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Feel the spark that sets everything in motion. The WA Wind Symphony lights the fuse with Catalyst, an electrifying concert that crackles with colour, power, and momentum. This high-impact program brings together bold musical voices from around the world and features the WA premiere of Pounce by Holly Harrison—a work bursting with energy and bite. Catalyst is a night of thrilling sound and unstoppable drive—an evening of music that inspires, energises, and sets ideas in motion.

Artists

Samuel Parry, conductor

Western Australian Wind Symphony

Programme

“Naval Bleu”, Toshio Mashima

“Jerusalem”, Hubert Parry arr. Julie Giroux

“Pounce”, Holly Harrison

VIII. ‘The Soul is Here for its Own Joy’ from “Songs for the Coming Day”, David Maslanka (featuring the WAWS Saxophone Quartet)

“An American in Paris”, George Gershwin arr. Raaf Hekkema (featuring the Whirlwind Quintet)

Symphony No. 1, “Earth, Water, Sun, Wind”, Philip Sparke

Embers & Earth brings together the West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra and the WA Wind Symphony for a powerful evening of elemental music in the grandeur of Winthrop Hall.

Fire, water, and earth collide in a program that reshaped the sound of the modern orchestra. Stravinsky’s The Firebird blazes with colour and mythic energy, while Debussy’s La Mer shimmers and surges, capturing the ever-changing moods of the sea. The concert culminates in Stravinsky’s revolutionary The Rite of Spring, a raw and electrifying exploration of rhythm, ritual, and the primal forces of nature.

Visceral, immersive, and monumental, Embers & Earth is an unforgettable journey through sound, where elemental power and symphonic brilliance meet.

Artists

Samuel Parry, Conductor

Western Australian Wind Symphony

West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme

The Firebird, Igor Stravinsky

La Mer, Claude Debussy

The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky