WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday 30 & Saturday 31 August 2013, 8pm Perth Concert Hall EY PRESENTS CONNECT WITH WASO
BIOGRAPHIES THE WHITLAMS The Whitlams have become a cornerstone of the Australian cultural landscape. Formed in 1992 in Newtown as an acoustic three-piece with no drummer, Tim Freedman, Stevie Plunder and Andy Lewis developed their songs on Saturday afternoons at the Sandringham Hotel in King Street. In 1993 they discovered that they and their gear could all fit into a Kingswood station wagon. Taking turns lying on the piano in the back, they headed off every six weeks up the Eastern coast and became a real band. Later that year they released the jaunty Introducing The Whitlams. In 1998 they were nominated for eight ARIA awards and won Best Group (presented by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam), Song of the Year (No Aphrodisiac) and Best Independent Release (Eternal Nightcap). More recently Eternal Nightcap was voted number 16 in triple j s Hottest Australian Albums of All Time. The current line-up is 13 years old. Terepai first appeared on Love this City (1999), and Warwick Hornby and Jak Housden on the number one album Torch the Moon (2002). The Whitlams recorded output includes six studio albums, three of which went platinum and two gold. Their best of compilation Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You was released in 2008. thewhitlams.com BENJAMIN NORTHEY Conductor Leading Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is one of Australia s brightest and most versatile musical stars. In 2001, under the Symphony Australia Conductor Development Program, he studied intensively with Finnish maestro Jorma Panula. Within Australia, Northey made his professional debut with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in 2003. Since returning permanently in 2006, Northey has been a regular guest conductor with all the Australian state symphony orchestras and led opera and ballet productions including L elisir d Amore, The Tales of Hoffmann and La Sonnambula for State Opera of South Australia and Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte for Opera Australia. In 2010, Northey conducted a major program with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Festival Hall and made his debut with London s Southbank Sinfonia. Currently Associate Conductor at MSO, Northey s future engagements include concerts with all of Australia s and New Zealand s major symphony orchestras as well as appearances in Hong Kong and South America. benjaminnorthey.com
WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is Western Australia s largest and busiest performing arts company. Established in 1928, WASO is the state s only professional orchestra, playing a central role in the cultural life of Western Australia. WASO s vision is to touch souls and enrich lives through music. Each year the Orchestra reaches out into the community and gives people across Western Australia and beyond the opportunity to experience the magic of classical music through concert performances, touring, education programs, and other initiatives. The Orchestra performs over 140 concerts each year with some of the world s finest conductors and soloists to an audience in excess of 200,000. In addition to its own concerts, WASO regularly performs with the West Australian Opera and West Australian Ballet. waso.com.au ON STAGE TONIGHT VIOLIN Semra Lee-Smith Assistant Concertmaster Graham Pyatt A/Principal 1st Violin Kylie Liang A/Assoc Principal 2nd Violin Fleur Challen Stephanie Dean Beth Hebert Akiko Miyazawa Anna O Hagan Melanie Pearn Ken Peeler Louise Sandercock Jolanta Schenk Jane Serrangeli Jacek Slawomirski Bao Di Tang Teresa Vinci^ Andrea White^ David Yeh VIOLA Kierstan Arkleysmith Nik Babic Alex Brogan Katherine Drake Alison Hall Helen Tuckey CELLO Shigeru Komatsu Oliver McAslan Nicholas Metcalfe Tim South Xiao Le Wu DOUBLE BASS Joan Wright Christine Reitzenstein Louise Ross Andrew Tait FLUTE Mary-Anne Blades Michael Waye Principal Piccolo OBOE Leanne Glover A/Principal Elizabeth Chee CLARINET Lorna Cook Alexander Millier Principal Bass Clarinet Chair partnered by Alessandrino Property Group. BASSOON Adam Mikulicz Linda Charteris^ HORN Emma Gregan A/Assoc Principal Robert Gladstones Principal 3rd Dorée Dixon^ Francesco Lo Surdo TRUMPET Brent Grapes A/Principal Evan Cromie Peter Miller TROMBONE Joshua Davis Bruce Thompson^ Philip Holdsworth Principal Bass Trombone TUBA Cameron Brook TIMPANI Alex Timcke PERCUSSION Troy Greatz A/Principal Paul Tanner^ HARP Bronwyn Wallis^ Principal Associate Principal Guest Musician^
THE WHITLAMS & WASO STORY The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is renowned for being at the cutting edge of Australian music, creating a new tradition of orchestrated pop over the last decade. Following the first and incredibly successful pop collaboration with george in 2003, WASO developed what was to be another successful collaboration with The Whitlams in 2004. The 2004 concerts were performed in Kings Park and including 11 new arrangements of the band s songs, The Whitlams, 2004. commissioned by WASO. Following these performances The Whitlams went on to perform with the Adelaide, Tasmanian, Queensland and Sydney symphony orchestras. In 2007, The Whitlams returned to Perth for more performances with WASO, including five new orchestral arrangements commissioned by the Orchestra. Following the success of The Whitlams performances in 2004, WASO continued a successful run of pop collaborations with Tim Rogers & Tex Perkins, Ben Folds, Augie March, Ben Lee and The Panics. Wed 11 Dec, 7.30pm Perth Concert Hall BOOK NOW Call 9326 0000 Visit waso.com.au or ticketek.com.au
The Whitlams with waso Tim Freedman, lead vocals & piano Jak Housden, guitar Warwick Hornby, bass Terepai Richmond, drums & percussion Benjamin Northey, conductor Tonight s program will include the following songs Introducing The Whitlams (1993) Gough (Tim Freedman arr. Bill Stewart) Eternal Nightcap (1997) Charlie No.1 (Freedman arr. Benjamin Northey) Charlie No.3 (Freedman & Greta Gertler arr. Iain Grandage) Life s a Beach (Freedman arr. Northey) Melbourne (Freedman arr. Stewart)* No Aphrodisiac (Freedman, Glen Dorman & Matt Ford, arr. Julie Simonds) Up Against the Wall (Freedman, Michael Vidale & Ian Hilderbrande arr. Northey) You Sound Like Louis Burdett (Freedman & Mark Wells arr. Stewart)* Melbourne (1998) Real Emotional Girl (Randy Newman arr. Nicholas Buc) Love This City (1999) Blow Up the Pokies (Freedman & Gertler arr. Daniel Denholm orch. Stewart)* Thank You (for loving me at my worst) (Freedman arr. Denholm orch. Stewart)* Torch the Moon (2002) Ease of the Midnight Visit (Freedman arr. Peter Sculthorpe) Fall for You (Freedman & Denholm arr. Buc) Witness Protection Scheme (Freedman & Chris Abrahams) Little Cloud (2006) The Curse Stops Here (Freedman arr. James Ledger)* Beauty in Me (Freedman arr. Buc) Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent (Freedman & Greg Walker arr. Grandage)* Keep the Light On (Freedman & Walker arr. Sean O Boyle)* Little Cloud (Freedman arr. Buc) Australian Idle (Tim Freedman, 2011) Don t Be Proud (Freedman & Simon Burke) Goodnight (Freedman arr. Northey) Two Little Boys (words Edward Madden, music Theodore Morse arr. Jamie Messenger) *These arrangements were originally commissioned by WASO for performances in 2004 and 2007. This concert will be webcast live on Saturday 31 August from 7.50pm on iinet s Freezone. It will also be available to watch on demand following this date. Visit waso.com.au for more details.