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FILM CONCERTS LIVE! and ALBERT R. BROCCOLI'S EON PRODUCTIONS Presents
DANIEL CRAIG as IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND in

Spectre in Concert

CHRISTOPH WALTZ
LÉA SEYDOUX
BEN WHISHAW
NAOMIE HARRIS
DAVE BAUTISTA
with MONICA BELLUCCI and RALPH FIENNES as "M"
Co-Producers DANIEL CRAIG and ANDREW NOAKES and DAVID POPE
Music by THOMAS NEWMAN
Costume Designer JANY TEMIME
Editor LEE SMITH ACE
Production Designer DENNIS GASSNER
Director of Photography HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, FSF NSC
Executive Producer CALLUM McDOUGALL
Story by JOHN LOGAN and NEAL PURVIS & ROBERT WADE
Screenplay by JOHN LOGAN and NEAL PURVIS & ROBERT WADE and JEZ BUTTERWORTH
Produced by MICHAEL G. WILSON and BARBARA BROCCOLI
Directed by SAM MENDES
Featuring "WRITING'S ON THE WALL" Performed by SAM SMITH

JESSICA GETHIN conductor
This concert is supported by Aston Martin Perth.

SPECTRE, 007, and related James Bond Indicia © 1962-2024 Danjaq, LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. SPECTRE, 007, and related James Bond Trademarks are trademarks of Danjaq, LLC. All Rights Reserved

This performance will run for approximately 2 hours 50 minutes including a 20 minute interval.

Film Rating: Rated M (Moderate violence). This performance includes subtitles on the screen.

This performance is a presentation of the complete film Spectre with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.

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VIOLIN
Riley Skevington
Assoc Concertmaster
Semra Lee
Assistant Concertmaster
• MACA
Alexandra Isted
Principal 1st Violin
Zak Rowntree*
Principal 2nd Violin
Kylie Liang
Assoc Principal 2nd Violin
• The Baker Family
Kate Sullivan
Assistant Principal 2nd Violin
Sarah Blackman
Stephanie Dean
Amy Furfaro
Rebecca Glorie
• Rosalind & Lyndsay Potts
Beth Hebert
Emma Hunt
• Ulrich &Gloria Kunzmann
William Huxtable
Sunmi Jung
Christina Katsimbardis
Kathryn Lee
Andrea Mendham
• Dale & Michael Kitney
Akiko Miyazawa
• MIMI
Lucas O'Brien
Melanie Pearn
Louise Sandercock
• Unnamed
Jane Serrangeli
• Philip & Frances Chadwick
Luisa Theis^
Cerys Tooby
Teresa Vinci°
Samantha Wickramasinghe
• The Baker Family

VIOLA
Daniel Schmitt
Alex Brogan
Nik Babic
• Maryllis & Paul Green-Armytage
George Batey^
Alison Hall
Rachael Kirk
Mirjana Kojic^
James Munro
• Roger Jennings
Elliot O’Brien
Helen Tuckey
• Gina Humphries

CELLO
Isaac Davis
Jeremy Garside
• Brian & Romola Haggerty
Shigeru Komatsu
• Unnamed (2)
Oliver McAslan
• M & D Forrest and Michelle Todd
Sacha McCulloch
Nicholas Metcalfe
• The Gregg Family
Fotis Skordas
• Unnamed
Tim South

DOUBLE BASS
John Keene
• Janet Holmes à Court AC & Gilbert George
Robin Brawley
Sarah Clare^
Mark Tooby
Giovanni Vinci
Philip Waldron^

FLUTE
Mary-Anne Blades
• Unnamed
Peter Havlat^

PICCOLO
Sonia Croucher

OBOE
Liz Chee
• Ruth E. Thorn and Michael & Helen Tuite

COR ANGLAIS
Jonathan Ryan
• Joshua & Pamela Pitt

CLARINET
Allan Meyer
• Leanne & Sam Walsh AO
Som Howie

BASS CLARINET
Alexander Millier

BASSOON
Jane Kircher-Lindner
• Meg O’Neill, Chase Hayes & Vicky Hayes
Adam Mikulicz
• Meg O’Neill, Chase Hayes & Vicky Hayes

HORN
★ Rod & Margaret Marston
David Evans
Eve McEwen
Robert Gladstones
Principal 3^rd Horn
Julia Brooke
Dorée Dixon^
Francesco Lo Surdo

TRUMPET
Jenna Smith
• John & Nita Walshe
Koominka ̊
Zoe McGivern^
Madeleine Saville^

TROMBONE
Liam O’Malley
Assoc Principal Trombone
• Dale & Greg Higham
Thomas Gilmore^
Matthew Walker^
Peter Younghusband^

TUBA
Chloe Higgins

TIMPANI
Alex Timcke
• Jean & Peter Stokes

PERCUSSION
Brian Maloney
François Combémorel
Assoc Principal Percussion & Timpani
• Jim & Freda Irenic
Robyn Gray^
Paul Tanner^

HARP
William Nichols^

KEYBOARD
Graeme Gilling^
Adam Pinto^

GUITAR
Ray Walker^

ELECTRIC BASS
Karl Florisson^

DRUM KIT
Michael Perkins^

KEY

Principal
Associate Principal
Assistant Principal
Contract Musician°
Guest Musician^

★ Section supported through the Duet program by
• Chair supported through the Duet program by
* Instruments used by these musicians are on loan from Janet Holmes à Court AC.

Thomas Newman

Several years after the success of SKYFALL, I was delighted to be invited back into the Aston Martin for another thrilling James Bond adventure, this time in the form of the 2015 sequel SPECTRE. Reuniting with director Sam Mendes was a joy as always. His collaborative spirit and keen artistic insights often pointed to my fundamental dilemma. That is…How do I honour the enduring music of the Bond movies while offering a fresh and contemporary approach to the drama at hand? I’m very grateful to Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, Gregg Wilson and the entire EON team for asking me once again to contribute to this historic and beloved franchise.

Jessica Gethin

Award-winning Australian conductor Jessica Gethin has gained widespread attention for her stellar musicianship and vibrant energy on the podium. As one of the most versatile conductors in the country, Jessica glides seamlessly between core symphonic repertoire to ballet, opera, contemporary and film score. Jessica’s international roster includes engagements with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, Dallas Opera, Orchestra Victoria, Perth Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Tasmanian Symphony, Opera Queensland, Orchestra Macao, the West Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet among others. Jessica is currently the Principal Conductor of the West Australian Ballet, Artistic Advisor of Orchestra Victoria and Head of Orchestral Studies and Conducting at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. From 2011-2019 Jessica was the Chief Conductor of the Perth Symphony and is now Ambassador and lead faculty for their Women on the Podium initiative. Her accolades include being listed in Limelight Australia’s Top 20 Artists and AFR’s 100 Most Influential Women of Australia, a winner of the Brian Stacey Emerging Australian Conductor Award, a Churchill Fellow and inaugural Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute Fellow, a finalist in the West Australian of the Year Awards and induction into the 2024 WA Women's Hall of Fame.

Engage | Excite | Experience | Educate

From the centre of Perth to the furthest corners of the state, we have provided the soundtrack to life in WA since 1928.

As the State Orchestra, Perth’s first and finest, WASO is the largest employer of performing artists in Western Australia and reaches two million people with musical experiences each year on stage, in our community, and online.

From concert halls to classrooms, hospitals to aged care, we bring joy, inspire learning, and nurture participation in our community, because everybody deserves the opportunity to experience live music. Every year, through community and leading industry partnerships, we engage a new generation of young and emerging artists to help secure a bright future for music in Australia.

We celebrate our rich classical music heritage with great artists from all over the world and commission and perform new repertoire to renew and expand it.

The Orchestra collaborates widely with major arts companies and independent artists, performing opera to ballet, movies to musicals, jazz to rock. We champion the diversity of music in all its forms, with a team of talented and passionate people who create unforgettable experiences for all West Australians to enjoy.

Asher Fisch is Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of our Orchestra and we are proud to call Perth Concert Hall home.

Spectre in Concert marks guitarist Ray Walker’s final orchestral performance after 45 years as a casual musician with WASO!

Since moving to Perth from Ireland in 1960, Ray has built an amazing career as one of WA’s leading professional guitarists. His versatility has seen him in high-demand as a jazz and classical guitarist, and as a session musician for radio and TV.

From his first gig with us in 1980 (with former Principal Conductor David Measham) to playing the iconic James Bond theme for the third time under the baton of his daughter, conductor Jessica Gethin, Ray has been a central part of so many WASO experiences.

As we farewell Ray, we wish him all the best with his continued jazz and recording ventures, and thank him for his decades of making music with us.

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