Perth Festival Of The Arts 2025 Brochure

P E R T H F E S T I V A L O F T H E A R T S 9 WEN-SINN YANG 19:30 | SAT 24 MAY | PERTH CONCERT HALL TICKETS £22.50 - £41.50 | UNDER 18s £5 PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Jeffrey Ching Il maestro di capella Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite Interval Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Beethoven Symphony No. 5 A glorious evening of classical music’s best-loved repertoire with one of the top orchestras in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the baton of Grzegorz Nowak, the concert opens with a brand new work by Jeffrey Ching, commissioned especially for the orchestra’s UK tour. The orchestra will perform two of the most popular works from the operatic and ballet repertoire including Bizet’s scintillating Carmen Suite and music from perhaps the greatest of all ballets: Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake . Consistently chart-topping Classic FM’s Hall of Fame, Vaughan Williams’ nostalgic masterpiece The Lark Ascending performed by Diomedes Saraza Jr. continues the popular programme, offering a pastoral romance for orchestra. One of the most versatile cellists of the present day Wen-Sinn Yang performs Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Rococo Variations before Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 brings the concert to an energetic close. Box office on 01738 621031