Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

Jeffrey Ching - Il maestro di capella

Bizet - Carmen Suite

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite

Interval

Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

Join Perth Festival of the Arts for a glorious evening of classical music’s best-loved repertoire with one of the top orchestras in the Asia-Pacific region, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.

The concert opens with a short new work by Filipino composer Jeffrey Ching, commissioned especially for the orchestra's UK tour in celebration of the cultural exchange between the UK and the Philippines, and described by the composer as 'a dialogue across cultures which is also a playful commentary on the rituals of the concert hall'.

The orchestra performs 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 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.

Tickets £22.50 - £41.50. Under 18s £5. Concessions (students, disabled, unemployed) £19.50 -  £38.50. Carers go free when accompanying the person they care for.