the world.

Musicians are always busy people. What do you do when you have time to relax? I particularly enjoy nature photography, particularly the wonderful and colourful birdlife in WA and cooking also, especially when I have the time and no pressure to enjoy the results of my labour!

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We invite you to make a gold coin donation to help purchase Christmas gifts for our Crescendo students in Kwinana.WASO’s El Sistema-inspired Music Education Program, Crescendo, lies at the heart of our Community Engagement portfolio, and offers free weekly music lessons to students at North Parmelia and Medina Primary Schools in Kwinana.

We are very proud of our Crescendo students who have worked hard and achieved so much in music lessons throughout the year. We would love you to join us in celebrating their musicianship, confidence and respectfulness through music classes and performances in 2016.

As we celebrate the end of the third year of Crescendo, we invite you to make a small donation towards end of year gifts for each student who has participated in the program in 2016. The gifts will be related to our lessons, and encourage students to keep playing music during the school holidays.

The gifts will be presented along with Certificates of Participation at our end of year Christmas Concert at both schools.

Volunteers will be accepting gold coin donations before the concerts and during interval of evening concerts.

Want to learn more about our Crescendo music program in Kwinana or join our Crescendo Giving Circle? Please go to waso.com.au/supportus/philanthropy/crescendo_giving_circle or contact Sarah Tompkin on 9326 0017.

WASO PHILANTHROPYPhilanthropy Partner

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Lead Gifts Gifts $5,000 and aboveJean ArkleyGay & Bob BranchiBridget FayeGilbert GeorgeJanet Holmes à Court ACKeith KessellTorsten and Mona KetelsenJohn Poynton AOMichael UtslerAnonymous (1)

DonorsBernard & Jackie BarnwellPamela BeardGebor BedoDavilia BlecklyBill and Jenny BunburyDr G Campbell-EvansSandra CarruthersKeith and Frauke ChambersJames and Anita ClaytonBarry J CobbMiss Ann DarbyAssociate Professor Wayne Iwan Lee DaviesLesley Davies Monique De Vianna Paul DuncanBev EastRowena EirrellMargaret EllertonJenny FayDavid ForsterGary Giles and Stuart Pekin Dale HalnanLaura HamiltonDr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan HerbertJo HillerHelen Hollingshead

Rosemary HowarthMargaret L HuntsmanCynthia JeeBob KelliherWolfgang LehmkuhlDavid Lewis Rosalind LilleyGregg and Sue MarshmanPam Mathews & Mark BroganMrs MorrellSuzanne NashBarry and Val NeubeckerMarianne NilssonTim Pavy and Cathy ColePamela PlattEveline ReadShirley RidgwellJohn & Alison RiggLeigh Robinson Chris RtshiladzeMichael Snell and Vicki StewartGeoff and Christine SoutarGeoff StearnDavid StevensonDr Donald Stewart Ann Ten SeldamJan TrazonaSheila WadeCraig Whitehead & Gabrielle ShepherdMargaret WhitterB M Wilcox Ian Williams AO & Jean WilliamsTrish Williams and Strategic Interactions Sally Willis Anonymous (29)

TOURING WASO CAMPAIGN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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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 OrchestraMs Davilia BlecklyMr John BonnyDr G Campbell-EvansDeirdre CarlinAnita & James Clayton Dr Michael FlacksJudith Gedero Robyn GlindemannGwenyth GreenwoodThe Guy FamilyEmi & Warren JonesRachael Kirk & Tim WhitePaul LeeWolfgang 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 KetelsenRod & Margaret MarstonMichael UtslerLeanne & Sam Walsh

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.

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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 KailisKelly FamilyAlison KennedyKeith & Gaye Kessell Dr Ronny Low & Dr Emma RichardsonBryant & Louise Macfie Robert MayPaula & John Phillips Peter & Jean Stokes Richard Tarala & Lyn Beazley AORos Thomson

Alan WhithamSue & Ron WoollerAnonymous (4)

Virtuoso PatronGifts $2,500 - $4,999Prof Fred & Mrs Margaret AffleckNeil Archibald & Alan R Dodge AMTony & Mary Beeley David & 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 HaggertySue HovellSylvia & Wally HyamsEleanor JohnMichael & Dale Kitney Mrs MorrellJane & Jock MorrisonAnne NolanTim Pavy & Cathy ColeDr Lance Risbey & Ms Elizabeth SachseMelanie & 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 BeasleyMichael & Nadia Berkeley-Hill Kevin Blake Matthew J C Blampey Namy BodinnerSusy BoglePeter & Eve BolandMr John BonnyDr & Mrs P BreidahlJean Brodie-Hall AMJames & Gay BrownMarilyn & Ian BurtonPeter & Sue Clifton Arthur & Nerina CoopesHon June Craig AM Gay & John Cruickshank Lesley & Peter DaviesRai & Erika DolinschekJulian Dowse Bev EastMegan EdwardsLorraine EllardDane Etheridge & Brooke FowlesAnnette FinnP & J FisherDon & Marie Forrest E & EA FraunschielDr Andrew GardnerRoger & Ann GillbanksGraham & Barbara GouldenJannette Gray Deidre Greenfeld

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Grussgott Family TrustRichard B Hammond Pauline & Peter HandfordDr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan HerbertJacoba Hohnen & Stuart CookseyMichael HollingdaleHelen Hollingshead John & Katrina HopkinsJ & S HuanJim & Freda Irenic Cynthia JeeLilian & Roger JenningsAnthony Kane in memory of Jane Leahy-KaneBill Kean Noelle & Anthony Keller AMStephanie & 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 PeekCharmian Phillips in memory of Colin CraftPamela PlattThomas & Diana Potter Alison & John PriceBarry & Dot PriceDr Leon Prindiville

Chester ReeveJoan ReylandJohn & Alison RiggLeigh 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 StewartGeoff & Christine SoutarRuth 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 (27)

Tutti PatronGifts $500 - $999Geoff & Joan AireyIan Apps Catherine BagsterMerle I Bardwell (dec.)Bernard & Jackie Barnwell Shirley Barraclough Mrs Berwine Barrett-LennardColin BeckettPamela M BennetJohn & Sue Bird in memory of Penny BirdDermot & Jennifer Blackweir

Elaine BondsDiane & Ron BowyerAlison Bunker & Myles HarmerLucia 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 Simon & Pamela DouglasMrs G EwenMaxine & Bill Farrell AMJoan GagliardiJennifer & Stephen GardinerGeorge GavranicElaine GimsonIsobel Glencross Pitsamai & Kevin GreenDavid & Valerie GullandAlan Harvey & Dr Paulien de BoerEric & Elizabeth HeenanJohn and Sue HuanJohn HillChristopher, Julie, Rosemary & Bronwyn HudsonMr John Hylton-Davies JP, VJPeter Ingram Peter S JonesWarren & Emi JonesB M KentDorothy KingstonNelly KleynUlrich & Gloria Kunzmann John Kusinski & Annie Motherway

OUR SUPPORTERS

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Trevor & 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 NilssonPeter O'SullivanDr Walter Ong & Graeme MarshallMarjan Oxley Graham & Hildegarde PennefatherBev Penny

Adrian & Ruth PhelpsAlpha & Richard Pilpel OAMAnn RawlinsonJames & Nicola Ridsdill-SmithPaul RobertsChris & 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

Margaret WallaceJohn & Nita WalsheAnne Watson Joy WearnePatricia WestonDr Chris & Mrs Vimala WhitakerB M WilcoxGeoff WilkinsonViolette William Janet WilliamsDr Robyn Yeo & Ms Cyn JohnsonChris ZiatisAnonymous (25)

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

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WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

VIOLINLaurence JacksonConcertmasterSemra Lee-Smith A/Assoc Concertmaster Graeme NorrisA/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

VIOLAAlex BroganAssoc PrincipalKierstan ArkleysmithNik BabicBenjamin CaddyAlison HallRachael KirkAllan McLeanHelen Tuckey

CELLORod McGrath PrincipalChair partnered by Tokyo Gas

Louise McKayAssoc PrincipalChair partnered by Penrhos College

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

CONTRABASSOONChloe Turner Principal

HORNDavid Evans PrincipalSharn McIverAssoc PrincipalRobert Gladstones Principal 3rdJulia BrookeFrancesco Lo Surdo

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.

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE Vladimir Verbitsky

CHORUS DIRECTOR Christopher van Tuinen

PRINCIPAL CONDUCTORAsher FischPartnered by Wesfarmers Arts

CHORUS VOCAL COACH Andrew Foote

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WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BOARD OF DIRECTORSJanet Holmes à Court AC ChairmanAnne NolanMark CoughlanKeith KessellBarrie Lepley Deputy ChairmanPaul ShannonJulian SherMichael Utsler

EXECUTIVECraig Whitehead Chief Executive Rebecca Smith Executive AssistantAnthony PickburnExecutive Manager, Human ResourcesNarelle CoghillHuman Resources AssistantDaniella Wise Payroll Administrator

ARTISTIC PLANNINGEvan Kennea Executive Manager, Artistic PlanningAlan Tyrrell Program ManagerNatalie De Biasi Program Coordinator

ORCHESTRAL MANAGEMENTKeith McGowan Executive Manager, Orchestral ManagementJenna BostonOrchestral Operations ManagerDavid Cotgreave Production & Technical ManagerAlistair CoxOrchestral ManagerBreanna Evangelista Orchestral CoordinatorWee Ming Khoo Music Librarian

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTCassandra Lake Executive Manager, Community EngagementFiona Taylor Education CoordinatorLily Protter Community Engagement Assistant

BUSINESS SERVICESPeter FreemantleChief Financial OfficerAndrew Chew Systems AdministratorAlex Spartalis IT SupportAngela Miller AccountantSushila BhudiaAccounts OfficerRenu Kara Accounts Assistant

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTMarina WoodhouseExecutive Manager, Corporate DevelopmentJamie Parkin Corporate Partnerships ManagerCliona Hayes Corporate Partnerships CoordinatorGinny LuffCorporate Partnerships & Events Coordinator

MARKETINGKelli Carnachan Executive Manager, MarketingNancy Hackett Marketing ManagerMarc MissiaenRelationship Marketing ManagerLuke PownallPublic Relations ManagerKirsty ChisholmMarketing CoordinatorZoe LawrenceMarketing OfficerLily ProtterMarketing Assistant

PHILANTHROPY Alecia BenzieExecutive Manager, PhilanthropyJane Clare Fundraising & Philanthropy ManagerSarah Tompkin Planned Giving ManagerMegan Lo Surdo Philanthropy & Events Coordinator

PERTH CONCERT HALLBrendon Ellmer General ManagerLorraine Rice Deputy General ManagerBrad Matthews Operations ManagerPenelope Briffa Events ManagerPaul Richardson Presentations CoordinatorBruce Gaw Maintenance OfficerNancy Hackett Marketing ManagerRyan Sandilands Marketing AssistantSarah Salleo Reception & AdministrationJosie AitchisonTim ChandlerVanessa WoolleyTicketing Client Account ManagersEleanor AitchisonAlana ArnoldCheryl ButlerLeticia CannellMary-Louise CarboneHelen GortmansEmily KennedyTalei LouieRebekah RyanKaitlin TinkerBeverley TrolioCustomer Service and Sales Representatives

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