Perth Concert Hall

As a child visiting Paris, Christophe Rousset demanded to be taken to the gorgeous Baroque palace and gardens of Versailles, now a byword for lavish ornamentation and luxurious decorative arts. It was the beginning of a brilliant career, and the inspiration for what has become his life’s work in the music of this era, first as a prodigious harpsichordist and then, since 1991, as the leader of his own extraordinary ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. To experience their performance is to understand why the French gave us so many words like ‘élan’ and ‘panache’ – words which equally describe the stunning virtuosity of Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg, their featured soloist on this tour.

WA Youth Orchestra

Saturday 26 September 2020, 7:30pm

Perth Concert Hall

Peter Moore OAM, Conductor & Alessandro Pittorino, Organ Soloist

Captivating characters and unforgettable musical scores…..Join WAYO at the Perth Concert Hall, performing themes from the best known and most epic film music ever written!

An enthralling cinematic program including  John Williams’, The Asteroid Field – Empire Strikes Back, Jurassic Park, and Saint-Saëns’ hugely popular ‘Organ’ Symphony, also recognised as the famous musical theme from the beloved movie Babe.

From film music favourites to richly romantic classics, WAYO will rise to exhilarating heights in the second half of the program, highlighting the Perth Concert Hall’s 3000-pipe organ in the glorious finale of Saint-Saëns’ Third Symphony featuring Organ Soloist, Alessandro Pittorino.

Hailed as “Australia’s Wunderkind Organist” by ABC TV, Perth born Alessandro Pittorino is a recent Juilliard School graduate and is considered one of the most exciting, innovative and invigorating organists of his generation. Pittorino will also perform Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

The WA Youth Orchestra (WAYO) has a rich performance history, formed over a period of forty-five years of music making. The orchestra showcases the talents of Perth and Western Australia’s young orchestral musicians aged 12 -24 years old and has a deserved reputation as one of the finest youth orchestras in Australia. WAYO presents a large number of main stage concerts a year at Perth’s premier concert venues, and regularly performs to annual audiences of over 30,000 a year.

TICKET & BOOKING INFORMATION:

Tickets / $35 Adults / $25 Concession (All concession and senior card holders) / $20 School Student (18 yrs & under)

Bookings / PERTHCONCERTHALL.COM.AU / (08) 9231 9999 / In Person at Perth Concert Hall

More Info / WAYO.NET.AU

JS BACH                             Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565, D minor
JOHN WILLIAMS                The Asteroid Field – The Empire Strikes Back
JOHN WILLIAMS                 Jurassic Park
NATALIE WILLIAMS            Fourth Alarm
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS     Symphony No.3, op.78, C minor (Organ Symphony)

Carmina burana has been repurposed, remixed and reworked by the best in the business for hundreds of films and TV commercials. Everyone knows it. However, there is nothing quite like the raw power of the original epic classic performed live. The wheel of fortune spins on the pleasures of lust and the perils of life in a collection of 24 medieval poems thrillingly sung by a 90-voice choir with WASO.

Featuring performances of Mendelsshon's The Hebrides, Mozart's Violin Concerto No.5 and Dvorák's Symphony No. 8.

WASO will introduce a white-hot rising star of the violin in Emmalena Huning to perform Mozart’s exquisite fifth violin concerto with WASO. Then, explore the rich emotional palette of a beautiful Bohemian soundscape with Dvorak’s joyfully melodic and beguiling eighth symphony.

The decades-long collaboration between filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and composer Joe Hisaishi has created some of the most memorable moments in animated cinema in the last 35 years. Join us, as we bring you the music which gave life to the animations which have captured the imagination of the world.

In their debut performance at the Perth Concert Hall, WA’s leading symphonic wind ensemble present music from beloved works of Japanese animation, including My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. Experience the joys and pains of growing up, remember the feeling of finding your voice for the first time, and the warmth of falling in love. Delve deep into mystic forests, meet strange and inquisitive creatures, accept gifts from forest gods, and learn to fly. Come, walk in the skies with us.

Conducted by Jessica Gethin, the ticket price includes complimentary coffee or tea prior to the concert. From 9.40am there will be a Wesfarmers Arts pre-concert talk held in the Auditorium.

The outstanding ability of our emerging artists is celebrated as three young performers compete in the finals of the prestigious VOSE Concerto Competition. Who will win this coveted prize? Have your say and vote for your favourite performance in the People’s Choice Award! The evening spectacularly culminates in a celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary as the UWA Choral Society and the Aquinas College Scholar Choir combine with the UWA Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus to perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. 

Under the creative direction of PSO’s Founder and CEO Bourby Webster, this concert promises to be anything but a traditional classical concert. With performances weaving together Mozart’s own intimate letters and notes to his loved ones, alongside music inspired by the highly acclaimed Mozart in the Jungle book and television series – providing a glimpse into the secret and often racy world of classical musicians.

Following the release of Suck On Light, the boys are excited to share their new album with audiences across Australia and New Zealand in 2020.

**ALL AGES**

Bring your best voice and party spirit as WASO raises the roof at Perth Concert Hall with their annual barnstorm of flag-waving favourites. Join conductor Guy Noble, the WASO Chorus and special guests as they whip up a spectacular musical feast, complete with a cavalcade of classical hits and patriotic anthems. As always the concert comes to an unmissable end with the traditional ‘Last Night of the Proms’ sing-a-long including Jerusalem and Rule, Britannia.

From stolen child and teenage alcoholic to musical icon, social activist and First Nations leader, Archie Roach’s compelling story is an extraordinary odyssey through love and heartbreak, family and community, survival and renewal – and a testament to the healing power of music.

30 years after the release of his two-time ARIA Award winning album Charcoal Lane (1990), Tell Me Why is an intimate and moving musical journey through Roach’s life. The work features seminal songs from his back catalogue, influential music from his youth and three new autobiographical songs.

Roach will be joined onstage by his five-piece band, including award-winning jazz composer and improviser Paul Grabowsky and special guest Emma Donovan.

Don’t miss this spectacular concert celebrating Roach’s eponymous memoir and latest album. 

Featuring performances of Mozart's The Magic Flute: Overture, Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Conducted by Asher Fisch with Concertmaster Laurence Jackson performing Bruch's ever-popular violin concerto.

Featuring Beethoven's Egmont: Overture and Brahms' Symphony No. 4.

On piano Kanstantin Shamray with Asher Fisch conducting.

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED FROM MARCH TO DECEMBER 3 2020.

This time they come with a brand new album - their 10th - Hotel Last Resort, which resides among the band’s finest work, simultaneously refining and redefining their one-of-a-kind take on American music, mingling front porch folk, post punk, spiritual jazz, country blues, avant-garde minimalism and golden age rock ‘n’ roll into something still altogether their own.