Passion and Power with WASO, featuring Bruch’s Violin Concerto | BREC

Passion and Power with WASO, featuring Bruch’s Violin Concerto

Run Time 2hrs inc interval
BREC Presents West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Ticket Prices
Adult $79 + $3.50 Booking Fee
Concession/Student $69 + $3.50 Booking Fee
Child $59 + $3.50 Booking Fee
Group 6+  $75 + $3.50 Booking Fee
Family (2 adults 2 kids) $63 + $3.50 Booking Fee
+ BREC Access

Wesfarmers Artist Talk with Asher Fisch 
Hosted by WASO’s Executive Manager, Artistic Planning  Evan Kennea.
From 4.10pm – 4.30pm in the Harvey Room


PROGRAM

Richard STRAUSS Macbeth
Max BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1
Robert SCHUMANN Symphony No.4

Asher Fisch conductor
Simone Lamsma violin

Sunday
24 August 2025
5:00 pm

Passion and Power with WASO, featuring Bruch’s Violin Concerto

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma is known worldwide for her polished, expressive and intense playing, and she returns to WASO with Bruch’s ever-popular First Violin Concerto.

The dark ambition and ruthless fury of Shakespeare’s iconic tyrant is brought thrillingly to life in Strauss’ early tone poem, Macbeth, performed by WASO for the very first time.

Asher Fisch then leads the Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony No.4, a work of passionate urgency and grand emotions.

 


Asher Fisch
WASO’s Principal Conductor & Artistic Adviser

A renowned conductor in both the operatic and symphonic worlds, Asher Fisch is especially celebrated for his interpretative command of core German and Italian repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic era. He conducts a wide variety of repertoire from Gluck to contemporary works by living composers. Asher is now the longest serving Principal Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO), commencing his tenure in 2014. His former posts include Principal Guest Conductor of the Seattle Opera (2007-2013), Music Director of the New Israeli Opera (1998-2008), and Music Director of the Wiener Volksoper (1995-2000).

Born in Israel, Asher began his conducting career as Daniel Barenboim’s assistant and Kappellmeister at the Berlin Staatsoper. He has built his versatile repertoire at the major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and Semperoper Dresden. Fisch has conducted at leading American symphony orchestras including those of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia. In Europe he has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de France, among others.

Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts.



 

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