WASO

Revolutionary at its premiere in 1830, it remains breathtaking nearly 200 years later.

Fabien Gabel, one of the stars of the new generation opens this concert with the concentrated atmospherics of Florent Schmitt’s Rêves – a West Australian premiere.

Dreams, Witches and Visions.

Inspired by unrequited romantic love, Berlioz’s radical masterpiece Symphonie fantastique is full of passions, dreams and phantoms – a lovesick musician’s hallucinatory fantasies. Astonishingly modern and revolutionary at its premiere in 1830, it is still breathtaking nearly 200 years later. Multi award-winner James Ledger is one of Australia’s finest composers. His new Viola Concerto is his 11th work to be premiered by WASO and was composed especially for one of Australia’s greatest musicians, Brett Dean, himself an acclaimed composer, soloist and former member of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Inspired by the ideals of the French revolution and the German Enlightenment, Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony is also a deeply personal statement. 

Iain Grandage is one of Australia’s most exciting, creative and collaborative composers, and his new Concerto is written especially for longtime colleague and friend, WASO’s Principal Cor anglais, Leanne Glover.

Conductor: Douglas Boyd 
Cor anglai: Leanne Glover 

Can you feel it? You’ve made it behind the velvet ropes of New York’s most exclusive nightclub renowned for its celebrity guest list and hypnotic atmosphere, Studio 54.

Join our disco inferno with singing legend, Kate Ceberano, X Factor finalist Nathaniel Willemse and a sensational Australian cast performing live on stage with WASO.

See Perth Concert Hall transformed into the hottest club in town with electrifying music from artists like Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees and Earth, Wind & Fire through to Sister Sledge’s We Are Family and Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive plus much more.

To hear Perth Concert Hall’s 3000-pipe organ in all its glory is an experience in itself; to hear it in the exhilarating finale of Saint-Saëns’ grandly romantic Third Symphony is completely unforgettable!

This spectacular and richly melodic work is brought to life by the exciting young French conductor, Lionel Bringuier.

Conductor Lionel Bringuier 
Piano Alexander Gavrylyuk

Be blown away by Stokowski’s spectacular, “Hollywood” version of Bach’s famous Toccata and see how Ravel transformed the raw intensity of Mussorgsky’s most radical piano work into a sophisticated orchestral showpiece.

Music in all its orchestral glory.

The concert features Leopold Stokowski’s spectacular, “Hollywood” version of Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue. Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg performs sublime Strauss songs in both their original and orchestral versions. Asher himself explores how the raw intensity of Mussorgsky’s most radical piano work was transformed into a sophisticated orchestral showpiece by one of the masters. 

BACH, J.S. orch. STOKOWSKI
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
STRAUSS, R. Orchestral Songs
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
MUSSORGSKY orch. RAVEL
Pictures at an Exhibition

Asher Fisch conductor/presenter (pictured)
Siobhan Stagg soprano (2019 WASO Artist in Association)
Joseph Nolan organ

Sergei Rachmaninov had a deep and very personal connection to the sacred music of his homeland, which he expressed most profoundly in his reflective set of choral vespers.

Separated into two parts, the evening Vespers and the morning Matins, this sublime work is drenched in rich harmonies that will resonate in the magnificent acoustics of St Mary’s Cathedral.

Lord Macbeth swore allegiance to the King of Scotland, but when a group of witches reveals a prophecy that he will one day be King, he and Lady Macbeth become consumed by greed and plot the King's untimely demise. This gripping tale based on Shakespeare's classic work is one of Verdi's early masterpieces and will delight audiences in this grand premiere production.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Since his first appearance with WASO in 1999, Asher Fisch has forged a powerful connection with the Orchestra.  

Operatic in its earth-shaking intensity, Verdi’s great sacred masterpiece is staggeringly beautiful, dramatically exhilarating and heartfelt in its outpouring of human grief and devotion.

Join Asher Fisch, four world-class soloists plus the massed voices of three choruses for an incomparable concert experience.

With album sales of over 750,000 in Australia alone, the drama, spark and irresistible melody of Eskimo Joe’s music has stood the test of time for over two decades now. The grand scale of this great Australian band performing their classic songs with a 50-piece symphony orchestra in Kings Park & Botanic Garden is an experience not to be missed.

In the present, the trio have curated deluxe releases of four of their classic albums – GIRL (2001), INSHALLA (2009), GHOSTS OF THE PAST (2011), and BLACK FINGERNAILS RED WINE

Joining Eskimo Joe on this line-up is fellow WA music royalty, Bob Evans. 

It’s sure to be an amazing meeting of musical minds one again. Celebrating their 21st birthday in 2018, Eskimo Joe’s successful symphony orchestra tour of Australia kicked off in their hometown with WASO at the Perth Concert Hall in February of that year and set in motion a tide of new acclaim around the country.

In recent times the trio of Kav Temperley, Stu MacLeod and Joel Quartermain have curated deluxe releases of four of their classic albums – GIRL (2001), INSHALLA (2009), GHOSTS OF THE PAST (2011), and BLACK FINGERNAILS RED WINE – reaffirming the bond they have with their loyal following as well as making many new fans along the way.

With sales of over 750,000 in Australia alone, the drama, spark and irresistible melody of Eskimo Joe’s music has stood the test of time for over two decades now, and the grand scale of this great Australian band performing their classic songs with a 50-piece symphony orchestra in Kings Park & Botanic Garden is an experience not to be missed.

Joining Eskimo Joe on this line-up is fellow WA music royalty, Bob Evans, aka Kevin Mitchell. From playing the pub stages of Perth together in the mid-‘90s when the Eskies and Jebediah were up-and-comers, the diverse career paths of these ARIA Award-winning musical friends are bonded by their enduring ascendance.

One of the country’s most admired singer/songwriters, the extent of Bob Evans’ impact on the Australian music consciousness was highlighted last year with the release of FULL CIRCLE, a best-of collection that chronicled the hits and fan- favourites from his five solo album releases.

Eskimo Joe and Bob Evans, as ever, are at the top of their game.

Eskimo Joe with WASO
Plus Bob Evans and special guest (tbc) 
Pioneer Women’s Memorial, Kings Park & Botanic Garden

Tickets On Sale 9am Monday 24 June 2019

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Welcome to your essential Hollywood Walk of Fame concert experience with the silver screen's most indelible themes writ large for the mainstage. Relive the movie moments that made you laugh, cry, shiver and swoon with some of the greatest films of all time including Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Gone With the Wind, James Bond, Sunset Boulevard and more. Here, WASO salutes the Golden Age of cinema as an end of year treat.

Here's look at you, kid.

You-Know-Who is not the only one who has returned—Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are back as well in this unforgettable concert event. Relive the magic with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ displayed on a giant screen in high-definition and accompanied by a symphonic orchestra. See Harry and his friends race through the Department of Mysteries, practice Defense Against the Dark Arts in secret, and endure Professor Umbridge—all with Nicholas Hooper’s iconic score!