La Mer

Siren calls

Richard WAGNER The Flying Dutchman: Overture
Paul STANHOPE Mahāsāgar (World Premiere)
Maurice RAVEL Une Barque sur l’océan
Claude DEBUSSY La Mer

Asher Fisch conductor
Sara Macliver soprano
Andrew Goodwin tenor
WASO Chorus
Aquinas College Schola Cantorum

The mesmeric lure of the ocean inspires this powerful program. Wagner’s Flying Dutchman depicts a legendary ghostly ship, doomed to sail forever. Paul Stanhope’s Mahāsāgar draws inspiration from the beauty, danger and sense of place defined by the vast Indian Ocean. Ravel’s Une barque sur l’ocean evokes a lonely ship at sea, and the aqueous textures of Debussy’s impressionistic masterpiece La Mer portray the ocean’s ever-changing surface and eternal depths.

Asher Fisch appears courtesy of Wesfarmers Arts. Paul Stanhope’s Mahāsāgar commissioned for WASO by members of the WASO Chorus.

Duration: 2 hrs*, including a 25 minute interval
*approximate timing subject to change

We will do everything in our power to present the program listed but we may have to vary the repertoire or artists. If that happens, we will let you know.