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Symphonic Stories
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No.35 Haffner (17 mins)
Allegro con spirito
Andante
Menuetto – Trio
Finale (Presto)

Bedřich SMETANA Má Vlast: Vltava (The Moldau) (11 mins)

Leoš JANÁČEK Taras Bulba (23 mins)
The Death of Andriy
The Death of Ostap
The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba

Johannes Fritzsch conductor

Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk
Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker Rosalind Appleby
(see page 25 for her biography). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 9.40am in the
Main Auditorium.

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MORNING SYMPHONY SERIES - Thursday 29 April 2021, 11.00am Perth Concert Hall MASTERS SERIES
MASTERS SERIES

    Symphonic Stories

    Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No.35 Haffner (17 mins)
    Allegro con spirito
    Andante
    Menuetto – Trio
    Finale (Presto)

    Carl Maria von WEBER Clarinet Concerto No.1 (18 mins)
    Allegro
    Adagio ma non troppo
    Rondo (Allegretto)

    Interval (25 mins)

    Bedřich SMETANA Má Vlast: Vltava (The Moldau) (11 mins)

    Leoš JANÁČEK Taras Bulba (23 mins)
    The Death of Andriy
    The Death of Ostap
    The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba

    Johannes Fritzsch conductor
    Ashley Smith clarinet

    Wesfarmers Arts Pre-concert Talk
    Find out more about the music in the concert with this week’s speaker, Rosalind Appleby (see page
    25 for her biography). The Pre-concert Talk will take place at 6.45pm in the Terrace Level Foyer.

    Wesfarmers Arts Meet the Artist
    Join tonight’s guest artists, Johannes Fritzsch and Ashley Smith, for a post-concert interview. This
    will take place immediately following the Saturday evening performance in the Terrace Level Foyer.

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    This performance is recorded for broadcast on ABC Classic. For further details visit abc.net.au/classic

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WASO On Stage
VIOLIN                    VIOLA                    PICCOLO                   TROMBONE
Laurence Jackson          Daniel Schmitt           Michael Waye              Joshua Davis
Concertmaster             Alex Brogan              • Pamela & Josh Pitt      • Dr Ken Evans and
                                                                               Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans
Riley Skevington          Kierstan Arkleysmith
Assoc Concertmaster                                OBOE                      Liam O’Malley
                          Nik Babic                Liz Chee
Semra Lee-Smith           Benjamin Caddy                                     BASS TROMBONE
Assistant Concertmaster                            A/Principal Oboe
Zak Rowntree*             Alison Hall              Annabelle Farid°          Philip Holdsworth
Principal 2nd Violin      Rachael Kirk
                                                   COR ANGLAIS               TUBA
Akiko Miyazawa            Allan McLean
                                                   Leanne Glover             Cameron Brook
A/Assoc Principal         Elliot O’Brien           • Sam & Leanne Walsh      • Peter & Jean Stokes
2nd Violin                Kathy Potter^
Sarah Blackman            Helen Tuckey             CLARINET                  TIMPANI
Fleur Challen                                      Allan Meyer               Alex Timcke
Stephanie Dean            CELLO                    Geoffrey Bourgault
Amy Furfaro^              Rod McGrath                                        PERCUSSION
                                                   du Coudray^
Rebecca Glorie            • Tokyo Gas                                        Brian Maloney
Beth Hebert               Eve Silver*              BASS CLARINET             Francois Combemorel
Alexandra Isted           Melinda Forsythe^        Alexander Millier         Assoc Principal
                                                                             Percussion & Timpani
Jane Johnston^            Shigeru Komatsu
                          Oliver McAslan           BASSOON              Paul Tanner^
Sunmi Jung                                         Jane Kircher-Lindner HARP
Christina Katsimbardis    Nicholas Metcalfe
                          Anna Sarcich^            Adam Mikulicz        Yi-Yun Loei^
Ellie Lawrence
Sera Lee^                 Fotis Skordas            CONTRABASSOON ORGAN
Jasmine Middleton^        Tim South                Chloe Turner
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Lucas O’Brien             DOUBLE BASS
Melanie Pearn             Andrew Sinclair*         HORN
Louise Sandercock         John Keene               ★Section partnered by
                                                    Margaret & Rod Marston
Jolanta Schenk            Sarah Clare^
Jane Serrangeli                                    David Evans
                          Louise Elaerts
Bao Di Tang                                        Robert Gladstones
                          Christine Reitzenstein   Principal 3rd Horn
Cerys Tooby               Mark Tooby               Julia Brooke
Teresa Vinci^             Phil Waldron^            Francesco Lo Surdo
Susannah Williams^
                          FLUTE                    Arianne Rooney^
David Yeh
                          Andrew Nicholson         TRUMPET
                          • Anonymous
                          Mary-Anne Blades         Brent Grapes
                                                   • Anonymous
                          • Anonymous
                                                   Jenna Smith
                                                   Peter Miller              ★ Section partnered by
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                                                                             * Instruments used by these
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                                                                               Principal
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                                                                               Contract Musician˚
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About The Artists

Johannes Fritzsch                              Ashley Smith
Conductor                                      Clarinet
Johannes Fritzsch was appointed Principal      Described as “Incandescent... a masterly
Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the          display of skill and insight... as an
Queensland Symphony Orchestra in               apologist for contemporary music-
February 2021, having previously served        making, you would search hard to find
as their Chief Conductor (2008-2014).          this young clarinettist's equal” (The
Since 2018, Johannes has held the position     Age), clarinettist Ashley William Smith
of Principal Guest Conductor of the            appears internationally as a soloist,
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.                  chamber musician and director. He has
From 2006-2013 he was Chief Conductor          been recognised by a Music Council of
and Artistic Director of the Oper Graz,        Australia Freedman Fellowship, an ABC
Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester              Symphony International Young Performer
(Austria). Prior to his appointment in         Award, a Churchill Fellowship, and an
Graz, Johannes held the position of Chief      APRA Performance of the Year (Skipworth
Conductor and Artistic Director of the         Clarinet Concerto with the West
Staatsoper Nürnberg. He regularly conducts     Australian Symphony Orchestra).
the major Australasian orchestras as well
as leading productions for Opera Australia,    Notable engagements include
Opera Queensland, West Australian Opera        performances for the Chamber Music
and State Opera of South Australia.            Society of the Lincoln Centre, Chamber
In January 2015, Johannes was appointed        Music Northwest, the Kennedy Centre
Adjunct Professor, The Conservatorium of       and the Beijing Modern Music Festival.
Music, School of Creative Arts and Media       Ashley is a Senior Lecturer and Chair
at the University of Tasmania. In June 2019,   of Woodwind and Contemporary
he joined the Queensland Conservatorium,       Performance at the University of Western
Griffith University as Professor of Opera      Australia Conservatorium of Music.
and Orchestral Studies.
                                               A graduate of Yale University, the
In 2017, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra      University of Western Australia, and
invited him to design and lead the newly       a Fellow of the Australian National
founded Australian Conducting Academy.         Academy of Music, Ashley was awarded
In 2021, he conducts the Auckland              the highest honours as the most
Philharmonia and the Sydney, Melbourne,        outstanding performance graduate of
Queensland, Tasmanian and West                 each institution. In 2020 he was awarded
Australian Symphony Orchestras.                a Doctor of Musical Arts from UWA.
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About The Music
     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
     (1756-1791)

     Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 Haffner
     Allegro con spirito
     Andante
     Menuetto – Trio
     Finale (Presto)

     This symphony, the first Mozart
     completed after moving from Salzburg to
     Vienna in 1781, shows the confidence and
     richness of the opera he had composed
     for Munich the previous year, Idomeneo,
     transferred to a grand piece for orchestra      his score by adding flutes and clarinets to
     alone. It is called the ‘Haffner’ Symphony      the first and last movements, and deleting
     because the music was composed for              the march and the first minuet. It was
     festivities in Salzburg associated with the     common for elaborate multi-movement
     ennoblement of Mozarts’ friend Siegmund         serenades to be ‘reduced’ to three or
     Haffner the Younger.                            four movement symphonies in this way.
     When in 1782 he received his father’s           In Mozart’s case, at least, there is little
     request for some new music appropriate          distinction between ‘symphonic’ writing
     to the occasion, Wolfgang Mozart was            and the grand festive style of his most
     preoccupied with the production of his          ambitious serenades.
     opera The Abduction from the Seraglio,          The first movement of the Haffner
     and his marriage to Constanze Weber.            Symphony, an imposing call to attention,
     But he somehow found time to compose            begins with the kind of striking gesture
     festive music in six movements, including       which would make a talkative audience
     two minuets and a march. This was the           sit up and pay attention. Mozart asked
     standard form of an orchestral serenade.        for it to be played ‘with great fire’. It turns
     (Mozart had already in 1776 composed            out that these two leaps of an octave
     such a serenade for wedding festivities         followed by a rhythmic flourish are the
     in the Haffner family – that Haffner            main substance of the first movement. As
     Serenade, K250, is an entirely different        in many of the first movements of Haydn,
     piece.)                                         which we know Mozart was studying at
                                                     the time, there is no contrasting second
     Later in the same year, 1782, when
                                                     theme, yet the tonal drama of the form is
     planning one of his ‘academies’ or
                                                     not any the less for that.
     subscription concerts in Vienna, Mozart
     asked his father to return to him from          The grace of the Andante has been
     Salzburg the ‘Haffner music’. When he           related by many commentators to
     received it, he wrote back, ‘I was quite        its serenade origins, but this is an
     surprised by the new Haffner symphony,          unnecessary explanation: a symphony,
     for I had forgotten every single note of it;    in Vienna’s concert life at this time, was
     it must certainly be very effective.’ For the   not expected to be the main work of the
     concert on 22 March 1783 Mozart adapted         evening. Mozart’s own performance of a

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piano concerto would have taken a higher
place. Relaxation was just what was
needed after an unusually tightly-written
first movement with so much imitative
counterpoint.
The Menuetto is grand without being
pompous – this is certainly a minuet
which asks to be listened to, not merely
background music for dancing. The
delicate subtleties of the Trio, then, will
not be overlooked by the audience.
In the Finale we are in the world of comic
opera. Mozart had been exploring how to
write opera in a new way in The Abduction
from the Seraglio, and there are reminders
of that here, especially of the blustering
triumphant rage of Osmin, the overseer of
the harem. But Mozart smiles, laughs, and
is serious all at once. In this Finale, which
he said should go ‘as fast as possible’,
he takes the quicksilver patter of Italian
musical comedy and hands it back to the
Italians, enriched. It is no accident that
the final bars suggest (to modern ears)
Rossini, who as a teenager 20 years after
the composition of this symphony was so
mad about Mozart (and Haydn) that his
friends called him ‘the little German’.
David Garrett © 1999
First performance of the opera: 22 March 1783,
Vienna.
First WASO performance: 7 July 1978. Peter
Eros, conductor.
Most recent WASO performance: 13 July 2002.
Matthias Bamert, conductor.
Instrumentation: two each of flutes, oboes,
clarinets and bassoons; two horns, two
trumpets; timpani and strings.

Glossary
Counterpoint – two or more lines of music or melodies that are played at the same time.

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About The Music
     Carl Maria von Weber
     (1786-1826)

     Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor, Op.73
     Allegro
     Adagio ma non troppo
     Rondo (Allegretto)

     Much of the clarinet repertoire owes its
     existence to exceptional collaborations
     between composers and virtuoso players.
     Carl Stamitz wrote for Joseph Beer,
     Mozart for Anton Stadler, Spohr for
     Simon Hermstedt and Brahms for Richard
     Mühlfeld.
                                                    that Weber was soon commissioned
     For Carl Maria von Weber, the clarinettist     to write two full-scale concertos for
     was Heinrich Baermann who, following           Baermann.
     a spell in the Prussian Guards regiment
                                                    Of the two clarinet concertos (No.1 in F
     band, abandoned his military career and
                                                    minor, Op.73 and No.2 in E flat, Op.74), it
     found his way to Munich, the Bavarian
                                                    is the first that is most often performed
     capital, where he obtained the position of
                                                    today, and was reputedly Baermann’s
     principal clarinet in the court orchestra of
                                                    personal favourite. Weber completed it
     King Maximilian I.
                                                    in May 1811 and Baermann gave the first
     It was here, in 1811, that Weber               performance on 13 June, at a concert
     encountered Baermann for the second            given by Friedrich Kauffmann, the
     time. (The pair had met in Darmstadt           Dresden piano maker. The concertos were
     – Baermann on tour, Weber on the               not published, however, until 1822, when
     run after dodgy financial dealings had         Weber’s reputation (enhanced by the
     resulted in his expulsion from Stuttgart.)     success of Der Freischütz) was sufficient
     The composer was shortly to embark on          to boost confidence in the then youngest
     a concert tour of his own, and invited         of wind instruments. On the other hand,
     Baermann to perform at his farewell            it was Baermann’s artistry earlier on that
     concert. The evening was a success, and        helped to convince the musical public of
     helped cement their friendship.                Weber’s worth. The composer himself
                                                    praised Baermann’s ‘complete evenness
     The two musicians continued working
                                                    of tone from top to bottom and divinely
     together in Munich, where the
                                                    tasteful phrasing’. The former was
     enterprising Weber was arranging a
                                                    something of a novelty for, while most
     royal audience for his music. Knowing
                                                    other clarinettists were playing five- or
     Baermann’s outstanding ability as a player
                                                    six-key instruments, Baermann had the
     and his position with the court orchestra,
                                                    Berlin firm Griesling & Scholt make him a
     Weber composed the Concertino for
                                                    ten-key boxwood clarinet.
     clarinet and orchestra in E flat, Op.26,
     which received its premiere in the             This innovation not only facilitated
     presence of the King on 5 April. Such was      Baermann’s naturally agile technical
     the royal approbation on this occasion         command, but resulted in the fluent

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delivery of notes throughout the range                     An instant of exceptional elegance occurs
that Weber had noted. In response,                         with his use of chorale-like horns to
Weber’s clarinet writing placed the                        accompany the clarinet after the virtuosic
instrument at the very edge of virtuosity,                 minore episode. Within the solo part,
and presents formidable challenges even                    Weber contrasts the poignancy of the
today. At the same time, the Concerto                      upper register, used in the outer sections,
in F minor shows Weber as one of the                       with fiery ascents from chalumeau to
first musicians of the Romantic period                     altissimo register in the animated middle
to perceive and liberate the dramatic                      section.
potential of the clarinet as a solo
                                                           The work concludes with an ebullient
instrument.
                                                           Rondo in the tonic major. The rondo
The orchestral introduction of the Allegro                 theme, heard four times in all, has
establishes the sombre yet lyrical mood                    the manner of a capricious jaunt. Yet,
that pervades much of this operatic first                  embedded in the abundance of wit and
movement. The soloist’s initial entry, in                  bravura, there is a moment of bittersweet
the upper register, is marked con duolo                    anguish, providing a link not only with
(with grief), and is typical of the minor-key              material from the earlier movements,
pathos by a composer with such a gift for                  but with Weber’s natural inclination to
dramatic writing.                                          operatic lyricism.
Throughout the movement, Weber                             Ingrid Pearson © 1997
uses the clarinet’s entire range, but is                   First performance: 13 June 1811, Heinrich
particularly effective in his handling of the              Baermann soloist.
natural cantabile qualities of the upper
                                                           First WASO performance: 12 December 1949.
register. Opportunities for clarinet bravura               Rudolf Pakarek, conductor.
increase as the movement progresses.
In fact, most performances include a                       Most recent WASO performance: 13 October
                                                           2012. Michael Collins soloist, OttoTausk
virtuoso interpolation just before the
                                                           conductor.
cadenza by Baermann himself.
                                                           Instrumentation: two each of flutes, oboes and
In the Adagio ma non troppo, Weber                         bassoons; three horns, two trumpets; timpani
combines the clarinet with other wind                      and strings.
instruments, exploiting the instrument’s
enormous potential for timbral versatility.

Glossary
Cantabile – in a singing style.
Cadenza – a virtuoso passage by a solo instrument, usually towards the end of a concerto movement.
Originally, cadenzas were improvised by the soloist to show off their brilliant technique.
Tonic – the main note in a key, and the chord built on this note; most music tends to come back to the tonic at
the end.

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About The Music
     Bedřich Smetana
     (1824–1884)

     My Country: Vltava
     The tone poem depicting Bohemia’s
     greatest river, the Vltava (known in
     German as Moldau), is the second of
     the six spiritually and, to an extent
     musically, integrated movements making
     up Smetana’s orchestral masterpiece,
     the symphonic cycle My Country (Má
     vlast). Composed between 1872 and 1880
     in patriotic celebration of the nation’s
     countryside, history and legend, it was
     intended to assert Czech identity within
                                                              a medieval past, climaxing the river’s
     the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today, it
                                                              journey, and combining with a 15th-
     symbolises the finer feelings of patriotism
                                                              century Hussite battle hymn to end the
     for people the world over.
                                                              cycle in a grand apotheosis affirming the
     ‘Vltava’ depicts the course of the river                 Czech people’s golden future.
     through the countryside, by means of a                   Anthony Cane © 2008
     rondo-like structure in which a pulsing
     theme first heard in E minor recurs                      First performance: 4 April 1875. Adolf Čech
                                                              conducting.
     and grows and will eventually achieve
     grandeur in E major. In passing episodes,                First WASO performance: 7 June 1969.
     the river encounters a hunt, a village                   Thomas Mayer, conductor.
     festival and a moonlight dance of water                  Most recent WASO performance: 16 November
     nymphs. Challenged by the turbulent                      2013. Michał Dworzyński, conductor.
     Rapids of St John, the river emerges
                                                              Instrumentation: three flutes (doubling piccolo),
     broader, its spirits proudly lifted as it                two each of oboes, clarinets and bassoons; four
     surges forth to meet its destiny – at                    horns, two trumpets, three trombones and tuba;
     Vyšehrad, dominating the right bank as it                timpani, percussion, harp and strings.
     enters Prague, the legendary High Castle
     of Bohemia’s first royal dynasty; then on
     through the Golden City and beyond.
     The resounding, foursquare ‘Vyšehrad’
     motto with which the Vltava is greeted to
     Prague comes from the first movement of
     My Country. It is the musical and spiritual
     linchpin of the cycle, evoking glories of

     Glossary
     Tone poem – another term for ‘symphonic poem’. A programmatic work for orchestra, usually in a single
     movement.

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About The Music
Leoš Janáček
(1854-1928)

Taras Bulba: Rhapsody for Orchestra
The Death of Andriy
The Death of Ostap
The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba

In March 1915 the authorities closed down
Janáček’s Russian Circle in the Moravian
capital, Brno. Its promotion of Russian
language and culture, with undertones
of pan-Slavism, could be subversive in
wartime. Janáček himself was listed as
‘politically suspect’.
                                              for its Prague premiere (under Václav
It was scarcely a coincidence that            Talich, 1924) – though in each case its
Janáček now returned to a Russian             success was immediate.
literary classic, Nikolai Gogol’s Taras
                                              In selecting three grim but pivotal scenes
Bulba, which he had read (in Russian) and
                                              from Gogol’s story, Janáček seizes on
thoughtfully annotated ten years earlier,
                                              the self-sacrifice that transcends human
as the basis for a composition which
                                              feeling. Taking his two dearly-loved sons
he determined would be his ‘musical
                                              on campaign against the Poles, Taras
testament’. Its theme would be, as he
                                              Bulba is forced to execute the younger,
later wrote, ‘prophecy and presentiment
                                              Andriy, for treason in loving a Polish
of the victory of the Slavs’, with Cossack
                                              nobleman’s daughter and fighting with the
chief Taras Bulba ‘champion of the fight
                                              besieged enemy against his own people.
against their enemies’. Gogol’s tale of
                                              He is forced to watch helplessly the final,
heroic people fighting for freedom and
                                              public agonies of his captured elder son,
independence mirrored the wartime
                                              Ostap, stoical under Polish torture until,
dreams of Janáček and many of his
                                              in extremis, he cries for his father and is
compatriots for their own Moravian,
                                              comforted by a ringing ‘I hear thee!’ from
Czech and Slovak peoples. In their fellow-
                                              among the hushed crowd. His ruthless
Slavs from mother Russia lay the great
                                              exploits are ended by his own eventual
hope for liberation from Austro-Hungarian
                                              capture, yet Taras Bulba ignores the
domination.
                                              flames consuming the tree to which he
Janáček’s composition hastened slowly,        is nailed and all the while exhorts his
probably because no such pro-Russian          troops to safety through a daring feat
work could expect a performance while         of horsemanship. In his death agony,
the war lasted. Begun in 1915, it was         the Cossack leader’s prophetic vision
not completed until Good Friday of            comes in words that Janáček quoted as
1918. But instead of welcoming the new        his inspiration: ‘No flames, no torture of
Czechoslovak Republic after the war,          this world, will ever break the spirit of the
Taras Bulba had to wait three years for its   Russian people.’
first performance in Brno (under František
Neumann, 1921) and a further three years

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No matter, when Janáček later spoke
     expansively of the ‘victory of the Slavs’,
     that the Poles, too, were Slavs! Nor was
     the agnostic Janáček much concerned
     with Gogol’s central theme of the people’s
     defence of their holy Orthodox Church
     against an expansionist Western church
     in Poland. The inclusion of organ and bells
     in Janáček’s large orchestra, however,
     suggests a prayerful Polish populace in
     the siege of the opening movement and
     exaltation in the Cossack’s prophetic
     vision. A tender oboe melody evokes
     the bliss with which Andriy discovers his
     beloved amidst the siege, and it is in the
     scream of a high clarinet that the dying
     Ostap cries out for his father. Janáček has
     the Poles dance a wild Mazur to celebrate
     the capture of Ostap, and a Crakowiak on
     the building of his father’s funeral pyre.
     In this, his most grandiose and colourful
     orchestral work, Janáček achieves a
     richness and variety of expression that
     speaks eloquently to a wider international
     audience than just his fellow Slavs.
     Anthony Cane © 2003
     First performance: 9 October 1921, Brno, Czech
     Republic. František Neumann conducting, 1921.
     First WASO performance: 1 September 1995.
     Vernon Handley, conductor.
     Most recent WASO performance: 25 July 2009.
     Jakub Hrůša, conductor.
     Instrumentation: three each of flutes (doubling
     piccolo), oboes (doubling cor anglaise), clarinets
     (doubling bass clarinet) and bassoons (doubling
     contra bassoon); four horns, three trumpets,
     three trombones and tuba; timpani, percussion,
     harp, organ and strings.

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• 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 do it
discreetly. Cough lozenges are available
from the WASO Ticket Collection Desk
before each performance and at the
interval.
                                              FIRST AID
Hearing aids that are incorrectly adjusted
may disturb other patrons, please be          There are St John Ambulance officers
mindful of those around you.                  present at every concert so please speak to
                                              them if you require any first aid assistance.
Mobile phones and other electronic
devices need to be switched off or            ACCESSIBILITY
silenced throughout the performance.          • A universal accessible toilet is available
                                                on the ground floor (Level 1).
Photography, sound and video                  • The Sennheiser MobileConnect
recordings are permitted prior to the start     Personal Hearing Assistance system
of the performance.                             is available for every seat in the
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auditorium will be seated only after the        au/your-visit/accessibility/ for further
completion of a work.                           information.

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performance as this may affect seating for    exchange tickets, or make a donation
latecomers when they are admitted             at the Box Office on the ground floor
during a suitable break.                      (Level 1) prior to each performance and at
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You are now able to take your cold drinks     purchase only at interval. Please note that
to your seat.                                 30 minutes prior to performance, the Box
                                              Office will only be available for sales to
Foyer bars are open for drinks and coffee
                                              that night's performance.
two hours before, during interval and after
the concert. To save time we recommend        The Box Office is open Monday to
you pre-order your interval drinks.           Friday, 9am to 5pm, and contactable on
                                              9326 0000.

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Meet The Musician
     Adam Milkulicz
     Assoc Principal Bassoon
     How have you prepared for
     Symphonic Stories?
     The last movement of the Haffner
     symphony is actually an audition test
     piece for bassoon as it's particularly
     difficult with its fast articulation, and
     the fact that it is difficult to play clearly
     because of its register and key. With this
     in mind I've been practicing my double
     tonguing (a technique used in wind
     playing for fast articulation) and playing
     though the last movement slowly with a          If you had to choose any other instrument
     metronome.                                      to play in the orchestra, what would it be?
                                                     Probably an instrument that doesn't have
     What do you enjoy most about your
                                                     a reed! What I love about the bassoon in
     chosen career path?
                                                     orchestra/ensemble is the variety of roles
     I think bringing the masterpieces we
                                                     we play. We are constantly switching
     play to life is incredible. I consider these
                                                     between bass, middle and melodic lines,
     monumental works to be the height of
                                                     often within the same phrase. One of the
     human creativity in recent times, and
                                                     things that I miss out on being a bassoonist
     I feel privileged to be a part of them.
                                                     though is a wealth of chamber and solo
     Sometimes it feels like I am a brush
                                                     repertoire, so maybe cello or viola.
     stroke in a Monet painting or a character
     ambling the cobbled street of a Dickens         When no one’s watching, what music do
     novel.                                          you listen to?
                                                     Anything and everything from pop to
     What is the most challenging thing about
                                                     jazz to country to American minimalism.
     playing the bassoon?
                                                     Depends on my mood and what I'm doing.
     Reeds are a constant challenge to us
                                                     My Spotify generated playlists are pretty
     playing oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Every
                                                     eclectic.
     time we pick up our instrument it feels
     slightly different as every reed vibrates in    If I wasn’t a musician, I would be…
     its own unique way. Even the same reed          When I'm not playing bassoon, I like to
     vibrates differently from day to day as it      design and make clothes so perhaps
     ages and the humidity and temperature           something like that or something else
     varies. The quest for finding or making         visual. It would be nice to do something
     the perfect reed is a time consuming,           that didn't only exist in time where you
     tedious and humbling pursuit. It takes my       could properly stand back and observe
     innermost zen to confront the task!             your work; recordings are often deceiving.

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WASO Community Engagement
ATAR 2021
WASO’s Education and Community
Engagement team is delighted to begin
our 2021 Schools’ Season with our ATAR
Western Art Music Designated Works
concerts.
On Thursday 18 February WASO
welcomed over 350 Year 11-12 students
from seventeen schools across Perth to
John Inverarity Music & Drama Centre,
Hale School across two performances of
the ATAR Western Art Music Designated
Works.
                                              One of our most important education
The 2021 program consisted of Haydn           programs, the reaction to this years’ ATAR
Symphony No.101 mvt I&II, Mozart              performances is perhaps best summed
Symphony No.41, mvt I and Bach                up in just one response from feedback
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor           received:
from the compulsory genres of Concerto
(Year 11) and Symphony (Year 12). The         An invaluable opportunity for our students,
performances presented both key excerpt       it makes all the difference to their study of
analysis and full performances, with          not only the works but across the course.
additional information and discussion         As always, an excellent concert and very
around the cultural and historical context    relevant to the ATAR course.
supported by both a written resource and      Our sincere thanks to staff and parents
in-performance with presenter/conductor       who facilitated student attendance at this
Peter Moore OAM.                              event.
The two performances featured
WASO's Assistant Concertmaster,
Semra Lee-Smith and Principal 2nd Violin,
Zak Rowntree. Both performed to great
acclaim and not only helped to illustrate
key compositional concepts, but also
provided incredible inspiration to students
around performance preparation
and presentation.

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WASO Philanthropy
     WASO’s Annual Giving Fund                       This year we invite you to become, or
                                                     renew as, a WASO Patron by making
     Donations remain vital for WASO to              a donation to our Annual Giving fund.
     present inspiring and joyful concerts and       Those who give $500 or above in a year
     continue to powerfully impact the lives         are acknowledged as WASO Patrons and
     of so many people in Western Australia.         enjoy opportunities to experience the
     In particular, donations to our Annual
                                                     Orchestra from different perspectives –
     Giving fund are essential to the daily
                                                     not just from the auditorium – through
     operations of the Orchestra in helping to
                                                     invitations to exclusive Patron events,
     cover our core operating costs.
                                                     getting to know our musicians and fellow
     As a not-for-profit, charitable organisation,   music lovers.
     we are extremely proud to be supported
     by many individuals who each year renew         Want to join our community
     their gift to our Annual Giving fund. Your      and become a WASO Patron?
     Orchestra would be a very different one
     without this ongoing support.                   If you wish to become a Patron, renew
                                                     for 2021 or increase your current
     Gifts to WASO’s Annual Giving fund              gift, please call 9326 0000 or email
     support our ability to achieve artistic         philanthropy@waso.com.au.
     excellence, secure the finest guest
     conductors and soloists, present                It is also quick and easy to make a donation
     a diverse program of Education &                online at waso.com.au/support-us or you
     Community Engagement activities across          can make a donation at the Box Office
     WA and work in partnership with the             with your ticket purchase. All donations
     opera and ballet companies.                     over $2 are fully tax deductible.

                                                                                                    Photo: Rebecca Mansell

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Our Supporters
Thank you for making WASO the organisation it is today.
The financial support of passionate individuals is essential to maintaining a State
Orchestra in Western Australia for future generations. Thanks to you, WASO's
philanthropy program continues to grow, supporting our vision now and into the future.
Together we can achieve remarkable things - thank you for your invaluable support.

Honorary Patron                     Jacinta Sirr-Williams
                                    Susan Stitt
                                                                         Education & Community
Janet Holmes à Court AC                                                  Engagement Fund
                                    Ruth Stratton                        Jean Arkley
Endowment Fund for                  Ruth & Neville Thorn
                                    Gavin Toovey & Jaehan Lee
                                                                         Annette Cottee
the Orchestra                       Agatha van der Schaaf
                                                                         Penny & Ron Crittall
Major Donations                     Sheila Wileman                       Robyn Glindemann
Tom & Jean Arkley                   Sagitte Yom-Tov Fund                 Journey Recruitment
Bendat Family Foundation            Anonymous (39)                       Deborah & Miles Protter
Janet Holmes à Court AC                                                  Eveline Read
Minderoo Foundation                 Chairman’s Circle                    Dr Carol Warren
Sagitte Yom-Tov Fund                Supporting excellence                Anonymous (1)
                                    Richard Goyder AO & Janine Goyder
Estates                             Jean Arkley                          Crescendo
Lee Bickford                        Janet Holmes à Court AC              Trusts & Foundations
Rachel Mabel Chapman                Torsten & Mona Ketelsen              Crown Resorts Foundation
Malcolm Hood                        Tony & Gwenyth Lennon
Clive Knight                        Rod & Margaret Marston*              Packer Family Foundation
Paul Lee                            John Rodgers                         Feilman Foundation
Anna Nottage in memory of           Leanne & Sam Walsh*                  Stan Perron Charitable Foundation
Edgar Nottage                                                            Bunning Family
Wendy Scanlon                       The 2021 WASO Song                   Crescendo Giving Circle
Judy Sienkiewicz                    Book                                 Jean Arkley
Mrs Roslyn Warrick                  Supporting new works                 Prue Ashurst
Anonymous (7)                       commissioned for the Orchestra for   David & Suzanne Biddles
                                    2021 and beyond
Symphony Circle                     Janet Holmes à Court AC
                                                                         S Cherian
Thank you to all our Bequestors                                          Brenda Cohen
                                    Prue Ashurst                         Kaylene Cousins
Julian Agafonoff & David Escott     In memory of Mary Rodoreda
Kevin 'Joe' Blake                   Geoff Stearn                         Megan & Arthur Criddle at the APS
Ms Davilia Bleckly                  Anonymous (1)                        Foundation
Mr John Bonny                                                            Euroz Charitable Foundation
Dr G Campbell-Evans                 Instrument Fund                      Sue & Clive Hovell
Deirdre Carlin                      John Albright & Susan Lorimer        Madeleine King MP, Federal
Dr Anne Chester                     –EChO Double Bass and set of         Member for Brand
Anita & James Clayton               Trumpets                             LeMessurier Charitable Trust
S & J Dale                          Peter Ingram – Piccolo               Rosalind Lilley
Lesley & Peter Davies               Deborah Marsh – Conductor’s          Lommers Engineering Pty Ltd
Dr Michael Flacks                   Podium and Cor Anglais
John Foster                         Margaret & Rod Marston – Bass        Louise & Bryant Macfie
Judith Gedero                       Clarinet                             Mrs Morrell
Robyn Glindemann                    Peggy & Tom Stacy – Cor Anglais      Judith Nash
Gwenyth Greenwood                   and Piccolo                          G & I Nicholas
The Guy Family                      Jean & Peter Stokes – Cello, Tuba,   Pamela Pitt
Angus Holmes                        Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone,       The Sheena Prince Memorial Fund
Emy & Warren Jones                  Wooden Trumpet, French Horn &        Dr Lance Risbey
Barbara Joseph                      Music Score Folders                  Tony Rudd
Colin & Jo King
Rachael Kirk & Tim White            Education & Community                Rosalin Sadler in memory of Joyce
                                                                         Durbin Sadler
Wolfgang Lehmkuhl                   Engagement                           In memory of Robert & Joan Street
Dr Mary Ellen MacDonald             Supporting our nationally
Deborah Marsh                       recognised Education & Community     Ruth E Thorn
Lesley R. McKay & Murray R. McKay   Engagement programs                  Reto Vogel
Suzanne Nash                        Trusts & Foundations                 WA Massed Choir Festival
Paula Phillips                      Bendat Family Foundation             Alan Whitham
Jan & Bryan Rodgers                 McCusker Charitable Foundation       Mary Ann Wright
Nigel & Dr Heather Rogers           Simon Lee Foundation                 Anonymous (3)

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Our Supporters
     Annual Giving
     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           Dr Emma Richardson                 Tessa Tieleman
     Circle                          Bryant & Louise Macfie             Agatha van der Schaaf
                                     Michael & Lesley Page              Stan & Valerie Vicich
     Gifts $20,000+                  Paula & John Phillips              John & Nita Walshe
     Janet Holmes à Court AC         G. J. Seach                        Fred & Caroline Witting
     Jean Arkley in memory of        Geoff Stearn                       Andrew & Marie Yuncken
     Tom Arkley                      Ros Thomson                        Anonymous (4)
     Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans &      Gene Tilbrook & Anne Seghezzi
     Dr Ken Evans*
                                     Michael & Helen Tuite              Principal Patron
     Patricia New                                                       Gifts $1,000 - $2,499
                                     Dr John Woodall
     Joshua & Pamela Pitt*                                              Caroline Allen & Sandy Dunn
                                     Anonymous (6)
     Peter & Jean Stokes*
                                                                        Margaret Atkins
     Anonymous (1)                   Virtuoso Patron                    Stuart Anderson
     Impresario Patron               Gifts $2,500 - $4,999              Catherine Bagster
     Gifts $10,000 - $19,999         Dr Fred Affleck AO &               Moira Bailey
                                     Mrs Margaret Affleck               Betty Barker
     Gay & Bob Branchi
                                     Neil Archibald & Alan R Dodge AM   Sarah & Colin Beckett AO
     Gavin Bunning
                                     David & Suzanne Biddles            Ross & Alecia Benzie
     Prof Rachel & Rev Dr John
     Cardell-Oliver                  Peter & Marjorie Bird              Matthew J C Blampey
     Gilbert George                  Dr & Mrs P Breidahl                Margaret Bloch
     Brian & Romola Haggerty         Prof Jonathan Carapetis &          Cathy Bolt in memory of Tony Bolt
                                     Prof Sue Skull                     K & C Bond
     Meg O’Neill & Vicky Hayes
                                     Kim & Bob Collins                  John & Debbie Borshoff
     Sue Hovell
                                     Ian & Elizabeth Constable          Sue Boyd
     Frederick Wehr
                                     Lesley & Peter Davies              Laraine Brindle
     Alan Whitham
                                     Dr Andrew Gardner                  Elizabeth & James Brown
     Trish Williams
                                     Roger & Ann Gillbanks              Adrienne & Phillip Buttrose
     Wright Burt Foundation
                                     Jannette Gray                      Stewart Candlish & Bianca Panizza
     Anonymous (2)
                                     Maryllis & Paul Green-Armytage     Michelle Candy
     Maestro Patron                  Danuta Julia                       David Castillo & Marian Magee
     Gifts $5,000 - $9,999           Kay Giorgetta                      Claire Chambers &
     Prue Ashurst in memory of       Jim & Freda Irenic                 Dr Andrea Shoebridge
     Eoin Cameron                    Eleanor John & Finn Barrett        Fred & Angela Chaney
     Ruth Bailey                     Michael & Dale Kitney              Constance Chapman
     Tony & Mary Beeley              Francis Landels                    Dr Peter Chauvel
     Dr John Blott                   Barrie & Jude Le Pley              Dr Anne Chester
     Lady Jean Brodie-Hall           Mi Kyung Lee & Colin Binns         Anthea Cheney
     Maree Creighton & Kevin Davis   Tony & Gillian Milne               Jason & Su-Lyn Chong
     Stephen Davis & Linda Savage    Mrs Morrell                        Dr Keryn Christiansen
     Bridget Faye AM                 Jane & Jock Morrison               Peter & Sue Clifton
     Dr John Gladstones              Val & Barry Neubecker              Lyn & Harvey Coates AO
     Warwick Hemsley                 Anne Nolan                         John Collins
     Dr Penny Herbert in memory of   Robyn Owens                        Dr David Cooke
     Dunstan Herbert                 John Overton                       Hon June Craig AM
     Dale & Greg Higham              Thomas & Diana Potter              Dr Megan Davies
     Peter Ingram                    Roger Sandercock                   Edwina Davies Ward in memory
     Margaret & Peter James          Melanie & Paul Shannon             of Wanda G Davies
     Roger Jennings in memory of     Glenice Shephard                   Monique De Vianna
     Lilian Jennings                 Elisabeth & David Smith            Kelly & Andrew Diong
     Keith & Gaye Kessell            Michael Snell & Vicki Stewart      Rai & Erika Dolinschek
     Dr Ronny Low &                  Brian Stewart                      Simon Douglas

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Prof Robert Durand              Dr Seamus MacDonald                Richard Tarala & Lyn Beazley AO
Bev East                        Graham & Muriel Mahony             Janet & the late Stephen Thackray
Lorraine Ellard                 Denise Main                        Ruth Thomas in memory of
Dr Jenny & Terry Fay            Dr Tony Mander & Ms Loretta Byrd   Ken & Hazel Rowley
Tony & Sue Field                Gregg & Sue Marshman               Clare Thompson & Brad Power
Gilly Flower                    Geoffrey Massey                    Jillian Thompson
Don & Marie Forrest             Pam Mathews & Dr Mark Brogan       Peter & Jane Thompson in
Toni Frank                      Judith McGuinness                  memory of Mrs Freda Stimson
Eléonore Fuchter                Betty & Con Michael AO             Mike Thomson & Rae Robinson
George Gavranic                 Don & Moira McKinley               Ruth E Thorn
Robyn Glindemann                Mrs Carolyn Milton-Smith in        Gavin Toovey & Jaehan Lee
Neville & Jane Gibbs            loving memory of Emeritus Prof     Mary Townsend
Prof Lelia Green                John Milton-Smith                  Tracey Family
Pitsamai & Kevin Green          Hon Justice S R Moncrieff          Gwen Treasure
Deidre Greenfeld                Elizabeth Moran                    James & Rosemary Trotter
Grussgott Trust                 Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Morris           Christopher Tyler
Ann Hammer                      Dr & Mrs Peter Moss                Bernardus Van Deijl
Richard B Hammond               Patricia Murphy                    Yvonne Varey
Nick Handran Smith &            Lyn Murray                         Karen Venard
Elizabeth Allan                 Judith Nash                        Maggie Venerys
Pauline & Peter Handford        Family Nilant                      Geoff & Sandra Wackett
Peter Hansen                    Marianne Nilsson                   Rita Wager
Dr & Mrs H Hansen-Knarhoi       Jim & Wendy O'Neill                Adrienne & Max Walters AM
Julie Harris                    Dr Walter Ong & Graeme Marshall    Diana & the late Bill Warnock
Paul & Barbara Harris           Ron Packer                         Ian Watson
Vanessa Harvey                  Tim Pavy & Kathy Cole              Joy Wearne
Rev Bill Hawley & Dr Rev        Rosemary Peek                      Alan Westle in memory of Jean
Georgina Hawley                 Charmian Phillips in memory of     Moira Westmore
In Memory of Eileen Hayes       Colin Craft                        Dr Chris & Mrs Vimala Whitaker
John & Christine Hedges         Beth & Walter Pidgeon              Barbara Wilcox
Elizabeth & Eric Heenan         Italo Pizzale                      Dai & Anne Williams
Dallas Hickman & Alex Hickman   Pamela Platt                       Mrs Jean & Mr Ian Williams AO
Dr John & Patricia Hill         Richard & Sharon Prince            Jim & Gill Williams
Helen Hollingshead              Dr Leon Prindiville                Simon & Alison Williams
Dr Keith Holt                   Tony & Val Ramshaw                 Judith Wilton & David Turner
Dr K & Mr J Hopkins OAM         Rev Philip Raymont                 Hilary & Peter Winterton AM
Rosemary Howarth                Prof Ian Reid & Dr Gale            Margaret Wood
Judith Hugo                     MacLachlan                         Kin Yung
Jan & Walter Hunter             James & Nicola Ridsdill-Smith      Anonymous (32)
Richard Isted                   John & Alison Rigg
Cynthia Jee                     Dr Lance Risbey                    Tutti Patron
Diane Johnson                   Will Riseborough                   Gifts $500 - $999
Emy & Warren Jones              Paul & Christine Roberts           Anne Acton
Anthony Kane in memory of       Wayne Robinson                     Kim Anderson & Paul Holmes
Jane Leahy-Kane                 Bryan & Jan Rodgers                Kenneth & Judith Arkwright
Bill Kean                       Gerry & Maurice Rousset OAM        Arron Arntzen
David Keast & Victoria Mizen    Dr J B & Mrs A Rowlands            Rebe Atlas
Noelle & Anthony Keller AM      Robin & Anne Salter                Phillip & Mary Bairstow
Patricia King                   Robyn & Ted Sharp                  Steven & Joanne Baitz
Nelly Kleyn                     Anne Sibbel                        Barrie Baker
Ulrich & Gloria Kunzmann        In memory of Judith                Christine Baker
Trevor & Ane Marie Lacy         Sienkiewicz                        Shane Baker
Irving Lane                     Laurel & Ross Smith                Bernard & Jackie Barnwell
Dr Sunny & Ann Lee              PAI Smith & DA Harry               Shirley Barraclough
Dr Oon Teik Lee                 Geoff & Chris Soutar               Lisa & Glenn Barrett
Ruth & Malcolm Leske            Malca & Graham Spencer-Laitt       Berwine Barrett-Lennard
Martin & Ruth Levit             David Stevenson                    Peter Bath
Ann Lewis                       Donald & Laurel Stewart            Noelle Beasley
Dr Rebecca Meegan-Lowe &        Ruth Stratton                      Ingrid Berchem
Richard Lowe                    Iain Summerlin                     Michael & Nadia Berkeley-Hill
Ian & Judith Lunt               Elizabeth Syme                     Ann Beveridge

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Our Supporters
     Eric Bew                       Maxine & Bill Farrell AM           Beverley Lockley
     Eileen Bibby                   Susan & Gavin Fielding AM          Mary Ellen in memory of Kerensa
     Minnie Biggs                   Sue & Paul Fisher                  Dr John Male
     Lea Bingemann                  Owen & Judy Fletcher               Oliver & Sophie Mark
     John & Sue Bird in memory of   Mr & Mrs J & J Forgan              Dr Marie Martin
     Penny Bird                     Archa Fox & Charlie Bond           David Maynier
     Jane Blanckensee               John & Margaret Freeman            Diana McArthur
     Davilia Bleckly                Margaret Furphy                    John McDonald
     E & G Bourgault in memory of   Rony Gabbay                        Dennis & Maureen McKay
     Betty Sagar                    Margaret Gadsdon                   Donna & Peter Millington
     Diane & Ron Bowyer             Jennifer & Stephen Gardiner        Patricia & Kevin Morgan
     Judith Brown                   Dr Rhona Giles                     Louis Mostert
     Christine Burson               Beth Gow                           Margaret & Bruce Murdoch
     David & Pat Bussard            Anne Gray                          Michael Murphy
     Ann Butcher & Dean R Kubank    Gwenyth Greenwood                  G & I Nicholas
     Jennifer Butement              Nola Gregory                       Phuong Nguyen
     Kevin Button & Susie Lim       Bob & Jenny Greig                  Mary O'Hara
     Maria Caesar                   Sonia Grinceri & Paula Watt        Marjan Oxley
     R & R Cant                     Barbara Haddy                      Valetta Parr
     Nanette Carnachan              Dr Roland Haehnel                  Heather Passmore
     Joan Carney                    Michael & Helen Hawkins            Dr John Pearce
     Dr Charlene Caspersz &         Shona Hall                         Bev Penny
     Dr Rob Will                    Jean Hamory                        Prof Suvendi Perera
     S Barea Castillo               Rosalind Hampton &                 Anne Pickard
     Philip & Frances Chadwick      David Dodd                         Deborah & David Piesse
     Renate Chandler                Alan Harvey & Dr Paulien de Boer   Frank & Valda Pitman
     Tim & Claire Chapman           Theresa Harvey                     Julienne Prendergast
     Grant & Catherine Chappelle    Siew-Mung Ho                       Alan & June Prouse
     Diane Christensen              Deidre Hodby                       Laura Raiter
     Roger Clarnette                Dr Annette Holland                 Eveline Read
     Mark Clifton                   Ida Holt                           Graeme Reynolds & Lesley
     Shirley Cohen                  Alfred Huis                        Parker-Reynolds
     Chris & Swee See Colton        Lorna Hurst                        Shirley Ridgwell
     Dr Christopher Cook &          Leif Jamvold                       Kim & Annemarie Riseborough
     Ms Elise Chong                 John Jarvis                        Alison Robins
     Norah & Roger Cooper           Elinor Jenkins                     Leigh Robinson & Deborah Gellé
     Nancy Cotterell                Lynn & Michael Jensen              Nigel & Dr Heather Rogers
     Glenn Coughlan                 Tim Johnson & Nat Shulman          Chris & Serge Rtshiladze
     Pru Cowan                      Sally Johnston                     Thelma Same
     Penny & Ron Crittall           Leah Joseph                        Veronica Sass-Nielsen
     Natalie Hall Cullity           Dr Susan Joubert                   Esther Schenberg
     Keith & Suzanne Cundale        Kevin & Elissa Karlson             Elizabeth Scott
     Brett Davies                   Dr Ursula Kees                     Margaret & Roger Seares
     Gary & Judith Davis            B M Kent                           Maureen Sellick
     Hanneke & Jop Delfos           Kerry Kerr                         Sarah Seymour & Evan Eble
     Alma Della Marta               Leonie Kirke                       The Sherwood Family
     Ray & June Delmenico           Dr Elena Krylova                   Rory & Susan Shiner
     Elizabeth Dempsey-Lees         John Kusinski & Ann Motherway      Graham Simpson
     Daphne Devenish in memory of   Darryl & Jacky Lacey               Paul & Margaret Skerritt
     Bruce Devenish                 Yvonne Lamble                      Hendrik Smit
     Jilyan Dingle                  Louis & Miriam Landau              Helen Smith OAM
     Patricia & Roy Done            Joelle Larsen                      Kevin Smith
     Beth Duncan                    Dr Hoh Peng Lee                    Margaret & John Solosy
     Camron Dyer                    Rosalind Lilley                    Dr Louise Sparrow
     Christine Eilon                Dr Warren Lilleyman                Cisca Spencer
     Patricia Elder                 Ruth Lilly                         John & Elizabeth Spoor
     Pamela Eldred                  Dr George Lipton                   Mark Stacey

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Peggy & Tom Stacy               Michael & Gwenda Upton            Sara Wordsworth
Alan & Jan Stewart              Marilyn Van Heemst                Andrew Yeates
Lois & Robert Stout             Rae & Murray Wackett              Edward Young
Doll Syminton                   Claire Walkley                    Dr Susan Young
Anthony Taylor                  Janet Wallis                      Chris & Kathy Ziatis
Lisa & Andrew Telford           Alex Waterhouse                   Maxim Zuvela
Ralph Ten Seldam                Barry Watson                      Anonymous (32)
Amanda & Desmond Thompson       Patricia Weston
Ivan & Jeanette Thompson        Barbara Wheatley
Dianne Thomson                  Margaret Whitter                  Friend
Janice Tiller                   Violette William                  Gifts $40 - $499
Loma Toohey                     Sally Willis                      Thank you to all our Friends
Joan Travis                     Pari Willis-Jones                 who support WASO through
Gordorn Trewern                 Rowena Withers                    their gift.
Prof David Tunley               Karen Wood
                                Elizabeth Woods                   * Orchestral Chair Partnership
Heather & Jim Tunmore
Dr Robert Turnbull              Alison Woodman

  If you are interested in becoming a Patron or learning more about WASO Philanthropy please
  call 9326 0014 or email philanthropy@waso.com.au
  WASO Philanthropy brochures are available from the WASO Programs and 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.

About The Speaker
Rosalind Appleby
Pre-concert Speaker
Rosalind Appleby is a Perth-based arts            composers, completing the missing
journalist, author and speaker. She uses          jigsaw pieces in Australia’s music
words to champion, document and                   history.
critique the arts. She is co-managing
                                                  Appleby advocates for the arts
editor of Western Australia’s premiere
                                                  through her lectures, author talks,
arts magazine Seesaw Magazine
                                                  artist interviews, pre-concert talks and
and has regularly contributed to
                                                  school seminars. She has presented
The Australian, Limelight Magazine, The
                                                  at the Perth Writers Festival (2013,
Australian Book Review, The Guardian,
                                                  2018, 2019) and at the national Women
Opera magazine (London) and was
                                                  in the Creative Arts Conference
music critic for The West Australian for
                                                  (2017) in Canberra. For several years
16 years. From 2012-2018 she operated
                                                  she produced and broadcast the
the blog Noted providing insights into
                                                  experimental program Difficult Listening
the Perth arts scene.
                                                  for RTRFM. She has been interviewed
Appleby’s book Women of Note                      by Andrew Ford on The Music Show and
(Fremantle Press, 2012) reveals startling         for programs on 3MBS, 2MBS, Radio
discoveries about Australian women                Fremantle and RTRFM.

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2021 Corporate Partners

      PLATINUM PARTNERS                                                         ACCESS PARTNER           SYMPHONY PARTNER

      CONCERTO PARTNERS                                                          OVERTURE PARTNERS

      SONATA PARTNERS

      KEYNOTE PARTNERS

      ORCHESTRA SUPPORTERS

      MEDIA PARTNERS

      FUNDING PARTNERS                                                           SUPPORTING BY

                                     The West Australian Symphony Orchestra
                                     is assisted by the Australian Government
                                     through the Australia Council, its arts
                                     funding and advisory body.

     To share in our vision and discuss the many opportunities extended through corporate partnerships please contact
     Corporate Development on 08 9326 0020.

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MASTERS SERIES
Friday 18 & Saturday 19
          June, 7.30pm
      Perth Concert Hall

           waso.com.au
West Australian
Symphony Orchestra
and Wesfarmers Arts,
creating the spark
that sets off a lifelong
love of music.

Shigeru Komatsu –
WASO Cello
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